Not sure I am bothered about it without more detail. Trossard had issues at Brighton but he's just a high key person, not a troublemaker. He doesn't show less than professionalism and a competitive attitude coming off the bench here.

samthegooner

Cunha------Odegaard
-----------Rice

This is the type of midfield we need. Cunha solves a lot of creativity issues.

      daredevil but we still have issues in our forward line then. I don’t think addressing the attackers by adding another midfielder is the key right now. We need attacking depth and I don’t see him slotting in well in any of the LW/ST/RW positions as well as someone like Mbeumo. If we were able to sell Jesus and Trossard then maybe I’d entertain Cunha as a versatile impact sub but having all three is a waste to me even if he’s more effective than them.

        I don't like Cunha as my first choice, but would eventually take him due to the capacity issue we have. Reason I don't like him is I think Havertz is a good centre forward. I would like another centre forward, either an upgrade (Isak/Osimhen) or an exciting project (Sesko). What I do not want is an expensive tweener who still leaves us in a position where we would ideally want to get another pure centre forward in the team.

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          samthegooner Players can get like this to force a move, it isn't pleasant but a lot was written about Trossard before he joined us, his behaviour has been spot on and never heard a bad word since.

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            Claudius Problem we've got is in January options are limited. If Cunha is available whereas other options are either ruled out or too expensive we have a decision to make.

            I think Cunha would be a good squad addition, we probably need at least 2/3 players in our front three as Trossard is probably going in the summer, then Jesus needs to be moved on as well.

                JazzG Problem we've got is in January options are limited. If Cunha is available whereas other options are either ruled out or too expensive we have a decision to make.

                I think Cunha would be a good squad addition, we probably need at least 2/3 players in our front three as Trossard is probably going in the summer, then Jesus needs to be moved on as well.

                yeah, agree. not my first choice but our numbers situation just needs a high quality body even if its not the very best. i really wanted Nico Williams in the summer. when the summer ended and we didn't have him, i thought we could survive. i think the combo of a thin squad, lots of players working through the summer, and that tough September/October just wiped us out. which, in retrospect, the club might have been able to predict as a real downside risk once we had all the fixtures.

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                  Didn't release but both Wissa and Mbeumo contracts up in June 2026

                  I agree we have a numbers issue but isn’t a £30m Trossard signing to build depth- it would likely be at least double that. And it would likely include unwanted opportunity costs that would affect our ability to go after the players and profiles we need this summer. Is he worth that? To me he isn’t mostly because he doesn’t necessarily fit positionally in our team. Would he help our attack in the short term? I don’t doubt it and I like him as a player but I just really feel like it will delay us addressing our real problem areas - pace and game breaking ability on the left wing and a bona fide 9.

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                  Cunha is also 25 years old and entering into his peak, he'll probably cost £50m but I think he'll be worth it. He's versatile in that he can play across the whole front three and one thing I really like about him is how well he plays in tight spaces, plenty of players look good in transition but from my extensive youtube research (lol) he seems very good in tight areas. Most seems park the bus against us so we need players like that.

                    JazzG didn't Wolves play close to £50m? Think they'd be expecting a bigger profit.

                      Sicario2 - Tier 1 I don’t think they’ll necessarily write off the season but I am dubious they’ll sign anyone of note at this point. I just hope we don’t panic and mortgage the future to bring in some bodies. And I also hope we don’t miss out if on opportunities like Gittens if Chelsea makes some traction there. We need to be ready to hijack any attractive deals.

                        As Cunha links heat up, I think my biggest reservation right now is on price and his eventual role in the squad after the summer (provided we make more attacking signings then). If his price is closer to £60m, I’d be less resistant. He would provide excellent short term cover this season across the front line, has great ball striking and will actually take on defenders 1v1. But do we trust him to be our starting LW or ST going into next season? Personally I still would rather someone with more pace starting on the wing (Gittens/Semenyo/Barcola/Nico) and more of a traditional 9 (Isak/Sesko/Gyokeres). And if that’s the case, where does he play? I wouldn’t be too opposed to him being the most attacking midfielder as @daredevil suggested but only if we moved Odegaard deeper. And then where does Zubimendi play? It might just be that it forces Arteta to finally rotate more often but I feel like it might instead make us ignore signing a top winger or CF in the summer and that’s what makes me so hesitant.

                        If there's any substance to this, then don't get why we didn't go in for him in the summer?