Arsenal were as good as they’ve ever been at practically everything last season, but they didn’t win the league. They don’t need to be better next season; they just need to be the best. To be the best in the next campaign, the Gunners certainly need to take advantage of the transfer window.
In that regard, one may wonder whether Arsenal should contemplate buying ready-made top talents, such as superstars like Victor Osimhen, or going for promising prospects who they believe have what it takes to improve the team in the future.
The transfer season has already begun, and while you may not agree with me, I find the current transfer links uninspiring. Unlike the Declan Rice links from last summer, I believe most of the players now linked with a move to the Emirates stadium do not guarantee the team will advance to the next level, as most of these targets are promising prospects who may need time to adapt to the Arteta way, making them a huge risk, and most come with exorbitant fees. Why so? Well, indulge me.
Benjamin Sesko: Great! Height, ball hitting, and pace are his strong points, but other aspects of his game are extremely aggravating. He has to improve his decision-making skills and has a tendency to drift out wide. It’s also unclear whether he joins the attack and takes over from an in-form Havertz. Why spend £55 million on a player who comes in as a backup?
Bruno Guimares: He’s a great player, but £100 million for a 26-year-old makes me uninterested. Rice arrived and became transformative, justifying the club’s investment. However, a year later, after spending £100 million on the midfield, is it reasonable to do so again?
I don’t think Guimaraes is as transformative as Declan Rice. One could pay his £100 million sum and not get what he paid, as has been the case with £100 million plus PL midfield swoops.
Joao Neves: He’s only had one outstanding season in Portugal. Plus, there are concerns about his height given Arsenal’s need for a top midfielder who wins battles, and Neves’ ability to win aerial duels could be an issue. For Neves, who is still a promising prospect, £100 million plus is a huge risk.
Amadou Onana: He’s fantastic, but is he what Arsenal needs? Onana is more of a destroyer, focusing on winning balls while allowing others to create. Arsenal require a player who can manage the tempo and make excellent passes, which some doubt Everton’s star is capable of.
I am not a pessimist, but I hope Edu and Arteta have hidden targets because some of them are simply uninspiring for the prices being mentioned
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What do you think?
Darren N
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you can only buy players who actually exist,a young Thierry Henry and a young Patrick Vieira would be nice
I don’t think Arteta is looking to bring in too many starters into his squad.
A DM to replace Partey is the only one, the rest are rotation/backup players.
We had the best defense in the league and scored a lot of goals, so I don’t see why he would replace his starters.
He needs quality to rotate players and some competition in positions to keep them sharp.
We need a striker to rotate with Havertz; Jesus can’t score and Nketiah experiment is finally over.
I say 2 midfielders; 1 to partner Rice and a backup that can play as a DM or B2B.
Would be interesting to see if Timber could partner with Rice and Kadigolu could be new LB.
And another defender; either a CB or a backup RB and move Tomiyasu to backup CB.
If you analyse what’s being written every club will be signing about 50 players this summer. Its obviously nonsense but its a lot easier to make up transfers than find genuine news. Personally I just ignore everything that’s written at this time of year until someone announces an actual signing.
Many said that the signing of Havertz was “uninspiring” and a mistake – look how that’s turned out.
I believe MA will try Timber at LB this coming season and, hopefully, retain Tierney and Tomiyasu as back up, the latter being a fine sub for White as well.
That leaves a CF and a DM to enhance the squad.
If Nketiah is sold, along with the departures of Zinchenko (?) Elneny and Cedric, there are spaces to fill and we have some great young talent knocking on the door.
Sesko would come as a rough diamond, as far as the PL is concerned, but also would help to form a plan B, if Havertz is having a off day.
Partey has not been listed as leaving the club, so I assume MA is sticking with him, but we need a back up who will slot in long term and Guimaraes fits the bill.
Let’s not forget, money shouldn’t be a problem, following on from last seasons performances.
Can’t wait to see how it all unfolds.
MA should bring victor of napoli &bruno of newcastle why sesko when you have harvetze whats the difference,why onana when ur chasing party&elneny out of club,why hato while chasing tierney,
Ask yourself this: how many of the signings of recent years did you see coming?
Rice was pretty much telegraphed. Any others?
Most of them were a surprise to me and all the players the journalists and pundits said Arsenal was going to be… all turned out to be a load of old rubbish.
Whatever happens in the market, I think 3 things will hapen:
1. It will come as a surprise to most
2. It will divide opinion
3. It will lead to improvement
Whiners gonna be whiners. Whine on.
Message to the eternal whiners – the club seems to know what its doing – try being fans for a change instead of pretending to be “experts”?