David Ornstein showered FIRE on the internet when he announced that we’d be targeting Ben White this summer in a £40-50m move.
Let’s start with the player. My uncle is a huge Leeds fan and said the guy is absolute class and he was gutted they couldn’t nab him to stay in the league. That’s all that is needed here, my uncle has the last say.
Outside that, what do we have? A capped England player. Not only a ballplayer, but someone that can dribble like a midfielder. He is fast. He’s 6ft 1, which isn’t the tallest, but next to Gabriel or Mari, you’re in good shape. The most important thing he has? He’s Premier League proven and he’s had a league winning run in the Championship. He’s physical enough to land in a Bielsa team, he’s solid enough to have landed promotion in team that leaves centre backs wide open on the counter. He’s been coached in a positional play system under Potter.
You simply cannot knock the profile of the player and to be honest, I am absolutely shocked the comp merchants propping lesser players are complaining about this sort of move. 23 years old, keeping Brighton in the league, landing England call-ups over other players in the Brighton backline that are English.
Part of the anger is people think this means the end of Saliba. I’m not sure why, because Saliba does the same things as White, except he hasn’t played a single minute in any English competition. If you think Mikel Arteta is going to roll career dice on a player that’s had half a season at Nice, you are totally nuts. That would be a move crazier than dropping ESR as a false 9 in an away leg of the Europa League. You don’t make the 3rd best defence in the league better with Saliba. You can’t complain that Arteta makes too many rookie mistakes, then encourage him to put a 20-year-old centre-back in the starting 11 from the start of the season, despite ZERO top clubs doing that. Also, don’t give me Fofana, Leicester finished 5 points ahead of us and conceded 50 goals last season. Saliba deserves to fight for his place, but he doesn’t deserve to start because Don Raul massively overpaid for him like he did with Pepe.
What you have is someone more proven in White as a tried and true starter, then you have someone coming up behind him with a massively high ceiling. That’s an exciting grouping of centre-backs.
People are also spitting feathers about priorities like transfers are only viable if they are done in order of importance.
Don’t be so fucking ridiculous.
If Arsenal have the funds for a £40m center-back, that gives credence to the story I had about KSE putting up funds this summer. This ‘might’ be the big one we’ve been begging for.
I also wouldn’t write off player exchanges being part of that deal. Brighton might have an interest in a few of our players, I’m thinking about Reiss Nelson, Eddie, and AMN. We could lower the fee by sending young English players who might fancy the top class coaching of Graham Potter.
The story, even if it’s untrue, also gives us power in the market, because it shows we’re not desperate for cash to move on our own ambitions forward. Part of Liverpool and Chelsea’s strength when selling is that they don’t need to sell. Last summer, we needed cash, so clubs lowballed us.
I also think people are extremely scarred by transfer windows of yesteryear. Signing a center-back doesn’t mean we won’t sell any. Arteta has said about 50 times we had too many players in that role. If anything, Ben White is a ruthless indictment on the players we currently have at the club. 3rd best defence in the league but no standout centre-backs? Someone is going to pay the price for that and I wouldn’t really be fussed who it was.
Also note this… signing a new deal isn’t always a celebration of faith. It can be about protecting an asset so we can sell it at some point. A lot of the players, since Huss Fahmy, have optional years Arsenal can add so we can land fees. If Arteta managed anything last season, it was making a lot of our players more appealing than they were before. The fact Xhaka is moving at basically 29 to a fairly big Italian club shows that there’s a market for our talent this summer.
If Arsenal can raise £100m, which we’re almost 30% of the way there now, then there’s a chance our summer could be a £200m one. Arsenal paid back the Government loan and took out another £120m via Barclays. In a world of cheap capital, why not invest in the dip?
Joe Willock – £20m
Hector – £30m
Reiss – £10m
Leno – £25m
Xhaka – £18m
Matteo – £8m
AMN – £20m
Mavropanos – £15m
Cal Chambers – £20m
There are deals to be made this summer and clubs are going to deal with us.
So in short, don’t shit your pants that we’re adding quality to our defence that we need. Our system doesn’t work without a ballplayer center-back and Saliba would be a huge risk to start there. What happened to Liverpool when they lost quality in defence? They dropped 30 points. What happened to City when they added Reuben Dias? He was one of their best players and they smashed the league. Uncomfortable defenders blow our system. A centre-back and right back that can invert move our attack forward.
There will be new midfielders, no doubt. Xhaka needs replacing. Ceballos needs replacing.
Don’t fret about the summer because the order makes no sense. Don’t fret about fees because there’s a complete plan about all the positions. Just worry about quality.
Right, on that note, I’ll see you in the comments. x
Danny. S
“If you have a better CM pairing then you immediately take pressure off the defence.”
True but I was talking about with the ball not just without. We need to fix CM too. We need better players that fit the way we play tactically is my point. We don’t need more players just better ones in key positions that fit the profile. We certainly need to offload.
Danny noooooo hence why I have 3 I like my motors
Pedro,
Smart and the arsenal rarely go hand in hand.
Do you trust Edu, and the kronkes?
Pedro
It’ll make a most welcome change.
I was actually talking about the idea of being first in the context of going after players but smart is still a good option.
Could we really get rid of Leno
Bellerin
Kola
Xhaka
William
Lacs
Nketiah
In one window and bring in better players ?
Dreamland stuff
Mr Serge
The squads too big, unbalanced & short on what we need. I hope we shed the deadwood & use the money wisely to improve in better & more tactically suitable players. The squad has been a problem fur years, we all know that, so to progress that had to change. Smaller squad, quality competition as opposed to volume of competition, is needed. A lot to ask in just one window maybe but we have to look forwards, not back
Pedro That’s a concept that’s easy to digest until you realise it’s Arsenal we’re talking about. Transfer windows have a historical precedent of being anything but strategic, or efficient. Think everyone hopes Ben White at 45 mil represents the sexy start to a flurry of activity, but there’s nothing in the memory bank that points to that possibility. Edu and Arteta have to earn their corn this window though, I’ve said that 10 times over and will remain optimistic until shown otherwise. But splurge on a CB like that without then addressing the goal scoring potential of the team and… Read more »
I disagree ..
Cos he is English his fee is double plus ..
It’s a no from me
We’ve got the basis of a good team, and some really talented youngsters, a few astute adjustments, can see us make strides Next season we need the right level of internal competition, having 10+ seniors outside the match-day squad isn’t healthy We need the right balance, having 8 centre half’s, but no established attacking midfielders, was nuts We tied Aubameyang down, who’s an elite goal scorer, but failed to get elite creators, I’m not surprised we did better with Smith-Rowe + Odegaard, and struggled early on Signing Odegaard 22, and tying Smith-Rowe 20 down for 5yrs, solves that issue for… Read more »
CC, totally, let’s put the last window down to ‘WHAT IS HAPPENING’ and hope they come through with something intelligent this time around.
I’m confident.
Just seen, since 2013 we have bought 30 players and haven’t made a profit on any of them when selling them on.
The last time was Chamberlain and girooud 2011-12.
Almost ten years and no profit and we’re supposed to trust the edu and the gang.
Serge
It’s was all a dream …
Used to read shoot magazine
Charlie Nicholas on my wall …
It’s happening bruv….. Lol
OMG. Watching Erikson collapsed onto the pitch and medics performing CPR righr there …. is simply shocking scene. Feel awful.
News updates seem to suggest he’s been resuscitated… jeez that looked a close call.
Used
Gotta admit me eyes welled
ESP when the BBC was showing CPR
Erikson collapsed during the Denmark vs Finland in the Euro. Approx 42″ . Medics were with him with 20 seconds but it really looked disturbing… first I saw during a game!
Best outcome in the end … Thank the powers that bee
Some players were seen comforting a l
lady in Denmark jersey … could be Eriksons spouse… how awful it must have been…
I defy anyone watching who wasn’t upset and welling up
Passing on Buendia only to spend more money on Ben White is peak nonsense until other areas of the squad are addressed first. The big prize isn’t going from the 3rd best defence in the league to the 2nd best defence in the league by having better CBs, it’s going from 55 goals scored to 65-70 by having more creativity in midfield. Feels like some crazy mental gymnastics to get behind every single move the club is allegedly making when [if true we’re going for another CB] our priorities are out of sync. Like CC said, I’d take him if… Read more »
I know it’s a footie blog and whatnot, but I think there are times to go a little off topic if it’s a good one. Here’s my anecdote regarding kids: Mate of mine at the time lived in a bungalow with his heavily pregnant wife expecting their second and their two year old daughter Amy. They lived next to another bungalow which housed Robin the gardener. This was in the grounds of a house with a large estate whose owner was the head of Sony UK. The summer was hot and Amy was a brown-eyed, little blonde, dressed in a… Read more »
Jamie, depends what the Buendia deal is and depends where the price lands IF we are going for Ben White.
People are basically concluding we don’t know what we’re doing based on two deals they don’t understand.
Pedro
:”People are basically concluding we don’t know what we’re doing based on two deals they don’t understand.”
People are concerned because the same duo that gave us Willian are still in charge.
Diss, I understand, but it’s a bit like saying you’ll never trust a person after heartbreak, see how it goes this summer under a new model and circumstances
I’ve been wondering for a while who our starting rcb will be, it’s no secret it wasn’t holding. few names came up, Tosin, Tapsoba etc…and now Ben white.
A 23 year old, home grown, premier league proven, international, that has been working on his Laurent koscielny impression? perfect.
Adams White Gabriel Tierney
That’s a quick back line, playing high, squeezing and dominating teams will be a lot easier.
https://youtu.be/IX2bE-OBtwk
The Kroenkes have delivered nothing so far.
I like the look of that back four. Pace and power blended.
As for the summer window…….I think we’ll be alright. With the amount of CM’s we’re due to shed, its pretty obvious we will strengthen in that area, regardless if White came in.
If fact, i’d go as far to say at least two new CMs will be with us next season. Regardless of other incomings.
Adams saliba Mari Tierney
Lil adjustment
Pedro, is Geoff still alive or did you and him fall out with each other or what? I never understood why he abandoned Le Grove. I feel like he saw what was coming before the rest of us.
Ah the Geoff mystery
Someone please put us out of our misery – what happened?
Geoff is alive. He’s my dad.
Pedro….fucking boom!!!!
Pedro
Just curious, what’s his perspective about Arteta.
Nah Pedro sorry but spunking 50m on a CB would be just that, a ridiculous mid allocation of funds Firstly when have we are rubbish at getting value for money out of expensive signings. He may be good but is he 50m good? Half of the cost is his English and PL premium. Secondly we need 2 CMs, a RB, an AM and a keeper and you think we are going to spunk 50m on a CB and still have enough juice to cover all of the rest? NO CHANCE mate. Not a hope in hell. We will rock into… Read more »
Pedro people conclude we conclude we don’t know what we’re doing with two deals we don’t understand because they appear to be a continuation of badly thought out deals we’ve already seen them make
If emery was in charge and doing this you’d be calling it nuts
Thanks Pedro, I wasn’t trying to be nosey or anything, just genuinely interested in what happened to Geoff. Glad he’s still among the living anyway, I hope he’s doing well these days.
Also on what grounds do we place faith in their transfer strategy when it looks dubious? This is not prime wenger pulling world class rabbits out of his ass for pennies This is the same genius team that brought us: Martinez sale, 12 months later we need a keeper Willian signing, 12 months later we want him sold Mustafi offered a new contract, 12 months later a relegated German team decided he wasn’t good enough for a free transfer Saliba debacle, just pathetically mismanaged AMN debacle, a year after we turned down 20m let’s hope we can still get 15m… Read more »
Also Pedro it’s odd you trumpeting such deals when you’ve spent years saying we should be buying smarter Buy great young bargains with a high ceiling for a low price. The Dortmund model. But when the smartest plan arteta has is to spunk all our reserve cash on English and PL premium you’re fine with it Ask yourself given the same exact scenario what decisions what Dortmund make this summer? Would they pay 50m on another CB (their transfer record is only about 33m…) Or would they let Saliba have a chance and be buying cheap smart young players in… Read more »
Arsenal should not be going anywhere 50m for any players this year. That is a top end market price, with an English and PL premium on top. Even before covid that would be an incredibly expensive CB.
During the pandemic throwing such money at players, even more so in one of our strongest positions, should be a sackable offense
China Saliba is 20 he needs experience before he can start for us I am all for him having a loan for a year in the prem Ben White went on loan at 20 at Leeds done him the world of good
China Bellingham plays in midfield a mistake does not end up as a goal most times like a cb or keeper not a great example
Listen to Adams or keown they say cb is a specialist position more than any other you have learn your craft
He can learn for another team to be ready for us
China, Ben White is a smart deal if we can get him, Very much doubt it’ll be £50m.
Reckon we get bisouma and white for 60m and Eddie
Ken, he’s great. Just built himself a house. He stopped blogging because he was getting too enraged over Wenger and his commentary was not conducive to the modern world
Saliba has gone on loan already, and he did so well that he was shortlisted for teak of the season in France.
The suggestion that he’s not good enough to play for us is laughable.
Loans are not supposed to a place you park players away so that you can play the new expensive acquisition
*team of the season
Diss, he’s ready to compete, not start and replace Luiz.
Pedro
AMN
Willock
Chambers
All 20m each? That’s fking optimistic isn’t it?
Bellerin for 30m? Last I checked only sociedad was interested and they wouldn’t be able to cough out more than 15m for him
The rest of the sales will all be cheaper than xhaka.
So don’t get too optimistic
Ben white may be good but I’m not comfortable dropping 40-50m for him. If he would have cost 25-30m I can understand arsenal going for him
We complain about overpaying for saliba but then we want to go drop 40-50m for White
How is he worth the money and Saliba isn’t considering saliba cost us half his asking fee
China 1
Update on Mustafi is that he has been voted loser of the season by the Bundesliga players.
Guess Arteta must have missed that in him when using Mustafi over Saliba.
So let me see if I can summarize this ridiculous logic correctly Last season our defense was apparently very good. 3rd best in the league and all that. That defense had an extremely error prone and red card prone player starting most of the games (Luiz) Luiz is now gone so we need a replacement. That replacement cannot be saliba irrespective of ability and his really high ceiling because he might make some mistakes due to inexperience as he learns and grows … Like luiz was doing on the regular you mean? In the 3rd best defense in the league?… Read more »
And not only can we not give Saliba a chance because there’s a chance he will make the odd error as he develops, so significant is the risk that we need to pay 50m to slightly reduce on that risk
Absolutely bonkers. You lot cannot be serious
If arteta came out and said we’ve just bid 100m for him some of you guys would be scrambling to explain that it is in fact clever business
China
Yup perfectly summarized.
The lengths pedro goes to defend a rumour is ridiculous
Arsenal started last season with Gabriel and holding. If arsenal are so terrified of saliba making one mistake it’s not like the alternatives are bad players. Holding Gabriel and mari are all workable options in a solid defense and all demonstrated as such at various stages of the season.
The rush to explain away what would be a disgraceful waste of limited funds is frankly laughable
Arsenal have signed 30 first team players excluding free contracts since 2013 and we’ve sold EVERY one at a loss. Not one profit
And people trust arsenal to burn significant sums of money on players hoping for marginal gains in positions where we’re not even weak.
If we sign him he’ll be the next player we’re selling at a loss in the future.
It’s not rocket science to stop buying at the top end of the market is it
As a point of reference, if he costs 40-50m, we would be signing one of the top 10 most expensive CBs in football history.
Stellar business acumen we would be showing.
“”””R.S.P.C.ArsenalJune 12, 2021 22:16:49
Serge It’s was all a dream …
Used to read shoot magazine
Charlie Nicholas on my wall …”””:::
You know very well
Who you are
Don’t let ’em hold you down
Reach for the stars
You had a goal
Well said, China. But intelligence and logic doesn’t always prevail with ex footballers, especially wannabe with ego , like offering unrealistic wages to a 31yo, allegedly buying another expensive car when there are 6 already in the stable…
Arsenal have an above average defence considering goals conceded last term. However they have a relegation spot midfield and sporadic attack. Midfield and attack need to be upgraded.
At the same time additions to left back and right back, goal keeper sale of Martinez now looks insane given there seems to have been a plan to replace him.
Any position sale needs to be replaced with better or upcoming youth player expected to be world class.
Potter -arteta swap would be more appealing
Nobody’s mentioned the fact we’re in for Correa too.
Seemingly Arteta has pinpointed CB and striker as our biggest problems that need to be fixed first.
China1 You are wasting your breath on Pedro. He will defend whatever Arteta and Edu will do even if it is mental. Actually whatever Arteta will do because he batted for him. Spending even 25 mil on Ben white right now is stupid. This is Arteta saying none of Saliba, Mavropanos or Chambers are my players. I didn’t sign them and I can’t use them. If he was signing Ben white after we bought a CAM, 2 CMs, LB, RB, GK then I would be all for it. But spending even 40 mil on a CB that is worth 20… Read more »
All this talk of arsenal having money to spend this summer is also a double edged sword It’s not going to be free money. It’s not money we earned (if we have it). It’s money from a loan or money Stan loans us. Whatever it is it’s not our own and will have to be paid back in the end. This idea that because we may have access to funds that we can use it to sign expensive luxury players in positions where we don’t urgently need intervention is dangerous for the club. Just because the bank gives you a… Read more »
The great maestro Xavi Hernandez getting even Al Sad to play some Tiki Taka but we will have to wait for a complete squad revamp for Mr. Mikel Arteta to stamp his brand of football.
https://youtu.be/YmmbzOSp-bw
TR7 they must all be 50m players. You can’t play consistently good football without a team of them
China
Yes we need a 50M defender in White to complement 27M Saliba and 30M Gabriel to ensure we can pass the ball better from the back. 25M Tierney and a new RB who may cost upwards of 30M will make our back line absolutely perfect. Hopefully in the next two windows we can buy 2 midfielders for 100M and two more forwards for 120M and hopefully by then we can get a glimpse of Arteta ball. I can’t fucking wait.
Xavi is doing a great job. Nice to see Cazorla!
Quick passing makes Arteta’s head overheat. He can’t fathom such a style of football.
“””””The great maestro Xavi Hernandez getting even Al Sad to play some Tiki Taka”””””
Diet Pep was deemed Not good enough for Tiki Taka, He has spent majority of his football hours under Moyes,
He is trying to mimic what Guardiola is doing unsuccessfully because its not in him.
How does someone with Tiki taka DNA have Steve round as an assistant?
Carzola/ a player of Carzolas profile has more +ve impact to a teams playing style including defence than signing CBs, Partey, Neves.
China “This is the same genius team that brought us: Martinez sale, 12 months later we need a keeper Willian signing, 12 months later we want him sold Mustafi offered a new contract, 12 months later a relegated German team decided he wasn’t good enough for a free transfer Saliba debacle, just pathetically mismanaged AMN debacle, a year after we turned down 20m let’s hope we can still get 15m for him…the list goes on and on.” You forgot to mention where it all started 12 months ago…..Ozil and then Guendouzi… The club should have nipped it in the bud… Read more »
3rd best defence in the league but no standout centre-backs?
isnt this an oxymoron
Cazorla is so underrated. People talk about Xavi and Iniesta and they are undoubtedly among the greatest ever but I can’t help but feel Santi Cazorla could have reached those heights had he played for Barca.
A midfield of Xavi, Iniesta, Xabi and Santi would have been absolutely insane, only for Spain national team did they all play together at the same time albeit only in patches.
Guns perhaps they think the stand out CB was luiz. One of the most error prone and red card laden CBs in PL history. God forbid we let a young CB with massive potential in this team. After all he could drop a mistake! We didn’t have the third best defense in the league by letting error prone CBs in the team did we?
Oh wait…
Another was David Silva. Another Santi with his mad skill
Look at his youtubes
Pedro Xhaka isn’t going for nearly £20 it’s more like €17 and even at that sum Roma are having second thoughts. As for Matteo again Arsenal seem to have set a price but the deal is far from done. I know some bulk at it but you can’t just dismiss the costs that are linked to sales these two sales, if the go through, won’t deliver anywhere close to £30 million China “It’s not going to be free money. It’s not money we earned (if we have it). It’s money from a loan or money Stan loans us.” Pedro pointed… Read more »
Xavi, Xabi, Iniesta, Cesc, Santi, Silva, Juan Mata and Busquets were all playing for Spain national team at the same time. Never ever will we see such a mesmerizing collection of midfielders playing together.
Iniesta > Xavi > David Silva > Cesc Fabregas > Santi Cazorla imo. Xavi was undoubtedly the most influential player for Spain and Barcelona though, their steep midfield decline began with him slowing down.Just always felt that Iniesta was the slightly better player and often the magic man and difference maker. Iniesta kept the show on the road at Barca for a few more years at least which was enough to help them win that 2015 Champions League and a few more titles. Cesc had a few year spell in the PL that exceeded even David Silva but over the… Read more »
One further thing I should have added .
Pedro is giving the impression that a£120 million loan was going to add additional funds . It doesn’t. That£120 million provided cash for season 20/21 and in all likelihood was spent a long old while ago
Terra imo we can discuss til the cows come home on the details and specifics and you raise some interesting info and thoughts in there, but my take is even simpler Which is that arsenal in 2021 have absolutely no business paying ‘top 10 in the world’, man city style transfer fees for *anyone* at all unless they are such a nailed on world beater like Haaland that the risk is virtually zero. We are not a CL team. We’re not even a EL team. We’re borrowing more and more to make ends meet with increasingly poor finances. If arsenal… Read more »
Iniesta was undoubtedly the best of the lot though, no argument on that. Only Messi was more mesmerizing than Iniesta.
Told y’all arteta is a curse and the earlier he gets booted out the better for arsenal. Pedro is just like arteta, someone who just can’t be trusted, whose words mean nothing. Arteta was blaming himself for leaving out ozil from the list, blamed himself for some of our results, same way pedro occasionally comes out to agree that Arteta ain’t doing well after the bar must have gone lower than the lowest, only for him to turn a 360 degree few hours later. How can anyone look at the way Arteta has handled our players and not see that… Read more »
Shame that the Euros expanded to 24 teams, the quality so far really hasn’t been great.
Not one quality game as of yet. Hopefully that changes with Ingurland and Croatia.
Croats have so much quality in Modric, Kovacic, Brozovic, Rebic, Perisic, Kramaric. If they had a good ST they would be contenders.
TR7
Agree. For as much as Wayne Rooney is bantered he really was a top drawer player and he doesn’t give out compliments lightly.
Said he was in no doubt that Iniesta was the best player in the world after the 2009 CL Final. Speaks to Iniesta’s quality that he would even get a mention near Messi.
England -Croatia
France – Germany
France – Portugal
Germany-Portugal
4 interesting games in group stage at least on paper. For me the tournament starts from knock out rounds.
Yeah, every group looks a mismatch in talent other than group F.
And even that is not overly interesting as 4 of the 6 3rd placed teams will qualify for the last 16.
A bit ridiculous having 2/3 of the teams progress to the knockouts. Makes the groups feel a bit meaningless.
Same thing will happen to the Champions League with the expansion, it will dilute the quality.
All just a way for the greedy to get richer and line their pockets of course.
Keep an eye on the Copa America too.
Brazil the team to beat and it looks an even more certain bet now that they moved the tournament there.
Messi’s last real chance to win silverware for Argentina. Would be nice to see him do it, he deserves it.
Arsenals interest in MU ‘s Van De Beek. ( BBC)
Suggests Odegaard is out of reach financially..
Which is quite worrying as regard anyone tasty
coming in.?
I would take van de beek if he was available for us. A really good player that has been underutilized. He would walk in to our starting lineup and play CM.
TR7 “Cazorla is so underrated. People talk about Xavi and Iniesta and they are undoubtedly among the greatest ever but I can’t help but feel Santi Cazorla could have reached those heights had he played for Barca.” Arsenal were never the same when injuries finished his Arsenal career . We should at least have given him a chance to prove his fitness before giving him away… Originally I put a good percentage off the blame at Wenger’s feet for Cazorla ‘s original injury. It was against Norwich I think when Cazorla went down injured in the first half but wenger… Read more »
Ramsey is an interesting omission there, a completely predictable one though considering it is you.
I really like van de Beek, was hoping we would get him last summer
Doubting affordability of Odegarde ? Why should we feel confident about this TW then? Not that Odegarde necessarily meet our needs …
How would we afford de Beek if couldn’t fund Odegarde… seriously?
I wouldn’t take the Van de Beek links seriously. United won’t want to strenghten a potential rival for top 4.
Heavy emphasis on ‘potential’ but still.
And when have United ever sold us a good player in recent history?
Pierre
You forgot Eduardo 🙁
Pedro stop selling every Arteta decision as a good one. Ben White looks like a good player. So does Saliba, so does Mavro. All are ready to compete. None is ready to start. The England call up narrative doesn’t hold much weight. White is lowest in the pecking order, even below Coady and Mings , two average football players. Should we buy them too? Recently, read a French football expert who is also a Brighton fan say that he doesn’t think White is much better than Saliba. Saliba has much better leadership qualities, is better in the air and just… Read more »
United are about to snag an absolute bargain in Jadon Sancho.
Hard to believe Dortmund are going to let him go for as little as 80m which won’t even be up front but I suppose they don’t have much of a choice now as he only has 2 years left on his deal and that price would be more than cut in half next year.
Still, you would think that other teams would be in for him at that price like Chelsea and Liverpool. You are getting a world class English forward that has a decade + ahead of him.