If Arteta presser yesterday is anything to go by we probably won’t see Sterling and Saka in an Arsenal shirt until first and third weeks in Feb respectively.
A few have suggested looking inwards to plug the gaps left by losing the duo, but in my reckoning anything short of attacking the Jan window and recruiting a forward will be gross negligence by the club. The mistake made by not properly bolstering our forward line last summer must be rectified this window if we are to continue to have any ambitions of a trophy this season.
Arsenal are in four competitions; the schedule is gruelling. Even with clever rotation the load the remaining fit forwards will have to bear will risk even more injuries. Let us keep in mind Jesus poor injury record when played regularly in this regard.
Gyokeres, Osimhen and Lookman I believe all have release clauses. No negotiations needed, just convince the player, pay and collect. In the premiership Semenyo has been mentioned (and would be my preference). He has a long contract with Bournemouth, one of their best players and will be hard to price away, but is gettable if the club is serious. On the project side, Southampton’s Tyler Dibling is 18, left footed, carries the ball well and reported refusing to extend his contract.
These are just off the top of my head. There are people at Arsenal paid six figure sums to cast wide nets and come up with a forward in a 31 day transfer window. I trust they do their jobs.
Happy Christmas all.
JAN WINDOW OPTIONS.
posted 8 hours, 18 minutes ago
comment by oldboy2002 (U20062)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by ubad9jagooner .Ramsey : don't get the hype ! (U7978)
posted 49 minutes ago
comment by oldboy2002 (U20062)
posted 17 minutes ago
Can we get any more players in on loan this January?
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I do not believe so. Neto and Sterling seem to have filled our loan quota.
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I heard we can still loan players from abroad. Is this true?
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Not true.
posted 8 hours, 15 minutes ago
We're short on quality in two of the front 3 positions, worth addressing this as soon as possible. It'll be the main issue in summer if not sorted in Jan.
posted 8 hours, 14 minutes ago
‘.. in my reckoning anything short of attacking the Jan window and recruiting a forward will be gross negligence by the club.’
In my reckoning, the club breaking PSR would be actual negligence.
posted 8 hours, 10 minutes ago
comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 3 minutes ago
‘.. in my reckoning anything short of attacking the Jan window and recruiting a forward will be gross negligence by the club.’
In my reckoning, the club breaking PSR would be actual negligence.
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We will not break the rules. Take that to the bank.
posted 8 hours, 8 minutes ago
comment by IanWrightWrightWright (U12750)
posted 38 minutes ago
we'd be lucky to get £2.50 and a packet of crisps for those two
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Italian clubs have been chasing Kiwior. At the very least we get back what we paid for him.
posted 8 hours, 4 minutes ago
If us not buying anyone in January meant that we go Mohamed Kudus and Isak in the summer I would take it.
posted 8 hours, 4 minutes ago
comment by ubad9jagooner .Ramsey : don't get the hype ! (U7978)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 3 minutes ago
‘.. in my reckoning anything short of attacking the Jan window and recruiting a forward will be gross negligence by the club.’
In my reckoning, the club breaking PSR would be actual negligence.
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We will not break the rules. Take that to the bank.
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I mean, I’m not going to argue with you, as I genuinely have no idea whether this is true or not.
But if it is, just makes the Sterling deal even more odd.
posted 8 hours, 2 minutes ago
comment by oldboy2002 (U20062)
posted 34 minutes ago
comment by ubad9jagooner .Ramsey : don't get the hype ! (U7978)
posted 49 minutes ago
comment by oldboy2002 (U20062)
posted 17 minutes ago
Can we get any more players in on loan this January?
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I do not believe so. Neto and Sterling seem to have filled our loan quota.
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I heard we can still loan players from abroad. Is this true?
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Yeah. Like Everton have Harrison and Broja from Leeds and Chelsea as domestic loans but also Mangala from Lyon and Lindstrom from Napoli
posted 7 hours, 40 minutes ago
comment by oldboy2002 (U20062)
posted 21 minutes ago
If us not buying anyone in January meant that we go Mohamed Kudus and Isak in the summer I would take it.
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At a combined £210 million.? Not gonna happen.
posted 7 hours, 29 minutes ago
comment by ubad9jagooner .Ramsey : don't get the hype ! (U7978)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by oldboy2002 (U20062)
posted 21 minutes ago
If us not buying anyone in January meant that we go Mohamed Kudus and Isak in the summer I would take it.
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At a combined £210 million.? Not gonna happen.
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Sell the deadwood and Jesus. Hope Jesus keeps on scoring to keep his value high. Zinchenko, Tierney, vieira and Tomiyasu off the books gives us another £300K in wages to use as well.