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09 Jul 2024 12:37:03
I see Spurs are allegedly back for Ramsey and another unnamed Villa player offering Lo Celso plus cash in exchange. I wonder if the unnamed player is Duran? I hope we don't let Ramsey go he's young and more than decent. If PSR pressures have gone away albeit temporarily then given the amount of games we are going to have he should have no problem with getting game time.
1.) 09 Jul 2024 14:39:40
Jj won't be sold unless 60/70mil comes our way lord
2.) 09 Jul 2024 17:22:15
LOTM I think Duran is going to West Ham.
3.) 09 Jul 2024 17:35:58
Id drive him there his attitude is bad, has potential but doesn't want to learn and work hard to become a better player, that's the problem with young players of today
4.) 09 Jul 2024 18:28:16
If we wanted Lo Celso we’d buy him and at a reduced price because his contract is up next year, I meant to say would already of bought him, it’s typical NewsNow click bait ?
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5.) 10 Jul 2024 01:33:16
LOTM I think you might of misread the article, supposedly they are willing to offer LO Celco plus another unnamed player plus cash for Ramsey.
If this is true then which other player would you guys accept?
I say give us bissoma, Lo Celso and 20 million or sod off, we don’t need their bottlers ?
6.) 10 Jul 2024 07:48:25
Oops, I think you are right Whack. I agree that if they want to throw in another player Bissouma would be the one.
7.) 10 Jul 2024 09:35:12
Lo Celso will go at the 11th hour of deadline day for £10M or less because he can sign a pre contract to abroad (where he’ll end up) in Jan
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28 Jun 2024 20:17:39
Maatsen deal done and dusted. Personally I thought this wouldn't happen until after 30/06 due to PSR but obviously the club know what they are doing. I presume in the next 48 hours will see a number of outgoings.
1.) 28 Jun 2024 22:42:51
On TV today they said that the money we paid for Maatsen is over the period of his contract so the PSR figure for this financial period is £37.5 ÷ 5 year deal = £7.5m, whereas all of the figures for outgoing players is recorded for us. Quite confusing, not illegal but is immoral.
2.) 29 Jun 2024 06:38:47
They wouldn't be charging £7.5m to this period as that is the charge for a whole year.
Maatsen will have been our asset for 2-3 days so will probably have a charge for 1 month at just over £600k.
The media are underselling the impact of these transfers.
3.) 29 Jun 2024 09:12:34
Didn't realise it was broken down to monthly payments.
4.) 29 Jun 2024 10:37:26
Accounting doesn't work on a payments basis, it works on an accruals basis.
Regardless of when you pay, you record the benefit when you receive it.
In terms of a long term asset, it is depreciated or amortised evenly over the life of the asset (5 years for a 5 year contract) . Part years are pro-rated.
18 Jun 2024 21:34:37
Apparently a number of Gooners believe Luiz move to Juventus is all smoke and mirrors, that despite reports to the contrary they have a deal in place for him as ideally he wants to stay in the Premiership, and Arsenal are running the clock down so Villa will have to accept a lower fee. It will be interesting to see if this is the case or its just wishful thinking on their behalf.
03 Jun 2024 20:25:55
I see we are being linked with Eze and Neto, be great if both these deals came off although Neto is a bit injury prone, but Eze would be a real statement signing.
1.) 03 Jun 2024 20:56:27
If both have good Euros then their price goes up to £80m each. Considering how much time both have spent on the physio table, is it worth spending £160m for them to play 40% of the time?
2.) 03 Jun 2024 21:14:33
Eze 11 goals from midfield I’d take that, even if he has had a few injuries. If Luiz goes we need to replace his returns both in terms of goals and assists Eze would go a long way to plugging that gap.
3.) 03 Jun 2024 22:05:52
It’s annoying the amount of players we are linked with it just means you can’t believe 95% of it.
If it were true I’d take Eze in a heartbeat.
4.) 04 Jun 2024 00:45:11
I think any significant deals will already have been done or at least put in place some time ago. So I don’t think anyone should be too overly shocked or disappointed by any signings (or lack of) . Que Sera as they might say in Barcelona ?
01 Jun 2024 18:35:50
I see rumours are beginning to circulate around Luiz wanting to move. Perhaps the rumour which circulated around Feb/March time that NSWE were prepared to give Emery a £200 million transfer kitty providing we qualified for CL and that Luiz was sold were true. It also might explain why we are allegedly interested in so many midfielders.
1.) 01 Jun 2024 20:55:41
Watching the final here and I’m thinking boy do Madrid need someone like luiz, kroos looks past it and I don’t rate camavinga whatsoever, I know the won the league pretty easily and I can’t say I seen any matches but I have watched them a lot on the champions league and really lack creativity
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26 Jul 2024 16:12:50
Seems like Emery is keen to land Felix.Personally I'm with Davedean, I think he is inconsistent as his time at Chelsea showed. If we do take him I would rather it be a loan with an option to buy rather than a purchase at this stage
1.) 26 Jul 2024 17:46:43
I think unai could unlock the best out of him, i think this would be a statement signing
2.) 26 Jul 2024 19:47:39
It’s a huge gamble, I see it as a Junhino/Merson signing, a statement. I honestly don’t know much or have seen much of Felix, he had a good World Cup but a bit part player at the Euros. He (from what I’ve read) can play all across the front line so could class him as a back up to Ollie should he get injured, in the same way I think Roger’s could (not forgetting Archer too) If he has a more than decent season then that should tie in with us being successful, if we get him at £50M or less then he’d be worth more should he want to move on so a win win there. He might end up loving it at Villa and become a legend. These are all mights and ifs but couldn’t you say that about any signing any team makes. If we’ve got £50M+ burning a hole in our pockets personally I’d like to buy Jonathan David as another quality No9 (who can also play across the front 3) who will push Ollie not just be a back up, or something completely different (I’m just pulling a name out the sky, not saying we should buy him) like a Chris Wood, someone who can rough up defenders, we can’t just rely on scoring ‘sexy’ goals. But going back to the beginning of this post, if Félix gives us something of what Merson did when he joined, would be a gamble worth taking ??♂️
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3.) 26 Jul 2024 20:41:19
He’s too inconsistent for me, I’d rather go for either a direct replacement for Diaby like Raphina or someone who can play anywhere across the midfield in Eze, Raphina would be cheaper than Felix and Eze probably a bit more, but both have been quality performers at Premiership level, Felix hasn’t in my view.
4.) 26 Jul 2024 21:17:27
My partner is a Chelsea fan so I actually saw quite a lot of Felix when he played for them.
Felix was by far their best player when he was there and always looked like he was willing to work hard.
Not playing consistently will always create inconsistency. Get him regular game time again and I think he'll come good.
Unlike Coutinho, Felix is still young and has decent enough physical attributes to compete.
5.) 26 Jul 2024 21:22:30
What I’m not getting with this talk of we need wingers/not No9 forwards is by my count, we have 6 or 7, for at the most 2 spots in the team. Going on the talk of Philonge being worth £100M (or £84M) I’m going to guess that he’s Diaby’s replacement? For clarity, those 6 or 7 are Bailey, Illing Jr, Dobbin, Philonge, Ramsey, Buendia and Morgan.
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24 Jul 2024 11:49:51
I think next season our midfield is going to be an interesting watch. If we play 4-2-2-2 which seems to be Emery's preferred formation, the holding players when fit pick themselves, Kamara and Onana. However the decision on those further forward is not so clear cut, for me it's two out of Tielemans, McGinn, Ramsey, and Rogers. Once upon a time McGinn was un droppable, I am not sure that's the case anymore. Personally I would still opt for McGinn and Tielemans but based on how he performed towards the end of last season Rogers is pushing very hard for a starting place.
1.) 24 Jul 2024 13:43:46
I think it'll be Bailey and Rogers with either Mcginn or Tielemans supporting Watkins. I think Emery has worked out Bailey is better on the right rather than that support striker role.
2.) 24 Jul 2024 15:12:05
You may very well be right, I guess it’s what Emery values more, the flair Tielemans offers versus the ‘ratting’ around that McGinn does, to my mind it’s a difficult call.
3.) 24 Jul 2024 18:13:55
It probably comes down to the captaincy. If Mcginn stays captain then he starts.
Mcginn will probably play the pivot with Onana until Kamara is fit but it's definitely a complete guess after that.
If we sign Felix or another big name it gets even more complicated, someone is going to be disappointed. The squad will look great for rotation but I get the feeling Emery likes to keep a settled team.
4.) 24 Jul 2024 21:41:42
Interesting debate. One that's not been mentioned is barkley. Him alongside Onama maybe the option until kamara is fit. Throw in jaden as well I feel super John's time as main man may be shifting
5.) 24 Jul 2024 22:20:25
Yeah definitely don’t think mcguin is a starter anymore what a midflied we have on our hands now though exciting times. Funny how those dingles down the road don’t post about there signings vs ours. How lucky we are to have such great owners with a great business model. UTV
6.) 25 Jul 2024 07:54:59
Do we really see Emery giving Martinez the armband? He is the only other person I can see as captain material who would be a regular starter.
I don't think Barkley is coming in as a regular starter. He could nail down a spot like Tielemans did last season but I think he's there for rotation to begin with.
I honestly didn't think there would be so much upheaval already with more to come.
7.) 25 Jul 2024 08:45:08
Personally I’d give it to konsa
8.) 25 Jul 2024 08:45:25
Sorry should add or Martinez
9.) 25 Jul 2024 09:14:43
Konza a good shout Tom
22 Jul 2024 19:30:09
It seems to me that profit and sustainability issues are going to be with us season upon season until we significantly increase our revenue streams or unless our transfer business results in a overall profit for the club. With that in mind I am going to make a controversial suggestion sell Ollie at £80 million plus and Diaby at £50 million. Buy Toney who is allegedly available at circa £45 million and Raphina supposedly £42 million, would we be any weaker? Not sure we would. This would result in a profit of circa £45 million on those deals, and any future sales of the likes of Duran, Carlos, Digne, Archer etc would still give us plenty of money to look to add a goalkeeper, right back and back up striker, plus I would imagine remove any potential PSR issues for the 25/26 season. I know most of us on here like to see us purchasing quality players but we can't continue to rely on our owners to continually fund large scale spending, we have to generate income and as Emery has said be smart in-the Transfer market.
1.) 22 Jul 2024 20:00:37
We don't need to sell ollie others can go before him lord
2.) 22 Jul 2024 22:15:22
Watkins offers so much more than goals he works his socks off for the team and runs defenders ragged giving our wide players more space would not sell him at any cost
3.) 23 Jul 2024 03:00:10
If Watkins go’s it would want to be over 100 million in my book, him and Toney are very different strikers also, I couldn’t see Emery going for Toney.
4.) 23 Jul 2024 08:03:43
Fair enough, however I imagine we will be in the same position next season ie having to sell players to meet profit and sustainability rules particularly if we don’t match our achievements from last season.
5.) 24 Jul 2024 12:31:08
Won’t be exactly the same lord, if we don’t qualify for the champions league it won’t effect our finances until July of next year, so while we might have to sell someone over the summer there won’t be the big pressure to have deals done before the 30th of June like we had this year.
I can’t see us not getting a European position, it’s just which position I wonder about.
18 Jul 2024 19:22:30
Savio signed for City, Jack's days are numbered I fear.
1.) 18 Jul 2024 22:18:43
Yeah I think pep has ruined him. Don’t even think he would suit our play now?
2.) 18 Jul 2024 23:03:12
Jacks head is easily influenced - he thought he would be City’s massive star but hasn’t been. I think he is still a great player and talent. Southgate was mistaken in not taking him to the Euros. If he’s being asked to play a certain way which doesn’t work - even by a decent manager like Pep - it doesn’t diminish the underlying talent in my view so he could easily adapt to a different system. However, since there is no buy-back clause (which Christian said would be twice the selling fee) we would have to pay market price. He’d needs to grow up in Emery’s eyes though. I can’t imagine he’s very tolerant of party boys ?
30 Jun 2024 17:39:06
Better we go out now than later it's the hope that kills you!
We have played poorly all tournament and the manager only makes one change! Southgate is clueless. Even if we turn this round, the likes of France, Germany, Portugal, Spain will murder us with the team he turns out and the way he sets them up.
1.) 30 Jun 2024 18:45:17
Southgate called for continuity and it certainly seems like he's getting what he wants.
I'm glad I stopped watching international football over a decade ago, it's an awful watch most of the time.
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22 Jul 2024 13:24:15
I think an alleged salary of circa £20 million a year might have had something to do with it.?
20 Jul 2024 21:20:11
Emery had Lo Celso at PSG I think so knows the player, but I agree with Whack that we are undervaluing Ramsey if the deal is Lo Celso + £20 million, In the final year of his contract Lo Celso is worth £15 million tops therefore I would expect at least £30 million makeweight to make the deal happen. As Diaby is off, and Spurs are trying to sign Pedro Neto from Wolves if we let Ramsey go we should ask for Kulesevski as part of the package rather than Lo Celso.
20 Jul 2024 11:40:21
We allegedly have an interest in Kulusevski I wonder if an exchange deal can be brokered with him coming to VP as part of any deal for Ramsey?
17 Jul 2024 14:15:34
Williams allegedly wants wages of circa £250 k a week. I can’t see us paying him that kind of money.
13 Jul 2024 12:30:46
Onana wouldn’t have been my first choice, Ndidi would have been a steal on a free, but I would have preferred us trying for the likes of Koopmeiners or Ruben Neves I think either would come cheaper than Onana
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26 Jul 2024 20:41:19
He’s too inconsistent for me, I’d rather go for either a direct replacement for Diaby like Raphina or someone who can play anywhere across the midfield in Eze, Raphina would be cheaper than Felix and Eze probably a bit more, but both have been quality performers at Premiership level, Felix hasn’t in my view.
24 Jul 2024 15:12:05
You may very well be right, I guess it’s what Emery values more, the flair Tielemans offers versus the ‘ratting’ around that McGinn does, to my mind it’s a difficult call.
23 Jul 2024 08:03:43
Fair enough, however I imagine we will be in the same position next season ie having to sell players to meet profit and sustainability rules particularly if we don’t match our achievements from last season.
22 Jul 2024 21:36:35
I agree he hasn’t achieved anything yet, but he did look good against us and in fairness he is only 18.
12 Jul 2024 17:45:16
Sounds like Philogene has signed a 5 year deal with us, just waiting for the medical formalities. If this is right I can’t believe, given his experience at Hull and the interest in him from the likes of Ipswich and Everton that he would want some guarantees about game time. Maybe we will let Diaby go after all?