Transfer Rumours Summer Transfer window

Id still like to see a RCB linked but happy enough for them to prioritize LCB. We could play the first few with for example Lucumi-Ballard and that wouldn't stress me out too much.

 

Well @JimHeron92 @Scout73 @MadMackem77 we all had a conversation about overhauling our midfield and it looks like the club were in the same boat

 

Ballard will be fine in those opening games but an upgrade for LCB is massive imo, aswell as the fact they’re both injured!

 

Yep. I’d say we’re now pretty balanced. Not a physically dominant 6 I’d have liked but I’m still very happy with the balance

 

It really had to happen, what's exciting is that even though we've gone up a level (and if course so has our personnel) but the change we should see with a midfield that can function as a balanced unit could be immense.

Although I'm still struggling to work out the depth chart post xhaka (if he comes):
Xhaka/Neil
ELF/Sadiki
Diarra/Rigg?

Then if Neil goes in my head Sadiki becomes the first option to cover DM but we seem to want a 10. It'll probably make more sense once our business is done

 

Hopefully we getting something concrete on a goalkeeper

 

If we don’t know how will anyone else know

In all seriousness they can all play every position, so maybe there is no depth chart

 

Yeah xhaka had most of his success as a LCM, but I always felt that he was imposing out of possession but with arsenal being arsenals didn't necessarily have to take up many defensive actions.

Seems to have settled a bit deeper as he's gotten older and should be more than adequate in althsy role.

 

There has to be for the excel sheet.

 

Has that Georgian lad gone anywhere ?

 

Don’t worry I’ll make it work for my excel sheet I promise

 

I know we’re ambitious but we can’t sign kvaratskhelia mate

 

I think that in possession, Enzo will be the deepest and everything will go through him.

out of possession, we’ll fall back into our 4-4-2 and have a (hopefully) physically imposing presence alongside Enzo.

purely conjecture but we’ll see.

 

He hasn't no

 

Mind the pace we’re moving at he’d have been here now

 

I’m starting to think this

 

Just thought, isn't Xhaka another player who has been playing in a 5 back formation for Leverkusen?

I'm not convinced we will play that way but its interesting

That's all 3 midfield players we've signed (excluding Enzo) that played 5 at the back at their previous clubs

 

A very unique 5 back imo but yeah

 

This window is madness in the best way possible even this time 2 years ago we couldn’t have dreamt of signing a player of xhaka’s quality and now we are getting credible links to him.

My mate is texting me asking how the hell are we doing this

Just hope it’s enough I need to see the pull we have after a year of premier league football if we’re doing this in year one

 

We’ll have ‘em both

Delighted with these links in the last couple of days. Some really solid experience but most importantly - good footballers