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Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Claudius

Right now there is no comparison between Gotze and Mkhitaryan. One is full of potential and the other productivity. The choice is easy for me.

Burnwinter

If he comes he might teach Paulista how to read. The play.

Gunner89

He's available reportedly according to kicker for a fee similar to what Dortmund paid for him.

Fair price. I'd take him.

Timbob

Mkhitaryan is quality. He would be an absolutely fantastic signing.

marv3llous

He played all season on right for Dortmund and ended up with 11 goals / 15 assists ... what's not to like?

Gazza M

Claudius wrote:
Right now there is no comparison between Gotze and Mkhitaryan. One is full of potential and the other productivity. The choice is easy for me.

i'd take either. gotze might still turn into a world beater, it's not too late for him. mkhi has improved a lot and would help make us even more direct and industrious up front

marv3llous

If we really get Mkhitaryan, then Dortmund has been absolutely raped this summer. Imagine being Aubameyang and wanting to stick around after this.

Tactics

Interesting, some people are dismissing Mkhitaryan for not being top quality but are very much in favour of us signing Vardy. ...

He's a very good footballer but I prefer Mahrez. We already lacked enough players who are comfortable in confined spaces, adding Vardy AND Mkhitaryan to our squad is only going to make things worse in that department.

marv3llous

How so? We were fielding Ox and Theo on the right. They are useless.

Savz

Klaus wrote:
The other, more blunt point about Mkhitaryan is that he'll definitely be our last signing of note.

If we finish up Vardy then that leaves us room for maybe one more signing somewhere in the £30 million region, probably subject to an attacking player or two finding a new home (I'm looking at you, Joel Campbell and Theo Walcott). I don't want to sign a bloke whose biggest point is his versatility. I want a marquee signing; someone top level or at least a world class talent. Someone who's capable of taking the team up a notch. Can anyone honestly say they think Mkhitaryan is that guy?

Name a couple of potential buys around the £30m mark (which you quoted) that we could buy that would take us up a level?

Tactics

@Marv

And Ramsey, Wilshere, Alexis (Iwobi playing on the left). our options there are not more underwhelming than our options upfront IMO

goon

The thing is we will probably have enough quality to beat the smaller sides who defend deep and compact regardless of whether or not our players are more suited to quick, direct, counter attack football. We will be much better equipped against mid-top of the table sides though and especially the CL.

Tactics

The way I see it, we don't have enough technicians in our side and that should be an absolute priority this summer IMO. We are generally very good against bottom half teams, it is mostly against top half of the table sides that are organised, disciplined (with very little space for us to play) that we struggle against. We need more technicians or should become a very dangerous set piece team (not gonna happen under Wenger)

Kel Varnsen

jones wrote:
Quite a few lazy/outdated views of him in this thread imo, he's absolutely nothing like the player of 2014, much closer to the guy who was banging them in for Shakhtar if anything

He's almost as comfortable with both feet as Cazorla which is very rare in our squad. Don't see many wingers around I'd have ahead of him and Ramsey is certainly not one of them

As a sidenote he'd raise our average team IQ a good few points, bloke speaks like seven languages and is an avid chess player, what's not to like

Agreed. Have people in this thread even watched him play? He's a very smart and unselfish player. Great vision and close control, can make runs on and off the ball and can shoot the ball. What's not to like?

Anzac

Vardy
Sanchez - Ozil - Mahrez
Xhaka - Mkhitaryan
Rodrigues - Kos - Koulibaly - Bellerin
Cech

Gurgen

Some of Heno's goals there are quite impressive.

marv3llous

No, Miki doesnt play this deep. He is a second striker / attacking midfielder / winger.

Savz

Anzac wrote:
Vardy
Sanchez - Ozil - Mahrez
Xhaka - Mkhitaryan
Rodrigues - Kos - Koulibaly - Bellerin
Cech

Looks good, albeit Mkhi placed in the wrong position. Wenger won't make that many changes in one summer. 6 first teamers? Max 3. Vardy/Xhaka + one more.

Anzac

marv3llous wrote:
No, Miki doesnt play this deep. He is a second striker / attacking midfielder / winger.

https://www.whoscored.com/Players/28421/

I know what you're saying but Cazorla was also a CAM when we signed him.

Ricky1985

jones wrote:
Quite a few lazy/outdated views of him in this thread imo, he's absolutely nothing like the player of 2014, much closer to the guy who was banging them in for Shakhtar if anything

He's almost as comfortable with both feet as Cazorla which is very rare in our squad. Don't see many wingers around I'd have ahead of him and Ramsey is certainly not one of them

As a sidenote he'd raise our average team IQ a good few points, bloke speaks like seven languages and is an avid chess player, what's not to like

I could be guilty of this because I saw very little Bundesliga last season. I didn't like him as a player in the ones before though, found him frustrating to watch. The ability was there but he was so inefficient and wasteful. Just something about his game that wasn't top class, despite his obvious techncial ability.

To be fair, if he's available for £20m them he's a complete bargain. Without question. Even if I don't think he's anywhere near the best in his position, he's two-footedness, decent speed and good all-round techncial ability mean he can play right across attacking midfield for us.

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