Just get it done so Xhaka has to earn his place next year.
Torreira and AMN should be plenty of pressure/motivation.
Lucas Torreira (David Ornstein+Guardian update on page 5)
I think Xhaka will be marginalised
Di Marzio talks a good amount of rubbish too, tbf. Its not like he's Ornstein.
marv3llous wrote:Di Marzio talks a good amount of rubbish too, tbf. Its not like he's Ornstein.
Ornstein is an outlier, he doesn't say anything that isn't intended to be put out in public by the club itself. In terms of transfer leaks/news there are few as reliable as Di Marzio especially when it comes to Serie A
@lorddulaarsenal wrote:I think Xhaka will be marginalised
Hopefully.
If he’s not we are doing something wrong.
jones wrote:marv3llous wrote:Di Marzio talks a good amount of rubbish too, tbf. Its not like he's Ornstein.
Ornstein is an outlier, he doesn't say anything that isn't intended to be put out in public by the club itself. In terms of transfer leaks/news there are few as reliable as Di Marzio especially when it comes to Serie A
Absolutely correct on them both. Just saying, that Di Marzio is reporting loads of stuff that is not true or is simply falsely fed to him. He is the most reliable of Serie A sources though.
Its simply that Arsenal transfers, for the very large part, do not happen like this. Only ones i can think of, from the top of my head, were Lacazette and Mustafi. Those two had reports of us trying to get the deal done for weeks, before it actually happened. But the again, those two were the kind of deals where the selling clubs are notoriously big on haggling over the price and taking things out to the media. But generally, when something is actually happening, it comes out of nowhere. The name of our of actual target is quite often someone who has never been mentioned in relation to us. I hope, that Torreira is simply getting mentioned due to agent or the club trying to get the bidding war going ... and that we will simply blow others away and get this done. Just not convinced it actually is so.
Guardian Italian correspondent saying it's closer
@bbcsport_david
As widely reported Arsenal in talks to sign Sampdoria midfielder Lucas Torreira. No agreement but central midfield a priority & 22yo Uruguay int’l seen as ideal fit technically + financially. #AFC also want a GK after defensive signings of Lichtsteiner & Sokratis (announced July)
296 - Lucas Torreira made the most recoveries (296) among the outfield players in Serie A in the 2017-18 campaign. Worker.
Dimarzio correspondent on Torreira in comparisons to Vida/Veratti
"important to note as far as style eh- I think Torreira can reach their level of ability fairly soon though"
He’s willy shakingly good. He’s got a great shot on him. Got that knuckleball in his locker
Holyyyyyy shiiiiit!!!
Happy with this signing, and happy that the club has finally cut the bs prioritised a midfielder that can tackle
the replies to any arsenal related ornstein tweet are really fucking majestic.
mdgoonah41 wrote:the replies to any arsenal related ornstein tweet are really fucking majestic.
There's not a single normal response in there ffs
The work rate and aggression on this guy is going to make others take note.
This feels like a player we couldn't have signed under Wenger. Bring on the Emery era.
Wenger really seemed to have an issue with Serie A.