Romeo Lavia | Chelsea bound?
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We appreciate a lot of players, then only seem to chase one at a time.
Appreciating him is as good as signing him in a way.
It's the thought that counts.
Why the rush to replace Partey? Wasn't he the best DM in the league a few months ago?
Big drop in form in the last months, only 2 years on his contract @200k/pw with no intention to renew. And maybe the other thing.
We should be targeting this sort of player then allows us more funds for a striker
Appreciating him …a round of applause after the scouts and co watch a video of him?
Encore encore shouts Murtough
Encore encore shouts Murtough
Its definitely the other thing.
Partey was one of our best players last season, and for the football Arsenal play, only Rodri and Caicedo (to a degree) can fill the role that Partey has filled for Arsenal this season. No other player can do the same job as our six.
Personally I dont think Arsenal can afford to let him go now. But I think there has been a call from higher up to move him on, as its not a good look. And losing important players like Partey and Xhaka at once, will knock our title chasing ability down a bit next season as its too much of a disruption and City are unforgivable as we all know. Yes, even with Rice and Lavia/Caicedo coming in.
Ideal situation for Arsenal... Rice + Lavia coming in, and Arsenal transitions away from Partey during 23/24. That would ensure continuity and evolution in one.
Haha
I don't think that's true. Targeting players like that Vermeeren and Diarra is how we do that. I can't imagine they'll let him go for less that the buy back clause city have.
We remain interested in everyone 
We remain interested in everyone
I don't think United know what this means if this is what we are briefing
Surely Arsenal don’t have funds for Rice, Havertz, Timber AND Lavia?
A Rice alternative maybe, although I read the other day that they wanted both.
A Rice alternative maybe, although I read the other day that they wanted both.
People take this “remain interested” shite way too seriously.
Ironically if it didn’t include us all you ridiculing the club would ridicule then for NOT being interested
Ironically if it didn’t include us all you ridiculing the club would ridicule then for NOT being interested
If they sell Partey, I imagine it's both.
Appreciate FC, Monitoring FC
Always too late to the party FC.
Always too late to the party FC.
Yeah, that a 200m+ window. Rice 100m, Havertz 50m, Timber 30m, Lavia 20m? Would surprise me.
Concrete and strong....Jesus!
I think all the “interest” and lack of action so far on our part is probably driven by two things:
1. De Gea not yet accepting the reduced terms and therefore the club are contemplating a shift in priorities towards signing a new number 1.
2. Maguire now uncertain on whether he wants to move on and therefore we have held back from committing fully to negotiations with Kim Min-Jae.
Also the underlying issue of uncertainty on our budget due to delay in the takeover process and dependency on outgoings.
A bit speculative on my part but from all the noises over the last few weeks these would seem to be the key factors.
1. De Gea not yet accepting the reduced terms and therefore the club are contemplating a shift in priorities towards signing a new number 1.
2. Maguire now uncertain on whether he wants to move on and therefore we have held back from committing fully to negotiations with Kim Min-Jae.
Also the underlying issue of uncertainty on our budget due to delay in the takeover process and dependency on outgoings.
A bit speculative on my part but from all the noises over the last few weeks these would seem to be the key factors.
Oh behave yourself
People take this “remain interested” shite way too seriously.
Ironically if it didn’t include us all you ridiculing the club would ridicule then for NOT being interested
I think the issue we have is that we’re supposedly keeping tabs on every player without actually making a move.
You could blame the takeover, but it’s the same every window.
We’ll keep monitoring and understanding while other teams challenge for the league and we loiter around 4th. Nothing will change till we get the parasites out and reset the way the club is run
I won’t pretend to know for sure as I don’t follow Arsenal unless it involves United but weren’t they on the FFP watch list ? If so there’s no way they’re paying £70 million for Havertz, £100 million on Rice, £50 million on Timber then signing Lavia who’d be at least £35 million and take their spending past £250 million.
I’d imagine Lavia is a Rice alternative as West Ham are pricing Rice out of a move there with their valuation, Lavia looks to have potential to be a brilliant player although it’s mostly potential whereas I’d prefer Rice at United as he’d be a partner for Casemiro then long term replacement going forward.
I’d imagine Lavia is a Rice alternative as West Ham are pricing Rice out of a move there with their valuation, Lavia looks to have potential to be a brilliant player although it’s mostly potential whereas I’d prefer Rice at United as he’d be a partner for Casemiro then long term replacement going forward.
I think we will get that Belgian kid from Antwerp
I mean you've just added £10m to every players cost haha
I've posted this elsewhere but this is how I imagine we'll do this summer:
Ramsdale
White - Saliba - Gabriel - Zinchenko
Rice
Saka - Odegaard - Havertz - Martinelli
Jesus
Turner
Timber - Tomiyasu - Kiwior -Tierney (Or same price new LB)
Jorginho
Nelson - Vieira - Lavia - ESR
Trossard
Hein
Holding
Elneny
Nketiah
Rice - 90m
Timber - 40m
Havertz - 55m
Lavia - 40m
Total: £225m. (Our reported budget is around £200m).
And then we'll try and sell:
Out: £125m
Xhaka - £15m
Partey - £25m
Balogun - £25m (wants to leave, ideally with buy back)
Patino - £10m (wants to leave, ideally with buy back)
Tavares - £15m
Mari - £5m (already sold)
Trusty - £10m (was their POTS)
Pepe - £15m (will be tough)
Cedric - Free
Runarsson - Free
Loan:
BNC
Marquinhos
Okonkwo
Walters
Sambi - Ideally to Burnley
So the overall spend is around £100m (not too bad). Obviously it's a dream world to sell all those players, although I think most could be doable, Pepe being the tough one.
White - Saliba - Gabriel - Zinchenko
Rice
Saka - Odegaard - Havertz - Martinelli
Jesus
Turner
Timber - Tomiyasu - Kiwior -Tierney (Or same price new LB)
Jorginho
Nelson - Vieira - Lavia - ESR
Trossard
Hein
Holding
Elneny
Nketiah
Rice - 90m
Timber - 40m
Havertz - 55m
Lavia - 40m
Total: £225m. (Our reported budget is around £200m).
And then we'll try and sell:
Out: £125m
Xhaka - £15m
Partey - £25m
Balogun - £25m (wants to leave, ideally with buy back)
Patino - £10m (wants to leave, ideally with buy back)
Tavares - £15m
Mari - £5m (already sold)
Trusty - £10m (was their POTS)
Pepe - £15m (will be tough)
Cedric - Free
Runarsson - Free
Loan:
BNC
Marquinhos
Okonkwo
Walters
Sambi - Ideally to Burnley
So the overall spend is around £100m (not too bad). Obviously it's a dream world to sell all those players, although I think most could be doable, Pepe being the tough one.
Havertz is a good player (maybe top, in the right team) but I don't know if Arsenal needs him. Arsenal needs a n.9, not another attacking midfielder/second striker.
If Arsenal signs Rice, Lavia and keep Balogun (top talent, a mistake sell, and he maybe can be the central striker that Arsenal lacks), has an incredible team. The only weak link is Zinchenko: he can't defend and neither scores or make assist: very overrated (Tierney is better).
West Ham want £120 million for Rice but reports are they’ll settle for £100 million, Ajax want £50 million for Timber and as United found out with Martinez and Antony they’re likely to get it and all reports are Chelsea will do a deal at around £70 million so I’m not adding anything on and going by multiple reports saying the same things.
fecksake. He seems an obvious addition to our squad and Arsenal sign him instead.
Painfully obvious
I mean word for word the reports are:
Ajax want £50m, we've offered £30m, Fab and Orn said the deal is hoping to get done somewhere in between - hence £40m.
Chelsea wanted £70m, but they've accepted they'll take less (every single reporter said this). We've bid £55+5m according to most reports, which is very close to being agreed, so £60m total fee although most don't include the addons in main fees.
Rice will be about £100m, think it's obvious now, but probably £80+20 or £90+10.
He’s cheap, young and has quick feet - someone who would help us beat a press. Not the finished but we really should have gone for him.
Seems nothing will change until we have new owners. As usual we’ll be slow to react to everything.
Must’ve missed the news that he’s signed on the dotted line
We need to sort striker and GK first to be honest. I rather we close those two areas and assess what budget we have, I think Lavia will be more expensive than people think.
Squad building definitely impacted by our ownership situation. We will likely address the 3 gaping holes in the starting 11, but this is a signing you make on top of that to build moving forward and push on, rather than address immediate concern only.
There’s no first and second. That’s how you miss out on good deals.
Must have been the rule that you can’t express your thoughts unless deals are official. Shit rule if it exists.
Well until we sell anyone, our budget is limited. If you focus your resources on someone like Lavia, we could potentially miss out on Hojlund if we can't afford him, or Onana, Costa, etc.