Papers and Twitter seem to all reckon this one is happening. £5m the price.

Seems to have all the characteristics that Wenger likes in a player in midfield. Seems more of a CM than DM though from the videos.

Yeah, there's a guy in reddit who's a Basel fan and has described him more as box-to-box, but that doesnt mean he cant play a more restrictive role as these are simply the needs at Basel.

There's so much about this that screams Wenger signing. I'm completely convinced we're getting him.

Guys, I can safely say if we sign this player we won't be disappointed. I'm half Eypgtian and I can safely say this is one of the top talents to come out of our country in many years,

His stamina is second to none!

So Wengery. Seems like this is our man, and I'm actually a bit excited. One thing you can say about this guy is he's got legs.

Pity he's egyptian, he'll fuck off to the ACON every two years in January.

Uneffinbelievable, we're gonna buy someone in a position we actually need? In early January? Did someone spike Wenger's Christmas tipple?

marv3llous wrote:

Papers and Twitter seem to all reckon this one is happening. £5m the price.

That's crazy, I didn't know players were still sold for those kinds of fees.

Another CM under 6ft tall. We have got the shortest set of CMs in Europe, even Barca's are taller ffs. Makes us too reliant on Giroud defending corners and free kicks.

He looks about the same height as Gabriel, might as well sign Danilo if your looking for a mountain in CM.

Having said that, he also just sounds like Schnederlin-lite

He's just shy of six foot. Looks of decent build to me. Excited about this

Looks lean.

Tactics wrote:

Another CM under 6ft tall. We have got the shortest set of CMs in Europe, even Barca's are taller ffs. Makes us too reliant on Giroud defending corners and free kicks.

Agreed.

If this guy is a competent footballer please get him here January 1st. Anybody who can receive the ball off the CBs and play a forward pass.

doesnt seem like he'll be the type to come in and improve the first team when everyones available, but he cant be worse than flamini at the moment

Obviously never seen the guy play, but from clips he seems to play with urgency and a balanced aggression as well as being good on the ball. Not bad qualities to have.

Literally every source from Egypt, Switzerland and London seem to think this is a done deal

WTF  is this!!!

Isn't Kimmy Kallstrom available???

After seven games in the CL last year, he was the player who had covered the most ground with 85 km. That averages 12,41 km each match, insane. Certainly a fit guy, just hope that's not all he is.

The funny thing is, that Wenger has said himself it was similar stats that made him sign Flamini the first time. True story. 🙂

Post Southampton when asked about this cat, Wenger said it is not true. However, the question was phrased saying there are rumors we have agreed terms. Also, Wenger then added 'not at the moment'. Seems to be something in this I'd say; not true that we have agreed terms, but the 'not at the moment' comment seems to indicate, to me, that we are indeed in for him. This cat better be good!

Good to have some insane fitness in the midfield. Get Pato n all

Lets get this guy + Pato. I'd consider it a very nice window.

Please let this guy be good.

😆 Yeah, I'm with Shady here. Since the indications are pretty strong we will sign this guy, 'please, let this guy be good' is closer to how I feel right now.

Pato would be a very smart move on our part too. However, signing two players in a window Wenger doesn't even think should exist is probably cheating in the book of Weng.

Signing Pato will be a bonus, I' have not seen any serious links to him.

Looks like this might happen. http://www.kingfut.com/2015/12/27/el-nenny-arsenal-contract/

A few comments from twitter and reddit, interesting transfer. I cant see him making a big impact , he will probably just make up the numbers till the others are fit. 

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Lots of experience for someone his age, which is a bonus. Super encouraging that he's starting to score goals though. Won't hit a lot of hollywood passes or make lung-bursting runs into the box. But he's smart with his positioning/passing. Covers lots of ground low-key, but he won't catch the eye. Not particularly strong or fast or flashy.Hear a lot of players dubbed a 'midfield dynamo' but he really personifies that. Gets the ball, gives it. Short distribution.

Not sure what to think. Some Basel fans claim he's got a great passing range and builds the game from the back. Others say he keeps it simple and mostly make short passes. The one thing they all seem to agree on is his workrate.

We'll see what he's made of soon enough, I guess. Like Shady I hope he's good. It would be irresponsible to get this signing wrong considering all the midfield talent on the market right now.

You can tell he knows what he's doing on the ball just from those video clips. Moves his feet well. Good strike on him too.

I suppose its pretty unlike Wenger to get it wrong with midfielders. Especially when they are past their main development years. Don't remember too many big errors in midfield recently. Then again he used to be great at signing forwards too but now we have Welbeck and Sanogo.

I don't doubt his quality, but how quickly we can and will use him.

Qwiss! wrote:

I suppose its pretty unlike Wenger to get it wrong with midfielders. Especially when they are past their main development years. Don't remember too many big errors in midfield recently. Then again he used to be great at signing forwards too but now we have Welbeck and Sanogo.

I think a certain Kim K proves otherwise Qwiss.

Don't think Elneny fits in the Kim K bracket. Different profile/circumstance altogether.

Qs, Welbeck is not a bad signing. And I think he will be pivotal for us this season, we need him back ASAP.