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Willock next to Partey could be worth a go I reckon.

Willock, Partey, ESR in the middle. Saka and Pepe out wide. Auba down the middle.

Lamptey, Gabriel, Saliba, Tierney.
 
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PINKIE said:
Yeah AMF is Smith Rowe, but he can also play on the flank.

I can't see a place for Ramsey in this squad tbh.
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Well you say that but Elneny and Willian get plenty of games.

When you look at midfield, personally I would:

Smith Rowe - 1st eleven.
Saka - 1st eleven.
Partey - 1st eleven
Xhaka - Squad
Willock - Sell/Squad (depends how much clubs are offering)
Guendouzi - Squad
Elneny - Sell
Willian - Sell/Release
Maitland Niles - Sell
Odengaard - back to Real (probably)
Ceballos - back to Real

Bring in at least on TOP class CM.
 
When you look at potential incomings the first thing we are going to need to do is trim dowm the squad (particularly - if we dont get Europe)

GKs:

Leno - Keep
Matt Ryan - Back to Brighton
Runarsson - Depends on potential sell fee

CB's:

Luiz - Out
Holding - Keep
Mari - Keep
Gabriel - Keep
Saliba - Bring back into Squad
Mavroponos - Bring back into Squad

Fullbacks:

Cedrick - Out
Chambers - Out
Bellerin - Depends on potential sell fee
Tierney - Keep

Midfield:

Maitland Niles - Out
Willock - Keep
Elneny - Out
Torreira - Out
Guendouzi - Depends on potential sell fee. (only sell for high £)
Odengaard - Back to Real M
Ceballos - Back to Real M
Partey - Keep
Xhaka - Keep
Saka - Keep
Smith Rowe - Keep

Forwards:
Willian - Out
Nketiah - Out
Reiss Nelson - Out
Lacazette - Depends on potential sell fee
Balogun - Keep
Pepe - Keep
Martinelli - Keep
Aubameyang - Keep


As you can see the future of at least 50% of this squad is questionable. I think the best course of action is to trim right down and bring in individuals of a higher calibre.

We need IMO:

A new quality GK to challenge Leno/replace Ryan.
A dynamic Box to Box midfielder.
Leftback Backup
1st choice Right back.

Possibly another striker.
 
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TheBear said:
When you look at potential incomings the first thing we are going to need to do is trim dowm the squad (particularly - if we dont get Europe)

GKs:

Leno - Keep
Matt Ryan - Back to Brighton
Runarsson - Depends on potential sell fee

CB's:

Luiz - Out
Holding - Keep
Mari - Keep
Gabriel - Keep
Saliba - Bring back into Squad
Mavroponos - Bring back into Squad

Fullbacks:

Cedrick - Out
Chambers - Out
Bellerin - Depends on potential sell fee
Tierney - Keep

Midfield:

Maitland Niles - Out
Willock - Keep
Elneny - Out
Torreira - Out
Guendouzi - Depends on potential sell fee. (only sell for high £)
Odengaard - Back to Real M
Ceballos - Back to Real M
Partey - Keep
Xhaka - Keep
Saka - Keep
Smith Rowe - Keep

Forwards:
Willian - Out
Nketiah - Out
Reiss Nelson - Out
Lacazette - Depends on potential sell fee
Balogun - Keep
Pepe - Keep
Martinelli - Keep
Aubameyang - Keep


As you can see the future of at least 50% of this squad is questionable. I think the best course of action is to trim right down and bring in individuals of a higher calibre.

We need IMO:

A new quality GK to challenge Leno/replace Ryan.
A dynamic Box to Box midfielder.
Leftback Backup
1st choice Right back.

Possibly another striker.
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ok now we know we ain’t in Europe what do we hope for transfers wise:

Leno - Keep
Matt Ryan - Sell
Runarsson - Sell

Luiz - Released
Holding - Keep
Mari - Keep
Gabriel - Keep
Saliba - Keep
Mavroponos - Keep

Cedrick - Sell
Chambers - Keep
Bellerin - Sell
Tierney - Keep

Maitland Niles - Sell
Willock - Keep ?
Elneny - Sell
Torreira - Sell
Guendouzi - Sell
Odengaard - Buy
Ceballos - Released
Partey - Keep
Xhaka - Sell
Saka - Keep
Smith Rowe - Keep

Willian - Sell
Nketiah - Sell
Reiss Nelson - Loan
Lacazette - Keep
Balogun - Keep
Pepe - Keep
Martinelli - Keep
Aubameyang - Keep

We need
GK
CM
Left FB
Right FB

what do we make of the Sterling and Mahrez rumours
 
Don’t want Mahrez as he will want top wages, but not sure about Sterling either.
Surely Saka is younger and better for us
 
I have to be honest would love Sterling at Arsenal. If you look at his total contributions over the last 2-3 seasons he's clearly a top player. Scores goals gets alot of assists plus he's just about to hit his prime.

Mahrez is a good player but I cant see us signing them both. We dont have the space in the squad.
 
TheBear said:
I have to be honest would love Sterling at Arsenal. If you look at his total contributions over the last 2-3 seasons he's clearly a top player. Scores goals gets alot of assists plus he's just about to hit his prime.

Mahrez is a good player but I cant see us signing them both. We dont have the space in the squad.
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my fear if we get Sterling and then have Pepe in the other wing, is that Baka would be limited in playing time
 
I worry about players like Sterling joining. I just think the culture at Arsenal vs at City is so radically different. He would probably drop off and just start collecting his wages every week.

Club needs a culture shift pronto.
 
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Strong rumours that we're in for Cameroon and Ajax keeper Onana as a replacement for Leno. Remember seeing Onana in that brilliant Cl run Ajax had a couple of seasons ago and he looks like a unit. He can also play out from the back (which Leno can't).

There's an issue with him facing a ban for a doping infringement, but he has less than a year on his contract at Ajax and we could pick him up for peanuts and then sell Leno on for £20m-£25m ? Which would be a great piece of business

Thoughts ?
 
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PINKIE said:
Strong rumours that we're in for Cameroon and Ajax keeper Onana as a replacement for Leno. Remember seeing Onana in that brilliant Cl run Ajax had a couple of seasons ago and he looks like a unit. He can also play out from the back (which Leno can't).

There's an issue with him facing a ban for a doping infringement, but he has less than a year on his contract at Ajax and we could pick him up for peanuts and then sell Leno on for £20m-£25m ? Which would be a great piece of business

Thoughts ?
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personally thought he was average. Will be glad if you guys spunk your money on him
 
Looks like you have got Emi Buendia. He is one hell of a player - you will be pleased at what he can do and at 24 will only get better.
 
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The transfer rumours seem to have gone a bit quite - are we waiting for sales to go through first
 
1950canary said:
Looks like you have got Emi Buendia. He is one hell of a player - you will be pleased at what he can do and at 24 will only get better.
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Looks like we didn't even go in for him given Villa have him signed up. Do think it was always a strange choice of position to be splurging £30m+ on when we already have ESR, Saka and Pepe who are beyond good enough to be the front three behind the striker.

Would rather put that towards a RB, CB or CM.
 
cini65 said:
Looks like we didn't even go in for him given Villa have him signed up. Do think it was always a strange choice of position to be splurging £30m+ on when we already have ESR, Saka and Pepe who are beyond good enough to be the front three behind the striker.

Would rather put that towards a RB, CB or CM.
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He does seem to have some Santi vibes - which seemed attractive! Guess AV will enjoy him!
 
He's quality for sure but yeah I agree. ESR needs to be prioritised - at 20 his ceiling is soo high.

I think CM, RB and GK need to be the priorities.
 
cini65 said:
Looks like we didn't even go in for him given Villa have him signed up. Do think it was always a strange choice of position to be splurging £30m+ on when we already have ESR, Saka and Pepe who are beyond good enough to be the front three behind the striker.

Would rather put that towards a RB, CB or CM.
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Would have liked to have seen what Buendia could have done at Arsenal, but like you say we have players in that position already.

And we should 100% be putting that £30m into another position for our squad.
 
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