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Riccardo Calafiori

lorddulaarsenal

He’s proper Arsenal

Burnwinter

Claudius I'm quite certain he'll be a left back or LCB for us. Where he's going to improve us straight up is his reading of the play and his execution of intercepts and tackles. Remains to be seen what it means to lose Zinchenko's "backup general" style when going forward, or how Calafiori may link with Rice, Gabriel, Martinelli or Havertz.

Claudius

Burnwinter we may loss progressive passing when Zinchenko is on the bench, but this guy will allow us to mix it up with his carrying. We don’t have enough players who have the power and skill to run 20 yards with the ball and disorganise the opponent. With this guy and timber, we suddenly have that running.

JazzG

Clrnc Naughty boy, once Arteta catches wind he'll make sure he's married within the year. Need his full focus on the Arsenal not chasing after birds.

Don Pacifico

Bernard Woolley I feel like that has been the sentiment for 60-70% of our signings and things worked out alright.

Meatwad

she has crazy eyes. look at this psycho marking her territory during an interview. guaranteed she doesn't behave this way if the interviewer was a man.

regardless of what she says in that tweet, she's following him to london even if he doesn't know.

Big Willie

That's a fake tiktok apparently. Haven't checked but this is what they saying

flobaba

Clrnc London birds better make him feel welcome...

mdgoonah41

this transfer is only like an 6.4/10 on the weirdness scale, still plenty of time for things to ramp up

Burnwinter

Claudius We'll see what happens, but I like Calafiori a lot on paper. This looks like a significant upgrade.

There seem to be some concerns about Calafiori's durability and athleticism, but those are also Zinchenko's weakest suits. Kiwior is an elite physical specimen and an asset to the squad, but he's no "pictures" player. Come on in, Riccardo.

Clrnc

Don't think we lost anything at all without Zinchenko playing last season. If any, it was net gain and improved team performance

Claudius

Clrnc he wasn't a gamechanger in the way that Rice, Saka, etc are, but was still a value-adding member of the squad. It's easy to understand why Arteta has been committed to him given the options we've had. I think Cala is the piece that makes Zinchenko less necessary.

Gazza M

our obligatory defensive signing is now out of the way. time for things to get interesting

Gazza M

flobaba

Gazza M probably helps that they likely could/would not match whatever terms we were offering.

TambourineMan

Good stuff. Remember listening to an Athletic podcast on Motta and Bologna earlier this year and the they spent a fair chunk of it speaking about Calafiori. I remembered the name and then when I saw Italy at the Euros I understood why they were impressed.

He only wanted us if reports are to be believed and the price is fair. Happy with this.

Now for a midfielder and forward. Please and thank you.

Clrnc

Calafiori reminds me of Chivu. In his playing style. Anyone else?

Burnwinter

lorddulaarsenal

This signing is thrilling. It’s a sign of where we are in squad building. We are adding really quality in a big boy manner now. Improving what is already arguably the best defence in Europe.

This guy is a top player, brings something new to the squad and he’s a heartbreak kid.

JazzG

Even though our defensive record was good there is plenty of room for improvement. We conceded 29 goals last year, that isn't something to shout about. We ideally need that to be in the low 20s next season.

Left side of defence was clearly an issue last season. Zinchenko, Kiwior & Tomi all played there for us and I think it is fair to say none of those solutions were ideally. We have Timber fit this season but what Arteta's plans for him aren't clear yet.

CPM

JazzG So glad to see Arteta put these stats monkeys in their place. They should speak when spoken to. Nothing beats a man with a style and an attitude, and an eye for players who fit his system. And we clearly need left-sided help across the board.

Our last five big transfers: Rice, Havertz, Timber, Raya, Calafiori. That is an immense record.

Don Pacifico

JazzG for the record, I don't consider Raya to be a master class on fee. Guy had one year left on his contract.

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