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QuincyAbeyie

If we're buying Upamecano (we won't) it better not be at the expense of someone who'd make our attacking play less awful.

Anzac

goon wrote:
Only way Upacamano (or any centre back) makes sense is if you sell Holding and Chambers in the summer.

I'd keep him to convert him to DM where he got POTY at Fulham.

goon

He can play a few positions, so if we could unload Cedric and Kolasinac instead it may be worth keeping him as another utility man, but I doubt he’d want to stick around for that.

Claudius wrote:
goon wrote:
Only way Upacamano (or any centre back) makes sense is if you sell Holding and Chambers in the summer.

Okay? Is there supposed to be a dilemma here?

😆

Anzac

goon wrote:
He can play a few positions, so if we could unload Cedric and Kolasinac instead it may be worth keeping him as another utility man, but I doubt he’d want to stick around for that.

I'd start him as DM unless we signed Bissouma, as I want the likes of Partey & Willock to share the B2B role (presuming AMN is used to replace Bellerin as RM), with a #8/10 in the other CM position.
Not only does he give us the options of one less position/player to sign, but both he and Elneny as DMs are able to drop in between the CBs to form a back3 when required in game to provide width when playing a high line.

Claudius

Oahu do you guys want to hold onto big squads? You need to start focusing on the starting 11 that is going to get us back up the table. Fill it out with the kids and one or two other reputable players. This long tail of guys we can’t tell apart like all the lesser Hollywood Chrises needs to go to Burnley and Newcastle.

Gazza M

We actually do need our own Bruno type signing. 6 months ago I felt we just needed a silkier creative player to help transition the ball a bit better through the middle, but now we actually do need an individual creative powerhouse ala de Bruyne or Bruno. Buendias creative numbers look good but he doesn't offer much goal threat

lorddulaarsenal

Linked with Shaktar’s Manor Solomon - a left winger

lorddulaarsenal

Probably won’t make any blockbuster signings in January but if we come out of the window with a left winger, a creative mid and another good centreback we’d be doing very well

lorddulaarsenal

Left wing options - Gabriel Veron, Manor Soloman
Creative Mid - Szoboszlai, Buendia, Fabio Vieira
Centreback - gawd knows

Qwiss

We have two of the most promising left wingers in world football. It'd be madness to waste money on a new one.

mentalvortex

Concerning to me that we are again linked with a player who is declining, unwanted at the current club and on massive wages.

Qwiss

Claudius wrote:
Oahu do you guys want to hold onto big squads? You need to start focusing on the starting 11 that is going to get us back up the table. Fill it out with the kids and one or two other reputable players. This long tail of guys we can’t tell apart like all the lesser Hollywood Chrises needs to go to Burnley and Newcastle.

Well we need homegrown players. So Holding and Chambers should be amongst the last shipped out. Right now Holding is our second best centre half, even if Saliba comes good or you sign another centre half it makes sense to have players like Holding and Chambers in the squad rather than Luiz, Sok, Mustafi, etc I also trust both to not cause trouble and give 100% which is something that can't be said for a lot of our players.

Qwiss

mentalvortex wrote:
Concerning to me that we are again linked with a player who is declining, unwanted at the current club and on massive wages.

Oh a near 30 year old who's in decline that no big club wants, get that man on a massive wage and a long contract ASAP, what could go wrong.

Clrnc

I would take Isco on a low fee even if he is on relatively high wage, like a James deal as a backup plan. He will easily be better than James.

Manor Solomon on the other hand, would be a really really good signing. Impressed with him a lot in the 2 games against Real Madrid, and he was brilliant for Israel too in the qualifying matches

lorddulaarsenal

No thanks to Isco

Claudius

Isco is done and dusted. Busted. Spanish Eriksen.

Gazza M

isco is the kind of hustling backwards signing we need to avoid

Claudius

He’s an Inter Milan signing. They’re a retirement home. They’re worse than us and United. They even have a decent defender who never plays.

lorddulaarsenal

Matheus Pereira would be an excellent signing.

HomeSteak

Damn 😆. Out of 17, only 1 is good enough.

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