Re: The Official Summer Transfer Rumours Thread

[Twoism]

Mediocre player,we should be doing better
if we cant,just don't sign anyone
current team is good enough to win EL

That’s bold statement, I dont think we are favorite to win EL. Mediocre might not be the right world, average maybe. Unai might not be entirely convinced by them either hence we are trying really hard with those loan and option instead of obligation. He desperately needs players for those positions as I feel like we might crash and burn the moment Laca or Auba injued or off form.

[Jay29]

Reports suggesting that the Perisic deal isn't going to happen.

Now we're back in for Carrasco.

[RealGunner]

I am a Perisic fan but indeed he was crap this year. Poor numbers say much but not everything. Anyway they say enough in this case, his performances were poor regardless of numbers.

I believed it had to with World Cup tbh, so I hoped for his "resurrection", but when Marotta explained that Perisic wants to go to Arsenal, I've thought it had to with motivations.
Because a discontent player underperforms and Croatians are a good example of it.

Probably he'd play good again under Emery as he did in his first years in Inter ( even though inconsistency but at the end he's a solid player)

Anyway deal seems more and more difficult as time passes.

Does Denis Suarez exclude Perisic ?

No they were separate deals. But it looks like Perisic is too difficult since we don't want to have the buy clause of 35m.

[Jay29]

Nketiah may be heading to Augsburg on loan.

Of all the young players, he's the one that needs games the most and he's not going to get any now that we're out of the FA Cup.

It wouldn't surprise me if Joe Willock was loaned somewhere as well.

[Jay29]

Ozil has rejected a loan off from PSG, according to this:

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/oezil-transfermarkt-psg-tuchel-arsenal-1.4310347

PSG are looking for short-term cover for Neymar. Might be something to keep an eye on during deadline day.

[RealGunner]

Ozil-Neymar-Mbappe-Cavani all in one team....imagine.

[urbaNRoots]

Second time he’s rejected PSG, my boy....

[Jay29]

More loan rumours:

Smith Rowe could be joining RB Leipzig.

Willock has reportedly rejected a loan to Luton.

[RealGunner]

We could have definitely used Smith Rowe in the PL tbh. But i hope his loan is a successful one.

[Jay29]

Arsenal’s attempts to sign Ivan Perisic from Inter Milan or fellow-winger Yannick Carrasco of Dalian Yifang look to be over but they are still working on Paris-St German midfielder Christopher Nkunku after sealing Denis Suarez deal. Full details below & @BBCSport #AFC #INTER #PSG pic.twitter.com/Uu4x9k92gI

— David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) January 30, 2019

[RealGunner]

Get anyone in ffs.

[RealGunner]

Arsenal pressed hard for Perisic. They want loan + option, Inter Milan want permanent or loan + obligation. So #AFC offered to pay penalty fee if loan doesn’t become permanent. No sign of #Inter budging. Far lower numbers & effort in Carrasco pursuit. Nkunku said to be 50/50 #PSG

— David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) January 30, 2019

[Unique]

and everyone said it was wengers fault arsenal didnt sign players.

[Jay29]

Deadline day tomorrow. Seems that the state of play is:

Suarez - Should be announced tomorrow when the paperwork is done.

Perisic - Not completely dead yet but seems unlikely there'll be a breakthrough without some major compromise.

Carrasco - Doesn't seem like we're that serious about getting him but something might happen late on if he's still available.

Nkunku - Seems dependent on PSG getting another midfielder in.

Smith Rowe and Nketiah - Rumoured to be heading off to the Bundesliga on loan.

[Jay29]

Carrasco to Arsenal off. Player part fine but loan fee offer far too low to suggest recent interest was as serious as it seemed early Jan. Better offer from another club (reportedly AC Milan) & Dalian Yifang were offered replacement but reluctant so set to stay in China #AFC #ACM

— David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) January 31, 2019

Meanwhile, it seems PSG are trying to sign Luciano Acosta from DC United. If they do, that would push Nkunku out the door.

[urbaNRoots]

Welcome Nkunku! Don’t know anything about him but I trust Emery knows him well.

Surprising that we didn’t go after Adli instead considering our effort to sign him in the summer.

Probably has to do with Nkunku's versatility, who apparently can play RB, RW, LW on top of CM.

[urbaNRoots]

Perisic to Arsenal off - #Inter ended all player talks yesterday, #AFC attempts to structure loan + option (+ penalty fee if option not taken) of no interest. Nkunku efforts ongoing but now very unlikely #PSG. Suarez announcement soon. Smith Rowe #RBLeipzig loan, no option to buy

— David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) January 31, 2019

Nkunku and Perisic are off too, wtf. On the other hand PSG have booked a medical for Nkunku's supposed replacement

La piste menant à Lucho Acosta (Washington), révélée par la presse américaine, est sérieuse pour le #PSG. Tuchel a demandé un renfort offensif après la blessure de Neymar. Le joueur va venir à Paris en attendant qu'un possible accord soit trouvé d'ici minuit #Mercato #Rmclive

— Loïc Tanzi (@Tanziloic) January 31, 2019

Edit: More signs that we'll not be signing anyone

As things stand Eddie Nketiah will not be joining Augsburg on loan. Deal has fallen apart in last few hours.

— James Benge (@jamesbenge) January 31, 2019

[Jay29]

It's possible Nketiah's loan has been cancelled because we couldn't get Nkunku in. Still seems a bit strange that we wouldn't get Nkunku as well now that PSG seem to have the midfielders they wanted.

[Sina]

We need 20 years old Cesc Fabregas
Thats only way i can tolerate Iwobi/Denis Suarez in first XI

[RealGunner]

We are delighted to announce the loan singing of @emilesmithrowe!

The 18-year-old joins us on loan until the end of the season from @Arsenal and will wear the number 18 shirt.

Welcome to Leipzig, Emile!

#DieRotenBullen pic.twitter.com/VSfLZNdNqv

— RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN) January 31, 2019

[Jay29]

I think that's it for ins and out this month.

The Nkunku deal seems dead because Arsenal aren't offering enough for the purchase option.

[Sina]

Wonder how many minutes he will get at RBL

[Eman]

Personally I'm not too bothered by only getting Suarez in. Perisic, Carrasco, and Nkunku all seemed like knee-jerk signings to make up the numbers whereas with Suarez we were in for him from the start. If we got Perisic for example it would have been nice now, but then if we paid a big fee at the start of the summer to keep him, we surely wouldn't be getting another winger on top of him and personally I didn't think he was the the long-term answer anyway. There are other wingers out there who have superior stats and long-term potential. The other two guys have potential but will either of them be the world class solution we're looking for? Probably not.

Looking ahead to the summer, we will probably need a RB (pending using Chambers there), a GK, a backup CM or winger to fill the gaps left by players leaving, as well as a first choice CB and winger which remain the priorities since last summer ended. There's a lot of business to be done but at least we have time and opportunity to get it right in the summer and it's clear that the club has the right priorities of where we need to buy based on us seeing links in all of those positions.

Let's hope the guys who are already here have a great 2nd half of the season and give us every opportunity to form a real title challenging squad next year.

[Sina]

Plan should be getting one more season from Auba and sell him in summer of 2020
should compile list of young forwardS already

Rafael Leao from Lille is one to watch

[Jay29]

Took this from r/gunners. This is what Ornstein had to say on the recent Arsecast:

The January budget was "meager", nearly nothing to work with for permanent signings. Loan signings with options to buy was the target. Any loan signings had to have option to buy, not obligation. Targeted players were told this fact.

Arsenal vaguely explored to bring back Chambers from Fulham but that would have incurred a recall fee so Arsenal shelved the idea and focused on attacking targets.

Mavropanos highly thought of within club. Wenger was annoyed he was bought in without his opinion but he came round on his ability after watching him in training.

Arsenal thought we were well off in numbers at the back but were aware of quality issues.

Focus on defensive signings in Summer.

Arsenal were looking for box-to-box midfielder and wide player for January. Went extremely hard for Perisic. Inter were angry that we wouldn't give them an obligation to buy Perisic. There weren't interested in the reported penalty fee.

Arsenal were interested in Carrasco at start of the window. Loan fee offered was nowhere near what Dalian Yifang wanted. When Arsenal went back in for him after Perisic, the loan fee didn't change.

Serious interest in Nkunku throughout the staff. Thought it could have been done. Needed PSG to get a midfielder for deal to go through. Politics in play with Tuchel and Mislantat. Wouldn't be surprised if we go back in for him in the Summer.

Emery likes experienced players and players he knows and trusts, hence Denis Suarez.

Rumored reports on the potential of us going in for Rabiot.

Emery was highly on board with Guendouzi signing. If Guendouzi didn't go through, Emery would have been interested in N'Zonzi.

Shock to everyone at club that Gazidis left. Everyone thought he would smooth over the transition process before leaving.

Mislantat wanted the technical director role in the club. No recommendation after Gazidis left to take the role.

Jason Rosenfeld was included in the panel to select the new manager.

Mislantat led Carrasco & Perisic deals but then Raul took over those deals after Mislantat was confirmed to leave.

Mislantat's plan was to step back in year 1 to assess the squad and then step in to restructure it but by then it was too late as he is now leaving.

Whoever takes the Techinical Director role has to be known and trusted by Emery or have a strong connection with Arsenal.

Monchi is Raul & Emery's first choice for the role. Ornstein heard from someone it's a done deal but not sure and will probably hear more in the coming days/weeks.

Looking to head towards an intelligent recruitment model, i.e. buy unknowns, develop them into talents and either keep or sell them for money to re-invest into the team.

Doesn't believe there was a fallout between Raul & Sven, just that their outlooks conflicted each others.

Self sustaining model is set to continue.

Arsenal set well in analytics etc.

Arsenal impressed with Ljungberg and Mertesacker. Emery's training sessions are intense.

Kroenke's leaving Raul and Vinai to run club as they are happy with how they go about things.

Ornstein not seeing a clear vision of what Kroenke wants for the club or what the plan is.

Most of Arsenal's directors were at the Superbowl on Sunday. City's directors were surprised at the low number of them at the match on Sunday.

Emery long-term appointment. Club expects 4/5 transfer windows before they get to where they want to be competitively.

Ornstein has heard that we can have around £100m in Summer but doesn't want to say that for a fact as he is not completely sure.

Some within the club didn't want to give Ozil a contract and some didn't want Ozil to be on that wage. Ozil had bargaining power due to Sanchez leaving.

Troubles with how Ozil is settling in Emery's play-style.

Ornstein not sure whether his story of Ozil being recommended to leave was from Emery, the hierarchy or both.

Ozil is training well and not a problem within the camp.

Theorizes that Ozil is not playing so he will be forced to leave in the Summer, thus saving Arsenal millions.

[RealGunner]

Ornstein not seeing a clear vision of what Kroenke wants for the club or what the plan is.

Most of Arsenal's directors were at the Superbowl on Sunday. City's directors were surprised at the low number of them at the match on Sunday.

What a surprise

Ornstein has heard that we can have around £100m in Summer but doesn't want to say that for a fact as he is not completely sure.

Spending big has gotten us nowhere so it's not like having 500m will do us a world of good. What we need is to get players who works for Emery imo.

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