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BrunelGunner said:
Let's see what the new terms of his contract are that Arsenal have proposed, but if hypothetically we're going to give him £250k a week, I think that's not a wise allocation of resources. I'd prefer if we could keep Jorginho for a rolling one-year contract, rather than sign Partey up for two additional years. But looks like Jorginho is set to leave us as things stand.

Zubimendi is not the only midfielder we need to bring in, we need at least one more midfield player coming in also.

And whilst I agree we do need a squad that's equally as good as the players in the XI (or as close to it as possible), I don't believe Partey's done enough over the last 5 years to justify a contract extension with a wage hike.

From a footballing perspective, if we are really that desperate to keep him, then if he could accept a 1 year deal with the option of a further year, I'd be more amenable to that. Anything more isn't a smart thing to do in my opinion. We need to look at the bigger picture here.
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If we lose Jorginho but keep Partey and sign Zubi, why do we need anymore midfielders?

We'd have Rice, Partey, Zubi, Merino, Zinchenko (if he stays), MLS (that's where he belongs). The only way i see us signing another midfielder after Zubi is if Zinchenko leaves. And even the it might be a left back instead so that MLS moves more permanently to midfield.
 
cini65 said:
We don't need the physicality in there so much now that we've got Rice as our box to box monster. When Xhaka was that #8 we needed physicality because he was slow and not good at getting back. Jorginho does much better in the #6 now just because he's got Rice next to him instead of Xhaka... and Jorginho is the weakest, slowest player I've almost ever seen.

The most important thing, in most games, for our #6 is the ability to be the one that is press-resistant and takes the ball from the centre backs, teams up with the inverted full-back and plays splitting passes through to Rice, Odegaard or the two wingers.

Zubimendi would be awesome at that.
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Yeah I keep changing my mind on this.

On one hand with Xhaka in the side - we were better at passing through teams and played better football. On the other hand with Partey/Rice Odegaard we've had the best defensive record in Europe and we have not lost to another top side. Which makes a welcome change from those late Wenger years when he had players like Ozil who would crumble in the big games.

Parteys weakness is he can be slow on the transition and gets caught out. Zubimendi would be much better in that regard - but he might struggle against the more physical high energy midfields like Villa.
 
TheBear said:
Yeah I keep changing my mind on this.

On one hand with Xhaka in the side - we were better at passing through teams and played better football. On the other hand with Partey/Rice Odegaard we've had the best defensive record in Europe and we have not lost to another top side. Which makes a welcome change from those late Wenger years when he had players like Ozil who would crumble in the big games.

Parteys weakness is he can be slow on the transition and gets caught out. Zubimendi would be much better in that regard - but he might struggle against the more physical high energy midfields like Villa.
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I don't think we played better football because Xhaka was in the side. I think it just so happened that we were allowed to play better football in 22/23 because we were 'new' at being good (having previously been gash and not even making top 4 in 21/22) and no-one really expected us to be quite that good. Zinchenko and Jesus took us up a notch. But it was mainly Zinchenko that took us up a level though just because of the first proper full-back inversion into DM next to Partey. But barely anyone did low blocks against us that year because they didn't know what we were about. Now we get low and mid blocks more often than not. Xhaka wouldn't be so good now against what we face now. If we had Rice in 22/23 we would have been even better.
 
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TheBear said:
Parteys weakness is he can be slow on the transition and gets caught out. Zubimendi would be much better in that regard - but he might struggle against the more physical high energy midfields like Villa.
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Really ?

I don't see this happening at all. He very rarely gets caught in possession.
 
PISKIE said:
Really ?

I don't see this happening at all. He very rarely gets caught in possession.
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To be fair I don't mean he loses possession just he gets caught napping by a press and normally has to recovery by passing backwards.

There are players who need less time to receive turn and pass.
 
Rodrigo, Gyokeres, Zubimendi, Garcia.


-----------------------------Raya---------------------------------
-----------------------------Garcia--------------------------------

Timber----------Saliba---------Gabriel---------------MLS
(White)---------(Tomiyasu)-------(Kiwior)--------(Calafiori)

--------Odegaard------Zubimendi--------Rice--------------
--------(Nwaneri)----------(Rice)----------(Merino)-----------

-Saka-------------------Gyokeres---------------Rodrygo
(Jesus)------------------(Havertz)--------------(Martinelli)
 
Pff. Martinelli has 13 league goals in 65 league games the last two seasons. Rodrygo has 16 in 64. He’s hardly what we need. He’s more of what we already have. We need a 1 in 2 or 3 man to get high teen numbers of league goals. We already have a 1 in 4 or 5 man and he needs to be replaced. Trossard has 20 in 69 and he should also be nowhere near the starting XI.

Rodrygo is older, has played for Real for longer, and has scored less league goals than Martinelli. He’s not what we need.

left forward is tough as I don’t know who we’d get that is an upgrade. The best ones in the world aren’t coming. The gettable ones I’m not convinced are all that.

Doue and Barcola I’d take but I can’t see either leaving. Barcola maybe if he keeps being benched. He might end up a goal machine perhaps.

I’d take Sane on the cheapish
 
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cini65 said:
Pff. Martinelli has 13 league goals in 65 league games the last two seasons. Rodrygo has 16 in 64. He’s hardly what we need. He’s more of what we already have. We need a 1 in 2 or 3 man to get high teen numbers of league goals. We already have a 1 in 4 or 5 man and he needs to be replaced. Trossard has 20 in 69 and he should also be nowhere near the starting XI.

Rodrygo is older, has played for Real for longer, and has scored less league goals than Martinelli. He’s not what we need.

left forward is tough as I don’t know who we’d get that is an upgrade. The best ones in the world aren’t coming. The gettable ones I’m not convinced are all that.

Doue and Barcola I’d take but I can’t see either leaving. Barcola maybe if he keeps being benched. He might end up a goal machine perhaps.

I’d take Sane on the cheapish
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LOL Rodrygo's stats are better than Sane's. (particularly in the UCL)
All comps:

Rodrygo:

24/25: 13 goals 10 assists
24/23 18 goals 9 assists
23/22 19 goals 11 assist

Sane:

24/25: 13 goals 5 assist
24/23 10 goals 13 assists
23/22 14 goals 10 assists

Bear in mind Rodrygo is 24 and Sane is 30.

Martinelli is decent - but with the positions he regularly gets into he should score a lot more than he does.

I'd quite like Barcola at Arsenal but I don't think he's quite as good as Rodrygo either. You know who I would take at Arsenal though .. Cole Palmer LOL
 
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TheBear said:
LOL Rodrygo's stats are better than Sane's. (particularly in the UCL)
All comps:

Rodrygo:

24/25: 13 goals 10 assists
24/23 18 goals 9 assists
23/22 19 goals 11 assist

Sane:

24/25: 13 goals 5 assist
24/23 10 goals 13 assists
23/22 14 goals 10 assists

Bear in mind Rodrygo is 24 and Sane is 30.

Martinelli is decent - but with the positions he regularly gets into he should score a lot more than he does.

I'd quite like Barcola at Arsenal but I don't think he's quite as good as Rodrygo either. You know who I would take at Arsenal though .. Cole Palmer LOL
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Well yes but Rodrygo will be £80m+ whereas Sane might be about £20m.

I'd actually take Rashford over any names mentioned. He can be as dangerous as anyone on the left. £30m and £200k wages. Done.
 
Ok I’d take this dude over all previous mentioned names so if this is true, fair play Berta:

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Some information from Sami Mokbel on the BBC today:

- Alexander Isak is Arsenal's 'ideal' signing, but Liverpool also want him. The main issue is cost. And if Newcastle get CL football, as well as the fact his contract still has 3 years left, it is highly unlikely this deal comes to fruition (for anyone).

- Benjamin Sesko and Viktor Gyokeres are genuine alternatives to Isak. Sesko had been the #1 option, but with Berta's arrival, Gyokeres is now more of a priority - despite a lot of groundwork being done for Sesko. Apparently, Gyokeres is the most 'economical' option of the two.

- Nico Williams is still a genuine target, but there are concerns about his wages. Jamie Gittens is also an option we are exploring.

- Martin Zubimendi is still expected to join the club in the Summer as a lot of legwork has been done. Whether we sign another midfielder depends on what happens with Thomas Partey.

- We are working on securing new contracts for CB pairing Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba. Saliba, as we know, has genuine interest from Real Madrid, whereas Gabriel has interest from Saudi Arabia.

- We have also held talks with Espanyol's goalkeeper Joan Garcia.

- New bumper contracts for Myles-Lewis Skelly, Ethan Nwaneri and Bukayo Saka are all at the top of the agenda for Arsenal's hierarchy - Berta taking the lead on this.

- Trossard, Jorginho, Zinchenko, Tierney, Nuno Tavares, Fabio Vieira and Sambi Lokonga are all concrete candidates to be leaving the club this Summer. Some will be free transfers, some will go permanently and some may be on loan. Jesus was also under consideration to be sold prior to his knee injury keeping him out until the end of the year.
 
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Gyokeres and Garcia rumours building up massively today. Garcia I like. Gyokeres should fix our goals for the next 4-5 years.
 
cini65 said:
Gyokeres and Garcia rumours building up massively today. Garcia I like. Gyokeres should fix our goals for the next 4-5 years.
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I'll be surprised off we get Garcia. Arguably the best GK in Spain this year. United and Bournemouth want him as their new first choice keeper.
 
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Meanwhile, apparently this source is usually pretty reliable...

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Have to be honest, I'm not 100% sold on Leao. I think he's useful off the bench and is definitely very capable of moments of magic/dazzle, but he doesn't seem to be the best OOP. Tracking back and pressing seem to be prerequisites for Arteta, and this isn't something that comes to Leao naturally.

I'd be surprised if we go ahead with this tbh.
 
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