For fucks sake.

Klaus wrote:

For fucks sake.

I mean, it will piss off a lot of Liverpool fans. And you know how hysterical they can be!

It makes no sense. So we will have Ozil-Coutinho-Mihki at number 10 ?
I don't get this...please no, just get defenders in man.

Fewer minutes for Iwobi and Ozil at least.

This one is bizarre. I have to say I'm not in favour of this as such but it's still pretty exciting. Also we do need another passive No.10 to cover for Ozil.

He's decent enough, but this makes no sense. We really defenders and here we are getting another number 10 in.

Didn't Emery rubbish this rumour?

Better fucking not be happening.

This is an odd one, the cynic in me says if this deal is true then it might be as part of a bigger deal. Hasn't Coutinho's agent got great links to China? Don't be surprised if some players we can't get rid of end up there in the next year or so....

JazzG wrote:

This is an odd one, the cynic in me says if this deal is true then it might be as part of a bigger deal. Hasn't Coutinho's agent got great links to China? Don't be surprised if some players we can't get rid of end up there in the next year or so....

Ah interesting - definitely does feel like a deal that is being done in the board room.

Shows the size of the club mind to be able to do this

Wengs wet dream just got wetter

————-Lacazette
Coutinho—Ceballos-Ozil-Mkhitaryan
—————Xhaka
Nacho—Holding—Sok—Bellerin
—————Leno

He is a good player in all seriousness

He's a good player, but I have no fucking idea what we are trying to do in attack. Are we selling one of our strikers?

Weird. If it permanently consigns mkhi to the bench or to an early exit, that would be the main upside

Clrnc wrote:

Emery didnt want let Nketiah go on loan but now everything has changed. It's weird as well.

How reliable is the Lequipe journalist anyone knows?

He was spot on with the Lacazette story when we got him. Spot on with Kos I think. It's all I know.

Claudius wrote:

He's a good player, but I have no fucking idea what we are trying to do in attack. Are we selling one of our strikers?

Looks like we're trying to build a squad rather than assuming Pepe, Auba and Laca will play 38 league games and 10+ Europa games.

It's a loan too, so no long-term problems if it doesn't work out.

Sensible signing for me.

Clrnc wrote:

Emery didnt want let Nketiah go on loan but now everything has changed. It's weird as well.

How reliable is the Lequipe journalist anyone knows?

GFFN reckon he's one of their senior guys and was the first to break the story that Neymar wants to go back to Barca.

Claudius wrote:

He's a good player, but I have no fucking idea what we are trying to do in attack. Are we selling one of our strikers?

I'm starting to get anxiety about the Aubameyang to United rumours.

Shady wrote:

Claudius wrote:

He's a good player, but I have no fucking idea what we are trying to do in attack. Are we selling one of our strikers?

Looks like we're trying to build a squad rather than assuming Pepe, Auba and Laca will play 38 league games and 10+ Europa games.

It's a loan too, so no long-term problems if it doesn't work out.

Sensible signing for me.

This is it exactly. He was a bit overrated before he went to Barca but he's still well good enough to be very useful for us. Far better than Ozil and Mhki so thats good enough for me. Plugging gaps with loans like this sure beats plugging them with Lichtsteiners.

Klaus wrote:

Claudius wrote:

He's a good player, but I have no fucking idea what we are trying to do in attack. Are we selling one of our strikers?

I'm starting to get anxiety about the Aubameyang to United rumours.

No fucking chance.

Klaus wrote:

Claudius wrote:

He's a good player, but I have no fucking idea what we are trying to do in attack. Are we selling one of our strikers?

I'm starting to get anxiety about the Aubameyang to United rumours.

Have you seen Aubameyang in pre-season? He looks like a high-performance athlete from another planet. I'd be miserable if this came to pass. 

So somebody please give me our front 6 - first 11 and 2nd 11. Any idea how it shapes up and who loses out other than ESR?

Julien Laurens
Arsenal are not signing Coutinho. They are not in for him and never were. They are looking actively for a centre back before Thursday’s transfer deadline.

Pfiu?

Claudius wrote:

So somebody please give me our front 6 - first 11 and 2nd 11. Any idea how it shapes up and who loses out other than ESR?

Torreira -- Ceballos

Pepe-- Couthino -- Auba
--------- Laca

Thats tasty

HomeSteak wrote:

Julien Laurens
Arsenal are not signing Coutinho. They are not in for him and never were. They are looking actively for a centre back before Thursday’s transfer deadline.

Pfiu?

If this is true we're blacklisting L'equipe and Clrnc.

HomeSteak wrote:

Julien Laurens
Arsenal are not signing Coutinho. They are not in for him and never were. They are looking actively for a centre back before Thursday’s transfer deadline.

Pfiu?

Craziest transfer window since the 2011 trolley dash.

i mean, if we are getting him on loan and paying a modest loan fee, this seems fine. i wont overreact until we know the particulars

Qwiss! wrote:

Claudius wrote:

So somebody please give me our front 6 - first 11 and 2nd 11. Any idea how it shapes up and who loses out other than ESR?

Torreira -- Ceballos

Pepe-- Couthino -- Auba
--------- Laca

Thats tasty

Or we're committing to a 1 striker system and rotating auba and laca

Team would be

————-Leno
Bellerin- Sokratis-Upamecano-Tierney
—————-Xhaka
———-Ceballos—coutinho
—-Pepe —-Lacazette—-Aubameyang

mdgoonah41 wrote:

i mean, if we are getting him on loan and paying a modest loan fee, this seems fine. i wont overreact until we know the particulars

I mean the suggestion when we were first linked was they'd wan't something approaching a years worth of the fee they're paying Liverpool, which I think was £25m...

I assume that would be bullshit, but even a 10m loan fee plus what I assume would be substantial wages would cost us in excess of 20m.

Hopefully it is nonsense. This is more of a 'Woodward' rather than 'outsmarting the market'.

HomeSteak wrote:

Julien Laurens
Arsenal are not signing Coutinho. They are not in for him and never were. They are looking actively for a centre back before Thursday’s transfer deadline.

All hail Laurens!

Barcelona reportedly offered Premier League clubs the option to bring him in for the season for a fee of between £20 and £25 million which would include a further option to buy.

Coutinho is refusing to leave the Nou Camp in a loan deal and would instead prefer to leave permanently, should he have to.
https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20190804/463852273950/coutinho-no-se-plantea-salir-cedido.html

Bold Tone wrote:

Barcelona reportedly offered Premier League clubs the option to bring him in for the season for a fee of £27million which would include a further option to buy.

Coutinho is refusing to leave the Nou Camp in a loan deal and would instead prefer to leave permanently, should he have to.
https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20190804/463852273950/coutinho-no-se-plantea-salir-cedido.html

£27m?! We can buy a whole Saliba for that. No thanks, sir

What the fuck is going on.

We’re going have an interesting next 50 hours lads.