Looked good in the WC

Torreira

Yeah some good comments from different people about him...apparently he is Sergio Busquets type player...hope he turns out good buy.

According to one arsenal fan on here he was the best midfielder in Serie A last season. Add that to his impressive world cup performances and I rdckon we've signed one hell of a player

Yes please

Yay glad that's finally done!!

Looking forward to seeing what he can do... have absolutely zero knowledge of his game atm and hadn't heard of him until we were linked

If he plays as well as he did in the World Cup then he is perfect for us.

Bar the young French lad, I think that is it unless "someone special" becomes available. Selling players must be the priority now.

I think we still need pacey winger...should sell Welback and Mustafi and get quality Winger.

I doubt we will get Cazorla type MF because Xhaka and Ramsey will cover that position.

Sort of player you needed long ago. Great signing.

I think you still need a wide player/AM.

comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 39 minutes ago
If he plays as well as he did in the World Cup then he is perfect for us.

Bar the young French lad, I think that is it unless "someone special" becomes available. Selling players must be the priority now.
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Lots of players for sale; Perez, Welbeck, Ospina, Jenkinson, Campbell, etc..

Always the same question: Are you gonna be able to shift them?

comment by ＴＬＬＬ (U4640)
posted 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
Sort of player you needed long ago. Great signing.

I think you still need a wide player/AM.
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We need a CB, LB, creative midfielder and a winger still

We are still linked with Soyuncu, Martins and N’Zonzi. Don’t see the need for N’Zonzi but I’d take the other 2. I think we should go after Yerry Mina. Was very good at the World Cup and Barca seem open to selling him

I’m not sure you’ll add anymore players in defence unless Mustafi and Kolasinac leave.

You do need a creative midfielder, a Cazorla type player. Someone to pull the strings in midfield.

Plus a wide attacking midfielder. A player with a bit of pace and skill that can beat a man. Something you lack big time.

I'd still love us to try and nap Nzonz.

---Torreira--Nzonzi------
--------Ramsey----------
Ozil---------------Mhiki
----Aubamayang

That would be some team defense onward.

I agree on Nzonzi. Would love him at Arsenal

comment by 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 (U18355)
posted 11 hours, 54 minutes ago
comment by ＴＬＬＬ (U4640)
posted 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
Sort of player you needed long ago. Great signing.

I think you still need a wide player/AM.
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We need a CB, LB, creative midfielder and a winger still

We are still linked with Soyuncu, Martins and N’Zonzi. Don’t see the need for N’Zonzi but I’d take the other 2. I think we should go after Yerry Mina. Was very good at the World Cup and Barca seem open to selling him
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No more signings...

comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
comment by 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 (U18355)
posted 11 hours, 54 minutes ago
comment by ＴＬＬＬ (U4640)
posted 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
Sort of player you needed long ago. Great signing.

I think you still need a wide player/AM.
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We need a CB, LB, creative midfielder and a winger still

We are still linked with Soyuncu, Martins and N’Zonzi. Don’t see the need for N’Zonzi but I’d take the other 2. I think we should go after Yerry Mina. Was very good at the World Cup and Barca seem open to selling him
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No more signings...
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Is that your thinking we need no more signings or the club will sign no more?

I think we need to sell a few before we look to get in more. Personally i'd move on David Ospina, Lucas Perez, Danny Welbeck, Carl Jenkinson, Joel Campbell, Mohamed Elneny, Shkrodan Mustafi and either one of Nacho Monreal or Sead Kolasinac.

That would mean a LB, CB, and a Winger would be needed, and maybe another CM. That's perhaps a bit of an ask with less than a month to go.

It's kinda difficult to gauge which players can be saved by better coaching/direction and which are genuinely dross. In that regard if Emery was to take these current bunch of players with no more signings then i'd be OK with that.

Pretty sure Guendouzi is signing, so to say no more signings is off the mark.

Anymore after that will have to be after we move players on. Some will be difficult to move, and interest in players not necessarily high up on the list could change plans.

comment by Serial WUManiser™© - In Unai We Trust (U1410)
posted 51 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
comment by 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 (U18355)
posted 11 hours, 54 minutes ago
comment by ＴＬＬＬ (U4640)
posted 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
Sort of player you needed long ago. Great signing.

I think you still need a wide player/AM.
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We need a CB, LB, creative midfielder and a winger still

We are still linked with Soyuncu, Martins and N’Zonzi. Don’t see the need for N’Zonzi but I’d take the other 2. I think we should go after Yerry Mina. Was very good at the World Cup and Barca seem open to selling him
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No more signings...
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Is that your thinking we need no more signings or the club will sign no more?
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The club wont sign no more. Still think we need a wide player.

The new team has addressed the main issues in the squad. New DM. Experienced cover in CB for Koscielny. Cover at RB. New long term GK. I can't imagine anyone would complain at the work done so far.

Next job would be to trim out those not required. Free up wages, squad spaces and maybe add some extra cash to the transfer fund.

Then there's the lingering issue of Ramsey's contract. Pretty sure he'll sign an extension (and get the captaincy), but if he doesn't then he needs to be sold on and replaced.

Very confident more business will be done from now till the first game.

I make it we currently have 22 senior players, with 7 homegrown. This means we have room for 2 non HG.

This doesn't include David Ospina, Emiliano Martinez, Deyan Iliev, Carl Jenkinson, Cohen Bramall, Chuba Akpom, Joel Campbell, Lucas Perez - who are at the club and over the age limit.

On top of that we also have AMN, Mavropanos, possibly Guendouzi, Nelson, Nketiah, Reine-Adelaide, Willock as under 21s.

comment by Serial WUManiser™© - In Unai We Trust (U1410)
posted 47 minutes ago
I think we need to sell a few before we look to get in more. Personally i'd move on David Ospina, Lucas Perez, Danny Welbeck, Carl Jenkinson, Joel Campbell, Mohamed Elneny, Shkrodan Mustafi and either one of Nacho Monreal or Sead Kolasinac.

That would mean a LB, CB, and a Winger would be needed, and maybe another CM. That's perhaps a bit of an ask with less than a month to go.

It's kinda difficult to gauge which players can be saved by better coaching/direction and which are genuinely dross. In that regard if Emery was to take these current bunch of players with no more signings then i'd be OK with that.
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That would be too many In-Out in a single season (not saying that we don't need them btw).
Add to that a whole new coaching staffs team, I think at most we will have just one additional player

Not sure there is any need to be replacing left backs, tbh.
I think, because of Koscielnys injury, that Mustafi will be kept.
The other 5 wouldn't make much difference as they were either on loan anyway, or have been replaced.

That would be too many In-Out in a single season (not saying that we don't need them btw).
Add to that a whole new coaching staffs team, I think at most we will have just one additional player
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Yeah i agree. There's no 'need' to be replacing anymore players, because we've done the essential work on the squad. The rest would just be 'wants' if the opportunity arises.

Also, echoing what DJs comment, we should be looking at upping our HG. It's critical we don't lose Ramsey in that case.