Pretty sure Arteta has a better idea than "everyone else" to be fair.

Plan sounds more like it’s Tielemans related with a surprise winger

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

Pretty sure Arteta has a better idea than "everyone else" to be fair.

I'm picturing Mikel posting Twitter links from the same journalists and ITKs that we do in the Arsenal whatsapp group, and Edu saying "sorry mate, you know I can't say".

It sounded to me like we've now moved on who we needed to in the past couple of months, and now it's phase 3. He sounds reasonably confident of it happening to me, and that it will go down well if it does.

That clip on Neto has made me warm to Neto. Still rather someone like Diaby but Neto is better than the initial eye test suggests. He’s able to adjust his movement mid move to evade players. Gervinho had that quality.

You know what they say, the road from anti wish-list to wanting someone is paved with a YouTube clip.

Who said that? Names please

Will have to dig it up later

If you wouldn’t mind.

Wonder if this one goes right to the wire? Would be nice to sort by Sunday/Monday in case an option for CM opens up.

Bruno Lage suggested anything could happen on the outgoings front for Wolves. Think it’ll be done by Sunday evening.

If Neto is left out of Wolves squad on Sunday v Newcastle then it’s game on.

Also, we play Villa at home on last day of the transfer window. Imagine going into that game on the back of two last day signings. Feel good factor on steroids.

If ppl could choose Tielemans v Neto who would you go for? For me as much as I like the latter it has to be Tielemans. Hopefully we can get both though.

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

That clip on Neto has made me warm to Neto. Still rather someone like Diaby but Neto is better than the initial eye test suggests. He’s able to adjust his movement mid move to evade players. Gervinho had that quality.

Yeah he’s actually able to leave defenders well in his wake while maintaining his balance. Has that bit of magic in his boots and his acceleration is also tops. Could be a revelation of a signing in the right system.

Wouldn’t shock me if Wolves replace Neto with Porto’s Pepe

https://theathletic.com/podcast/150-handbrake-off/

Arsenal are exploring the Neto deal, however unlikely it may be - Wolves are insistent that they don’t expect Neto to leave before the deadline; you’d suspect they would want a very high price at this late stage if they were to sell. Never say never on incomings, you simply never know with Arsenal because we've been here before, where it felt like it it was going to be quiet and then it exploded into life

Quote taken from Reddit.

Seems like we might be putting a bit of pressure on here, see if the player pushes more.

Apparently he is keen on the move - just need him to make an officia transfer request to add some more pressure to the mix.

sounds we're gonna give it a good nudge in the next few days

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

Wouldn’t shock me if Wolves replace Neto with Porto’s Pepe

They signed Guedes didn't they? He's quite similar to Neto., so hopefully they feel they're in a position to sell.

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

That clip on Neto has made me warm to Neto. Still rather someone like Diaby but Neto is better than the initial eye test suggests. He’s able to adjust his movement mid move to evade players. Gervinho had that quality.

He has that hunched over running style that makes him look less fluid and balanced than he in fact is. It's all there in his game though, he could become a super productive wide player in our system for sure.

I also love that he has incredible speed and plays with lots of aggression and intensity, both in his movement and his pressing. I think that's important to Arteta because as good as Smith Rowe is out wide and Vieira might be, they have totally different levels of intensity. The dynamic of our attack suddenly change completely, and whilst that might be the desired effect on occasion, more often we just want to go with our Plan A, and so a like for like option is very important. Neto would be just that.