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Holding was showing much potential last season,he was our best defender until that bad injury.
The rest simply are not good enough.
They've also moved on too much of their homegrown talent rather than nurturing. Selling Walcott and allowing Ramsey to leave was foolish, to say the least; ensuring Wilshere blithely and arrogantly didn't develop beyond his early twenties (and then sell him too) was criminal - in a parallel universe, theirs and England's midfield is built around him by now.
Indeed. Arsenal badly need Holding back as soon as possible; Bellerín too. At the same time, they can't rush them back either…
That's right...they still have a way to go yet unfortunately.
Barca have signed Griezmann btw....any comment from our European correspondent @jobo ?
Bellerín is aiming for a return against Aston Villa in September. I guess Maitland-Niles will have that spot until then. I like Maitland-Niles though; I think he can be really good for Arsenal, given time.
Indeed,he always gives 100% and can play in more than one position if need be.
If there's something Arsenal need right now, it's players that can do a job in multiple positions on the pitch!
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At least some teams get what they want…
This GOT to be fake news. :))
It has been an iminent signing for months. But somehow it turned out complicated still. Barca decided to wait until after 1st of July to finalize the deal as the buy out clause dropped to 120 million from that date. Now Atlético are threatening legal action claiming that since Barca had aggreed personal terms with the player prior to that, they have to pay the old buy out clause of 200 million. Always drama...
The market is getting stupid, though there appears to be a dearth in decent CB's currently. United will try to lower the price though they can afford that price, Leicester will play on the fact we are desperate for a decent CB
Meanwhile…
I read Koselny maybe on his way out, £8.8 price tag?
That's the latest, yes. If they get that price is another thing entirely.
33 years old now? Is he not your best defender, has he clashed with the manager?
There's been various claims as to why this happened, but it's been going back to how the club performed in latter parts of the season, and him believing they would let him go (presumably if an offer was made) – even if they extended the one-year extension to his contract. Something like that.
I'm in two minds about this; Will he be in the starting eleven regularly, will he be used as a backup, and what can they gain by selling him?
If they have in mind to use him often, then I understand the club completely. If he's to be used only now and then, I understand Koscielny a bit more. In any case, he's probably made it impossible for Emery to use him anyway, so they need to get a good deal for him. It's really a headache the club could be without though.
I don't know, the richest club in the world with a huge problem at the back they should just buy him if they think he'll solve a problem. I fear for UTD if they don't achieve success soon, their stock will drop and put pressure on their structured 1/2 billion dollar debt, limiting their ambitions. I hope so. ;)
Now Arsenal are in a whole heap of trouble with their 40 million pound transfer budget this Summer. How can the owners think that is the right course of action? Arsenal are super rich with very little debt. The league needs a strong Arsenal to give City someone else to worry about.
If they have a poor start to the season and Wolves have a good one, I can see a managerial change at Arsenal and an approach to the black country club by Christmas
The problems at Arsenal are apparent on so many levels. The wage bill is one (a selected few players hold up a lot of it). Another is the fact that the club has failed in the sales of outgoing players; a Bleacher Report article writes that Arsenal have brought in just £77 million for (get this):
Then there's the Short Term Cost Control (English football's version of UEFA's FFP). The article writes:
In other words; mismanagement of the club, bad transfer deals (in, out, and missed opportunities), fair play rules and an owner reluctant to spend when the club needs it has put Arsenal in a difficult position. I won't be surprised if Emery leaves at the end of the upcoming season, placing Arsenal in an even worse situation. As the Arseblog podcast speculated, we could see that by July 1st next year, either Patrick Vieira or Fredrik Ljungberg will be manager of Arsenal. What's the best way to please fans if they need someone in place quick (example: United) – a former player turned manager/coach.
Well written, won't change anything.
Question is, will other clubs pay that price?
I doubt it.
Be lucky to get £4-5m.
With the reported budget, every penny will count!
Looking at various sites, Gremio forward Everton Soares seems to be the latest transfer rumour. Where are the CB rumours, I wonder…
Fabien Delph for £9m would have been good business.
Missed out yet again.