Sicario2 - Tier 1 Stoked with this. Good for him and good for Arsenal: and if it means a signing, fantastic.
Probably for the best. I do like how we’re creating a lean squad this summer and not hanging onto players who are unlikely to contribute meaningfully.
That leaves a lot of room open for Ethan to get some mins, especially in cups.
goon
So it’s Ode and then a 17 year old as back up. Risky. Think we will get one more.
assuming we're selling nelson too, I have to believe another wide player is coming
Yesssss. Win win.
If he develops there we have a good player back. And he won't block Nwaneri minutes anymore.
And that guarantees we will buy someone. No way we are letting Nketiah Nelson Esr Vieira leave without reenforcing
Yeah, that would be madness.
Wow, surprised at that. They must be really confident of landing another attacking player.
Yeah, Vieira's covered for Saka on the right wing
Surely means a new signing
Could also mean that we've given up on the idea of Nelson's contract being movable.
DiabyKungFu if we don't sell he'll probably go on loan too.
Fuck. I had Vieira as my flop of the season, and he’s fucked off already. Cynical bastard.
All the ITK in the mud. He left the same way he came here, out of the blue, no link before hand. A loan deal might do him well, Porto is a proper team as well. We should have moved for the coaches kid...right winger
HomeSteak
I think loan is the right move but I question going back to Porto. Vieria’s issue was physicality - he ain’t going to improve in that area by going back to his previous club. Would much prefer him to have to deal with something a little more challenging like a mid table Spainish or German team. Would have been even better at a Premier league club like Palace or Fulham.
Will this make Nwaneri Ode's understudy? Feels a big leap for a guy that's played less than 90 minutes for us. Wonder if the expectation that Trossard would play there sometimes with a new winger likely incoming...?
Don Pacifico Nwaneri is ready to play. But if Partey doesn’t go, we have lots of midfield bodies, so he’s not being abused.
romano has added some colour. apparently the vieira deal will only happen once conceicao moves to juve for some reason, and that deal isn't done yet
Claudius this is it. We have Ode, Rice, Merino, Partey, Jorginho, Nwaneri for 3 midfield spots. Plus Trossard, Kai and Timber who can play there if needed. Loads of options.
Claudius Partey can't cover what Ode does though, can he? I'm really struggling to figure out what the contingency plan is for an Ode injury (heaven forbid) and the only thing I come up with is Trossard, which isn't all that inspiring.
Sicario2 - Tier 1 This loan is not to make him a better fit for the PL - feels like this is more to give him minutes so that someone (perhaps Porto themselves) will buy him next summer.
Don Pacifico In reality if Odegaard gets injured we'll have to change the way we set up in midfield because you're barely going to find a good like for like replacement for Odegaard in the league never mind in our own squad and Vieira staying wouldn't have changed that equation.
Don Pacifico Partey can't cover what Ode does though, can he?
TBH Partey would likely be better than Vieira if we were that stuck.
The reality is in the event of an Odegaard injury Havertz or Trossard were probably still going to be ahead of Vieira. And I'd rather see Nwaneri fill in if we've a crisis than Vieira too.
Mirth Yeah I view an Odegaard injury as the same as a KDB injury. You can't replace them so you have to completely restructure the midfield to accommodate their absence. But I think the crux of it is that if Odegaard were to get injured, we'd be screwed regardless so might as well not spend a ton of time making plans for that worst case scenario.
