Claudius You would think and I would agree but these South American players absolutely love Madrid. He’s also getting paid very well - looks like €240k a week and despite being basically third choice behind Vini and Mbappe, they still figure out ways to get him games (13 league starts out of 20 games isn’t terrible). I just think that it would be foolish to assume he’s going to want out at some point when he’s never said anything along those lines.

Now if they did something like bring in Salah this summer, I’d certainly put some feelers out. Otherwise I think we should focus on more realistic options.

Claudius Ideally a winger.

We have 1 striker (who's actually a midfielder). We need another much more than a winger. We currently have 3 wingers available and Saka should be back this season. Jesus is out for a year and shouldn't be considered anything more than 3rd choice after that anyway.

samthegooner I like my idea and hope we inquire, even though I agree your position is more realistic

Claudius Oh yeah don't get me wrong - he would be my #1 target if he was available. Love the player and think he is doing his career a bit of a disservice by playing 2nd/3rd fiddle when he could be a leading man. But I also understand the allure of playing at your dream club with players who have become your friends, making a very good living and winning loads of trophies.

That'll get our season right back on track.

Definitely need more of these types of signings. Get the guys before they blow up and cost 5-10x the fee.

Still hope we can figure out how to bring in at least one first team attacker this window. Sounds like we are still working on it but the longer it goes without any concrete information, the less optimistic I get.

Long term, my optimism has not waned and getting in Nypan (plus Zubimendi in the summer) would only strengthen it.

lorddulaarsenal unless Wolves beat us tomorrow and he'll wonder why he should downgrade?

lorddulaarsenal

Ah, the old multiclub player laundering scheme. Baffling that it is even remotely allowed, let alone tolerated by fans and the media. Should be a neverending shame parade.

Coombs don’t blame fans. They have no idea of most of what’s happening in football business. UEFA should just not allow this self dealing, along with related party sponsorship. But these are typically actions of people who bring the most money into “the game”

We should go in for Garnacho if there willing to sell to Prem clubs