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Leandro Trossard, welcome to Arsenal

Claudius

We fucking win it bigly.
I’m confident that this team will get it done.

RowJimmy

From Next 10 critical:

RowJimmy We fucking win the fucking league title.

goon

Where is Tony Montana when you need him.

I am Arsenal Till I Die

Burnwinter I keep flip flopping between the excitement of winning the whole thing and the dreaded heartbreak of losing it like we lost top four last year.

I have to say though, I get carried away more often than I fear the next slip up. Either way, this title race has completely consumed me mentally. Takes up way too much bandwidth mentally .

Claudius

I am Arsenal Till I Die just enjoy each weekend and see where it ends. Life is too short

TambourineMan

What an incredible signing he has turned out to be. He was on the verge of finding a new level before the WC but the falling out with De Zerbi stalled some of that progress. We took advantage of that and it has worked out brilliantly for us as we look set to benefit from his best (peak) years as a footballer.

He could be for us what Jota has been for Liverpool over the last couple of seasons. Capable across the front three, hardworking and technically impeccable.

Burnwinter

Big Willie Somebody just said it the other day and I was like 💀 💀 … Claude is right, just enjoy each weekend, see where it ends … but finally … don't say edgy shit that brings down the wrath of the gods!

Clrnc

Insane. Jesus has a fight on his hands to get back

GooneriC

Such a smart player the way he manipulates the ball when receiving it in tight areas. To have both him and Odegaard in the team has done so much to help us against teams that sit.back and try to defend

MistaT

I’ve got lots of love for players who make those around them better. Trossard seems to have that quality in that Martinelli and Xhaka both are benefiting from his play. He’s settled seamlessly in the squad, and I think we have benefitted massively from it…just prior to his signing our offense was stalling.

As others have said, reminiscent of the Arshavin signing and impact.

yuppa

MistaT Yep, I wanted Vieira for Xhaka to try to regain some fluidity but it turns out it was Trossard for Nketia that helped us find our gear. Love his tenacity, hopefully he gets some of the goals his performances deserve.

Pepe LeFrits

Maybe we should be looking at a winger in the summer, and just use Trossard and Jesus as our two 9 options?

Mirth

Pepe LeFrits Absolutely, we still need another winger if we want to compete across 4 tournaments.

I'm happy to give Nelson, ESR and Nketiah more time but - realistically - not all 3 of them will make it.

goon

Mirth Absolutely, we still need another winger if we want to compete across 4 tournaments.

Liverpool did it (literally 4 finals) with less last year:

Salah - Saka
Jota - Jesus
Mane - Martinelli
Firmino - Trossard
Diaz - ESR
Origi - Nelson

On top of that we have one of Eddie/Balogun and Vieira who can play on the right too.

I sense that Arteta is more Pep than Klopp in wanting tons of depth, but I personally think we have more than enough. I guess you could argue that we should sell 2 or 3 of those and go for someone 'elite', but I reckon you'd just end up paying a lot of money for someone with less talent than ESR and I don't think I'm being sentimental.

lorddulaarsenal

Get Diaby - he’d be the right side Trossard in terms of options he brings to the squad

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Alexis SanHleb.

Claudius

goon you can’t compare the Liverpool and Arsenal teams. One of those teams was filled to the brim with veterans at or just past their peak. We have the second youngest team in the league.

Dropping out of Europa was a blessing. Our last two league games we put 7 past Palace and Fulham, yet really struggled with a rotated team against a 4th placed team from a small league. Clearly the upper end of our team is incredible but we just don’t have the depth. And it was absolutely going to come to a head if we made the QFs and SFs where we would need to make difficult choices about squad rotation once we were facing teams like Juve and United. Do you play Partey vs United/Juve and rest him in the league where City leaves no margin for error?

There are ₄ players right now we cannot afford to find ourselves in this quandary over: Partey, Saka, Odegaard and Gabriel. And Saliba now that Tomi is done.

Burnwinter

£21m plus add-ons was an absolute deal for this guy. If he can sustain his current level he's one of the most dynamic creative players in the league.

Clrnc

Burnwinter also shows there's value to buy from lesser clubs.

Playing in a lesser team don't allow them to fulfill their whole potential

Burnwinter

Definitely. I think Wenger knew the same with his occasional bids on the likes of Vardy or whoever.

It is interesting though that we've tracked Trossard for years and only just pulled the trigger, he evidently could've been a key player for us for several seasons by now. I guess Smith Rowe's fitness issues were part of the decision.

There must be some trait about Trossard that's regarded as a negative, not sure what though. The fact he was "rescued" to some extent after his falling out with De Zerbi seems part of his sky high motivation to prove a point since joining.

goon

Claudius I completely agree with regards to the midfield given Partey age, injury record etc. which is why I'm advocating our focus goes there. Same with a Holding upgrade maybe given the drop off levels though you could argue White/Tomi is enough especially if we sign Fresneda or someone along those lines.

The forward line/creative 8s has more than depth there for me though and I don't see their age as a problem personally.

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