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S1-E103 : Tactical Transfer Tuesday! The Forward Options!
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Join us today on the Daily Arsenal Podcast as Josh takes us through some of his picks for potential attacking reinforcements, those who are being actively talked about, those who are potential steals, and those who are... well frankly pipe dreams!
Host : Josh Vince
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Introduction to Daily Arsenal Podcast
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Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to the Daily Arsenal Podcast, brought to you as part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. I'm your host, Josh Vince, and it's just me today.
Current Challenges for Arsenal
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Just me for a little Sono Tactics Tuesday, where today I wanted to take a little bit of a dive into wide players. So it's fair to say that in recent months Arsenal have struggled for a bit of creativity,
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struggled for a bit of attacking form, and I've also had some pretty big injury setbacks. I mean, it's been confirmed now, but Kiyosaki's undergone a hamstrung hamstring surgery, and he's expected to be out until March.
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at the earliest. March is, I mean, what is it today? We're, I'm recording this early, but this is coming out on the 21st. March is a long time away still. That's still a good, over a good month. And obviously Ethan Wannieri, he's also picked up a muscle injury. We don't know quite how bad it is. Gabriel Martin, and he's not really been kicking on. Trossard's had a poor run of form. Sterling can't seem to get fit as
Transfer Window Strategies
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well.
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So in terms of our attacking options with the club, they're quite thin on the ground So what I wanted to do today seeing as we are still in the January transfer window I'm recording this a little bit ahead of time But we'll still very much be in the trans January transfer window. I wanted to look at some of the potential options that Arsenal could look at to not necessarily replace Baquio or Gabrielle Arsenali because I don't think you'd really want to replace them but certainly we need some long-term cover and I think that cover could also come in the form of good competition at this point in time. I've said pretty much from day one on the Daily Arsenal podcast that
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Picayo needs a little bit of cover. He needs somebody first of all just to rotate with him. Reece Nelson obviously was that but he's still out on loan at Fulham and you know he's quite a big drop off in quality at the moment whether he finds a little bit more while he's still out on loan with Fulham for the rest of the season.
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Still, we wait to see. However, I think we need somebody who's possibly a bit stronger and also someone who's going to really push Gabriel Martinelli. I know you, I'm sure you know by now, he's pretty much my favorite Arsenal player, but but he's not been good enough recently. I can't even defend that he's not been good enough at all this season. And therefore, I think we need someone who can really push him. I don't think Trossard is that man, believe it or not.
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but I think that there are opportunities to get somebody in who could. So what I wanted to do today was go through a list of players who could potentially fill that void, who could potentially come in and give Arsenal some wide rotational options and also a little bit of competition, not just to push Martinelli on or perhaps even supersede him, but to push Sakhar on as well because He's never looked complacent, but you never want a player getting to the point where they could be complacent. And I think it's competition's healthy. It's healthy in everything. It's healthy in sport, it's healthy in work, it's healthy everywhere. So that's what I'm going to look at today. Starting off in part one, I want to just realistically, I just kind of want to look at the players who have been linked
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Potential Transfers: Mateus Cunha and Leroy Sane
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Arsenal. So I'm actually recording this currently on the 11th of January. I've got a very hectic schedule coming up. So I'm getting this one in early. So by the time this comes out, I might sound a right fool and things might have changed. But the big name that's been linked with Arsenal, especially in this window, is Mateus Cunha. Wolves is Mateus Cunha. Now he's 25 years old and um with all of these ah With all these valuations that I'm putting on the players, they come from transfer market. They've been sort of like from the current exchange rate changed from euros to pounds. So he's valued at about 45 million pounds. And that's around about where his release causes and his new wolves contract, which is according to give me sport. It currently expires on the 30th of June, 2027. So two years left on the contract explains why a cause would be still quite that high.
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He is a very interesting player. I mean he's been one of the probably best performers in the prem this season. He's up there on the goal scoring stats and offensively he's very very exciting. So realistically he can play pretty much anywhere along the front even including sort of like a slightly deeper attacking midfield role eat he seems to kind of thrive in that position where he's able to feed off of the deeper midfielder and make darting runs into the box but he also operates really really well on both the left and more importantly the right. He often pulls left and finds pockets of space and drives then inside but he has also worked for wolves occasionally on the right hand side and he's looked pretty impressive but the problem is with Konya
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as things are going on he is currently apparently negotiating a new contract with wolves the whispers coming out of wolves at the moment are that he's quite happy there and that there's a fairly good likelihood that he will actually stay on so I'm probably going to sort of like write him off at this point in time. I don't see this one coming through. Another player who's been talked about quite a lot is someone whose contract actually expires in a few months time on the 30th of June this year. Currently plays his football in Germany and for Bayern Munich. It is one Leroy Sane. Now there is a pretty big difference between these two, which is their age profile. Now, generally Arteta has favored younger players.
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there's there's no getting around that he certainly has done he prefers bringing you forward but I think we need some experience in this team. Georgina can't do it all himself I mean he's been linked to Brazil as well who knows by the time this comes out he may well have gone to Brazil but I think Leroy Signe would be an interesting signing. I mean, he's one things, you know, he's one things both in England and in Germany. He's an effective winger. He's worked with Arteta before. He's in the last year of his contract. The question is, whether we move for him, if we, so if we were, this is all very much hypothetical. So when I say, if we moved for him, it's very much in my own imagination. If we moved for him,
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Would Arsenal fork out a bit of money extra to get him in early? Or would they try and get him on a free now? He is, like I say, he's on course to be out of contract in the summer. The only thing that makes me think He's probably not high on Arsenal's wish list in this position because it's been made quite clear that this is a position in which they are looking. His wage demands will be very high. He's been at Manchester City for a long time and then he's been at Bayern Munich for a long time. That was a very loud honk from outside, I do apologize. He's gonna be demanding an awful lot of money. And the wage structure at Arsenal seems to be quite consistent, quite set.
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I mean, he's not getting much game time, I mean, at the moment. Since Michael Alise has come in, who would have been realistically the dream signing, I think, for Arsenal in the summer, since Alise has come in, he's managed very, very few ah games. ah He's just managed five league game starts ah so far, at time of recording anyway, under Vincent Kompany.
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He is comfortable on the left, but I think his most valuable position would be definitely be on the right-hand side, giving cover for Bekaya Saka. The question is as well, would a player of that stature, Leroy Sane, would he be willing to come in as cover? Because I don't think he's better than Saka. I don't think there's any... When I try to think about right-wingers, Lamina Mal is probably the only one who I can think of who's probably performing at the moment better than Saka consistently, but I say consistently, the kid's 16, 17. You know, you can hardly call it consistent at this point in time. And he would be 500 million pounds, most likely, like Barcelona would not let him go. And if they did, they'd want
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all the money in the world for him to probably sort out their own finances which is interestingly is something we're going to come on to in the next section. So Leroy Sino would be a very interesting shout. Like I say, he knows Arteta, he knows the way that he likes to play. He would probably fit relatively well in the team as well. His burst of pace is something we could definitely definitely use, especially on that right hand side. Saka is a clever player. He's an incredibly intelligent footballer.
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in terms of his ability to bring the ball around people and bring the play inside, overlap organizing the overlaps on the right-hand side and connecting with Erdogan is masterful. His pace is very good, but it's not his defining quality. And I think matching Martinelli on the left-hand side with extra pace could be a really good option to have, especially in someone like Leroy Sane. But being valued at 38 million pounds with very, very high salary expectations, I don't think it's likely.
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So those are the two that we've kind of been linked with the most. We'll have a little break now. We're going to hear from ZenCaster. When we come back, I'm going to look at players that we could get now in this January transfer window who might not break the bank, could be realistic options in that attacking area where we need some extra exploitation and I think could really push the asshole side on. So those were the two expected. When we come back, three sensible potentials. We're back just after this.
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And welcome back to this Solo Tactics Tuesday episode of the Daily Arsenal Podcast. You're here with me, the host, Josh Vince. And before the break, we talked about a couple of players who Arsenal have been quite heavily linked to in wide areas, or especially attacking wide areas, but probably predominantly wide areas is where I'm looking at. And players who we've been linked to, I don't think the deal's necessarily gonna go through, but we kind of have to address them if we're gonna talk about wide players and the potential coming to Arsenal. The next three players,
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There have been whispers about two of them, and sort of everyone's been linked to one of them, but for a very specific reason. But we'll come to him towards the end of this section. The first one I want to mention is a player who currently plays in France.
Creative Options: Marco Asensio and Dani Olmo
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He is 28. He's getting on a little bit, but he should be in the prime of his career. He once had a release clause of about 300 million euros around Madrid.
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I am of course talking about Marco Asensio. Now, Marco Asensio is a really, really interesting player. And something that I've said quite often on the podcast is that we are relying way too heavily on Erdogan to be our creative outlet, to be that player who can find a person who's tactically astute and brilliant alongside Saka. It's all very much heavily pushed on that right hand side. Now,
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to give them a little bit of respite. Marco Asensio is potentially a brilliant, brilliant option. He's got one year but yeah, one and a half years left on his contract, runs out in June the 30th, 2026. Valued by Transfer Market currently at 17 million pounds, one seven million pounds. That would be an absolute bargain for a player who effectively is a genius technician. He also has something that Arsenal have been lacking since a certain Granite Zaka left the club. He has a tendency
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to have a pop from range now i know thomas party tends to have a apart from range but pretty poorly let's be honest he has a really mean shot from distance it really really nice shot from distance and you know what In terms of our percentage of attempts from outside the box, we're the lowest in the prem at the moment. We got 23.9, that's the lowest in the Premier League. So having somebody like that, somebody who gives you a bit more versatility, again, he's, so the only reason that I sort of
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I'm not completely sold on him. I really like the idea of Marco Asensio, who's one of the rooms he's been flying around to come and be a support player on that right-hand side. I think he'd be okay with a rotational role, honestly, because he could also play in that Marino sitting position. Admittedly, he prefers going on the right, but he could fit in center left and play as that number eight, supporting Martin Erdogan in attacks. He's a brilliant technician on the ball, but his pace isn't superb.
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Right, is is not but it's not been brilliant. He also operates quite well as a false nine. So, you know, if it's not working with Jay Zeus, if habits is ill again, or he's injured, or he's just not doing very well as he normally isn't doing very well, then he could be a really, really versatile player for Arteta. And we know that Arteta loves that. He loves versatility. He adores it in his players. It's what he looks for almost above anything else. So I think, honestly, Marco Asensio, if that sort of valuation is right that Transfer Market gave him,
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17 million pounds. Considering we don't have apparently a lot of money to spend at the moment, year and a half in his contract, I reckon we could probably get a decent deal about 20 to 25 for what is a very good creative player in his prime who's not really getting used a huge amount by PSG. What, their past seven league gun matches, he's played a full 90 minutes twice and he's been on the bench three times. Like, it looks as though Enrique's moved beyond him, he might need a new home, the Arsenal could be that new home. The second of the three that I want to talk about actually would come from within the Premier League themselves. Their contract expires this year. Now I know that this section is about players that we could get in this transfer season and that's why I want to bring them up.
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28-year-old Adama Traore. Now, full em of them have had players off of us, right? They've had some cracking players. They've had Smith Rowe off of us. You know, Willianne went to their Marth 3 was with us as well. Apologies. But, Adama Traore.
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I commentated for them a few times. He is a monster of a player. He is incredibly strong, incredibly technically gifted. And my word is the man quick. And that I think is what we really need on that right with Saka. Some pace to replace the technical game ability of Saka. He is terrifyingly fast. Terrifying.
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He is a superb right-footed player. He gets to the byline and the balls that he plays in, he hangs them up so well as well. And considering that, you know, we we do play a lot of balls in to the box, which I still find slightly perplexing that, you know, Havoc is a big player in there and Marino occasionally comes in, but that's about it in terms of challenging for the ball. But if Arteta wants to carry on like that, Adama Triore's crossings, statistics are one of the highest ones in the league.
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He is a very experienced player in England. I mean, whereas he played Villa, Middlesbrough and Wolves over the past decade. Now he's playing at Fulham. He's been playing well at Fulham for a couple of years as well. He would be an amazing addition. And I reckon 28 years old at Fulham, his contract's running down. He'll have options. He'll definitely have options. But I think he would be okay trying to push for a place in the Arsenal side. I really, really do.
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and transfer market currently value the player at eight and a half million pounds. Now, this is of course all conjecture because transfer market is not the Fulham CEO. They are not setting the prices for these players. They're estimating their current market value. 8.5 million pounds for a player, again, 28 in his prime,
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a fast rotational winger who knows England, knows the Premier League, I think, you know, if I was Arteta and I was seeing the situation that we're having at the moment, I would be very tempted to put in a cheeky 12, 15 million pound offer and see what happens.
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because if Traore bites and decides not to negotiate any further with Fulham, then Fulham either lose the player for free or they take the cut price deal. So, you know, it's, I think he would be a really good squad player. And if you're pushing for a title, which apparently we are, we're not saying that we're in a title race, we're not saying it, but if we were to be pushing for a title, a player like Traore to bulk the squad out would be a really smart signing.
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The third one, now, this is an interesting one because this is just interesting in terms of football in general. In Spain, there is a club that dominated for several years, best part of a decade, probably the best club team the world has ever seen. Barcelona, however, recently, their financial problems have been the stuff of Nightmares I want to say, nightmare fuel that you wouldn't necessarily expect to actually be real. They for the last few seasons have brought several players in that they have not been able to legally register because they can't pay them. They can't pay them and there's other financial restrictions that La Liga have put on them. One of those players is Danny Olmo who came in this summer
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This summer he came in after an incredible performance at the Euros and he's not been registered for Barcelona. He's not allowed to play football. He's just not. La Liga will not let him play for Barcelona, at least until the summer if Barcelona can then make some money to actually get him in properly. So he is an interesting one. There are talks that he could potentially just be released by them.
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because he's causing them a financial burden already that they can't hold on to and he's a player and he's clearly very, very unhappy at this situation. There are talks that it could be a free transfer and there are talks that they would take a minimal fee as well. He is a 26 year old attacking midfielder who can play out wide as well. He would be amazing if Arsenal could get him in and the talk is we could potentially or any team could potentially get him in in January because Barcelona are having such difficulties with him not with him but with getting him into the squad
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I mean, he's so, so good at getting it in behind opposition with Fields, coming in from a little bit deeper, but I'd say the number eight role would suit him perfectly. I know we're talking about why players really, but i did I did just kind of have to mention Daniel because it's a potential realistic transfer that Arsenal could get in January, if it is to be believed that he could go for nothing in January. The only problem is the wages. Now, there are reports coming out that Arsenal doesn't have much money at the moment,
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How little not much money we don't have. Not 100% sure. But apparently it's enough to put off purchasing most players. So we were gonna have to wait and see on that one. But I think...
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Of those three, if I was going to move for one in January, I think the most likely one to come up would actually be Marco Asensio, and I think he would be a really interesting signing as an extra extra creative flair. If we can get Danny Olmo for free in January, my God, go and get him. Go fight for him, because he's a quality attacking playmaker. And also, if you can get a cut price of Dharma Traori, why wouldn't you? Why wouldn't you?
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He's a player who's got so much ability, he would want to go to a better team than Fulham. No offense to Fulham. Fulham have been really good this season, but he'd won a bigger challenge, and Arsenal could well be that big a challenge. So those are the three that potentially I see, again, I'm going to use the word very strongly, potentially coming in in January, and who I think would be smart options for January too, if we were going to make a move in the January window.
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We're going to take another little break now. We're going to hear from the Global Sports Podcast Network itself. And when we come back, I'm going to talk about some wildcard options, some options who are a little bit out there, who probably would be some assignments if we were going to go for probably can't afford them. But in doing the research for this piece, I found and I'm really interested in and I want to share it with you guys. So we'll be back just after this message from the Global Sports Podcast Network.
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And welcome back to this third and final part of the Daily Arsenal Tactics Transfer Tuesday solo podcast with me, your host, Josh Vince. We've talked about bringing potential players in to give Sakura Martinelli a bit of support and a bit of competition.
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We talked about earlier the two have been linked to us but I don't really think they're going to pull off. Then in the last section we talked about three who I really think could be good signings, especially Marco Asensio on a dial travel rate. I think they would be brilliant for Arsenal. Now we're going to talk about the sort of wild card options.
Long-shot Targets: Nico Williams and Takafusa Kubo
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Now this is kind of cheating a little bit because technically this player has been linked to Arsenal for a long time. However there is no chance we're getting him in January and it's probably unlikely that we're going to get him in the summer as well, but it's a name that keeps coming up, so we have to address it. It is, of course, Nico Williams. Now, Nico Williams. If you watched the Euros last year, Nico Williams was one of the absolute standouts. There were really three, well, I'd say there are four standouts in particular from that spainting. There was Rodry,
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There's Danny Alma, there's Lameen Yumel, and there was Niko Williams coming in on the left-hand side. Now, this is this is where, in in the context of this episode, he kind of falls a little bit short here for me. I wanted to focus more on right-sided players. However, if you could get your hands on Niko Williams on the left-hand side, pushing Martinelli, I think he'd start ahead of Martinelli. I can't believe I'm saying it, but I think he'd start ahead of Martinelli.
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And I think Martinelli would really, really struggle to get past him. But I think he'd be such a, such a brilliant player. His contract currently expires in 2027. He does have a release clause. Parrot is being reported as just under 60 million euros or just under 50 million quid or pounds for our American listeners.
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He is such a beautifully, talented, powerful footballer. He likes starting on the left and cutting onto his right hand side. Now his right foot is insanely powerful.
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Okay. And in particular, something that he has in his disposal is an insane acceleration, which is matched with an incredible ball control. Often you can get players, and I think Martinelli is guilty of this sometimes as well, of having an incredible burst of pace, but not necessarily always containing the ball and controlling it while running with that pace. Nico Williams, his ability to hold the ball at his feet in a sprint is phenomenal. And actually, there's an interesting statistics about it. Only three players have attempted more take-ons across Europe this season.
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only three more. He's the fourth highest in take-ons in Europe this season. That is a statistic that we are seriously lacking because I said it I think last week or a couple of weeks ago about Gabriel Martinelli. I love him, I love him but my word does it annoy me when he recycles play and doesn't take his man on. We need a player who will take their man on. I know it's potentially against Arteta's plans but my word is not working.
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We need players who will happily drive at play, even if it's to win a set piece. I don't care. Drive at your man. And Nico Williams is exactly the man who would be able to do that. I mean, he's responsible for 41% of athletic of like of a lettertic clubs.
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Carries into the box this season. There is a problem, though. Bit of a big problem. He currently plays at Bilbao Athletic. he is a Bilbao lad and according to all reports absolutely bloody loves it there and you know what I imagine Spain is quite nice especially in that region and he's been there since he's 11 and a lot of reports say it would be in incredibly difficult to pull him away however
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If Arsenal were able to convince Nico Williams that the grass is greener in North London, where it can be a little bit grey sometimes, don't get us wrong, but the football's better, and they could tempt him in, he would probably be... Do you know, I'd go as far as to say he would be a season-defining, season-changing, trajectory-changing signing, Nico Williams. I think he's that good.
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And if Arteta can pull off a coup with whoever, you know, comes in as sporting director, obviously it's being a caretaker. I did see a report that Thomas Rizicki was in talks for it. And look, I don't know a huge amount about what Thomas Rizicki's done in terms of his sporting director stuff. But if he was there, i would I'd just love to see Thomas Rizicki back at the club. That'd be amazing. But yeah, Nico Williams would be an incredible show. The next name is one that I,
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didn't know an awful lot about. However, reading up on him, he seems like a very interesting player. Takafusa Kubo, 23 years old, playing for Real Sociedad, is a wide man ah Apparently valued about 34 million pounds with about a 55 million pound release clause So again, we're talking big money. These are the wild cards. These are kind of like the amaze if we could amazing science, okay? He is a 23 year old international already He is In the top section of progressive carries in Europe He is one of those players
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who i mean There's a lot of technical players who hug you hug the byline and have an innate ability at maintaining the ball in tight positions and bringing players completely effectively not just out the game but completely off the pitch. He is one of those players who has the capability to bring players off of the pitch.
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move past them on the byline, skill past them and send them flying and move along. He is a fast driver as well. He moves with such acceleration and he's also versatile. He can play on either wing which is huge because, let's be honest, Saka is a right winger.
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He started at left back for Emory. Yeah, sure, but he's a right winger. Martinelli is a left winger. I think he should be a striker. I really do, but he's a left winger. Trossard tries to play wherever he's put, but can't really. This lad is suited to playing, not only on the right, not only on the left, but as a central striker. He is a rotational player for, don't get me wrong, quite a bit of money, but he's young. He's very young.
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and he could have amazing potential. The last one that I want to bring up is impossible. I don't think it's ever going to happen, but God, I'd love it too. Bradley Barkhola, 22 years old. We're going back to France now.
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He is an incredibly versatile young forward. He's able to play on both sides of a front three, and again, a bit like Kubo before, can also play as a center forward. He is fast, technically gifted, brilliant dribbling capabilities, and again, insanely quick, like stupidly quick. Was it Leal, went to PSG, is doing really well there, has got 10 goals this season so far. I mean,
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Yes, it's PSG in the French league, but still, 10 goals so far in this season is solid. It is a return that any striker would hope for, halfway through a season to have 10 goals already. Now, he's right-footed naturally, so he'd probably, with the way that Utterton likes to play, would probably be pushing for the left-hand side. However, there's nothing wrong with having a right-footed right-winger. Please remember that, Michael.
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It's okay. It's not a problem. Playwright foot is over there. Just do it. It's okay to just knock the ball straight in rather than having to cut inside and then recycle play. It is fine. But the thing that he's brilliant at is one-on-ones, which matches Saka perfectly. Saka, when it comes to one-on-one attacking, is one of the best in Europe. His take-on statistics are incredible. Barcola is a similar age profile.
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And very very similar in times his playstyle to Saka. He's just rapid. He's just quick now There is obviously a big problem with this. He's considered probably one of the most promising young talents in world football I mean, obviously he's not hitting the heights of the mean email yet, but he's being considered amongst that sort of level He is six years older than the mean email though. So, you know, he's basically ancient but he would be Very expensive his current contract expires in 2028. Transfer market has a estimated valuation of 55 million pounds. Triple that and you might interest PSG, I reckon. He would be in the nine figure realm, which is why he's just an out there suggestion. However, I mean, he's is a dream suggestion. But of those, I reckon Nico Williams is a potential.
Ideal Signings: Marco Asensio and Adama Traore
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And as I said before, if Arsenal are looking to make a move,
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Make a move for Marco Asensio because he would be ideal for what we need now. Another player who's capable of unlocking defenses. He's a bit different from Marino. He gives you options there and he can play on the right hand side as well. It's not his natural position, but he can play out on the right or failing that a cut price option for a dama tray or it, or just get Danny Olmo and the free. You know, there's options here, boys.
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if you need If you need me, get in touch with us at GSPN, and i'll I'll come and have a chat. I'll come have a meeting in the CEO boardroom. I'll sit down with Arteta. I'll talk through these options. He won't listen. He's got better people than I do. I'm on a podcast. I don't get paid to talk about transfers with him. But I honestly think, it's especially those two that I mentioned before, Marcus, NCO, and Adama Troi, I kind of, even just doing this podcast, talk myself into knowing that they were brilliant choices. But anyway,
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