Maybe we've been able to convince Saimt Etienne to take Koscielny? Now that really would be making lemonade.
William Saliba from St Etienne
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Looks like a loan back, but good to see such a highly rated talent push to come here. And even better that Tottenham were one of the clubs he told to get lost.
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To further confirm that the deal's done. Fabrizio is saying €25m + bonuses.
Absolutely love it.
The fact that he was adamant that he wanted to come, is great.
If we could land another like Upamecano or Konate over the next three transfer windows, it would be great.
€29m total cost, inclusive of bonuses and no sell-on clause.
Levy will be fuming, he must have really wanted him to come in so late and so publically, and to offer considerably more according to a lot of different sources. Only for the kid to force Saint Etienne to accept the lower offer because he was adamant he wanted to come to The Arsenal. You might have more money you slimey cunt, but you still can't nick a player off us even when you throw it around!
Let's just hope the kid is half as good as he looks. Will try and catch some Saint Etienne games next season.
Levy is still new money, a pretender. We OG.
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To further confirm that the deal's done. Fabrizio is saying €25m + bonuses.
It says Arsenal have confirmed. Where did this happen?
No where...and I'm sure we won't confirm for another week or so.
Fuck Levy, fuck Tottenham, fuck Gazidis.
The Arsenal still carry clout amongst kids yo.
Levy is a vile little man.
Anyways we’re on the right track with signings like this. We’ll soon be back above that lot down the road.
Their fortunate run to the final last year masked how poor they were in the league
Too right. They lost 13 matches FFS.
Fuck those incel degenerates in their beer garden / space ship. We ride on them with Saliba the same way we been riding on them with transfers from day one.
Think it's great that he's returning back on loan. Would be even better if he remained there for another 5 years and arrives at 23. I don't care how talented he is, he would have had his arse handed back on a plate in the PL. Anyone want to take a gander at u-21 CB's who have excelled in this league?
Like with Martinelli, people are getting a little over excited with kids who aren't going to offer much any time soon and will then be burned to the ground when they inevitably fail to deliver on the fans own ridiculously lofty expectations. All in all, it's a much needed but greatly expensive speculative punt on a kid. Not the best allocation of funds when were supposedly tight on budget but hey ho!
This is the exact profile of talent I've been pining for us to target, and the type wenger seemed to give up on signing in the last 5 years. Get tierney in, and another good CB in the 22-25 age bracket, and the defense looks much rosier
deardevil wrote:Think it's great that he's returning back on loan. Would be even better if he remained there for another 5 years and arrives at 23. I don't care how talented he is, he would have had his arse handed back on a plate in the PL. Anyone want to take a gander at u-21 CB's who have excelled in this league?
Like with Martinelli, people are getting a little over excited with kids who aren't going to offer much any time soon and will then be burned to the ground when they inevitably fail to deliver on the fans own ridiculously lofty expectations. All in all, it's a much needed but greatly expensive speculative punt on a kid. Not the best allocation of funds when were supposedly tight on budget but hey ho!
Deal couldn't be better. At 18 he will be a starter in the Europa League. He's going to arrive at 19 with a wealth of experience. We could then give him the same level of responsibility that de Ligt had for Ajax this year. He was only 19. If Tierney and Bellerin are stable and we find a good 24-26 year old for him to play next to (or Holding mans up quickly) then we are cooking with gas
The Guardian reporting it as a done deal too. I'm still crossing my fingers until I see him on Arsenal.com though.
I'm also excited by this transfer. Hopefully he has a long a glorious career with us, or at the very least we sell him to Barca for 150m Euros in 8 years time.
When Fabrizio Romano says its done, its done. Welcome for 2020
we've been linked to this guy Pape Abou Cisse from Olympiacos, he's a 6'6" CB. He fits the profile of the kind of signing I've wanted us to make as well. I've said in the past that we need to be the club buying Koulibaly from Genk. Well this would be like that.
Hopefully his decision to join us over Spurs does something to reverse the inferiority complex that has built up in some gooners.
That Pape Cisse looks crap
Ricky1985 wrote:€29m total cost, inclusive of bonuses and no sell-on clause.
Levy will be fuming, he must have really wanted him to come in so late and so publically, and to offer considerably more according to a lot of different sources. Only for the kid to force Saint Etienne to accept the lower offer because he was adamant he wanted to come to The Arsenal. You might have more money you slimey cunt, but you still can't nick a player off us even when you throw it around!
Let's just hope the kid is half as good as he looks. Will try and catch some Saint Etienne games next season.
No sell on clause is the big one for me.
@lorddulaarsenal wrote:That Pape Cisse looks pap
How did you miss this one ffs
The only thing about him is his 6'6" height and his matching 66 shirt number.
I wouldn't be surprised if his technical ability is a low 6.6%.
When the highlights of a CB are mostly goal-scoring headers, you just know he cannot defend.
His passing is dire. When he kicks it looks like he’s trying to hit the ball with a snooker cue using a golf swing
This hack has taken a general comment from Emery and stuck it to Saliba
https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/transfer-news/unai-emery-reveals-william-saliba-16621011
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Sanllehi doing his Barca thing.
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Sanllehi doing his Barca thing.
Outstanding if true.
It is a real crime that we couldn’t qualify for the CL, to really see what Raul could pull off.
6 seasons?
Not sure about twitter but "Wow" if true!
st etienne probably figures that'll save them from themselves. probably would do something stupid with a lump sum.
Bold Tone wrote:6 seasons?
Not sure about twitter but "Wow" if true!
It's not from twitter, it's a French media outlet called But Football.
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Lmao! Way too try hard in announcing the structure of payments to pass it off like we got a great deal.
- Most deals are structured.
- We have agreed to pay a total of 30 million on an 18 year old CB with less than 20 top flight games under his belt.
- He won't even be arriving at the club until next season.
Obviously, I hope he's great, but this signing is the very definition of a risky speculative punt.
No wonder they say our budget won't be affected
Saliba currently having his medical in London according to various Twitter ITKs.
Ah, this is what the twitter ITKs had got that made them all start tweeting:
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To silly season! 
Ricky1985 wrote:Saliba currently having his medical in London according to various Twitter ITKs.
Come on bro, I like you but let’s not act like this guy is Maldini ffs.
Is that the Harden van?
Sicario wrote:Ricky1985 wrote:Saliba currently having his medical in London according to various Twitter ITKs.
Come on bro, I like you but let’s not act like this guy is Maldini ffs.
I wasn't aware I made any such comparison?!
Doesn’t matter Ricky ffs!
Ricky please quit with the Maldini comparisons. You’re heaping way too much pressure on the lad