Arsenal looking to have a very good attack. Their defense is still crap though, I wouldn't be surprised if they ship as many goals as they score. It also raises the question of what is going to happen next year when their loanees return to their old clubs. If there's no option to purchase at the end of the loan, Arsenal's midfield is going to be gutted next summer when Ceballos and Coutinho leave. The loan model is intriguing, but poses its own risks.
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Does Coutinho even improve Arsenal?
Can't wait for the 1 shot on target in our home games.The bus will be back
I would say definitely.
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I dunno. It’s unusual for such wide and varying sources to all go with the same line. Could be Levy is shitting himself at the possibility of losing Eriksen for free next season, or being lowballed by a foreign club after our window closes, with no opportunity to replace him. Think it’s very much a case of having to sell before they buy.
Maybe enough to get 4th and some cash, then attract better players or even opt to buy loanees.
I would say they have a much better chance than us if we sign no one else.
Coutinho, Pepe, Aubameyang/Lacazette, Ceballos/Ozil is a very decent front 4.
Can all play different roles and positions. If he finds his Liverpool form he could be scary.
Coutinho at arsenal would be very annoying, when we don't do jack this window
Hmm he's been pretty crap for 18 months now. I suppose he's a decent Ramsey replacement but I don't see how they would get that much better with him.
Better to have Ceballos and Coutinho now, for the season, than risk not having them at all. At least these two could get them into the Champions League. Then they can get a higher quality of player. It's exactly what United should be doing. Coutinho i'd prefer to Eriksen.
I don't recall it being so driven as the Bruno links. Even DiMarzio putting his hat in the ring. It's all too forced. If we filtered out every tweet about Bruno in this thread it would be half as many pages.
Have they signed a defender for the coming season? Their most pressing area to address is their defence and they haven’t done that. I’d be pretty pissed off if I was an arsenal fan.
I don't understand why we wouldn't loan him for a year.
Barcelona still owe us most of the money for that transfer.
Maybe. However they will be hellish exciting to watch and might just have the attitude that they will outscore other teams.
Nicolas Gaitan says hello.
Barcelona hasn't worked tor him but I would say he has been far from crap. There is still a very good player in there and if he could replicate his Liverpool form then I think Arsenal (if true) fans would be laughing.
Okay. The replies to my question are almost as relentless as the Bruno tweets.
Not really. They have lots of players that can change games and score goals. They still haven't figured out they need a defence as well.
Yes, I would say so, although I'm not his biggest fan.
Ceballos is also a very good signing, and adding Coutinho to compliment Pepe, Ozil, Lacazette and Aubameyang, means they'll have a very potent attack.
Opposite of us. We have sorted, hopefully, our defence, but it is if we can create and score enough goals.
If they manage to get a defender in like Upamecano on top of this then they will have had a very good window.
Possibly, but if the argument is that top players want to play with other top players, and players like Ceballos and Coutinho leave for their parent clubs next year, then Arsenal may have CL football to offer but will still be down 2 top players that helped them get there. The loan system is an intriguing path back to relevance, but it is not sustainable (see Watford from a few years ago). Not that we'll get him this window, but I'd rather have Eriksen guaranteed for 3-4 years than one year of Coutinho. That's the kind of stability that you can build around and use to attract top talent.
Oh they'll be exciting to watch, but they won't do any better than last season.
Agreed. That would be a great window for them.
If they get CL then it is easier to attract those players. If we do not get anyone else we might not be able to give a player that next season. We need CL football or it will get harder to make signings that the manager wants.
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Exactly. Simply get Champions League football, however you can. Arsenal are doing it with two loan guys who aren't THAT much of an investment for them. And I think Pepe is an excellent signing. This will make them a viable option for all top level players next summer. Shows what you can do when you have forward planning and a specialist in charge of transfers. Without further additions, United aren't finishing in the top 5 this year.
Who is this guy? Bilel Ghazi is usually quite reliable from what I remember, isn't he?
I think we've made our team better this summer. I don't think that's true for Arsenal yet, Coutinho or not.
We should make Nicolas Gaitan a club ambassador when he retires.
Much emotion in this tweet for their captain after 9 years there.
They both are pretty reliable, so who knows. Laurens is slightly more attuned to the market, but Ghazi is not a bullshitter by any means.
Works for Le Parisien. Had a hissy fit when United knocked out PSG last season. Works with James Richardson on the CL goals show on BT.
I'm happy the window is closing Thursday. I don't think I can take 3 more weeks of this shit.
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Agreed. A disappointing window for us I find. So many glaring weaknesses left.
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