✍️ OFFICIAL Hector Bellerin (Loan)

[Pepesuave]

Happy to see this happen. Aside from his raw pace ( which seems to have receeded in recent years) he has no outstanding quality.

- Average crosser
- Average ball control
- Average passer
- Average defensively

Much rather see AMN there, at least we'll have someone who is better defensively, ball control and passer of the ball.

£30m upfront + 5m would be a good deal for both sides.

Agreed! Folks here need to be realistic with their sale value expectations. Intra-British deals for English players are not realistic benchmarks.
Hakimi, a younger and better RB moved to Inter for €40M so why do we expect PSG to pay more for Bellerin?

 

[samshere]

Well Partey is more B2B than DM
and atleast we have similar quality in AMN to fill that RB position, we have noone of Partey's quality in midfield for that B2B position.

For me Bellerin is better than AMN right now as a RB but our midfield is poverty and needs reinforcements.

If PSG or Bayern pay us 40m+ for him then I would take it, I might even go down to 35m if its mostly straight cash but anything below is just not enough for a player of his quality even with covid financial hit.

Also everyone who was saying Bellerin is not good enough for Arsenal, where u guys at now. Three of the biggest clubs in world football want him

The biggest clubs want him because we're letting him go way below his value. I know everyone is raving about AMN in the community shield, but I felt Bellerin outperformed him. He's at least two levels above AMN going forward and about the same defensively. Also I don't think we need to be spending 50m on CM. Someone like Sangare is available for 10m odd and would do nearly the same job as Partey. Sell Martinez, Guendouzi and Torreira to get 50m odd more to add Aouar and our midfield is sorted without sacrificing Bellerin.

 

[AbouCuéllar]

Honestly, where does this myth that Maitland-Niles is a better passer of the ball than Bellerín come from?

It really couldn't be farther from the truth. Look at Bellerín's ball down the line to Saka in the lead up to the goal the other day. That wouldn't have happened with Maitland-Niles.

Bellerín isn't a special passer or anything, and I agree with selling him to raise funds (don't want stuff like Sangare; Partey, Aouar, maybe Soumare, but nothing cheap, buy well or don't buy), as without his pace he's nothing special (though a decent RB for a top side), but some of the hyperbole/poor reading of what AMN is is rather odd.

 

[drippin]

Someone like Sangare is available for 10m odd and would do nearly the same job as Partey.

:rofl:

 

[Kysus]

Pepe with Bellerin was brutal to watch at times.
Bellerin is a good, solid RB but for the way we want to play he is a liability more often than asset so selling makes sense.

AMN has been questionable positionally and it's essential that Mikel helps him there but ability on the ball he is just m(n) iles ahead of Hector, who moves like a tree.

 

[GunnerShy]

Agreed! Folks here need to be realistic with their sale value expectations. Intra-British deals for English players are not realistic benchmarks.
Hakimi, a younger and better RB moved to Inter for €40M so why do we expect PSG to pay more for Bellerin?

Why would I expect him to go for more? A couple of simple reasons:
Hakimi had just completed a two year loan at Dortmund. He had two years left on his contract. He was deemed surplus to requirements at RM. By comparison, Bellerin is our starter, and has been when fit since he took over from Debuchy. We will either need to reinvest to replace of accept downgrading our RB position.

The second point: Paris have deeeeeeeep pockets. They're unaffected by Covid-19 in reality.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Absolutely nothing through today on this. Usually means something has gone down, fully expecting it to be done by the end of the week.

 

[SK Lation]

Sangare is available for 10m odd and would do nearly the same job as Partey

He'd do nearly the same job as Xhaka, if any. Doubt you've seen him play. Or Partey.

 

[A_G]

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Are English media that clueless?

 

[HairSprayGooners]

oh ffs

 

[A_G]

Are English media that clueless?

Didn't RMC say on August 24 that Bellerin was offered to PSG as well?

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Didn't RMC say on August 24 that Bellerin was offered to PSG as well?

No RMC said they were interested

 

[A_G]

No RMC said they were interested

Just checked:

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Just checked:

Maybe his agent told psg he is for sale but why they play down the bid when all reliable media said they made 30m offer?

 

[A_G]

Maybe his agent told psg he is for sale but why they play down the bid when all reliable media said they made 30m offer?

Maybe they don't want to look desperate so Arsenal won't set the fee too high? Make it seem like they're looking at other options besides Hector.

 

[SK Lation]

Don't get the logic in this. Hector could've been offered to them and they may have offered that 25+5 afterwards nevertheless. It doesn't play down anything, just makes them look less desperate to get him. Usual business.

 

[Garrincha]

Maybe its @Mitch offering him around.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Well clearly PSG thought about it then bid. Jason Burt just rehashing old news at a time it may have looked different.

 

[LeadFarmer]

£30M + £1. Do it!!!!