Haha. Go for it City. I'm sure the CL money will help you stay within FFP
80m - we've really set a bad standard spunking that on Maguire. We won't get any decent English player for less money now.
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80m - we've really set a bad standard spunking that on Maguire. We won't get any decent English player for less money now.
There's plenty of talented players in Europe that would cost a fraction of that
I'm not convinced Graelish or Maddison are players we should be after - certainly not at those prices.
He didn't play for Chelsea. He played plenty of games out on loan.
Wait a minute. Wasn't Poch a huge fan of Grealish at one point in time? Like how Bruno Fernandes was one of Poch's transfer targets as well. Has this been discussed yet?
Would be very interesting to see Tah and Saliba as the future CBs for Arsenal and both are potentially commanding CBs.
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I'd hate to see Arsenal get Tah, I think he is already a top CB with potential to be world class.
For his release clause I'd hope we sign him tbh.
If we sell Jones, Smalling and even Lindelof and bring in Tah, I think we are a better team. A CB group of Maguire, Tah, Bailly and Tuanzebe with Mengi is not bad. Eric and Axel are injury prone so it might be a problem.
I'd honestly do that and bring him in. €40m for Tah could be a absolute bargain.
Bailly and Axel are so injury prone that the time they spend available is not enough to make one fit cb. Rather keep lindelof and sell of of the two.
Personally I'd rather keep Smalling and sell Lindelof. Ideally we can do that and send Tuanzebe on loan again.
It is cheap considering the market, at that price I'd definitely bring him in.
I'm actually a bit concerned we're not linked with another CB. Rojo and Smalling are basically gone, Jones and Bailly are injury prone beyond belief and Tuanzebe's a relatively unknown entity at PL level.
Our biggest target should definitely be an attacking midfielder who plays his best football on the left side of the field.
I think a commanding CB should be bought personally to partner Maguire. Someone who is athetically and physically gifted, strong in the air and has recovery pace. Tah for the reported €40m release clause looks like a potentially very good deal and the player ticks alot of boxes imo. We could quite comfortably raise much more than Tah's buyout price by selling Smalling and Lindelof.
Agreed, although I can't see us actually selling Lindelof, plus he's had a very clean injury record since he joined so I think there would be some value in keeping him around.
We have two of those in Smalling and Bailly who have both shown consistent form. Only downsides being Smalling's age and him not wanting to be backup to the backup and Bailly being injury prone and rash.
Bailly isn't any good in the air and Tah is better than either him or Smalling on the ball.
Smalling is gonna be sold it seems and Bailly isn't commanding aerially unlike the 6'4 Tah who is also a real presence.
any english player we'll be quoted at 80m+ now. feck that shit.
I don't see the obsession with getting Grealish or Maddison when we have just signed Bruno who is naturally a CAM. If anything we need a proper DM and Box-to-Box style CM.
RW would be my priority (Sancho), a CM, Striker then maybe a substitute CAM.
Bailly isn't "any" good in the air? I'm not proposing he's a world beater by any means, but against Chelsea he won clearly the most aerial duels(6) in the match according to Whoscored. More than Maguire(3) and Rüdiger(3). One might say Zouma was better with 4 aerial duels won in 45 minutes. Again, not proposing Bailly is a world beater, but when you're essentially saying he's shit, you're simply wrong.
He has always had that odd heading technique (which, to be fair, appears to be a problem of timing as much as physical ability). If you look at his career statistics (rather than a one-off game), you have a guy who wins on average 1.5 aerial duels per game, with a success rate of 60%. This season, 389 of the 498 CBs in Europe's top 5 leagues, have won more aerial duels than that.
Big risk. I haven't sen any great improvement from him these last two seasons. He's become slower and laborious, for him it maybe will be a good move to go away from Leverkusen and a different environment.
Wait a minute. Wasn't Poch a huge fan of Grealish at one point in time? Like how Bruno Fernandes was one of Poch's transfer targets as well. Has this been discussed yet?
I considered that the other day. The players we've signed and are linked with are those who Poch has been linked with in the recent past.....or at least, players he'd be very willing to work with. Definitely something to think about. I still think Ole's moving on in the summer by 'mutual consent' possibly even to DOF type role.
Being an English club, we will always buy English talents, even if we have to pay a bit more.
Not sure about Maddison, but Grealish is looking very good. We need that kind of players who can ride tackles and get past defenders at will. Him and Sancho would be good signings.
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He beat a 32 year old, 5ft7 Pedro in the air? Incredible.
So many seem so confused by this. But I'm glad we still as an English team want the best English talent, especially when great English prospects are plentiful right now. Much more joy for me personally seeing lots of brilliant English or British players lining up for us.
He's about 2 1/2 feet above Pedro and his technique looks great.
Arteta and London might just be that environment.
Yea. Mustafi is looking like a good defender since Arteta has come in, people forget how much tactics can make a difference in how a player plays. Arteta seems to be a good manager and maybe Tah can succeed there, still a big risk for 40 mil because he isn't established and it's not as if Arsenal have a big budget.
I agree with this post.
Do we really need to sign either player now we have Bruno? I think it would be better if we target a creative box to box player who can control a game which would suit us better. Saul would be great but I'm not sure if it's possible to sign him.
Tbf there's a risk to most transfers. But I think Tah has the attributes and a good coach could bring out the best in him.
Personally my dream CB signing would be Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig eventhough he's spent a large part of the season injured.
Seems that Arsenal has a growing obsession with mediocre german defenders. Mustafi, and now interest in Tah. 40 Million €? If that happens Leverkusen would laugh their ass of.
Maybe Arteta feels he can bring out the best in Tah. Or do you think he's a lost cause?
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Will be interesting to see where he ends up.
I think Tah has no development anymore. And he only will decline in terms of speed and so on. There are plenty of better CB prospects, even in the Bundesliga. He is a solid defender, don't get me wrong, and if you use him porperly he might help your team. But he is far from being the real deal and 40 Million Euros for him would be a great buisness for a Bundesliga Club.
edit: ah there it is. Upamecano is something else... Thats what iam talking about when i say "there are better prospects"
Has Tah not developed? He was very highly rated once upon a time.
Upamecano is very good indeed but i'd take Ibrahima Konate over him personally to partner Maguire.
I’ll stand corrected
i can find the pr game stats and calculate the %, but out of curiosity, where do you find the comparison for groups like you’re referring to?
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