Apparently in for some dude called Gabriel from Lille.
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Only at Arsenal would our transfer policy go from not buying anyone at all to seemingly overpaying on young talents or picking up washed up players from our so called rivals.
The David Luiz deal amounted to 24 million, 24 million pounds for a defender who is not only old but wasn’t even deemed good enough for Chelsea’s mess of a defence.
If we are seriously going to give Willian are 3 year deal then Raul & Edu should be fired immediately.
I’ve gotta say, I’m not actually sure what Edu does at this point? As far as I can make out he’s just there to give Raul’s shady AF operation an acceptable public face
I had the same reaction as you initially, but I wouldn't mind getting Willian on a free transfer if it means we can focus our budget on signing 2 or 3 genuinely quality players in midfield and defense. I don't want us spreading the money out too thin and ending up with a bunch of mediocre players like Xhaka, Mustafi, Giroud.
Ideally we can unearth a young gem like Martinelli instead, but that's easier said than done.
Aye, if it’s Willian plus Gabriel (Lille defender) & Partey then that’s a decent window. I do get the feeling that we need to make some space in the squad to bring in proper additions. The likes of Ozil, Mustafi, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Torreira, one of Holding or Chambers & Elneny all need to be moved on though. I think we would struggle to find a buyer for most of that lot With the exception of Torreira and the English lads.
Oh I agree. I actually really like Chambers, think he's a decent player and was starting to really establish himself before he got crocked. I'd keep him around for sure assuming he recovers from his injury well. I actually think he could force his way back into contention again as a first XI player.
Holding isn't bad either but....I don't think there is room for both him and Chambers.
I was disappointed that Holding didn't give a better impression of himself to Arteta. Not entirely his fault because Arteta threw him in at the deep end against Leeds, and then froze him out. But that little run of games he got was a really good opportunity to make the position his own, like Martinez has done at GK.
Both Holding and Chambers are at an age where they need to take their chances when they get them. Saliba is here now and hopefully we'll be signing a top quality CB this window too, so they might not get the game time they want.