Houssem Aouar

[Rex Stone]

Sambi?

I meant to include first team. He and Nuno might be good but they won’t help us this year.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Only problem I see is that will Arteta use 4-3-3? Has there been signs for it?

I though the same that we could use that formation against lesser teams.

This is why I first said that sign Ødegaard & Aouar. But now I'm thinking should be replace Elneny with someone like Zakaria if Arteta won't use 4-3-3.

no because we really don't have the numbers and players to try it if we play Partey Xhaka Sambi as 3 midfield it offer us so little going forward but if you put guy like Aouar there it'll change it massively i'm just predicting our club don't like take risks but if Maddison deal is difficult then getting Aouar and Ødegaard for combained 60-65M it's massive improvement too.

 

[drippin]

I meant to include first team. He and Nuno might be good but they won’t help us this year.

He will if Elneny doesn't play half of the EPL games like last season, along with Ceballos.

 

[Rex Stone]

He will if Elneny doesn't play half of the EPL games like last season, along with Ceballos.

The thing is though he wasn’t signed for the first team right?

Everyone being fit you’d assume it’d be Partey-Xhaka.

He might play a lot for us but I doubt it was planned he would.

 

[drippin]

The thing is though he wasn’t signed for the first team right?

Everyone being fit you’d assume it’d be Partey-Xhaka.

He might play a lot for us but I doubt it was planned he would.

You mean the starting line-up? Of course not yet.

Still especially after pre-season I have no doubts he will be better than Elneny already. Elneny played 1452 minutes in EPL last season. That's a crime.

It's a massive upgrade if Elneny doesn't play much or at all in EPL.

 

[#254]

Says a lot when Villa doesn't even bother to sign him to replace Grealish

He doesn't want to be scrapping up in the Championship with Sheffield Wednesday in two years! Villa know that!

 

[Goonger]

Obligation wasn't option they'll end up giving Atalanta 55M euros.

Loan with option my friend....

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

Red flags for me with Aouar. Can't dispute his talent or ability but why has no other biggish club snapped him up over the past 12-18 months? It's not like Lyon are overvaluing him.

Something's wrong here. Feels like we're desperately working our way down our shopping list, trying to pull something off.

We'll probably be sniffing around Fekir tomorrow.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Loan with option my friend....

if it's loan plus option this is terrible deal unless they have first refusal to buy him because someone else can buy him i thought Gollini deal was loan plus option not Romero lol.

 

[boonthegoon]

Will be ok with this only if we get him + Ødegaard

Also loan with option sounds good for me. If he plays well we can get him for a preset price.

 

[Goonger]

Aouar played centre mid in this game vs City, he partnered N'Dombele in the middle of the park, so he could work in a 2, especially for the lesser games.

 

[Goonger]

if it's loan plus option this is terrible deal unless they have first refusal to buy him because someone else can buy him i thought Gollini deal was loan plus option not Romero lol.

Yeah, usually loan with option gives the buying club first refusal at the agreed price.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

You mean the starting line-up? Of course not yet.

Still especially after pre-season I have no doubts he will be better than Elneny already. Elneny played 1452 minutes in EPL last season. That's a crime.

It's a massive upgrade if Elneny doesn't play much or at all in EPL.

Although i agree with your general point, 90 of those minutes were the best individual performance of any last season.

**** on Elneny, just dont have diarrhea on him i beg

 

[drippin]

Although i agree with your general point, 90 of those minutes were the best individual performance of any last season.

**** on Elneny, just dont have diarrhea on him i beg

I said this 2,5 years ago, and have also praised his personality as a squad player. I'm just totally done with him now, especially as I see him play half of the league games. That's fxcked up.

If you see me mocking Elneny, I'm just taking the piss. I need to vent my frustration somewhere. Others do it to Xhaka and all the better players in our squad.

I like Elneny as a squad player, but an upgrade with potential would be great as the Everton match was horrible to watch along with some other performances I think. Not his fault totally but part of the midfield and was substituted at halftime.

 

[Blankety Blank]

They will never accept a loan with an option to buy. The guy has 2 years in contract.

You maybe right however if he did well here they would sell him. At the moment it really doesnt look like there is a big line to buy him this window.

It really depends on their cash situation.

Teams need to be more creative.

Id certainly take a similar deal for Hector & probably others in the current climate.

 

[Halcyon Daze]

Red flags for me with Aouar. Can't dispute his talent or ability but why has no other biggish club snapped him up over the past 12-18 months? It's not like Lyon are overvaluing him.

Something's wrong here. Feels like we're desperately working our way down our shopping list, trying to pull something off.

We'll probably be sniffing around Fekir tomorrow.

Defo. But it’s £20m (ish), and we start the season tomorrow with zero creativity. There is limited risk with this. He has the ability, that’s clear.

 

[Blankety Blank]

if it's loan plus option this is terrible deal unless they have first refusal to buy him because someone else can buy him i thought Gollini deal was loan plus option not Romero lol.

I honestly thought it was loan with obligation.
If true they will have 1st refusal though im sure so in many ways its a good deal for Sp**s.

If Romero flops they send him back.
If he does well Levy will likely then offer them half that

 

[A_G]

Only problem I see is that will Arteta use 4-3-3? Has there been signs for it?

He said in December he wants to play that system:

In an interview with Dazn journalist Nacho González, Arteta made clear that formations are not the be-all and end-all, although he does have an end goal in mind.

“For me the way we occupy space and who is going to move in there is more important than the formation,” he said.

“And from there we have some very similar players that are not used to play in those positions so we have to keep changing the formation a little bit.

“We want to move to a 4-3-3 but for that, you need a lot of specificity in every position but now in five or six positions, we don’t have it.

“The aggressiveness, the effectiveness, the amount of steals we make in opposition half I think we have been very steady against some big clubs.

“I think that what we miss is in the opponent’s area and the last part of the pitch. We have to find the key in the attack, that last decision, that last pass, that last cross to create a goal situation, a goal, a shot, a corner, etc.”

 

[truth_hurts]

When's it going to end Robbie?

 

[drippin]

He said in December he wants to play that system:

“I think that what we miss is in the opponent’s area and the last part of the pitch. We have to find the key in the attack, that last decision, that last pass, that last cross to create a goal situation, a goal, a shot, a corner, etc.”

Nice find, thanks!

So obviously my first suggestion to buy both Ødegaard & Aouar for Maddison fee would be great.

Partey, Xhaka and Sambi can play DMF.

This would be great against lesser teams.