Re: The Official Summer Transfer Rumours Thread

[urbaNRoots]

I don’t get why we didn’t sign a winger if Nelson has no intention if staying

Screw that, why didn’t we sign one regardless of Nelson did?

[RealGunner]

because 6 mids behind striker is the way forward (:

[Twoism]

Also cause we’re cheap

[Sina]

Hoffenheim have signed @ReissNelson9 on loan from @Arsenal until 30 June 2019! #WelcomeReiss pic.twitter.com/1KohMqLbni

— TSG Hoffenheim EN (@achtzehn99_en) August 31, 2018

At last a good loan move to Bundesliga for one of our players

[Jay29]

More importantly he's also signed a new long-term deal:

https://www.arsenal.com/news/reiss-signs-new-contract-ahead-hoffenheim-loan

So that's Maitland-Niles, Willock, Nketiah, Smith-Rowe and now Nelson signed up to new deals. Very clear that this is our new "English core". Also something of an accomplishment since a lot of young English players have left the big clubs for more playing time in recent years. Shows that our best talents still think they can get into the first team here.

If he gets 20-30 games all season, including some games in the Champions League, that'll be great.

[urbaNRoots]

Hoffenheim loan is a dream situation for any young player so I’m happy for Reiss.

I just wish we prepared for this better, we literally have no natural winger in our team. Zero.

[RealGunner]

Good move for Nelson. Suppose we have all have a bundesliga club to follow now.


I also hope we sign Sancho before his value goes really high.

[Jay29]

You know Dortmund are going to slap a £40m+ price on him the moment an English team comes in for him.

Buying these English kids is a good strategy for Bundesliga clubs. When the PL teams need more home grown players and come knocking they can demand huge fees.

But yeah, dreaming of that Sancho-Smith Rowe-Nelson-Nketiah attack tbh.

[Sina]

Lobotka is CL Level player
Him an Torreira in the same midfield would be very cool

[RealGunner]

I trust you Sina

Gonna tweet Emery

[Sina]

he talked about slight change of position

One of the novelties of this season with respect to the past is the position of Stanislav Lobotka. When he arrived at Celta he did it with the duality of being able to act as an interior or as a midfielder. In the celestial team began acting as an interior, but soon delayed his position, since Juan Carlos Unzué liked more what he contributed to the team in the midfield position, and also understood that the interiors were more reliable than their rivals for the post of pivot.

For the Navarran coach he was an essential player throughout the course. In fact, he was the only one who played all 38 games, becoming also the second player best valued by our readers, after Iago Aspas.

This season is still one of the favorites of the fans for his game, but he does it in a more advanced position, by the presence of Fran Beltrán, who acts as pivot: "The coach has put me ahead, I do not help too much in the construction of the game. It is something new and I accept it. The classification shows that it has benefited us, "he told the Slovak press.

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.moiceleste.com/2018/09/lobotka-y-su-cambio-de-posicion.html&prev=search

Should be our Santi Replacement imo

[rincon]

Lobotka looked fantastic in the U21. No clue about Celta.

[Sina]

Torreira-Lobotka would be class
Too short for Emery though
Milenkovic and Mavropanos as full backs too fix it

[Sina]

Good interview with a youth coach about Sancho

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/sep/09/jadon-sancho-england-borussia-dortmund

Spoiler:

[Jay29]

So with Sanllehi now effectively director of football, there are already fresh transfer rumours springing up.

Latest is that he's very keen on Cristian Pavon. We have interest in him last season at various points, so this isn't too surprising. A creative winger who seems to play mostly on the right, with a high ceiling and an affordable release clause... don't know why we'd sign him tbh.

[AnJl]

Pavon didn't look great at the World Cup

[Sina]

Arsenal are checking on Rennes’ 20-year-old winger Ismaila Sarr, who has been valued in the £20m bracket by the French side, although face competition from Inter Milan for the player. [Mirror] #afc pic.twitter.com/ZB2bWEJ2Bz

— afcstuff (@afcstuff) September 24, 2018

Good,but Pretty sure price will be higher than that

[Sina]

Thoughts on Demarai Gray?

[RealGunner]

Gray is too inconsistent.

Sarr would cost 30m+ considering Rennes paid 20m for him lol. Would love him though.

[Jay29]

Gray's nowhere near the required level yet. Has to offer a lot more end product otherwise he's just another Nathan Redmond.

[Sina]

Ndombele x Aouar vs Marseille (HD) by @ol_nolib. Ready to walk on Europe. pic.twitter.com/Yxx1LLZ5Nv

— OL Comps (@ol_comps) September 24, 2018

[RealGunner]

A new + improved 4yr contract was recently agreed between Arsenal & Aaron Ramsey. But #AFC withdrew offer, are now not in a position to proceed. Most likely he’ll leave for free next summer, unless the perfect opportunity for both parties arises in January https://t.co/5EXUoIsZx2

— David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) September 27, 2018

[Fenris]

Guess that's that.

[urbaNRoots]

2018 has been good, Wenger leaving, Walcott leaving, Giroud leaving and now Ramsey, the last legacy of Wenger leaving.

[Twoism]

Ramsey and Jack will be forever remembered for that one wonder year when they peaked way too young and too soon. His demand is ridiculous and he has been with the club for 12 years but I'm sure the fans will move on from him as fas as Theo

[Jay29]

I had a feeling it'd come down to this.

Ozil's new deal was significant in more ways than one. It raised the ceiling on what an important player at Arsenal could earn. Ramsey will feel he has every right to ask for a big fat salary given he won Player of the Season last year and has scored two cup final winning goals. It's the price Arsenal pays for neglecting to extend his contract earlier.

Since we didn't, we had to decide if he was worth it or not. And evidently we've decided he isn't. I wonder how much Gazidis' departure has influenced our decision to withdraw our offer. Maybe he was the one really pushing for an extension and Sanllehi/Mislintat weren't so keen. The investment it'd take to keep Ramsey could make it difficult to strengthen other positions, after all (that £200k+ p/w can go to two new signings). Perhaps even Emery decided in the end that Ramsey wasn't that important to his plans than he thought he'd be.

It's sad since he's been at Arsenal for 10 years, had that amazing 13/14 season and won us two cup finals. He's accomplished a lot more than Wilshere did.

But it's also a chance to rebalance the squad. Ramsey is a unique player and there aren't many midfielders like him around, but he's not irreplaceable.

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