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William Saliba from St Etienne

Clrnc

I'm kinda excited by this lad who I have never even heard of before this, but then again I see the players our rivals are linked with and it's pretty depressing we are excited by unknowns and ligue 2 talents who will need some time to get to the level we want.

In an ideal world we would be buying these + ready made top class players to bring us a step up. The former is all we can hope for though, far cry from plenty of wishlists here.

Ricky1985

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I really want this done now. Would be a good start to our business if we can a talent like this tied up.

lorddulaarsenal

Him and Tierney and I’d start to regain confidence in our defence

lorddulaarsenal

Just wish we could get rid of Mustafi

Klaus

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:
Him and Tierney and I’d start to regain confidence in our defence

Hopefully it'd mean that Mustafi and Kolasinac, the two weakest players in the starting eleven, are out of jobs next season.

KingslandBarge

This guy could be our Jerome Boating.All the top tier physical traits are there, a decent level of commitment and time to develop tact. Alongside Bielik, Holding, Sokratis and Monreal, that is a base of central defenders I'am quite happy with it. Think Mavropanos should get experience elsewhere next season.

KingslandBarge

Klaus wrote:
@lorddulaarsenal wrote:
Him and Tierney and I’d start to regain confidence in our defence

Hopefully it'd mean that Mustafi and Kolasinac, the two weakest players in the starting eleven, are out of jobs next season.

I'd be tempted to keep Kolasinac. I saw some indications of growth from him and he basically knows more than anyone the blueprint of where Laca and Auba like to pull short, make runs and at what kind of velocities.

lorddulaarsenal

Yes I’ve got time for him too. Had some really good games last season

Gazza M

KingslandBarge wrote:
Klaus wrote:
Hopefully it'd mean that Mustafi and Kolasinac, the two weakest players in the starting eleven, are out of jobs next season.

I'd be tempted to keep Kolasinac. I saw some indications of growth from him and he basically knows more than anyone the blueprint of where Laca and Auba like to pull short, make runs and at what kind of velocities.

he's expensive for a back up fullback. if someone like tierney comes in and dislodges him, i'd be looking to move him on pretty soon

Clrnc

KingslandBarge wrote:
This guy could be our Jerome Boating.All the top tier physical traits are there, a decent level of commitment and time to develop tact. Alongside Bielik, Holding, Sokratis and Monreal, that is a base of central defenders I'am quite happy with it. Think Mavropanos should get experience elsewhere next season.

If Kos move this summer and Boateng is available on a cheap I would sign him for a stop gap measure

HomeSteak

Le10sport: The transfer of William Saliba to Arsenal will take shape in the next days. Arsenal do not seem to be put off by the French club demands of €30m + a year loan although they could get Saliba for a few less (than €30m). Player has already agreed personal terms.

https://le10sport.com/football/mercato/mercato-asse-ca-sent-tres-bon-pour-le-gros-coup-de-lete-461907?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

From what I know lesport guys are not that reliable...but heh, we can hope.

Ricky1985

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At least it seems this isn't like Alexis Claude-Maurice and we're actually in for him.

Get it done, Arsenal.

MuswellHillGooner

I was never impressed by Claude-Maurice so i am glad we are out of the picture but the fact that he said he prefers to go to Gladbach suggests there were alternatives and his profile, apart from the rip-off £18m price, makes me believe we were one of his suitors.

HomeSteak

Mohamed Bouhafsi-tier 1
Arsenal a transmis une 1ère offre de 30M€ pour William Saliba. Les négociations ont lieu entre Arsenal et Saint Étienne. Arsenal est déjà d’accord avec le joueur. Comme révèlé par l’Equipe, Arsenal doit quand même se méfier de Tottenham qui est entré dans le dossier. #RMCsport

Condition incontournable pour Saint Étienne et le joueur d’être prêté dans la foulée une saison à Saint Étienne et rester dans le Forez !

"Arsenal has sent a first offer of 30M € for William Saliba. Negotiations take place between Arsenal and Saint Etienne. Arsenal already agrees with the player. As revealed by the team, Arsenal must still be wary of Tottenham who has entered the file."

They still want him back on loan...

Bouhafsi is as reliable as you can get, Ornstein lvl maybe?

also: fuck Spurs.

jones

Bouhafsi is possibly the most reliable source in transfer news. Not like he's a semi official mouth piece for any club either he's just a journalist with reliable sources.

30m and a loan back would be shit business. We need someone to come in now, either 10m + loan back which gives us a chance to sign someone else or 30m and he fixes our defence come July 1st by himself ffs

Gazza M

We can't afford 30m in full without him joining immediately

5 + 25 next summer, if they won't budge on him staying 1 more season

goon

Why are they so adamant about a loan back? Surely there's someone else we can loan them?

QuincyAbeyie

They should get the money when we get the player.

Claudius

goon wrote:
Why are they so adamant about a loan back? Surely there's someone else we can loan them?

I would also ask for a loan back if I was them. Good negotiation strategy. You need to test different bundles with buyers. We can learn a thing or two from teams like St Etienne who depend on kids for how we package our own kids in future.

Ricky1985

Saint Etienne have openly said they need the cash from selling Saliba to fund their spending this summer. Keeping him for a season means money to spend on other positions.

What we need is the kid to publicly say he wants to move to Arsenal/Premier League now, which weakens their position so much that they'll have to give up on the idea.

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