Selling Zubimendi with no midfield replacement makes no sense.
Merino can’t cover CM. If anything I rather sell him than Zubimendi in January.
The right thing to do is sell Gyokeres for an attacker.
Or sign the attacker anyway we shaved off 900k in wages for what?
Don’t accept anything less than 75 million.
I think Arsenal should sell Martin Zubimendi in January if an offer of over €50m arrives.
Limited minutes until the end of the season will only make his value plummet.
Need to sell well from now on. Sign a cheap replacement or trust Ife Ibrahim.
Use the funds on attackers.
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Baena would be pointless for us.
Nusa - yes
Kroupi - yes but isn’t the transition threat you’re looking for
Endrick - no point of it but I like him
🚨 Arsenal are looking at Alex Baena, Endrick, Antonio Nusa & Junior Kroupi as potential signings, should they make a move in January, but any deal is likely dependent on an outgoing.
Mikel Arteta wants a transition player who can carry the ball up the pitch at pace & also be effective in tight spaces. Kroupi is the ideal candidate, but it is seen as unlikely that Bournemouth do a deal until the summer.
The potential availability of Martin Zubimendi could also give Arsenal further leverage, since both Atletico Madrid & Real Madrid want him, with a swap deal NOT considered impossible, which would still allow Arsenal to move for Kroupi at a later date. 🕵️♂️ [@MiguelDelaney]
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I don’t get why we need to sell.
We wanted a winger regardless last year.
Arteta wants a transition winger, but no business likely without a sale - which may make Zubimendi key
Top target is Kroupi but Bournemouth resistant to selling in Jan
Arsenal also looking at three other options
independent.co.uk/sport/foot…
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Yep exactly what i noticed too in our game.
Good striker overall and definitely very strong. He knows how to shirt pull so it doesn't elongate the shirt at all. He uses it along with the stiff arm to hold the defender in place for runners.
nitter.cf/FtProgression/status/2…
Just been watching some Brobbey clips and it's bonkers how much shirt pulling he gets away with. When he pins people the "stiff arm" is basically commiting a foul most of the time, pulls the defender's shirt constantly.
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Don’t normally do scouting shouts but there’s this William Saliba bloke who plays for Arsenal U-21’s.
Insanely talented CB and huge for his size too. Reads the game well.
Won’t be long till Arteta promotes him to the 1st team.
What a talent.
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FtProgression retweeted
Still think we should go for Alvarez over any striker if there is a chance to get him in January.
I think he'd cost less now than he did in the summer too.
Not sure I'm too keen on Vini anymore, so much baggage. Bring Nusa as an early Doue type with some risk.
I enjoy us winning of course but I do want to be entertained more.
I've made my peace with not have elite attacking talent but we've heard that for too many years.
I do want us to be more attacking and decisive. I would sacrifice some wins for that, but obv not the title.
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Unsure.
I think there’s a lot of value in improvement and Gabriel is the perfect example of it.
Same for Hincapie who was a much worse defender when he first joined.
Konsa more unique cuz he’s always been a good defender even at Brentford.
Take Konsa for example.
You think Mikel/the coaching team have taught him how to defend in settled play, transitions, in the high press, etc? No
They would have guided him on our way of playing but everything else is Konsa being an excellent defender.
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I said it earlier but Madueke on the RW and Saka on the LW with our current set up makes more sense.
Since then Madueke has performed a lot better at RW to make me feel better about this.
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Gyokeres bar is so low that people think he’s WC based on what he’s showing now.
Performances still aren’t good enough and he can come on again tired legs but still show his weaknesses.
Needs to go but I appreciate his efforts.
Kai also not good enough. We need 2 attackers.
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