Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit. Not a player I’ll miss but at times gets harshly treated.
I dunno, I can only speak on what I experience through the lens of the club I support. It felt in the past that Edu had a focus on one thing at a time approach. Whereas it 'feels' like Berta has a more pragmatic approach and sets up deals to easily pivot to should one or the other fall through. And this is all off of what really reputable journalists say. I've made an concerted effort this summer to really only pay attention to what the likes of Ornstein, Mokbel and Romano put out there and it still feels like there's more links around us than before this summer. It's just feel at the end of the day. I'm not tracking and tallying every single rumour I see
Just my view on these things but there are no sagas. There are a lot of click baiters making endless stories. Clubs take a longer view to their transfers and make their moves when they are good and ready. It took us weeks to negotiate over wirtz and I literally saw just about every angle going including some fans saying they were sick of it and they didn't want him as they get sucked into this stuff. Arsenal will do what they do, no amount of talk outside that executive group will make them bid at a time they dont want to bid at or for a player they dont want to bid for. There's a long way to go now before the seasons start. As it stands I'm sure arsenal will have quite a decent 11 on the park with havertz standing at 9 if that is their call. Everyone else thinks that's not good enough but only time will tell if the people who actually make the call know it too. Arsenal will be a serious outfit if they are all fully fit day 1, striker or no. I think city won't be BTW, they look like they need some more work and they have been disrupted.
Madeuke can be excellent or awful. Not a lot of in between. I’ve always felt when he comes off the bench or has something to prove then he does quite well. Going into his third season, he’s more of an experienced Chelsea player at this point but hasn’t taken the next step and is still immature so I wouldn’t be upset if he left but do question why Arsenal keep spending so much on bang average Chelsea players over the years. Going from Rodrygo to Madeuke is a huge step down and still no number nine.
Nah would be a poor signing for Arsenal. Should be signing players who'll bench your starters, not bench players like him and the "good business" Brentford fella. Bang average. Plus, I know he wants to play more central but this signing would still eat in to Nwaneri's minutes. 100% a poor move. You're just talking yourself into it.
The only attacking signing Arsenal should be contemplating is a player who can stick it in the net 20+ times a season. That is it.
I get what you're saying but not every signing can be that. We need a body on the right wing so please show me someone on the market who can bench Bukayo Saka. Shall we go and activate Lamine Yamal's release clause? Cool man, show me where Arsenal find €1bn. Truth is, you need some kind of depth. We can't play Saka for 60 odd games so someone needs to come in. It's effectively Sterling out, Madueke in. The poor angle of it is the price and the inevitable overspend it's going to be. But we do need someone to cover that side of the pitch. Saka's hamstring torn to the point he needed surgery last season in case you forgot. We've already played with fire and we got burnt. I've got no beef with us signing someone for that area if it can be done and it doesn't impede on other business. The Norgaard comment is silly too. Arsenal are two holding midfielders down so they go and buy two. Why is that a problem?
Sigh... There's only so many times and ways I can say I'm ok with Madueke but the price has to be right and he can't be just one of two attacking signings made. That extends to any option we identify to operate on that side and allow Saka to sit down as and when is needed.
I think the reason people outside are looking at it a bit iffy is that the priority signing Arsenal need seems pretty obvious. And so until that gets boxed off it starts to look like papering over cracks. All in good time of course.
Nwaneri did well RW last season didn't he? Would rather play him there and give him minutes so he doesn't want to leave, and he develops. Rather that than Midueke for £40-50m! Not gonna get many minutes through the middle is he. Not only is Midueke obviously not better than Saka, but he's not even better than Martinelli on the LW. Why do you sign so many players from Chelsea that they don't want? It's weird at this point. Did I say you shouldn't have signed a DM? No I did not. Replacing a 33 year old with a 31 year old, what's the point? Seen people saying he has experience, yeah he does, of playing for a midtable team. Nwaneri has more big club experience lol. That said, it's not a big deal like with Midueke, as pretty cheap.
The only question here is why are arsenal seemingly prioritising every other position over 9. If arsenal can afford all of these players and buy a 9 then all is well.
Norgaard done, will be announced today / tomorrow. Legend for us, sad to see the Championship team getting broken up but was always going to happen eventually.
I think this sale is definitely a better move for Chelsea than Arsenal. I think Chelsea's concern would be the likes of Madueke not really playing next season, when the likes of Gittens and Estevao come in, on top of Neto who'd be ahead of Madueke in the pecking order and Palmer possibly playing wide more often with the signing of Joao Pedro. For Arsenal, even if it's for what Madueke's worth, I still think that they'd be better off putting any funds towards his signing to getting the right striker in.
Arsenal have very publicly linked with moves for Sesko and Gyokeres tbf. Neither deal is over the line but it’s clear they’re prioritising a striker considering signing either one would be their biggest transfer of the summer.
You showed some awareness that big money transfers don’t happen overnight when discussing the Wirtz transfer. Not sure what’s changed. Honestly, football fans have no patience. You’d think the window was closing tonight.
