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Martin Odegaard - Redux

Jed

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:
No buy back either

That was key to this being a good deal.

Qwiss

Not sure I believe in xT. On the one hand ESR was 3rd in the league for xT this week but Xhaka was also in the top 20.

TambourineMan

Laying the groundwork for a Haaland swoop next summer.

naz

We upgraded willock for 5-8 million. Worth it. Now sign a midfielder from Lyon and a rb. It'll make up for the ramsdale signing

naz

Plus a striker would be nice if we sell one of the two "stars" we have

TambourineMan

12 days to:

Find buyers for Laca and Auba (and replace them with one gun)
Relegate Xhaka to a back-up option
Sign a RB
Clear high value surplus to requirement assets (Chambers/Holding, Nketiah, AMN, Nelson)

Apart from the first item on the list (which is harder to do), the others should all have been done a month ago and if we were a competent club this would have been done ages ago.

banduan

Xhaka is already a backup option to me. Once Partey is back it's him + Lokonga.
Bellerin being such a wantaway has pushed the RB position to where it is.

Rumours are Odegaard at 35 mil is after add-ons and the deal is actually around 30 mil. That's the right value.

Gazza M

pretty much spot on in terms of price. really happy with this deal

now if we had a clue, we'd drop the ramsdale nonsense and focus on outgoings to clear space for a striker or midfielder madness

Gunner89

20m would have been a good price

I suppose he can fill the elneny role in the squad

Clrnc

35m euros is a great deal. Fantastic buy, I really rate him. I guess he's not everyone's cup of tea but I always loved players with indirect multiplier effect

goon

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
goon wrote:
I don’t know what xT is but I like the players he’s surrounded by:

Here is an explanation that was so long I didn't bother reading it: https://karun.in/blog/expected-threat.html

I skim read the Athletic article the chart was based on after posting. I think the jist of it is the areas of the pitch you have an influence on (I'm guessing with your passes, touches and shots but I didn't get that far), the closer you are to the opposition goal mouth the higher the score.

Gurgen

I would be delighted with this signing, especially with that price. Really think he can be one of the best. Now to sign a new manager and board.

Clrnc

Confirmed by Madrid tier 1 sources, all but done deal. 40m euros inclusive of future add-ons, and Madrid will have a first refusal on any future sale.

Qwiss

£30m according to Arsenal sources, €40m according to Real sources. 😆

€40m would be on the pricey side of things for him, hopefully thats only if all the bonuses etc are reached.

Ricky1985

€40m = £34m, so it's not much of a difference anyway.

Klaus

£30-35 million is a really good fee for a player with Ødegaard's talent and character. Very happy about this.

I do think we need Maddison's attacking qualities more, but I envision Ødegaard playing deeper in the field in the future, like Modric or late-career Cazorla, where his slowness is less important and his intelligence gets multiplied. We need a manager who can mold him into that type of player though.

Gazza M

Qwiss! wrote:
£30m according to Arsenal sources, €40m according to Real sources. 😆

€40m would be on the pricey side of things for him, hopefully thats only if all the bonuses etc are reached.

35m sterling including including all the add-ons. pretty much spot on in my view. arteta probably won't get the best out of him because of his fullback heavy philosophy, but I think any coach worth their salt would find odegaard to be an asset

the only downside is we haven't sorted out the midfield platform yet. theres an athleticism problem having odegaard and xhaka in the same midfield, same as there would've been if we'd gotten maddison.

Rohit

It's a good fee for him. He's a dying breed, very happy we have signed him. He will make the team better. I just hope we spend the spare cash well.

banduan

there seems to be some sort of countering of a socmed backlash on this signing. But I haven't actually seen much backlash and am just wondering where all this is coming from.

Gazza M

it's coming from the reply guys who got ramped up on bells maddison rumours

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