I’d given up on Diamond Eyes. Written the man off. Decided he was the next Giles Grimandi, playing Fortnite in the stands instead of focusing on what’s happening on the pitch.
The man couldn’t see past Dortmund I thought. He rode the wave of luck. His diamonds were imperfect.
Then he goes and nicks the best kid out of PSG in a deft move that broke the hearts of Madrid and Bayern Munich.
#PSG youngsterwill join #Arsenal despite receiving lucrative contract offer from the French champions and interest from Real Madrid & Bayern. Talented attacking midfielder, 17, to become Emery’s first signing (L’Equipe)
— Matt Spiro (@mattspiro) May 30, 2018
It’s quite amusing in all the group chats I have going.
‘Wenger’s last stand!’
‘Emery’s pulled one out of the bag’
‘Sven’s gearing up!’
I’m not really sure where the move has come from, but I’d be leaning toward Sven and Emery. The Spaniard because he has a relationship and the German because there’s no doubt if Madrid were looking, he’d have been there months ago.
Regardless of how it went down, if it drops, that’s a very positive move for the club. Picking up elite young talent hasn’t exactly been our strength over the last 5 years.
The club need to start building out our 17-23 year olds. Add some freshness to a squad that’ll no doubt need resetting in 3 years time. This is something Arsenal fans won’t be used to… succession planning.
A proper club, with proper people looking after it will be planning a squad 2-3 years at a time. They’ll know when Koscielny is going to break, so they’ll have someone in place who can step it up. Versus our old strategy of waiting until someone was sold or broken before we’d make a decisive move in the transfer market. Sometimes, we’d just not replace. How long did it take to replace Robin Van Persie? Or Patrick Vieira?
Those shabby days are well and truly behind us…
Talking of those days, Zinedine Zidane quit Madrid like a true champion, ducking out a hero after dropping 3 Champions League wins in a row. Tears were rolling down my cheeks seeing that news. That is total confidence. Absolute self-awareness. A legendary decision.
Things are getting very tasty in the names linked section. Obviously, Allegri is a name that’s been raised. I struggle to see Madridistas going for a manager who plays negative football, it’ll be Mourinho all over again. Poch has been linked, which would be utterly delicious in my opinion. Then there’s Arsene Wenger.
Arsene’s caterpillar coat isn’t even cold yet and Arsenal fans are working on overdrive to re-remember his skills and talents. It’s quite a sight to behold.
A manager who mustered 3 points away from home this year, parachuting into Madrid’s winning machine to take them to a 4 CL victory in a row.
Get me that ticket, I’ll take a front row seat.
I almost want it to happen, just so we can put to bed the notion that Wenger could have done it at the highest level.
Wenger couldn’t manage egos, that’s why he didn’t sign players who had strength of character or opinions in the latter years.
Wenger doesn’t do preparation, which is unacceptable at elite levels.
Wenger can’t make players better, just look at Chamberlain.
He has absolutely none of the characteristics you need to manage an elite operation.
But don’t take my word for it, let’s see if Wenger puts his hat in the ring.
It would be spectacular. The first 3 months would be fine, then the muscle memory would wear thin, then we’d see what he’s made of.
Arsenal are apparently going to offer Aaron Ramsey a new 5-year deal to stay with the club. Emery wants to build a team around the powerhouse midfielder. If your game is about pressing, the energetic Welshman is a must. If he can be tamed, coached and focused, he could be immense for the club.
It sounds like Aaron is up for it as well.
“I haven’t spoken to him [Emery] at all yet, but I think it’s an exciting time for the club and I can’t wait to get back there now,”
I did have suspicions that the club was playing a bit of a PR game. We know his agent is going to want Ozil money, we know he has a year left on his deal, and it seems unusual to announce we want to give the player a deal. The Times said it’d be a tough negotiation because it’s Aaron’s last year and he wants to be paid like a king. Can we afford to give him Ozil money? Does it actually make more sense for the player to see out his final year? How long will we give negotiations?
Arsenal are also presenting themselves to his agent a with skirt fully over the head. We’ve told him the squad is going to be built around his player. If I were negotiating that deal, I’d be asking for 20% more.
Maybe I’m just being cynical. Aaron is our longest serving player, he has a young family who probably like London, he’s about to be made captain, and central to the new Arsenal.
Could be worse, right?
Ok, see you in the comments. Check out the French kid below.
DM
Loving the new era already – can’t wait for next season.
4th
Tr4phy
Bollox! 3 seconds too EARLY ffs!
Yacine looks an absolute fun. Awesome signing. Sounds like he is going to be part of our first team. Perhaps that is optimistic but he looks a true talent. Well done Arsenal.
*absolute gun
“Tears were rolling down my cheeks seeing that news.”
Same for me, but it was for wenger’s departure.
And there were tears of joy.
Priceless “caterpilar picture”, by the way lol
Absolute GUN for having FUN.
grooveydaddy… sorry mate, but you were not 3 seconds too early. if you were 3 seconds later, you still would’ve been 3rd, and I would’ve posted 3 seconds after that. surely you realise it’s not luck by now 😉
If we’re keeping Ramsey, then it’s essential we get the midfield balance right.
He’s been difficult to partner, but that’s Wenger’s fault more than his own.
I can’t see him in a MF 2.
If we go with a 3 man MF, that compromises Ozil….
I’m not sure it’s cut and dried that he stays.
Yacine will be the first Emery signing that I am 100% behind. Sokratis and Lichtensteiner meh. But Yacine, Soyuncu, yes, yes, yes.
Let’s do it Sven.
The lad is good enough to go straight into the A team. He has skills way above his youth.
DM
You managed to refresh and post within 3 seconds? Impressive.
My Internet isn’t fast enough for that.
I have to post and hope to fluke it. 🙂
grooveydaddy
I can’t give away my secrets mate 😀
Why no mention of Arteta for Madrid? Sorry Pedro had to put that in.
Emirates “Lacazette is most certainly a starting eleven player.” This is a bit disingenuous, as you go on to say that either Auba or Laca is the starting CF or that they could play together. Well, it’s one or the other: either one starts and the other sits, or they start together. You and Graham and a few others here think they can play in the XI together. For me this makes no sense — as Auba wide would be a waste, IMO — unless we are planning to play two through the center, something I don’t think Emery is… Read more »
Slow day then if this child footballer is being trumpeted as the second coming.
We a couple of first team signings.
RR tells us Emery doesn’t want to rock the boat. That’s no good.
This boat needs rocking.
Raptora ‘Tbh I’m not so sure about Ligue 1 anymore. Lacazette banging in so many goals on the regular over there made me think their teams don’t put to much emphasis on defending? ‘
Lol you go to any extent to discredit Laca. Hazard, Kante and Mahrez – 3 of the last 4 premiere league player of the year are imports from French league.
Guns/SF
“However, both of them on the pitch adds a better attacking dimension.”
Yeah, except this means deploying Aubameyang wide, which, IMO, is a waste. He’s better through the center, better than Lacazette through the center, and we didn’t spend 60m on him in order to deploy him wide and out of position.
At least not in my opinion.
Bamford
Auba and Lacazette do not have to have set positions during a match. They can switch during it.
Also one plays in a certain position while the other plays somewhere else relating to opposition. If it doesn’t work out during the match switch them.
I’m surprised you are so insular on this.
Pedro
“Aaron is our longest serving player, he has a young family who probably like London, he’s about to be made captain, and central to the new Arsenal.
Could be worse, right?”
Let the nightmare begin…….. If true
*We want a couple of first team signings*
Lacazette, Aubamayang and Ozil should never play in the same side unless we are gambling and chasing a game. None of them provide an ounce of defensive pressure and opposition teams just walk by them like they aren’t even there. This is why Lacazette must be considered a bench player. He is the least effective/important of the 3.
“Why no mention of Arteta for Madrid? Sorry Pedro had to put that in.”
Way too easy, as he speaks spanish fluently.
pedro
that pic of wenger is going straight to my wanking album…
“This boat needs rocking.”
Mostly, this boat needs stabilization.
“Why no mention of Arteta for Madrid?”
Pep doesn’t want Arteta coaching “the enemy”.
Pedro It will be interesting to see how Ramsey and his agent respond to the contract offer. Somehow I don’t see him being offered north of £200K pw. My guess is that he will be offered a similar wage to Aubameyang of £180K pw. Then there might be a one off loyalty bonus and perhaps some incentive payments as well. The one player that I would go an extra mile to recruit in this transfer window would be Oblak, because at 25 he is young for a goalkeeper and undoubtedly world class. There are very few other proven “world class… Read more »
Ah new move from qna.
Defensively now Lacazette is a hindrance and should be dropped.
lol
We have a carthorse luxury DM who has opponents walking past him like he is not there and qna wants Lacazette dumped because of defensive concerns.
Classic.
I’ve seen this kid play. I’m almost certain it was in the youth World Cup that england recently won.
From the YT link he’s clearly got ability. However, we’ve seen kids like him come and go, so let’s hope he’ll be guided properly
HighburyLegend
“Mostly, this boat needs stabilization.”
What is there to stabilize? 6th place?
Nop, the 5th.
Pedro
“It sounds like Aaron is up for it as well.
“i haven’t spoken to him [Emery] at all yet, but I think it’s an exciting time for the club and I can’t wait to get back there now,”
As I said earlier… Isn’t it a bit strange that the new manager has not contacted our new, soon to be, captain, who the team is going to be built around to try and persuade him to sign a new contract.
Something tells me that there is a lot of crap being written about Ramsey being captain etc.
Ishola We are done with Wenger’s amoeba football. Players will now have set positions. They won’t be sort of this and sort of that, sometimes this and sometimes that. We’re done with that bullshit. That’s Wenger-style muddled thinking. The best teams have players with well-defined positions and well-defined roles. Yes, if you have fairly interchangeable attacking players — like a Liverpool — maybe you have a flexible front three of sorts. However, Lacazette is not interchangeable with Aubameyang. He doesn’t have length and he doesn’t have the pace. He cannot be effective as a wide player. Therefore he’d always be… Read more »
I hope to god Emery doesnt think the club just needs a couple of additions.
For years we have been slowly declining, and every year Wenger says we need 1 or 2 players, and the decline continues.
Its hard to find an ex player, pundit, fan, or even neutral anywhere that doesnt think there needs to be significant change at Arsenal.
No good bringing in Emery, His team, Mislintat, Sanllehi, Burgess etc if we are gonna go with virtually the same team that have been letting us down year after year after year.
Lacazette hasn’t even shown a lack of willingness to work in his overall play.
If there is a player that will get lazy at times it is more likely Auba off the ball rather than Laca.
Ishola
I’m sure QNA would like Xhaka sold as well. It just doesn’t look like that’s on the cards.
Ishola
First of all, Auba can cover more ground at 80% than Lacazette can at 100%.
Second, are you suggesting that Lacazette should start over Aubameyang at CF?
If we think best young talent Arsenal havehad in the last 20 years?
Then got to be Anelka for me, hopefully this guy’s Unai’s Anelka
It would be funny if Laca became the first choice striker ahead of Auba during the course of the upcoming season 🙂
“We have a carthorse luxury DM who has opponents walking past him like he is not there and qna wants Lacazette dumped because of defensive concerns.”
You are adding to my point you dumb shit. All the more reason we can’t carry those three. I would happily sell Xhaka. Ramsey is absolutely shocking defensively as well. Him vacating CM at will is one of our greatest weaknesses.
Bamford
As you nearly admit to there having flexible attacking options can be seen as a positive.
Wenger was pissing around with other positions as well such as midfield that made it messy.
Do not get Wenger obsessed on this.
Auba and Lacazette as has already been said have actually shown some chemistry on the pitch together, Why call it bullshit
Watch certain types take me absolutely literally with those numbers above. I’ll revise and say Auba covers as much ground at 80% as Laca does at 100%, and even here this is only really in a manner of speaking. I’m not sure the numbers would work exactly that way; the principle holds, however: Auba’s length and pace make him more effective than Laca on both sides of the ball.
Except qna your continual picking on Lacazette is now verging on ridicule.
To slight him now about defensive issues is ridiculous.
Lacazette has not shown he is a work shy forward than any other Arsenal forward.
Ah new move from qna.Defensively now Lacazette is a hindrance and should be dropped.lolWe have a carthorse luxury DM who has opponents walking past him like he is not there and qna wants Lacazette dumped because of defensive concerns.Classic.
lol, I chuckled.. this was a great write. comedy wise…
Has anyone noticed Auba central and without the ball this last season didn’t inspire confidence. Defenders were bypassing him quite literally. In that wise, he was no different from Ozil defensively. I know it is fashionable to try to dismiss any tactical Wengerism but after a few games, the manager noticed and pushed him wide. And it worked. Laca was better physically and at pressing the opposition. Personally I think Laca and Auba should start. I don’t get this notion that two elite strikers cannot be in the first eleven at the same time. Think Higuain/Mandzukic – one starts wide… Read more »
Bamford
Get away from having set positions set in stone in your mind.
I think what you want to see really is lots of width in the team and wingers laying goals on a plate for Auba don’t you?
You do realise a fair few of Auba’s goals were put on a plate by him by very attacking fullbacks don’t you.
Everyone just keeps thinking about Emery’s previous tactics and formations. Emery may have to adapt to what he has at this present time at Arsenal. At the beginning.
Ishola
Except that Lacazette and Aubameyang are not interchangeable. I already explained this. Lacazette cannot be effective wide; he doesn’t have the length or the pace or the ability to beat the fullback.
And perhaps more importantly, Lacazette through the center with Aubameyang wide would not be nearly as effective as Aubameyang through the center with better wide players wide.
As for “bulllshit,” I don’t want any more of Wenger-style, muddled thinking. Players should have well-defined positions with well-defined roles and these positions and roles should be well-suited to the particular player’s attributes. That’s what I’m saying.
Lacazette is worse defensively, but not by much. Aubamayang is the better striker and player.
http://www.squawka.com/comparison-matrix#premier_league/2017/2018/alexandre_lacazette/819/819/1151/0/p%7Cpremier_league/2017/2018/pierre-emerick_aubameyang/819/819/1415/0/p%23defence_score/tackles_won/tackles_lost/interceptions/blocks/clearances%23avg
Alright, so clearly we have a new division here on Le Grove: those who think Lacazette should be in the XI — forcing Aubameyang to play wide or “interchangeably” with Lacazette — and those who think Aubameyang should be the starting CF and Lacazette the back-up.
I am very much in the latter camp.
It’s astonishing that people talk about us signing Oblak who has a 100 million buy-out clause when they are arguing that we shouldn’t sell 55 million-rated second strikers.
How do we fund all this bright ideas?
Bamford they have both assisted each other. Seems I was right in the previous post. By the way you are talking you want goals scored from centre. Tap-ins. Created out wide with the player beating the opposing fullback and squaring to Auba. Can be effective but also can be predictable. Dortmund’s fullbacks used to assist Auba so Laca doesn’t need to have to beat the man on the outside all the time. In fact he can come inside to allow fullback to run on. And interchange from Auba and Lacazette can be interesting when they come closer together in moves.… Read more »
qna I can give you a website that tells us that Auba is not the best defensively while telling us Lacazette likes to put in a tackle.
Look on whoscored.
We can all play the website game lol
Bamford
‘And perhaps more importantly, Lacazette through the center with Aubameyang wide would not be nearly as effective as Aubameyang through the center with better wide players wide.’
Even the best of managers in the game are always open to new ideas and refrain from rigid positions/take. You have incredibly rigid and closed take on most things football.
Ishola
So lets get this right.
Do you think Lacazette is a better wide player than the likes of Malcom, Bailey, Martial, Lozano etc?
In other news, I think we should sign Oblak and play him at CB, so we can get both Cech and Oblak in the team.
Ishola
No, sorry, but I’m not going to move away from players having set positions. This is the way that every good team in the world plays. The game is fluid of course and there is much movement and changing of positions, but none of this negates the fact that players have set positions.
And what the fuck does overlapping fullbacks playing balls into the box for Aubameyang have to do with my argument? Yeah, I do want that — but with Aubameyang deployed through the center, not wide.
*these bright ideas*
Do anyone have an idea when pre-season training begins for arsenal? . I know that not many arsenal players are going to the world cup so that leaves us with more time to prepare for the new season.
Oh Jesus.
Major
Pre season usually starts the first week of July at Arsenal.
No I don’t Gambon.
My views on this are not even with a wingers team in mind.
It’s fans who crave for wingers or think Emery is certain to bring in wingers in time.
lol Bamford.
If you will not budge from your set positions stance then the debate goes nowhere.
It stalls dead.
Laca puts in more defensive work that Auba. It;s not even close.
Auba tries to press but he does not have the physical ability to get stuck in. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Auba win the ball back in his half season here.
Bamford
I actually thought Auba played better with Laca versus alone up top.
Auba needs service to him directly and often I found him being marked out of games. When Laca was present, he moved to the wing but it gave him more room to run into the box or cross. I just think we had better attacking movement in those games
iShola
The reason AFC fans want Wingers so much is that we literaly dont have any. Not a single player that can beat a full back, and hold width.
We’ve seen Wenger play CFs wide constantly, and fill the team with number 10s.
Weve watches Iwobi, Welbeck and Ozil play wide recently, and its not pretty.
City have 2 wide players capable of scoring 15+ goals, 3 when they sign Mahrez, and we’re shoe-horning number 10s and CFs there becuase Wengers been too sentimental to do the right thing by the team.
Ishola: Except qna your continual picking on Lacazette is now verging on ridicule.To slight him now about defensive issues is ridiculous.Lacazette has not shown he is a work shy forward than any other Arsenal forward. Picking on Lacazette? He must be devastated. I am simply assuming that a good manager will first and foremost organise us defensively. That means there must be a balance of defending and attacking. I don’t think Ozil is worth keeping in the team because he is so limited in what type of structure we can play with him. He was shunted out wide for Germany… Read more »
TR7 There’s nothing overly “rigid” about my view that players should have set, well-defined positions or that they should be played in their best positions. Indeed, this is what every good manager and team does. That you think otherwise is simply an after-effect of Wenger’s amoeba-style approach to football, in which every player can be everything depending on circumstances. That approach to the game was shuttered years ago by everyone besides Arsene Wenger. As for the claim of mine you quoted, that doesn’t even support the point you were making. My point is that a front three of Mkhi—Auba—Ozil is… Read more »
Anyone against getting courtois as a cech replacement?
Ishola Every good team in the world plays with set positions and well-defined roles. As I’ve already stated, you’re thinking it should be otherwise is Wenger-style amoeba thinking, something I definitely reject. But please do not try to misrepresent my view as one in which players do not move or play interchangeably. No, that is not correct, as those things are also things that good teams do. However, the players in question need to fit those roles well, and while some of you think Lacazette does, I do not. And neither does gambon and a number of other people here.… Read more »
* your
Any attempts to play Auba anywhere other than the center is like trying to ram a size 16 foot into size 11 shoe.
It’s wasteful and very Wengeresque.
I think Emery will give plenty of playing time to both Auba and Lacazette this coming season and he would be daft not to when he has these forwards at his disposal.
Arsenal’s weakness is defensively so to stress and fixate on attack seems really weird.
Almost Wengerish.
Frost
“Anyone against getting courtois as a cech replacement?”
…another goalie from Chelsea….NOPE
Besides he’s supposedly leaving to return back to Spain.
Chelsea are coming apart at the seams.
They no longer make crisp decisions and Abramovich isn’t going to throw money at their problems again.
Just waiting for the inevitable Nzonzi bid to go through and we get the 6’5 beast in the center of the park.
Just waiting for it…
“Arsenal’s weakness is defensively so to stress and fixate on attack seems really weird.”
This is completely and utterly wrong.
We conceded 24 more than Man City, but scored 36 less.
Our team needs improvements in defence, midfield and attack.
The idea that we can just leave our attack alone is absolute nonsense.
We scored less away goals than West Ham last season.
Dissenter: Laca puts in more defensive work that Auba. It;s not even close. Auba tries to press but he does not have the physical ability to get stuck in. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Auba win the ball back in his half season here. The squaka link I tried to share had a negative defensive score for Lacazette. For some reason it didn’t show up on the link. I think that’s emery will put in place a limited forward press. In which case Aubamayang is proven to be effective. Lacazette doesn’t have the pace. I am not sure if… Read more »
Then after smoking this joint… ill be so high, that ill think that Dembele is coming in next…
no seriously,,, I get a strange feeling we will be getting a good player very soon. Tis the calm before the storm…
Yes Gambon but the most pressing issue is defensively with this side.
Or do you want to win matches 3-2, 4-3?
Ultimately that usually fails over the long run.
Arsenal need to strengthen their defensive line and and midfield defensively as well as a better overall team focus on defending when not having the ball.
When you have a more solid defensive base it can benefit the offense.
iShola
Its not really a case of whats more important. Both are important.
We need to score more goals, we need to concede less goals.
We need to score more away from home, we need to score more in big games. Im not sure Lacazette helps us there.
A world class wide attacker defeinitely could.
Gambon
Having a more solid defensive base can benefit the offense.
The right tactics can benefit the offense.
Flexible tactics. Not rigid tactics.
All can be helpful in the offensive department.
Wenger was too predictable. His predictability saw his team at the end suffer away from home.
A speedy young goal scoring winger who can take on a full back would be great.
Ahem cough cough…. Dembele
If we are chasing a game…. as we usually end up on the road, another proven goal threat would help. so both defense and offense need to be addressed.
City just killed it offensively…. Liverpools attack was stellar…
A third scoring option is needed…. its not Ozil Mikki or Rambo sorry!
Ishola Right, but no one here denies that we need to improve defensively and in midfield. Aside from the couple of guys who think we’re pretty close already, everyone here thinks that. The q is whether we need to improve in attack. You seem to think not. I’d say three things: one, we do in fact need to improve in attack; two, we are better with Auba through the center than with Lacazette through the center; and three, while Ozil and Mkhi might be serviceable wide players, we’d be even better with better wide play. And no, I don’t mean… Read more »
For smaller teams competing with teams with bigger resources we need to have a solid defensive base first. It may take a season of putting this in place first. Get that sorted and then add goals. I think Athletico is the model that we should look to. They are up against the worlds two biggest clubs and this is a similar predicament we find ourselves in.
Athletico are first and foremost defensively sound. We could do worse than raid them for midfielders and defenders too.
Dembele would be great to bring in on loan.
That’s your additional attacker.
There really is nothing to get majorly fretful about offensively.
We have a player called Granit Xhaka who is the last line in midfield in front of the defence.
Fret about that.
According to RTS Sport, Granit Xhaka has been taken to hospital after suffering a knee injury during training with Switzerland. #Arsenal
A blessing in disguise?
The most pressing is our midfield who can’t dictate games and protect the defence.
Strong offense correlates more closely with success than defence in the PL.
6 out of the last 10 PL winners have had the best attack (scored the most). In fact if you are more than 10 behind the top scorers you aren’t winning anything.
I would say a quality attack helps the defence more than vice versa.
With quality attackers you can play more defensively and still score goals.
For years Wenger has been masking our attacking weakness by urging the players to freely attack….which has subsequently led to holes at the back and too many goals conceded.
TR7 is that a joke or real where is the link
Ishola
Again, everyone you’re talking to agrees that Xhaka is a weakness.
However, we’re talking about Lacazette in part because if you believe we need a quality CDM — and btw, if you don’t want Xhaka in the XI, you’re going to need to sign TWO quality holding mids — then you need the money to sign said holding mid or mids.
But you also need money for a CB and GK. And you also need money for a wide player according to some.
Where do you see all of this money coming from, exactly?
Gambon this team has goals in them. Enough goals.
If they score so many at home but fail away then it shows the basic ingedients are there to score the necessary goals.
Teams and average ones caught up with Wenger’s predictable tactics and while this did not see the team suffer at home because away teams average ones that is are less bold this did not apply playing away from The Emirates.
The kid looks good.
Better than Messi!!
Hope so anyway.
Ramsey – sell.
Tainted by association. Part of the non winning culture that pervaded AFC during Wenger years -not the solution.
Ideal usage of Lacazette:
Griezmann to Barca
Lacazette to Atletico
Dembele to Arsenal
Raul needs to pull a blinder with structure of the loan to buy deal.
Guns SF
RTS Sport Twitter handle. Numerous reports in Switzerland corroborate the story.
I’ve already stated my priorties for the team.
Winger is certainly not one.
Get Dembele in on loan for attacker.
Bamford tbh I don’t hsve great hopes that Emery will break top four in his first season. To me it just looks as if there is too much to do in one go and that is mostly on the defensive side.
Offense will be ok now we are rid of Wenger’s stale and predictable tactics.
Atletico looking at other striking options ahead of Laca.
We might have to find a way without Laca leaving to catch Dembele.
I think that Barca may just straight up loan him to us.
Griezz will cost $$$- any recouping would help their cause.
Arsenal’s home record was poor recording only one win against the top six.
We know Arsenal’s familiar route of scoring goals is via shite teams.
i just want to make sure i am not missing something here
what is the argument?
That selling Lacazette is essential for us to progress as a squad??
What stops us from selling Welbeck and buying an actual winger??
Or better still just buy an actual winger without selling anyone
Has Emery actually requested for a winger??
Why are we building his team for him and dictating what must be done