Jan 2023 Transfer Window

Sicario

Apparently we have the green light to sign one top player, most likely a winger.

Clrnc

Most likely Mudryk. Hope Shahkthar is reasonable.

est

If we somehow managed to pull off Mudryk and Danilo in January, that would make it the best Summer+Jan-tran ever for us. Two consecutive transfer windows like that would be a signal of serious intent by the club. Make it happen!

lorddulaarsenal

Arteta is due his first “madness”

lorddulaarsenal

Think he’s referring to SMS by the way

Claudius

est wrote:
If we somehow managed to pull off Mudryk and Danilo in January, that would make it the best Summer+Jan-tran ever for us. Two consecutive transfer windows like that would be a signal of serious intent by the club. Make it happen!

I would go get a 2023 Premier League Champions tattoo in January. Put that bad boy on my shoulder for my enemies to snarl at

Burnwinter

If we strengthen seriously up front and in midfield in January and continue to pace City into February, I'll be talking about the title finally.

If they're serious KSE might as well blow £150m in January if it's on the cards, seems like a lot but still by far the cheapest way of giving ourselves any sort of shot at a premiership.

Anzac

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:
Think he’s referring to SMS by the way

Yes please.

Sicario

lorddulaarsenal

J Kronks looks the shiz

Bernard Woolley

I'd love to get Marcos Llorente - seems like Atletico are willing to get rid. Would be a great backup for Partey in my opinion.

Burnwinter

KSE's level of engagement and commitment to "the process" still boggles me a bit.

If they go big in January things could get pretty interesting round these parts.

Claudius

Burnwinter wrote:
KSE's level of engagement and commitment to "the process" still boggles me a bit.

If they go big in January things could get pretty interesting round these parts.

KSE are winners. Look at the rest of their portfolio. They’re a serious organisation. Very impressed by them.
We were royally screwed by Dein introducing Jabba to the equation

Big Willie

Claude, that wasn't the case whilst Wenger was still here. And I mean their portfolio, not Arsenal. Apparently they were known for having all these teams with all of them being mid table mediocrity until around that period. Nowadays with their Super Bowl win and their Stanley Cup win they've been doing well but back then there were a lot of question marks about their lack of involvment/investment in their teams.

There were genuine concerns about their contentment in being in these closed leagues where minimum investment still made him huge returns. Something only possible in the PL if he kept us in and around the top 4 while tv revenues increased, which is what we did for ages. Maybe those wins with his other teams gave him a taste for winning (or it could be as a result og completing his takeover), who knows, but the Kroenke's are a lot more involved nowadays.

Claudius

They’ve definitely improved last few years. Become a lot more serious. You’re right. But I also do feel that the situation with Jabba really cost us a decade.

jones

It's great for Arsenal that they're shelling out as much as they are but where was that winner organisation when the club was in tatters during the last Wenger and Emery years? A CEO who jumped off, Sanllehi coming in with his dodgy dealings, Mislintat and Edu floating around the club without defined roles, Emery not being backed with funds or decision making power etc

Credit to them for financing us now since Arteta is in charge, but let's not rewrite history. They've been atrocious owners for years.

Clrnc

BernardWooley wrote:
I'd love to get Marcos Llorente - seems like Atletico are willing to get rid. Would be a great backup for Partey in my opinion.

That's a good shout, he could play anywhere

Burnwinter

Claudius wrote:
They’ve definitely improved last few years. Become a lot more serious. You’re right. But I also do feel that the situation with Jabba really cost us a decade.

jones wrote:
Credit to them for financing us now since Arteta is in charge, but let's not rewrite history. They've been atrocious owners for years.

As far as Arsenal is concerned, in the last year or so I had the much delayed insight that KSE didn't invest properly on the pitch until they had total control … didn't want to boost the value of the stake they hadn't secured yet. I don't know if that's true, but it makes sense and gives credence to the idea that Red & White Holdings' machinations were part of the reason for those "sustainable" years.

Asterix

They could also be learning and improving. It does happen occasionally.

jones

Burnwinter wrote:
Claudius wrote:
They’ve definitely improved last few years. Become a lot more serious. You’re right. But I also do feel that the situation with Jabba really cost us a decade.

jones wrote:
Credit to them for financing us now since Arteta is in charge, but let's not rewrite history. They've been atrocious owners for years.

As far as Arsenal is concerned, in the last year or so I had the much delayed insight that KSE didn't invest properly on the pitch until they had total control … didn't want to boost the value of the stake they hadn't secured yet. I don't know if that's true, but it makes sense and gives credence to the idea that Red & White Holdings' machinations were part of the reason for those "sustainable" years.

That might well be true but we're Arsenal fans, not Red & White Holdings KSE plc supporters. When Kroenke became majority owner he became responsible for Arsenal FC as far as I'm concerned, it might make sense from a financial viewpoint to not boost the sharevalue but we're talking about a billionaire piece of shit here. He's 75 and probably won't be around for too long but even his son could be hemorrhaging half a million every day for the rest of his life and still die a billionaire.