El indecido me molesta, si no me quiero, Transfer Thead 2016

Not much need for that anymore...

 

Maybe- But if Ozil continues his progression maybe Cesc,Nasri and RVP don't leave. If Arsenal could build on that it could have been quite the team.

 

he didn't play much. not much else in past few years who turned out shit.

 

Let's look at it tho. We are slowly building a worthy team. Who's team is better than our new core of Czech, Alexis, Ozil, Xhaka ?

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There have been a fair share of bad and/or head-scratching signings in the last decade... Squillaci, Silvestre, Park, Kallstrom, Santos, Chamakh, to name a few. Not any worse than other clubs though. A lot of our "minor" signings haven't come to fruition, though -- minor talents who have the potential to become something bigger. Not sure if that's on scouting or development.

 

i don't remember an off the field issue with him. the only one i can really recall was sagna.

heh.

 

It took some searching, but in 2013 he said that he had been blackmailed in winter of 2010/11 and it screwed him up

 

Its amazing how Juve almost got RVP for £8m a fee years ago when he wanted out. Lool

 

When was this?

 

i didn't remember that! good catch!

 

Leicester signing Bartosz Kapustka for €6m (£5m).

 

That's a hell of deal
Kid has talent

 

Hopefully, he is brought in to replace Mahrez!

 

My YouTube scouting says he will be solid

As Charlie says, hopefully to replace mahrez.

 

Kapustka is 19 yo and huge talent . Biggest talent in 20 plus years to come out of Poland; more highly regarded than Lewandowski or Kuba.
I do not think that he is a replacement for Mahrez as Kapustka is still somewhat unpolished for the big stage. Great signing for Leicester at a low fee. Expect big things in 1-2 yrs.

 

I think you're reading too much into these quotes - they basically show what we already know:

1. That Arsenal are cautious about the targets they pick
2. Aren't going to spend a lot on targets that they have question marks about
3. Aren't going to get into bidding wars

I think 3 is where I take issue - I think being picky about talent and not buying players that the club isn't sure about is a valid business approach, especially at the prices being discussed. But the flip side to that is that there really aren't that many players that Wenger likes, and that means that it makes sense to get into a bidding war for certain players, like a Miki, for instance. If you win the bidding war, you've overpaid, sure, but have overpaid for a player that the club likes, which is better than paying for a player that the club has reservations about, and may or may not be better than standing pat, depending on what the club has now. And if you lose, you drive up costs for rivals.

 

I feel like Milhouse watching the debut of Poochy on the Itchy & Scratchy show, every summer.

"When are they going to get to the Fireworks Factory?"



The Fireworks Factory is the player(s) Arsenal need
Poochy is the crap we usually sign
Milhouse is basically all the fans

 

#UPDATE: Wissam Ben Yedder has been dropped from @ToulouseFC squad for tonight's game. (via: @gunnersopinion)

 

That's certainly one way to look at it, but I think of "an overpay" in the terms of opportunity costs, because money is essentially fungible. The opportunity cost of paying an extra 15 million for Miki is that another signing can't be made.

That goes back to why the club were interested in Vardy: he was relatively cheap, and signing Vardy allowed the club (hence low opportunity cost) to look at prospective moves for Koulibaly, Ricardo Rodriguez, and a winger. The entire summer's plans fell apart when Vardy (who approached Arsenal in the first place) changed his mind. It's obviously frustrating, but Vardy changing his mind is the story of this summer's window. Now we're looking at something like 40m for Lacazette, and the summer will probably be something like Xhaka, Mostafi, and Lacazette (which isn't a bad summer, IMO).

 

Fair point, but a smaller player might not be able to hold up play. Bigger question I have regarding Ben Yedder is why he hasn't been capped for France, despite being 25.

 

OL target...

 

Yeah, if OL get him, that may be an indication that we're getting Lacazette. In any case, hopefully good news.