Pablo Mari
Oh, didn't know it was a loan with an option to buy. That's brilliant then.
Brazilian league season doesn't start until May anyway, so don't know why their fans are upset, most likely he will be back there by then.
Obviously the ones who are upset think he's good enough that he won't be back.
This is a done deal
Possibly the most exciting signing ever.
Even he lacks natural ability, I will be very happy if he has the requisite leadership qualities that we lack in my opinion. We could do with a personality at the back.
Luiz has captained Brazil, Chelsea and PSG. Not consistently but had the arm band quite a bit in his career.
Sabila, Mari, Holding, luiz, Papastathopoulos, Mustafi, Chambers
Thats a lot of CB's for 2 slots. Hopefully Arteta can do a bit of a clear out in the summer. On reflection though Sok is 32 at the start of next season, Luiz is 33 in a few months. Mustafi is retired already.
We do need to tidy up the squad a bit, but I think the pieces are starting to fit together. I think Mustafi will be gone, and Chambers won't be of any use in 2020 if his recovery is anything like Holding's. Sokratis only has a year left and seems to have lost the senior defender battle to Luiz, so we might be looking to move him too.
Holding, Luiz, Mari and Saliba could be a decent bunch to have around next season. And then Luiz will leave as a 34 year old when his contract expires in 2021, which should have given Chambers enough time to recover.
EDUUUUUU.
(Is this Pablo Mari guy any good?)
Pictured at heathrow with edu
Mustafi is gone, and i imagined sokratis has said he'd seriously consider leaving at the end of this season too.
Loan with an option to buy would be brilliant. Nothing to lose at all and with David Luiz the Brazilian connection at the back will be helpful
Mari Saliba partnership could be interesting
He looks a fundamentally decent player: okay speed with those long strides, not an oil tanker on the turn, strong in the challenge and in the air, decent left foot and seems okay with the ball at his feet. Nothing to write home about but okay on limited viewing.
We'll have to see what his concentration is like over 90 minutes, how intelligent he is in his positioning and awareness, what he's like under proper pressure etc., but he looks like he has some decent attributes to work with.
Well at least unlike Pepe he is not coming in with massive expectations. Hopefully the opposite will happen with this signing (although I think Pepe will come good eventually).
It will be interesting to listen to Arteta’s next press conference as to why he went for Mari and what he likes about him as a player.
Apparently he joins us permanently:
He will probably be very cheap. Anyone but Mustafi will do. Push Sokratis down the pecking order too
Ricky1985 wrote:
He looks a fundamentally decent player: okay speed with those long strides, not an oil tanker on the turn, strong in the challenge and in the air, decent left foot and seems okay with the ball at his feet. Nothing to write home about but okay on limited viewing.
We'll have to see what his concentration is like over 90 minutes, how intelligent he is in his positioning and awareness, what he's like under proper pressure etc., but he looks like he has some decent attributes to work with.
He reminds me a lot of Gabriel Paulista.
Clrnc wrote:Loan with an option to buy would be brilliant. Nothing to lose at all and with David Luiz the Brazilian connection at the back will be helpful
He’s Spanish, and if anything will be taking Luiz’s spot as both play LCB.
Sicario wrote:Apparently he joins us permanently:
Interesting that so many still report a loan. It sounds like maybe we've done a loan with a mandatory buy clause, probably to put the cost on next year's books.
Ray wrote:Clrnc wrote:Loan with an option to buy would be brilliant. Nothing to lose at all and with David Luiz the Brazilian connection at the back will be helpful
He’s Spanish, and if anything will be taking Luiz’s spot as both play LCB.
Rather play someone on the wrong side than let him take Luiz's spot.
Some Tiago Salazar guy says that "Arsenal will sign Pablo Mari on a loan. Fee to have player till July 2020 of €4m. Add ons of up to €2m if certain criteria are reached. And then an option to buy of another €4m. Total cost of operation potentially up to €10m".
Not sure what their club president is doing in a Whatsapp group chat with the fans, but there you go 
Not sure why Vinai and Raul aren’t right here with us to create the same clarity. Slackers.
Klaus wrote:Not sure what their club president is doing in a Whatsapp group chat with the fans, but there you go
This is the kind of muppetery that's been missing from our transfer windows the last couple of years. Jeinny, that random guy who said on Twitter that he saw on television that we were signing Vidal and everyone just believed it. This is how it's supposed to be.
Claudius wrote:Not sure why Vinai and Raul aren’t right here with us to create the same clarity. Slackers.
im sure they have burner accounts here
Quincy Abeyie wrote:Klaus wrote:Not sure what their club president is doing in a Whatsapp group chat with the fans, but there you go
i miss that guy giving updates from the toilet
and the horse
6’4” with leadership skills.
Read that he’s only on a 12 month deal at Flamengo so a loan with option to purchase doesn’t make any sense
@lorddulaarsenal wrote:Read that he’s only on a 12 month deal at Flamengo so a loan with option to purchase doesn’t make any sense
Says pretty much everywhere I see that his contract expires in December 2022.
Just a warm body would help in defence for the rest of the season.
In fact, even a cold one would be preferable to Mustafi.
I'm up for this.
Shades of Materazzi.
Don’t like the look of his touch or passing
His clearances look uncontrolled, like he's slicing it a lot of the time. Looks a bit clumsy as well. Hopefully there's more to him than in that video.
We need a big cb option obviously hes not perfect he'd be x10 the price if he was. Even if hes not a starter all the time if were playing deep like against chelsea he'll probably look great.
Was reading a description of him as being a 'late bloomer' however I don't see it as perhaps being that 'bad', as he's 26 and just had a break out season with Flamengo and named in the Brasileirao Team of the Year, and played a lead role in their defence in winning the Copa and League Double. He may not be pretty but he would seem to be effective in a league with plenty of players with flair on the ball, and didn't get embarrassed when up against LFC in the Super Cup Final.
Deal has apparently collapsed?
rumblings that its still on after that snag in negos
Negotiation has progressed again, and #Marí can close with Arsenal