It always works like this, after we lose a few games, or fail in our target of winning, the league, top 4 etc what ever it is. On point, the articles about us going huge in the summer come out lol. Then comes the summer, we fail to get in our main targets and life goes on.
Personally I think we need to be moving Odegaard deeper to dictate buildup and bring in a more output oriented CM that will score goals. I don't think Odegaard is the next KDB but rather the next Bernardo Silva and we need someone like Wirtz to come in and complete the midfield. Wirtz or Musiala would be the dream of course but even someone like Eze or Gibbs-White would be a good fit for me. I just don't think Odegaard scores enough and is enough of a threat in and around the box and adding a more output focused and athletic midfielder would really help us in settled game states and in transition.
Question, if we don’t sign anyone this Jan have we effectively sacrificed our season?
Would love Araujo - class player
In hindsight missing out on Vlahavoic seems like a big mistake. There's enough smoke about him moving (now or in the summer) that we should be all over that.
Honestly, I'm as concerned about Top 4 as I am about winning the league, and FA/CL would be the cherry on top.
Trossard -- Vlahovic (Havertz) -- Martinelli (Nwaneri)
I also think we really need to spring Odegaard back into life. I'm left wondering if Partey and Rice, or Partey and Jorginho could play as a flat two, and let Odegaard play as a "true" 10. He's stalled out in his right 8 role, and I think he'd actually enjoy the central space more with Vlahovic and Martinelli nearby.
Vlahovic I would still take with open arms. We should have got him 3 January’s ago.
lorddulaarsenal If we sign another defender before addressing the attack at all, this fanbase will collectively lose it. Araujo is class for sure but we have much larger needs.
Yup - get an attacker in first.
Nico Williams, Vlahovic, Marmoush, or Delap this January
lorddulaarsenal would be a completely stupid signing at this point in time. Wouldn't even start for us anyway.
MistaT In hindsight missing out on Vlahavoic seems like a big mistake.
Hardly a mistake. They tried to get him and he only wanted Juve, not much we could do about it. Especially at the time without CL football, etc The real mistake was signing Jesus instead of Isak who was actually attainable.
If we can get Vlahovic now I'd take him though.
By the way I’ve got this horrible feeling we won’t sign anyone this window
lorddulaarsenal I'm almost certain that will be the case.
Sicario2 - Tier 1 3 years ago he turned us down, we tried hard but he wasn't interested. Since then he's had a serious injury and since joining Juve his highest goal tally is 16 in the league, I'm not convinced this guy is going to elevate us. What we really need is a wide player this window and then go all out in the summer for a CF if needed.
lorddulaarsenal The Arsenal fanbase would go nuclear if we signed a defensive player this window over an attacker 
JazzG The Arsenal fanbase would go nuclear if we signed a defensive player this window over an attacker
This is the thing that kills me with fans. This idea of equating transfers. That one transfer in one part of the field negates a transfer in another part of the field. If we find a defender, mid or goalie we like for the long term, we should buy him.
That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t put the majority of our effort into getting a forward.
PSR and limits on spending above your means say otherwise. We are not one of the top 3 or 4 teams in revenue and profits like we used to be in the late 00s and early 2010s. So prioritisation becomes crucial. We couldn't even sign Raya last season because of PSR and had to defer his signing to the summer.
Wasn't our net spend like £12m this summer? I think we are nowhere breaching and have good headroom to splash out. I honestly think in the summer we just put all our eggs in the Williams basket and ended up fucking ourselves over.
Ornstein mentioning City working to sign Marmoush as well, really like the guy and think he would be ideal for us.
