Jorginho, Thomas Partey, and Mohammed Elneny may reportedly all leave Arsenal in the summer.
Mikel Arteta was asked this week to give us an idea of what we might expect this summer. He frankly stated that we might expect a brutal approach to the summer.
“We have a few ideas,” the Arsenal boss told the Standard. “That is what this team, this club, and our people are demanding—to keep moving forward in a ruthless way because we are not satisfied with where we are.”
This ruthless approach may certainly result in some gunners making way for new blood.
According to Caught Offside, who discussed Arsenal’s interest in Valencia midfield prodigy Javi Guerra, Gunner midfielders Jorginho (32), Mohammed Elneny (31), and Thomas Partey (30) could leave Emirates Stadium in the summer.
Elneny and Jorginho’s contracts expire in the summer. There has been no progress in extending Jorginho’s stay, despite the chatter about plans to do so.
Thomas Partey’s time at the club appears to be up, despite his great performance in the 5-star triumph over Chelsea; Caught Offside suggests he may go.
Given that the trio are over 30, it’s understandable that Arteta would be willing to let them go. He may simply want to inject new blood into his project to have a reliable midfield engine for years to come.
Arsenal is reportedly keeping a close eye on midfield targets Martin Zubimendi (25), Bruno Guimaraes (26), and 20-year-old Guerra.
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We still need experience heads and Partey must be one.
Iv stated this but was told don’t be stupid. Why can’t he stick around especially after all the injuries and actually give us a good season rotating with a new CDM like Fofana, Onana etc..
Let Jorginho & Mo leave on their free along with Soares as we have enough RBs or players that can play there in Ben, Tomi and Timber. We have to see whats happening with Lokonga.
Linked with Valancias Guerra & Monacos Fofana, cost alot of money but sales of Lokonga, Nketiah, Nelson, Ramsdale, Teirney will cover one of the signings as we need a new midfield.
LB, GK & ST needs sorted too.
True we can’t just have young , better we keep Thomas patey
We must learn from great teams like how Madrid has utilized Modric/ kroos and benefitted the team. These days age is just another number if players can be kept fit and sharp and we should not judge based on age. Great AC Milan and Juventus teams were full of senior players. It’s true that players value decreases with age, but it may not be true their quality and efficiency goes down after just 30. Retaining Partey and Jrghnho may be crucial with replacing departing Elnheny with one of yonger player may be the best option.
The sequence of departure should be ME, Jorginho then TP. Follow it and all will be good. If TP goes before the first two, there is bound to be dissent
A fan once said Arteta is smart and hungry and that’s a dangerous combination.
Wish the fan would expound on his statement
Hungry for success, & smart enough to get it?
I think that Saka aside, the Hale End boys Eddie, ESR, will be culled. Plus Ramsdale, Cedric, Zinny. Think Jesus is under threat but might survive. Loan boys not really good enough either.
A couple of promotions from the under 23s plus some good transfers in should improve us.
Let’s promote from the academy, and sell the bench warmers and injury crocs and get a world class strong aggressive 20 goal center forward.
Let’s hope so for us to finish the project and have us set to win.
Easy to say “ruthless” when mentioning Elneny, Jorghino, and Partey. How about Jesus, Zinchenko, Vieira, or even ESR?
Zinchenko is surplus at LB and should go, and both Jesus and Vieira should be sold and that money used for a RW.
I still don’t think Arsenal will bring in a top striker to start.
Havertz will be primarily first choice striker next year, and anyone brought in will be clear backup; likely younger with hope of developing further.
This Summer will show if we are truly “ruthless” with transfers or just merely “obvious” with transfers.
Jesus should stay, and strive for full recovery. TP should go now that he’ll command high value, also Juginho, Elnely, Nketia,and the No.10. A top striker, strong and quick LB, Olise or someone in that mould for Saka to be rested occasionally and then a young and strong midfielder to fill the gaps from TP and the Italian who are old though experienced. TP is too injury prone. A young goalkeeper with better confidence is also required.
Things can be broken and repaired, but others can’t be repaired.
Yes, TP was broken but still he is must more repaired than b4.
Let’s maintain him. And let Jorginho and Elneny depart
I hope Party stays, let Gorgie, ME, Smith, Zinny , Jesus Patino, Eddie, Ramsdale Nelson, Soares all live . Go get Gyokores, Zubimendi or Luiz, then Bukayo’s competitor. Then we are good to go
Been ruthless every summer for a few years but there’s only so much you can do.
If an average player on £100k chooses to sit on his contract you can’t force other clubs to take him off your hands for the same salary.
The likes of Cedric wanders away with his ill-gotten gains on 30th June with no more effort needed, but there’s still work to be done on the clear-out.
To be fair, some decent players were part of the transition but could be upgraded in the later stages of the rebuild project. I’m thinking about Zinchenko (remember how people were really impressed with him when he started?), Ramsdale, Elneny, Smith-Rowe, Tierney, Lokonga, Tavares.
Some of those have been parked in other clubs to get them off the wage bill, but they still need to be moved on.
Then there’s the Nketiah type to find a way to get him moved at £100k a week won’t be easy.
A lot still to do before Arteta has a squad he can really call his own. I don’t see the above being done in one more transfer window.
But with all that’s been achieved, despite having all of that left to do, maybe it’s going quite well really?
We need a proper left back..Tienry is good but too many injuries….Someone like Lucas Dignie will be a good option.
We also need a proper finisher upfront.
We all know how the English teams overprice their players.If we can get Tony it would be wonderful.He knows the league,good header of the ball and he can Finnish.We dnt need someone to still try and adapt.
There is a youngster there from the academy,plays exactly like Saka,promote him.We do not have a competition for him there.Viera is a number 10 not a winger.
A back up keeper..buy DE Gear,he is a free agent,won’t be expensive but is also very good..a keeper who knows won’t get much game time but is very much capable.
Those who played against Tottenham should form the hub of the team the rest are eligible to leave they don’t add value to the team in search of silverwares
Ruthless means the club is about to suffer some huge losses from contracts being ripped up, with the affected players smiling all the way to free transfers with good sign on bonuses.
SS, care to name the players whose contracts you believe will be ripped up?