20 Aug 2026 11:32:27
I'm surprised that our transfer strategy has been mostly geared toward defensive and solid midfield additions. The narrative at the end of last season was the necessity to sign attacking and creative options to take us to a CL winning level. Whilst Guimaraes, Tzolis and Konsa are great additions, signing an upgrade on Martimelli and Trossard seems to me to be the most pressing problem to be solved.
Maybe I'm unnecessarily worried, but the focus on likely targets seems to have been a little underwhelming.
20 Aug 2026 12:46:24
Totally agree with that.
20 Aug 2026 13:03:46
Who's available?! What actual wingers are available, and not over priced? Barcola 130m pound, no thanks. 70/80, yes. Yildiz EUR100, yes, I'd have him for that, but nothing more. Alvarez, I'm not too sure of; didn't he only score 5 league goals last year? I would go for Yildiz and Osimein.
Could get both for the price of Barcola. So, in my eyes, it's not a case we ain't doing anything; it's a case of finding the right one for the right price. And I think Yildiz is the only one fairly priced, but Juve has said he's not for sale.
20 Aug 2026 13:26:39
Absolutely, Dublin, mate.
20 Aug 2026 15:45:24
Point taken, but when Morgan Rogers and Elliot Anderson go for in excess of 120m, the market is what it is. It's worth noting that Barcola is 23; Yildiz is only 21, while Osimhen is 28. Neither Barcola nor Yildiz are going to sell for 80m. Applying notions of value to the absurdities of football transfers is, for me at least, pointless.
Looking at it purely transactionally, if such a purchase brings us the CL, such rationalisation goes out the window. That is the price of levelling up. You pay your money and take your choice.
20 Aug 2026 16:22:28
But then the same people.
Would slate the club if they paid 130m for Barcola and he was a flop. Me, personally, I wouldn't pay more than 50m for Alvarez. He only scored 5 league goals last year; Gabs scored more in a tougher league.
Maybe go for a Premiership striker. He was also crap in the World Cup apart from one class goal. I'd buy a back up for Jesus and go all in for Yildiz.
20 Aug 2026 20:20:22
Spend the money - you win big do you have to invest big.
Stop worrying about pressure - if you don't want pressure, simple - don't compete.
If you want to compete - invest & be brave.
Are we the team to beat - yes. That's now on Arteta to win it & deliver.
It's not complacency or entitlement - it's an attitude & we need to know that others will be up for beating us, so we must have the right mindset.
Get the Juve lad & a proper bloody striker with pace and a striker instinct.