Edu's Release Clause Targets: January 2022

[Barry]

Jovic is a hard pass for me. Has all in the warning signs - good numbers in the Bundesliga, hyped talent but failed to step up to a new league. If he wasn't playing for Madrid then no one would be interested.

Let another club take the gamble, unless Madrid offer a loan + option type deal maybe.

 

[berric]

Jovic is a hard pass for me. Has all in the warning signs - good numbers in the Bundesliga, hyped talent but failed to step up to a new league. If he wasn't playing for Madrid then no one would be interested.

Let another club take the gamble, unless Madrid offer a loan + option type deal maybe.

Shady mentallity as well. Wouldn't really want him here.

 

[Bloodbather]

It has to be Isak. Better on the ball is an understatement. There isn't a complete striker in world football currently. They all have flaws no matter the price. Haaland and Osimhen are the main two on fire and they have flaws on their game.

Isak would be expensive, but his flaws, in my opinion are things that he can develop. Aerially he isn't amazing, but he has the athleticism and bravery to become better at it. His link up play isn't bad and will get better. There are simply things that he has, that you can't teach. Pace, dribbling ability, he has vision.

The question is. Would he come? I reckon if we got into Europe, joining a young project and being the forward that leads it would be appealing to him. I don't think the price would be an issue. If Arteta does well he pretty much earns the right to say who he wants as his striker.

I think Isak is definitely an obtainable target. In fact, I'd say he's exactly in our range. Real Sociedad to Arsenal is a jump, and he probably isn't attractive enough for clubs that are more attractive destinations than us.

It doesn’t matter how good a goalscorer is. You not gonna get far with those 3 behind a striker. No goals in them for a striker to carry them

It's too early for such an assessment. ESR seems to be turning a corner in terms of his goal contributions at the very moment. Also, City won the title with Gündoğan as their top goalscorer last season. So you clearly don't need multiple people carrying the load as long as you can get well-rounded contributions all over the map.

 

[Rasmi]

Jovic is a hard pass for me. Has all in the warning signs - good numbers in the Bundesliga, hyped talent but failed to step up to a new league. If he wasn't playing for Madrid then no one would be interested.

Let another club take the gamble, unless Madrid offer a loan + option type deal maybe.

I think there has been clear evidence bundesliga is easier and numbers over there don’t translate well to the PL

 

[Ibadan]

LINKS, LINKS, LINKS

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Jovic is a hard pass for me. Has all in the warning signs - good numbers in the Bundesliga, hyped talent but failed to step up to a new league. If he wasn't playing for Madrid then no one would be interested.

Let another club take the gamble, unless Madrid offer a loan + option type deal maybe.

The only warning sign we need, stay well clear.

In fact if you're a serious footballer you shouldn't even think about joining that league unless it's for Bayern.

 

[GLITCH]

I'd say Jovic on loan with a 25 million option to buy and Zakaria for a small fee of 8 million seeing as he is going for free at the end of the season. We already know he can play with Xhaka and his physicality would suit the Premier league. Right age profile too.

With Jovic, I think people are sleeping on him. Goonertalk didn't want a restoration project. However pre Real Madrid he showed insane finishing off both feet and aerial ability. He looks built for the Premier League. He also functions in front 2. Imagine he came and banged straight away? That's our Laca replacement sorted.

Something about him when he played for Frankfurt reminded me a bit of Aguero. Maybe it's just their similar build.

 

[The_Playmaker]

Hasn't Ødegaard also played a full season with Isak?

 

[sergio_giorgini]

The only warning sign we need, stay well clear.

In fact if you're a serious footballer you shouldn't even think about joining that league unless it's for Bayern.

Silly argument.

Edin Dzeko, Demb Ba, Papiss Cisse, Mandzukic, Firmino, Aubameyang and Volland in recent years have all done fine outside the Bundesliga.

 

[Sebastes]

Went out looking for players with a similar profile to some strikers I rate and think would work well in this team with how we play. Also included Laca for replacing purposes seeing he'll be gone. I took a look at the 20-21 season versions of Firmino, Jesus, Depay and Laca. Wanted to include Jota as well but he probably played too few mins to be eligible, so added the Barca version of Depay to see if that changed anything. Whatever.

Anyways, Amine Gouiri shows up as a similar player to all of them which is very encouraging imo. Jonathan David shows up as similar to Laca and Gabriel Jesus.

Also - here's a stats comparison of those two + Isak and Vlahovic that I posted in the Vlahovic thread

 

[ArsenalInMyHeart]

Jonathan David should be our target.

 

[Rasmi]

Jonathan David should be our target.

Wouldn’t get a game for a top half pl team. Decent young player, nothing more

 

[Heskey]

The only warning sign we need, stay well clear.

In fact if you're a serious footballer you shouldn't even think about joining that league unless it's for Bayern.

This is a great point.

Haaland, Bellingham, Florian Wirtz, Nkunku, Olmo, Thuram, N'Dicka, Kamada, Mukiele, Moriba etc. wouldn't even take them here for free when they're from "that league". Shows they clearly don't care the slightest about their careers.

Similar to KDB, Son, Sane, Gundogan, Auba, Havertz.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

This is a great point.

Haaland, Bellingham, Florian Wirtz, Nkunku, Olmo, Thuram, N'Dicka, Kamada, Mukiele, Moriba etc. wouldn't even take them here for free when they're from "that league". Shows they clearly don't care the slightest about their careers.

Similar to KDB, Son, Sane, Gundogan, Auba, Havertz.

Glad we're on the same page!

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

This is a great point.

Haaland, Bellingham, Florian Wirtz, Nkunku, Olmo, Thuram, N'Dicka, Kamada, Mukiele, Moriba etc. wouldn't even take them here for free when they're from "that league". Shows they clearly don't care the slightest about their careers.

Similar to KDB, Son, Sane, Gundogan, Auba, Havertz.

I wonder how many footballs you have to kick into Tir Na Nog's face until he knows what it is?

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

I hope there is nothing in this Arsenal keeping keen eye on familiar midfielder as decision drags on If we don't know what we get from him after 2 years there is something wrong.

There's nothing to see with Ceballos. He's rubbish.

 

[2Smokeyy]

Ngl at that price I would have preferred Jesse Lingard rather than Ødegaard at 35m.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Ngl at that price I would have preferred Jesse Lingard rather than Ødegaard at 35m.

Lingard in that role for us would genuinely be brilliant, especially given what seems to be asked of Ødegaard and Laca in it, it'd be perfect for someone like Lingard who has exceptional movement and decent end product.

 

[drippin]

Ngl at that price I would have preferred Jesse Lingard rather than Ødegaard at 35m.

Lingard wasn't for sale last summer, especially for that price.

So it's a moot wish to want him, unless you were ready to go into the season without an AMF apart from ESR. Or pay much more than 10 million to get him from United.

He is also 29 in a month, exactly 6 years older than Ødegaard.

His wages would also likely be quite much higher, it's his last big contract.

It's great that the club now went for good players with great potential, when they got the money.

 

[2Smokeyy]

Lingard wasn't for sale last summer, especially for that price.

So it's a moot wish to want him, unless you were ready to go into the season without an AMF apart from ESR. Or pay much more than 10 million to get him from United.

He is also 29 in a month, exactly 6 years older than Ødegaard.

His wages would also likely be quite much higher, it's his last big contract.

It's great that the club now went for good players with great potential, when they got the money.

We could have held out until January and just sign him for 10m as it’s obvious they’re desperate now as he has 6 months left on his deal.

He’ll be turning 29 in December but at that price, it’s definitely worth the risk. I can’t see us flipping that 35m we spent on Ødegaard anyways, so him being 6 years younger is irrelevant.

Jesse Lingard signed for West Ham last January and got 9 goals + 4 assists in the PL in half a season. That’s the type of boost we need if we are to secure CL football this season imo.