‘VIEIRA OHHHH OHHH OHHHH, HE COMES FROM PORTUGAL, HE WANTS TO WIN IT ALL!’
COME ON THAT IS A GOOD SONG!
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🚨 Fabio Vieira set to join Arsenal from Porto. Fee €35m + €5m, 5yr deal. 22yo AMF flying to London today & will undergo medical before completing move. Process started + managed by Jorge Mendes, @TheAthleticUK after @pedromsepulveda scoop #AFC #FCPorto https://t.co/b839GEGBRC
— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) June 16, 2022
David Ornstein and Fabrizio Romano and a bunch of Portuguese journos are saying that we are in for attacking midfielder Fabio Vieira.
Talk about classic early 2000s Arsenal WOAH WHERE DID THAT COME FROM transfer news.
The player is 5ft7, he seems to play all across the midfield, his end delivery is most excellent, the player racked up 14 assists last season. Vieira also fits the mould from a profile perspective, he’s 22 years old, he’s made 76 apps for the Portuguese giants, and I suspect he has VERY good character. Dare I say he has a bit of the Santi’s in tight spaces?
A lot of the players videos show off his ability to break play from deep with accurate long balls and some of his final 3rd work looked very Tielemans/Xhaka-ish. But, apparently, he’s more of a second striker and an attacking midfielder.
Do I know how he fits into this Arsenal starting 11? No. But I’m sure there’s a cunning plan. He’s very good in tight spots, control seems to be a key component of his game, and his final ball looks really, really sharp.
I didn’t expect this sort of signing, but he does check the box of ‘better end product’ that we need. Arsenal has to find more goals next season, this guy might help us get there. 7 goals isn’t the greatest in Portugal but combined with 16 assists, it shows where things couldn’t be going for someone very young.
What is very interesting is no one picked up on this deal. Arsenal don’t have the biggest wallet, so they have to make their moves in silence, if we pull this off, it’ll be quite something because none of the big journos had a clue.
There are some other stories doing the rounds, the Italian journos who called the Vlahovic bid are saying we’re looking at Oshimen for £80m, some German folk are saying Nkunku for £100m (lol), and The Times are reporting that we’re frontrunners for Gabi Jesus and that deal will be done.
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Is £50m a lot for Jesus considering he is free next season ? I am getting pelters from mates who are pool fans about it
I think it’s a good signing if we get him
Strikers are bloody expensive and he has 4 premier League medals
I actually think they don’t want us to get him as they hate Arsenal
Stan’s Colorado team win game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals…
I have read that Arteta has said he wants 23 players. So I counted. Assuming we will sign Tielemans, Jesus, Raphinha, Viera, Hickey and Turner. GK Ramsdale, Turner RB Tomi, Cedric CB White, Saliba CB Gabriel, Holding LB Tierney, Hickey DM, Partey, Elneny, Sambi CM, Tielemans, Xhaka CM/CAM Odegaard, Viera RW Saka, Raphinha LW, ESR, Martinelli CF Jesus, Eddie. That makes 23 players. He wasn’t kidding when he said he wanted 23. If things go well this summer with our new signings, we would potentially look at CM, DM, RB backups to strengthen next summer. If we pull all these… Read more »
Mr Serge
50 million is a rip off for Jesus
A part of me wants us to walk away and sign mr nobody that no one was watching, similar to Fabio Vierra.
City really think we are mugs
If they are asking for 50 million for one year left, are they implying his value is 100 million plus?
The 5 sub rule means all our players will get regular minutes next season. At least our season won’t derail because of lack of attackers. Same with defenders. Midfield though, Xhaka will be serviceable. Elneny and Sambi though will have to step up their games to handle matches where Partey isn’t available.
Not gonna lie I’d never heard of him before and I don’t know what to expect but the compilation and stats are very promising because – He’s a very quick, technical player (we absolutely need that with our boring slow football) He has end product. Loads of goals and loads of assists is difficult to argue with His goals are almost all long range bangers. That would be EXTREMELY welcome compared with the lack of long range dynamism we have at the moment So I also don’t know just how good he is but he seems to be universally very… Read more »
I think we will pay £40 for Jesus. City want to sell. £50 is too much. I read from fabrizio that they wanted €55 mil euros which equates to £43 mil. I think we can negotiate it to 40 mil. He will be a good deal at that price considering all the strikers we can get now aren’t better and they will likely cost the same or more.
China
All the journalists are reporting we are still in for Tielemans. And this doesn’t affect that deal.
Ornstein says Fabio plays predominantly right or left wing but can also play 10 and 8 he has great positioning and an eye for a pass
£40m is pretty steep for Jesus given he is in the last year of his contract. Would have hoped we could get it closer to £30m but knowing us I doubt it.
Habesha no way we’re signing all those players. If we sign Jesus and vieira I really doubt we’re also signing rafinha
Rafinha isn’t coming to sit on the bench and if he’s in the first time Martinelli or esr are gonna move into the completely unneeded territory which seems unlikely
Serge I won’t say as Dissenter did it’s a rip off. Jesus is fucking quality. But its a shed load of money for a player heading into last year of contract. Considering Liverpool just blasted essentially £100M into a Nunez, they’ve set market for strikers this summer. With each season the demand and price rising. Really doesn’t help that Arteta and Edu are taking us into this window loosing both our main strikers, pushes the need into a red zone of sorts, which is clearly poor planning but is being played as unavoidable. Add in fact there will likely be… Read more »
The sun was saying yesterday our first Jesus bid was 30m and our new bid is 50m
Dunno if it’s click bait but if that’s true it’s a joke how we jump that high so fast
What’s the fuss about Rafhina?
He played in a a gung ho all attacking Bielsa team and he wasn’t all that
There are better deals to be had than paying 55 million for Rafinha
Can’t help but feel really underwhelmed at the prospect of Jesus. His appearance/goals over the past 3 sessions
34/14
29/9
28/8
Not amazing stats and when you consider he is playing in one of the most attacking teams in world football who create way more chances than most, the numbers look even less flattering. City have not won the trophies they have because of Jesus. In fact, stick Benteke in that team and the outcome would probably be the same.
I don’t think city have forgiven us for shafting them with the Alexis Sanchez signing in August 2017
We didn’t play fair.
Both clubs had agreed a tentative deal, personal terms were agreed and player had his medical done in Santiago Chile . City sent a private jet to pick him up from Chile…only for Wenger to flex his muscles and scuttle the deal.
There was talk that they were thinking about suing Arsenal at the time
Sal
For Jesus, it really seems there’s a market of ONE
There’s no other major club that will pay that kind of money and wages for him.
We need to not rush the deal. Stare city in the face until they come to their senses.
China1
Exactly adding him plus Tielemans would give our midfield the kind of quality and comfort we haven’t had in a long time. No more freaking out if one of Ode/ESR isn’t available.
Suddenly having Elneny as back up doesn’t look like such a disaster. And there’s also Sambi to grow into that Partey role eventually. All these of course rest on us getting Tielemans too.
Diss strikers are the most expensive players Liverpool just set £43m for mane and he is on his last year too and 30
Buying Vieira will not affect the tielemans deal
He is pepe s replacement
I think we will sign
Youri
Jesus
Hickey
And Fabio
Reckon if we sell Pepe and xhaka we buy another player too
Not sure if we keep LT or sell
Diss reckon Jesus gets done at 40 m
China
I am guessing the Raphinha deal will be dependent on Pepe leaving. But the others are happening.
Jesus 40 mil
Tielemans 30 mil
Viera 30 mil
Turner 7 mil
Hickey 16 mil
This all equates to 123 mil. Sell pepe, Leno, AMN, Torreira, Mari, Bellerin, Ballard and Nelson and Raphinha will come in too.
Our squad will be filled with top players if that happens.
Mr Serge
The fee is high, but it is what it is
We’ve been badly managed from a strategic viewpoint regarding strikers
How does a club end up not having a senior striker for the upcoming season, that’s a major weakness for negotiating deals in itself.
I think the club needs to help Arteta or force Arteta to see the trees from the forest in the future.
We are in a very high inflationary period for everything. I guess it’s seeped into football too.,
Don’t see Raphinha deal happening now after Fabio signing Habesha.
£50m is a lot of money to fork out and we clearly have a greater need for a ST/CM and LB areas.
WengerEagle
Yeah Jesus is in his last year. But city know there aren’t good strikers out there. That is why they are playing hard ball. If Vlahovic or someone like that was available for 50 mil then their price would be much lower.
Hazard went to Real Madrid for an extortionate price even though he was in his last year. The price also matters on the number of quality players available in the market.
Habesha
I like how you are thinking. If we do end up getting all those players can we do better than Raphina ? Like someone else mentioned I don’t really see the fuss.
I read that Hickey is Cazorla-like ambidextrous and can play in either full-back position.
Habesha
Jesus will push for the move and I doubt that City will shelf a player for a season over a difference of £10m.
They have Haaland and Julian Alvarez coming in so there is no place for Jesus there. £30m is a fair offer imo and £10m makes no difference to City whereas it makes quite a bit of difference to us.
Naija
Are you fully rehabbed from your Tchouaméni love in?
I think the city executive shave a dislike of Arsenal
They will hold out just to shaft us
I just can’t see any other destination for Jesus
Always wondered why Arteta can’t make some calls to intervene
No way he’s an upgrade on Martinelli. He has 26 senior starts in his career and played around 4 games as LM last season – 2 of them as a starter, 2 as a sub.
He isn’t predominantly a winger looking at his transfermarkt. Around 85% of his games are in the AM or SS position. He’s got around 5-6 games for the season as a LM and RW combined.
The amount of people that don’t rate Raphinha on here astounds me. He is really a top player at a relegation side. He is very creative too. I don’t want Saka to be burnt out. I hope we sell all these players and get him. ESR and Martinelli on the left and Saka and Raphinha on the right is as good as it will get for us on the wings. WengerEagle Hazard too pushed for a move. But still they ended up paying the money. Is Jesus worth 50 mil if he had two years left? I think he is.… Read more »
Naija
Pl proven, 11 goals in a relegation contender side and lots of flair and ability, what other player would you want. Raphinha, Moussa Diaby, Pedro Neto and Antony were the players I liked for that RW position. Antony the major risk out all three. Get one of the those and I will be happy with anyone of them.
Why Dissenter? Retrospectively you think they are still bitter about Alexis? I seriously doubt it, more like thanking us given what a disaster he was at United.
We have sold them Kolo Toure, Adebayor, Clichy, Nasri. Sagna and Seaman also joined them from us after their deals ran out.
If anything they owe us one. We have a decent working relationship with them and Arteta has the link to Pep and Jesus after all.
He is rated Habesha, it’s just not a position of priority for us and at £50m no thanks.
Maybe if we were City.
My first thought is: are we selling ESR? My second: man I miss Santi
I rate Raphina he is very technical and has an eye for goal I would love him to come
How much money are we realistically going to spend now after the £30-35m for Fabio Vieira?
£100m is an optimistic number and that is probably factoring in sales too. Why would you spend half of that on Raphinha who’s best position is also Saka’s best position?
Hickey will be £20m if Tomiyasu was. Bologna are no fools and because he is Scottish my guess is he is even more expensive than Tomi. £20-25m
Tielemans £30m and Jesus £40m puts you just about at that figure.
“”””Maybe if we were City.””” But that is the level we are trying to get to. We produced three top player in ESR, Saka and Martinelli. We bought two in Odegaard and Viera (hopefully) for 30 mil each . And now we can spend that money on Raphinha if we sell unwanted players. Get 50 mil for them and our net spend will be around 120 mil. That is two players for city. Laporte and Mahrez. I think Arsenal fans have a PTSD concerning having two quality players for one position because of the Wenger days. We worry about what… Read more »
Habesha you know how I feel about this one, I don’t have any fear of having quality in depth but having two top quality widemen for RF while having a 20 year old ST and a 21 year old who is best as a CAM as our LF options just is short-sighted.
You don’t spend £50m to have said player on the bench. Unless they are a disaster like Pepe.
“The amount of people that don’t rate Raphinha on here astounds me”
He’s a loose canon that is going to find himself on the wrong side of a red card. Raphina may have talent, but he’s also an attitudinal liability. I don’t and can’t see how such a player can do-exist with Arteta and his non-negotiables.
WengerEagle I don’t think it is shortsighted to go with two potentially elite players on the left. ESR got double digit goals from there. Which left wide player guarantees that? And he was better out wide last season than in the middle. And Martinelli got 6 or 7 league goals from there. I think you are having a hard time changing your mind about Martinelli and ESR. I also thought they were a CF and a CAM. But so far they are playing better than any LW that we can get. I don’t think we have shortage on the left… Read more »
Co-exist
I rate Raphinha really high. The type of player that makes it at PSG, Bayern and Juve. He’s that good.
might only be plausible*
a good point to argue than*
Ernest Reed
Prove that Raphinha is a loose Canon. He only saw 7 yellows last season and no red card. How is he a loose canon? Because he was mad at the ref when we played them at home? That is your only proof?
Habesha ESR scored 10 goals last season but until he replicates it you cannot say that he ‘guarantees’ it. I love ESR for the record but I am not sure you can just pencil him in for 10+ PL goals. Mart scored 5 PL goals and most of them from memory were in ST positions in and around the penalty box and not from making inroads from the LW. The best he has played for us has been through the middle, under Emery in the EL he was scoring headers and classic ST goals. I truly believe that Martinelli will… Read more »
Harvey Barnes isn’t a sexy name but he is a monster in terms of efficiency.
21 goals and 22 assists in his last 3 PL seasons in just 70 starts. 6 goals and 10 assists in the PL this season, better G/A than Raphinha’s debut season even (6 goals, 9 assists). Could be an option for LF.
WE
With all due respect. You have reservation about marti and eSr in the lf position then come out with names like those who I think aren’t better than our boys. When last did you watch brandth to say he guarantees 15/20goals and assist surely you’re just making prediction like habesha only that yours is even weaker cause we have seen our boys play for us and they can deliver irrespective of your reservationsite imo. I think you’re wrong on this one bro and I agree with habeshe
Oh Marti has a bigger future as a CF, he played there when he destroyed Pool and Klopp called him generational. He scored all type of goals, hence why he reminded me to RvP who similarly was putting the ball in the net from all kinds of positions. It’s just that Arteta has decided that both Marti and the Smith are LW and that’s that. Martinelli could become one of the best CFs in the EPL in the coming years if given the chance to progress his game through the middle. Sadly, Arteta has given him close to zero chances… Read more »
I absolutely love Harvey Barnes. Proper efficient footballer. Direct straight to the point and he’s not a shabby passer either. I’ll take him all day but we don’t have a need for him.. We need a saka replacementioned. Left wing is covered imo. We have two different set of players there with unique skillet but they bring similar level of productivity. Gabi under emery was still very raw but had a strikers instinct. I think arteta is trying to refine his game and make him into a complete forward like Gabriel jesus
GK Ramsdale, Turner RB Tomi, Cedric CB White, Saliba CB Gabriel, Holding LB Tierney, Hickey DM, Partey, Elneny, Sambi CM, Tielemans, Xhaka CM/CAM Odegaard, Viera RW Saka, Raphinha LW, ESR, Martinelli CF Jesus, Eddie. I like that Habesha. I do think it’s realistic. Hickey, Vieira, Tielemans and Jesus (£120 ish) will blow our budget. Then a Gnabry (Dream)/ Raphinha/ Diaby type only if we can raise around £50m in sales including Pepe. Saka’s played none stop for two seasons and summers now Plus he was running on fart for the last 5 games or so of the summer, so I… Read more »
Rap
You talk a lot of rubbish to be taking seriously. You make definitive statements like you can see the future or you’re a coach or had coached before? You have your opinions like everyone else but you don’t know half as much as you think. Try to be quite more often so you’ll absolve knowledge fam.
I get your point Raulishuss it is a bit speculative on some of those names although Brandt has broken 10 G/A in the league x6 times and he rarely plays more than 25-30 games although that is maybe a sign we should avoid too.
I am a big fan of Raphinha I just don’t think we’re in a position to spend £50m on a player who isn’t on the teamsheet XI every week. We’re still a few years away from being in a position like Pool and City with £50m players as back-up.
Let’s hope it’s a masterstroke. I have no idea, I’ll catch some breakdowns from good podcasters who interview some people with knowledge of the player and Portugal. One thing reading the first few reactions from the past post about Vieira as the news came in…. Its amazing the arrogance of people stating definitively where he will play and how he’ll be used. This is why some of you have zero credibility, like PierreKB. (knows best). Likewise passing judgement on the price, valuation, with no knowledge of the player or interest from other clubs. Another reason I mock some of the… Read more »
WE,
you didn’t even mention the likes of Danjuma and Sterling. There’s so many good wingers it’s crazy. Raphinha could also go there and do great.
Raptora
Not sure what happens to Sterling. Don’t see him staying at City but where does he go? Was a rumour that Chav-ville maybe and I could see it given Tuchel would welcome his goalscoring with open arms.
Danjuma looks quality but Villarreal paid £25m for him last summer and his value must have close to doubled after the season he has just had.
Maybe other teams that like him don’t have the same needs that we have at the moment, and are working those needs currently.
…If Liverpool didn’t want him right now, it could be because they just blew 2 loads on Diaz and Nuñes.
Also nobody here mentions that we probably scouted the guy for a while and see things about his energy and pressing that will fit into Artetas plans. I hate to tell you, but those don’t show up in the youtubes.
Habesha
Raphina made my end of season must have list, and Pepe replacement.
As some have said the problem is from all we’ve seen he is a right flank man, for me absolute classic right winger. Nobody taking Saka away from that space, he’s made that his own.
With that and considering today’s Fabio Vieira news Im fully expecting Raphina to be our next in.
Arteta isn’t capable of signing a center forward… there I said it.
And another clown says Vitinha would have been a better signing.
The problem with this…..
Is that he hasn’t seen either of them play more than a few minutes.
Who TF knows at this point? Stop with the ignorant declarations.
Raphinha is supposedly wanted by lots of big clubs. Really not seeing how we make a big money move for him to sit behind saka on the bench. The whole thing doesn’t add up to me
If we were selling saka for 100m and buying him as a replacement that’s another story but this summer that seems very unlikely. If we buy a Pepe replacement he’s very unlikely to be expensive or a big enough name to expect regular first team football ahead of literally our best player (saka)
Habesha: “Arteta wants to move to a fluid 433 midfield. He tried it last year with ESR, Odegaard and Partey and it failed. He also tried to play Xhaka higher up the pitch. And it was better. So I think he might be coming in for Xhaka.This kid only make sense if he is playing CM/AM like Bernardo and Debruyne or if he is playing RW. I don’t know why we are signing him and Tielemans tbh.” Habesha, don’t know enough yet, but maybe Tielemans can be a deeper option also. Then it could make sense and add 2 quality… Read more »
‘Prove that Raphinha is a loose Canon.”
I don’t have to prove anything – when did you become Bamford , Habesha?
I don’t see Raphina fitting into Arteta’s non-negotiables with his attitude. Think Guen and up it a notch, that’s Raphina.
Pierre kb trolling Ødegaard and Ramsdale again, choices 2 and 3 for player of the year… but Pierre knows best.
Had to work in some hits on them today even with a new signing to contemplate.
I wonder if the hating on Øde has anything to do with the Ozil fetish?
Of course it does.
China Raphina never really made sense, considering our needs but some guys just want to Wenger and Arteta is showing traits. I rate Raphina as do many clearly. For what we will recoup on Pepe we may of just replaced him with what may prove to be the versatile F Vieira. With what our summer budget must be that was a big chunk, unless theres something we’re not aware of and its madness time, upwards of £120m this summer. I’ll start that speculation, Kroenke holding the Lombardi trophy is now into the Stanely cup final and to think we’ve been… Read more »
Vintage We are capable of pulling that off. 120 mil netspend and Arteta in the last chance Saloon for top 4. Sal. Absolutely. If we signed Raphinha, we wouldn’t even miss a trick by resting Saka. It will be like we are playing all our first team players all season. Like for like. WengerEagle I would rather play ESR on the left than Harvey Barnes. Just give ESR time and he will get those numbers. Same for Martinelli. One thig you haven’t addressed is how Arteta uses ESR and Martinelli. He uses them as left sided players. And they are… Read more »
I don’t have to prove anything – when did you become Bamford , Habesha?
😂😂😂 Now that was funny. Anyway Raphinha doesn’t have an attitude problem like Guendouzi. This is the only time I have heard of it. That is all I am saying. I have heard attitude problems from Richarlison but never from Raphinha. But would you be on board with him if he had no attitude problems?
Raphina has a temperament, a red card seeking problem. He has that Romney red mist.
He’s had to be restrained by his team mates many a time to avoid getting that red.
Had he been an Arsenal player, he would have gotten at least 3-4 red cards last season
*He has that Wayne Rooney red mist, without the England player get out of jail card.
Tielemans would still be worth it because partey is injury prone
At CM we absolutely do need 3 starting 11 players competing for two CM spots on the team sheet. If we don’t sign Tielemans then when partey is inevitably Crocker it’s back to depending on xhaka or el neny. It’s not realistic
We need real quality and depth across the central midfield roles (dm/cm/am). DM and CM are the most important positions on the pitch and it’s exactly because we consistently neglect it that we fuck up every single season
Dissenters What you are calling bad attitude is talking to referees and calling them out. If he was over the edge that many moments, how come he didn’t get even one red card? I would expect a lot more yellows too. 7 yellows through out the season to be exact. Patrick Viera was the same. He even got sent off many times. But that wasn’t an attitude problem. Arteta had problems with Guendouzi because he wouldn’t listen to him. Raphinha is actually okay to work under a coach. And he hasn’t got a problem applying himself. Just Google Raphinha attitude… Read more »
“ But would you be on board with him if he had no attitude problems?”
I will say this about Raphina, he never gives up and comes to play. He endured a difficult time with an otherwise pretty lousy Leeds team last season and yet he never slowed down and tried to make things happen often. Arsenal could use that aspect of what Raphina brings but I still see him as “moody” and with a short fuse. Don’t know if that is someone who can thrive under the rigid demands of Arteta, Habesha?
Fair enough Ernest.
It doesn’t have to be him.I just happen to think he is PL ready, 25 coming in to his prime and so good that even city would live to have him. But we need a right sided player. And it has to be someone who doesn’t have a huge dropoff in quality from Saka. That is all.
From his clips Viera looks like he can play on the right (back up to Saka) as well as a no 8. I don’t particularly see him operating as a CAM in our set up. He is a bit like Bernardo Silva who also plays on the right but can play as a no. 8 or 10 if required.
From what Porto fans are saying he’s not very good defensively and is better at CAM or false 9. Could fill in on the wings if needed too. Can’t see us signing a winger as well, and don’t see the need for it. Unless we sign a striker, DM, fullbacks first and still have a massive chunk of cash left. Not very likely. Our midfield will still be massively dependent on Partey even if we buy Tielemans, hope we skip that and go for someone like Sangare instead. Would give us far more options to adapt to the opposition, and… Read more »
We can forget about Raphina now.
If we do get Tielemans, he’s someone who can play deeper, and as somebody said above, we would finally have a strong midfield. First time in years.
Then I think it would be time to sell Xhaka.
Arteta will have a bunch of technical, interchangeable players…. if we do Jesus and Tielemans. I hope the deals and this vision work out.
Pedro’s guest saying Fabio has learned to work off the ball and press along with his other skills.
Another player that will put Ozil to shame hopefully.
Pierre will be digging to find some negative stats to throw at him.
With the 5 subs rule we need absolute quality in the squad , Viera fits the bill . Anyone worried about ESR or Saka with other players coming in should know that if they are good enough they will compete and get better with time . Thats the whole purpose of the squad . I dont think Phil Foden complains having to compete with Mahrez , Silva , KdBs of the City squad.
Habesha; good squad that but I’d make some small changes and go with the following as I don’t think we have the budget for what you suggested;
GK Ramsdale, Turner
RB Tomi, Cedric
CB White, Saliba
CB Gabriel, Holding
LB Tierney, Hickey
DM, Partey, Elneny,
CM, Tielemans, Sambi
CM/CAM Odegaard, Viera
RW Saka, NELSON
LW, ESR, Martinelli
CF Jesus, Eddie, BALOGUN
HABESHA GOONER
Arsenal will register a FULL squad of 25 players next season.
Hein will be registered as third choice goalkeeper as rotation for Okonkwo who will go out on loan.
I expect also that Arsenal will promote at least one U23 player to squad as Arteta has done
in recent years and meets the expectations of Kroenke. The candidates will be Balogun, Patino, Azeez, Hutchinson or Flores.That will satisfy homegrown requirements and pathway
from our youth programme.
I expect Arsenal to recruit both Tielemans and Jesus, because our squad is currently “light”
on experience.
Sounds right Emirates. I just watched Fabio 21-22 video. I counted at least 3 right footed goals this past season.
even though they all say he’s heavily left footed, I like the Malcolm X mentality…. “by any means necessary”.
Would be interesting to let the binners back in.
Would like to hear them slagging Fabio Viera for the fun of it.
I tell you, we’ll end up paying 50m for Jesus who has only one year left and poor scoring record playing in chances-creating team like City.
The fact is Edu is poor. He overpays for players especially when his friend agent Kia Joorabchan is involved. He’s also been giving away our players for free and much lower fees.
Jesus has no height meaning crosses into the box will be ineffective. Let’s get Scamacca and forget about Jesus. Scamacca has a better scoring record playing in an average team however, being Brazilian Edu will push for Jesus rather to the detriment of Arsenal.
Don’t trust Edu.
right on cue
My god Havyn, did Edu kill you in a past life or something?! The Portuguese football expert was stunned we got Fabio for 10-15m less than his release clause. Martinelli was a steal, Tomi was a steal, Odegaard was good value, and Marquinhos had a release clause of £42.5m. Yes we paid a premium for Ben White, but on balance, I don’t think Edu can be accused of being on overpayer. And let’s be honest, once upon a time we were so keen not to overpay, that we let Alonso, Hazard, Suarez and Kante escape from our grasp. I’m all… Read more »
Jesus scores headers. Havyn is obsessed with size.
Great to have a guy who made 16 assists……..I wonder who’s actually scoring the goals though??
I’m excited with new player coming. Its not our money you know 😉
I have a feeling the FV might be taking the no.8 role. Seems technically secure.
Might not be the best defensively but who knew even Santi could do it.
10 of 58 goals headed.
The signing of Fabio Viera feels like there was an opportunity too good to ignore to sign a talented youngster that fits our profile , irrespective of our needs in the squad . Never a bad time to add quality to our squad.
Looks a decent and exciting signing
Hope our next signings are actually a bit more older and experienced. Can’t be listening all season to anyone using the whole “youngest squad” line as any sort of excuse next season
What is this obsession with having 6′ 2″ + Centre forwards who can head a ball? Thierry Henry
preferred to use his feet rather than his head. Also there are plenty of small strikers who were
good in the air.
Just checked the stats . Henry scored 175 goals in EPL and only 6 were with his head!!
Nigel Tufnell “Pierre will be digging to find some negative stats to throw at him.” First of all we need to hope that Arteta is 100% behind the signing , if so could it be possible that Arteta has come to the conclusion that Odegaard doesn’t have tools to be an elite creator…if so then all credit to Arteta for admitting his mistake, maybe he will play Odegaard deeper, though I’m not totally convinced that will work as he could turn into a xhaka mk 2. What i expect to see is Odegaard start the season as our playmaker and… Read more »
Sign Jesus on the last day of the window his price will have dropped to 15 million.
Kegunner…… that’s one way to prep for the new season.
This signing is odegaard competition, ESR and martinelli will compete for LM, We need competition for saka on the right so I suspect if pepe leaves someone’s coming, maybe jesus and osimhen are the players coming in. We need a midfielder tho so tielemans and we good. But this FV guy needs guys who can finish with headers so maybe a bigger striker is on the cards.
For me it was a good news day regarding Arsenal.
Eddie basically confirmed and the Fabio signing.
All we need now is for them to start a few games together , which may prove to be a problem going by previous experience with Arteta as manager , as it can take as as long as 12 months before Arteta will try something different.
Now we got good passers and dribblers, we need a striker that can strike, Jesus scored a few goals with a lot of quality team mates, scamacca is the type we need. With Viera’s vision we are gonna hit