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Martin Zubimendi

Pepe LeFrits

lorddulaarsenal Get what’s his name from Villa

Andre

flobaba

Tactics find it hard to believe the assertion that there are certain attributes of players that "only a scout can spot". They have two eyes and a brain, and bias. Same as you and I. Only thing they possibly do more is watch specific players in person. But with today's every touch / action compilations and with the amount of data available about most players, they are unlikely to gain a lot more insight than the dedicated fan.

SimplyThePest

Anyone else got a funny feeling that the Zubimendi 'deal' (if there ever was one) is about to fall through? 😃

Sicario2

SimplyThePest it would be so us if it was to happen

Asterix

SimplyThePest no

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

This window will tell us more about our owner's ambition than any other. Shit is going to be laid bare.

Sicario2

@Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert "#

banduan

nobody should get carried away by all the transfer gossip. Even with Zubamendi seemingly done but not done. When it's done for sure we'll all know anyway.

JazzG

Kike is Tier 1 for Real Sociedad, says it’s done but he can’t confirm or deny anything due to timings.

Gazza M

JazzG kike bomb circa 2014

HomeSteak

I'm not too worried, if we don't get him, we will get someone else. I mean, if Real goes in, it's over, but that is normal, nobody picks Arsenal over Real. Hell, 99% of players pick Real over everyone

flobaba

Gazza M this is what I meant. Players like Vitinha do that kind of thing on a regular basis, freeze opposition with feints and quick feet and dance past them. Partey used to be able to do the drop of shoulder thing, but his feet are made of lead these days and can barely get away from one, talk less of multiple defenders, and Zubimendi is just not that sort of player from what I've seen of him. He can do it to a limited extent, is isn't really a ball carrier like the others, in my opinion.

Gazza M

flobaba vitinha is almost iniesta level when it comes to quick feet, zubimendi isn't doing all that. i was referring specifically to the previous clip. driving with the ball from the 6 position to the 10 position as a general principle isn't something we see often from our pivot mids, but it is something zubimendi is capable of doing

QuincyAbeyie

Who's this Ray Hudson wannabe?

lorddulaarsenal

Vitinha stands over the ball so well. Being on top of the ball means that he’s very able to evade players if they attempt to reach in and win the ball off him

Qwiss

These deals that are done for ages always have drama made up to keep them topical. Days before the TAA deal was officially announced loads of Liverpool itks etc were saying he was going to stay

lorddulaarsenal

Watched the recent press conference Arteta gave. We will definitely add 4/5 new players

Sicario2

lorddulaarsenal you should also watch what he said in Jan and his post match interview on the last game of 2023-2024 season at home to Everton. You can’t bullshit a bullshitter.

He talks a very good game no doubt but proof is in the pudding.

For context, no matter what he says the facts are we haven’t signed a forward signing since Jesus in June 2022.

est

lorddulaarsenal Watched the recent press conference Arteta gave. We will definitely add 4/5 new players

No doubt, given the amount of players departing.

Only question is whether the quality of those signings will be enough to actually improve the squad and will the signings be there in time for everyone to get a proper pre-season together. We really can't afford a slow start if we want to win the League.

Gazza M

mokbel had the inside track with this deal, and fabrizio has HWG'd it. until a reliable source throws doubt on it, it sounds like zubimendi just being coy so as not to rock any boat with sociedad fans before anything is signed. from everything I've read about our we're pretty particular about players staying quiet during negotiations

some other colour from that mokbel interview

interest in mbeumo was real but united offered a fat stack to get him
sane contact is real but is likely more from the player/agent side
zubimendi is done pending medical. anyone trying to exit the deal at this stage may be subject to legal reprisal.
club is unanimous on sesko being the guy, just waiting on the economic picture from Leipzig as has been said
we want Williams but his salary demands are extreme and would be make him one of our highest earners. the transfer fee is no issue
saka and saliba contracts are progressing well but will probably take some time to finalise

Claudius

est I know I have a very minority view here, but I definitely don’t think we should be necessarily looking for pushing up the ceiling. Our big issue is our floor, especially when we are injured or fatigued.

Why comfortable with ceiling? We collected 49 of 57 points in the second half of last season when team was healthy. And we are unbeaten in league versus big six in over two years now - that’s some 20 games.

So our issue is smaller games and periods when we are ailing. That feels like variations in tactics and squad depth, more than looking for an elusive superstar. Not saying we should spurn a superstar, just that that shouldn’t be those bar for what we need.

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