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GooneriC

Wolves were also after Ruben Dias. His release clause £57 million and they won't meet that , after that Felix money they don't need to sell. Another one we might have gone for but that's too much.

TambourineMan

If we land a £50m+ CB and Tierney before Thursday then I'll truly believe we have turned a corner as a club.

Qwiss

Claudius wrote:
And it’s fine to go into an investment super cycle. It’s apparent that’s what happened with Liverpool. They invested heavily for a couple of years and are cooling off this summer. Annual investments needn’t be linear, especially as you build a team to challenge for a given period. So Raul might spend like mad this year and spend very little next year.

Yep. We need major squad surgery. If we can get that right it should mean they can slow down then once we come to a more normal level of sell and replace in future.

HomeSteak

Man stop fucking about. Get 2 defenders. Jesus.

Clrnc

Coutinho done deal. Time for his own thread

Ricky1985

Whaaaat?!

ohboy

😆

GooneriC

No. Just no. Why are we doing this? Is Ozil gone?

lorddulaarsenal

I’m calling it now. No more additions

Clrnc

Says agreement reached with Rugani, 2 year loan with option to buy for 40m. 4m loan fee per season.

Hopefully its bulls

Ricky1985

Deal AGREED WITH RUGANI but NOT JUVENTUS.

flobaba

I’ll take Coutinho. Anything to make sure I don’t have to suffer Xhaka as a starter for another entire season.

Claudius

flobaba wrote:
I’ll take Coutinho. Anything to make sure I don’t have to suffer Xhaka as a starter for another entire season.

What if Coutinho starts as winger? How does that impact Xhaka?

HomeSteak

• No Philippe Coutinho
• Working on a CB and Kieran Tierney
• There are talks for Dayot Upamecano but things look difficult as of now. [@FabrizioRomano]

flobaba

Claudius wrote:
flobaba wrote:
I’ll take Coutinho. Anything to make sure I don’t have to suffer Xhaka as a starter for another entire season.

What if Coutinho starts as winger? How does that impact Xhaka?

I’m expecting Ceballos to take Xhaka’s spot. Coutinho will be Ozil’s replacement. The more midfield options we have the less we need to see or use either of those guys.

Whoever—Auba —- Pepe

———-Coutinho———-

——-Ceba ———Torreira

Laugh —Out —Really — Loud

————————Leno———————

Temo

Would be interested to see what Lacazette could at CAM. Got the intelligence, technique and work rate for it and with there being no real point to playing him or Auba in place of Iwobi (or potentially Coutinho) on the wing, I think it could actually bring us up a level. Besides we played Ramsey there last season, who was there for his work rate and goal threat, and certainly wasn't a passing type.

Captain

Personally, I hope to never see that. Disagree on basically everything.

Lacazette works hard, has charisma and scores the odd really good goal - all of the ingredients to be a fan favourite. However, I think he's a very basic and limited player and nowhere near being a great striker, let alone an attacking mid/second striker/no.10.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Lacazette has tunnel vision when he's deep, and often can't sort his feet out. I'd say he's nearly as much of a liability there as Arshavin and Sanchez.

TambourineMan

Was thinking about this as well. It could work if we had a very reliable defensive duo at the base of our midfield but we don't.

Jed

Temo wrote:
Would be interested to see what Lacazette could at CAM. Got the intelligence, technique and work rate for it and with there being no real point to playing him or Auba in place of Iwobi (or potentially Coutinho) on the wing, I think it could actually bring us up a level. Besides we played Ramsey there last season, who was there for his work rate and goal threat, and certainly wasn't a passing type.

I reckon that's his best position or a little further forward as a second striker. His passing is underrated too.

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