HomeSteak wrote:
@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

Breaking news: Gabriel has asked for 24 hours to make his decision

Or 48.

46.5

Last day of the transfer window

Gabriel “Ki ‘av anuvva twenny foor arrs ples”

I read he'll decide in the next day or two.

I heard he's going to decide on Saturday when he'll decide to decide

He used to think he was indecisive, but now he’s not too sure

Gabriel has passed his medical with us.

United and PSG are now favourites to get him

Clrnc wrote:

Gabriel has passed his medical with us.

United and PSG are now favourites to get him

Good. Let PSG and United fans deal with his attention-seeking behaviour. As Luther Vandross said, if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with... 

Clrnc wrote:

Gabriel has passed his medical with us.

United and PSG are now favourites to get him

Source? Smells like BS to me mate

We’re a guaranteed shag for Gabriel. He knows it n all. We’ve been staring at him across the dance floor pretty much all night. Occasionally biting our bottom lip gently and following it up with a pout.

Gabriel has seen a few girls make their way into the VIP section. They’ve got legs that go on forever. Gabriel’s drunk mate knows one of them through work and he’s said to Gabriel “Ah yeeh mate, I’ll get choo in there, Ive heard they like extremely one footed centrebacks who seemingly go to ground toooften”

Gabriel’s chosen to see how this one might play out.

Lol@Dula.

Btw I’ve never seen so much hype/anticipation for a player 99 per cent of us have never seen play. He bloody better be Lillian Thuram Mark 2 for all this effort/stress.

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

We’re a guaranteed shag for Gabriel. He knows it too. We’ve been staring at him across the dance floor pretty much all night. Occasionally biting our bottom lip gently and following it up with a pout.

Gabriel has seen a few girls make their way into the VIP section. They’ve got legs that go on forever. Gabriel’s drunk mate knows one of them through work and he’s said to Gabriel “Ah yeeh mate, I’ll get choo in there, Ive heard they like extremely one footed centrebacks who seemingly go to ground to often”

Gabriel’s chosen to see how this one might play out.

I've seen how this one ends. Gabriel as good confirmed.

Qwiss! wrote:
@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

We’re a guaranteed shag for Gabriel. He knows it too. We’ve been staring at him across the dance floor pretty much all night. Occasionally biting our bottom lip gently and following it up with a pout.

Gabriel has seen a few girls make their way into the VIP section. They’ve got legs that go on forever. Gabriel’s drunk mate knows one of them through work and he’s said to Gabriel “Ah yeeh mate, I’ll get choo in there, Ive heard they like extremely one footed centrebacks who seemingly go to ground to often”

Gabriel’s chosen to see how this one might play out.

I've seen how this one ends. Gabriel as good confirmed.

You mean Gabriel going home to Lille with blue balls confirmed

Arsenal fans are actually mental 😆

Couple of reports that this is now done. Reckon it’s announced tomorrow.

that's some impressive sleuthing.

this guys agents are briefing journos way too much. Always sus when that happens

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

We’re a guaranteed shag for Gabriel. He knows it n all. We’ve been staring at him across the dance floor pretty much all night. Occasionally biting our bottom lip gently and following it up with a pout.

Gabriel has seen a few girls make their way into the VIP section. They’ve got legs that go on forever. Gabriel’s drunk mate knows one of them through work and he’s said to Gabriel “Ah yeeh mate, I’ll get choo in there, Ive heard they like extremely one footed centrebacks who seemingly go to ground toooften”

Gabriel’s chosen to see how this one might play out.

Brilliant. At least his transfer thread has kept us entertained. I'm now 76% sure that he will make a decision in the next two weeks.

Bryant wrote:

here's romano's update

Increased our bid or increased salary terms? Increasing our bid would make no sense. Lille accepted.

It sounds like it's just dodgy English for us offering Gabriel bigger wages.

Everybody wants pogo-stick or Lille just do the best player marketing in Europe. Hope we wrap it up soon. Imagine we announced this and a mid before Community Shield.

goon wrote:

Arsenal fans are actually mental 😆

Couple of reports that this is now done. Reckon it’s announced tomorrow.

you know that's mostly banter yeah

Raul would have given his agent 4m by now and had this wrapped up.

So this is done?

[Twitter]

Back four of Tierney Gabriel Saliba Bellerin by Xmas?

You think that CB pairing is PL ready?

We will need to start Luiz for a few weeks but by Xmas we should’ve transitioned God-willing

It’s not just the physicality and pace. Bellerin would be the most experienced defender in that back line. I’m not convinced that’s a top 4 back line. At least not without a Partey helping out.

Yeah I think it's crazy to be thinking such young players will come in and be at the necessary level. Both still learning their roles and will need an experienced defender next to them for a decent while yet.

I can't imagine a Gabriel-Saliba partnership will be ready for Premier League either.

Then again what we have at the moment is subpar too. We finished 8th this season so it's not like there's much to lose by booting Luiz and Mustafi out of the XI.

That’s my feeling too. If we limit their exposure it will be to protect them rather than the team.

Gabriel is a good age anyway, soon to turn 23, so we are talking about a player building up to his prime years. Saliba is very young so might need a little more protecting.

Gabriel was in the L’Equipe team of the season. He’s ready. The wildcard is Saliba but who would we rather start ahead of him on the right side if we do a 4 man D?
Gabriel cannot play on the right because he can’t tackle with his right. So maybe we do Luiz there. Or we start Mustafi + one of Gabriel or Luiz.
Or all 3 of them in a 343. Or stick with Tierney. I suspect Saliba will have to learn to swim. His team had a massive positive performance differential with him versus without him.

flobaba wrote:

You think that CB pairing is PL ready?

Would call Luiz and Mustafi PL ready?

Why does everyone assume we'll start the season with a 4-3-3 anyway?

There's every chance we'll start the season with 3 CBs I reckon

Pepe LeFrits wrote:

Why does everyone assume we'll start the season with a 4-3-3 anyway?

There's every chance we'll start the season with 3 CBs I reckon

I assume we will start 343 but by Xmas I imagine we will be a 433. Arteta has suggested he is compromising. And when he attacks, a lot of his patterns default to 433 or 5-5 patterns. The break is so short poor Arteta is going to have to transition the team in-season

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