2 hours ago, Sindre said:

Go have a look at who he scores against. Lower league sides and relegation fodder.

And let's not be ridiculous, he didn't want Higuain for depth clearly. Higuain is multiple levels above any striker we have at the club. And we already have three strikers at the club for one position. Depth isn't needed.
Quality however is.

Yeah if it was an eating competition...

3 hours ago, Sindre said:

Btw, Higuain confirmed in todays press conference with AC Milan that Sarri wanted him here.
So clearly the manager isn't overly confident in the strikers we have at the club at the moment either.

He's only had Morata and Tammy available to see play.

Joe Hart having a medical at Burnley.

Maybe a move for Nick Pope?

32 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Joe Hart having a medical at Burnley.

Maybe a move for Nick Pope?

Pope has just got a bad injury. Dislocated shoulder, and Heaton is injured aswell I believe. 

The story has already been shot down by Hodgson supposedly. 

Seemed a bit weird that only The Mirror were reporting it.

Think he wants a class AM to provide goals from midfield 

2 minutes ago, zes said:

Think he wants a class AM to provide goals from midfield 

Yeah none of the midfielders we currently have has goals in them. Still don’t understand why we passed on the Golovin deal when it was done at £25m. Vidal has signed for Barca, and could have been a short term option.

Fekir will be ideal, Aouar from Lyon has immense potential and  Fernandes from Sporting Lisbon is attractive because of the issues the club is facing. Have a sneaking feeling we might end up bidding for Ramsey.

1 hour ago, ducavis said:

Yeah none of the midfielders we currently have has goals in them. Still don’t understand why we passed on the Golovin deal when it was done at £25m. Vidal has signed for Barca, and could have been a short term option.

Fekir will be ideal, Aouar from Lyon has immense potential and  Fernandes from Sporting Lisbon is attractive because of the issues the club is facing. Have a sneaking feeling we might end up bidding for Ramsey.

I believe I read somewhere that Fernandes ended up resigning for Sporting.  Shame, I think he could’ve been a good fit for our midfield and could have came on a free.

6 hours ago, ducavis said:

Yeah none of the midfielders we currently have has goals in them. Still don’t understand why we passed on the Golovin deal when it was done at £25m. Vidal has signed for Barca, and could have been a short term option.

Fekir will be ideal, Aouar from Lyon has immense potential and  Fernandes from Sporting Lisbon is attractive because of the issues the club is facing. Have a sneaking feeling we might end up bidding for Ramsey.

Ramsey will do an Ozil and hold out for a massive new contract from Arsenal...of the AM out there Fakir is probably the best available...just hope his knees hold out...

5 hours ago, doctorblue said:

Ramsey will do an Ozil and hold out for a massive new contract from Arsenal...of the AM out there Fakir is probably the best available...just hope his knees hold out...

Let's hope so. We don't want to sign another injured midfielder.

On ‎04‎/‎08‎/‎2018 at 12:28, Osgood is Good said:

Let's hope so. We don't want to sign another injured midfielder.

That has failed to deliver on a consistent basis like so many of the arsenal midfield over the years.

Reports out there that we are accelerating talks with Lyon for Fekir.  Not sure how reliable the source (France Football) is, but I find it a little too convenient that this report comes out the day before we play them.

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Yeah seeing that all over Twitter that we are "allegedly" making a move for him.

If we are going to sign an attacking midfielder then I hope it’s Aaron Ramsey. A great little player, will fit right in with Sarri’s style considering he has learnt his trade at Arsenal with their football identity. 

Hes also a proven goal scorer. Can’t be too expensive either, maybe 25/30m? I’m all for it.

Id rather Fekir than Ramsey.

21 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

If we are going to sign an attacking midfielder then I hope it’s Aaron Ramsey. A great little player, will fit right in with Sarri’s style considering he has learnt his trade at Arsenal with their football identity. 

Hes also a proven goal scorer. Can’t be too expensive either, maybe 25/30m? I’m all for it.

No more so than Barkley, only really had one outstanding goal scoring season and that was 5 years ago.

17 minutes ago, jack_super_class said:

Id rather Fekir than Ramsey.

Cant argue that.  Can’t believe this is even a question.  Easily Fekir is the player you take, younger and much more dynamic.  Plus he can play in 3 different positions.

12 minutes ago, mwblue10 said:

Cant argue that.  Can’t believe this is even a question.  Easily Fekir is the player you take, younger and much more dynamic.  Plus he can play in 3 different positions.

If his knees hold up...

8 minutes ago, doctorblue said:

If his knees hold up...

‘15-‘16 was bad, yes, but he’s made 49 and 39 appearances the past 2 seasons, respectively.

Bernard is going to Everton on a free.

IIRC we were linked with him a few weeks back?

I’m seeing some reports out of Spain that we are looking at Kepa

I’m seeing some reports out of Spain that we are looking at Kepa

He's good but *very* young. It'd be a hell of a gamble taking a young kid away from home like that. Maybe if we bought him this year, loaned him out like we did Courtois and played Willy this year it might make sense but I'd be concerned if we were to make honour number one this year.

Just now, TheFunkeyGibbon said:

55 minutes ago, mwblue10 said:

I’m seeing some reports out of Spain that we are looking at Kepa

He's good but *very* young. It'd be a hell of a gamble taking a young kid away from home like that. Maybe if we bought him this year, loaned him out like we did Courtois and played Willy this year it might make sense but I'd be concerned if we were to make honour number one this year.

He's 23 nearly 24. Hardly a young kid by any standard. Courtois had won league titles in 3 different countries by that age. 

He signed a contract extension in January which upped his buy out clause to €70m or €80m. 

1 minute ago, big blue said:

He's 23 nearly 24. Hardly a young kid by any standard. Courtois had won league titles in 3 different countries by that age. 

He signed a contract extension in January which upped his buy out clause to €70m or €80m. 

Exactly - certainly not a player we would buy and then loan.  Very expensive, doubtful to happen.  Not sure we want it to anyways?

5 hours ago, mwblue10 said:

‘15-‘16 was bad, yes, but he’s made 49 and 39 appearances the past 2 seasons, respectively.

Always a risk. My view is that he is worth it. He scores goals and crucially he presses from the front. Which we desperately need. He's also left footed which opens up lots of different options. 

What I have always liked about him most is he has that Hazard style low centre of gravity which makes him strong on the ball and good at receiving back to goal.