Arsenal have already pocketed some money from Granit Xhaka’s sale, and they are also expected to make some good money from Thomas Partey’s sale.
These two leaving, and Kai Havertz and Declan Rice joining represent new beginnings at Arsenal’s midfield. Arteta is not taking chances with his engine room, and there’s talk of a third midfielder joining Havertz and Rice as transfer arrivals. There’s a belief that this third midfielder could be Romeo Lavia. But even so, Craig Burley still believes Moises Caicedo is the midfielder for Arteta.
Burley advises Arteta to use the funds from Partey’s and Xhaka’s sales and the remaining transfer budget to sign his top winter target, Moises Caicedo. On ESPN, he said, “If they can get rid of Xhaka, I don’t know if the move has happened, but I think he is going to Leverkusen. If they can sell Thomas Partey as well, who had a pretty good season to the last sort of ten or 12 games. There is talk of Saudi Arabia for him as well.
“But if they could shift those out for a bit more money, then you would be asking for another player, and it would be Caicedo from Brighton.
“He is 21. He can defend. Get forward. Very good on the ball. He still has more to come out of him, and he has the energy to get around the pitch. I think that would be a better balance between him and Declan Rice, with Odegaard somewhere floating around.”
It remains to be seen if Arteta could try to sign Caicedo, who has a £100 million price tag on his head. But I know, like Burley, you may agree that Caicedo could be the perfect third midfield addition if his deal can be closed.
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I wish Arsenal has enough funds to get Caicedo, our midfield will be more solid.
We wanted Caicedo. Then we realised we could get a better, more experienced player in Havertz for £40m less. Now we no longer want Caicedo.
I said and I’ll repeat, selling both partey and xhaka the same season is a disaster to the club. Now that xhaka have gone, we need to retain partey otherwise we’ll have another disappointing situation in the season.
Okay, but that has nothing to do with my comment
NB Havertz is a totally different player to Caicedo, in that he has attacking prowess, but lacks the defensive strength of Caicedo.
I do agree with Amos that selling Xhaka and Partey without a like for like replacement will weaken the strength and power of the Arsenal midfield.
We need number 9 a reliable striker who can score 30plus goals per season and one more defensive midfielder an we’ll be OK.
Partey should not leave for sure or at any cost
I don’t think we’ll sign a new DM, because we’ve got too many of them
OT: Juventus are contacting Chelsea for Lukaku, so Vlahovic or Kean may be sold soon. Perhaps Arsenal are contacting Vlahovic’s entourage again, since Xhaka has left us?
You just won’t give up on Vlahovic will you?
As long as there is still a chance to sign him
GAI, but apart from Jorginho, where is the “quality” not “quantity” in this plethora of DM’s Arsenal has in its squad?
Moises Calcedo would be a great addition to Arsenal, and has the age profile and ability to markedly improve in a stronger side. Btighton is certainly doing a lot right in scouting and developing these players.
Joao Palhinha from Fulham is an older more experienced option, who may be available at a lower price. Romeo Lavia from relegated Southampton is another option.
Ozzie, Elneny is a good DM and White can play there too
If we sign a new DM, he should also be able to play inverted-fullback as Partey and Caicedo are able to do
Because Rice/ Jorginho would likely become our main CDMs and limit the game time of the other DMs
I have to disagree on Elneny, who has played in Arsenal midfirls overrun by the opposition. He is a more than competrnt footballer, but not physically strong enough for DM. As for Ben White, I can’t remember a game where Arteta has played him as DM.
Ok good.
Hmn, sign 2 players each at £100M in the same transfer window? Not realistic. So far we have spent £200M and we need to recoup at least £70M then the earnings we received for finishing 2nd can cover the remainder. Would be great if we could offload Runarrson, Pepe, Lokonga and/or Vieira to balance the books.
Forgot Nuno Tavares. I think he should be moved on too for some quick cash.
It could be one out of Tchouameni(preferably), or Lavia who Arsenal will sign next. But if Partey leaves for a Saudi Arabia’s pro League club side. Which can make Arsenal to get some good money if he moves there. But not to Juventus or Milan in Italy. Who may not pay Arsenal their asking transfer fee to sign Partey. But Manchester United could if Arsenal will not mind strengthening a direct Epl title win rivals.
Party should stay, we can’t let go 2experience of our 3 first team midfielder(Chaka and partey) and expect miracle this coming football season.
A striker is needed (vlahovic) then caicedo could be approached in January if still available.
Imagine the midfield of Partey, Rice and Ordegard.
👍 or if Partey is unfortunatrly sold, then Rice, Caicedo and Odegaard or Rice, Palhinha and Odegaard or Rice, Lavia and Odegaard.
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The Gunners are climbing up the rankings everywhere you look. This is following an impressive 2022/23 campaign which saw Mikel Arteta’s side finish second in the Premier League.
And on their return to the Champions League, Arsenal have entered an elite group of teams to have a value worth over €1b. That is €1.09bn to be precise, according to Transfermarkt.
Arsenal squad worth depends on the signings to get over the line
That figure is likely to increase, following the club’s summer spending spree. The north London side have already signed Havertz from Chelsea for £62 million.
West Ham skipper Declan Rice is tipped to follow suit after Arsenal agreed a £105m fee to sign the England international. This is with an announcement expected to be made in the coming days.
The Athletic’s David Ornstein also revealed that the Gunners had reached full agreement with Ajax to sign Jurrien Timber. This is in a deal worth €40m, including €5m in bonuses.
Fresh off winning the treble, Manchester City are the only team to be worth more in the world. They are boasting a total value of €1.19bn.
Real Madrid round out the top three with a value of €975.50m. Then with Chelsea taking up the fourth spot after spending over £600 million since the arrival of Todd Boehly.
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2 Arsenal (€1.09bn )
3 Real Madrid (€975.50m)
4 Chelsea (€951.70m)
5 Bayern Munich (€939.50m)
6 Paris Saint-Germain (€870.60m)
7 Barcelona (€860.00m)
8 Liverpool (€848.80m)
9 Manchester United (€773.80m)
10 Tottenham Hotspur (€755.30m)
Rice £100m
Saka £200m (English, Inflated)
Øde £120m+
Martinelli £100m+
Saliba £100m+
Jesus £75m
Havertz £65m
Ramsdale £50m
White £50m
Timber £40m
Gabriel £40m
Zink £40m
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Would love it unfortunately he is heading over to our West London neighbors plus we are stacked in Midfield wether you think the options are good enough quality wise. I think we will only bring in another Midfield signing dependent on which position Arteta plans to use ESR. If he is backup for Martinelli on the LW then I think we will bring someone in to backup Havertz maybe Gabriel Viega would an interesting option.
DM
Rice
Partey
Jorginho
Elneny
RCM
Odegaard
Viera
LCM
Havertz
ESR?
I think Arteta is okay for Jorginho and Partey to leave.
That leaves just Rice as DM, I do not see Elneny as a “strong” DM
SO, we need a Caicedo type DM just to be where we were last season in midfield.
I also think we should keep Balogan, at least until January, to see what he can do for us!! He is quite different to Jesus and Eddie.
👍 JW, if Partey leaves, a replacement is required even if Jorginha stays. Arsenal must retain a physical presence in midfield.
Why is there no bid from Manchester City or any other clubs for this guy 🤔
Because he’s overpriced at £100 million plus? Also a yellow card magnet.
Caicedo missed the bus as far as I’m concerned, not his fault as he wanted to come to us but Brighton said no.
If Arsenal sign Moises Caicedo, our midfield would be definitely up their with Citizens and I will tell you why.
Whether it be short , medium or long distance, all highlights Caicedo as one of the best passing midfielders in the premier league.
As a tenacious tackler only a few players, you can count on one hand manage to have more success in the entire premier league.
But here this for a mouth watering midfield, only Rice has a better interception in the park than the Ecuadorian international,
I would suggest Arsenal goes back to the back for the final time.
My worry is he goes to Chelsea.
I think then Chelsea’s midfield will be much stronger than ours.
I am, and have been for some time, worried that Arteta is too much like Wenger, too attack oriented.
We look good on attack, , but at the end of the day, we keep coming up short.
We should go for Caicedo if for no other reason than to stop Chelsea getting him.
Just my attempt to emphasize how crucial he could become
dear arsenal funs selling partey is the most dangerous decisions in the club history be careful what u wish we have to keep still out midfield is slight
Indeed it’s very risky to our midfield
Sure we will drop another £100m on a single player in the same window as signing a similar player for £100m plus already. Not going to happen and we don’t need him. Unless we have more departures I can’t see us signing anything expect a prospect or two maybe
*OT
Big Ups to ESR and the England U-21 squad for winning the UEFA U-21 Championship…👏🏾
It was a shame that Emile was probably the least effective England player yesterday, and the first to be subbed off. It proves that he’s not really suited to the wide-left role, and should be used far more centrally.
There is no way he’s coming to Arsenal @ £100m. Brighton thought if Rice can go for £100m then Caicedo is too! Let’s just slap a silly price tag on him because someone with lots of money and no sense will! Even Rice wasn’t worth over £100m. Football has gone crazy. Figures are being plucked out of the air.
Not sure how we could even afford him ,TBF not sure how we have actually managed to spend 600 million under Arteta without being competitive in all comps and only making 70 million in player sales in the last 4 years without coming under scrutiny with FFP I know there is talk because we have slashed the wage bill ,but with 2 players apparently now back on 300+a week and other players signing for 200+I’m confused ,unless we have taking a lead out of Chelsea’s book with their transfer dealings .
£159.8m for coming 2nd last season.
£75m Adidas kit sponsorship.
£45m Emirates shirt sponsorship.
£10m Rwanda sleeve sponsorship.
That’s just shy of £290m. Then there’s the gate money and the extra money from games being shown live.
150 million wage bill ?
Yeah, it does make you wonder, but I reckon Silent Stan and Josh know what they are doing.
Not happening, not ever ever ever.
Reggie, one can live in hope! Depending on the competition for Caicedo’s signature, Brighton may have to lower the asking price.
But why sell Bologun without giving him one season to prove himself?
Moises Caicedo is a good player but we should absolutely not be paying £70M+ for him. He just isn’t THAT good! I think we can afford to get Jorginho and Partey off the wage bill, and in fact it would benefit us to do so. Rice will play every minute of every game barring injury, so no point paying out huge sums in wages for players to sit on the bench. Not even Pep rotates Rodri and we should absolutely not be taking Rice out whatsoever. However, if Edu is somehow able to get Tchouameni on loan then we will have an incredible midfield with depth and quality for the first time for as long as I can remember.
I’m actually saying this, Arsenal we need to go all out for Moe’s Caicedo gunners!! Imagine having the likes of Kai, Rice Ciacedo in the midfield pack WOW it’s aww!! Let’s go Coy g!