Simone Zaza

[RandyMarsh]

http://www.theguardian.com/football...-transfer-rumour-mill-arsenal-22m-simone-zaza

Gotta laugh really. We make our initial moves for this guy on Deadline Day, after the Italian window has closed.. then decide oh well we'll try again in January!

How about making a move for him a week before DD so you don't have to then wait 4 months until you can make your second move! Especially knowing Welbeck's injury. Leaving it until the last minute to go for this guy is just so incompetent.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

http://www.theguardian.com/football...-transfer-rumour-mill-arsenal-22m-simone-zaza

Gotta laugh really. We make our initial moves for this guy on Deadline Day, after the Italian window has closed.. then decide oh well we'll try again in January!

How about making a move for him a week before DD so you don't have to then wait 4 months until you can make your second move! Especially knowing Welbeck's injury. Leaving it until the last minute to go for this guy is just so incompetent.

yep so many mistakes sadly. Yes Juve have many strikers at their club Mandzukic Morata and Dybala but they not gonna sell us Zaza in last day of the market we should have moved to him early.

 

[haha_arsenal]

if we'll bring someone in, must be at least good looking, FFS

 

[Malky]

Not better than Giroud?

Watch him receive the ball with his back to goal, turn, evade s defender, shoot and score:

When was the last time we saw Giroud do that. Have we ever?

Also, look at the pace on the man!

Sorry, Juve fan, but I disagree with you. I've seen Zaza play, and he is fast, strong and instinctive. He has tons of potential as a top striker.

Has Zaza as much potential as Morata though? I personally think we should of thrown a big amount at them (for Morata) before his release clause kicks in next summer and Real take him back.

 

[GDeep™]

Has Zaza as much potential as Morata though? I personally think we should of thrown a big amount at them (for Morata) before his release clause kicks in next summer and Real take him back.

Been mentioned a few times, signing Morata before his clause kicks in, but surely Real must have protected themselves in such a scenario? First refusal for example.

 

[bianconero]

Not better than Giroud?

Watch him receive the ball with his back to goal, turn, evade s defender, shoot and score:

When was the last time we saw Giroud do that. Have we ever?

Also, look at the pace on the man!

Sorry, Juve fan, but I disagree with you. I've seen Zaza play, and he is fast, strong and instinctive. He has tons of potential as a top striker.

youtube will make every striker world class....i watched zaza last season not on youtube, he maybe scored 4-5 goals from jan till end of season...

 

[US_Gooner]

Been mentioned a few times, signing Morata before his clause kicks in, but surely Real must have protected themselves in such a scenario? First refusal for example.

Given the circumstances, it might have been useful to force their hand in that move, if they have one.

 

[Hegemony]

Anyone here who would've been happy with this signing? I would have been a bit confused, he's not the elusive 'top top' quality signing we craved. An unknown lad from Serie A, who didn't deliver as good numbers as Giroud, and has been described by a Juventus fan as not as good as Giroud.
Admit it, guys. Everyone would of slagged off Arsenal if we had signed this guy. Not what we needed.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

I think this was a last minute thing due to Welbeck needing his operation. Insurance in case other forwards go down. May well have just sat on the bench and then had to have been shipped out in the next couple of years. Who can really know though.

Definitely runs counter the whole "only top signings" narrative though if Wenger really wanted him for the long term.

 

[nicky47]

Anyone here who would've been happy with this signing? I would have been a bit confused, he's not the elusive 'top top' quality signing we craved. An unknown lad from Serie A, who didn't deliver as good numbers as Giroud, and has been described by a Juventus fan as not as good as Giroud.
Admit it, guys. Everyone would of slagged off Arsenal if we had signed this guy. Not what we needed.

Some people were cocking their noses up at the likes of Higuain and Abuameyang at the start of the window! In the end people seemed happy with almost anyone... To be fair, I think people just wanted some competition upfront knowing that now Welbeck is out for some time.

 

[Hegemony]

Some people were cocking their noses up at the likes of Higuain and Abuameyang at the start of the window! In the end people seemed happy with almost anyone... To be fair, I think people just wanted some competition upfront knowing that now Welbeck is out for some time.

Fair point. No doubt before Welbeck's injury we were weak upfront. Now we've got even less options. A striker is definitely needed

 

[yybecause]

I am sure we asked for a loan deal nothing more..
And I dont believe it was on a deadline say we decided 'oh, lets get him'.
Its media that brainwashes us fans and makes us hate everyone at a club. So stupid

 

[Trilly]

Dimarzio is very reliable though, doesn't BS.

I think we waited on a domino effect and ended up looking like mugs. So we scrambled for Zaza and failed.

Makes you question Wenger and his top top quality nonsense if this is the magical striker that a whole summer of scouting and working 24/7 found. We didn't even get him in the end anyway *laughing emoticon*.

 

[Hertz]

So this was panic buy for Welbeck? Were we even in for Cavani?

 

[North5]

A panic buy for our last panic buy. Perfect.

 

[Juan Matas Beard]

He's not too **** to be honest, but he's not exactly a huge upgrade on Giroud.

There's a lack of quality strikers in the market at the moment. You probably did the wiser thing by waiting it out as frustrating as it sounds rather than blowing 36m on a random kid from Monaco.

 

[SuperGoon]

Signed him on Fifa. He never kicked on from a 79 rating. Because of that I have judged him already despite never having seen him play in real life.

Fifa is law.

 

[RandyMarsh]

This dude sounds like he's come straight out of The Lion King. He would have been a beast for us.

 

[Bigbludfire]

Just a panic buy. We'll never hear about him again

 

[US_Gooner]

He's on an Arsenal short-list; otherwise we never would have inquired.