Arsenal intended to add Amadou Onana to their squad this winter, but due to financial constraints and the need to adhere to FFP, like all the other headline deals they eyed, they are unable to sign him.
The Gunners are unable to move forward with the deal, according to Belgium’s Het Nieuwsblad, even though the two sides had already spoken.
The newspaper was evaluating the January transfer window and why it hasn’t been as lively as many expected, citing most clubs’ desire to comply with FFP.
After overspending last summer, Arsenal is unable to make marquee acquisitions this winter until they sell.
As the winter transfer window approaches its conclusion, it is unclear which players will leave Arsenal, although it is becoming clear that no one will.
Emile Smith Rowe, Aaron Ramsdale, Eddie Nketiah, and Jakub Kiwior, who were linked with exits, are all expected to stay for the remainder of the season.
Many clubs will undoubtedly be interested in signing Onana, and with Everton in a difficult financial situation, the Belgian international might be on the move this year but more likely in the summer.
The hope for Gunners is that after their talks, Onana is satisfied that if he leaves Everton, Arsenal will be his next destination and will not be persuaded to join another club.
Darren N
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I think we were just putting the word out on Onana so he knows we are ready in the summer.
Everyone keeps saying we need a top striker but the chances of finding one we could afford in this window were always going to slim. The choices are paying through the nose for players who not really top quality or taking a risk on youngsters who are no better than what we have.
Well we should not sign anyone in my opinion.
We have spent close to 700M GBP and for use & throw? The gaffer signed Gab J and extended the contracts of Eddie & Nelson. Did he not know their limitations and capabilities?
The gaffer signed KH, Viera, Ode, Jorginho, Sambi and extended the contract of Elneny.
He should coach them to his expectations (if he had any!) rather than pestering the board for new signings. Rather than binning players, he should gracefully bin himself. Unless there is some unfortunate injury, no new players should be signed. Let the coach work on improving their skillsets or change his tactics to suit their strengths.
Indian Gunner you are just a miserable so and so. You do nothing but moan.
He is simply a troll Sue . His daily moans are consistent with being a troll and not a supporter of our club at all.
Romano and Ornstein never mentioned anything about Arsenal’s interest in Onana this month
Based on our disappointing transfer activity in January, I guess this season could be Arteta’s last one if he doesn’t win any trophy and if the likes of Tuchel/ Nagelsmann/ Ancelotti are available in the summer
I hope that Romano and Ornstein are again more knowledgeable than other pundits. I don’t get the feeling from the ownership that MA will be dismissed if he doesn’t win the PL or UCL this season but who knows.
If Arsenal sign a new player this month, it could be an indicator that Kroenke won’t sack Arteta regardless of our final result. There’s still time to make it happen
The only way he will be sacked is if we miss out on CL qualification. Competing in the CL and PL is very difficult these days, only City have done it year in, year out but if this young squad sticks together and does it then it will pick up the experience to win trophies.
It does not sound much of an achievement but if we beat Porto, it will be the first time we have been in the CL last eight for fourteen years! We need to get it done and build on it, become a regular in the competition at that stage and beyond.
I agree because missing out on CL qualification would be the thing that put the biggest dent in the owner’s wallet.
At least this season we don’t have to worry about away goals or Bayern/Barcelona knocking us out in the round of 16 before going on to the championship.
Bayern/Barcelona going on to the championship of course as they did in two of those years.
For those who don’t know, it won’t matter where Arsenal finish because of the new format of the UCL next season. For the first year(this season) 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th will qualify for the UCL due to EPL’s standing in European football coefficient ranking (along with the 3rd highest ranked league [I think it’s Serie A]). So, as long as Arsenal don’t finish 6th, they’ll be fine but with Aston Villa, Tottenham, and West Ham improving (in terms of signing players) Arsenal need to be careful and be focused
Not true. The extra places have not been allocated yet, and will be calculated according to the average co-efficient points from this season only, not based on histroical standings.
I@gai t’s good for a coach to be assertive on what he thinks can help the team win, but Arteta’s rigidity not helping his cause at Arsenal. If he doesn’t win anything this season it might make the fans irate and wanting more. I thought he should have make efforts on loaning a striker. Havertz argument instead of buying a striker would also resurface.
However, if Arsenal get Top4 again I guess his employer could give him one more season.
I guess there’s no room in our wage bill to sign a new CF, but the transfer window is still open to ship out some of our fringe players
It’s going really well for Tuchel at Bayern GAI isn’t it? If Germany win the Euros and we finish outside the top four then Nagelsman just might be interested and as for Ancelotti- I wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole.
We spent our money in the last transfer window. What we got is what we have bought. This squad is the squad of choice for our manager and his sidekick.
Not unexpected but still disappointing. We will be crying out for a decent striker from the bench when the CL quarter final against Bayern goes to extra time in the 2nd leg in April and the only options are Nketiah or Nelson. Or a decent holding midfielder after Partey plays 2 games in February and then is out for the rest of the season due to knee issues and/or dealing with his cases.
Parteys injuries are unfortunate, he is a top player. And Arteta signed, or rather resigned Nketia and Nelson. His choice, he trusts them. Personally i think our forward line lacks power but who am i to judge.
A deal is there to be made, but we lack street’s smart to pull it off.
Everton needs goals and Nketiah would be a perfect fit, but it’s a shame nothing will happen not even a feeble attempt.
I look back at the Summer spending and the only real questionable decisions were resigning Nketiah, Nelson, and Havertz.
I’ll leave off on Raya, which was unnecessary transaction.
I’ll focus on Havertz because IMHO we needed a striker or B2B midfielder to take the squad to the next level.
I’m not bashing Havertz, merely saying he does not fill either of those roles with any confidence.
65 million spent, and he doesn’t beat out anyone in a healthy fully fit squad. Not Jesus at striker, Odegaard, or Partey. I would even argue not even competing for those spots.
I think it was poor value and spending when we needed to bring in an impactful player in the striker or B2B role.
Havertz is who he is, and I don’t blame him for not scoring 15-20 goals as a striker, evidence shows it’s not in his locker.
Same goes as a midfielder, his tool set is not a good match for what we need, again he is who he is.
The club needs to do better in the Summer; address the striker and B2B roles, sell players if needed. Can’t afford more square pegs in round holes, especially for high fees and wages.
I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment Durand and would add a top quality left back to our shopping list.
Yes Durand, I think a few of us saw this in the summer transfer window. Obviously the know alls told us we didn’t know what we were talking about but it is turning out to be (what should have been a pivotal window) a poor one. We definitely haven’t progressed. It remato be seen, if we have regressed.
It remains to be seen.
You have hit th nail on thhead Durand. Going back further though Lokonga, Tavares and Soares are IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY HE BROUGHT THEM HERE.
And as for WHY he re-signed Elneny, words fail me!!
I like MA a lot and do not agree at all with those who say he has an ego, has his own national favourites or is a bad man manager.
I say the OPPOSITE about all those. But SOME of his incoming transfers and not getting rid of deadwood, leaves a great deal to be desired, frankly.
REALITY!
Without CL football, transfers such as those you listed are inevitable. The plus side being transfers back then were mostly right, Odegaard,Tomi,Partey,White etc, just to name a few.
Personally I think Arteta has given up. He’s always been somewhat eccentric and made a few odd decisions, such as the season killing Havertz acquisition. I think he will definitely leave when his contract is up and he is just waiting. Havertz was a desperate, silly move. Arteta knows it was a ricket and will jump ship when his contact is finished. It’s crazy not to sell and sign in this window when that could give us a chance to win the EPL. Meanwhile we will get ‘the same old, same old’.
There was no reason whatsoever for us to perform worser this season than last season. All the problems we have stem from Artetas World of inventions.
I have seen enough questionable decisions that make me believe we will never reach our optimum with him as our manager. I may be wrong though.
A trophy less season for us is a backward step from last season and it will be better to give another manager a chance than having this conundrum 5 years encounting.
I completely agree, some of his decisions have been extremely baffling.Selling willock, who is natural b2b and replacing him with Lokonga and then Havertz for 65m. Selling Maitland-Niles who could play rb, lb or inverted fullback from either side and replacing him with Cedric, Nuno etc
AMN was a curious situation. I would have thought that if anyone would have been perfectly suited to play this inverted fullback position it would be him.
AMN did not want play as a FB How is it baffling that we did not retained him as FB?
Odegaard has been regarded as the replacement for Willock.
Lokonga was more of a replacement for Gouendouzi.
Yeah I forgot AMN always saw himself as a #10 but no clubs have seen him as being qualified to hold down that position. Lokonga was actually wanted to play a defensive midfielder roll.
The rate at which we moan and whine on this site is so unbelievable! Should have kept Willock; shouldn’t have loaned Tierney out; AMN would have been perfect as inverted bla bla.
And yet none of these players are painting their new clubs with any great football.
Yes Arteta has got a few decisions wrong; who doesn’t? Even the “infallible” Pep sold Palmer to Chelsea a few months ago. That one is now being touted as the best player in Chelsea and potentially the summer transfer deal. If it were Arteta!
I’m with you there CorporateMan with the exception of Tierney who is a decent player
The very idea that Maitland-Niles still gets a mention is beyond me and Willock too.
You mentioned Pep letting Palmer leave but what about Phillips at £46m and virtually no appearances at all?!
Sue Not really a true comparison in Peps case, as Philips , although virtually redundant at City, was and remains a talent, who til recent times was an England regular and who, if and when sold, will still fetch MOST of his £46mil fee back for City.
And on PALMER, THOUGH IT LOOKS a mistake to let him leave, City has a plethora of other super stars to play instead. Unlike the situation with us, when we let Willock leave. Though he too is not and was not a special player and we DID get a decent fee, even so.
However, I am with you on how depressing it is that even now, some GOONERS KEEP BRINGING UP AMN, who was only ever distinctly average and overhyped by many as being at a level he NEVER attained.
Another Arsenal player you are attempting to degrade Jon.
Are you aware that AMN, this “distinctly average and overhyped by many as being at a level he NEVER attained” actually gained five FULL England caps and won a world cup winners medal whilst playing for the England U20’s squad and won three fa cup winners medals with The Arsenal?
I find it incredible that you don’t know the history of Arsenal players you talk about with such disdain.
You and I BOTH KNOW Ken, despite your dreary lie, that my knowledge of Arsenal history, both recent and way back is very good.
I am naturally well aware that our EX-player, whom you describe as a player – choosing to leave out the EX- played for England in an era of injuries to regular England full backs and has since disappeared almost without trace. My opinion stands unaltered therefore.
Of course you are fully entitled to challenge my view of AMN a distinctly average- indeed I would class him alongside Gibbs, who also played for England and who also disappeared without trace, at least at top level, albeit long ago now.
So from your post, do I assume you thought AMN a top class player, one whom you would have gladly kept and played instead of White or Tomi or someone else GOOD?.
I doubt many on here, other than the few relentless daily anti MA moaners, would take your side!
He’s not a EX player Jon, as he is still playing football!!
Let’s see how much you really know Jon – name the regular injured full backs that saw AMN take over from during this “era”.
What has MA got to do with you slagging off AMN and so many other players? You even do it with Gibbs and it’s as if you just cannot stop yourself from berating our players.
Likewise, you name White and Tomiyasu as comparisons – Why?
What have they got to do with you running down AMN?
You choose to use the words describing our ex (as if the ex makes any difference whatsoever) players and you’ve even moaned about White previously!!
As for my thoughts on AMN, I take the same stance that MA ORIGINALLY took, when he refused to sell him to Wolves – describing him as a valuable and versatile player on both sides of the pitch.
That’s why he got FIVE full England caps and a world cup winners medal, along with three fa cup winners medals – not because of your smokescreen about other players being injured, but because he was a very talented and skilled player.
You don’t win what he has in the game by being “ever distinctly average”!!
I also stand by my claim that you don’t know the history of The Arsenal players that you love to scapegoat and YES I would have kept AMN and let Cedric go, wouldn’t you?
I don’t wish to butt in as such Ken1945 but so much of the keeping and selling of players is not always clear cut.
Cedric who you wish had gone instead, was inexplicably given a huge contract via Sanhelli’s links with Cedric’s manager. Is it ok to describe Cedric as just ok? A short term fix for what was a short term problem turned into a player who was so well remunerated that he wasn’t going to take less and nobody else would pay £00kpw to secure him
AMN I agree, was better than‘average’ but appeared (from what I understood) to prefer playing in midfield rather than at the back. At times you can take a horse to water but they don’t always drink. I believe he wasted an opportunity. Other players in the league have wasted opportunities that other less gifted players could only dream of.
*£100kpw
But who rewarded Cedric with that salary SueP?
Let’s suggest Lokonga should have gone then, but whatever way one wants to look at it, AMN was not “distinctly average”.
I do agree with you that he should have buckled down more, but remember that MA had told him he was wanted, Wolves were chasing him and those five caps probably went to his head (pardon the pun!).
My point is / was to describe him as average was to short change him.
By the way, butt in as much as you want – it’s called debating and your good at it!!
This is where I think the water gets muddied. I am not sure at the point that Cedric’s loan move became permanent that Arteta was the manager rather than the coach. If he was, then he made a mistake, or wasn’t sure enough to have enough influence regarding contracts within the executive level in place at the time.
I realise that Arteta is the public face of the club and that he calls the shots for what happens on the pitch. 6 months into his job, with Covid ever present, his clear lack of experience was a factor. It is well documented on JA that I was impressed with what I saw outwardly from Arteta and gave him a lot more rope than many, hence the terrible disagreements amongst the contributors.
Regarding the average description of AMN’s talents (or any other player so described) I use that word to compare the level that I believe the player has reached. On that basis, I would describe KDB for example, as outstanding, Rice as excellent and so on until I reached below what is necessary. That title would befall Tavares for example. AMN was indeed a good player but lost his way. I don’t know any other way of describing the world of difference between the top and bottom.
Once players leave Arsenal I tend to lose interest (slapped wrist) so I had to look up AMN to see where he is playing. According to GE Football, Lyon are considering cashing in on him already which doesn’t bode well. I suppose there is more to it than being talented.
I hope the weather in Portugal is better than the dreary conditions further north in Europe
I should have added that AMN won over 40 caps for England at all levels.
When he played for the full international team, he wasn’t always as a FB, which makes Jon’s assertions even more weird.
Sitting in the sun with a cold beer and looking forward to my prawn rolls at lunchtime.
AMN had talent, but attitude stank, never put in the hard work, that’s why he has failed at every club he has gone to since Arsenal. It was a mistake not getting money for him while we could, although assume that was partly down to budget limitations at that time.
Cedric is not as good a footballer, but is a full back by trade and has a much better attitude. but agree contract shouldn’t have been renewed.
I describedhim as OUR EX-player KEN , not as AN ex- player. NATURALLY, YOU CHOSE NOT TO NOTCE THAT As for my knowledge of our club and players, you chose to lie and say my knowledge is not good, even though you know VERY WELL that it is good. WHY do you lie about that KEN?
As for Cedric, were it my decision, he would have NEVER have been brought here at all. Likewise Elneny too. OBVIOUSLY!
5 England caps- 1 start and 4 substitute appearances, in 2 friendlies and 3 nations league games hardly counts as proof of a top class international player.
Who said he was “a top class international player?”
He was, however, described as a distinctly average player ” – do you agree with that statement?
To be honest yes I do. He had a lot of potential but for whatever reason he never lived up to it. And his performances out on loan and since leaving the club back that up in my opinion. Saying that those 5 caps prove he was more than an average player doesn’t prove otherwise.
I agree with you Jon on the fact that Willock did command a decent fee. He had a flurry of activity and Steve Bruce brought him into the Newcastle fold.
Where I differ – or perhaps did not explain myself, is that Pep bought a player that for a large fee has not been good enough for him to give a chance to more than 16 times in 2 years (this includes appearing as a sub) My figures are estimated
Every manager doesn’t get it right. With Phillips, the squad and the manager haven’t missed him, such is its depth
YES AND THAT WAS PRECISELY MY POINT SUE! Meaning that Peps squad is SO rich in talent that they have not missed him, but will still get back MOST of his fee.
Unlike many players who we have not seriously tried to sell when they could have brought a fee and who then languished, hardly playing, til any value they MAY have once had, finally disappeared.
Our club have been, taken overall, SPECTACULARLY AWFUL at selling for any real fees . WILLOCK and IWOBI BEING ABOUT THEONLY TWO EXCEPTIONS FOR HALF DECENT FEES IN RECENT TIMES.
For me the best thing to happen this transfer window is that ESR should stay put with us. Better still, hopefully Arteta gives him as many minutes as possible and ESR stays with us forever.
have a feeling if he gets one more injury this season that his career at arsenal will come to an end, starting to look like going down the Jack Wilshere path of consistently being injured.