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Flo Balogun

Don Pacifico

Difficult to criticise him for wanting regular first team football. To be honest, it probably is better for his future if he does leave (even if I'd rather we hold onto him).

Don't know how much to read into all of the social media shadow boxing that self-absorbed young footballers faff around with but if choosing the US over England is because Southgate didn't pick him for the most recent squad, then I think he already has a bit of an ego problem.

Qwiss

Pepe LeFrits he definitely wants to make an impact right now, he feels he's ready for it. Hard to criticise him for that. I don't like selling Hale End talents but I don't think he can demand a starting spot here so if needs to be a starter then we should just cash in.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Why does this guy think he is Michael Jordon of football? Great, he chose the US but have some self-awareness. Enough of this self-promotion after achieving fuck all in the game.

QuincyAbeyie

Sicario2 - Tier 1 how can choosing a lesser country where he's more likely to play and recognize that he's not good enough to play every week for Arsenal and therefore leave for a (no doubt) worse club be anything else than self awareness? If anything, staying here and thinking he had a shot would be the arrogant thing.

Don Pacifico

I dunno mate, I think that's a bit of a false dichotomy. Difficult to argue the kid isn't a bit ego-centric. Did you see the cringe video he posted on Twitter to announce all this? Granted he won't have made it himself but pretty embarrassing thing to post under your name regardless.

Not forgetting his social posts when he wasn't included in Southgate's last squad (and feigning injury to drop out of the u-21s).

Coombs

Hope we get a decent fee. He's not good enough for Arsenal, when it comes down to it.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

He’s an upgrade on Eddie so would actually be a decent squad player. However, he needs to calm down with thinking he is a King with nothing to back it up.

Burnwinter

Think it's pretty hypothetical he's an upgrade on Eddie. Even if he were, not enough of one.

It would be bloody good to add a player up there with Van Persie's best to our team. If we can't then perhaps this should be the summer we train with Martinelli mainly through the centre.

Gunner89

Lacazette was completely finished in the pl last season and is racking up 25 in ligue one.

The guy couldn't get past 45 minutes and was done physically for this league.

Balogun has increased his stock, so we can get a good fee for him.

Goals have dried up for a while now for him penalties aside.

JazzG

100% sell him imo, like you say his stock is at a high so need to get the max we can.

Lacazette being neck and neck with Mbappe, what a time to be alive.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Yep. A well run big club would sell this guy right now.

Jed

I don’t know about that. Not comfortable with the idea of selling a 21 year old striker who came through our academy and is fresh off scoring 20 goals in a top 5 league this season.

Another goal for him today.

est

What's his contract situation like? If it's not critical, I'd like to see what he can or can't do in the PL next season, before making a decision on him.

I'd rather sell Jesus at this point tbh. If we're looking to make room for a new striker.

Burnwinter

est If it's not critical, I'd like to see what he can or can't do in the PL next season, before making a decision on him.

I think his value is likely to drop if we bring him back to this league. He's been off the boil in France and quite a few of his goals were scored against poor defending. Would definitely cash in.

Interesting if possibly harsh reading from the very peak of Balogun's achievements for Reims below. The substance of it is that his football needs work all round, his touch and execution are reliably unreliable, and he shouldn't move to a stronger league until he develops further.

https://www.scoutedftbl.com/best-young-football-players/folarin-balogun/

lorddulaarsenal

Cash in. Uphill battle for him to become elite - doesn’t have the physically ability for it

Sicario2 - Tier 1

lorddulaarsenal

He will be good as a squad option for CL next year. Him and Jesus good back ups for our new number 9. Bin Eddie for good, bar two mini purple patches in 12 months, he has and never will be good enough for us

Clrnc

Sicario2 - Tier 1 Agree. If we can get Balogun to stay here we will have one less thing to settle

lorddulaarsenal

Can’t see us signing a striker. Would love us too. Intrigued as to who we’d move for.

I’d hope it’d be a more physical player but the only real links out there are to Lautaro Martinez

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Burnwinter thanks, very interesting. So he's a bit unreliable technically in terms of first touch etc.

Hence why I don't think he'd be a great fit in our system.

goon

Eddie has 9 non-penalty goals in 1900 mins this season. Balogun has 14 non-penalty goals in 3000 mins. Those mins are not equal either.

Qwiss

goon thats a great comparison. I will say what Balogun has in his favour is age. What he has against him is his attitude. I don't think for a minute he's going to get on with Arteta.

Burnwinter

goon Don't believe Balogun's superior to Nketiah until I see it. Their mins-per-goal are the same but seems to me Nketiah would've eaten a few of the Ligue 1 chances I've seen Balogun latching onto.

They're probably both not good enough. Not good enough to start twenty consecutive matches for Arsenal if the injury prone Jesus picks up another serious knock. We got off lightly last time with Eddie, and the competition he brings isn't hot enough for Jesus.

There's a pitfall beyond that in imagining Balogun is a decisive "upgrade" of Nketiah if he's not. So we bring him in and the likelihood is he doesn't convince, his valuation goes down, he looks worse than tyro Premier League strikers weekly, and we waste time not resolving the deficiency in our squad. Quite like the idea of him being a makeweight for the Rice deal.

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