They have pace but no power. Easily shielded off
Autumn tran!
Clrnc wrote:They have pace but no power. Easily shielded off
Just like Walcott.
Brilliant but made of glass. Think van Persie at the same age. Striker at heart who has played a lot on both wings for a few years. About as two-footed as they come.
Hmmm worth the risk?
Possibly. I'm a big fan but I think it's the wrong move in all honesty unless we intend to use him through the middle, and even then it's a massive gamble on him to stay injury free. We have Auba, Marty and Pepé on the flanks and Nelson (and possibly Saka) in waiting.
Have zero doubts he'd be a very good player for us though, but we need midfielders this summer, not forwards.
It's been a while since his dodgy injury history. 35 league games last season, 31 the one before that. He still haven't bested his goal scoring record from his first Serie A season when he was 19 years though. Back then he looked destined for greatness, while now it would be a decent punt if you got him for cheap.
Would be a nice cheap replacement for the hopefully outgoing Lacazette. Sign him as back up/rotation player.
Quincy Abeyie wrote:It's been a while since his dodgy injury history. 35 league games last season, 31 the one before that.
26, 20, 29 and 32 starts in the previous four seasons respectively. It's not a great record for a team where he's the first name on the teamsheet and doesn't play in Europe. He effectively misses 2-3 months every year and the games after he returns are often dodgy. Think it's going to be exacerbated in England where the physical demands are higher and the tackles are more menacing. Blessed player when he's on song though, but for £50 million it's hard to defend signing him considering all our options. And it would be even more alarming if he's intended as an Auba replacement.
Klaus wrote:Quincy Abeyie wrote:It's been a while since his dodgy injury history. 35 league games last season, 31 the one before that.
26, 20, 29 and 32 starts in the previous four seasons respectively. It's not a great record for a team where he's the first name on the teamsheet and doesn't play in Europe. He effectively misses 2-3 months every year and the games after he returns are often dodgy. Think it's going to be exacerbated in England where the physical demands are higher and the tackles are more menacing. Blessed player when he's on song though, but for £50 million it's hard to defend signing him considering all our options. And it would be even more alarming if he's intended as an Auba replacement.
Reading those numbers and Rambo comes to mind with all the games he would miss each season.
Let’s go get some highly rated youngsters for midfield
Klaus wrote:Quincy Abeyie wrote:It's been a while since his dodgy injury history. 35 league games last season, 31 the one before that.
26, 20, 29 and 32 starts in the previous four seasons respectively. It's not a great record for a team where he's the first name on the teamsheet and doesn't play in Europe. He effectively misses 2-3 months every year and the games after he returns are often dodgy. Think it's going to be exacerbated in England where the physical demands are higher and the tackles are more menacing. Blessed player when he's on song though, but for £50 million it's hard to defend signing him considering all our options. And it would be even more alarming if he's intended as an Auba replacement.
I'd be amazed if we spent that much on one player this summer, even if we do cash in on Aubameyang and/or Lacazette.
Jed wrote:Would be a nice cheap replacement for the hopefully outgoing Lacazette. Sign him as back up/rotation player.
50m is not a cheap backup signing.
Nobody's paying 50m for Berardi.
Dortmund seems to have trumped a lot of European clubs again in signing another highly rated youngster in Jude Bellingham.
He will reportedly join them in summer from Birmingham City.
He is one of the best English midfield talents from I can gather and has already become an undisputed starter form Birmingham at the age of 16.
The transfer fee is supposed to be around 35 million.
Would be well worth it. From what I seen in limited matches he look special.
Klaus wrote:Possibly. I'm a big fan but I think it's the wrong move in all honesty unless we intend to use him through the middle, and even then it's a massive gamble on him to stay injury free. We have Auba, Marty and Pepé on the flanks and Nelson (and possibly Saka) in waiting.
Have zero doubts he'd be a very good player for us though, but we need midfielders this summer, not forwards.
All the signs seem to be if we don't make the CL Auba ia off. I'm guessing if Nketiah gets ahead of Laca then Laca will be off too. Both of those things seem more likely than unlikely at this point. Given that is Berardi worth a punt? I'm guessing we could get him cheaper than 50M. And we have good youth players to fill in when he's injured.
Yeah, if both of them are off I reckon he would be worth a punt. He's a good player who can play all across the forward line. It would be easy to build combinations with him in there. Hard worker too despite the skillfulness which I know Arteta likes.
He's blatantly not on Auba's level though. Talent-wise I reckon he's as good as anyone we have; there's a good chance he'd be starting for Italy right now if it wasn't for the knee injury which slowed him down for years. But asking him to replace Auba is bound to fail. Berardi would do well to get 10-12 league goals his first season in England I reckon, and that's a long way off matching what we've already got. We'd need Martinelli, Eddie and Pepé to step up their game massively to share the burden. Two of those are U21 players.
The big risk with transfers like these is that we end up even further behind because we buy more width instead of more edge.
I'd back Eddie to score at least 15 goals if we made him first choice striker. Spending on anyone else has to mean they are very likely to out do that.
I was assuming if we want Berardi it'd be as a winger though.
I'd back Eddie to score a lot too, but the things Auba brings aren't just goals. I know that's his reputation, but just look what an absolute superstar he has been over the last few months. He makes the whole attack a full order of magnitude better. And Arteta has not been a proponent of sparkling offensive football so far either. I'm very worried that, across a full season, we'll drop to the worst atacking level we've seen in a decade if he leaves.
He was a bit shit out wide when he arrived but hes fucking mint now all round when he gets the ball out wide.
Supposedly our main target of the summer, with us looking to wrap up a deal before the Euros
Massive want.
Him feeding Martinelli and Auba!
Or Johnathan David!
I couldn’t even make it through the video before I came out to approve. Looks a baller.
What’s his weaknesses?
Judging from that comp he doesn't care much for any back-lift in his passing 
. Neat player, just hope he has a decent amount of pace.
flobaba wrote:I couldn’t even make it through the video before I came out to approve. Looks a baller.
What’s his weaknesses?
He’s not that strong at claiming crosses when he’s asked to play as an emergency goalkeeper
There's this dutch gooner on twitter often raving about him.
Doubt it would happen, we are constantly link with young Turkish midfielders over all these years from Germany and Turkish league and not once was it even remotely close.
Hard to judge when the football is played in slow motion.
@lorddulaarsenal wrote:Supposedly our main target of the summer, with us looking to wrap up a deal before the Euros
Massive want.
Him feeding Martinelli and Auba!
Or Johnathan David!
Looks slower than Cazorla.....
Linked with not one, not two but three Olympiakos players.
Their left back Tsimikas, defensive mid Mady Camara and center back Pape Cisse.
I don't know if its just journalists trying to drum some interest after they eliminated us from Europa League.
As far as I know there have been links with Tsimikas from last year about our interest.
I thought Pape Cisse was great against us. Looked exactly the sort of player who'd do well in England. Haven't watched them otherwise though.
Yeah looked a unit too
He looked excellent both legs. Big ole bloke who marked us out of the game and gave us trouble on offense as well. I really liked him. I would bid for him. He’s the kind of buy we could do to save money in defense and then spunk our cash on top tier midfielders. Vieira San Gilberto must weep every time they sit down to watch us
Yes, Cisse looked quite impressive, would certainly be worth a punt.
24 years old too, just the right age for a step up.
There was a young centreback for Vitoria Guimaraes that really stood out in both games against us earlier in the Europa League: Edmond Tapsoba; he impressed me an awful lot. Sat down to watch Leverkusen take on Dortmund last week and there he was turning out for the former; Leverkusen paid €16m+ for him in the January window, so he clearly is a talent.
That said, he was terrible in the game I watched, looked entirely out of place, it was obviously one of his first matches in a new team/league, but it perhaps says something about players impressing in such a rubbish competition and when coming from even worse national leagues: the transition will take time and the step up is massive. I'm hoping the club have less riskier targets: Champions League players or players from stronger leagues, but obviously talent is the most important factor.
If we’re splashing big on one player this summer that player needs to be Thomas Partey
and cisse looks a legit 6'6", unlike koulibaly who was listed at 6'5" and then he wasn't towering over anyone when napoli played us.
Meatwad wrote:and cisse looks a legit 6'6", unlike koulibaly who was listed at 6'5" and then he wasn't towering over anyone when napoli played us.
jones wrote:Meatwad wrote:and cisse looks a legit 6'6", unlike koulibaly who was listed at 6'5" and then he wasn't towering over anyone when napoli played us.
google translates
hilarious. it's one thing to wishlist a player based on things you see on the internet, buying is a whole other level. he looked every bit of 6'4" in his videos though, maybe everyone around him was short or it was his long legs and short torso that made him look taller.
Ricky1985 wrote:There was a young centreback for Vitoria Guimaraes that really stood out in both games against us earlier in the Europa League: Edmond Tapsoba; he impressed me an awful lot. Sat down to watch Leverkusen take on Dortmund last week and there he was turning out for the former; Leverkusen paid €16m+ for him in the January window, so he clearly is a talent.
That said, he was terrible in the game I watched, looked entirely out of place, it was obviously one of his first matches in a new team/league, but it perhaps says something about players impressing in such a rubbish competition and when coming from even worse national leagues: the transition will take time and the step up is massive. I'm hoping the club have less riskier targets: Champions League players or players from stronger leagues, but obviously talent is the most important factor.
Probably also to do with playing in a defense coached by Peter Bosz.
Defending is an afterthought in most of the teams coached by him.