Non-Arsenal Transfers Thread: January 2018

[GDeep™]

Was Silva in his last year at Monaco? Signing him as just 40M makes you wonder how much it would take to sign Mbappe. Going by this I doubt they have rejected 80-100M bids.

You can't measure like this though, Mbappe is a phenom, and probably happy to stay.

 

[4R5Emaniac]

Morata has pace. Problem is he is more Welbeck and may not be as good as Giroud even when it comes to goal scoring. You don't pay ridiculous money for a player who may or may not be actually good at his most important job.

 

[GDeep™]

Looks like City will spend 40-60M on maybe 5/6 players. Now that's a team rebuild.

Most clubs can't do that though. Can we sign more than one 40-60M player? Do I have to even ask?

I don't know why we can't sign Keita and Lukaku though, what's that 100ish?

 

[field442]

Looks like City will spend 40-60M on maybe 5/6 players. Now that's a team rebuild.

Most clubs can't do that though. Can we sign more than one 40-60M player? Do I have to even ask?

I don't know why we can't sign Keita and Lukaku though, what's that 100ish?

I reckon we could sign two 40-50m players. The Kolasinac signing is looking better and better when you see these prices floating about. We've probably saved ourself £20-30m on having to buy a left back.

 

[Penn_]

It is not that Morata doesnt posses quality, but he doesnt possess the most important quality for us and that is pace, he wouldnt be much of improvement over Giroud in this 3-4-3. People can laugh as much as they want but Welbeck if he would have a season without big injury would take Morata out with ease in our 3-4-3.

Welbeck can't even oust Giroud with ease

Morata isn't exactly slow either, not sure where this comes from.

 

[4R5Emaniac]

Welbeck can't even oust Giroud with ease

Morata isn't exactly slow either, not sure where this comes from.

Giroud is better than Morata.

 

[4R5Emaniac]

Looks like City will spend 40-60M on maybe 5/6 players. Now that's a team rebuild.

Most clubs can't do that though. Can we sign more than one 40-60M player? Do I have to even ask?

I don't know why we can't sign Keita and Lukaku though, what's that 100ish?

We could definitely get 3 50m players. The price could be a bit lower compared to City since they have to overpay by 5-10m I suppose but not much. We can recoup some of the expenditure through sales as well.

 

[BobP]

I've always thought Giroud and Walcott could have made a half decent pairing, similar to the way Heskey and Owen were.
As lone strikers they both have glaring weaknesses, Giroud movement and Walcott strength/ability but one's strength offsets the others weakness.

Walcott probably isn't as good as Owen was technically.

 

[GDeep™]

Walcott isn't as good a finisher as Owen either.

 

[Garrincha]

Only a little less smug than Owen as well.

 

[Heskey]

I'd take Kolasinac on a free rather than Mendy for +£40M every day of the week.


It's already silly season..

 

[4R5Emaniac]

I'd take Kolasinac on a free rather than Mendy for +£40M every day of the week.

I agree. I like Mendy more but he is never ever going to be a 40m+ player.

 

[4R5Emaniac]

Michael Owen was absolutely phenomenal. Walcott is not fit to tie his shoelaces.

 

[Heskey]

Rumour about Martin Braithwaithe to either Köln, Hoffenheim or some english clubs (not mentioned which) are starting again. Rumours of Köln interest last year too. Decent 25-year old striker, €10M might be the price demanded by Toulouse.

 

[Kingslayer]

Rumour about Martin Braithwaithe to either Köln, Hoffenheim or some english clubs (not mentioned which) are starting again. Rumours of Köln interest last year too. Decent 25-year old striker, €10M might be the price demanded by Toulouse.

Sounds like an estate agent.

 

[DanDare]

People getting so worked up. Teams buy players. Some of the big feebppayers won't be that good. We will make signings

 

[DanDare]

Sounds like an estate agent.

Braithwaite & Co Lettings

 

[Kobi]

Just to be clear I didn't say Walcott was as good as Owen, at anything, merely that playing off Giroud would probably suit him more than being either a winger or a lone striker.

 

[4R5Emaniac]

Just to be clear I didn't say Walcott was as good as Owen, at anything, merely that playing off Giroud would probably suit him more than being either a winger or a lone striker.

To be honest, I've actually thought of that myself before. Would've been an interesting experiment.

 

[Heskey]

Mendy is not sad ('cause he is joining I'd guess). Mbappé just wants food - if my translation of 'Régale moi cet Etihad Stadium' is correct.