Wednesday morning transfer gossip update.
Not a great deal to get our teeth into today, to be honest, but what we do have is certainly a mixed bunch including one piece of nonsense.
Let’s start with the nonsense,
The Mirror is claiming that we are keen to offload Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Mesut Ozil in order to reduce our wage bill. It is all ridiculous, full of inaccurate reporting and basically just guesswork.
This one though is interesting, the Daily Star is reporting that Yannick Carrasco, a previous transfer target of ours, says he would “love” to return to Europe from China, where he plays for Dalian Yifang. It will be interesting if we have another go at signing the 25-year-old Belgium winger.
Another one of our reported targets, Charlton midfielder Joe Aribo, is apparently ready to sign a new deal with his club, well, according to his manager Lee Bowyer and the Metro. Let’s see if that remains the case in the event we do table an offer for the 22-year-old.
Finally, Juventus has joined us in showing an interest in signing 23-year-old Benfica left-back Alejandro Grimaldo, according to Calcio Mercato. Grimaldo is highly sought after and is viewed as a potential long term replacement for Nacho Monreal.
There is an element of deja vu with some of these I must admit but there is also a pattern developing that will follow us right into the summer, especially with Ozil and our supposed wage bill problems but there are also some quality stars being mentioned and already I am getting excited at the prospect of some of these players joining us in the summer.
Would love to replace our 30 years old players with the younger ones, but it is simply highly improbable due to their hefty contracts
Grimaldo’s forms are excellent in this season and he is from Barcelona academy, so I would like to see him replace Monreal. Carrasco played as an LWB in World Cup, so he would another option
Aribo also has been having a great run, but he plays in League One. However, Vardy and Mahrez played in lower leagues as well, and they proved they are still great in EPL
Don’t knock 30
Aubameyang is almost 30 and he’s awesome
Some players are still good at 30
Monreal, Koscielny have been very good
Some are still good, some are showing their ages
I believe Aubameyang would thrive if supported by a good winger
I agree, his runs and positioning are top class even though he is bit wasteful at times.
I thought Jenks and Suarez played well for Arsenal and what a goal from Xhaka for Switzerland.
That was a belter from Xhaka, and on his weak foot. Switzerland 3-0 come the 84 min, and they somehow draw the game? Crazy!
Arsenal are interested in signing Samuel Umitii from Barcelona if the French defender becomes available this summer. Raul Sanllehi, the Gunners’ director of football, was instrumental in bringing Umtiti to the Camp Nou in 2016. (Mundo Deportivo)
Reported on SkySports.
He has proven that he can not play at high level at, he is barca flop already