Who should we be considering selling in January?
Arsenal have hit a rough patch and with the January transfer window coming up, it might be the perfect time to shift out some players and bring in some new blood. With our injury concerns growing week by week, there’s a lot of strengthening that could be done, but with a full squad, Arteta and Arsenal would need to sell players if they want to bring any in. Here’s who I would personally consider selling in January if we get the right offers.
First off I think Reiss Nelson is a great player but is a wasted talent on the bench, and although he puts in work when he does get minutes, it does seem like he’s at the club for convenience and is considered as a squad player, not a starter. Although I don’t think we need to sell him, his name is the first that pops into my mind if we want to bring players and I think we would get a decent offer for him too.
Another attacker I’d personally be considering is Eddie Nketiah. Nketiah is a talented young striker who knows how to find the back of the net, but with Arteta favouring Jesus, it’s almost certain that unless Jesus is out due to an injury or it’s a cup game, Nketiah won’t be starting and for me, that’s again just wasted talent on the bench, but I do understand because Jesus is a class above Nketiah. But for Arsenal and his sake I think it’s time he moved to a club where he will be starting because he is good enough. Crystal Palace are rumoured to be interested in him and I’m sure a lot of clubs would be interested and would probably one of the easiest to sell.
Zinchenko is another player I think we should be consider selling, even last season a few Arsenal fans were beginning to question him. He’s obviously a hard worker and clearly loves the club, but when Arteta brought in Timber it was clear that he was worried about the backline, and if Tomiyasu wasn’t injured, I think Zinchenko would still be sitting on the bench. A talented defender but I just don’t think he’s good enough for Arsenal and he’s another one that I don’t think would be difficult to sell.
All these players I think are great players and great people, but when you put your emotions aside, they just aren’t up to the standards that we should be setting if we want to win silverware and with a full squad, players need to be sold to be able to bring any in. We’ve seen first hand what happens now if you mess around with FFP and we can’t be risking anything like that.
You never know, we might not do any business in January, it’s always a tough market to go into and we might not be able to sell on players, to then buy them, but we will have to wait and see. Hopefully the club backs the manager again and we can strengthen the squad going forward.
What’s your thoughts Gooners? Who would you consider selling in January that could bring in funds to help our transfer kitty?
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Nobody – rather I’d bring in a CF, call back Tierney (if possible) and start to rotate the squad.
Who’s going to pay RN and EN 100K/wk? If not, will they take a pay cut to leave? It’s harder to sell the two of them than you would think. Zinc should be kept and played as CM
Yes Arsenal should test the waters with all three players.
Fans will never accept Nketiah pay package, he could go somewhere, be more accepted and experienced growth.
Nelson not getting much games times, not even in dead rubbers, so yes.
Yes Zinny could be sold to the highest bidder but that is not going to happen, not under the gaffer dead body.
But Arsenal must brings in a quality player in January and not necessarily quantity, just one from below should be the target.
Everton- Onana
Juventus – Vlohovic
Monaco – Fofano
Sell Nketiah and buy a new CF
Sell Partey, Jorginho and Elneny, then sign a new CDM
Sell Tomiyasu and buy a new inverted-LB
@gai, I agree with all mentioned 👌except for Tomiyasu. He is too versatile and rare to find his skill set. Left back, right back, Center defence. And he has improved his inverted role before his injury.
The board must stop the coach’s Randy behaviour, with all due respect. They must stop him from selling any of the quintet of Partey, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Nelson and Ramsdale. We are still suffering from the reckless exit of Ozil, Martinez, Willock and Mavroponas. Newcastle cannot win any game now without Willock. There are so many players to sell/get rid off – Lokonga, Tavares, Vieira, Elneny and others. If he want to sell Tierney and Jorginho, let him go on. We don’t need much purchases. We only need a center back like De Ligt or Diomande for good rotation with Saliba, Magalhaes and Walter. We need another attacking midfielder like Sancet or Jobe Bellingham to rotate with Smith Rowe. That’s all. The problem is that Arteta has not understand how Premiership works. FROM TODAY, START MONITORING OUR PERFORMANCE WHEN MARTINELLI, NKETIAH AND ONE OF SAKA OR G JESUS STARTS IN THE ATTACK, WHILE SMITH ROWE STARTS IN ATTACKING MIDFIELD. ONLY ONE OF ODEGAARD OR HAVERTZ IS NEEDED ON THE PITCH. THEN ONE OF RICE OR PARTEY. OUR NORMAL DEFENCE WILL BE THERE.
The last time the above happened was against Sheffield United and we pumped five into there net! After that Arteta started messing the whole thing up by playing Odegaard and Havertz together while leaving out Smith Rowe. He hardly start Nketiah who scored hat trick with that formation. We have a coaching problem, not player problem.
YOU don’t seem to understand how the premiership works. You say we are “still suffering” even though we are MUCH BETTER, so not suffering at all. You say you want another attacking midfielder to “rotate with Smith rowe” even though Smith Rowe is nowhere near the first team. And you say we need another center back even though we have 4 good centerbacks already and only 1 fit fullback. Artetas decisions re exits have been so far pretty spot on. Martinez is too hot headed, willow lacks consistency and mavropanos isn’t even a starter for West ham. Does David moses not understand the premier league either?
ESR gets no game time, sell him
Sell ESR, Vieira, Party, Tomi, Tierney, Ramsdale.
Agree on most except Ramsdale. I don’t see the improvement with Raya, and he’s certainly not worth spending funds that are needed elsewhere, like striker and midfield.
Nketiah is the easiest option, decent striker who could be good for smaller epl club and we could get a good fee which would help in getting a more clinical striker.
I always felt zinchenko was going to be a squad player this season if Timber didn’t hurt his acl.
Sell Vieira, Eddie, Party, Tierney, Ramsdale, Patino. Get A top striker, CM, and a versatile defender.
I would keep Ramsdale but if Arteta does not want him, let’s get the money to buy a top outfield player. If we also sell ESR we need another AM.
Yeh, sure. Let’s get rid of Smith Rowe, Patino, Tierney, Ramsdale and any one else in the youth system who might be promising and let’s resign Elneny, Jorghino, Partey etc and also get a few more rejects from the likes of Shitty and Chelsea. I see the future.
Arteta has made a rod for his own back by extending players contracts who never play. What is the point of having a squad if you do not rotate or do not trust them. Ger rid of Nketiah, Vieira, Eleney (although a lovely man has been a complete waste of money these last 2 years). Zinchenko is a liability and is constantly proving us right. We badly miss Partey and need another player like him to compliment Rice.
I’d keep ESR and if I was Ramsdale, I’m not sure I’d want to stick around when the person ahead of you has done nothing to prove he is better than you.