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Maluco

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People questioning White and Maddison to Arsenal are acting like they are a relegation team!

They are the perfect next step for someone like White. The top teams are signing Varane and Kounde, where else is he going to go to take that next step?

Maddison isn’t well liked by Brendan and is said to have behavioral issues. Arsenal are a bigger club than Leicester, he will almost definitely get a bigger wage, have a larger profile and be living in London. Why wouldn’t he go?

Things can change very quickly in football and Arsenal are showing they have more money than these mid table teams and they have a bigger reputation. They should be ambitious and it’s not a bad move for either of those players. They wouldn’t be getting in the teams of any of the current top 4.
 

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This would be a weird move right?

I concede Arsenal are still a bigger appeal than Leicester. But surely Maddison is too good to play there if he were to leave Leicester?
Could he aspire to go to City, United, Chelsea or Liverpool considering the players they have ? He might not want to be a super-sub. That leaves us and Spurs i guess.
Unless Leicester have something in mind, i think he'll be priced out of a move.
 

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We signed Bruno and got shafted by Leicester for Maguire so that killed our Maddison interest. Very good player and if Arsenal grab him then good for them
 

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This isn’t true. He was terrible in most, until the season was finished, then he had a couple of decent performances in dead rubbers. We can offer mitigation as to why he was terrible in most games, some perhaps valid, but he wasn’t ‘fine’. He barely got onto the pitch all season and still managed to cost us many points.
He certainly wasn't terrible in most. If he was terrible in most I shudder to think how Bailly was during his time.

In any case its not for this thread.
 

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He's an alternative optino to Marko Grujic, who has already left for Porto. He'll likely be Locatelli's replacement in the team.
Perfect replacement and the right move for Matheus Henrique.
 

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This would be a weird move right?

I concede Arsenal are still a bigger appeal than Leicester. But surely Maddison is too good to play there if he were to leave Leicester?
Considering Leicester fininished much higher, are playing much better football and have added some great additions.... he'd be crazy to move to Arsenal. Maybe he's an Arsenal fan?
 

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Considering Leicester fininished much higher, are playing much better football and have added some great additions.... he'd be crazy to move to Arsenal. Maybe he's an Arsenal fan?
He's a Utd fan or was when he was a kid. Beckham was his idol
 

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Wonder if it's Rogers who wants to sell Maddison instead of it necessarily being Maddison wanting to join Arsenal. Genuinely if I was a player I would choose to go to Leicester over Arsenal considering the comparative situations of the clubs atm. Leicester clearly have a better squad, a better manager and are overall just better run. Can't imagine Arsenal offer much more in terms of wages either.

EDIT: After comparing relative wages of Leicester and Arzenal players actually the top Arsenal players do make quite a lot so wages would probably be the reason
 
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He's an alternative optino to Marko Grujic, who has already left for Porto. He'll likely be Locatelli's replacement in the team.
Smaller club than expected for him to finally make his landing in Europe. But might be a wise decision to ensure gametime in a lower pressure environment first, and then make his way to a bigger club when ready.
 

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Maybe an internal issue with Rodgers, I guess we don't really know.
Possibly, Maddison was injured for the last part of the league campaign. Maybe he feels Rodgers is overlooking him? They did finish without Barnes and Maddison so I think Leicester would be nuts to go into a new season a bit thin on midfield experience
 

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Don't think the fee will be that high in the end - probably more in the €30m range, which is ~£25m or so. It's a bit complicated because I believe Bordeaux get a significant portion of any cash received for Kounde, which is surely why they're open for a partial swap deal.
Oh ok, it's a good deal for Chelsea either way. Zouma has reached his ceiling with us, but he could be a very useful asset for Sevilla. I think Chelsea, Sevilla, Kounde and Zouma will all walk away from this deal pretty happy with the outcome.
 

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If the offer is truly crazy, then yeah, why wouldn't they let Haaland go? However, will Chelsea even go that far this summer (pure money, not necessarily players offered)? Sebastian Kehl, Dortmund's sporting director, has always talked about Haaland staying for next season and has never hinted at Haaland leaving.
 

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Arsenal are spending somemore money after 50M on Ben White?
Yeah, Arsenal have been spending decent chunks of money since the full Kroenke takeover. Tierney, Pepe in 19 then Gabriel, Partey in 20 and now White, Maddison/Odegaard. All of this without CL money.
 
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