It's not about sentimentality though. It's about that if we buy Gabriel we have him, Saliba, Luiz and Mari as sure things (as in won't be sold this summer), and that means we need to keep one of the rest. The best of the rest is Chambers. Nothing sentimental about it, and why would we need to learn to let go of Chambers specifically instead of Sokratis, Holding and Mustafi?

Chambers is a massive liability against any speedy winger or forward. We've had to shelter him from those and I can only imagine he'll come back from an ACL even slower.

They say he is tier 1 for Rennais news. Also the first guy to say Guendouzi to Arsenal when we signed him.

HomeSteak wrote:

They say he is tier 1 for Rennais news. Also the first guy to say Guendouzi to Arsenal when we signed him.

Wow. That's great news. If he's meeting the head of recruiting it means we've sanctioned it. So this guy is reliable?

Bizarre. So we gave Luiz a new deal just to sell? I have to say out of Holding, Sokratis, Mustafi and Luiz he’d be the last one I’d sell.

I don’t buy it.

goon wrote:

Bizarre. So we gave Luiz a new deal just to sell? I have to say out of Holding, Sokratis, Mustafi and Luiz he’d be the last one I’d sell.

I don’t buy it.

It probably a rubbish rumour, but id' say Luiz wants guarentes of a first team place. He left chelsea to be a starter and he could do the same again. And wages wise with COVID we need to cut.

What the hell?

If true just means we are after a big CB signing

Clrnc wrote:

If true just means we are after a big CB signing

Yeah, I was livid after we triggered his extension, because that makes it harder to revamp our CB’s like we should be doing.

I doubt this is true, but if it is, then we are incredibly close to a starting type of CB.

Its also pretty clear Luiz is world class in a back 3, average and dodgy in a back 4. Think Arteta wants to build back a 433 team.

If we are not receiving a good price I will still keep Luiz mainly because of his leadership and motivational skills, plus the fact he can cover as a DM

If we renewed Luiz's contract so we could sell him, that's absolutely fucking brilliant. If they pull it off, color me impressed.

Coombs wrote:

If we renewed Luiz's contract so we could sell him, that's absolutely fucking brilliant. If they pull it off, color me impressed.

I don't think it was the intent at the time, but our financial position probably means we will listen to offers for just about any player.

If we sell him, it was definitely intentional.

I think the intent at the time was based around our being able to qualify for UEFA via league position.
At the re-start we were still an outside hope for challenging top4 until we lost to both MC & BHA. We were still in re UEL places until the losses to TH & Villa. IMO each of those has meant we do not have the dame finances available and we have had to adjust our strategy accordingly.

This is a no-brainer if we can get good money. We need to turn over our older players and get money. And invest in the Aouars and Upamecanos of this world.

Who’s going to negotiate with these guys agents / directors, who have been in the business of transfers for years? Vinai / Edu / Arteta have never negotiated a major transfer between them. We’d be lucky to get someone like Ryan Fraser.

30m is fine too. Just get him out of our club. We desperately need the funds for a good AM

If selling Lacazette and Guendouzi gets us an Aouar then I'm all for it.