Arteta and Edu Transfer Targets: Summer 2020

[Blood on the Tracks]

I absolutely agree with you, but there's way more factors in play here.

• Partey and Aouar would go very far to securing top 4 for us. Champions league football will boost our commercial power and revenue streams in a huge way.
• Uefa and the PL have already said losses will be scratched this year.
• Whilst it may not seem like it now, Arsenal are in an excellent position in terms of "deadwood". In the next 9 months, including the rest of this window, you'll see £50M a year leaving the wage bill.
• You then have fees we could still potentially get this window. Could be anywhere between 25-50M.
• The refinancing of the loan from Kroenke doesn't indicate anything, our finances are blocked off from public viewing so nobody really knows what that will help with. What we do know is £36M cash is now available to put back into the club how we wish.

In short, making CL football, transfer fees this window and wages off the books over the next 9 months equate to around £120-150M.

I'm quite sure the full fee wasn't paid up front for Gabriel and it'll be the same for Aouar. With the relevant sales we are likely to still break even this summer even if we get Partey and Aouar.

That's just my take on it, Arteta has said multiple times our business is dependant on who leaves.

One of the problems is we've been using the 'If we sign X player, he'll pretty much pay for himself by getting us Top 4 and Champions League money' a lot over recent seasons. None of the players we've bought in to date have done that. If a signing the quality of Auba couldn't do it I've got no reason to think a relatively inexperienced player like Aouar would, at least in the short term. This season with everything that's going on financially, it would be a massive risk.

You've also got to factor in we've got a massive wage bill / we're struggling to shift out deadwood and we're more reliant on match day revenue than pretty much any team in the league.

I think if we get one of Aouar or Partey we'll have done a very good job this window, considering the circumstances we're under and I'd consider it a success.

 

[SingmeasongSong]

All these financial losses will make the competition for the self-sustained teams way worse than it already is - City and co just getting another cash-check for Christmas from their owners with FFP non-existent.

 

[jmsmtthw28]

If we were to get rid of the players you mentioned and bought Partey we'd be on a net spend of 0. And considering Aouar can be done in instalments I don't think there's any argument that we can't get the business we want to do done.

considering our covid losses might be close to 100m a net spend of 0 aint bad, we can go crazy next summer if need be.
Right now its about making sure we come out of this crisis as healthy as possible
A lot of other clubs planned for football fans to return by this end of year but its now looking like we wont see full stadiums till next season when the vaccine has been distrusted to most ppl.

I obviously wanted both but if we can get the necessary players out of the club and secure one of the two, I will call it a brilliant window.

We were never going to fix the mess that has been created over the last 2-4 years in just one window

I think if the club decides to be financially responsible then I will support them on it

 

[jmsmtthw28]

Its happening boys, CHO for Guendouzi.

Its probably United

 

[2Smokeyy]

Which talent has a higher ceiling...CHO or Reiss Nelson? They’re pretty much the same age too.

@MutableEarth

 

[HairSprayGooners]

One of the problems is we've been using the 'If we sign X player, he'll pretty much pay for himself by getting us Top 4 and Champions League money' a lot over recent seasons. None of the players we've bought in to date have done that. If a signing the quality of Auba couldn't do it I've got no reason to think a relatively inexperienced player like Aouar would, at least in the short term. This season with everything that's going on financially, it would be a massive risk.

You've also got to factor in we've got a massive wage bill / we're struggling to shift out deadwood and we're more reliant on match day revenue than pretty much any team in the league.

I think if we get one of Aouar or Partey we'll have done a very good job this window, considering the circumstances we're under and I'd consider it a success.

Agree with most things here. If we are only able to sign one then it has got to be Partey for me.

 

[A_G]

Business as usual then? Can’t stand Payton and Darren, ****ing idiots.

Would block him but then I'd miss insight like this:

He's said literally nothing but people will still tell you he's reliable for some reason

 

[El Duderino]

Would block him but then I'd miss insight like this:

He's said literally nothing but people will still tell you he's reliable for some reason

You follow him and Payton for AST stuff, really. Oh and the occasional Geoff spanking.

Shame the two don't happen anymore.

 

[say yes]

No news.

 

[A_G]

You follow him and Payton for AST stuff, really. Oh and the occasional Geoff spanking.

Shame the two don't happen anymore.

During the CL final someone was talking about Gnabry and Darren said "methinks we're close to signing another player at Bayern". All his **** claims are just forgotten.

 

[OnlyOne]

No news.

No news is amazing news. Excited.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Darren is harmless, gives us some scoops that others can't, has genuine sources.

 

[Rex Stone]

Darren is harmless, gives us some scoops that others can't, has genuine sources.

No he doesn’t

I’ve got a bridge I can sell you if you believe that fraud.

 

[say yes]

Darren is harmless, gives us some scoops that others can't, has genuine sources.

Not in relation to transfers, he's never had anything right. Just another attention-seeker.

And you thought a random bloke in the diamond club had good sources so you're hardly a good judge of character.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Not in relation to transfers, he's never had anything right. Just another attention-seeker.

And you thought a random bloke in the diamond club had good sources so you're hardly a good judge of character.

I'm not talking about transfers... he has sources for other things related to Arsenal. That's a fact.

 

[senna]

considering our covid losses might be close to 100m a net spend of 0 aint bad, we can go crazy next summer if need be.
Right now its about making sure we come out of this crisis as healthy as possible
A lot of other clubs planned for football fans to return by this end of year but its now looking like we wont see full stadiums till next season when the vaccine has been distrusted to most ppl.

I obviously wanted both but if we can get the necessary players out of the club and secure one of the two, I will call it a brilliant window.

We were never going to fix the mess that has been created over the last 2-4 years in just one window

I think if the club decides to be financially responsible then I will support them on it

This is a cycle though - if we are short cos loss of match day revenue, Lyon are likely to be hit as well and more likely to need help as they dont have european football & much less income from TV & sponsors. Same with most clubs not receiving a big TV deal or rich owners.

Also the club must have planned for big wages of underperforming & no longer needed players coming of the books next summer eg Özil, Mustafi, Sokratis etc.

But agree fixing the mess of Gazidas will take a few windows.

 

[say yes]

I'm not talking about transfers... he has sources for other things related to Arsenal. That's a fact.

Please stay on topic then. This is the transfer rumours thread.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

Think CHO is United bound. They wont get Sancho. Would say CHO potential is about Sanchos level so good signing

 

[A_G]

Think CHO is United bound. They wont get Sancho. Would say CHO potential is about Sanchos level so good signing

He's a LW though, and Rashford plays there.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

He's a LW though, and Rashford plays there.

hes ambidextrous, no? might confuse him with someone else