Arteta’s Transfer Targets: Summer 2024

[GoonerJeeves]

I would say he has to be backed really strong this summer and this would be his last big window unless he gets the team winning.

He'll be backed. Whether we win something is an entirely different matter.

 

[GDeep™]

He'll be backed. Whether we win something is an entirely different matter.

Should be sacked if he doesn’t win anything next season. That’s a fair crack, 5 years after winning with a team from previous regimes.

 

[LookingForEric]

Yeah, if we can sign 1 player who gives us that x factor and 2-3 system players it would be top summer.

Our system is great and still a work in progress. Our football is elite and next year we will be even better under Arteta but I feel like we need some spice to give us that extra distance when it matters. Someone who can complement the system with fire and magic!

Completely agree. Thus far nobody we’ve been linked with has the X factor in my opinion.

 

[LookingForEric]

Should be sacked if he doesn’t win anything next season. That’s a fair crack, 5 years after winning with a team from previous regimes.

Completely agree with this but I do reckon we could be favourites next year.

 

[OnlyOne]

Should be sacked if he doesn’t win anything next season. That’s a fair crack, 5 years after winning with a team from previous regimes.

He won’t be though, club are happy so long as we keep getting CL. We’ve seen it before.

 

[GoonerJeeves]

Should be sacked if he doesn’t win anything next season. That’s a fair crack, 5 years after winning with a team from previous regimes.

Not sure that is in our DNA. If he has the dressing room and qualifies for the CL, the board will stand by their man.

 

[GDeep™]

He won’t be though, club are happy so long as we keep getting CL. We’ve seen it before.

That was on a budget while paying off debt. This is massive spending where owners and fans will expect more.

I know what you’re saying though.

 

[GDeep™]

Completely agree with this but I do reckon we could be favourites next year.

This was our year, I had tipped City to underperform - which they have. Think they’ll come back with a bang next year, Pep will obviously spend.

 

[Rasmi]

This was our year, I had tipped City to underperform - which they have. Think they’ll come back with a bang next year, Pep will obviously spend.

If city win remaining games they will have two points more than last season. They are 1 point behind where they were after 32 points. Hardly underperforming

 

[Sanchez11]

We need flair in our team and ball carriers. Plus more pace!

 

[GDeep™]

If city win remaining games they will have two points more than last season. They are 1 point behind where they were after 32 points. Hardly underperforming

Points table doesn’t always tell you the real picture. They haven’t looked convincing in games, poor record in top 6 clashes etc.

 

[LookingForEric]

Points table doesn’t always tell you the real picture. They haven’t looked convincing in games, poor record in top 6 clashes etc.

They’ve performed exactly how they performed last season. They start fairly averagely and everyone says oh it’s different this year! Then they go 25 unbeaten winning 97% of them and win the league.

 

[Rasmi]

Points table doesn’t always tell you the real picture. They haven’t looked convincing in games, poor record in top 6 clashes etc.

True they are not playing as well and defensively they conceded more. But there is still good chance they will get more points than last season.

 

[RunTheTrap]

I'm going to give you guys a Havard-style rebuild that is not only affordable but realistic. I call it the RunTheTrap School of Excellence. @OnlyOne write this down and get it sent to Edu, please.

In:
Exequiel Palacios - £70M. CM/DM
Nico Williams - £50M. LW/RW
Alt-Nouri - £40M. LB
Gyokeres - £70M. CF


Total - £230M

Out:
Jesus - £40M
Nketiah - £20M
Zinchenko - £30M
ESR - £25M
Ramsdale - £40M
Nelson - £8M
Partey - Free
Elneny - Free
Vieira - £18M

Total - £191M

Williams - Gyokeres - Saka
Palacios - Rice - Ødegaard
Nouri - Gabriel - Saliba - White
Raya

Bench: Martinelli, Havertz, Trossard, Tomiyasu, Kiwior, Timber, Jorginho, Nwaneri, Hein.

 

[Rasmi]

I'm going to give you guys a Havard-style rebuild that is not only affordable but realistic. I call it the RunTheTrap School of Excellence. @OnlyOne write this down and get it sent to Edu, please.

In:
Exequiel Palacios - £70M. CM/DM
Nico Williams - £50M. LW/RW
Alt-Nouri - £40M. LB
Gyokeres - £70M. CF


Total - £230M

Out:
Jesus - £40M
Nketiah - £20M
Zinchenko - £30M
ESR - £25M
Ramsdale - £40M
Nelson - £8M
Partey - Free
Elneny - Free
Vieira - £18M

Total - £191M

Williams - Gyokeres - Saka
Palacios - Rice - Ødegaard
Nouri - Gabriel - Saliba - White
Raya

Bench: Martinelli, Havertz, Trossard, Tomiyasu, Kiwior, Timber, Jorginho, Nwaneri, Hein.

30 million for Zinchenko and 18 million for Vieira is hilarious

 

[balthazar]

Players I think will go ...

Ramsdale
Cedric - OOC
Tavares
KT
Elneny - OOC
Partey
Sambi
Eddie
Jorg - if we don't extend

Players we might needlessly hang onto but should probably sell...

Viera
ESR
Nelson

I'd keep Jorg and ESR, sell the rest

 

[TheDrunkenMaster]

Its simple for me. We need to make the left side tick just aswell as the right. At the moment, teams know if they shut down the right, we have nothing to offer.

Sign 3 starters - LB, LCM, LW (Ideally Kvaratskhelia)

Timber could well be the LB if he can stay fit, but we still need one incase he can't.

How quick is kvaratskhelia? Ideally we would sign him and Williams who can play on both wing.
Estupiñán could be an option for left back, he was very good in his first season in the league

 

[Jasard]

30 million for Zinchenko and 18 million for Vieira is hilarious

Think you'd struggle to get anything for Jesus, his knees are destroyed

 

[LookingForEric]

I'm going to give you guys a Havard-style rebuild that is not only affordable but realistic. I call it the RunTheTrap School of Excellence. @OnlyOne write this down and get it sent to Edu, please.

In:
Exequiel Palacios - £70M. CM/DM
Nico Williams - £50M. LW/RW
Alt-Nouri - £40M. LB
Gyokeres - £70M. CF


Total - £230M

Out:
Jesus - £40M
Nketiah - £20M
Zinchenko - £30M
ESR - £25M
Ramsdale - £40M
Nelson - £8M
Partey - Free
Elneny - Free
Vieira - £18M

Total - £191M

Williams - Gyokeres - Saka
Palacios - Rice - Ødegaard
Nouri - Gabriel - Saliba - White
Raya

Bench: Martinelli, Havertz, Trossard, Tomiyasu, Kiwior, Timber, Jorginho, Nwaneri, Hein.

This doesn’t move the needle imo. You’re also getting rid of a lot of depth and not adding anything. Expect fringe players to go but Jesus/Zinny etc will stay.

There’s also no X factor in the signings, unless Gyokeres can translate his form to the PL of course.

 

[db10_therza]

We need a winger and a striker. So you either go for a young striker with potential like Sesko and then a ready made winger. Or you go for a ready made striker and a young winger.

I think the market for ready made players is better for wingers?

Rodrygo
Leao
Musiala

Bracket under that would include guys like Mitoma, Neto, Nico Williams etc.

You look at the CF’s and the list is slim.

Lautaro Martinez
Osimhen
Isak
Vlahovic
Gyokeres
Sesko
Zirkzee

I’ll be honest even guys like Osimhen can’t make something out of nothing which is what we lack. Hence why more money should be pushed into a winger imo.

Not that I disagree with winger and CF but they are so far below a CM for me it’s not even a joke.

And I just don’t see the CM links.

Rice needs to be at 6 and we need a credible b2b midfielder alongside him to play lcm that can help knit play between our first and third phases, which frees up Ødegaard to be a menace at the edge of the opposition box.

We have 2 reliable borderline WC players in Rice (at breaking up counters and sweeping) and Ødegaard (at orchestrating attack). We need to build around this reality and that means we need to pair them with another midfielder. I don’t want to see Rice having to push up where he just isn’t as good, or Ødegaard have to drop deep where he isn’t as effective.

Everything else is negotiable but this isn’t, not for me anyways.