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Gabriel

Coombs

Both. He's got more upside than any of our CBs bar Saliba who's never even played for us.

This is an exciting signing any way you slice it. Half the time people are whinging about not getting them early enough before their value skyrockets out of our reach, and the other half is this snooty "wait-and-see" attitude when we do make those moves, moaning about how many slide tackles are in the YouTube comps.

Qwiss

Give us a chance Coombs its not even official yet and we aren't a load of twitter teens.

Klaus

Gazza M wrote:
Little write up froma gooner based in lille who's seen him play live. This guy tweeted that arsenal should go for him in may last year

I’ve seen quite a few Arsenal fans asking for us to sign Tyrone Mings from Villa: Gabriel is actually quite similar to him in terms of playing style, but better on the ball.

I do like the sound of this. I think that's a player type we've been missing. No one around to boss it physically since Kos left.

banduan

I like that the main reason we looked at him appears to be the fact that he's left-footed. Little details, very important.

Claudius

If he’s got L’Equipe’s endorsement, that’s great in my books. Can’t ask for much more really. I’m not a scout, so I’m hoping Cagigao and co did their jobs before they left.

Ray

Tbh I don't think either of them will stick around if we don't get CL / play them regularly. Bar injuries I can see Saliba going to Madrid pretty soon.

lorddulaarsenal

That’s the spirit!

Claudius

I think they’re both on 5 year contracts. If other teams come calling, we have a lot of power.
Long deals with Saliba, Gabriel, Tierney, Saka can only be good for building the asset base. If we don’t win, we can sell them each for £50m+ down the line. We need more players like this. Good work by Raul, Edu, Jonkers et al here.

Meatwad

as long as they aren't going to the biggest clubs on a free transfer i'm good with them leaving. it would mean their time here was successful on at least an individual level. if our central defenders are getting that kind of interest then we're probably a very good defensive team.

ohboy

We can’t really do more than what we have done.

Signed a ultra promising Right center back a year early, something we never did previously.

Signed a left center back who dominated this season and made Ligue 1 team of the season.

Signed a quality LB last season.

Apart from RB, what more can we do?

All of them are at a great age as well. Hopefully they can learn and grow together, and execute over time what the manager wants from them.

Now we need to sort out the midfield, as a lot of blame has gone to our defence over the years, but they have had zero protection. That becomes the priority now.

Clrnc

ohboy!!! wrote:
We can’t really do more than what we have done.

Signed a ultra promising Right center back a year early, something we never did previously.

Signed a left center back who dominated this season and made Ligue 1 team of the season.

Signed a quality LB last season.

Apart from RB, what more can we do?

All of them are at a great age as well. Hopefully they can learn and grow together, and execute over time what the manager wants from them.

Now we need to sort out the midfield, as a lot of blame has gone to our defence over the years, but they have had zero protection. That becomes the priority now.

Well said, but if we don't sign Partey and another number 10 it would be going to waste again

QuincyAbeyie

Think Partey will get done eventually if he wants to come here. Don't think we'll get another midfielder if Ceballos stays though, unfortunately.

Also, Gabriel is possibly a great talent, but I think we need to brace ourselves for a Kos-like development curve. Hopefully the fans won't get on his back if he takes time to adapt,and maybe we should only play one of these new guys at the same time.

Clrnc

I will kill for someone if its a Kos-like development. Kos was brilliant from his very first appearance at Anfield.

Anyway, it's funny but I always say Gabriel is like a stronger Koscielny. Very similar styles

Claudius

Kos had a tough first 3 months. Lots of bad decisions tracking players, silly fouls and cards. And then he settled and all was gravy

QuincyAbeyie

I disagree that Kos was brilliant from his first appearance. He was decent and you could see that the potential was there, but he made many mistakes (to be fair he didn't ever totally get rid of that, but they got fewer with experience). In fact, I think only absolute peak Kos can be described as brilliant.

Clrnc

Mirth

Clrnc wrote:
I will kill for someone if its a Kos-like development. Kos was brilliant from his very first appearance at Anfield.

Kos was one of my favourite players but that's not true, his first season was a mixed bag.

Klaus

He didn't have an easy job to be fair, had to carry Squillaci on his back.

Clrnc

Mirth wrote:
Clrnc wrote:
I will kill for someone if its a Kos-like development. Kos was brilliant from his very first appearance at Anfield.

Kos was one of my favourite players but that's not true, his first season was a mixed bag.

Maybe my memory is failing me, but I remember that match at Anfield I was so impressed with him as a new signing.

Coombs

Wasn't he sent off for handball in that game?

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