If we want a marquee attacker and Felix for e.g. ESR could potentially be surplus to demand.

    I'd try to keep Balogun as well as ESR. Even if it meant sending him on loan for another season. There is real potential in that lad as he's show in France and he's still only 21.

    Can't see it happening - certainly not now. We don't have that marquee attacker yet anyway so selling him now would set our squad back again for the title run in. Plus Arteta clearly liked him last season when he was fit.

      Been thinking for a season we'd end up being ruthless with one of these lads. If it's gotta be one of Saka, Martinelli and Smith Rowe it's ESR every time. He could go on to be one of the best players in England, so £50m isn't unreasonable.

      Clrnc I'm not sure we necessarily do want a marquee player. Think we might sign one of there's one available at the right price but not convinced it's a mandatory for us.

        Clrnc Hmm - who is this source?

        Any chance ESR may just get moved to the middle as a number 10?

          IndiKaila? This guys a shameless troll 😆

          No chance.

          Time for me to come out as IndiKaila?

          Hope it (and sounds like) BS. Kids deserves a chance to prove himself

          Fair play to that account. If I wanted write some believable rumour mill fiction, I'd probably hone in on Smith-Rowe. First few posts (including myself) split into various degrees of belief.

          Wouldnt shock me to see ESR, Martinelli or Tierney depart this summer

          I'd be shocked and appalled if we sold ESR or Martinelli this summer.

          Why is it that we manage half a season of good football and already people want to tear it apart?

          Martinelli is one of the most productive and dangerous forwards in the league. It would be nothing short of insanity to sell him. This kid is possibly going to hit a point when all the pieces come together and he goes into orbit.

          ESR is the worry, only because of injury. We have the depth to let him heal properly, but if he doesn’t get fit reliably we should sell. Every player counts in our set up. This isn’t Wenger’s beach hotel

          There is absolutely no need for us to sell either of them. When we have a warchest of 100 mil to spend on Murdyk, why would even sell any of the higher ceiling players?

            If we care about these lads, we absolutely should move on anyone who's not going to graduate to a regular place in the first XI across at least a couple of competitions.

            I regret what we've done to some of our youth products in recent seasons. Maitland-Niles for example—I would hate for Smith Rowe to end up in his shoes because he wasted another couple of years in his development as an occasional substitute.

            Pretty obvious Smith Rowe's not yet done at Arsenal, but I don't want him benched and half-injured all next season as he has been for this one.

            I agree that Emile's fitness remains the big question mark, but he's far more talented than AMN and also seems more professional. For those reasons I just can't see him being peripheral player for us unless it's due to fitness.