Make it happen Arsenal, will be an instant upgrade to Cebellos, ElNeny and the nonblonde Xhaka. Also wouldn't cost the earth.
Also some good tapping up agent Gabriel 
Arsenal Summer Transfer 2021
Is Renato Sanches injury prone ? I see he never played more then 24 games in a season. Picked up 8 injuries since he joined Lille
One more squeez. Evey day is closer and closer
HomeSteak wrote:Is Renato Sanches injury prone ? I see he never played more then 24 games in a season. Picked up 8 injuries since he joined Lille
Yeah he certainly is. Had issues at pretty much every club he's been, not sure he can leave them behind either as his explosive style of play will probably always strain his body.
Yeah he's slightly more injury prone than Tierney
By the sounds of it could bear the risk of a repeat Oxlade-Chamberlain situation.
I don't think Sanchez would be the right player to partner Partey.
Oh no.. Hope 
Come on team, get it done!
Dortmund still makes a whole lot more sense if that's true.
He looks one-paced to me. That doesn't translate well to England unless you are top of the pops technically and in beating the press - which maybe he is. I've only seen him these Euros
jones wrote:HomeSteak wrote:Is Renato Sanches injury prone ? I see he never played more then 24 games in a season. Picked up 8 injuries since he joined Lille
Yeah he certainly is. Had issues at pretty much every club he's been, not sure he can leave them behind either as his explosive style of play will probably always strain his body.
He moves like an absolute donkey. Horrid but partly hidden by the power the generates. But it'll add to the injury proneness.
Hopefully now Leno can sort his future out apace, whatever direction it pulls. Not a great position to have left the club.
KingslandBarge wrote:Hopefully now Leno can sort his future out apace, whatever direction it pulls. Not a great position to have left the club.
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USArsenal wrote:KingslandBarge wrote:Hopefully now Leno can sort his future out apace, whatever direction it pulls. Not a great position to have left the club.
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Don't know what you know or don't so unsure about how to respond.
I believe now that he's done with Euros, he'll have definitive talks with Arsenal. From what I've surmised the conversation started after seasons end but didn't exactly conclude.
KingslandBarge wrote:USArsenal wrote:???
Don't know what you know or don't so unsure about how to respond.
I believe now that he's done with Euros, he'll have definitive talks with Arsenal. From what I've surmised the conversation started after seasons end but didn't exactly conclude.
it was just that no one was talking about Leno in recent pages, so i wasnt sure if you were responding to something I wasn't seeing.
goon wrote:
Called it.
Juventus May be able to buy him, but they will be wiped out. It makes perfect sense for Sassuolo to want cash in this climate.
If they accept a low cash plus player deal, then something dodgy is going on.
We should be all over this. Heck offer them 45 and get him here.
there's just too much in the way of us getting him.
- no CL
- personal affinities
- Italians generally not doing well in the PL
Would absolutely love it if this did happen though. 40 mil is a steal.
This is transfer window is daft. Great players going on the cheap and others rumoured on on inflated fees. It'll all rest on the merry-go-round towards te end.
If it's between us and Dortmund, I'd be very disappointed if we can't get him. If he chooses to stay in Italy, there isn't much we can do about that.
Dortmund has UCL football and that normally swings players over
I think we'd be ahead easily. Dortmund have zero reputation in Italy and no comparable wage offers.
You'd think so. Not sure about Italians and I also doubt Italians like to live in Germany after Immobile flop but Dortmund beat United to Haaland, beat tons of clubs for Ajkanji, Bellingham and Guerreiro, and beat us to Sancho and Reus in the past. They have a weird attraction for young players.
Locatelli will be a nailed on starter for us though. The likes of Bellingham, Haaland, etc. would prefer playing time at Dortmund to riding the bench at a larger club. With Haaland there is also the small matter of his agent wanting another large payday with another obnoxious transfer.
Clrnc wrote:You'd think so. Not sure about Italians and I also doubt Italians like to live in Germany after Immobile flop but Dortmund beat United to Haaland, beat tons of clubs for Ajkanji, Bellingham and Guerreiro, and beat us to Sancho and Reus in the past. They have a weird attraction for young players.
It's not that weird, they're pretty much the biggest club in Europe to aim for when you're a young talent. How many CL clubs consistently field four or five players under 21? Plus let's say Locatelli develops into a Madrid/Barcelona level of player in two years, it'd be a lot easier to leave Dortmund for those clubs than to leave Arsenal.
jones wrote:Clrnc wrote:You'd think so. Not sure about Italians and I also doubt Italians like to live in Germany after Immobile flop but Dortmund beat United to Haaland, beat tons of clubs for Ajkanji, Bellingham and Guerreiro, and beat us to Sancho and Reus in the past. They have a weird attraction for young players.
It's not that weird, they're pretty much the biggest club in Europe to aim for when you're a young talent. How many CL clubs consistently field four or five players under 21? Plus let's say Locatelli develops into a Madrid/Barcelona level of player in two years, it'd be a lot easier to leave Dortmund for those clubs than to leave Arsenal.
Would it really though? Not in our current state.
Yeah I think so. For one our financial means are on a different level to Dortmund, and also the latter give concrete assurances to young players they could leave otherwise they wouldn't sign in the first place. With us it's been a while we had to let a player go against our will
One of the reasons its harder to move on from us is because the wages are higher though. Thats a plus more than a negative for a player.
Agreed. Only thing I'd say is Locatelli is a 23yr old international already being courted by Juve, so I'm not sure he quite fits the profile of a young player looking for a stepping stone. If anything this is normally the stage where Dortmund sell for €70m.
Yeah he's got the exposure now. I still don't think he'll choose us but it'll more likely be about playing in Europe, probably the CL, than his ability to move on in a few years.
spaceman spiff wrote:He looks one-paced to me. That doesn't translate well to England unless you are top of the pops technically and in beating the press - which maybe he is. I've only seen him these Euros
I'm thinking that like Lampard or Cesc who are high-profile examples, Locatelli wouldn't necessarily be the quickest but he plays relatively sharp, good spatial awareness, technique, premeditated vision for his age. I think its worth the punt for a club of Arsenal's resources. Also seen him only at the Euros, mind.
Pre season starts next week. We've released or sent a bunch of boys on loan, holding a medical for Tavares, renewed Tierney and Balogun. Was hoping we could have renewed Smith-Rowe and been further along bolstering our weak positions but oh well.
5 days later
So here is how we stand:
In: no one. Nuno Tavares(7 mil and add ones) & Sambi Lokonga(17 mil and add ones) are most likely done.
Total £24.000.000+
Out:
Trae Coyle - Free
Zech Medley - Free
Mark McGuinness - Free
Dinos Mavropanos - £500k loan fee; £3m loan obligation if Stuttgart stay up, option if relegated
Daniel Ballard - Loan
Ben Sheaf - £750k
Daniel Okegoke - Free
Matt Smith - Loan
Total: £1,250,000
12 days later
I still think there will be opportunities to sign quality and value as there are a number of top level and elite clubs that need to sell in a BIG way.
Barca need to raise about 700m to service their short term debt, let alone the La Liga wage cap as % of revenue which IIRC they are 70% above due to COVID.
RM have the same levels of debt but not as short term loans, and the same issues re wages.
Inter also need to sell to either raise 60m re debt servicing or to reduce wages = I forget which.
However the biggest financial issue is with the entire Ligue 1 which is in disarray with the collapse of their new TV deal, which will see clubs lose about 400m on projected revenues = shades of the SPFL TV deal collapse and potential outcomes. I was watching Ornstein & Co and they think it is at the point where actual clubs will/need to be sold, not just their players.
This does not mean to say that all prices will fall, but that many players (not just French) will be available for sale at the new market value rather than being retained by their clubs.
It seems most of the deals being considered are players + cash or loans with an option/obligation to buy, & those who can make a cash offer for anything remotely like current market vale (post COVID), are going to potentially either take the cream and/or dine like kings subject to their requirements.
I also find it interesting/telling that we have seen 3 of the current title winning managers move from those clubs over finances and player sales for this season.
5 days later
Anzac wrote:
Good read!
“When opportunities present themselves (on either foot) he prefers the ambitious passes that hold greater risk, but greater reward should he break deep defensive lines.” says Phil Costa but Micheal van Vanderbergh on todays Arsecast said the opposite. Says Lokonga is very smart but doesn't take enough risks with his passing.
Just 5 weeks remaining - still lots to do. Only thing they really concerns me though is the lack of any real news around a CM.
goon wrote:Just 5 weeks remaining - still lots to do. Only thing they really concerns me though is the lack of any real news around a CM.
Ideally we still need a CM, CM/AM, and a right back.
Plus his goalkeeper situation with Leno might to be sorted out.
how would we feel spending 120m on white, ramsden and Abraham?
Gazza M wrote:how would we feel spending 120m on white, ramsden and Abraham?
Shut the club down
Gazza M wrote:how would we feel spending 120m on white, ramsden and Abraham?
