Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[OCD]

ESR signing a new contract and staying……apparently.

Not the desired outcome but at least we can draw a line underneath that one and move onto the next target. The worst outcome would have been for it to drag over the summer and end up with nobody.

[paul_e]

Arsenal fans are a very odd group, the twitter messages over this are bizarre.

As for ESR I'd have liked him, good player, but the fee was getting a bit silly really and I don't think he's the sort of player we won't find an alternative to.

[andyh]

I’d rather have JWP anyway and really hope we are in for him, although there have been no whispers or rumours for a while now.

[cdbearsfan]

I like the sound of Alvarez. You can't have too many flashy South Americans.

[manic-road]

Aston Villa have signed Ajani Burchall for "a substantial undisclosed compensation fee" from Bournemouth. The 16-year-old winger made his Championship debut against Huddersfield in December 2020.
The last player we signed from Bournemouth has turned out to be a cracking signing.

[Chris_Jephcott]

I agree entirely, I’d much prefer Alvarez over ESR.

Fingers crossed that it goes ahead.

[Mister E]

Nice little write-up from F365 on the Smith-Rowe stuff.

There’s an interesting little rivalry emerging between Arsenal and Aston Villa.

On the one hand, it’s not really that surprising – they always seem to spend a good chunk of the year locked together in the table; it’s just that generally it’s the part of the season before any games are played. More recently, Villa quite literally weren’t in Arsenal’s league ...

... Yet right now there is nothing really tangible that makes Arsenal a better bet for any player than Villa. And that’s not just because the season hasn’t started yet.

I like the message here: it asks the question - "what will ESR add to a Villa side that cannot be gained from either existing Villa players or other transfer targets?"
As others have said, bringing in Alvarez and Sarr offers clear added value to the squad - Alvarez is a tricky attacking player, and Sarr beings a little more backbone. ESR is perhaps only another option to Luiz, MGinn, Sanson, Ramsey and Chuky.

More a replacement for Ross B I’d say.

I'd say the players in my list are an alternative to Barkley.

[Percy McCarthy]

Nice little write-up from F365 on the Smith-Rowe stuff.

There’s an interesting little rivalry emerging between Arsenal and Aston Villa.

On the one hand, it’s not really that surprising – they always seem to spend a good chunk of the year locked together in the table; it’s just that generally it’s the part of the season before any games are played. More recently, Villa quite literally weren’t in Arsenal’s league ...

... Yet right now there is nothing really tangible that makes Arsenal a better bet for any player than Villa. And that’s not just because the season hasn’t started yet.

I like the message here: it asks the question - "what will ESR add to a Villa side that cannot be gained from either existing Villa players or other transfer targets?"
As others have said, bringing in Alvarez and Sarr offers clear added value to the squad - Alvarez is a tricky attacking player, and Sarr beings a little more backbone. ESR is perhaps only another option to Luiz, MGinn, Sanson, Ramsey and Chuky.

More a replacement for Ross B I’d say.

I'd say the players in my list are an alternative to Barkley.

Maybe, but they didn’t really alternate with him in that position last season.

[Ads]

We targeted a good player, had encouragement and ultimately forced the Tarquins to hand out a much larger contract than they anticipated. Never mind.

[N'ZMAV]

We targeted a good player, had encouragement and ultimately forced the Tarquins to hand pit a much larger contract than they anticipated. Never mind.

that helps skint Arsenal even more.

[Ads]

Yep, the skint rats have only just recently done a 0% balance transfer of one huge loan, like a bag head maxing out his Capital One as he goes to Ocean Finance. We see you Arsenal and we'll see you in our rear view mirror come May.

[Steve67]

I wonder if the likes of Winks are a plan B and we are still chasing our plan A. Is JWP plan A?

[pauliewalnuts]

I wonder if the likes of Winks are a plan B and we are still chasing our plan A. Is JWP plan A?

I hope Winks is Plan ZZ, frankly, absolute waste of space.

[tony scott]

I think to move up into the top six, another good striker is a must, and a midfield cover for J G ,two more players will do. I’m not sure we’re going to do this. It’ll be interesting to see how Jacob Ramsey plays this season I think he could surprise a few.

[sickbeggar]

Aston Villa have signed Ajani Burchall for "a substantial undisclosed compensation fee" from Bournemouth. The 16-year-old winger made his Championship debut against Huddersfield in December 2020.
The last player we signed from Bournemouth has turned out to be a cracking signing.

Looks a decent punt. Must have something about him if he's played in the premiership at 16.