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.

    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.

        Osimhen... Spunk it on Mbappé. Bring that boy home!

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        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

          Disappointed Nwaneri isn't going on the tour. I'd like to see more of him.

            Qwiss Same. Wouldn't have brought Holding and Elneny personally. What's the point?

              If they're going to be part of the squad next season, then it would have been incredibly disrespectful of Arteta to take Nwaneri ahead of them.

              I'm also disappointed not to see more of him though. Looks very special.

              Don't see why we have to leave Nwaneri and Skelly. We flying commercial or something? Can't afford the extra seats? We couldn't fit them on our team jet? Doubt there is a limit to the number of players we can take for non official pre season games.

                Apparently Partey has a court hearing tomorrow hence why he couldn’t join the team on the plane.

                  Big Willie

                  I suppose you've got to draw the line somewhere. And there will probably be restrictions on the planes on the internal flights, coaches, hotels, training facilties etc.

                    I think everyone is missing the biggest story.

                    Alex Runarsson makes the squad! 😯