As of writing, Arsenal are yet to make any new signings, even though the end of the transfer window is fast approaching. What began as a reactionary window for the club has turned into a more urgent situation due to unforeseen circumstances, mainly injuries. These setbacks have forced the club to actively search for reinforcements. While there have been many indications that a signing may soon be made, the truth is difficult to discern amidst the flood of reports. The longer it takes to finalise a deal, the less likely it becomes that Arsenal will bring anyone in before the deadline. Should the window close without any new arrivals, it will place an even greater burden on next summer’s transfer window.
Failing to secure a forward this month could harm Arsenal’s current campaign, but it would also have long-term implications. If a forward is not signed in January, the need to address that position will carry over to the summer, inevitably making it a more expensive transfer window. This is not the only reason why it could become costly. The sheer number of expected departures at the end of the season will require significant investment in replacements. For instance, Jorginho and Thomas Partey are almost certain to leave when their contracts expire, meaning at least one or two new midfielders will need to be signed. Additionally, the loans of Neto and Raheem Sterling are unlikely to be made permanent, further increasing the need for reinforcements.
On top of this, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kieran Tierney, Jakub Kiwior, and even Takehiro Tomiyasu could depart in the summer or the next transfer window, necessitating further replacements. All of these potential outgoings could leave Arsenal in a precarious situation. The club, already in need of reinforcements, might suddenly require seven or eight new players. To maintain squad depth and quality, the majority of these additions would need to be high-calibre signings, making it a very challenging window to navigate. The higher the stakes, the greater the risk of errors, which could seriously harm Arsenal’s chances in the following season.
Bringing in a forward during this window could help ease some of that burden. With just under two weeks remaining until the window closes, there is still time to be optimistic. However, the urgency to act is undeniable.
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This is why we need to win something this season.
I see a big “re-build” come the summer with the amount of people that could/should be leaving as this article suggests. This could then put us in a position where they will need time to settle in.
I think you make a good point about a rebuild, and I tend to take the view that the wheels should always be turning on that front. A league winning team in 2024 has shown that not being sufficiently proactive has been disastrous in 2024/25
A rebuild? Did Arteta not just complete an 800 million dollar rebuild?
So now what, give him another 800 million to rebuild again all because he failed?
Jumped in a bit quick there Sws I said the wheels should always be turning. Staying still is a fool’s game and has absolutely nothing to do with failure.
What are you guys smoking? the signings need in the summer will still be the same, minus a deal we could make in January, however we will have less money to spend because of the inflated January cost…..stop being so closed minded. Also if we sell players, we get money back for them….
Just because you disagree with comments, why be so rude with the “What are you guys smoking” remarks? You can disagree and put your own thoughts why you disagree, without being a jerk😊.
You ‘spoiled’ that fine response by calling him a jerk! 🤣🤣
Yup 😀 tbf I didnt mean to disrespect, just thought it was ridiculous irreverent point. The output will be the same in regards player recruitment either way…just likely to cost considerably more overall if we overpay in January so this article doesnt make any sense.
Not sure why anyone would get offended at that post ,should have been on here 6-7 years ago .
Good times 😂
So many fans that get butthurt these days .
Ah DK the days of Jon FOX, Phil, TMJW and all his disguises to name just a few 😂😂😂
His disguises were obvious lol
Yes I realised that too as soon as I hit send😂.
Please just buy Jonathan David so we can all move on with ours lives and moan about something else. He is a perfect hybrid of Havertz and Jesus, he will work hard for the team, score some goals, and he is an Arsenal fan!
I don’t understand why Arteta has this fixation with Sesko. Sure, he’s good but I wouldn’t drop 70m on him. Not when Vlahovic is cheaper and David is even cheaper than him.
I prefer Vlahovic and David over Sesko because they are both 25 so you kind of know what you are getting whereas Sesko for all his flamboyance is no more prolific than either of the aforementioned players, just a bit of an unknown and much more expensive.
Go on a juventus fan page and see what they are saying about Vlahovic.
Which would you recommend?
I would take Jonathan David. I think he better suits the players we already have, our style of play, and the club as a whole.
They are not loving him right now I am guessing lol
I agree this fixation with Sesko is ludicrous at this stage. If he does not want to join now then forget him and move on to other targets who are available.
How come city and continue to get good signings in while we still struggle. Somebody needs a good kick up the arsenal!
Pat, it might have something to do with the flow of oil money and the disregarding of the rules.
A nine and a half year contract with a reported £500,000 a week!!!. Do we really want to go down that road?
In all these rings rolling, the player, in my opinion, that is battle ready and will present a formidable threat to any opposition when playing in our current system is Bryan mbemo. He is lethal and very pacy . Harvetz is wasting away in the false 9 position that will suit mbemo perfectly. If we can get mbeumo, we will get closer to Liverpool
While our lazy lot are sitting on their arses in the board room City have signed Omar Marmoush for only 63 million which is a bargain for a player with that level of talent. Its things like this that mean we are always stuck with whatever players are left.
Perhaps the club didn’t fancy him?
Or the player didnt fancy us…..or we have other targets in mind….or sometihing else….
11 days to go and no striker or winger signing.
Havertz.
Trossard. Odegaard. Nwaneri.
Rice. Partey.
Calafiori. Gabriel. Kiwior. Timber.
Raya.
If we are not buying a striker ( and I think our owner for years have proved they don’t have ambition ) and are looking for a bargain or something to get us through till the summer who not Ganacho ?
Think there is a talent there
What’s the difference between Garnacho and Martinelli?
No ambition? We have signed young players for about 800m. Started with defence which is one of the best in the league, onto midfield last season, again which is very good and hopefully to include out new guy in summer, and now onto forwards this summer to complete the overhaul….mostly of which are still young and have many years left to play. We are then in a position to amend 1-3 players a year across the squad and continue competing and improving with the big boys. You cannot do this overnight but the future now looks bright….
Yes no ambition
An owner who cares would have had a striker ready start of January
What if no strikers are available that we want until the summer? what about FFP? buy somebody less good now that might not work and then dont get World class option in the summer?
What would you prefer? spend 150m on isak we dont have and doesnt wanna join in January? we dont have a gods given right to these players you know….
Strikers and attackers are available though
That’s someone’s job
Someone right now is being paid thousands of pounds a week to identify targets for Arsenal
They have known for how long we need a striker/ attacker
If they are saying they cannot find an upgrade on what we have then sack that person
Again the owners should demand that
One minute you say the owner should have a striker lined up and ready, the next minute your saying that someone else is being paid thousands of pounds a week to identify targets for The Arsenal….. which one is correct??
Both are correct mate
An owner with ambition rings when it’s clear Liverpool are pulling away and says what do you need to get better
( Especially the moment Saka gets injured )
If the manager says it’s a striker / attacker you then go to the person who’s job it is and say who have you been scouting
Do you know that Mr Kronkie hasn’t done that Dan?
Do you know that Mikel Arteta hasn’t done that Dan?
Last time I read comments from the latter, he said he knew what he wanted and the club (Mr Kronkie) were working hard to achieve their goals.
Also what was our net spend in the summer ?
Your saying that fans who pay some of the most expensive tickets in Europe and merchandise should be told we have no money ?
Then you say our owners have done well ?
They are genius
Take your money , don’t win anything but have you saying they have done well ?
I was answering the question of who should be responsible for that
Your correct i don’t know 100 percent but am going off how they have acted since they first joined us and I don’t think they will change at this stage ?
If we sign a world class striker in the next two weeks I am wrong and will happily say that
Jay Mee,
I wish I had the same glasses your wearing, because where I’m looking from the future looks bleak with this manager in charge.
Derek, what’s bleak about being second in the league and in the top four of the CL?
Can I ask out of interest Ken how many years it’s okay not to win the Prem ?
As many years as it takes to be the champions by the results on the pitch.
If we’re not the best in any given season, we won’t be the champions, as was the case during our history.
I was OK with Mr Wenger not winning the PL for many years, because of what he was doing outside of winning the PL.
The club was growing in status around the world, our fanbase was growing, we were seen as a top club, invited to join the “Super league” because of these things but we were trophy less. for a decade.
Cool mate
What kind of reply was that Dan?
How many years is it OK not to win the league in YOUR opinion and why?
What kind of reply ?
I was generally interested in your point of view dude
Not here to try and change your mind
If your content , good on you mate
So, how many years Dan?
For a club our size it’s already unacceptable
My fear is we don’t have owners prepared to take that next step
I think that is a really good answer. Besides the two monsters in Manchester (old and new) and stupid Chelsea, the trophy has been spread around a fair bit and I think the highest expectation is to be in the mix every year. Only seven teams have won since 1992.
Wenger did this for a long time after the last title and as Ken said, that was okay, we were in it. Of late, we have gotten out of a great big hole and are back in the mix.
Don’t get me wrong, I am frustrated because I think a striker would have done it for us last year and we didn’t spend. I don’t like the Merino buy and Califiori is too injury-prone to be a good signing (if he stays healthy he would be excellent).
Things aren’t perfect but at least we are discussing what is needed to take us to the top in England and a long way in Europe as opposed to survival or squeaking into Europe.
As a group I think that we are too fixated on the gap in years from 2004 to now, the clock does reset after each season.
You make a really good point in your last paragraph in particular. Good post
You’ll find out come the end of the season. Ken1945.
Sounds as if you don’t want us to succeed Derek, is that the case then?
No it certainly isn’t Ken1945,
But on reading Jay Mee’s piece, him saying how we’ve improved the defense and then the midfield, and now we’ll improve the striker situation next.
Well that’s all well and good, but we’ve needed a striker for three seasons now, and for some reason the manager saw fit to ignore this very obvious need.
And instead used wasted a big amount on Havertz, Calafiori, Merino, Kiwior, and Sterling (Loan).
Those five signings alone says to me, that Arteta should no longer be trusted with the owners money.
Tell me where it makes sense, needing a striker and you go out and buy Havertz, are you telling me that the £65 million wasted on Havertz could not have been spent better.
That’s why I think the future looks bleak, unless of course this manager is finally held to account by the owners. And that isn’t going to happen any time soon is it.
I like Martinelli lol
I would take Garnacho in a heartbeat. Raw talent, blistering pace, ridiculous haircut, he’s got the lot. Plus he has proven he is actually a pretty efficient finisher. He offers great options either left or right and a significant upgrade on Sterling. However, I think Nwaneri has actually demonstrated he is maybe even better on the RW than he is in the middle plus it removes the burden of creativity from him and allows him more freedom to express his talent.
Although I agree he is a talent, there is a reason he is not a guaranteed starter in a terrible united team and im not sure he is the right player for a team that dominated possession. His best characteristic is based on quick counter attacking and this is not currently our style of play. I would rather we sign a technical player personally that can open up space, link up with the midfield and deliver final balls, in a similar mould to Saka so we have technical ability and links on both sides of the pitch.
love the haircut line, quote of the day for me!
Here to please.
SJ,
There spelt differently.🤣😂😉👍
I thought you meant there and their!😉
Or they’re perhaps 😉😂
SueP and GB,
There, Their, They’re. 😉👍
It would help if you got it right once in a while😉.
SueP,
Got what right once in a while. 😊😉👍
Josh Kroenke has done well in the last 5 years with investments.
Edu and Arteta just misused the funds by buying mostly wrongly so it ain’t no fault of his.
Hopefully, he is not pissed and releases funds again to get a good forward signing in this January.
One FA in 5 years is well ?
8th , 8th , 5th , 2nd and 2nd is well ?
Took us outside of Europe for the first time in quarter of a century is well ?
Pretty sure your point proves we have got better and better with the last few windows even though I think you think differently. Record points and goals as well dont forget. onwards and upwards.
Well no as they took us to 8th
Look where Arsenal were when Koronke first had power at our club
Day we sacked Mr Wenger if I said to you in 2025 we finish 2nd twice , have one trophy and you would said we have done well you would have thought I was crazy
Thats how manipulated a section of our fanbase have become
It’s sad but genius business model
In December they release more merchandise and yet will tell us we can’t get a striker this window and the likes of you will defend it
Well said Dan
Keep playing that record ,as long as it’s a good one peeps wanna keep hearing it
I have to play it when I hear the Koronke Family have ‘ done well ‘
I have to play it when I hear the Koronke Family have ‘ done well ‘
Genius business model though
Playing that old record again Dan?
He’s basically Calvin Harris at this point, Sue.
If I’m being told the Koronkes have done well of course lol
If we had finished 6th for each of those seasons but won the FA or League Cup each time would you view that as more successful?
But we didn’t ?
Hence I rather factually tell you the 5 years of where Josh has done ‘ well ‘
Literally took us to our worst league finish in 25 years
This is only true without context…..the squad required a complete overhaul based on previous accounts and finances caused by many reasons and started with a stadium investment as well as many other reasons. The project over the past 3/4 years has proven that the tide has turned on that era and we have grown into a serious contender once again, even if falling slightly short against an incredible city team. Remember Klopp also only won 1 league title in 8 years against them also. I know which version of the team I would rather get behind and it isnt the one chasing the top 4.
No it’s factually true lol
Under Mr Wenger they only cared about us being a top 4 team
Now they are happy we again a top 4 team
If I’m wrong where’s our striker on Jan 1st ?
What other teams signed players on 1st Jan? This just is not how the world works and not how selling clubs work. This is not how you compete within fair play rules.
How many teams are in a situation to win a title ?
No point waiting till we are out of title race and both Cups
Would you agree if we don’t sign a world class striker this month that’s not ambition or will you make more excuses for them ,?
Good luck Jay Mee
It’s a favourite pastime of Dan and he sucks peeps in including me over the years
And certain fans deflect pretending it’s not the clubs fault it’s just fans like me
Arsenal could prove me wrong and win the title or CL this season and Sue instead of saying she was wrong will deflect
Like she said we both been on this site for years lol
I miss the original Sue. She was a bright star of this site.
And 2 of the best 3 seasons of our last 21 seasons (oops, “fact” that doesn’t fit the narrative – I must be in the section of manipulated fan base)
And 3 of the worst
No Dan, two of the worst, finishing 6th was worse than 5th!!
That’s why I said 3 of the worse not the 3 worse mate
In the last 21 years the Koronke has full time owners have been in charge of our 1st , 2nd and 4th worse season yet they have …..done well
I didn’t make the comparison by the way lol
Consecutive runner-up finishes is very obvious improvements if we want to talk factually. Style of play aside, those finishes suggest the team is going in the right direction and it’s money well spent. You can’t have it both ways.
I mean, he released funds these past 5 years to sign players but Edu and Arteta got us poor signings.
If they had bought better players with the funds Josh provided each year for the past 5 years then we would have had more trophies.
You don’t expect him to give 300 million pounds for signings each year. That would be too much.
The amount spent on signings for the past 5 years alone should be able to set up a quality squad by now.
I think Arteta and Edu should get the blame not Kroenke.
Depends
I look at it when they first had power on the board
Selling Fabregas and Nasri and replacing them with Arteta
Selling Vanpersie to United
Suarez and a pound
Trying to take us to the Super League
Replacing Mr Wenger with Uni Emery and then Arteta
Getting rid of Ozil and Aubameuang just to save the wages and not replacing them
Ripping up contacts to save the wage bill and then paying Eddie Nketiah and Reiss Nelson 100-000 pound a week
In Covid asking players to take a wage cut then sacking 55 staff
I would argue we had regressed so much they had to spend
But I’m not going to say well done only spending money once your …..8th
So no they have not ‘ done well ‘
They are the owners who factually took us to our worst league finish in 25 years
Maybe you should invest your own Billion into the club and see what happens when FFP asks to check your accounts? Have you ever run a business, it certainly doesnt sound like you have any idea past Fifa and the reality of such like all these things are directly linked and counteract each other.
But either way that doesn’t mean they have ‘ done well ‘
Jack Mee,
Having read Dan’s piece, and your response.
What was your opinion of the club, giving Nketiah and Nelson £100,000 a week contracts.
And then benching them game after game. Which showed the manager clearly didn’t trust either Nketiah or Nelson. Don’t you think that bad management, both by the club and manager.
I’m just interested in your thoughts on that part of Dan’s piece.
Dan, I like your message, but disagree with you on these points :
They had to sell Fabregas, Nasri and Judas RVP as they had made it clear they wanted out and there was no other viable option.
As we now know, Liverpool owners lied about the situation and The Arsenal did what any other club would have done to trigger the release clause.
I also believe them when they said they thought it was the right thing to do in order not to be left behind when the Super league was being pushed.
I agree with every other point you make…. but that was then and this is now and spending nigh on £800 million and backing MA to the hilt, shows they are serious about wanting The Arsenal to be a success.
How many of those players do you consider poor? the reality is we were not a top4 club but we now are, so there has to have been some sort of success. we had to gradually grow and have bought many players with an average fee of 20m. This is not world class players, this is players to put you into a position of growth which has been a success and has now allowed us to complete with the best.
Never said they were poor players
Not good enough to be Champions but that’s my point , that’s not the ambition
Simply said the last 5 years Josh Koronke has not ‘ done well ‘
Clearly it is the ambition, but an ambition is a process, not an overnight success. They dont want to win 1 league and regress, they want to be sustainable and complete for the next 10+ years. They have spent lots of money and invested and overhauled from back to front, part by part, year on year. Just because you want instant success, doesnt make it realistic.
21 years since we last won a title
Go look when they first had control on the board
I think no Gooner can be accused of wanting instant success
How many clubs have won the league since the last time we won the league? Do you expect us to be the best club in the world? More or less all of them have had more resources than us. Is it difficult to accept that others have been better than us?
Did you believe that replacing Mr. Wenger would be an easy task? Man United have had much the same experience after Ferguson’s retirement. Perhaps the reason why they haven’t won the league since 2013, and they are not going to win it this season either.
I’m sure we are going to win the league during a couple of years, but It will never be easy when others have more resources than us. There’s a reason why Man City have won the league 8 times between 2011 and 2024.
I can only answer the question mate personal to me
21 years to me is too long considering the money we asked to pay and the resources we do have
Im not sure how many times under the Koronke Family we have truly done everything to be the best version of ourselves
Yes we have spent a lot but others have spent more during the last six to ten years. In today’s climate we wouldn’t have been competitive without spending. I doubt we would have managed top four without spending, even with Wenger as our manager.
Honestly, how could you expect Mr. Wenger to continue producing top results with Arsenal in the climate we had in our stadium in 2017 or 2018? Have you forgot how we treated him? From my point of view we needed a change after 22 years with the same manager, but not how we did it.
Yes, we could have done better but so could Liverpool, Chelsea and Man United also.
I would ask though why get rid of Mr Wenger if winning one FA cup by 2025 was acceptable?
Because Wenger finished outside of the top 4 twice?
I guess you going to bring up finishing 8th but when you change managers that is a risk you have to take in transition.
If the Kroenke were still the same penny pinchers during Wenger’s time, we won’t have the squad we have now because star players would have left with that rigid wage structure.
I’m not going to debate you on whether the owners have done well, but they have certainly changed for the better in the last 5 years or so
No, it’s not, but we can’t change physical laws. If we are competing against club(s) breaking rules to be successful it’s almost impossible to win. Should we accept this kind of unfair competition? Should we expect Arsenal to achieve success against all odds? I didn’t become an Arsenal fan in the 70s because of our trophy cabinet, and I have never considered any options.
I just remember fans turning on Mr Wenger even when he finished 2nd ?
The day he left if I said in 2025 you then be happy with 2nd ?
That doesn’t make sense
top4, hardly a reason to “sack” our most successful manager ever though, considering the other eighteen times he finished in the top four, the times we were in the CL, the league and Cup trophies won, the restrictions due to the Emirates build, the philosophy then of Mr Kronkie… yet all washed away by two seasons.
If Mr Kronkie used the same criteria, Mikel Arteta would have been long gone wouldn’t you agree?
We’ll Dan, if you scroll up, the future is bright according to SJ. 🙄🤦♂️
Mate if he’s happy with that I’m truly happy for him
Last time I went to the Emirates Dan, my arm wasn’t being twisted to buy any kind of merchandise, food or drink and it was my decision to carry on paying for my season ticket as well.
So I don’t know what point you were trying to make with your post at 4.26 above., in this regard, after all, merchandise and season tickets have always been pricey since I started supporting the club!!
I agree mate
But that’s why it’s a genius business model
They make money off the brand
They know we we will pay that and if we don’t someone else will
I think my point was more that the fact we do that it would then he strange to claim we don’t have any money
Every club makes money from the brand and The Arsenal are no different are they?. Are you saying that Mr Kronkie should not be making money from the business he owns?
I’ve never read that the owner says he doesn’t have the money, as that would be ridiculous.
You breeze over my point that it’s an individual’s choice whether to buy something or not. How has the owner got any power regarding such a decision?
No I agree mate it’s a person’s choice
The owner should make money
My response simply was to the idea that given the money they make that we would not be able to afford a striker
Don’t get me wrong mate as business people I respect the Koronke Family
Imagine when fans were protesting .
If you had said in 2025 you would have fans defending them despite over two decades without a title ……wow
Like I said fans in December are buying the new merchandise and then saying we can’t afford a striker and they are ‘ doing well ‘
That is genius
Reading all the way from the top @Dan, I like the way you stood your ground. One of them above claim he/she is happy no matter the number of years we remain ‘trophy-less’ in as much as “we’re making progress”.
What a level of delusion that is. So we can remain ‘trophy-less’ for another five years right? In as much as “we’re making progress”. This cracks me up.
I think I agree with you there maybe some level of manipulation involved in this.
Wow! So some people are contented with the way we are and will prefer things stay like this years ahead without winning 🏆 in the name of progress?
That is a load of BS Twinlights
I am happy to see the club in a healthy position and competing. I really would like a trophy or three. There are others who think the same. It has nothing to do with bobbing along, accepting mediocrity as our only fate. Every season should begin with expectation of success but only one team can win and not many have done that in the last 10 years. Keep trying is my motto. Arrogance is a word used to describe fellow Arsenal supporters who think that we can win the league. Its an aspiration and has nothing to do with arrogance. Arrogance is the belief that it is a right just because we have won the trophy before.
Not standing my ground mate
You can have a debate without trying to change anyone’s mind
They are entitled to their opinion and honestly anyone happy with 0 titles in 21 years and 0 trophies in 5 fair play to them
Spot on SueP. Justifiably so imo, you appear to be losing patience with these “pot calling the kettle black” commenters who post ideas of manipulation, ignorance of “the” facts, arrogance, etc. etc. among those who do not agree with them. Try not to let them get to you. 👍
I guess Twinlights must be a new Gooner, as he wouldn’t have lasted very long during the 59s 6os 79s and 80s or from 2008 to 2014.
This is how I distinguish supporters from fans and people like SueP and BB will be there through thick and thin, while Twinlights will be forever moaning.
I don’t put Dan into the fan catagory by the way He’s as sincere as I am, we just have differing opinions in certain situations.
Great summing up of Twinlights post SueP by the way.
Thanks for the compliment ken1945. Gooner for life. It’s open minded people like you, SueP, and several others (even those who I typically disagree with but are rational posters) who keep me coming back to JA.
Just stating the obvious BB and your input is always something I read 👍
Well said twinlights
But Ken, isn’t 18 times long enough?, following two six place finishes in a row. Did Wegner deserve a life time pass because of his previous success? The team was jaded, his decision making poor, he left behind a shabby mish mash squad. It was time for change. I have no problems with eighth two years running. It was never going to be instant success, but am becoming impatient with the current manager’s perception of what constitutes a good player, also since when did Arsenal become a feeder club for Manchester United, letting our most promising youngsters go, while we settle for the ready made likes of Harvetz and Merino. Arteta deserves one more season to get it right. If he can’t then he should be turfed as a failed manager who has reached his limits.
It was time for Arsene to leave and he should have gone after his 7th fa cup win.
But this “mish mash” under UE then finished fifth and got to a European Cup final, followed by Arteta’s only trophy, yet another fa cup win.
Since then and after disbanding this “mish mash” we’ve won ziltch, spent around £700 million, given players away and are now in phase five.
If any of our players see joining manure as furthering their career at this moment in time, they are being ill advised in my opinion.
Whether MA wins a trophy or not this season, it will take manure many years to catch up with us and that’s because Arsene left a long term legacy both on and off the pitch, while Fergie wanted to go out in a blaze of glory and left behind nothing except Old Trafford leaking from top to bottom both on and off the pitch.
Ken, I’m going to have to agree to disagree on this one. I also have a deep admiration for Wegner but there is a time to move on. In Elneny, Kolascinak, Mustafi, Holden, Lacazet we had some poor picks, while captain Kos and Ramsey were in and out injury prone crocks and Xhaka wasn’t doing much of anything, Wegner did have the odds against him though; the Kronkes, so much bad luck with injuries to promising players as well as others who no longer believed in him.
I think we have a very good players on our team, particularly, Saliba, Raya, White, Partey, Rice, Saka, Odegaard, Timber, Gabriel. Trossard is a good backup and does well off the bench. Havertz would be a good backup striker
We lack a top striker. Paying 50 million on Havertz was a mistake in my opinion. We should have spent the money more wisely
We also needed to strengthen our bench.
The bench can make all the difference especially because of the injuries we get
But if we had signed a top striker in the summer, I believe we would have a better chance of winning this season as Liverpool are beatable and City is having a terrible season
Also playing Partey at RB has bothered me all season
Although the season isn’t over, if we don’t win trophies I think Arteta as squandered missed opportunity
I agree
Well, the past is the past. Let’s now look unto the future and see how they take us.
Arteta still needs to make good use of whatever funds they provide him going forward.
It won’t be good if we end up not signing a forward player because that might lead us to dropping out of the top 4.
Liverpool, Man city, Chelsea and Newcastle might just overtake us.
12 days to go. Let’s see how the winter window ends.
We will finish top 4 mate and owners will be happy
Don’t know why we are acting like we don’t know how the Koronke Family work
While I’m not going to give an opinion on what you’ve written above even though I have some differing opinions, I strongly (and fearfully) believe that as long as we remain in the top 4, the Kroenke’s will be content. It’s back to the Wenger days for us
As a supporter of the club, I’ll be delighted if we finish in the top four and see CL football at the Emirates for the third successive season.
We are the only London club that can boast CL football and the revenue from that and the PL will continue to attract better players and young supporters.
“Back to the Wenger days”?
Let’s hope so, as finishing 8th two seasons in a row, with no European football was an economic disaster for the club and the owner.
I will be delighted as well. If we win the league or the UCL, then so much the better. As far as the owners are concerned, it is clear to me that after Arsene’s departure and more clubs having virtually unlimited funds, they realized that they needed to open the purse strings or else risk losing that consistent revenue resulting from finishing in the top four.
Economically, expending enough funds to make the UCL and at least having a chance to win the league while staying compliant with financial constraints appears to be the sweet spot.
We won’t under these owners
Must be that 2 point barrier.
And what a run we had to go on to make that happen
Lost the title in the first half of season like this year
👍
Dan, I know the Kroenke’s are pretty much non-chalant to our club but they have released good funds for the past 5 years to make up for the decline they brought us over the years so we should give them a little credit for releasing funds for the past 5 years.
It’s up to Arteta now to make the right decisions in signings, selections and tactics.
Exactly you don’t so well done for correcting the mess they created
Look where we were when they first joined board
If they left tomoz they be remembered as taking the club backwards
Arsenal were in the top4 and will be if KSE left tomorrow
Exactly so we went full circle
Only difference is they took us out of top 4 to 8th to take us back for you to say well done lol
This idea they have rescued us . We literally stood still
So the silver trophy for finishing in the top4 isn’t good enough.
I’m giving credit to KSE during UE’s time and onwards. They have supported both managers and we look to be a well run club – unlike some. Chelsea certainly didn’t play straight and City are awaiting the outcome of serious charges and those 2 clubs have really been the only ones who have won lots of trophies. Leicester and Liverpool on one each which rather puts it into perspective.
Your prevailing argument is against the Kroenkes so I presume you think that their current support for Arteta is just paving the way for more mediocrity?
Depends what you mean by mediocrity?
As in I don’t think we will win Prem under them no.
Been at the club long enough
If they cared , they would have by now
Pretty much what I gave been saying for a weeks now. As a business it represents success. They don’t care if we have a good time as long as the shareholders are happy.
Exactly
SJ,
Your having a laugh, with the money that Arteta has wasted on the likes of Havertz, Calafiori, and Merino, he shouldn’t get another penny.
If I was the owner I wouldn’t trust his judgement at all.
Exactly!
But he should pardon Arteta and still release at least 80m pounds this January for a top striker, so we can have a little hope for any trophy.
I think you are being incredibly unfair to the players you’ve mentioned here. Havertz has been playing well and has almost identical stats this season as Vlahovic and Sesko, I’m not sure what else you want from him? Calafiori was playing well before his injury and Merino was only ever bright in for squad depth.
I’m not suggesting MA hasn’t made some atrocious singings but these aren’t them. It’s more who he hasn’t tried to sign than who he has. Why did we get Sterling and Chelsea got Sancho? Why haven’t we replaced Thomas Partey yet? Why didn’t we try to get Tielemans on a free before he went to Villa? Could we not have got Amadou Onana for £18M more than we spent on Merino?
These are the real questions.
20/21 –
Partey – 50m euros.
Gabriel M – 26m euros.
Mari – 6m euros.
Total – 82m euros.
21/22 –
White – 58m euros
Odegaard – 35m euros
Ramsdale – 28m euros
Tomiyasu – 18m euros
Lokonga – 17m euros
Tavares – 8m euros
Trusty – 2m euros
Total – 166m euros
22/23 –
Jesus – 52m euros
Fabio – 35m euros
Zinchenko – 35m euros
Trossard – 24m euros
Kiwior – 20m euros
Jorginho – 12m euros
Turner – 6m euros
Marquinhos – 4m euros
Total – 186m euros
23/24 –
Rice – 116m euros
Havertz – 75m euros
Timber – 40m euros
Total – 231m euros.
24/25 –
Calafiori – 45m euros
Merino – 32m euros
Raya – 32m euros
Total – 109m euros
With such spending in the past 5 years. That’s a owner that has been responsible for the past 5 years
What more should an owner do after spending 774m EUROS in bringing in players in 5 years and only gets 1 FA Cup??
SJ,
You ask what more should an owner do, that’s an easy question.
The answer is simple, sack Arteta if he fails to provide a trophy this season.😉👍
Not let a manager think it’s okay to rip up contracts and give up on talent
Eg
Giving away Aubameuang and then wondering why we finish 5 th with Eddie Nketiah up front
Paying Ozil to sit at home while finishing 8th
Making a manager the second highest paid manager in Europe for not winning things
Come off it Dan. Auba was a bl@‘dy disaster once he signed his sooper dooper contract
But you still don’t want him sacked
No I said under Mr Wenger, you can’t win the title under these owners
Arteta has done a good job not a great one but doesn’t deserve to be sacked
Let’s be honest Auba went down hill as soon as Arteta pulled up ,nothing to do with money or his weekly wage .
Mr ego wanted to be the big dog at the club ,that’s why we are filled with yes players ,cannot express themselves .
You don’t replace Aubameuang with Eddie Nketiah lol
Partey – Good
Gabriel M – Good
Mari – Poor
White – Good
Odegaard – Good
Ramsdale – Average
Tomiyasu – Good
Lokonga – Poor
Tavares – Poor
Trusty – Poor
Jesus – Average
Fabio – Poor
Zinchenko – Average
Trossard – Good
Kiwior – Poor
Jorginho – Average
Turner – Poor
Marquinhos – Poor
Rice – Good
Havertz – Average
Timber – Good
Calafiori – Average
Merino – Average
Raya – Good
24 players in 5 years.
9 are good
7 are average
8 are poor.
It’s better not to sign any player than to sign bad players.
The article writer and many of the posts do not understand or know how football finance works. Firstly without making us break finance rules, we could not have spent an awful lot more than we did. FFP and our wages didn’t allow much more wiggle room. The problem was not the owner, he is a business man not a football man. He pays people to run the club. He has provided funds to the hilt. The problem was the influence Arteta had on transferred that STOPPED us getting a striker. Part of tge reason Edu left was, he had less and less say on transfers. He is top dog at Forest and on more money. The biggest reason we have ni striker is the manager. Not the owner.
From what I’ve read he wanted more executive authority and the club were not willing to give it. It wasn’t based around his relationship with Arteta
Not entirely true, there was a lot more than that. Arteta was having more and more sway on transfers and Edu didn’t want that. Arteta wanted Calaforini, Edu didn’t. Arteta wants Zubimendi, Edu wanted someone else. Forest have offered him the job he wanted and didn’t get at Arsenal.
Edu felt he was getting his nose pushed out. Thats why he has gone.
He got the job, he thought he was going to get at Arsenal, more money and more power.
That I can agree with. It’s written in several sources that EDu wanted a CEO role and that wasnt forthcoming
The club should always go for the players a manager wants, not the players someone else wants, as it’s the manager who gets the sack if things go wrong.
We havent bought a striker because Arteta is still looking for a cf that he can play out wide for an overload with our inverted fullback and slot in at the 8 to increase the defensive pressure Arteta wants to implement around the opponent’s box.
The time to invest in a striker was 2 seasons ago. The funds and opportunity was there but Arteta spent £65 million on Havertz instead of a striker, something that baffled me back then. To be fair, Havertz has done well since being moved up front, but he is not the clinical finisher we need.
I finally understood that a striker was probably not his priority when he again spent his transfer budget last summer on a defender and a midfielder
But we could have bought Isak with the same money.If we had we would have probably one the league last year and on top of the league now
Edu himself has said that SueP, so it’s a red herring.
Reggie, your last sentence is correct in my opinion and blasts Dan’s argument out of the water.
He’s done that himself actually, in his two connected posts above.
So you think the owner is saying here is 100 million for a striker this month and Arteta is saying no thank you ?
If true then as his employer I think you step in if this is true ?
Where has that been said Dan?
If anything, the complete opposite regarding “no thank you”!!
MA has said they are looking at signings, especially since the Saka and Jesus injuries and are working hard to achieve the signings they want.
Was in response to the suggestion it’s the managers choice and he should therefore be sacked not the owners
I’d expect Stan Kroenke to say, before handing over his money, “what about the multi-millions I gave you last season, and the season before and the one before that?”.
We’ve made progress, in the PL, but not the progress that represents the investment.
Exactly!!!!
I would say you barely spent anything in the summer considering what we made
Like I said, don’t get involved with football finance, its too complicated. Just so you know, we haven’t made a profit for 3 years and more but 3 years is the significant number. Thats what profit and sustainability work on. We also are one of tge most in debt clubs in the league. We owe Kronke over 300 mil from the last 4 years alone, which is going up every year and has to be paid.
You need to update yourself we made a huge profit last year.
https://www.deloitte.com/uk/en/services/financial-advisory/analysis/deloitte-football-money-league.html
According to Deloitte Football Money League 2025, did we make a huge profit last season and break our revenue record. More information at deloitte.com.
@Didrik
The Deloitte report gives info on income, which is substantial, but not on expenditure, which is also substantial.
…but, it’s true we have made some profit.
I red somewhere that our profit was approximately €120 million. Our wage structure shows that we have a very healthy economy. I will try to find the article about profit margin.
Swiss Ramble usually does that info on all PL teams, and does it very well.
I’ve just had a quick check on Swiiss Ramble, and they don’t give anything more recent than 2022/23.
Like I say, don’t get involved in football finance, the value of the company has nothing to do with sales, purchases and wages. Its too complicated to just quote figures. Our revenues are up and so is our value. Barcelona are valued a bigger asset than us but are financially cash strapped to buy players. Arsenal football club owe the Kronks nearly 400 mil that has been lent in the last 4 years. Its to complicated.
It’s not very complicated. We had a positive result in 2023 and we have a better result in 2024. The debt we have is stated in our financial report. Our wages/revenue ratio is 58% down from 75% in 2021. Finance is part of my profession.
Barca has more commercial income than us because they have been a bigger brand. We have increased our commercial revenue a lot, and will increase it further with another €100 million in a year or two. We are a in a good place and the future looks promising for Arsenal FC.
Maybe, but Arteta/Edu didn’t have unlimited access to the clubs funds. If it’s to be believed we did make attempts to sign a goal scoring forward.
Yeah it’s not believed
If you look how much they spent in summer in a net profit , no one is asking for unlimited funds , just ambition
Arteta says it might be possible for us to end the window without a striker, but they are working on bringing in the right signing.
That’s not encouraging.
11 days to go and no concrete news about a signing.
I’ve really enjoyed the last hour or so reading every single post on this article, shows what a diverse and lively group we are on this excellent website and I’m in no way being facetious.
I have opined on numerous occasions that Arteta does not want an out and out striker. Buying Havertz sort of proves that point except that he is not exactly a clinical finisher.
A player I had hoped he would consider (maybe he did before City bought him) was Omar Marmoush who I have seen regularly on Sky’s Bundesliga games. Impressive all round footballer and a deadly finisher and playmaker. I’m certainly not confident we will buy a striker in this window but a loan deal is possible.
I think people are more upset with how the money has been spent. Quite a lot of dross mixed in with some decent signings. Even if Arteta had a 50/50 average on signing good Vs bad that still ain’t great. Now everyone’s opinion of who is good and who is bad and who is average will vary and not every signing will work out. I think Fabio Vieira is a good example of this. Great technical player but weaker than a greasy spoon cup of tea. And sometimes players just aren’t cut out for a particular league.