We really need Marquinhos and ESR to get more playing time and actually do well. We can't burn out the front 3, like we always do, but we can't sign anyone either. It's harder now to find someone better than Marti/Saka, that isn't cost prohibitive. And it wouldn't even make sense to sign someone better than them, let them continue to develop. But we usually have a big drop in attacking quality when either of them can't play, so we need bodies that can take some minutes from them while also not lowering the overall quality of the squad, the way Elneny brings down the midfield.
I know we’ve discussed the failure to provide significant cover behind Partey because of his Arsenal injury history and potential legal problems, but the points accumulated with and without Partey in the team is dramatic, 2.2 points a game over a full season is 84 points, which would have put Arsenal 10 points clear of Chelsea last season. https://e0.365dm.com/22/09/2048x1152/skysports-partey-arsenal-graphic_5892908.jpg?20220909114835
If there is someone who can play Parteys role, spend whatever it takes to get them. If Partey doesn't go to jail, great, you have rotations. If he does get locked up, then we aren't totally ********ed from the next transfer window until the end of the season.
knowing nothing about this player, this feels a correct transation. https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/who-is-arsenal-transfer-xeka-28010331 i mean, a xeka to join a xhaka and a saka would be the most appropriate complement to gabriel, gabriel, and gabriel.
I'd be okay with trying to hold out until January and then getting Danilo since Palmeiras's season will have ended.
if it isn't a longer term cedric-type contract (high price on account of being a free), i'd be pretty okay with someone with experience coming in as insurance until, as @yossarian said, we can grab danilo in january. also, this part is why i don't tend to be particularly upset at players going for the money: i'm wanting the club to use players "as needed" without giving a damn about their longer term future. so if a player wants to do the same? get your cheese, man.