Thought Trusty's contract may have expired in June but he's travelling with us to the US. Good opportunity to promote and shop him if he's still in our ranks. Some speculation Partey has't travelled because of 'visa' issues but as you say, it could be because he's going to be transferred too.
They said Partey will join the squad next week so I don’t think it’s transfer related…
Clrnc Nelson injured 🤦🏻♀️ suspect that's the only reason Cozier-Duberry in the squad.
Shame for the other 3 youngsters not to get to go.
The font spacing on that Arsenal graphic offends me
Pepe LeFrits horrendous.
Nelson just can't catch a break.
If Partey's absence is because the Saudi deal is on, I hope it's wrapped really quickly, so we can move on his replacement.
Seems more likely to be a visa issue though.
Nelson is low key injury prone no?
Now he's locked into a new contract so we can't even replace him meaning Saka is gonna have to play 60 games again…
Sicario2 - Tier 1 Availability is just as important as ability. We can’t enjoy your abundance of natural gifts if you never play. Particularly important because we need to preserve Saka and Martinelli. If Nelson can’t play he will fall behind guys like Vieira. Or we will need to use Havertz/Trossard at 9 and shift Jesus over. But Saka relief should be Nelson’s if he can get fit.
Sicario2 - Tier 1 low key? He is horrendous, sad to see. He is injured more then he is healthy.
Tbf, Saka will play nearly every game because that's what the very best players do. It's also why we're considering Nelson as his cover imo - it's hard to get a very good and established player to come in and play second fiddle to a guy that good.
@Sicario Is this implying that Nelson will be injured for every game this season?
I would solve the issue by selling Nketiah and Balogun* and bringing in another striker to compete with Jesus (although I still think he has 20+ goals in him this season), so that the Brazilian can move out wide when it's needed.
*Or giving the Balogun the chance to be 2nd striker if Arteta thinks he can become a top player very soon.
Ricky1985 I think we are saving a big forward for next season. The striker market doesn’t look particularly strong this summer. So might as well solve our biggest areas of risk - midfield and right pod or defense.
Ricky1985 how’s about sell Nketiah, and Balogun and spunk Stan’s was on Osimhen?
Osimhen... Spunk it on Mbappé. Bring that boy home!
Mbappe is beyond mad Walmart money. You’d need to lump in Waitrose and M&S money on top of not more
Amazon money even! Worth selling, selling, selling for if there was even a squeak of a chance!
He’s a special player for sure
Have a feeling we’ll sell Partey and will replace him with Caicedo
I do, too, actually!
My gut feeling is we've been waiting for Partey to agree to the Saudi's offer and then a bid to follow, and have told Caicedo he's our man if/when it happens. Otherwise, I think he'd be at Chelsea already. I reckon he wants to come here bad.
I wouldn’t bet on Mbappe unless we got him on a free next year. Mbappe and Haaland are players who make £30-40m a year. It’s out of our range. We need to see which strikers develop over next 12 months and strike
Claudius I wouldn’t bet on Mbappe
Bold.
