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Arsenal and Orlando Pirates. Lets use this platform to make each other better. All respectful dialogue is welcome. 🇿🇦
Joined January 2021
Arsenal getting Kiwior in January is looking like more and more of a masterstroke everyday. He would definitely be going for 40-50m this summer.
🚨 EXCL: Wolves reject €35m offer from Napoli for Max Kilman. #SSCNapoli pursuing 26yo as potential replacement for Kim Min-jae but #WWFC will not accept below €40m. Contract 2026, option to extend + open to renewing - so no pressure to go @TheAthleticFC
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The fact that Arteta trusts Nwaneri to play in his midfield at 17 is telling.
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If the price is right, Arsenal should replace Trossard with Xavi Simons. - Retention + creation winger.- Great ahead of the ball CM and improving behind the ball. - F9 option. Simons would be an incredible swiss-army knife in the long-term. I wonder how much he'd cost.
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John Stones’ exploits for Man City this past season have re-emphasized the need for clubs to have individuals capable of being structural, technical and tactical compensators for their respective sides.
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Havertz LCM was actually a trial run for Onana LCM. Arteta is playing 8D chess at this point.
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One of the best space-eaters in Europe being allowed to eat space and ball-hunt with reckless abandon under the watchful eye of the best lighthouse 6 in world football. Scary times.
Free-Role OOP Onana with Rice acting as a lighthouse 6 would break the Premier League.
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If Kiwior starts at left back, Zinchenko becomes an automatic midfield option from the bench. If Timber starts at right back, White becomes a centre-back option. If Havertz starts at CF, Jesus becomes an option out wide and so on. This is all by design. Elite versatility.
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Arsenal should bring Yaser Asprilla in regardless of any other business we do this summer. Top, top profile. - Powerful carrier + he absorbs contact well. - Elite ballstriking and range of finishes. - Fantastic final ball. £15m fee + low wages. No brainer.
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Apparently Bukayo Saka wouldn't start for Spurs. This isn't even an edgy take, this is just bizarre. A word of advice to all twitter blue merchants; You can choose to make sense and still get paid. It doesn't have to be one or the other.
“Why Martinelli and not Saka”. Put Gabriel Martinelli in the 9 position, and you have one of the scariest players in football. A Top 3 Left Winger in the world, the teams he doesn’t start at Left Wing for (AC Milan and Real Madrid), he starts as the 9. For Bukayo Saka, he.
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If Ramsdale seeks an exit in the summer, Alvaro Valles is who we should go for. We need a game-swinger to replace Ramsdale. We need a wall. He'd be extremely affordable as well. £20m max. Selling Ramsdale for £50m and getting Valles for £15m-£20m would be incredible business.
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Gabriel and Merino as primary set piece targets. It's Jover for everybody.
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If they let Arteta get a Saliba-Diomande Center-Back pairing, it's over for all of Europe.
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Evan Ferguson would be incredible for Martinelli. Kane-Son dynamic. Combine this with the ESR/Vieira-Saka dynamic. deadly.
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Arsenal are about to embark on one of the most ridiculous transfer windows of all time. I can just feel it.
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At some point, we're gonna Nwaneri, Vieira and ESR as output midfielder options. Do you know how ridiculous that is. I can't wait.
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This upcoming summer window will be the window of the release clause. Payment terms will be key. I'm confident that Arsenal have left themselves enough wiggle-room in this regard.
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Price is everything as far as Simon Adingra is concerned. I'd be looking to pay £35m-£45m for him. - Fantastic transition threat.- Good 1v1 fundamentals.- Good ballstriking with both feet.- Inside-outside threat. How much would Brighton want?
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One of Europe's best blindside passers in combination with one of Europe's best blindside arrivers in the same xi will be a sight to behold. Havertz×Viera could be the best 1-2 punch in Europe. Shaq & Kobe vibes.
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Nwaneri being able to play both LCM and RCM in all phases will make things so much easier for us. It's so easy to build a team around someone like him.
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Joshua Zirkzee, Desire Doue and Morgan Gibbs-White linked to Arsenal this summer. One of our targets is clearly a versatile 10.
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The prospect of having to deal with Osimhen and Havertz in the same xi is probably keeping Pep and co. up at night.
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We need Diomande AND Hato if Hato is going to play LB long-term. Hato is not going to walk straight in the team. He will need time. If Hato plays LB, it would be Hato LB, Saliba LCB, Diomande RCB and Timber RB. We would have a CCB regardless of who's inverting into MF.
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Jorrel Hato wouldn't just be coming in to play Left-Back, he'd also be coming in to compete at LCB. His build-up dictation is far superior to Gabriel's at CCB. He's not as good at box defending as Gabriel, buy very few are. Hato is key to Kiwior's future at LB for Arsenal.
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Arsenal know that Everton would rather lose Onana than Branthwaite, especially if they are going for roughly the same price. Arsenal want to force Everton's hand. Give us Onana for £40m, or lose Branthwaite for £50m. Your choice.
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Selling Partey for €20m and replacing him with Youssouf Fofana for the same transfer fee and lower wages would be incredible. It would give us an opportunity to bulletproof our squad in other areas.
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@thewittyjack Musiala, Desire Doue, Ronaldinho, Mudryk, Matheus Nunes. Not an ounce of movement wasted. Biomechanical excellence.
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That first "Arsenal are in advanced talks with 'player X' is gonna hit like stew on a cold day. Let the fun begin.
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I'd take Mohammed Kudus over Joao Felix at Arsenal. Would provide direct competition to Saka while also giving us depth at RCM and CF. No brainer. Felix makes no sense with Havertz and Trossard already here. Unless Trossard leaves.
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Free-Role OOP Onana with Rice acting as a lighthouse 6 would break the Premier League.
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@afcstuff The Kroenkes strike me as obsessives. They will pump as much money as they can into this project to complete the set.
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Kai Havertz has put all the best defences in the league to the sword but people will still tell you he's not a centre-forward.
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Zirkzee's associative play with Martinelli, ESR, Saka and Odegaard around him would be deadly. Absolutely deadly.
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If Caicedo is no longer attainable, Arsenal going after Frenkie De Jong makes a lot of sense. A sale of that magnitude opens the door for Barca to go after Bernardo Silva, further weakening City. It just makes sense. It would need Patino staying to be ideal though.
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If Zubimendi was to be signed and Odegaard remained at RCM, Zubimendi would essentially be a like-for-like long term replacement for Jorginho. Zubimendi signing would probably mean more Rice LCM. Arteta is not going to compromise his press and mid-block by having Zubi at LCM.
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Arsenal will probably be able to have a Gross spend of ~ £300m this summer, taking into account player sales + guaranteed CL qualification + CL revenue from this year. Ramsdale + Nelson + Nketiah + Trossard + Kiwior + Partey + Tierney will easily get us £150m-£170m.
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Arsenal need to activate Jeremie Frimpong's release clause in the summer. We need to.
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I know a place where you will never get booed.
leao got whistled off the pitch…. went straight into the locker room.
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Youssouf Fofana would replace what Partey provides at 6 and Right-back while also being able to play as an 8. His age means he's also still malleable. If we aren't planning to spend big on a Partey replacement, Fofana is an absolute no brainer.
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Frenkie de Jong is a £100m player btw. - All-phase midfielder with zero angle bias.- Peak age.- Double threat (pass + carry).- Underrated athlete
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What if all the haggling Arsenal has been doing with the Calafiori and Merino deals was done to allow us to attack the Nico Williams release clause situation?.
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@EBL2017 When your transfer activity is centered around ensuring that your rivals don't get certain targets, this tends to happen. Chelsea getting Mudryk was a knee-jerk reaction to us wanting him. They clearly had no plan for him whatsoever.
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If Arsenal don't go for Diomande because of Tomiyasu, then there's.no excuse not to go all out on Osimhen/Ferguson + a top tier midfielder in addition to Williams. Still hope we go for Diomande though.
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We all know that Arsenal are far from done in the transfer window, but Edu's quote has me excited. Something big is in the works. I can just smell it.
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The best ball-strikers are masters of knowing what type and how much english they need to put on the ball. Sesko is one of them.
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Spurs' are stacked in midfield. Sarr, Skipp, Bissouma, Hojberg, Bentancur, Maddison and Lo Celso. Good range of valuable profiles.
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New signings are always exciting, but I don't think there is anything more exciting than the prospect of an academy graduate breaking through. I can't wait for the season to start.
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The fixture fuckers tried to fuck us over, the refs tried to fuck us over, the commentators tried to jinx us, Rodri was like bambi on ice trying get us a red card. All of them failed. Fuck all of them. Up the fuckin Gunners.
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I've changed my mind. Arsenal should get Ivan Toney. The argument that we should keep our powder dry for when the next set of young elite CFs become available is slightly naive. We don't want to base your future on a risky contingency. Get Toney for ~£50m, don't overpay.
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If Arsenal get Moscardo and Diomande, we'll have the best depth in Europe in two key positions, lone 6 and CCB. The best part is:. - Moscardo can also play ahead of the ball. - Diomande can play WCB/FB hybrid as well. We have to pull the trigger in January.
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Call it wishful thinking, but I can't help but think that we are working on a big signing in midfield behind the scenes.
(🌕) Arsenal have made some calls and enquiries for Mikel Merino, but no offer/s as of yet. @MatteMoretto #Transfers 📞🔴.
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Zubimendi loves Sociedad, but the allure of the Arsenal project + playing under a fellow basque gives us a huge edge.
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Jhon Lucumí would be an intelligent signing for Barca. Very good market opportunity.
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The hunt an athletic 6/8 is straightforward for Arsenal. It's Fofana or Onana. The hunt for a pass-first midfielder is where the potential financial landmine is for Arsenal. Personally, I'd prefer Kimmich for £35m-£40m with a view of getting next great passer in the future.
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Ousmane Diomande wouldn't just be a depth option. He would represent a big part of our continuous evolution.
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@afcstuff It's a shame that Wenger couldn't use that golden eye of his to full effect because of factors outside his control.
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Guimaraes + Fofana for £100m combined would be incredible business. Youssouf Fofana is a £50m player in his own right. Getting him for £20m-£30m would be one of the deals of the summer.
If Guimaraes and Onana proves too expensive, Guimaraes and Fofana would be a good alternative.
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"Interception to tackle ratio" gives a bit of insight as to the game reading and spatial coverage ability of players with certain off-ball roles. 1. Terrier CMs (Camavinga, Caicedo, Joao Neves, Onana etc.).2. Reader 6s (Jorginho, Rodri).3. Reader-ground eater 6s (Rice, Weiffer)
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If Man City signed Raya to compete with Ederson, they'd be getting universal praise from rival fans with inferiority complex. Arsenal try it and all of a sudden it's a war crime. Make it make sense.
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Imagine if Kamaldeen Sulemana was at City. Cash money in isolation Every.Single.Time. I like Doku, but Kamaldeen is a different beast.
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@afcstuff @theofficialfwa So basically they've been the two best human footballers in the country this season.
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Joshua Zirkzee with Martinelli, ESR, and Havertz running off him + Saka, Nwaneri, and Odegaard playing off him would make Arsenal a 100 goal PL season team. Easily.
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Jorrel Hato's ability, mentality, and ceiling are already attractive enough. When you also factor in homegrown eligibility, signing him becomes an absolute no-brainer. I'm interested to see how much Ajax will ask for.
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Whatever happens with Frenkie and Osimhen, we can't afford to miss out on Nico Williams. Especially at that price. Elite competition for both Saka and Nelli. Could also pave the way for Martinelli CF.
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Trent Alexander-Arnold, Kevin De Bruyne, Lamine Yamal, Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi, Fabio Vieira, Murillo, Matias Soule, Douglas Luiz. Players who pass with bad, bad intentions. Absolutely terrifying to play against.
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We can't let Jorginho leave. We can't. I hope he accepts an elder statesman type of role from next season onwards. Still one of the best 6s in Europe.
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Sassuolo's Armand Laurienté has established himself as one of the most dangerous wingers in Serie A in his very first season in Italy. In this thread, I will breakdown exactly why some of Europe’s elite should have him on their radar.
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Arsenal should do everything in their power to keep Charlie Patino. Elite frame, vision, box-defence, carrying and box-crashing potential. He'd be the perfect long-term replacement for Xhaka. I hope he goes on the pre-season tour.
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The inability to separate club rivalry and the accompanying playful banter of rival players with objective analysis of said players continues to hurt fans' ability to judge rival players fairly. Hojlund, Darwin Nunez and Havertz are just some recent examples of this.
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I don't agree with this idea that it should be Osimhen/Ferguson or no one at all at centre-forward for Arsenal. Especially if Martinelli isn't played at CF long-term. We need someone who's eyes light up in front of goal. We need a killer.
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My dream end to the window would be Osimhen, Merino and Alphonso Davies/Dorgu.
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@HAftbl I was confused for a second. I forgot Fabregas' surname is Soler. I thought you were talking about Carlos Soler.
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Who's next? . - De Jong, the silky, press resistant, box crashing LCM capable of doubling up as a 6 in the right conditions. - Koopmeiners, the mostly like-for-like Xhaka replacement with the added ability to play @ 6 and CB. - Caicedo, the duel/ball winning monster with.
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We need to try for Camavinga in the summer. We have to at least try. If we're willing to pay €60m for Zubimendi, we should try an €80m-€90m bid for Camavinga.
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Tears in my eyes. This is how the elites operate.
🚨Arsenal are looking for £50m for Aaron Ramsdale, made up of a guaranteed £40m plus add-ons. (@reluctantnicko ).
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In terms of weekly squad composition practicality, Hato makes the most sense out of all of Arsenal's defensive targets. Competition for both Timber at LB and Gabriel at LCB. Eliminates the possibility of Gabriel CCB in possession. I would still prioritize Diomande.
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If we get all our No.1 targets, some unpopular sales will probably happen. I guess we can't have it all.
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For the first time in a few years, the headloss from Arsenal fans is justified. I'm sure Arsenal will still be able to compete, but City are the favorites for sure. Something went wrong this window. I don't know what went wrong, but something went wrong.
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Apart from Amadou Onana's known ability and potential, the fact that he has been coached by Sean Dyche makes him even more of a no-brainer for Arteta. You can guarantee that he knows how to operate in a in low-block, mid-block, hybrid-block and a press. 1/2
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People who think we are anywhere near our peak ain't seen nothing yet:. - Vieira's peak.- Nwaneri and MLS' integration.- ESR eventually getting more minutes at RCM.- Havertz CF full-time.- Adding one more transition threat out wide.- Diomande potentially coming in. - Patino. .
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Arsenal fans, whenever you feel down, just remember that Declan Rice chose Arsenal over the consensus best team in Europe. Remember that William Saliba, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli committed their futures to this football club. That should make you feel better, I think.
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@arnie1886 If anything, that fact that they are the lowest is the biggest indicator of depth, in quality.
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As far as any Victor Osimhen pursuit goes, timing will be key. We will need to move late on in the window if we want to get him at a reasonable price. We already know the wages he wants. If we can get him for £65m-£70m on £240k a week, that would be great.
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Youssouf Fofana looks real good right about now huh? . Relying on Partey in 2024. Smh. It doesn't matter if he has 9 out of 10 outings against teams we should be beating. He's always a liability when he comes up against any type of dynamism. Sell him ffs.
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@thewittyjack People forget Thierry was viewed as just an extremely raw wingback when Wenger brought him in.
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Odegaard's final-ball strike rate on the left hand side is astronomically higher than on the right hand side.
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Kannan is responsible for expanding so many footballing minds on this platform and would be an asset to anyone who would be willing to give him a chance, whether it be in football, or any other field. Incredibly selfless and humble human being with an incredible mind to boot.
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The prospect of Balde as our left-back would be enticing enough. When you also factor in his potential as a winger, it becomes an absolute no-brainer.
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@nonewthing It's scary how similar to prime Liverpool we are. It's scarier that we can become even better with Ricedo.Ramsdale with his game swinging abilities is our Alisson, Jesus as our Firmino as well.
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One of the biggest reasons the best Italian/Italian-based players rarely leave Italy in their primes is because they are already playing for their dream clubs. People tend to forget just how big Juve, Inter, AC Milan, Roma and Lazio are.
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Spurs are making this United press look better than it actually is.
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I know he doesn't represent the perfect current solution, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intrigued by the prospect of Sesko at Arsenal. Arteta getting his hands on him at 20 years old would be incredible.
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I'm still struggling to understand why Arsenal haven't gone for Youssouf Fofana. Why not be proactive in replacing Partey for just €20m-€25m and £100k a week?.
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