26 Jul 2016 23:56:03
If Wenger were sane rather than deluded - i. e. if he said to himself this is my last year and I want to go out with a bang as well as leave the club strong, then this is what he should now do, and this is doable.
Spend £100m on Lacazette and Mahrez - it will take this much. Spend up to £30m on a quality cb (who can hopefully cover RB too) .
Recoup around 40 to 50 by selling the Ox, Theo and Joel. All of these are at an age where they should not be happy on the bench. Gnabry and Iwobi should be our backup wingers.
I think a first team squad of
Giroud/ Lacazette
Sanchez/ Iwobi
Mahrez/ Gnabry
Ozil/ Wilshire
Cazorla/ Ramsey
Xhaka/ Elneny/ Coq (could even sell one of these last 2)
Monreal/ Gibbs
Kos/ New CB/ Gab/ Chambers
Bellerin/ Chambers backup or hopefully new CB to cover
Cech/ Ospina
Would win the league. May even scare some people in the UCL.
So why doesn't Wengr get this done?
27 Jul 2016 03:03:03
I get your enthusiasm but one question, who would in there right minds buy Theo on the wages he is on. Yes clubs maybe would shell out 20-25 mill but would they take on his wages as well. I don't think so. As for selling the Ox, well I understand peoples frustration but I still think he brings a lot of pace to our game and is still young. I think he still has a lot to prove/ offer to the main squad so don't write him off just yet.
I think the Ox has more to offer for us then Gnabry does at this time. That said I would like to keep both as I think they both can bring a lot to the team. Hey that's just my opinion. If you can find a club to take Theo then please I will come back from Sweden myself and go back to that mess called Britain and drive him there myself. Otherwise a good post, and I understand your frustration as I feel it also.
27 Jul 2016 09:32:43
My idea to sell Ox, Theo and Campbell is predicated on us getting Mahrez. If we got Mahrez none of them would play when he was available and they are all at a stage in their careers where they should not accept that. Gnabry and Iwobi are young enough to have patiebce. Gnabry may not be as good as Ox but even though we'd prefer all our backups to be world class, is that realistic? Have Barcelona got a backup who is the same standard as Messi?
I think as a club we need a superstar first 11 and reasonable backups. Then if we get a year with not too many injuries we can really do something. I think that was the sort of squad we had 2002 to 2004. Very very storng first 11 but can anyone really even recall who were all of the second 11?
27 Jul 2016 09:50:20
Theo and Ox are British, seriously doubt Wenger will let them go. Mahrez is far superior to the two of them combined, agreed, but then again, that's two British players replaced by non-British. In short, won't happen.