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Jean Michael Seri

Captain

Yep - chillblains.

BWoolley

I thought it was an ingrown toenail. Anyway, a midfield with him, Xhaka and Ramsey will be non-existent defensively. He sounds quite similar in profile to Xhaka - not sure we need two of those in midfield. I'd rather get a more all-action type midfielder with mobility and who can play through a press - think Xhaka did his best work with Dahoud in Monchengladbach.

Captain

Like Xhaka? Not at all mate.

goon

Apparently Emery is a big fan of this guy and wanted to sign him for PSG but couldn’t due to FFP.

MistaT

More Wilshere than Xhaka if you may

Meatwad

goon wrote:
Apparently Emery is a big fan of this guy and wanted to sign him for PSG but couldn’t due to FFP.

did he really have any say in PSG signings?

goon

Who knows, maybe the fact that they couldn’t do it due to FFP is an sign that they didn’t take his views very seriously.

Captain

Thought he was their choice if Veratti agitated for a move - in the end, nothing happened there so Serious fell off the radar.

BWoolley

MistaT wrote:
More Wilshere than Xhaka if you may

Got it. I somehow got the impression he was a deep lying passing MF with not much of a defensive game. By more Wilshere you mean he's a good dribbler in the middle with the ability to evade a press? That sounds good but then we need to bin Xhaka and move Ramsey into the front 4.

Ricky1985

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Wouldn't be against Seri. Would give us something we'll be missing with Cazorla gone and Wilshere almost certainly gone.

Coombs

Would Seri + N'Zonzi while getting Ramsey to sign be acceptable to you guys in terms of dealing with the midfield this window? How would it compare to United getting Fred and Liverpool getting Fabinho and Keita? For myself I think Pool will still have done the best business.

Klaus

I doubt we have any intention to sign both of them unless Ramsey leaves. And in that case I hope that we are looking at better and younger players to be brought in.

lorddulaarsenal

Seri plays with a fair amount of intensity. He’s a bit raw for a creative player. We have more pressing needs

Coombs

If Ramsey leaves we need to go big. If he stays, we can't just sign Seri. We need to revamp the midfield and I think Emery knows it.

goon

I think you’re projecting there.

Coombs

We can't really sign this guy and nobody else can we? At least N'Zonzi makes sense from a player profile perspective. If Ramsey and Wilshere leave we definitely need two. Just losing Caz and Jack should be enough reason to sign two players.

goon

I’m mainly referring to the idea that we need two centre mods even if Aaron stays. It’s not going to happen unless we sell someone else. We’d have Aaron, Xhaka, AMN, Elneny, and new guy #1. Ignoring others who can also play there, we are not going to spend another 35m getting a 6th centre mid when we are on such a limited budget. I don’t think we need to either, I’d rather spend more on a single, better centre mid or a better keeper.

I agree through, if Aaron stays Seri doesn’t make any sense unless the plan is to play 3 in the middle. Even the it would definitely feel like the wrong type of centre mid.

Coombs

I've been assuming that we're going to play with 3 midfielders. AMN and Elneny should be squad players. That leaves Aaron, Xhaka, and new guy number 1 starting. One injury and we're down to Elneny. One injury and we can't rotate properly. I don't know that you can have only 5 legit players for 3 spots. You need at least 4 starting quality players. We honestly don't have a backup to Xhaka right now, Elneny just doesn't have the passing range.

TambourineMan

We need a lot of work in midfield. Since the new team has come to town, we've lost Coq, Caz, Chambo (to an extent) and will probably lose Wilshere too. One new signing is not enough in this part of the pitch. Two should be the absolute minimum, one starter and one up and comer.

BWoolley

If Emery wants to play 3 in MF, we should get Torreira and convert Iwobi into Ramsey’s back up. If 2 in MF then just Torreira and replace Ramsey if he doesn’t sign.

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