Ever Banega

Gunner89

https://t.co/LW1MyokDRh

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Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

People reacting with explosive diarrhoea because of the word "prefiere" in that tweet... makes for hilarious reading 😆

Segway

Kike's tweet says that it's either Torreira or Banega Emery wants and that he prefers Banega. Weird.

HomeSteak

Segway wrote:
Kike's tweet says that it's either Torreira or Banega Emery wants and that he prefers Banega. Weird.

Apparently it's not what he said, or wanted to say...

Kike tells me that his tweet was meant to say #AFC are targeting both: Torreira & Banega. He thinks it is possible they end up at the club this summer. Let’s see.

If we get both it means Ramsey is off. Don't want Banega here...

Orgullo De Nervión - Tier 1 for Sevilla: “Banega who has a €20m release clause has attracted interest from #AFC and Emery who got the best out of him.”

goon

I can only imagine we're going for him if Aaron leaves but, if we plan to play 3 in midfield then numbers wise we could technically sign him even if Aaron stays.

Ramsey - Xhaka - Torreira
Benega - Elneny - AMN

It's not actually too much and is arguably necessary to cover for injuries or cover us if Xhaka and Elneny end up being shit again. We'd then have Ozil, Mkhi, Laca, Auba, Iwobi and Nelson for the 3 forward positions presuming Welbeck and Perez leave. Lots of depth and plenty of quality too.

jones

goon wrote:

I can only imagine we're going for him if Aaron leaves but, if we plan to play 3 in midfield then numbers wise we could technically sign him even if Aaron stays.

Ramsey - Xhaka - Torreira
Benega - Elneny - AMN

We'd then have Ozil, Mkhi, Laca, Auba, Iwobi and Nelson for the 3 forward positions presuming Welbeck and Perez leave. Lots of depth and plenty of quality too.

Looks like we might struggle to get the HG numbers with that setup, no?

I like Banega but I struggle to look past the huge wasted potential from the days when Emery first signed him for Valencia as a 19yo for big money. Definitely wouldn't mind signing him we lack his type in the team currently and he'd provide some much needed competition to Xhaka too.

QuincyAbeyie

I'd be fine with spending the last of our transfer budget on Banega, actually. If Ramsey stays, that is.

goon

Nah, you're essentially allowed 17 non-home grown players and we only have 14, 13 if you consider Ospina is probably leaving. We could sign Torreira, Benega and that Turkish kid and still be fine.

BWoolley

Goon's right - our HGs for next season would be: Welbeck, Chambers, Holding, AMN, Bellerin, Ramsey, Iwobi - that's enough for a 24 man squad plus a few U21s (Nketiah etc) to make it 25. Of course, if Holding is loaned out, that would reduce the count by 1 - Martinez may count too if he is registered as our 3rd choice keeper. Think we are ok on the HG either way.

jones

Didn't realise how small our squad is.

Mirth

If Banega still plays as well as he did against Man United when Sevilla knocked them out, I'll happily have him at the club.

USArsenal

jones wrote:
Didn't realise how small our squad is.

Yep, between the january sales and the contracts being up, we really are getting a bit down in numbers. and that's even including the likes of Torreira and Sokratis (assuming they are signed).. we really could use a couple more, unless Emery is planning on blooding some more youngsters (Nelson & Eddie perhaps?) and/or utilizing people like Lucas or (well, no one)

Ricky1985

Well, Gazidis has talked often about the talent we have at the club, and that near the top of the list of requirements for a new coach was the ability to bring through that talent to the first team.

goon

Yeah, they kept banging on about bringing through youth after appointing him too. We've also appointed loads of academy and youth personnel too.

My guess is we'll see a lot more of AMN, Nelson, Nketiah and Mavropanos this season. Not sure about Willock and Smith-Rowe is still young. But it's why I ultimately have big doubts about this story.

BWoolley

Probably only AMN and flashes of Nelson to be honest. Mavropanos is 4th/5th choice CB unless Mustafi is sold and not replaced and we have 2 good quality strikers ahead of Nketiah in a 1 striker formation. So nearly the same as last season. The issue is not playing too many youngsters, it's that our core of players is average rather than great. Leno, Sokratis, whichever other CB we end up with, Xhaka, Ramsey are all good but flawed players. It's a team designed for 4th place at best, 2 years after a second place finish (admittedly lucky).

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Hopefully Eddie at least starts all Worthington Cup games and early UEFA Cup games.

Klaus

I'd love me some Banega. He could end up having the same impact on our midfield that Arteta had when we signed him.

BWoolley

Thought he was in physical decline and too lightweight for a PL midfield even at his peak? Has that changed?

Clrnc

Banega is very hit and miss. I watch Sevilla a lot and he hasn't been impressive consistently enough.

That said, through his entire career he has only played well under Emery, over 4 or 5 years with 2 different clubs

Update:

lorddulaarsenal

Klaus wrote:
I'd love me some Banega. He could end up having the same impact on our midfield that Arteta had when we signed him.

He’s just getting started too