Re: The Official Summer Transfer Rumours Thread

[Jay29]

Welbeck being linked with a move to Palace in January. Possibly for around £10m.

Losing depth in mid-season is never ideal, but getting some money for Welbeck would be useful.

[El Gunner]

Welbeck has been useful and will continue to be useful when called upon, so as long as we have a replacement lined up for him, then I'm okay with it.

I don't know how ready Nketiah is to step up.

[urbaNRoots]

If the plan is not to keep him beyond this summer then we should sell, enough players have left for free now.

[Sina]

Arsenal are interested in 18-year-old Bahia midfielder Ramires, with the club having watched six of his games as they consider a move for him. [@Football_LDN via Paulo Vinicius Coelho] #afc pic.twitter.com/ufCccG6i49

— afcstuff (@afcstuff) November 7, 2018

Bahia will resist any moves for Ramires from rivals clubs in their domestic league, but may be willing to sanction a move to Europe, with Arsenal his “most likely destination”. [@Football_LDN via Paulo Vinicius Coelho] #afc pic.twitter.com/T1tLNMdI2L

— afcstuff (@afcstuff) November 7, 2018

[RealGunner]

who?

Looks like an A grade pleb

but since we have like 0 Brazilians i am all for it

inb4 no work permit

[Jay29]

Unless we pay a huge fee + wages, there's no chance that guy gets a work permit. It'd be another Carlos Vela/Wellington Silva/Samuel Galindo situation.

And that's before Brexit comes along and fucks the work permit system even more.

[Sina]

Ndombele and Aouar are so good ffs
double swoop needed

[urbaNRoots]

Add their left back Mendy to the basket

Lyon are a gold mine, I would be disappointed not to get at least one of these guys.

[Sina]

Arsenal are one of the more “insisting” clubs in pursuit of Espanyol defender Mario Hermoso. [@marca] #AFC pic.twitter.com/dMkobY3FpS

— Cannon Insider (@CannonInsider) November 9, 2018

Jay do you about him?

[Sina]

Image: Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Kai Havertz answers “Özil” when asked ‘Özil or Kroos?’. [Bayer04TV] #afc pic.twitter.com/7aqZ9TGJEk

— afcstuff (@afcstuff) November 14, 2018

[Sina]

Bayern Munich closing in on Aaron Ramsey signing. Story: https://t.co/I56O1Ty2id

— Jack Pitt-Brooke (@JackPittBrooke) November 15, 2018

RAMBO

[El Gunner]

^^Can we get a little bit of Tolisso in that deal

[Hapless_Hans]

Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever for us to sign Ramsey when we recently have signed Tolisso and Goretzka both of whom are very similar players

[Jay29]

Didn't know Goretzka and Tolisso were strikers.

[Hapless_Hans]

Both are midfielders whose main drive and ability is to get into scoring positions rather than dictate play

Anyway, according to BILD sources, while Ramsey has been offered to Bayern by his agent(as he has been to any top club duh), it nowhere near a 'done deal'.

It's just funny because in German football media, transfer rumours aren't quite such a prominent thing as in their English counterparts, so media competence is less developed too lol.

Reports in Germany often refer to and cite English reports, even complete trash papers like the Mail or the Mirror, or even SUn or Express, and in this case they make a point of underlining that the Independent is a 'serious' ("seriös", meaning competent, professional, to be taken seriously) newspaper.
While I want to scream at my screen "NOT IN FOOTBALL TRANSFER NEWS THEY AREN'T"

[Sina]

@Morgangibbs27 is rivalling @Wolves' midfield stars with his passing ability and dribbling skills@adrianjclarke explains in detail: https://t.co/iRZ3f0Iufm pic.twitter.com/Vg5SuOumay

— Premier League (@premierleague) November 18, 2018

one to watch
been a long time since we signed young English talent

[Jay29]

They're expensive as fuck, that's why.

Gibbs-White looks very good, but he does play in an area where we have our own talent (Smith Rowe and Nelson, especially).

If we want more English talent, the best place to look is the lower leagues. They provide a decent amount of talent to our youth teams and tend to be a little cheaper. And lower league players are more likely to step-up to a big English club, even if they don't get playing time.

Someone like Gibbs-White, who's starting to get PL minutes, will look at Sancho and Nelson in Germany and think that moving abroad will be a better move than moving to a top six bench.

[Sina]

Özil's biggest contribution post mega contract might as well be luring Havertz our way,since he is his role model

[Sina]

blow our entire budget on Ndombele IMO

[urbaNRoots]

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2018/11/29/18118006/chelsea-hudson-odoi-hurtling-towards-ignominious-end-to-contract-stand-off

I wonder if Chelsea would let Hudson-Odoi leave for Arsenal? Has a similar contract situation to Sancho before he left for Dortmund and hasn't gotten any minutes at Chelsea.

Imagine having Nelson on the right and Hudson-Odoi on the left

[Jay29]

Well after Medley and Nketiah, it seems Arsenal is a popular place for Chelsea boys who can't get minutes.

In all seriousness, Hudson-Odoi looks an exciting player but I don't think his situation would improve much with us. He might get more cup minutes but he'll be looking for regular games. And it's going to be difficult for us to give Smith Rowe, Nkeitah and Nelson minutes as is without adding another teenager to the mix.

[Sina]

Not seen much of him,but a profile we need

[Jay29]

We're being linked with Cengiz Under:

http://sportwitness.co.uk/arsenal-serious-signing-player-whod-perfect-emery-gunners-official-sent/

Now that'd be a target I could get behind.

[Sina]

I still believe in Schick
now he is getting minutes as a #9

[boyzis]

If you have a chance to sell ozil in the summer. Will you guys do it?

If that means keeping ramsey. Adding another player who can come in the wages of ozil. What do you guys think?

What do you think is wirth the wages being paid for him.

[Jay29]

I'm okay with selling Ozil for a good offer, but not so we could keep Ramsey. I'd rather both go, in that case.

Ozil is proving unreliable for a player on £300k p/w. We made the right choice in keeping him last January (as in, we had no other choice but to keep him, because losing him and Sanchez in one window would have been very damaging), but he's picking up more injuries, missing games due to illnesses, and has recently been left out because games have been "too intense" for him. If that doesn't describe a luxury player, I don't know what will.

And I say that as someone who loves Ozil and think he's a great player. We're not going to find someone as good as he is (or can be) very easily on our budget. It's just that at the moment he's proving a bit difficult to fit in, in terms of what Emery wants from his players and what it means for the balance of the side. Same with Ramsey.

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