Country: England
Please I need a miracle so he can stay
Another L for the Bum Squad, they were convinced he was pushing to leave.
Maybe that's one of the reasons why they see him as expendable. I think he's not quite rapier-like in the final 3rd but from deep he's quite effective. I could definitely see him moving to a DM role in the near future alongside playing these wing/full-back roles, I'm just not sure Arteta trusts him enough to make him a fully fledged starter ahead of some others. It's delicate IMO.Tucked in nicely in midfield at times, this formation really suits him.
What happens when we move to a back four though? Specially given how Saka has played as a LCM and how we are hopefully strengthing midfield this window.
Maybe that's one of the reasons why they see him as expendable. I think he's not quite rapier-like in the final 3rd but from deep he's quite effective. I could definitely see him moving to a DM role in the near future alongside playing these wing/full-back roles, I'm just not sure Arteta trusts him enough to make him a fully fledged starter ahead of some others. It's delicate IMO.
Arteta is quite conservative in some ways IMO. Very keen not to expose people too soon, and definitely likes to keep the same XI on for as long as possible a la Wenger.
They're too focused on the flip. Flipping him to get value for the starting 11. The irony is that in AMN, they might already have that. Could we miss out on one potential target in order to keep AMN? He's one of the only people we could sell and we get decent money. Torreira only has currency in Italy and all their teams are broke. Guendouzi has damaged his reputation with his insolence. Lacazette isn't drawing a lot of interest from teams who are willing to push the boat out. We could possibly have a difficult time shifting people for serious money, it's not a guarantee. AMN definitely becomes vulnerable because even though he's better than the players we SHOULD sell, he's worth a lot more and could get us good funds to strengthen other areas of the team - even the other younger players could end up being expendable.The thing is, he has literally come out and said he is Arsenal through and through and as long as we need him he is prepared to play. He has turned 23 today and is the only Arsenal player in the England squad.
23 ffs, and he has 3 years left. We are treating him like has 1 year left on his deal. We don't need to sell him at all. Wtf are we thinking?