Even if one comes in that would be four first teamers for three places. You can talk about competition all you want but that isn't going to happen so I think we'll only get another big forward if Sanchez leaves.
We also have Walcott, Welbeck, Oxo and Perez. Those are quite a few forwards but no ones leaving at present, other than Oxo rumours. If Sanchez stays, then the left and central (lacazette/Giroud) spots are pretty much locked. Only spot available is the right wing and if Mahrez or Lemar come in, would make them number one choices. This transfer window will be our busiest to date.
I could see Lemar coming either way. Mainly beacuse he can play central as an AMF as well as LWF/RWF. But I dont think Mahrez or anyone else will be coming unless Sanchez leaves.
I think we need to free up some space. Sanogo has gone and I think we need to offload Perez (shame for him because he looked good when he got on the pitch ) We also still have Joel Campbell and I think Walcott needs to be sold too. Maybe Everton will come in for him now that Lukaku is off ?
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Hard to tell which one we're going for Lemar or Mahrez. At the moment rumours are saying we are going hard for Lemar. He apparently wants to come and has accepted terms but Monaco want a shed load more after an increased £40m bid. We've also put in a bid for Mahrez but Leicester want £15m more. Either way i'd be happy with any one of them. But of course, we still have to deal with the elephant in the room, Sanchez. Is he staying or going?
Give Sanchez whatever he wants imo. If it means paying him £400k a week to sign a new contract then pay it. If we sell some players then the wages we give them can go to Sanchez, and if means selling Ox, Walcott, Perez, El Nenney, Gibbs, and Chamberlain, then get whatever we can from the sales and offer him a lump sum to sign ! It's what other clubs would do
As much as I abhor the obscene wages in football, I agree. Pay him what he wants. He's irreplaceable.
+1. Players like Sanchez aren't just tremendous footballers; they are match-winners. They can single-handedly rise to the occasion and win a game for you with an individual bit of inventiveness and quality. Players like this are invaluable to any team. And whilst there are other players out there who may have as much impact on our team as Sanchez does, they would cost in the region of £80m or more (not including wages). It would make a lot more sense fulfill whatever demands he has, rather than lose him and then try to find a diamond like that all over again. It has to be noted, though, that Arsenal have to shoulder a massive portion of the blame for this predicament because we allowed him to have this much power in the negotiation process by not intervening earlier. Sanchez holds all the cards, so whatever happens next is almost entirely in his hands.
Yep, we should have sorted this contact out last year. But the best thing we can do now is give him the contract he wants. Personally I think it will happen
There is a finite set if resources on this planet. If you take too much then someone else ends up losing out. Someone always ends up paying, history will tell you that.
If I use too much solar power from my solar panels will someone end up losing out or will it make the sun run out faster?
Well technically the sun is also finite as well so sooner or later it'll run out of juice and go super nova and kill us all...
The Conservatives seem to be backtracking on a few things recently due to Labour's rise in popularity. Just goes to proof how full of ****e these politicians are. If you believe in austerity then stick to it, don't start changing because you think your unpopularity will dump you out of power. The majority of these career politicians are self serving scum suckers.
That's like saying Wenger is not winning the CL for us, so let's sack him and get Sam Allardyce instead.