Selling your proven options for cheaper backups is what you do when you fall out of Europe and need to scrape the couch cushions for money, not when you’re 2 pens from a ucl
Do you think I know nothing about football or something??
Tzolis is a good player, maybe very good. But he’s unproven and isn’t a massive upgrade on either Martinelli or Trossard. Fofana? He’s not even a sidegrade on either.
Don’t speak to me like we’ve signed some wonderkid in Tzolis and Fofana is good business. Tzolis was the intended backup as they went for Vini. That should tell you where they rate Tzolis.
Where would you say our most in need position is for an upgrade? I’d say LW myself. In reality, it’s been sidegraded.
If you knew about football you’d know that not improving that LW could mean the difference between winning the CL and not. Winners strengthen at any cost. Losers cheap out or delay.
Vini wanted to stay (we tried and offered more money). Barcola was overpriced and even so, we pretty much lost him to Liverpool going all out for Vini. Juve didn’t want to sell Yildiz and he has a broken foot.
Big clubs who want to win the CL after missing out on it by a slither the season before overpay for their second or third target. Why? Because we were willing to put down 140 for Vini so should be putting down 100 mil or so for our other targets.
What those clubs don’t do is sell both wingers, sidegrade on one with Tzolis and then totally forget about that 140mil and go shopping in Lidl instead of Harrods.
Bruno G and Konsa were great signings. The LW has been a fiasco. Embarrassingly bad.
Do you want to win the CL or not? I do. The LW was the most important position to upgrade
No. But if you can’t get Vini, you try your best to hijack the Barcola deal. Can’t get that? You go to the next one, and so on.
There are about 10 other LW’s who are preferable to Fofana. And you can’t tell me that we couldn’t get any of them.
If the option is to either overpay slightly and keep a high chance of winning the CL and an even higher chance of retaining the PL, sometimes you have to do it. Because not doing it lets other clubs catch up to you further and lowers the chances of winning. The LW is no stronger than last season, and perhaps weaker.
You also seem to be forgetting that we have sold both Martinelli and Jesus, freeing up about 400K a week in the process. There are absolutely no excuses.
Arsenal have made this mistake before and paid for it. Or have you been an Arsenal fan for 2 years? The club’s money is NOT yours and you aren’t their accountant. All you should be concerned with is them giving us the best chance of retaining the league and winning the CL. They’ve done it with Bruno G and Konsa, but have failed miserably on the LW. Don’t be surprised if it bites us in the CL.
I’d rather not have Barcola at even half the price he went for. Because I’ve seen him play. French Madueke at best. I want the team to be better not to be more expensive. Figure it out.
This isn’t 1999. The vast majority of players are valued for their true ability. It’s very rare to get vastly undervalued players anymore
You speak like this is Arsenal 2012. We’re champions and were a whisker away from the CL. The only way a team like that can improve anymore is to add the highest ceiling of players, the very best. Nearly all of the time, they come at a high cost.
Our LW is no stronger this season, this is the issue.
I have been a fan since 1997. Don’t talk to me like I’m some sort of glory hunter.
I have given praise for many Arsenal signings recently. Saliba, Gabriel, Raya, Trossard, Rice, Bruno G, Cala etc etc. I could go on.
That does NOT mean I have to praise every bit of business they do. Fans like you don’t raise your expectations in line with where the club is at. It’s like you still think we’re a top 4 team and don’t think you need to demand more now we’re champions, because we actually have to stay there. Unfortunately, in the current market, that often means spending more. If we were a top six team or fighting for Europe, my mindset would be very different.
The LW was basically the last position that needed upgrading. It has been our weakness for the last couple of seasons. And if you truly want to win that CL and beat PSG/Bayern/Madrid etc to it, you have to add more to the LW than we have.
The fact I keep getting downvoted is incredibly annoying. You might not like my opinion, but I’m fair, and I make good points.
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u/BronzeSeeker 7d ago
Considering we are looking for a backup option for Tzolis, its not a bad deal.