Arsenal Banter Archive June 13 2018

13 Jun 2018 19:31:36
Impressed so far if all the deals go through!
Lichtsteiner
Sokratis
Torreira
Leno

Personally I would like to see the addition of Adli and Martins as well, that would really round off a brilliant window for Arsenal. However, some bodies would need to be sold so to me that makes perfect way for Chambers, Ospina and what looks to be Wilshere. That said, until it's signed we've only signed Lichtsteiner so I'll be less hasty 😂.

13 Jun 2018 19:43:31
Oh and I forgot Caglar Soyuncu, I wouldn’t mind us signing him either 😂.

13 Jun 2018 20:08:19
Just wondering where Martins is going to fit in alongside Mesut Danny Ramsey Miki Pea Lacasette, surely we need to make room other than letting a keeper Defender and midfielder.
Whaf are we going to do with all these attacking players if we just collect collect collect them without letting other attacking players go?
Are we going to play keeper and 2 1 7 formation with a bench full of defenders who don't make the starting 2 :-)

13 Jun 2018 20:57:36
Well we can sell welbeck for a start. Martins and Iwobi and back up. Auba and Laca as strikers. Mkhi and Ozil can both play no.10 and Mkhi can also play on the right. Perez can also be sold so we don’t really have a problem to be fair. Martins is fast, tricky, skilful and would be a million times better than Danny.

13 Jun 2018 21:06:04
I think we are witnessing some blood letting. There will be big changes in and out and its most definitely needed. The core of our team is there but the obvious weaknesses need serious work and cutting.

13 Jun 2018 21:10:32
Gunner i also think players like ozil and others probably are dispensable, as far as the new managers pressing style is concerned. He may or may not want a different type of player to a few, like xhaka who are not that type of player. The players that we keep or get will have to buy into and be able to play his type of game.

13 Jun 2018 21:37:22
That's the thing Glen you've got to find room for all these attacking players and if Emery doesn't decide to play 4 attackers and plays 4 3 3 what 3 you going to use? Well I say 3 it's 2 because Pea plays that's not in question, so which 2 of Mesut Laca Miki Martins Iwobi gets into our best 11?
The europa league plus domestic cup games only won't be enough to keep any of them happy and settled sides do better than those who chop and change, champions very often use least players per season.
I think we will be a much harder working team from now on and games won't be shared round like sweeties, if you want to be successful you play your best team in every game because that's give you the best chance of getting the maximum number of points your capable of getting.
Steve I like Mesut a lot and would be sad to see him leave but if he has to go then he has to go but who would pay his wages that we pay him? Plus a transfer fee mate? Ramsey is much easier to cash in on if you want room and cash in return.

13 Jun 2018 21:43:17
Sureley, we can palm him off to utd, they like paying big wages to under achievers. Lol.

13 Jun 2018 21:46:53
Plus seriously, IF ozil is surplus to our requirements, there are some teams stupid enough to pay big money and wages to " world class players " isn't that what he is, at what he does? . Emery may be able to accommodate him but not too many like him can be. We just wait in anticipation.

13 Jun 2018 21:58:54
Hopefully we will see the real Mesut Ozil with Emery in charge, he was a world super star when he arrived mate.
Personally I'm not precious about any of our players just the team and whatever Emery needs to do to make us competitive again is ok in my book.

13 Jun 2018 22:13:31
Agree Gunner. We were not perfect before he came, so anything he does is fine by me to see if he can improve and rid the comfy culture.

13 Jun 2018 22:24:12
I think ( hope ) the cosy club disbanded when Arsene and Mertesacker gave their farewell speeches mate, I'm pretty sure all the players accept those days are gone now and whether it's at Arsenal or anywhere else they will have to up their work rate and effort to continue to make a living in football.

14 Jun 2018 05:33:43
Assuming all 3 deals complete, it will have been a good start to the transfer window for us. If the reported £70m is the budget then we will have approximately £15m remaining to spend, plus sales. I would like to us sign Nzonzi to play alongside Torreira and Soyuncu to form a new CB partnership with Sokratis. Martins would be the last signing in this window as 7 signings will be tricky to bed in.
I would sell/ release: Ospina, Chambers, Perez and Akpom,
If we cannot extend the deals of Ramsey and/ or Welbeck, then they must be sold and possibly replacements brought in. I would also love to keep Wilshere at the club.

14 Jun 2018 10:46:00
I’d rather Iwobi be sold than Welbeck.

13 Jun 2018 15:31:58
Loving the decisiveness. Great to see us getting business done. All we need to do is bring back Eboue and the rest of our summer should be sorted.

13 Jun 2018 06:57:47
We still need to sign a keeper, possibly another CB, another DM and a wide player.
Who should be sold or moved on to fund the purchases and create space in the squad?
My own choices would be:
Chambers - Reports that Fulham want him and if we could achieve close to te £16m we paid it would be ideal.
Ospina
Mustafi - If the signing of Sokratis is confirmed and we sign Soyuncu or another CB.
Campbell - I believe he has left
Akpom
Perez - Reports that a couple of PL teams are interested.

Bellerin - He needs to learn to tackle and needs work on his defensive positional sense. Perhaps, if we can get £35m+ then move him on and sign a replacement, such as Klostermann.

If we cannot extend the deals of Ramsey and Welbeck, who only have a year to go, then clearly we have to sell.

13 Jun 2018 07:30:58
At 35 million who will come for Belerin? Not Fulham or Wolves but Barcelona or Juve so the question is why is Belerin good enough for Europe's finest but not us?
I keep seeing Belerin quoted as being worth 35 to 50 million by posters but at the same time pretty useless.
I'm struggling to do the Maths here :-)
Surely he is either a good player to justify such a transfer fee or he really is useless and we'd be lucky to get anything for him.
I'm struggling to get past fantasty to make sense of this equation.

13 Jun 2018 07:32:12
I agree with all of the above except Bellerin. I am still a fan of him and can only see him improving under Emery and the guidance of Lichtsteiner. I personally think he will have a much better season.

Lichtsteiner and Sokratis are done with Sokratis to be announced on or after July 1st.

We are still in talks for Caglar Soyuncu so that would be another good CB signing providing more depth.

An agreement is close for Lucas Torreira so if that can be completed then that would be a quality defensive midfield signing. It would allow Ramsey, Xhaka, Wilshere and Maitland-Niles to run from deep and control the build up play.

That leaves 2 priorities - GK and a winger. I think a backup GK will be signed to Cech and a winger will be looked at in January. I would like to see a replacement to Cech with him as backup but he's got No.1 now so we will have to see.

13 Jun 2018 08:14:08
Don’t worry about the maths g62. Football is a crazy world.

13 Jun 2018 08:37:38
Fair comment mate, 75 million apiece for Chambers and Holding it is then :-) plus maybe a cheeky Messi bid of 20 thousand paid over several decades :-)

13 Jun 2018 18:46:12
I heard messi will come just because he dreams of being supported by me.

13 Jun 2018 06:43:09
German Newspaper "Sportbild" says that Arsenal will get Bernd Leno.

13 Jun 2018 07:03:53
I would suggest moving Ospina on and keeping Cech for the final year of his contract.
I like Butland and we have to be careful with the amount of overseas players in the squad, so he fits the bill. Unfortunately, homegrown players carry a premium as there are so few decent ones and I can't see Butland being sold cheaply.
I wonder if we will stick with Cech and Ospina until the end of their deals next season. I have a feeling that under the new regime the defensive side of the game will improve considerably and the keepers will benefit as a result.

13 Jun 2018 13:51:17
I'm from Germany and have watched a lot of games from Leno. In my opinion he is the best option Arsenal can really get. He can be as good as Ter Stegen.

13 Jun 2018 19:37:20
Lemtin, read an article somewhere that last season he has made the second most error in Germany which has resulted in opposition goal.