Wouldn't sell our star player to a rival, no.
Also I'd sell Lacazette before I'd sell Aubameyang.
He didn’t once mention United in the article.
It's as simple as this.
Lacazette is not a reliable goalscorer. Aubameyang is. There are a shortage of top goalscorers out there at the moment who we could realistically get.
It would be insanely stupid to sell him.
comment by Tu Meke Mesut (U3732)
posted 41 minutes ago
Wouldn't sell our star player to a rival, no.
Also I'd sell Lacazette before I'd sell Aubameyang.
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I wouldnt if I am honest because Lacacette's all around game is much better and he is younger.
Hope Auba's goalscoring record stays like this but I doubt it.
I'd be tempted to see if Zaha would flourish at Arsenal, he's proven quality in the league and would no doubt assist/score more with us than he has with Palace (where his figures have not exactly been terrible either).
However... Would I sell Aubameyang to pay for him? Not a chance, that would just be solving one problem by creating another (bigger one) - how do you replace 30 goals a season out of thin air? Would I spend £80m on him? Not a chance he's worth that either. In my opinion he's worth no more than £45m given his age (26) and that he's probably near or already at his full potential.
Lacazette is not a reliable goalscorer. Aubameyang is. There are a shortage of top goalscorers out there at the moment who we could realistically get.
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But Laca brings much more to the team than Auba. Goals, energy, closing down from the front, teamwork etc and as someone else said, he's about 4 yrs younger too.
PS, i would HATE to lose any of those 2 at this moment in time.
4 years younger?
Aubameyang is 30, Lacazette is 28. Laca's not exactly a spring chicken either.
I accept your point, and I agree with you about what Laca offers the team, but the aim of the game is to put the back of the ball in the net. If we don't have a player who is capable of doing that regularly, all that good play becomes redundant.
We shouldn't be selling either, but if it was a choice between the two, it should not be Auba.
*ball in the back of the net
you would be crazy to help united out. but zaha would make your team more balanced.
then again why would you have sell anyone. just buy zaha.
I like Auba, but I honestly believe a team with Zaha and Laca in it is better than one with Auba and Laca. It would be a very difficult decision, but I'd make that deal.
comment by Sheriff John Brown - Wenger Till I Die (U7482)
posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
I like Auba, but I honestly believe a team with Zaha and Laca in it is better than one with Auba and Laca. It would be a very difficult decision, but I'd make that deal.
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100% agree
Auba and Laca together in the team doesn't work. As a result the midfield struggle as there is no real link up play coming from the wide forwards.
Cash in just not to United
Don't think he'll be off to United. All the players linked are 27 or below.
So you sell Auba then spend all of that money + more (probably) in player/agent contract signing fees to bring in Zaha.
You've just lost 30 goals and reasonably you could at most in his first season hope for about 10 from Zaha. Then Lacazette gets injured in the final game of the pre-season against Barcelona. Whatchu Gon Do?
Scratch that, if Lacazette gets injured at any point during the season then Whatchu Gon Do? Team'll collapse and slide down the table like a fat bloke that has lost his balance on a ski piste.
I reckon Auba still has at least 2 good years left in him on the basis that he's more than 2 years younger than Vardy who is still more than a handful.
We sold Van Persie to Man Utd and that came back to bite us in the butt. I see this to be the more likely scenario than how Alexis has fared at Old Trafford. Strengthening a key rival cannot be a good strategy to take.
So yes like others have said, I would only consider selling Auba abroad if an incredible offer came in. And since that is highly unlikely and Zaha is so expensive, let's forget Zaha and find a cheaper alternative - make our scouts earn their fat pay cheques!
Seriously, Zaha?
He's an average player, coming up to 27 - he wouldn't even be a good signing if we had 500m lying around waiting to be blown. That's the most concerning thing about this article.
Selling your best player/most valuable asset has worked in the past, it's one step back for two steps forward but you do have to sign top quality with the funds raised otherwise it's a terrible decision
Liverpool have done it brilliantly recently. Wenger in his best years did the same
Doesn't even mention us as being a possibility does it?
comment by Sheriff John Brown - Wenger Till I Die (U7482)
posted 15 hours, 27 minutes ago
I like Auba, but I honestly believe a team with Zaha and Laca in it is better than one with Auba and Laca. It would be a very difficult decision, but I'd make that deal.
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A lot of people have made such ridiculous decisions in their life and gone on to regret it.
We should not even sell a virus to Utd...
I get a point of Lac-Zaha better partnership than Lac-Auba but comeon selling Auba to Utd???
Have we guys not learnt anything from RVP saga...
I will be very unhappy with this...hopefully it's just a media stir or agent talk...We need to keep both and still had a good winger. We fekin still talking about replacing..not adding..when will we learn?
Nah. As much as I like Zaha, Auba just won the golden boot and is crucial in us getting back to the Champions League. Palace will climb down eventually just like they did with Bissaka.
There really isn't any other competition with Chelsea transfer banned and Spurs will be unwilling to pay his wage demands. Liverpool don't want him and City have too many wingers.
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 4 hours, 35 minutes ago
Seriously, Zaha?
He's an average player, coming up to 27 - he wouldn't even be a good signing if we had 500m lying around waiting to be blown. That's the most concerning thing about this article.
Selling your best player/most valuable asset has worked in the past, it's one step back for two steps forward but you do have to sign top quality with the funds raised otherwise it's a terrible decision
Liverpool have done it brilliantly recently. Wenger in his best years did the same
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In what way is Zaha average? He has easily been one of the best wingers/wide players in the league over the last 2 seasons. What does he have to do to prove he is not "average"?
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comment by Sheriff John Brown - Wenger Till I Die (U7482)
posted 56 minutes ago
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 4 hours, 35 minutes ago
Seriously, Zaha?
He's an average player, coming up to 27 - he wouldn't even be a good signing if we had 500m lying around waiting to be blown. That's the most concerning thing about this article.
Selling your best player/most valuable asset has worked in the past, it's one step back for two steps forward but you do have to sign top quality with the funds raised otherwise it's a terrible decision
Liverpool have done it brilliantly recently. Wenger in his best years did the same
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In what way is Zaha average? He has easily been one of the best wingers/wide players in the league over the last 2 seasons. What does he have to do to prove he is not "average"?
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Not really. He's been inconsistent, yes he's been great one week but then he's been awful the other
He's overrated a fair bit because he's English and at Palace, should he move to a bigger club his flaws will be on full display
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
comment by Sheriff John Brown - Wenger Till I Die (U7482)
posted 56 minutes ago
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 4 hours, 35 minutes ago
Seriously, Zaha?
He's an average player, coming up to 27 - he wouldn't even be a good signing if we had 500m lying around waiting to be blown. That's the most concerning thing about this article.
Selling your best player/most valuable asset has worked in the past, it's one step back for two steps forward but you do have to sign top quality with the funds raised otherwise it's a terrible decision
Liverpool have done it brilliantly recently. Wenger in his best years did the same
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In what way is Zaha average? He has easily been one of the best wingers/wide players in the league over the last 2 seasons. What does he have to do to prove he is not "average"?
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Not really. He's been inconsistent, yes he's been great one week but then he's been awful the other
He's overrated a fair bit because he's English and at Palace, should he move to a bigger club his flaws will be on full display
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If he were any more "consistent", he'd be playing for City or Barca. Everytime I watch Palace (including against us), he's by far their most dangerous player and often carries the team, so again, I don't know what more you think he needs to do to prove he can step up from that level.
I'm not saying he doesn't have "flaws" either. Even Lionel Messi has flaws. But I believe he has grown enough at Palace and done enough to be worth the step up. If anything, players like him are underrated. There is a snobbery among our fans against players with Zaha's skillset, the same way I remember people on this board ridiculing me years ago when I suggested Sadio Mane would be a great signing for us - and some smartasses were saying he'd be the new Gervinho.
The fact is Zaha is leagues and leagues above any wide options we have in our squad. It's not even remotely close.
The lad is back up for Max Gradel at international level
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posted on 27/6/19
Wouldn't sell our star player to a rival, no.
Also I'd sell Lacazette before I'd sell Aubameyang.
posted on 27/6/19
He didn’t once mention United in the article.
posted on 27/6/19
It's as simple as this.
Lacazette is not a reliable goalscorer. Aubameyang is. There are a shortage of top goalscorers out there at the moment who we could realistically get.
It would be insanely stupid to sell him.
posted on 27/6/19
comment by Tu Meke Mesut (U3732)
posted 41 minutes ago
Wouldn't sell our star player to a rival, no.
Also I'd sell Lacazette before I'd sell Aubameyang.
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I wouldnt if I am honest because Lacacette's all around game is much better and he is younger.
Hope Auba's goalscoring record stays like this but I doubt it.
posted on 27/6/19
I'd be tempted to see if Zaha would flourish at Arsenal, he's proven quality in the league and would no doubt assist/score more with us than he has with Palace (where his figures have not exactly been terrible either).
However... Would I sell Aubameyang to pay for him? Not a chance, that would just be solving one problem by creating another (bigger one) - how do you replace 30 goals a season out of thin air? Would I spend £80m on him? Not a chance he's worth that either. In my opinion he's worth no more than £45m given his age (26) and that he's probably near or already at his full potential.
posted on 27/6/19
Lacazette is not a reliable goalscorer. Aubameyang is. There are a shortage of top goalscorers out there at the moment who we could realistically get.
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But Laca brings much more to the team than Auba. Goals, energy, closing down from the front, teamwork etc and as someone else said, he's about 4 yrs younger too.
PS, i would HATE to lose any of those 2 at this moment in time.
posted on 27/6/19
4 years younger?
Aubameyang is 30, Lacazette is 28. Laca's not exactly a spring chicken either.
I accept your point, and I agree with you about what Laca offers the team, but the aim of the game is to put the back of the ball in the net. If we don't have a player who is capable of doing that regularly, all that good play becomes redundant.
We shouldn't be selling either, but if it was a choice between the two, it should not be Auba.
posted on 27/6/19
*ball in the back of the net
posted on 27/6/19
you would be crazy to help united out. but zaha would make your team more balanced.
then again why would you have sell anyone. just buy zaha.
posted on 27/6/19
I like Auba, but I honestly believe a team with Zaha and Laca in it is better than one with Auba and Laca. It would be a very difficult decision, but I'd make that deal.
posted on 27/6/19
comment by Sheriff John Brown - Wenger Till I Die (U7482)
posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
I like Auba, but I honestly believe a team with Zaha and Laca in it is better than one with Auba and Laca. It would be a very difficult decision, but I'd make that deal.
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100% agree
posted on 27/6/19
Auba and Laca together in the team doesn't work. As a result the midfield struggle as there is no real link up play coming from the wide forwards.
Cash in just not to United
posted on 27/6/19
Don't think he'll be off to United. All the players linked are 27 or below.
posted on 28/6/19
So you sell Auba then spend all of that money + more (probably) in player/agent contract signing fees to bring in Zaha.
You've just lost 30 goals and reasonably you could at most in his first season hope for about 10 from Zaha. Then Lacazette gets injured in the final game of the pre-season against Barcelona. Whatchu Gon Do?
Scratch that, if Lacazette gets injured at any point during the season then Whatchu Gon Do? Team'll collapse and slide down the table like a fat bloke that has lost his balance on a ski piste.
posted on 28/6/19
I reckon Auba still has at least 2 good years left in him on the basis that he's more than 2 years younger than Vardy who is still more than a handful.
We sold Van Persie to Man Utd and that came back to bite us in the butt. I see this to be the more likely scenario than how Alexis has fared at Old Trafford. Strengthening a key rival cannot be a good strategy to take.
So yes like others have said, I would only consider selling Auba abroad if an incredible offer came in. And since that is highly unlikely and Zaha is so expensive, let's forget Zaha and find a cheaper alternative - make our scouts earn their fat pay cheques!
posted on 28/6/19
Seriously, Zaha?
He's an average player, coming up to 27 - he wouldn't even be a good signing if we had 500m lying around waiting to be blown. That's the most concerning thing about this article.
Selling your best player/most valuable asset has worked in the past, it's one step back for two steps forward but you do have to sign top quality with the funds raised otherwise it's a terrible decision
Liverpool have done it brilliantly recently. Wenger in his best years did the same
posted on 28/6/19
Doesn't even mention us as being a possibility does it?
posted on 28/6/19
comment by Sheriff John Brown - Wenger Till I Die (U7482)
posted 15 hours, 27 minutes ago
I like Auba, but I honestly believe a team with Zaha and Laca in it is better than one with Auba and Laca. It would be a very difficult decision, but I'd make that deal.
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A lot of people have made such ridiculous decisions in their life and gone on to regret it.
posted on 28/6/19
We should not even sell a virus to Utd...
I get a point of Lac-Zaha better partnership than Lac-Auba but comeon selling Auba to Utd???
Have we guys not learnt anything from RVP saga...
I will be very unhappy with this...hopefully it's just a media stir or agent talk...We need to keep both and still had a good winger. We fekin still talking about replacing..not adding..when will we learn?
posted on 28/6/19
Nah. As much as I like Zaha, Auba just won the golden boot and is crucial in us getting back to the Champions League. Palace will climb down eventually just like they did with Bissaka.
There really isn't any other competition with Chelsea transfer banned and Spurs will be unwilling to pay his wage demands. Liverpool don't want him and City have too many wingers.
posted on 28/6/19
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 4 hours, 35 minutes ago
Seriously, Zaha?
He's an average player, coming up to 27 - he wouldn't even be a good signing if we had 500m lying around waiting to be blown. That's the most concerning thing about this article.
Selling your best player/most valuable asset has worked in the past, it's one step back for two steps forward but you do have to sign top quality with the funds raised otherwise it's a terrible decision
Liverpool have done it brilliantly recently. Wenger in his best years did the same
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In what way is Zaha average? He has easily been one of the best wingers/wide players in the league over the last 2 seasons. What does he have to do to prove he is not "average"?
posted on 28/6/19
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posted on 28/6/19
comment by Sheriff John Brown - Wenger Till I Die (U7482)
posted 56 minutes ago
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 4 hours, 35 minutes ago
Seriously, Zaha?
He's an average player, coming up to 27 - he wouldn't even be a good signing if we had 500m lying around waiting to be blown. That's the most concerning thing about this article.
Selling your best player/most valuable asset has worked in the past, it's one step back for two steps forward but you do have to sign top quality with the funds raised otherwise it's a terrible decision
Liverpool have done it brilliantly recently. Wenger in his best years did the same
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In what way is Zaha average? He has easily been one of the best wingers/wide players in the league over the last 2 seasons. What does he have to do to prove he is not "average"?
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Not really. He's been inconsistent, yes he's been great one week but then he's been awful the other
He's overrated a fair bit because he's English and at Palace, should he move to a bigger club his flaws will be on full display
posted on 28/6/19
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
comment by Sheriff John Brown - Wenger Till I Die (U7482)
posted 56 minutes ago
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 4 hours, 35 minutes ago
Seriously, Zaha?
He's an average player, coming up to 27 - he wouldn't even be a good signing if we had 500m lying around waiting to be blown. That's the most concerning thing about this article.
Selling your best player/most valuable asset has worked in the past, it's one step back for two steps forward but you do have to sign top quality with the funds raised otherwise it's a terrible decision
Liverpool have done it brilliantly recently. Wenger in his best years did the same
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In what way is Zaha average? He has easily been one of the best wingers/wide players in the league over the last 2 seasons. What does he have to do to prove he is not "average"?
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Not really. He's been inconsistent, yes he's been great one week but then he's been awful the other
He's overrated a fair bit because he's English and at Palace, should he move to a bigger club his flaws will be on full display
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If he were any more "consistent", he'd be playing for City or Barca. Everytime I watch Palace (including against us), he's by far their most dangerous player and often carries the team, so again, I don't know what more you think he needs to do to prove he can step up from that level.
I'm not saying he doesn't have "flaws" either. Even Lionel Messi has flaws. But I believe he has grown enough at Palace and done enough to be worth the step up. If anything, players like him are underrated. There is a snobbery among our fans against players with Zaha's skillset, the same way I remember people on this board ridiculing me years ago when I suggested Sadio Mane would be a great signing for us - and some smartasses were saying he'd be the new Gervinho.
The fact is Zaha is leagues and leagues above any wide options we have in our squad. It's not even remotely close.
posted on 28/6/19
The lad is back up for Max Gradel at international level
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