The only slight positive about Saliba potentially leaving further down the line would be he'd no doubt end up being a world record transfer fee for a defender and we'd have an insane amount of money to reinvest into the squad. Obviously I'd still prefer it if we kept him for another 5 years plus. Insane to think he'd only be 29 years old in 2030!
Only problem with that is Saliba's contract expires in two years time. We won't be getting that big a fee if we have to sell him next season with only a year left...
@@Gooner184 His contract runs to 2027? So next summer would be 2 years left. Hmmmm... If his form continues this year it might be worth trying to get an extension and upping the wages even more considering a sale down the line would generate £100m or more anyway. I just know the club are getting strict on salaries since we messed it all up a few years back. 😂 I'm chatting like I know what to do haha
@@AlexThaxton You're right, it's 2027. Misread it on some other website as 2026. Okay so no immediate panic then. This time next year we're probably going to be having frank discussions with the likes of him and Saka if we still haven't won anything.
@@Gooner184 Yeah you're right. Got to get a trophy next season no matter what to keep the feel good mood and positive trajectory. Have to admit it's nice not having our better players constantly poached as soon as they hit some form like back in the day with the likes of Nasri/Hleb etc.
I can see why Arsenal is playing the preseason matches in USA because, like you said, it is a huge market growth opportunity there and the Kroenkes definitely know the potential for expanding the sports market over there.
Hi Charles . Love the show, I’ve listened to you every day since you started and you have always done a great job. Just on the topic of us visiting America. It would be interesting to know how these fixtures between premier league clubs in the US are promoted and advertised. Keep up the good work!!
Charles, i think Calafiori will be making his move to Arsenal if they can reach an agreement with Bologna! This potential signing looks like a great market opportunity and i think it would be a good LB signing to be honest. Kiwior can now shift into his more natural left CB role(or be sold as Motta worked with Kiwior at Spezia). Looks like Bologna president literally meant it when he said Calafiori won't be ending up at Juventus. You were also right on the point that Calafiori wouldn't mind a transfer abroad as he had already played in Switzerland. This feels quite remarkable because previous transfer relating to Vlahovic or Locatelli didn't worked out well and it felt more like Italian clubs used Arsenal as part of their negotiation strategy. It seems Arsenal did become one of the most attractive clubs in Europe!
Hey Charles - would you want Calafiori? I feel we would do better with a left sided 8. With our current roster, I feel if we move Zinny up to the left 8, have Kiwior and Tommy interchanging between left back, Martinelli will do better next campaign.
Van Dijk has been the best CB in the word for the past 5 years and he has stayed at Liverpool. Real and PSG didn't even bother. If Arsenal can stay at this level and win some silverware we don't need to worry about Saliba leaving.
Spot on! Thats exactly the point I'm always making when people claim that it's inevitable that Saliba will leave soon ... Liverpool managed to keep Van Dijk through all these years when he was the best centre back in the world ... The key for us is to start winning trophies like Liverpool did
@@Karl-p6hyes, I think we have to win sth in the next 2 years to keep players lke Saliba - the good thing is that all our key players are young and tied to long contracts, they still can move to Madrid in 4 or 5 years from now if we dont progress ... But the next 2 years will be crucial
Hi Charles, Thanks for the updates! In terms of the Saliba to PSG/Madrid rumours and with players like Saliba, Saka, Martinelli coming towards the 2 year mark on their contracts where the club has recently liked to start renewal conversations, is there a risk that Arsenal actually can't afford to renew those deals? The players are already on incredibly high base wages and the Kroenke's are known to favour a financially self-sustained model, so I''m wondering whether we may actually need to consider either selling a bigger name or accepting that they'll leave for free when their contracts expire.
Charles, I have been wondering why Tomiyasu has not been mentioned as planning to join in the pre-pre-season. He seems like the type of player who would want to do that. Have you heard anything about why? Could it be he might be the left-sided player we plan to let go if we land Calafiori?
Is there any chance Timber gets a look in the 6 or the 8? He seems very press resistant to me and could be a landing spot for him if left back is about to get more crowded. If not then we may be looking at Ben White as the next Ramsdale situation
To me, out of all nationalities to play in England, the Italian players are always the most unpredictable and the most likely to fail. There just seems to be something with how they play that can be hit or miss in England.
Unfortunately that seems to be the case in recent years, there was a time in the 90s and early 2000s when Serie A was the go to league, where Italian players or players from the league even though most where in their 30s would tear it up in the prem.
Hi Charles 👋, I hope all is good 👋 👦 ☺️ 👍 😊 🙏. I would like Calafiori to sign with Arsenal because he is a talented defender. Have a good day Charles 😂. Arsenal rocks 🏆 🙏 🤲 🪨 🎸 😎.
Charles not sure where you get your information from. The stadium expansion is possible but requires the club fund a new train line from finsbury park to the stadium.
QUESTION: Reports are going around that Edu is going to use the "valuations" of the recent youth transfers from clubs with FFP issues as a basis to push for higher pay-outs from tribunals for players from our academy. DO you think there is any truth to these reports and can you see a situation in which much all teams get better pay-outs from academy compensation in the long term because of this. Keep up the amazing content!
Hi Charles,Barren from South Africa..do you think Hato’s decision to stay at Ajax changed arsenals decision on Calafiori? They seem to be the same type of player with regards to play different positions in the defence
Cant see big Willy going PSG something to do with where he's from..and Madrid only pay £100m max for players last few seasons so hopefully he will end up staying 🙏🤞
If we sign Calafiori or a similar LCB/LB I can see us playing something like this against the weaker teams. Tomi/Kiwior could also play this LB/LCB role. Gabriel as our weakest on-ball defender would come out or rotate with Saliba. I think inverting from the right makes more sense and Timber can also play outside of Saka at times, allowing Saka and Ode to play inside off Kai. Quiet Kimmich links are also interesting as a 6 / inverted RB.... Thoughts? Raya Timber White Saliba LB Ode 6 Rice Saka Kai Martinelli/LW In-possession: (3-Diamond-3 or 3-Box-3) Raya White Saliba LB 6 Timber Rice Ode Saka Kai Martinelli/LW
But how many defenders do we need in our team? We still missing the replacement of Bukayo Saka if he get injury, I don't think we need Defensive players as much as we need winger right player.
I don't see Calafiori coming to Arsenal. We would need to sell zinchenko or kiwior before we bring in another defender. Quick reminder that we still have Timber coming back from injury, Tierney and Tavares. That all play in the same area of the pitch. 6 players for the same positions is simply ludicrous
As long as we have the capital, I don’t see us having to sell. If there’s a market opportunity, you can hardly afford to wait. The sales may very well come after.
@@tomfrost2600 we already have too many players. Last summer the same opportunities did not come. If we put ourselves in a position where we have to sell, we will be taken advantage of in the market
We usually buy before we sell, part of the reason we don't get amazing fees for our players. But on the other hand you risk losing out on real top quality players like Calafiori if interest is slow.
Hi Charles, great videos as always! What do you think about Piero Hincapié over at Bayer Leverkusen as an alternative to Calafiori. Hincapié can play left CB or LB. Thanks Wes from SA
Hello Charles! Excellent content as always and I must say that I acknowledge you as my Tribal Chief of Arsenal related content! Firstly, under no circumstances do I foresee Saliba ever leaving the Emirates anytime soon unless something unthinkably catastrophic happens like we finish 13th or Mike leaves. Yes the suitors will come because such is the quality of the player but there's just no way he's going to leave for those reasons and the ones you've mentioned. Secondly, I know it's a bit much to ask considering you already have something with James Benge and TNAT but would it be possible to also do a show dedicated to the Arsenal women every now and again? I think it'd be a good way to get more Gunners invested into our women's side and what they're all about outside of transfers, occasional big match results and some drama that might come out. Cheers mate 🥂
We can't sell Saliba. That's like admitting that we can't be one of the big boys. Saliba had Lukaku in his pocket. No defender in the euros have handled him as good.
Some of the guys saying Saliba will leave Arsenal are jealous. Of course Arsenal needs to start really challenging for major title so don’t only lose Saliba, but other major players like Saka
People who are saying that saliba is too good for arsenal, it’s such a small club mentality ! Pay him what he wants, win some silver that’s all you need! Think like a big club !
Why are we going for more defensive reinforcements? This doesn’t seem like a priority when we have work to do in the midfield, back up GK, back up for Saka and a striker. Spending big on a CB doesn’t make sense.
Good point, but then you look at the Man City model and they have multiple players of high quality that can play across the whole back line. Seems we're going for that style with the likes of Timber/Tomi and potentially Calafiori. For 40m it seems like decent business especially if they feel like Kiwior might want to go get regular game time soon...
In regards to Saliba. If , god forbid, he was to leave its easily. £120m + , he is by far the best defender in the world. His performances at the euros has warranted that claim so far.
Re: Saliba and Madrid. I've seen Madrid being linked with another French CB, Yoro at Lille. If they signed him do you think that would be a good or bad thing for Arsenal? On the plus side Madrid would surely be unlikely to spend big on another CB for a while. On the negative it might make moving there even more appealing, to form a partnership at club and international level. What do you think?
I also find it a joke that the two Emirates Cup fixtures are on completely different days and you have to buy two tickets per person to watch them. Why not keep the older format of paying for one ticket and watching two matches on the same day? Let the fans get good value for money instead of capitalising on them.
With the exception of Zola & maybe Ravanelli in the 90s, how many big signing Italian players have made it in the PL? Also why this talk of shipping out Gabriel while Man City have 5 top cbs? Arsenal only have 2, maybe 3 with White.
I can't see Calafiori coming to Arsenal. He'll either go to Chelsea or a big Italian club. Italian clubs have a knack for using fake interest from the premier league to put pressure and urgency on the big Italian clubs to pay up for the player in question. Italian players don't usually succeed in England for whatever reasons..
Kiwior would go if we signed Calafiori Zinchenko would probably stay but i dont like him so ideally he would leave, id rather use Timber, Tomiyasu or even Tierney as cover for Calafiori
As long as there are no serious reports about a bid from reliable sources in England, I wouldn't take the reports seriously ... the Italian press are making up all kinds of stuff
Calafiori is a player we don't need. A Partey replacement is what Arsenal needs, because watching Rice in an England shirt, it's easy to see he's not it.
1. Milan fans betted their future kids and even the tools to make em kids that Tonali won't leave... Until Tonali found out that the Williams odds on him leaving was really attractive....
2. Some fans has the worse mindset. We are gonna do everything to win the UCL from RM next season, thats how Im seeing MY CLUB! stop worshipping players and undermine the club u support. We are on the road to greatness and your tiny mindset is not needed.
Why would Arsenal sell a well proven defender Gabriel who made top partnership with Saliba and bring new player who needs to adapt premier league? Arsenal should stop this kind of thing and they should learn from Xhaka. Don't sell a well adapted player.
I cannot understand why Arsenal would buy on the strength of one tournament, when we already have Kiwior? Or are we replacing Gabriel - who always has one mistake in him?
I love Saliba but if he wants to win a lot of big trophies he should leave, this is the season where we need to show we can win major trophies. He will be gone next year if we go another trophyless season sadly.
We dont need Calafiori or any CB for that matter. We already have Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior, White, Timber and Tomiyasu. We should be prioritising other areas. The italian league is garbage as is the national team.
