Love Neto's game. I do think it could be an issue that he's more of a goalscoring threat from the RW, since LW would be his primary position here. But his ball control is out of this world.

QuincyAbeyie if we bring in a £70m, £300k a week left winger he's going to play nearly all the time. I'm not again nst it if that player is way better than Martinelli. Rashford is not though.

Clrnc he’s too good. Our midfield would go up to an elite level instantly. We’d probably face some competition from City, but I think he’d prefer to come here. Arteta knows how to appeal /sell the vision to the players he wants. His role would be crystal clear, and he’d have an opportunity to showcase himself on the biggest stage consistently with us, and be a part of the resistance that toppled the pep empire.

The second most impactful signing we can make this summer. No 1 will be whoever my winger/striker upgrade/backup is.

Similar to what was said last summer, we wanted him but just didn't have wiggle room in our finances to allow it.

good that there are actual consequences for not spending wisely.

Meatwad your issue last summer wasn’t about not spending wisely
It was about not being in champions league. One champs league season basically earned us what 3 or 4 Europa seasons can produce.

Claudius

I assumed Meatwad meant more generally around the PL.

Seems like the Sesko noise is really picking up and I can't complain. Love his ball striking ability on both feet - it's something we are sorely missing outside of Trossard. Altering my list from the other day to include him:

• Sesko (65m RC?)
• Nico Williams (45m RC?)
• Gibbs-White (50m max)
• Doue (40m max - Saliba style investment)
• Hato (30-35m max)

Ideally I'd also like to see us go for Gibbs-White AND Fofana but if we bring in Sesko, we likely will have to just bring in one midfielder and I'd prefer MGW but not sure if we are that interested.

—————————————————Raya
White (Tomi/Timber)—-Saliba (White/Tomi)——Gabriel (Kiwior/Hato)—-Timber (Tomi/Hato)
—————————Rice (Jorginho)
——————Odegaard (Vieira/Doue) —— Gibbs-White (ESR/Nwaneri)
Saka (Williams/Jesus/Doue)———-Havertz (Sesko/Jesus)——— Williams (Martinelli/Trossard/Doue)

Not saying that Williams would walk into the starting lineup - I think it would be a great competition for time between him, Martinelli, Jesus and Trossard, which is what we want. My only concern would be with midfield depth as it relies on ESR and Vieira kicking on this year. Alternatively we could shift them and bring in another midfielder like Fofana. If somehow we could get enough funding to bring in Bruno instead of Gibbs-White, that would be even more ideal. Zinchenko, Partey, Nketiah, Nelson are all moved on this summer in this scenario.

If we really pass up on this guy in order to get some center forward who is just going to sit on the bench, then I'm going to become The Joker. I really don't think conventional wisdom has fully caught up to just how good Michael Olise is.

DiabyKungFu yep he’s elite. I recon he’ll go to City

Simons is a similar case.

Infact sod it. Go and get Simons and Osimhen.

Those two and we’d win the league

Are you lot all forgetting we need at least one goalkeeper as well this summer? Rambo will be off. I guess we can use his fee to buy a replacement. Or maybe two keepers if Hein is a heinie and doesn't signie.

DiabyKungFu We were strongly linked to him before he joined Palace. Sounds like Chelsea all over that one, haven't seen us linked at all.

DiabyKungFu He's exceptional, but I get a strong vibe we're not that into him because of some detail of "specificity", such as him being left-footed

Guess I am in the minority wanting Osimhen over Sesko. Osi is exciting and hits the ground running IMO. Sesko is one for the future and hence a bit of a gamble.