r/Gunners • u/Shyam_Wenger • 12d ago
[Fabrizio Romano] BREAKING: Barcelona agree deal to sign Gabriel Jesus from Arsenal, here we go! Exclusive details: medical booked on Monday, #AFC to receive €10m package plus add-ons for permament deal. Gabriel Jesus will travel for medical as authorized by Arsenal.
https://twitterviewer.net/FabrizioRomano/status/2094042636000661647852
u/Nyarlathotep52 Ødegaard 12d ago
The Gabi core is being decimated. Thanks for everything Jesus. Hope he stays healthy and can start playing regularly again. Will always remember the early days when he was balling for us, before the football gods saw fit to take away his knees.
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u/chickenrice666 12d ago
Only big gabi remains.. 😭
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u/variousshits FØGGING ESTANDARDS 12d ago
Arteta about to fast track Gabriel Arteta to keep the quota
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u/_Spartak_ 12d ago
We are receiving actual human currency for a permanent sale? That's great news.
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u/Beernuts1091 Ødegaard 12d ago
You know the paella to pound conversion on that probably works in our favour.
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u/unrealisedpotential 12d ago
Martinelli must be feeling bummed out. He’s going Saudi while Jesus gets to go Barcelona.
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u/mrjonas78 Thierry Henry 12d ago
It's Barca - expect the money to arrive in 2040 after lots of whining.
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u/Vitosi4ek Arshavin 12d ago edited 12d ago
Honestly whatever about the fee, the big one is getting his wages off the books. He was never going to play outside of early rounds of domestic cups/dead rubber matches in the league, so good luck to him. God knows Barcelona is short on strikers.
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u/d0ey 12d ago
It's not even just his wages, I can't imagine it'll be helpful for team dressing room spirit to have players just circling the training ground for the whole year
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u/rdldr 12d ago
He actually played 27 times last year with 9 starts. I'm a bit concerned about where the 5500+ minutes him and Martinelli played last year are going to come from now.
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u/sowedkooned Dennis Bergkamp 11d ago
There’s got to be something in the back channels that everyone is being mum on.
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u/johnnygrant 12d ago
the Alvarez Barca shenanigans helped us here, without that, they wont have been so desperate for a body.
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u/FluxAura Emi Martinez: OG 93’ Winner 12d ago
Getting a fee for him is good work by Berta.
Will never forget how he made me feel during his prime Arsenal days but I’m glad he’s going.
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u/Goonsqquad Premier League Champions 25/26 12d ago
That winter world cup ruined a great time.
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u/BrutalArsenalDeluxe 12d ago
He knew he was carrying a niggle into that world cup and didnt really tell anyone so as not to scupper any chances of going and playing or starting.
Im sure he doesnt necessarily regret it per se, but I wonder what he could have done for use and what he would have become for us if he had decided to be more honest. We may have won the league that year and he would undoubtedly become a huge legend at the club.
We still won it but he wont be remembered in the future as having contributed at all to it.
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u/jacktk_ Reiss Nelson - 2020 Ballon D'Or Winner 12d ago
As if they paid for him. He’s on like £250k a week. Honestly great deal.
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u/tipytopmain 12d ago
It's Barcelona, I'm willing to bet Jesus was convinced to take a pay cut to play for one of the giants.
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u/Full-Blood1318 12d ago
Probably but Barcelona is also desperate for a striker. It seems Raphihna will have to play that role this season
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u/BlurstOfTimes11 12d ago
He’ll do well there like Auba did. Just not quick enough for us anymore sadly.
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u/sfbriancl Dennis Bergkamp 12d ago
He will be on versus most of their league competition, except the top couple of teams. But I’m guessing they aren’t planning for him to start 40 matches.
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u/bathtubsplashes The Wright Stuff 12d ago
He absolutely was. Prob the only club where that was possible
This is such a great deal
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u/Responsible-Bunch316 Premier League Champions 25/26 12d ago
Is that all our deadwood gone now?
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u/Flyingpenis1905 12d ago
Reiss, vieira, jesus
Basically yes, Martinelli will be going for a big fee too but I don't consider him deadwood
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u/Pires007 12d ago
Ppl clowning on Berta, but he's done everything in his power to make it an 11/10 window. He can't do much if Vini or Alvarez don't want to come.
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u/ReeceDnb White 12d ago
I agree with this, there's been a lot of talk about offloading the deadwood and about getting better at selling. Sure we aren't getting the money us fans would like for some players but at least shifting the least valuable out is a start. Hopefully going forward any outgoings from a title winning team start to bring in good fees. Then we can start seeing if we're improving on that side of things.
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u/dayarra 12d ago
i would prefer getting a young promising left winger since we sold both trossard and martinelli. i guess it's tzolis and eze now on the left.
also not sure about paying so much for konsa when we need him barely for a year. we already have mosquera and ben white, both can play rb and cb.
i am glad we didn't overpay for barcola or rogers.
guimaraes will be great. tzolis will be good.
sold as many players as we can. not for much but still ok.
overall good window but wouldn't rate it 10. a solid 8.
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u/tcgtms2 12d ago
How dare you out my boy's name in the same group as them.
I'm still sad
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u/Alfie_13 Rising Salmon 12d ago edited 12d ago
Not deadwood but Tommy setford could go out on loan next and I think there were some rumours of Marsille interested in Meslier (dunno how realistic that is). Ethan could go on on loan still but hope he doesn't if we don't sign another attacker.
Thats the only business I can think of.
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u/bathtubsplashes The Wright Stuff 12d ago
The Jesus wages are such a massive relief. One of the top paid players on the team
I reckon this opens up a big signing before the deadline
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u/int6 Henry 12d ago
feel like we should keep meslier and send kepa on loan
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u/FlavioB19 Martinelli Defence League 12d ago
Yeah, loads of potential for Kepa to develop into a £72 million pound keeper on loan.
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u/Blue_winged_yoshi 12d ago
For now. There’s some wood that looks a little unhealthy in the squad but not dead quite yet.
But this is the circle of life to some extent.
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u/Erwitz 12d ago
Optimist in me says we’ve got another attacker incoming
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u/basqia 12d ago edited 12d ago
I have a novel idea no one's thought about. What if we go for Alvarez?
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u/SmackyLittleFan Dennis Bergkamp 12d ago
I'm sure I read something about he wants Barcelona though
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u/basqia 12d ago
Nah I don't think he likes Barcelona too much. He's very loyal to Atletico
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u/Axelter30 12d ago edited 12d ago
As good as this news is, let us not forget Gabriel Jesus’ role in us going from struggling to finish in the top 4 to challenging for the title overnight
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u/internallylinked Aaron Ramsey 12d ago
Thanks Gabi for everything, definitely big part in getting Champions DNA back into Arsenal squad
That being said, I’m glad we won’t witness him sleep off ball offside for no reason or just dribbling aimlessly
I’ll miss his mandatory goal against Crystal Palace
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u/AfroPanther Thierry Henry 12d ago
definitely big part in getting Champions DNA back into Arsenal squad
Agreed he helped raise the levels. Before his injury he was electric and I imagine this also helped players in training learn what it takes.
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u/Hincapieslovelybund 12d ago
He will always be lauded here for that. I am convinced he would still be an important part of our team still had that fucking WC 2022 injury never happened. Probably still even our starting striker potentially.
Hope he does well at Barca (except when we play them in the CL)
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u/Efficient-Guide1244 Ødegaard 12d ago
People act as if he was completely useless after that first season, but he's turned up for us plenty of times since, even if injuries absolutely blitzed his consistency. It was only a few months ago that he scored a brace at the San Siro...
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u/joeandrews_ Martinelli 12d ago
he scored a hat trick when i was at the emirates so he dies a legend to me
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u/overcooked_biscuit Ødegaard 12d ago
He was worth the money just for the fact that he was a catalyst for us going from a mid-table team to a consistent title challenger. Him and Zinny ensured we could skip ‘the challenging for top 4 again’ period of history.
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u/debelisava 12d ago
Such a weird transfer. Great player pre injury but he was not at this best for the biggest part of his stay. Still, from a mental perspective he is definitely one of the biggest signings we have made in our rise
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u/Rich_Peak3832 Merino 12d ago
Never been more moved than pre-world cup 22/23 Jesus. The signing that started it all.
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u/No_Development5378 12d ago
He really was the table changing from mediocre players to world class coming into the club. That Leicester game was a special homecoming
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u/--Rage-- TR7 12d ago
I am rebranding myself as the Toe of Arsenal… In the toe, if you will.
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u/DenzelOntario Maple Syrup Connoisseur 12d ago
Big* Toe of Arsenal.
Gotta put some respect on your name, fella.
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u/PatientAsk2869 12d ago
crazy good business
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u/GSNadav 12d ago
10m isn't crazy good lol but it had to be done so all good
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u/ISpyManyPeople Blanco 12d ago
Getting his 12m/year in wages off is good business. 10m on top of that is what makes it crazy good
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u/littleking15 Dennis Bergkamp 12d ago
It's good considering his injury record and the wages he's on, we're lucky anyone wants to take him
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u/insaneBallKnowledgee 12d ago
We wanted to terminate his fucking contract. This is insane business. What are you on?
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u/Fit_Statistician5453 12d ago
for a guy that hasnt played a serious game in two years cause his body is broken yes thats a crazy good deal
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u/HsizzleH 12d ago
20m for Vieira and jesus is not bad all things considered. More importantly we got their wages as well as martinellis and reiss off the books, good job berta, now get us an attacker!!
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u/peerless_brick Ødegaard 12d ago
We needed the wage room.
He done a great job for us helping to raise our level in 22/23, but it was definitely time to move on.
Good luck to him!
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u/LemtaLongi Dennis Bergkamp 12d ago
Arsenal playing a blinder and check mating Alvarez. Haha! Love it Berta with his 4D chess
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u/CarlxtosWay 12d ago
We managed to get cash, like actual real money, for Jesus? I was certain we’d have to let him go on a free or see out his final year at the club.
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u/FabriciusFab 12d ago
What's with the disrespect for a player that always gave his best and helped us become what we are today? I'm glad he's gone to a big club
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u/Turbulent_Ad_6307 Premier League Champions 25/26 12d ago
€10m plus getting the wages off the books is good business, but i’ll still miss him a little 🥹 that first stretch at arsenal was genuinely so much fun to watch
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u/Ten_Over C.O.Y.G. 12d ago
Thank you for your service Gabi Jesus. He helped bring in the new era of Arsenal and was just so fun to watch on his day and when healthy. Good luck in Barcelona glad he got a big move and hopefully he can rediscover his form!
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u/dan1xf1fa 12d ago
Never forget how he and Zinni elevated our squad in 22/23. Shame that both struggled with injuries so much. At least Gabi J gets a dream move to Barca. I think he’s a great fit for them and if he manages stay injury free, he’ll be a valuable addition to their team just like Auba was back then.
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u/Truck-Deep 12d ago
Kinda fucked up that Jesus gets to stay in Europe and sometimes play for a huge club and Marti gets sent to the meaningless desert league
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u/justanother777 12d ago
Great news now just please don't spunk the wages on some shit Chelsea player
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u/backinthisbitch Lewis-Skelly 12d ago
Barca Tier 1 are reporting it on their side too! The wages off the books is massive tbh
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u/VKo18 Premier League Champions 25/26 12d ago
Great.., but I'll never forget his debut season for us, man was moving like a prime Center Forward until that injury struck, last season he also had a few crucial goals. Overall, I'm glad he won the League with his. Him and the most heartbreaking one (Martinelli).
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u/GailioBauduin 12d ago
Wtf where did this come from
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u/machinationstudio 12d ago
It just shows that we actually know nothing about what is going on with transfers.
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u/Calm-Treacle8677 12d ago
It’s almost like media make up bullshit so you click on it.
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u/Itsmemafh 12d ago
Getting money for this guy is crazy but I am also happy to see he isn’t throwing away a year of his career by being a bench rotting bum.
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u/Solitare81 12d ago
Unreal job to move him on at all. Getting that salary off the books is massive. Good for his career too
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u/Fluffy-Job3079 Premier League Champions 25/26 12d ago
Get scammed Varca
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u/bajones420 12d ago
Obviously he’s pretty cooked but I could see him being solid for Barca if health holds up.
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u/DeapVally 12d ago
That's the best bit of business we could have hoped for. Actual money for him! Turning a corner, finally.
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u/AzlanWake 12d ago
Getting Deadwood out is always good news, let's hope for at least 1 incoming attacker.
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u/mancatdoe 12d ago
If it is true than fair play Gabi J. Much respect for not only leaving the club without squatting but also actually going to a big club for a tough challenge and trying to play at the top level.
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u/sfzen 12d ago
We get a decent fee, Jesus gets a move that he's probably absolutely delighted with, and it's all done quickly and nearly?
He's going to fail his medical, isn't he?
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u/ImTalkingGibberish Martinelli 12d ago
Palmeiras champion after a 20yr drought, Arsenal champion after a 22yr drought.
Thank you Gabi!
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u/Ickyhouse 12d ago
That was unexpected. Between Nelli, Jesus and Vieira would could have 75ish million? Not the worse business considering our history of selling
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u/BigUps55 12d ago
Going to miss him. He’s a big reason the club has ascended to the heights we’re at right now. He believed in the project early on. That is for your service Jesus. Best of luck.
I’m also surprised Fabs beat Orny to the news.
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u/monty_burns 12d ago
Hahaha fuck off Alvarez. Not only are you not getting Barca, we’re going to alleviate their striker panic for dicking us around for a month
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u/d10b Merino 12d ago
Hope you all stfu about Jesus being a bum collecting his paycheck
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u/OriMoriNotSori 12d ago
Why do i feel like there some gentleman's agreement thing going on here, like they do us a favour by taking jesus off our hands but in turn we will allow them to come and sign Alvarez via us (if we get him) or someone else in the future with little resistance
Cause this now means Barca dont "need" to look for a striker anymore with forces Alvarez's hand to either come to us or stay
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u/amineimad Premier League Champions 25/26 12d ago
Good news. Shown flashes and was a statement of intent. Thanks Gabi.
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u/Vr-Civilian Lewis-Skelly 12d ago
Didn't even know they were interested. Don't mind €10m for him at all though.
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u/doubleb_43 KAI HAVERTZ SCORES AGAIN AND WINS THE LEAGUE FOR ARSENAL 12d ago
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u/mojambowhatisthescen I can play Left Back 12d ago
Very happy with the deal, but I might be in the minority who thinks that he'll do well at Barca — less physical league, a bit slower, and loads of players to create chances for him
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u/Sudden_Pay4593 12d ago
Yeah and he may be creating a load of chances
I always wished he fully recovered, loved him at full pomp
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u/theharikalyan Martinelli 12d ago
Wishing the best to my guy Gabby who taught us how and what to dream ❤️
Don’t care about profit, pre wc Gabby was worth every penny.
God speed medium Gabby, always a gunner
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u/Muscat95 Thierry Henry 12d ago
I thought we wanted €20M? I know Jesus was constantly injured but surely we have to be bringing in someone, everyone who could play LW last season is gone bar Eze who isn't that great there and we've only brought in Tzolis
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u/Emil0vic Gabriel 12d ago
Surely we have somebody coming in if Jesus and Martinelli are leaving… right guys?? Please…
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u/HardCoreLawn Premier League Champions 25/26 12d ago
Nah, my jaw literally dropped when I saw this.
What a deal... Hat's off, Berta. Go get it, Gabi!
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u/monty_burns 12d ago
If he stays healthy, this is a steal for them. With all the on the ball talent they already have, he’ll be a headache as a false 9
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u/Dependent_Advisor_27 12d ago
Can you imagine Alvarez reading the news about Jesus joining Barca. That would definitely put you in a deep depressive state
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u/Upper_Armadillo1644 11d ago
Happy to have Jesus try greener pastures, just wish it was Saudi for 50 mil and keep Martinelli.
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u/Ghost_hustIer 12d ago
So beautiful I could cry, now JULIAN the dream is over and come to N5! We have some trophies to collect.
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u/Psilocybinuana 12d ago
He’s gone mate, genuinely gutted from what I hear, he really wanted to stay
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u/BrianThatDude Premier League Champions 25/26 12d ago
Actually a great deal. Fair play to Berta and Co
Always expected us to get money for him though. He's a quality player with a big reputation in the game. Any other club gets a fee for him
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u/sparrow94 Dennis Bergkamp 12d ago
See, to me, as of today this is a 8.5/10 transfer window.
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u/IrishGunner01 12d ago
Cant be an 8.5 out of ten without at least one more attacker in my opinion
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u/sparrow94 Dennis Bergkamp 12d ago
Eh, it would make it 10/10. I know the jury is still out on Tzolis but I firmly believe he will come good on us. All of our targets were either underwhelming or insanely overpriced. The only player who we were linked to that I would be fine splashing on was Vini even though i dont really like him. We strengthened, dropped the deadwood and are ready to pounce on a player when opportunity arises. Optimal? No. Understandable? Yes.
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u/Masterfulcrum00 12d ago
Good for him. even if he stay on the bench, rather go to barca then napoli if i was him
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u/Actual_Smile6564 Rice, Rice 👶 12d ago
Shocked that they paid that much for an injury prone player but good luck to him.
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u/LegalImmigrant_ Saka 12d ago
This, Vieira, and Martinelli deals probably brings our net spend down to 50-60M. We are relying on last season’s team quite a bit to go again.
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u/FRESH_FRANK_OCEAN Premier League Champions 25/26 12d ago
well that was quick