Clrnc wrote:

Belgium press reported the held up past few days was due to us inserting a clause that bring up the fee dependant on us winning PL with him but they rejdcted it and wants normal installments

I wonder why they rejected it.

That’s hilarious.

"fee to rise by 15% if arsenal win back to back champions leagues before 2030"

The team at Arsenal drafting that bid must have had a massive giggle when pulling it together. I don't see how any of them could have had a straight face.

Probably a standard clause in a lot of contracts, precisely because it's so unlikely.

Another 1 cm closer.

https://dailycannon.com/2021/06/5-year-deal-arsenal-medical-shortly-for-albert-sambi-lokonga/

So we are gonna sell Xhaka for less then what we pay for this guy.

HomeSteak wrote:

So we are gonna sell Xhaka for less then what we pay for this guy.

Not after Xhaka's exploits against France.... He added 5mil to his price tag there.

Done deal apparently

A little bit closer to being almost iminent this one.

Worth only watching his 2021 highlights. He’s grew quite a bit last year so is almost a different player physically now

Is this kid any good? New Gilberto/Vieira/Xhaka/Denilson?

Looks closer to Partey in style. Prospect. Not blown away by his highlights but you can see the positives.

We’re also clearly targeting players with the hairstyle he has

romano reckons 21m all told. not exactly cheap. for that money I'd expect someone further along their development than 2018 guendo for example. him being anderlecht captain is a positive sign, but from scouring around for some opinions from Belgium, in terms of talent they put him a notch below tielemans when he left belgium

A scouting report on Sambi Lokonga.

https://www.scoutedftbl.com/best-young-football-players/albert-sambi-lokonga/

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

Looks closer to Partey in style. Prospect. Not blown away by his highlights but you can see the positives.

We’re also clearly targeting players with the hairstyle he has

Kessie next.

Here we go.

Sucks that he has to quarantine for 10 days...will miss the start of pre-season.

Almost time to Lok-onga this one up

This is our bloody level now

Not like he could replace Elneny right now innit

Wait until Arteta reveals his masterplan of bidding 130m for Declan Rice

Big chance we keep Willock and Xhaka. There really aren't any links with CMs either.

There aren’t any links full stop at the mo.

Anderlecht confirmed the deal, they deleted the post after a few minutes

Intrigued by this kid after Henry's comments, but do we really think he's good enough to start? Has anyone actually seen him enough to have an opinion? It's quite a step up to Premier League and he's very young.

Well he's probably going to have to start during the AFCON at least. If he's worth what we are paying for him that shouldn't be an issue.

Klaus wrote:

Intrigued by this kid after Henry's comments, but do we really think he's good enough to start? Has anyone actually seen him enough to have an opinion? It's quite a step up to Premier League and he's very young.

Only midfielder we've seen take to the league recently for a big club like a duck in water is bruno. But weirdly you put a portugal top on him and he's a bag of shite.

We obviously think loco can add something and we think he's got big potential to improve with adaptation and experiance. We're probably not going to see the best of him this season that's why is afordable. But hopefully hes not a dope like douzi, whos to thick to listen and makes the same mistakes game after game season after season.

watched a few more clips and I didn't realise how rangy he is. good frame for a midfielder

Klaus wrote:

Intrigued by this kid after Henry's comments, but do we really think he's good enough to start? Has anyone actually seen him enough to have an opinion? It's quite a step up to Premier League and he's very young.

Hoping he is our replacement for Ceballos/Guendouzi.

Ideally need another CM & AM and get rid of El'Neny.