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Arsenal Summer Transfer 2021

lorddulaarsenal

Don’t want Nabil Fekir

goon

Odegaard set to stay at Madrid according to the Athletic. Hope we don’t end up regretting missing out on Buendia but hopefully there’s plenty of other options.

HomeSteak

Gazetta Dello Sport : Arsenal are ready to put 40 million€ on the table for Manuel Locatelli who prefers Juventus for the moment, Giovanni Carnevali, the Sassuolo president, has confirmed that the interest from abroad for Manuel is concrete.

https://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomercato/14-06-2021/calciomercato-florenzi-locatelli-quanti-azzurri-si-muoveranno-l-europeo-4101970971414.shtml

Gazzetta not as reliable as before but there is nothing there about us. Nothing....Edu will get the sack by the end of the summer, bet money.

ohboy

At the end there is a write up about our interest in Locatelli and Chelsea’s in Hakimi.

Locatelli would be amazing and a show of real intent.............can’t see it happening.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

HomeSteak wrote:

Gazetta Dello Sport : Arsenal are ready to put 40 million€ on the table for Manuel Locatelli who prefers Juventus for the moment, Giovanni Carnevali, the Sassuolo president, has confirmed that the interest from abroad for Manuel is concrete.

https://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomercato/14-06-2021/calciomercato-florenzi-locatelli-quanti-azzurri-si-muoveranno-l-europeo-4101970971414.shtml

Gazzetta not as reliable as before but there is nothing there about us. Nothing....Edu will get the sack by the end of the summer, bet money.

I'd rather he's sacked today but yeah, as long as he's gone soon.

Gazza M

doesn't locatelli move the needle about as much as neves all things considered? partey has already lost a season adapting, I'd rather we didn't sign someone from serie a who will take a season to bed in

Claudius

Gazza M wrote:
doesn't locatelli move the needle about as much as neves all things considered? partey has already lost a season adapting, I'd rather we didn't sign someone from serie a who will take a season to bed in

Locatelli is a high quality player who can do a B2B role and be perfect in the Guardiola role of advancing attack.

I think we need to contextualise Partey’s first season. He was signed extremely late, and didn’t have a chance to ramp up with the team in the summer / early season. This contributed to his slow start and probably him being injured. We can avoid this by signing Loca early.

jones

Get Saul to find someone who'll hit the ground running with Partey. Had a shit season which is the only reason he might be available, he signed a ridiculous eight or nine year contract some four years ago. He's as driven as any player in Europe, think it'll have hurt him Atletico won the title with him not being a nailed on starter. Still only 26 and with a point to prove after missing out on the Euros

Imagine

Qwiss

I thought contracts that long were against Uefa rules?

Qwiss

Gazza M wrote:
doesn't locatelli move the needle about as much as neves all things considered? partey has already lost a season adapting, I'd rather we didn't sign someone from serie a who will take a season to bed in

Yeah thats a big issue. I suppose you need to balance it with other signings. We aren't going to only sign players with PL experience. As long as the balance of PL and non-PL signings is good we should be ok.

jones

Qwiss! wrote:
I thought contracts that long were against Uefa rules?

Normally they are but those rules are easy to circumvent, a couple of players do it every now and then. Remember Fabregas had an eight year contract with us back in the day. Inaki Williams signed a nine or ten year contract a while ago and Kepa hilariously got one over seven years with Chelsea.

Clrnc

Gazza M wrote:
doesn't locatelli move the needle about as much as neves all things considered? partey has already lost a season adapting, I'd rather we didn't sign someone from serie a who will take a season to bed in

Much higher ceiling than Neves and more rounded. If we have a chance to get him we must, even considering the adaptation period.

Odegaard is staying at Madrid. I think we would have known that way beyond the reports now, which is why we went in for Buendia. Now lets hope we have another backup AM to sign but I am struggling to think of anyone with Buendia's number and potential that is available.

flobaba

That’s why it’s not your job to think of such things Clrnc.

I’m big on letting the folks who get paid to do stuff do stuff. We knew this would likely be the case when we picked him up on loans last term, and so like any half reasonable organization, we already had our back up plans a b and c in place in case the likely scenario played out. Amiright or amiright?

mdgoonah41

i dont understand the neves interest i guess. is our goal to finish 7th instead of 9th next season? we have no europe to focus on, just the tinpoint cup and then the FA cup in january. we do not need a lot of squad filler for this season. if we are going to spend, we should be looking to spend on elite talent, and overpay if we have to since we dont have european football. of course the player needs to want to come here, and i honestly wouldnt be jumping at the chance to play for a manager who is probably 6 weeks of bad results away from getting sacked.

the kid from anderlecht makes more sense, since we'd be buying him before hes really made a name for himself.

Claudius

That should be the approach, MD. Either proven super quality, or kids who potentially have tons of upside

Qwiss

100% that. We need either someone who raises our level now or someone with the potential too. Not just filling holes with more players of a similar level.

ohboy

Agree with above.

The lack of games, is a great thing and one we should look to exploit.

I would even completely forsake the cups if it meant one game a week, using our best players.

If we sign super quality, we will not regret it.

banduan

Clrnc wrote:
Gazza M wrote:
doesn't locatelli move the needle about as much as neves all things considered? partey has already lost a season adapting, I'd rather we didn't sign someone from serie a who will take a season to bed in

Much higher ceiling than Neves and more rounded. If we have a chance to get him we must, even considering the adaptation period.

Yup. Something definitely puts me off about Locatelli but this guy has so much upside.

speedy

jones wrote:
Qwiss! wrote:
I thought contracts that long were against Uefa rules?

Normally they are but those rules are easy to circumvent, a couple of players do it every now and then. Remember Fabregas had an eight year contract with us back in the day. Inaki Williams signed a nine or ten year contract a while ago and Kepa hilariously got one over seven years with Chelsea.

With cesc it was a 5 year deal and a 3 year deal. With one due to start after the other and be signed both.

lorddulaarsenal

Think we’ll wait to see what the big boys do and get their cast offs

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