Little better but not quite there - 2020 Summer Transfer Thread

Saka and martinelli are two of the most promising kids I’ve ever seen here

 

Yup and we absolutely needed to get those deals done. Which we managed to do. Phew.

Now there's just some stupid little spat going on between us and St.Etienne about Saliba's arrival, and whether we allow him to play in the Coupe de France Final. Let's hope we manage that one well too. The general consensus seems to be that we should let the kid play in the final, assuming he's not carrying an injury of course.

 

At this point we may as well keep him because where else is he gonna go

 

He's on 200k a week now? Re-signing him seems far more reasonable that allowing him to walk. Spend 40m over 3 years in wages or spend 10m for 1 year in wages - then pay a transfer fee and wages for a replacement. Selling is still an option if the price is right. While it is a risk, I'm not all that concerned about him falling off a cliff physically.

 

Sign him, sell laca and use Nketiah as back up and martinelli in rotation

 

I’m not sure this is true - as with all things Arsenal the team has been such a tire fire this season that it’s hard to tell what’s decline and what’s tactical.

But his numbers have dropped, and signing a pacy striker for 10 million+ a season for his age 32-34 seasons seems like a bad idea.

 

One of Laca or Auba absolutely has to go. I don't particularly mind which one because there are pros and cons to both. But I really don't think Auba out on the LW is what Arteta wants to be doing for another season, and if Auba gets a re-up we need the salary wiggle room that dumping Laca would give us.

 

i actually like aubameyang coming in from the left with lacazette/nketiah leading the line. more so if either tierney or saka are playing LB/LWB.

i have a tough time seeing either bringing in more than 20 this offseason. and, for that kind of price cut, i'd just as soon see them help us back into the euro.

 

Lots of player swaps being talked about, that's for sure. A silver lining of covid would be if it helped jettison transfer fees and moved world football towards free agency

 

Free agency would suck

teams wouldn’t be able to keep their talent and the production would be a waste

the thing that killed the current model is tv money and plastic owners

 

We should’ve sold him last summer, really, but the club stupidly believed this team would be competitive.

 

This is nit-picking, but Aubameyang turned 31 two weeks ago, so a new 3 year deal would be his age 31, 32 and 33 seasons.

There is a convention that pacy players, as they age, if they lose a step they lose what makes them special and they fall off a cliff. But there is also a history of the most freakish athletes being the ones who can remain freakish athletes as they age. It's a different sport, but I'm thinking of Vince Carter who finally retired at age 43.

Every contract is a risk, but Aubameyang is a popular guy in the locker room, the team captain, who doesn't complain about playing wide left.

 

Ryan Giggs?

As for which to get rid of between Laca and Auba, I am 1000% clear that it should be the former.

 

Auba stays injury free and converts chances

I doubt he looses as much pace as older generation players have with the way dieting and modern training works

 

If he does re-sign there needs to be a clause that he can't do the flip after scoring anymore. I get nervous he's going to get injured every time.