Only way we sign another CB I think is if we have a mass clear out, Sokratis, Mustafi and Holding at a minimum.
Even then that would leave us with Chambers, Mari, Saliba and Luiz, but we could sign a 5th as a long term replacement for Luiz while Chambo gets back to fitness.
Arteta has specifically mentioned we need a CB. We are playing 3 at the back and ideally Tierney is our LWB, so we will sign one with Mari and Chambers still out, while clearing Sokratis. Mustafi can't be sold since he's injured argh
Clrnc wrote:Arteta has specifically mentioned we need a CB. We are playing 3 at the back and ideally Tierney is our LWB, so we will sign one with Mari and Chambers still out, while clearing Sokratis. Mustafi can't be sold since he's injured argh
Mustafi has us in a tight spot.
You'd hope that he can get well enough to pass a medical before Oct 5 when international transfer window closes.
Because after that we need to decide whether we want to extend him to protect value because on Jan 1st he could sign a pre-contract to leave on a free next summer.
I don't think a medical really requires a player to be fully fit, as long as their long term fitness can be assessed.
He may be surplus to us, but Arteta put huge faith in Mustafi and was, for the most part, proven right.
That's only given the options available to him though. If you offered him a clear improvement, I don't think he'd turn it down and I think he's pragmatic enough to realise when we have to sell a player.
Captain wrote:He may be surplus to us, but Arteta put huge faith in Mustafi and was, for the most part, proven right.
A lot of players performed well all over the field for Mikel because he had a good plan and great man management.
But when we think soberly, not all of these guys are the right personnel to take on the journey to the title. Some men need to get off at the next stop
Mustafi was his first choice centrehalf.
Is David Luiz invisible?
Not the last time I checked, no.
