Arsenal has only recruited custodian David Raya (on a permanent basis, following a season-long loan from Brentford) and Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna. Mikel Merino is expected to arrive soon as the third summer recruit, but even if the Real Sociedad player comes, one may wonder if all the deals (Raya, Calafiori, and Merino) will close this summer.
Sky Sport’s James Green quotes Edu as saying, “Be patient; you won’t be disappointed at the end of [the transfer window].”
It would appear that Arsenal’s transfer activity is far from over, as evidenced by Sporting Director Edu’s words, which should thrill fans. If you internalise what he said, you could conclude something big is coming.
If Gooners needed the perfect clue that something is being worked on behind the scenes in terms of transfer incomings, this revelation can be interpreted as an implied confirmation that Arsenal will not close their transfer business following the Mikel Merino signing.
There is talk of an attacking swoop, and while it is unclear whether the Gunners will acquire a striker or a winger, Edu’s statements suggest that we should expect a big attacking acquisition.
After a disappointing end to last season, Arsenal had to be at their best this new season, and taking advantage of the summer transfer window was certainly the best way to reinforce our excellent squad…
Jack Anderson
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“Deeds not words maketh a successful transfer window” as it says somewhere in Football’s Good Book.
It also states that the number of transfers is irrelevant to a successful transfer window.
I’ll have to look that up as it must depend on whether you’ve managed to secure those transfers you wanted to. If you’ve failed to do so, regardless of numbers, then it can’t be a successful window.
imo, a successful window is one which improves the club financially in the long run whether directly via sales or via acquisitions providing better results on the pitch. Not being able to acquire or sell any particular player or players is not necessarily failure in the context of a successful window in the short or long term.
I don’t agree because you set targets for the window and you either achieve them or you don’t. Say Edu identified three positions to strengthen the squad – a defender, a midfielder and a striker – to challenge City in 2024-25. If, at the end of the window, he has only got the defender then that window cannot be considered a success in my opinion as that may mean City aren’t challenged which certainly would be a failure. We shouldn’t forget that we’re already some way into a long-term project (began in since 2019-20).
As to selling, I think failure to do so can certainly be considered that (particularly by the owners) if money from those sales is needed to help purchase the acquisitions identified, to free up squad space/reduce the overall wage bill (to accommodate incoming players, or for FFP reasons, for example) and/or to help balance the club’s books generally.
But what if those players are not acquired for whatever reasons and the league is still won? What if those players are acquired and they turn out to be duds and we don’t win the league?
My point is there are many many “if” scenarios but it still boils down to (at least from a club ownership perspective) what I originally stated imo. From a fan perspective, yeah let’s go get the best players in the world and sell everyone else so we’ll be sure to beat City.
The only successful person is the one that takes risks, don’t sit down in your comfort zone and be thinking 🤔 what if’s. The reason why city turned the pl into a farmers league (carrying the league every season) is because they took the risk and buy players in every department. Show me a weak link in man city squad and I can confidently tell you that Arsenal are taking the league this time around, if not I bet you that in the next three seasons Arsenal will not take the league
City115 didn’t take “risks” as they bought the best unlimited money could buy and, even if someone like Grealish didn’t live up to the reported £100 million price tag expectation, they had said expensive back ups to replace him, or just went out and bought yet another similar player.
The reason they aren’t spending as much as The Arsenal lately, is because they have spent billions already.
We’re just catching up with them and the likes of manure and chelski.
If we win the PL this season, it will be because we have caught up and surpassed city115 and we’ve done it without any charges of malpractice being levelled against us.
I take great pride in supporting a club like that.
Why is it our gunners favours to do business last minute or sometimes end up even failing to please their fans
After weeks and weeks of speculation from the various sports journalists who have the inside knowledge apparently, Edu pops up to say that there is stuff in the pipeline but won’t be spilling the beans. Calafiore seems to be the only one that was well documented, the others are all guesswork and mostly pie in the sky. Didn’t he and Arteta spring a surprise with Havertz last season? All very Secret Squirrel those two!
Absolutely Sue. They are very secretive as they should be. The worst part with those journalists (and more so the ones providing the misinformation/disinformation) is that they deceive gullible gooners even to the point of Edu and/or MA being judged on how they are doing in the transfer window. The best part is that those who don’t take these links, etc, etc as gospel can have fun with the “what ifs”.
Calafiori was apparently put in place before the euros, there were jokes apparently internally that his performance might put the price up. The media did not know about it until it was already happening and details were being finalised. Largely between Bolonga and Basel.
So yeah I agree I’d take it with a pinch of salt what you see in the medua
What I think that arsenal need after Mikel Merino is a prolific striker.
that is a fact
Not Kingsley Coman.
Let’s wait
I find this statement rather weird.
Edu has set himself up for a major 🖕or a major 👇when, in all honesty he could have just kept quite…. as he has done up until now!!
What’s even more frustrating, is the fact that we are days away from our PL opener and, it seems, he is still unable to finalise whatever deals he’s on about!!
I wonder how the players already at the club, feel when they read this?
Does it make them feel positive about their future?
Yeah, surprisingly unwise move from Edu. He and MA are normally pretty shrewd when making public statements.
BAKUNDI my advice is, ARSENAL need a Good striker the one that will score more than 25 Goal in a season likes Aston villa striker watkit, gyoceres or victor nigerian international not mf becouse we have many mf no need of mikel merino pls.
Edu didn’t promise you he will be signing anyone, he simply said be patient, and you will not be disappointed at the end of the transfer window, If arsenal wins the league.
Indeed we need a prolific striker but,we need to be patient as he said.his availability at the Emirates will stand us firm.
Did he say transfer window I was going to say maybe he means with the season or the team we will be ready but if he told transfer window I think it’d have been wiser to pull off a surprise rather than us getting our hopes up because a lot can go wrong He meant well though so it’s all good
I don’t understand the Merino links. We have Rice, Jorginho and Ødegaard, with Vieira, patino & nwaneri coming through.
We just need a prolific forward to finish the squad. Balogun left for match time. Nketiah is not stepping up. Jesus and Havertz are not going to challenge Wright & Henry’s records.
We just need one marquee signing each season, like Rice last summer. A big name who will improve the quality of the first XI and is under 25.
Osimhen or Rodrygo??