24 Aug 2016 19:27:04
In an era where top CB's are in short supply, would Johhny Evans be such a bad signing? Is Mustafi at around £40m, any better? Evans had PL experience, he is 6'2", a good height fir a CB. The sole nagging doubt I have is his injury history, which doesn't bode well.
Realistically, we have Koscileny as the sole top CB. Mertesacker is in the last season of his deal and out for the remainder of 2016. Gabriel has been really disappointing, as he looked to have all the attributes necessary to succeed. Holding looks to be an excellent signing. Clearly he needs to mature and gain the necessary experience. Chambers has been poor and I don't have a feeling he will make it at Arsenal. So, if we sign Evans, we will have him, Koscielny, Holding and Gabriel. Not a bad quartet.
24 Aug 2016 19:56:02
Kos gets injured and we are right in the poo.
24 Aug 2016 19:59:46
To be fair no matter what Arsenal have needed but Arsene has failed to address over the past 7 or 8 years I've heard the same thing, " these players are in short supply'
Top keeper DM striker CB I've heard the same excuse for every weaknesse we've had that Arsene failed to address over the past 7 or 8 years, while plenty of other clubs have filled those positions without any fuss.
24 Aug 2016 20:53:55
Jonny evans is bang average and that's not good enough.
24 Aug 2016 20:59:56
Johnny Evans is awful, there's a reason he's not still at Man Utd.
Just seen Dragovic has joined Leverkusen for 18m Euros, hopefully that means Leverkusen will let Jedvaj or Tah move to us. Wishful thinking I know.
24 Aug 2016 21:10:42
If anyone on here had suggested Johnny Evans in May everyone would have laughed at them, now people are trying to talk him up as a decent option.
24 Aug 2016 21:23:56
Gunner that is right and its called desperation. Too many bang average jonny kickaballs being mentioned.
24 Aug 2016 21:58:15
Steve can you imagine if spuds had signed Evans at the start of the window, this page would have been full of people laughing at Tottenham, now because Arsene might be interested he's suddenly improved dramatically and become a good cb.
24 Aug 2016 22:02:12
I'd rather let holding get some game time in and gain experience. He may well excel and become a great player with the experience.
24 Aug 2016 22:44:17
Gav while I don't disagree, the situation is rediculous and we shouldn't expect too much too soon from holding.
25 Aug 2016 07:50:05
I'd rather bring in no new defender than have Jonny Evans.