Coq should be kept, he's a good lad and a good player.
He's nowhere near as good as Kante though. It makes him a bit pointless to keep if we sign the upgrade.
i think coq can be very useful as a squad player. i think ideally he starts 15-20 games a season in all comps, and we can use him as a closer in games where we want to go more defensive. i think its unlikely that we'd get more than £10m for him, so we might as well keep him
That's also down to wether Coquelin would like to be on the bench in his prime years.
Really don't think we're in for Kante.
Me neither. I also don't think we should bother with another central mid, provided we actually do sign Xhaka which is far from certain. Focus on a striker, winger and CB instead.
We're not in for Kante.
Xkaha and then a CF.
You spoke to Wenger again, have you? 🙂
He whatapp'd me earlier and told me.
I don't think we're after Kante either and frankly I wouldn't want him if we signed Xhaka.
Xhaka, Ramsey, Wilshere, Elneny, Santi and Coq is a very solid pool of midfielders to choose from in my opinion.
Rex wrote: Me neither. I also don't think we should bother with another central mid, provided we actually do sign Xhaka which is far from certain. Focus on a striker, winger and CB instead.
Yeah and in that order too.
My main fear is that because of our large pool of centre mids Wenger will earmark a few of those (from Aaron, Jack and Santi) to play wide. I'd probably be ok with that if we signed a really top class centre forward but that seems unlikely at this time.
I don't think Kanté is necessarily better than Coquelin, they are very different in how they interpret their roles. Coquelin has had a stop start season but has had some very good performances in 2015, I don't think Kanté with his playing style would've done as well here.
Wouldn't the natural comparison be with Ramsey anyway? Who could quite easily fetch upwards of £35m, while Kante's release clause is said to be 15m less. Would Ramsey really give us proportionally better performances than Kante, if at all?
The transfer window is awful business it's all smoke and daggers. Agents have to drum up interest by convincing clubs that their club is the players preferred destination and a lot of the time it's to get a different move or better wages.
Kante is defiantly an option if the xhaka deal falls through
It's going to be melt down when man city or united sign xhaka. This just doesn't fit with Wenger, has Been discussed in advance as if our interest will get the other bidder going up.
looking like this is a done deal. can't say i'm disappointed, he ticks most of the boxes for what i've wanted from an arteta upgrade.
Talk that the fee will be agreed today
Excited about this one. He's physically strong. I noticed he can carry the ball well too. Covers ground well and doesn't get shrugged off the ball
Huh, if he makes the passes shown in the video regularly, even Theo might become a good player again.
Some of those passes are cray.
