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Summer 23 winda

Big Willie

Looks like it's the Turkish league though so it's all relative. Not sure he'd be able to hack the PL but he's got a decent skillet to work with. Comfortable on the ball, able to turn away and out of pressure, has a wand of a left foot. Got potential. Not sure how old he is but if he's still under 21 and able to be got for cheap then it might be a punt worth takimg.

Clrnc

FM legend this Arda Guler

Gazza M

if we're going for a utility attacking mid, I'd probably prefer asensio on a free over 50m on maddison.

Qwiss

Clrnc sounds like a real desperate move from McTs agent

Gazza M

like the look of him. comfortable in the middle or as a wide option as well

Pepe LeFrits

Gundogan reportedly has agreed to join Barca. Boourns. At least he's not going to be at City

Pepe LeFrits

Lloris wants to leave Spurs. Sad.

lorddulaarsenal

Assuming we get pipped for Rice and Caicedo who would you go for to bolster the midfield?

PureBall

lorddulaarsenal

To be honest, I will be furious if we can’t beat Chelsea to Caicedo after our respective seasons. It will be maddening to say the least. While Chelsea seemingly have tied up Urgate, where is Edu?

If we do not get Caicedo, which will be a huge error, then Thuram would be the next best shout. While is a specimen, the EPL takes time to adapt to. That is the beauty of Rice and Caicedo.

Thuram would be the next best shout, then you have the likes of Sangare, Kone, Zubimendi, Fofana, Seko etc.

Thuram for me, and if no Rice then Zubimendi unless there is a miracle of De Jong wanting to leave.

There is also a rumour of one of the Madrid midfielders wanting to leave. I wouldn’t be surprised if Tchouameni wants out after being relegated to the bench. Obviously he would shoot to the top of the list if that were to happen.

lorddulaarsenal

Yeah I recon we’ll secure one and most likely both.

That said Palhinha would be a good signing

Clrnc

lorddulaarsenal Palhinha is similar to Ugarte for me. Not sure if Arteta fancies having destroyers in the team or that we need them

Claudius

Quick thoughts on the winda. Overall, I really, really like our team. I think we’ve built a great MVP if you will, which has done well in its first title race. Now we need to go all in. ideally for me, priority ins/outs are focused on the first 11 and we answer 3 questions with each player - a) is he top 2 quality, b) is he healthy/available, and c) does he fit the system?

My incomings

Rice: one of the top players in pass completion, retention and recovery. Will elevate the Xhaka role and can also fit in for Partey
Caicedo: incredible tackler, efficient passer - good to take over Partey. Again, to help us with retention. I think with these two players, the focus is about helping us retain more possession. Leave the risk to the front 3 and Odegaard
Fresneda: gives us flexibility to invert on the right and use Kiwior on the right if needed.

My outgoings
Quality: Balogun, Cedric, Lokonga, Tavares
Health: … I have thoughts
Fit: Pepe, Tierney, Holding
Other: Xhaka

Bernard Woolley

Claudius I think we also need a set of backups for our frontline - I don't think Nelson can step in if Saka is injured or unavailable. I'd go for someone like Lee Kang-in and Nicolas Jackson (assuming his fitness can be satisfactorily established) - both should be relatively inexpensive and can be financed with outgoings such as Nketiah and Balogun.

lorddulaarsenal

He’s a bit more cultured on the ball. Who knows what Arteta really wants

Claudius

Bernard Woolley
I do worry about the frontline’s versatility. I am comfortable with their overall ability to score goals but we saw how acity escaped the press by often lumping the ball to Haaland against us. I would like variety but I don’t think it helps us to have another Nketiah or Balogun. The end of the season was very instructive. Basically as soon as we lose multiple top tier players simultaneously, we are no longer the best team Jon the land. There’s no point in getting more 2nd tier players. We need to reinforce the core with more elite players. Protect our downside

With Xhaka leaving and Partey and Elneny’s health - the main play for me is Rice AND Caicedo. That Caicedo can also play right back in an emergent y I’d also helpful. .

goon

Claudius

Could not agree more with this.

I reckon stylistically the likes of Rice and Caicedo help compensate for the loss of the more technical ones, because they can simply compete and make us harder to beat. They also open up a ton of possibilities in terms of what we can do - whether it be playing Caicedo or Partey as right sided versions of Zinchenko or how we line up in midfield.

Most importantly though, I reckon they'll allow us to evolve and take a few more risks, whether that means committing the likes of Saka and Martinelli a little further up the pitch or being able to be even bolder with our passing and committing of numbers forward, knowing that when we give it away we have a few players who will quickly mop up.

I hope that's the way we go rather than going for an 8/10 hybrid for that left 8 role.

Pepe LeFrits

Linked with a move for Guerreiro on a free if Tierney leaves

QuincyAbeyie

Should fit well since he's a fullback/midfield hybrid.

lorddulaarsenal

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2023/06/04/arsenal-target-clocked-as-even-faster-than-mykhailo-mudryk/

DiabyKungFu

Valladolid got relegated. I'm sure Fresneda was available before if we really wanted him, but he should be even more available now.

JazzG

DiabyKungFu

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