Arsenal faces a big summer and will have to make a decision on the future of several of their loanees.
The Gunners sent a number of players out on a temporary spell and will welcome most of them back at the end of this season.
Considering the current squad is on the cusp of winning the Premier League, it is hard to see them change much in the summer. This means some of the loanees will simply struggle to play when they return.
One man who will not want to stay on the bench is Reims’ loanee Folarin Balogun after his superb season in France.
The youngster is already well into double figures for goals in the French top flight and several clubs want to add him to their squad.
The Athletic reveals he will not agree to leave on loan again when he returns and Arsenal must give him first-team chances or sell him.
According to multiple reports, he has several suitors around the continent, with AC Milan strongly interested in the youngster.
Just Arsenal Opinion
It is obvious that Balogun will not want to remain on our books if he is not guaranteed regular game time.
The youngster has been one of the best young players in France this season and deserves to keep playing often.
Time to sell while his stock his high after his fantastic season in France ,I do not see a player capable of replicating that form in England ,he might do well lower down the league or even staying abroad .
I class Eddie in what I say above also .
Logic says we need to be smart and know when to sell but the heart says ain’t we risking another gnabry. If we keep him and he fails we lose if we sell him and he flourish we also lose, I wouldn’t want to be the one to make that choice.
Well, what will happen then if Balogun refuses to go out on another loan out next summer, and Arteta refuses also to guarantee him regular first team football playing in the summer?
However, I’ll suggest us should wait till Arsenal’s next summer preseason has come and gone. By that time us will know if Arteta should/ give him a chance to stay or still loan him out to acquire more playing experience. This decisions making, one of which Arteta should take based on Balogun’s performance during Arsenal’s next summer preseason games that ascertain which Gunners are fully in top shape and ready for the new season campaign.
Arsenal must be bold and have a firewall sale in the summer.
We may have well sell Tinenry since we are refusing to use him..
Lonkango
Nuno Tavares
Marie
Nicolas Pepe
Bagulon
Tierney
Eddie.
Send Vieira on loan, while we bring in two midfielders, one striker and a versatile speed monster wing back.
A firewall sale in the summer when the likes of Chelsea and ManU are set to dump deadwood into the market. Not too sure about that.
No need to sell Balogun for peanuts in the summer. A 50M offer plus a buy-back clause would be very tempting though.
we will lose nothing as he his our academy product, just give him a chance to prove himself.
I read an article that we slapped a price of 25 million on him, that seems low. I few months ago I saw 50 million mentioned, tha seemed high.
What I don’t understand is that many seem to assume he is third in line behind Nketia. I am not so sure about that. Nketia did OK initially filling in for Jesus but he didn’t blow me away. Actually, I think Jesus is a fantastic striker in terms of what he brings in pressing and link-up play but he is light in the department of natural goal scoring IMO.
If we play CL football next season and potentionally 60+ games, we need at least 2 top strikers. Not convinced Nketia is at that level. Belagun should get a chance to be second in line. The French league is not the PL league but you don’t score as many goals there as Belagun did on a fluke. So for me, unless someone is willing to pay north of 40 million, you give him a chance to prove what he can do as nr2 at Arsenal.
I think his better than Nketiah …. he deserves a chance …. We must remember Gnabbry story