3 very exciting kids linked

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A mere 9 days to go until Arsenal touch down to strong stop and searches in Baku.

‘WHO HAS THE ARMENIAN, SPREAD YOUR LEGS AND COUGH THREE TIMES’

That’s a lot of time to kill with previews. I was going to do ratings, but what’s the point, might as well wait until after the season. A win moves it from bland to good. Emery basically has the opportunity to force the pessimists like me underground with a win against Chelsea. Lose, well, run for cover people… because I’ll be blasting out (LONG READS) left, right and centre.

One thing that’s kicked into gear is the transfer rumour mill. I love it, especially post Wenger, we actually get linked to names that are semi-exciting. The latest one to pique my interest is Alexis over at Lorient. The left-sided attacker looks like he fits the profile of what we’ve been missing… namely, a person who can score goals from a wide position.

After some extensive analysis, I would say that the Ligue 2 players looks quite the prospect. He’s a little in shape of Freddie Ljungberg. A lot of goals come from late surges into the box. Many of last season’s 14 goals came from outside 12 yards, quite a few of them with low drives (Overmars like). He can also sniff out moments inside the box like Auba.

He’s not much of a specimen, clocking in a 5ft7, but nor is Griezman. At 20 years old, he looks like a very smart gamble. He might not even need a loan move to land game time next season. Watching him play, he seems to have a lot of the ingredients Lacazette has, so a move more central if 2 strikers ever becomes a thing again could very well be on the cards.

If we do sell one of our HERO strikers this summer, I really would like for us to hunt down a replacement that’s tall and powerful. Laca and Auba lack the useful physical presence Olivier Giroud, Adebayor and Robin Van Persie would offer us in tough games. It’d be great to have someone ready to bully defenders in big games.

I’m guessing that’s why we’re tracking Zaha, but at £70m, I find that story hard to stomach. We’re low-balling Palace because they’re mugging us off with their asking price (I actually don’t believe we’re dealing with them like the papers are suggesting).

For me, there’s more value to be had elsewhere… paying a British premium for 10 goals and 10 assists from a 26-year-old seems a little excessive. Ryan Fraser, though not as cool to look at, has a year left on his deal, he has 14 assists and 7 goals to his name. Also, climb down from those nonsense clouds… we’d be able to land Nicolas Pepe from Lille for the Zaha numbers be knocked around, the guy is 3 years younger, scored 22 goals and has 12 assists… and I’ve said it before, but Ismail Sarr had a good season and is only 21 years old.

I was asking around in the comments who the best young keeper was in France, seeing as we’ve finally moved David Ospina to Napoli. Mike Maignan was just named the best keeper in France by his peers. His deal runs out next summer with Lille, he’s a French under 21, he’s 6ft3, has a great build and his ability goes beyond shot stopping… he’s a good all-rounder, good with crosses and on the ground.

Might be a little out of our range and obvs, without Champions League, we don’t have much to offer him. I think we’re going to need a spare keeper, losing Cech with the likelihood of Emi Martinez not cutting the mustard. Young or old? That is the question.

The final player I’m going to talk about is French under 20, William Saliba. The kid was born in 2001 ffs… he’s 18 years old, rocking 16 starts for St. Etienne. He looks an outrageous prospect, 6ft4, built like a 24-year-old and a bit of a flat track bully. He looks very calm on the ball as well.

Those are the sort of signings Monaco and Dortmund make. I haven’t seen enough of him to be able to make any sort of real judgement, but generally, teenagers that make a big impact go on to have good careers. I think he might be too young to rock a Premier League defence, but for £25m, it looks like it’d be a smart investment… and the sort of player that’d not go to City, Chelsea or United because they wouldn’t be able to offer them pitch time. If we’re truly going Project Youth again, the prize is that the kids will be given a platform to shine, which would put us ahead of most of the other clubs in Europe that rock this sort of strategy… we’d be the best of the youth offerings, you get me?

I mean, I don’t know why I’m buying into this… #WelcomeBanega is weighing on my nightmares. Unai Emery is out there scouting players as we speak. He was at the Atleti game, the papers are speculating that he’s looking at Thomas Partey, who has a £43m release clause… but who knows. He might just be out there looking to get a bro date with Simeone.

So I leave you on a question.

Can a gilet be deemed saucy?

I’m caught in two minds. I used to hate them, but under the right circumstances, they can work (shooting pheasant that the weekend type gig).

What are we saying here? Unai looks like he’s taken a lighter approach to hair product, the shirt looks crisp and am I losing my mind here… but does it look like he’s taken a different approach to his skincare regime?

Let me know in the comments you beautiful fashion bitches. x

 

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Marc

Nw9

Yes but we have the wages of Ramsey, Welbeck, Cech, Monreal, Lich and Jenkinson coming off the wage bill this summer circa £500k per week.

Marc

Nw9

I forgot to add that the new shirt deal will also give us more money to spend on wages.

Dream10

Trossard is average. We can do better.
Really like Ziyech. Quality player.

Valentin

@Ishola, My point exactly. Some may laugh at me calling Guendouzi a fringe player because of the number of appearances, but most of his appearances were done when Torreira was not available and when Xhaka was injured. Since the beginning of the calendar year, he has been used in meaningless or supposedly easy games and as a substitute. At this stage of his career, he is a prospect and a substitute not a starter. We need to make a distinction how se financially treat players. Prospect, Substitute, Starter, Star player. Experience has proven that giving a long contract (7 years… Read more »

Dream10

Ornstein tweeted that Welbeck scored a hat trick in a behind closed doors friendly.

WE NEED A NEW DEAL FOR DAT GUY WELBZ

Bamford10

Dream

Agree with your assessment of Guendouzi. Well said.

Marc

Dream10

It is strange that there hasn’t been (not any that I’ve seen anyway) chatter about where he’s going to .

Ishola70

Bamford “Imagine we sign Hakim Ziyech and Leandro Trossard and play the former on the right and the latter on the left. Who would you rather see “paired” with those two? Who would be better through the center — Lacazette or Aubameyang?” Of course it’s going to be Auba because he is a more physical CF than Lacazette. These two should still be paired together though upfront as it makes both of them more effective and better players for Arsenal. Bring in a decent standard bench striker. What a waste of Lacazette who has been seen by many as Arsenal’s… Read more »

Bamford10

Ishola

“Wingers are down the list of importance.”

Unless Emery wants to play 4-3-3, in which case they are of supreme importance.

bennydevito

Afternoon Grovers, Good post Pedro. Lol! I actually thought of you when I saw Emery with those glasses, shirt and Gillet and thought I bet Pedro will start thinking differently of Emery now and be conflicted! 🤣 Like you said, speculation at this point we don’t know for a fact why he was there. So it looks like De Ligt is going to Barcelona now and City getting Maguire. I yearn for the day we can just click our fingers and get the very best available. Remember when we snared Sol Campbell away from Spurs and from Man utd’s, Madrid’s… Read more »

Ishola70

Emery should be playing a formation on most occasions that includes both Auba and Lacazette.

If he doesn’t he’s a fool.

He has a good attacking RB in Bellerin. He needs to bring in a good attacking LB on the other side.

Auba and Laca will get him his goals and the attacking width comes from the fullbacks.

Guns of Hackney

Lolz. Lots of exciting kids being linked…

A couple of ligue 2 players which is basically Hackney Marsh level after 18 pints the night before.

Another midget.

Another couple sons of bitches.

Emery needs to work on his style game fast. Nothing about that ensemble worked. Nothing. You want this man to buy players and he’s rocking a weird suede body warmer? Fuck no.

We will buy a couple of busted Spanish jerks on big wages.

Blurrgghhhh.

Valentin

@Dream10, Our team lacks athleticism, but also dynanysm. None of our midfield player have that. Apart from Ramsey, none of them presents a threat while running with the ball. There had been games where Guendouzi was played further up. He ran with ball away from his marker and then stop did not know what to do. Never try to go at the goalkeeper. We also lack the technical ability to shield the ball. You don’t necessarily need to be big, you need good upper body strength and good foot technique in small spaces. Cazorla was a specialist at using his… Read more »

Marc

Pedro

Like anything in life the key is balance. Pay players well but not excessively , reward improvements and success push out players who don’t perform.

Marc

benny’s comments about City throw up an interesting question. If they do get banned from the CL for a season that will affect their income. I don’t mean they’ll struggle to pay the bills but if they keep spending at current levels losing CL money will mean they are breaking FFP by a larger margin. Would UEFA have the balls to squeeze them by further bans? If they did at some point players are going to avoid joining them because they can earn good money elsewhere and play CL football. There was also a rumour a couple of months ago… Read more »

Ishola70

Valentin

“Or midfielders either break the line via a pass or they don’t break the line at all. So frustrating. Some is due to coaching, but some is also due to players not willing to take a risk.”

Or it’s because they are just not capable.

As we see Xhaka is a snail over the first 5-10 yards. This affects him both defensively and also from an attacking aspect.

People go on about Xhaka passing between the lines, breaking the lines with passing and rave about it. Well he can’t do anything else. It’s so limiting to the midfield.

Valentin

@Pedro, Long deals are good if you start from a low base. £70kpw is already elite salary for most league. In the EPL, bar some elite players most starters at club vying for best of the rest are not even on that. I remember when Arteta had to take a pay cut to join us from Everton. All Spurs deals have incentive. Even Adebayor deal had incentives. However toward the end of his time at Spurs, Adebayor did not care because his basic was so high. In the end they had to pay him off to leave. Why not create… Read more »

Gonsterous

Nothing can suggest giving gwendouzi 70k a week is a good idea. Lad needs to be worth that money. His productivity is definitely worth the 35k per week in today’s market but anything above that is robbing the club. Maybe if he shows that he’s as good as cesc was back in the day, he could.command a higher fee.

Valentin

@Ishola, Some of our players have shown their limit. Xhaka can’t do it when put under pressure. However there has been instances where he chose the easy ball rather than the more difficult one. I don’t know whether he was following Emery instructions of keeping the ball or he simply did not see the ball or did not have the courage to attempt that. Some of the passes are not technically difficult, but they are more risky than a 5 yards pass to the CB. For example, Song used to launch those loopy balls over the defense to RvP. I… Read more »

Eric

I love that the top 4-5 comments on every one of Pedro’s posts is just people trying to be the top 4-5 comments …how droll :p I say we get rid of the slag and let the kids we have play, grab a couple more MG type signings and maybe Pepe (yeah right …if anyone above Arsenal even sniff at him he’s not coming to Arsenal) …I’m very ok with the rebuild being through the legs of babes (wait that’s not the saying) …you know what I mean though

Dissenter

If city get banned, it will be in 2032 or something
Relying on other clubs getting banned is like us relying on FFP to create level playing field.
We have to start buying up the most exciting 18-21 year olds and be ready to sell them off when they make a name for themselves. Wenger got the first part right but should have insisted the proceeds be re-invested on new players. Instead, he diverted the new money to wages.

Champagne Charlie

“Love the way Bamford sucks up the PR spin on the Kroenkes. ‘We want success, we want to compete for the PL and CL”.“

Spot on Bob, imagine giving it the ‘here you go’ to some sound bites given to national newspapers when citing ambition.

Ambition is near tangible, we can witness the lengths it stretches at Arsenal and the evidence for the ambition is fantasy – until proven otherwise.

Ishola70

Alex Song could have been so much more of a player for Arsenal if only Wenger had sat him down and tried to install more discipline in him as a CM but Wenger only cared for what Song did on the ball and offensively.

Alex Song used to break the lines with the ball at his feet plenty of times for Arsenal.

Dissenter

I remember I was laughed at when I suggested that Guendouzi should have signed a 7 year contract at the outset. The wage increment should have been built into the contract We haven’t learned from our mistakes. Mr Levi made a name for himself with cointracts because he would increase the wages like 5k weekly more per year signed. Guendouzi shouldn’t be on more than 30-50k on the post-Wenger wage policy. Let him work his way up slowly to the top. His contract is for 4 years so he’s not going anywhere soon. We shouldn’t raise the wages of Auba… Read more »

Nw9 gooner

Marc – regarding the wages – what about the new players coming in. Their wages? And why this wasn’t done last year- Ramsey, Elneny etc we stink as a club in long term planning

Nw9 gooner

Marc – regarding the wages – what about the new players coming in. Their wages? And why this wasn’t done last year- Ramsey, Elneny etc we stink as a club in long term planning.

Moe

The Kroenke’s are very complicit in Arsenal’s decline. Sorry excuse of an owner really.

Guendouzi ain’t good enuff, too many limitations: Not fast, can’t dribble, no power, always drifting to the left with zero ambidextrousity.

Need two midfield starters to partner Torreira.

Dissenter

Where’s Karim?
I miss his input on French football even though Valentin [when he’s not up to mischief] does a very good job of distilling that that important league for us.

Marc

Nw9

Sorry don’t understand your point about new players coming in?

Dream10

Marc

My money is on Welbeck going to Everton or Palace. Despite his Man Utd heritage, I think he could do a job for Liverpool.

Dissenter

Marc “Guendouzi ain’t good enuff, too many limitations: Not fast, can’t dribble, no power, always drifting to the left with zero ambidextrousity.” The lad is only 19. How many midfielders are anywhere near polished at that age. He’s going to get better. He was overplayed this season , after a while all he relied on was just athleticism because the footballing senses aren’t that developed yet. It’s hard to see the game well when you’re 19 y/o. ****************************** “The Kroenke’s are very complicit in Arsenal’s decline.” No doubt …yes. That’s because of an absence of a vision for Arsenal and… Read more »

Marc

Dissenter

My point about City wasn’t in relation to what we need to do more curiosity as a football fan in general.

They’re being linked with Maguire etc who won’t come cheap if they get the ban how do they afford the players without getting into further trouble with FFP.

It should be a vicious circle.

Marc

Dissenter

I haven’t said anything about Guendozi?

Dissenter

Marc
aargh. i fuc*ed up

That post was in response to Moe’s earlier post
Somehow I read it as “Marc”
sorry mate.

Marc

Dissenter

Well I’ll let you off this time. I would demand that you give yourself a damn good thrashing as penance but you’ve probably done that already at least twice today!

Marc

Dream

I think Liverpool would be cautious of the injury situation. If it weren’t for the fact he’d probably spend 2/3 of the season injured again I’d push for another deal.

Dissenter

Marc
Why do they call you “mystic”?

Dissenter

How dis things go so bad for Gareth Bale?
He’s not on talking terms with Zidane is reported to have told other players that he’s ready to play golf for then next three seasons to play out his contract.

Marc

Dissenter

They don’t. It’s CC who nibbles at me because I showed him up a couple of times. I made a point about where this season would have gone if Wenger had stayed in charge and he decided that I was predicting the future.

Things getting worse year on year under Wenger isn’t exactly picking the lottery numbers!

Samesong

Alex Song could have been so much more of a player for Arsenal if only Wenger had sat him down and tried to install more discipline in him

This!

Samesong

How dis things go so bad for Gareth Bale?

It’s madness Dissenter. On 600k who is going to take him now?

Samesong

Mbappe Top 10 forward in the world??? Debate?

Nelson

I am afraid Guen has been found out by other teams. How many times he got knock down with the ball during last game. He always tries to carry the ball one step sideways and gives the opponent time to knock him down. Of course, it is not all his fault. Other players have to provide him a passing lane to get the ball moving. MC is expert in executing this team game. Whether Arteta has anything to do with it???

Pedro

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/the-inside-story-behind-manchester-citys-march-to-historic-domestic-treble-5djffnczx

Arteta’s increasing important > looking good to replace Pep

Thank you, thank you

James.wood

Same Song
Song was a great player for us.
His stint late on at centre back
would have been ideal for us with all our injuries a similar player to him
would have been ideal for us.?
Trouble was supporters started getting on his back.
A good player and clubman,
.
And badly underestimated.?.

DivineSherlock

Why is no one talking about Van de Beek from Ajax . I think he is the perfect replacement for Ramsey.

Un na naai

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/6914049/

Perfect retreat country xxx

Being well reported that we are offering 3 players plus £40m for Zaha
Must have some ground

Un na naai

As long as nelson isn’t involved inthe deal I’d be quite happy with that. Would rather let Mkhitaryan Mustafi and Jenks go however. Those three just about equate to £40m between them

Un na naai

Divine

He’s more like iniesta for me. Nowhere near as good. Not the same thrust as Ramsey and better on the ball

azed

Pedro
What’s your take on Raul and Vinai’s interview?

Dissenter

Pedro
“Arteta’s increasing important > looking good to replace PepThank you, thank you”

Sorry to burst your bubble but it’s also being reported that City are trying to get Pep to extend his contract

Just Another Customer

It’s the pairing of Denilsong that gets to me. He fucked off soon after feeding RvP his lofted through balls.

van de Beek meanwhile will be out of our price range.

Pedro

Dissenter, no bubble being burst here my friend… of course they want Pep to extend, he’s the best in the biz.

englandsbest

You are wrong, Pedro. Stan could make a Rights Issue, no rule against that in Company Law. And if the buyers knew that the money would be invested in transfer fees, they would pay more for the shares. He won’t do that (or if he does, it will be for devious reasons.) Back then, with the Emirates move, it would have been the right move, but the shareholders were too greedy (apart from DD.) But you are right, Pedro, in saying that if the Club had been properly run, it would not have needed a handout. Which was the reason… Read more »

Guns of SF

Guen should not be give that much… he has a lot of work to do on his game. His vision and holding the ball needs much work. He runs around like a battering ram, and while his energy is what we need , he needs to get more refined.

give him a small increase like 10k-

This is the same mess with Wenger- overpaying

Also, Laca and Auba should get extension if we win the EL. Not now. just wait

Pedro

englandsbest, a rights issue for transfer funds?

Really?

Pedro

MG is the second most valuable teenager in Europe.

He’s worth £70k a week.

salpardisenyc

Good stuff Pedro, great research.

Interesting time as nobody has a clue to where this crew will do its business or how. Project youth makes most sense but I suspect Emery and Raul will toss in a couple into later stages.

A gilet can be saucy but it best be neon with owner on a bike headed for the maglia rosa.

Words on a Blog

Salpar,

It’s not just the gilet, it’s the healthier skin tone and the glossier L’Oréal hair.

All Emery has to do is with the Europa, and Pedro will be a convert!

Words on a Blog

With = win

Jamie

Out of interest, from where is everyone getting Guendouzi’s market value?

No chance he’d cost a buying club more than Jadon Sancho, De Ligt, de Jong, Vinicius Junior.. Is he even more valuable than Havertz? Think all those players and teenagers.

Receding Hairline

“MG is the second most valuable teenager in Europe.He’s worth £70k a week”

Has anyone actually offered the quoted 70m?

Jamie

are* teenagers.

Receding Hairline

“Out of interest, from where is everyone getting Guendouzi’s market value?”

From one of those internet articles written by the like of Scot Willis

Receding Hairline

ESPN recently did an article , the top 31 players under 21 in Europe

Guess what, 70m Guendouzi did not feature

Jamie

Receding –

I’d sell for anything upwards of 25m.. No idea how he’d be worth a 70m outlay to any club in Europe. He’s had an average ‘breakout’ season in my opinion.

Up 4 grabs now

It’s funny when you look back at the comments from some during August to October, and after. People saying guendouzi was awful, shouldn’t be near the first team and Xhaka and torriera should be first choice. Now after seeing how he progressed over the season, opinions Change. He signed a long term deal, there’s no need to improve it now. You don’t want to fall into the Wenger trap where players have a few good games then bang its triple your salary time! I Think he’s great but not worth an increase just yet. And not worth 70million. Although if… Read more »

Dissenter

Que- What’s Guendouzi going to do if h’s pay remains the same?
Answer- Nothing

Unless there’s another club bidding for his services and offering him more wages, you don’t change it. He still has three years on his contract. Why triple his wages.

We make this same error over and over again. We did the same with Bellerin.

Up 4 grabs now

Dissenter,

And bendtner, and Wilshire, and Ramsay, etc etc.
The list goes on and on.
It was wengers folly

Jamie

^^

basically with all our players who peaked at 19.

Nw9 gooner

If these reports are true then nothing has changed at the club – either in the playing field or back room

Guns of SF

Transfermarket

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matteo-guendouzi/profil/spieler/465830

He is a 27M dollar player.
But 70k per week? Seems steep

Jamie

150m for Sancho? hahahah Joke ‘article’.

Dissenter

In essence we are offering to pay Guendouzi higher than Spurs pay Danny Rose, Serge Aurier, Trippier, Eric Dier and Erickssen.
They’ve been a CL club for the past two years while we’ve languished in the EL. Why dont we just benchmark our wags to theirs quietly.

We are not well run at all. We just shelling most of our money on inflated wages.

Receding Hairline

De Ligt is on 12,000 euros a week and we all know what he is worth because someone is willing to pay it. Now we want to bump up Guendouzi to 70k a week with literally no interest in him, we are not keeping him hungry to succeed, no incentive for him to improve, nada Off the back of one article valuing him at 70m……and we have people who have been admiring the Ajax and Spurs model encouraging this He has a four year deal with an option of an extra year..leave it as it is and concentrate on trimming… Read more »

Dissenter

**Why dont we just benchmark our wages to theirs quietly.

Guns of SF

Spurs are a top 6 side with the lowest wage bill

I hate them but they are getting maximum effort for what they pay and they are in in CL final

It can be done…. our wage bill has been our killer over the years.
The fat rat ozil eating up all the cheese!

Guns of SF

haha dissenter we typing the same thing at the same time

Dissenter

I used to ask the wage question a lot, once upon a time. When I asked why Arsenal pain more that the likes of Liverpool, the answer was …because of the Londoin factor Then I asked why do we pay considerably more than Spuds another club that is being run on a self-funding model … the answer was we have the CL and they don’t. Two years out of the CL and with Spurs becoming a CL staple, why are we still paying so much wages more than Spuds? I don’t think anyone would call this season a break-out season… Read more »

Just Another Customer

Giving them too much too soon is the demise of the previous project. Let us learn from that as what Wenger planned was great but his execution is really poor.

Ishola70

Young players valuation will always go up if they see enough playing time in the first time. As has been said Guendouzi was seeing more first team matches due to injuries to others as well as being played in shall we say less taxing matches as well. That the majority on here do not want him as first team starter next season should say everything about his true value/valuation. And no Arsenal shouldn’t have hiked his wages so early. He has potential sure but he is being over-rated by some. Always happens with youngsters who see enough first team playing… Read more »

Ishola70

**first team**

Guns of SF

I think most of us thought Guen as a revelation as he started the campaign so strong – played well and composed.
As time went on, his mistakes became more predicable and yes he played much more than I think he should have. This does not make him worth 70k
Yes an increase but a small and manageable one is fine.
We have to send a message to our youngsters that the old days of getting fat are over. Earn your wages with play

Nw9 gooner

So our interest in Caresco is confirmed – should we go for him this summer

Dissenter

It would be the height of madness for Arsenal to offer Calum Chambers and Reiss Nelson plus cash in a deal to sign Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha.
That would be a case of putting all of one’s eggs in one basket.

Ishola70

You mean the winger playing in China?

As said to Bamford earlier Arsenal don’t need wingers.

The club have one of the best pair of strikers in the league and any formation should see these two plating upfront together.

If anything the club should be signing this summer a striker that is capable of filling in when Laca and Auba are not available for seection rather than looking at a first team winger.

And the new LB needed as well.

CB and CM is in obvious need of improvement as well.

Champagne Charlie

Arsenal don’t need wingers?

Iwobi, Mkhi, Auba, Reiss Nelson, Welbz,

You need glasses mate.

Ishola70

Auba did just fine at Dortmund and they didn’t have out and out wingers as essential to their offensive play. Their fullbacks bombing forward was their main offensive threat out wide. Also Lacazette in particular will feed Auba if they play together upfront more frequently. Arsenal need a new LB to go along with Bellerin and a back up striker of a certain standard as cover for the two. And Auba hasn’t been too shabby so far at Arsenal in terms of goals despite this reasoning that the team struggle for goals. A midfielder that can chip in with goals… Read more »

Ishola70

Liverpool’s main threat out wide offensively is also their fullbacks.

Why is there this fixation that wingers are absolutely paramount?

gambon

One thing in that Raul Sanllehi interview that I liked was that he said we have to outsmart the market in terms of Signings, Sales and Coaching. It’s the first time in years I’ve heard anyone at Arsenal acknowledge the need for innovation. One thing I didn’t like was him saying Emery is fixated on the EL. I think he even used the words comfort blanket. I think Emery himself doesn’t even feel he belongs in the CL. Hence why he can’t sleep for a week before easy home games and sets us up to avoid losing against teams like… Read more »

gambon

“As said to Bamford earlier Arsenal don’t need wingers”

Check how many goals Man City, Liverpool and Spurs score from their wide players.

Ishola70

Gambon

Liverpool’s main offensive threat out wide are their fullbacks.

Are you denying that?

If so you are not paying attention to how Liverpool play.

Goof for Spurs and Man City that they have inside forwards not wingers btw.

Ishola70

Arsenal scored more goals than Spurs this season in EPL.

Yeah these wingers are so badly missed aren’t they.

gambon

“Que- What’s Guendouzi going to do if h’s pay remains the same?
Answer- Nothing”

Seems a great way to make sure we’re the club of choice for younger players.

Get them on 5 year contracts then tell them to go fuck themselves when they want to extend.

What could go wrong.

gambon

“Arsenal scored more goals than Spurs this season in EPL”

Funny you only mentioned Spurs.

Who won the PL again?

Receding Hairline

Ishola we definitely need wingers and goal scoring ones at that.

I know you area of expertise/fixation is more in midfield and defense but we are really not that great going forward creative no matter what the goals for column says.

Bamford10

Ishola

Right, but that doesn’t change the fact that Liverpool play with three up front and that many of their goals come from their wide forwards (Sane and Salah). Yes, Klopp uses the overlapping fullback a lot, but that doesn’t mean his wide attacking players are not absolutely essential to everything they do. They are.

You think we should play two up top, not 4-3-3. I get it. However, the arguments you’re now making to support your POV are a bit much.