Only a few Arsenal supporters will find any comfort in the club’s delays in completing and announcing transfers during this window. The ongoing summer business has seen prolonged speculation and widespread reports of agreements, yet official confirmations remain absent.
For several weeks, it has been reported that Arsenal have reached an agreement to bring Martin Zubimendi into their midfield, but the move has yet to be formally confirmed. In addition, goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga is another player the club appears to have secured a deal for, yet no official announcement has been made on that front either.
Arsenal’s Cautious Strategy Draws Mixed Reactions
The Gunners’ primary focus this summer is to add a high-quality striker to strengthen the squad. Negotiations have been ongoing with several notable targets, and it is clear that the recruitment team at the Emirates is working to secure the right profiles to meet Mikel Arteta’s tactical demands.
Supporters eager for swift business have grown impatient, but Arsenal’s deliberate approach appears to be guided by strategy rather than hesitation. The club are determined not to overpay or be pressured into hasty decisions. Rushing deals may give selling clubs the leverage to inflate fees, especially if Arsenal appear overly eager to conclude transfers quickly.
Delays May Lead to Better Opportunities
While fans may be frustrated by the lack of action, there are potential advantages to Arsenal’s patience in the market. Delaying certain deals allows for greater flexibility and can create room for unexpected opportunities to arise. Players who were previously considered unavailable may suddenly become viable options as circumstances shift across clubs and leagues.
A recent example of such a scenario is Nico Williams’ decision to leave Athletic Bilbao, a development that may not have been anticipated earlier in the window. These evolving dynamics mean that Arsenal’s calculated timing might eventually result in better outcomes than rushing into early deals.
Though supporters naturally desire swift reinforcements, the club’s measured approach could ultimately ensure smarter, more cost-effective signings that benefit the squad in the long term.
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The piece says that Arsenal are determined not to over pay. Is it because they don’t want to overpay, or is it lessons learned from over paying the likes of Zinchenko, Jesus, and Havertz to name just three.🤷♂️
O yes there was a chance Merino could be sufficient as MAIN striker for REMAINDER of last season. How did it end? I can’t recall knowing any other club as hopingly HOPELESS as that but thats the DNA of our Arsenal right?
Opportunities I agree. They are definitely players that will become available later in the window. We just need to get the balance right between opportunities and priorities. You can be in hurry to sign a good enough player now only for a better than good enough player to be available three weeks from now and now you can’t sign him.
How would you feel if we signed Mitoma tomorrow only for Rodrygo to be available at a good price in mid July? These are things the recruiting team have to ponder.
It worries me that out of 20 clubs it’s only arsenal that is using this strategy. And out of all teams in the champions league again only arsenal.
As long as the new players can join our pre-season training and matches
Arsenal should move faster though, otherwise the young talents could choose other big clubs over us
For example, Arsenal could’ve signed Roony Bardghji to compete with Saka, but Barcelona have done the deal faster
@Gau, There is no positive to take when you dilly dally on buying players. The transfer market is more competitive than ever before.
Players joining pre-season and playing matches very important. Imo we player to compete with Matinelli than Saka. Nwaneri can compete with Saka he’s got the potential. We need new midfielders to come in on time and join pre -season. I am not impressed so far with Arsenal activities on the transfer market
Nwaneri could push Saka to work harder if Nwaneri was pacier or more two-footed
Martinelli would only need a new competitor if Trossard leaves
Nonsense article. I’ve seen such article many times in times like this before and at the end it’s not like we are making statement signings like psg-kvaraskelia, Liverpool getting wirtz etc.. there is just something fundamentally wrong with us, we dont go for the best, a team like man city will go all out to buy isak and not all these no to so proven strikers we are rumored to be after.
All said, if partly doesn’t sign, I’ll be very glad to have Morgan Rogers with us
The reason for these types of articles that you so dislike is that they generate lots of advertiser pleasing hits. So, if you don’t like them, it’s best to ignore.
Oh i see. I get it now. I was honestly irritated doesnt make sense for a fan who would like to claim to support one of the BIG clubs in ENGLAND.
Deco told barca fans only last week that the club was working on a deal that would ‘excite’ them. Exciting the fans is a part of this business. Don’t we also deserve that at arsenal? Rather wait for leftovers. Since Alexis Sanchez, which signing has excited me as much? ZERO. Season is yet to start, madrid, liverpool fans are already buzzing. We’re here talking abt probabilities in the market.
Who knows? It will be good if they get the players that they want in this window, even if it’s eventually. It won’t be good if “problems” (as we seem to be getting now with Sesko and Gyokeres for example) mean that they miss out.
It seems to me that Arsenal’s negotiating strategy/method generally isn’t as slick as that of some other clubs. Hopefully, that will be changing now Andrea Berta is in place and an early success will probably be Zubimendi’s arrival, but we’ll need more than that.
There may be some good sense in some of the points made by the author of this article. Showing too much desperation may encourage selling clubs (and even the players themselves) to want to cash in and extort Arsenal.
And this may in fact be what’s happening now because we keep reading about the selling clubs shifting transfer fee goal posts every now then and players demanding huge wages along with release clauses.
So, yes it’s good to adopt a cautionary approach in these times of PSR, FFP; and the like. I just hope we get it right at the end.
But I don’t agree that Nico Williams going to Barca was a question of an opportunity becoming “available”. I think the player himself always wanted to join Barca; he was always just waiting for them to come calling which they now have done.
Arsenal isn’t alone in its pursuit of top talent; every football club around the globe is on the hunt for the best players. It’s a race against time! If we aren’t careful, we might find ourselves settling for lesser options or, worse yet, back to square one, just like last season. The stakes are high, and now is the moment to act!
I’m pretty sure Nico Williams wanted to leave for Barça early in the window. And because we are “delaying”, it will be hard for us to get any targets that we want as they will have been bought by clubs getting deals done early, like Barça and Williams.
While I can appreciate the fact that delaying can be a good way of building up transfer, I would like to see some early deals as well.
That strategy is very risky! You may end getting nothing. What is the purpose of scouting?