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£50m is a price tag that allows negotiations to begin. Start with a high ceiling and negotiate. Start low and have no where to go. It's time we changed our habits on selling players on the cheap and take a leaf out of Chelsea's book on the matter.

Love you channel but for the first time I will agree with what people say that you under value Arsenal players. I think putting a price tag of 50M on Eddie if fair enough. That way even if there is a counter offer, it doesn’t drop significantly. If we price him at 30M, we could end up selling at 20-25 instead of 30-35 if we price him at 50M.

We wont get 50 for him, but we should definitely start high. He is on the same level as players like Conor Gallagher imo

I don’t think in a million years we’d get 50 for Eddie, but if you put it into the perspective that balogun went for 30 million, and considering Eddie has a lot more experience in the premier league I wouldn’t say 50 isn’t far off from a good valuation. English tax too, seeing that he’s been linked with teams as close as palace or west ham. Still don’t think he’d go for more than 35 million. Love the show Charles, COYG

Eddie is never gonna be the striker Arteta wants but he could thrive in the right environment.

Don't see anything wrong with that price. He is young, didn't know he was 25, he is a proven goal scorer in the prem, a couple clubs are interested which suggests competition. This is a solid price. We may not get 50 in the end for him but it's a good price to stimulate some bargaining and haggling especially among competing clubs. We always complain that we are not good sellers. This surely will be a good test

Not an England fan but this Saka pile on is embarrassing. The Palmer love in is ludicrous . True he’s had his first breakout season but people have to their jets. Wait til Palmer is double and triple upped on next season and how great he is. Get that donkey Kane off too and Foden.

I watched the first half of the game and came up with a conclusionthat wlker was allergic to passing the ball to saka when opportunity arises..he let go of all the opportunities that arose..if defenders touch more of the ball thand the attackers then of course you are not going to score any goal

If we want to get 30 for Eddie having 50 as a starting point makes a lot of sense.

That's exactly how much Eddie is worth. 17 goals in his last 22 starts at home, his away form is poor and he does not impact the game off the bench, but you cannot argue the fact when he starts at home Eddie is quality, the numbers don't lie. 40-45m would be fair for me to ask any suitors.

As always fun to listen to you Charles. The England Team - It’s like they’re all auditioning for solo acts instead of playing in a band. Too much thinking, not enough passing - they’re holding up the ball as if they’re waiting for divine inspiration! And don’t get me started on the manager’s tactics - it’s like he’s got them playing chess when they should be playing football! A bit more positivity and quicker ball movement would definitely go a long way. Cheers to hoping they find their rhythm very soon!

Eddie's performances didn't drop last season Charles. He barely got a sniff after scoring that hat trick. I think Arsenal are holding out for between 35 to 40 mill for Eddie so the 50 mill price tag makes sense. We won't entertain the 10s and 20 mill bids for Eddie now makes a lot of sense the price tag

Hey Charles, love the show and have been watching for some years now. I have to say I disagree with your take on Saka and his form. Out of the front four I think he has been clearly the best. He was causing problems before he was pulled. I am stuck on why everyone is ignoring how Bellingham has been playing. 0 shots, 0 chances created, 0successful tackles, 0 completed passes into the final third, 22% duals won and he lost possession 16 times. I don’t think he should be paired with rice because they are both ball carriers. He needs to see the bench. Agree with you that Kane has been pretty bad too

Hi Charlie boy, regarding Nketiah for £50m I would rather have Eddie than Mudryk and he cost Chelski £90. Andy from West Sussex

Hey Charles I know 50m sounds high,but when you selling a player don't you have to price them high so you can leave room for negotiations, I think that what arsenal trying to do, if they asking for what he actually worth,I don't think that leave room for negotiations and they mite end up getting less than he actually worth

1:43 it's a price tag that has created a lot of conversation. How you get to the 50m is the convo the club wants to have.

Please remember that when selling anything, you put the price high. The buyer then comes in low and you usually meet in the middle. That's how it's done.

In the current market, the player is worth what the club wants if there is a willing buyer. I think we can get 50

Doesnt matter if 50s realistic or not , we see all the top clubs do this with their players we need to wake up and adapt. We're a huge club and these are english players who have played a decent amount of games for us. Seen players with less runs in first teams get sizeable fees. This is a business. Gotta push that transfer fee up regardless and arsenal are well within their rights to do so.

One of Englands problem is trying to find a spot in the team to accommodate Foden. He has only scored 4 times in 36 games. Dont anyone keep telling me he is stuck out on the left (winger) he spent most of last night in central positions. He had more than enough chances to replicate he's club form. But he is not showing it for England. Yes he is very good for MC. but they are usually camp on the edge of opposite teams penalty box, so obvious Foden usually gets to fire in plenty shots. At the moment England are playing the so called lesser teams who play with a low block !! Even the "Mighty Arsenal" struggle to break them sort of teams down. So dont be to hard on them, but sometimes Southgate's decisions are a little baffling, ie. sending on Gordon for a couple on minutes. Lets see what happens when we play a so called stronger team. We will know very shortly. Don't forget, every other so called top manager, cant seem to get an England team over the line. Not forgetting the great Sir Alf. Then they sacked him.🤷‍♂🤷‍♂🤷‍♂🤷‍♂

Hi Charles. In ̈ a still quiet market from an Arsenal point of view,. The news that Karl Hein has signed a new contract has been under reported, and under appreciated. He won't play many, if any games, but still great to have such a good third choice goalkeeper. One less headache for Arteta.

Watching Saka playing for England (as with the latter arsenal games this season) I'm reminded of Theo and how his game was frustrated. He's receiving the ball with his back to goal and struggles to turn with the wingback and left centre back ready for him. Mostly he pushes it back and although it moves the team up the pitch he's wasted there.

If iwobi left for 35m Eddie is definitely better and the market has inflated more since then, 50 isn’t a crazy number anymore 🤷‍♂️

Hi Charles. Great content as always. I also really enjoyed your book. Re Eddie Nketiah. Yes £50ml may seem to much. But we can't criticise Arsenal for being bad sellers and then laugh at them for asking for high fees for Eddie, ESR (reported fee online of £40m) & Nelson. We might not get what we asked for, but I am happy Arsenal have finally started to demand high transfer fees for these players, who would improve most other teams. Especially when you see Chelsea selling players of lesser quality for ridiculous fees.

I don’t see why you think 50 million is too much….he’s an ARSENAL player premier league ready,champions league experience , what are you thinking we are the Arsenal our players aren’t Rubbish…!…

IF (and at this time of the summer I'm always sceptical around reporting) the reports are true about Eddie's valuation then I think that it's more reflective of Arsenal's negotiation strategy rather than a realistic expectation on their part. I.E. they know they'll be negotiated down so they'd rather start high so they get their actual valuation. And given the at times fair criticism of Edu not getting good value for sales (though some improvement last summer) I can't fault him for trying to maximise sale value even if I don't think he'll get that amount on this occasion.

We paid £65 million for Havertz and he was scoring about 8 goals a season for Chelsea. When Eddie replaced Jesus in season 22/23 he scored around that number of goals in a third of a season. We ask for £50 million for Eddie and be grateful for anything from £40 million upwards.

I have always rated Eddie, he is best suited to 442. If I played that system with a close 10 I would see 50Mill as a highish price, but not far off fair. I feel that he needs to find a team that sees that he is definitely worthy.

English player, PL ready, just turned 25, proven goalscorer and has room to improve. If we were paying for a striker, from Europe or Brazil, with similar attributes to Nketiah, and we were asked to pay £50, we would all be shouting 'get it done'. What is with us buying high and selling selling low??? Guirassy at £17m is a steal. Even at 28 we'll get a good 3 to 4 years out of him. Where we need to switch play up, we can use Guirassy as a battering ram.

I think Eddie could go for £30m-£35m to a championship team looking to get promotion next season. His PL experience would be invaluable to them, and he should score a lot of goals at that level.

Charles, Romano reported that Arsenal are watching Calafiori of Bologna, who is currently the break out star of the Euro. Personally i don't think he will come to Arsenal though. Bit similar feeling to Locatelli transfer saga. Italy players rarely makes the move to PL(Tonaly and Jorginho are rare exceptions)

Definitely not a step too high Charles, you place a £30m price tag on Eddie we probably getting £20m max for him after which there will be a meltdown on here for selling cheap again. Ps villa sold their academy player for £19m.

Why shouldn’t the Club not play the market and sell Eddie for £50M?

Really odd take on Saka, Charles. He was poor on what basis? Kyle Walker’s inability to put passes in the correct position so Saka didn’t have to change his run? Kane, Foden, Gallagher, and Bellingham clogging central channels when he wants to turn inside? Gallagher being completely useless in linking play? Harry Kane running sideways at Saka instead of into space where to create danger? You regularly defend Martinelli’s performance this past season based on a disjointed left side, maybe don’t watch the match through the bottom of the pint glass mate

Its mind blowing how so many fans not understand how negotiations work. Start high and negotiate lower, obviously we won't get 50m but that price leaves a lot a space to work out a more reasonable number. We moan for years that Arsenal sell players too cheap and when we finally put a hefty price tag on a player fans are still moaning.

Why the hell is Gordon not playing for England? Hes our only actually fast player! And he causes trouble - similar style to Martinelli

Foden has just left the England camp temporarily to be at the birth of his child, it is 'hoped' that he'll be back for Sunday but even if he was he wouldn't be fully fit, so it would be the perfect opportunity to try Bukayo on the left wing and Palmer on the right as Charles mentioned. But I think the chances of Southgate actually doing it are pretty much nil.

Hi Charles. De Jong often gets mentioned as potentially being a great signing for Arsenal but perhaps his current wages would prove prohibitive. Surely the prospect of regular football with a good team like Arsenal, would he drop his wage expectations.

Hi Charles, love the content. Long time listener here. Question for you or for you and James Benge. If you could choose one Arsenal player to score the winning goal in the last minute of the champions league final who would it be?

Sir, we can't be complaining over this valuation when other teams do worse .. why is it big news when Arsenal does the same .. this is bugging me and maybe I should expect it because it's Arsenal but still c'mon

£50m quoted for Nketiah will frighten off any possible suitors and he will still be at Arsenal next season with a ridiculous valuation like that.

How much was Hojlund and how many goals did he score for Atalanta - don’t complain about Eddies price!

Also, there is a load of that cup throwing going on. One of the first few games, there was a player who went, I think near the Romanian fans, and he was pelted with cups. From a podcast yesterday, they said there's a 3 euro deposit on the cup and the beer costs 10 euros. Expensive throw that.

Nobody is talking about how bad Bellingham has been. Everyone can see the team has no creativity and he's the number 10. Everyone calling for him to play alongside Rice, go watch the world cup and tell me that it worked...

Good morning Charles

100million euros buy out clause for João Neves?! Benfica can keep hold of him! He’s had a stinker of a performance tonight against Georgia. On the other hand great performance by the Napoli boy Kvaratskhelia… he’s an attacking player we should be looking at he has it all!

If Arsenal are a big club,then get Eze,if Ødegaard gets injured or subbed,then we would have another creative midfielder.

50 million for Nketiah!! I find that unbelievable.

Hey Charles how you feel about England going back to back 3 with Trent and Saka as wingbacks and then you could play Watkins with Kane Foden behind them and Jude and Dec as the 8s.. Trips and Walker don't have the legs for a full tournament so I can see Saka taking one for the team... It was a crazy decision to bring an injured Luke Shaw as the only left back option

Charles, on Martinellís return from his last injury he doesn’t look like the player from 2022/23 season. Assessing his end of season performances for the club and his recent run with Brazil he seems really tentative and his burst is not as effective. On current form I think Arteta will park him on the bench, should we consider selling while he still has value or wait and see if he recaptures his old form?

Eze, Xavi Simons/Neto and a 6 would be the perfect window looking at the market. We can delay the defender and striker signings by a season.

Charles, thinking about Nketiah's potential sale in the context of Balogun's sale is helpful. Surely Nketiah could be sold to a Premier Lesgue club for AT LEAST what we were able to sell Balogun for to a non-PSG French club (34m pounds). Yes Balogun was younger and scored a lot of goals in Ligue One (in 1 fluke season). But he only had 1 year left on his contract, never scored a Prem goal, and two seasons before was only able to score 3 goals in the Championship. Nketiah has a long term contract, has scored 4-5 Prem goals in 3 straight seasons with incredibly limited minutes. Balogun wasn't Prem ready and Nketiah is. I agree 50m pounds is probably too much, but we did the same strategy leaking a similar number with Balogun. It's just our opening negotiation number. I think 40m is realistic, and I would be disappointed if we got less than Balogun's 34m.

Guiressy is too old. If we had a young prospect waiting to get into the team, then fair enough. But we don’t. We don’t have ANY youth talent on the edge of our squad (except MAYBE Nwaneri). Which is very poor. That said, if we fail to sign anyone else then, for 17m and if he’s prepared to not start every game, he’s a decent option. We just HAVE to sign top talents that instantly elevate the squad - and who have resale value and aren’t soon to decline.

Hi Charles, what is your thoughts on Dani Olmo? with a €60m release clause surely he must be a realistic option for further strenthening our attacking and midfield options. Would love to hear your thoughts on this as he has been exceptional and one of Spains standout players so far in the Euros.

All this talk about getting a new Striker, but no one is discussing how it will impact team dynamics. Where does Havartz play if not up top? He was not very effective when playing as a left midfielder, and the lack of consistency on the left side impacted Martinelli's performance. Unless Arteta is planning on changing the offense, the focus should be a left back, left midfielder, and a versatile forward player. Saka needs time off the pitch and a bit of competition because there were lots of times where he was average, and we needed someone to come in and create an offensive spark.

Hi Charles 👋, I hope all is good 👋 👦 ☺️ 👍 😊 🙏. Not the best performance from England vs Slovenia. I hope 🙏 England 🇬🇧 squad play ▶️ better in the next game 🎮 and get the win 🏆 God willing. Have a good day Charles 😂. COYE.

If it’s true and Arsenal have a 50 mil price tag on Eddie, than Edu has been hitting the samba sauce a little hard this summer 😂 30-35 is fair. Also I think if Arsenal sell Eddie than not only do we have to replace him but we have to replace him with someone better. Is Guirassy that player? For me I’m not sure.

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Saka at left back makes more sense than playing Trippier at left back.

RE Southgate and England - everyone clamoring for player changes has the wrong end of the stick. All that has to change is Southgates instructions. Foden needs to be told to stick to the left touchline. He does this for Pep and then has triggers to come inside based on opposition positioning. With England he just comes inside constantly and we then have a defensive block against us that just drifts right and is impossible to move through because its so cramped. All of our players in our starting 11 and our bench are good enough to play and succeed it is the system/lack of structure that is ruining us.

50 million is on the high side 30 35 yes Churtney in Zimbabwe.

£50m is a bit ambitious but if Chelsea can sell a kid for £19m then I don't see why Arsenal can't set that asking price. Connor Gallagher is being quoted around £60m. A bang average midfielder.

If a premier club is buying him as their main striker £40-50 mil is probably around the market rate isn’t it? If he’s a back up that’s a different story

Hi Charles I disagree I think 30/35 million is way to cheap I think anything from 40/50 million is the right price. Flo balagon went for more than 35 and Eddie in my opinion is a better striker than flo and can clearly is capable of 15+ goals in a season we shouldn’t budge on anything less than 40 million

Why’s Charles laughing at eddies asking price? kelleah is leaving liverpoool for 35m and Charles is laughing at 50 for Eddie? Different positions but that’s the standard

Good morning Charles & all, With the liklihood of Ramsdale, Nelson, Nketiah & Smith-Rowe exiting, leaving White, Rice & Saka as the only English players left in the senior squad. Do you reckon we'll sign any English players ?? Wouldn't mind one or two of either Eze, Gallagher, Wharton, Bowen, Curtis Jones (underrated) or even Marcus Rashford if we do & possibly get Nwaneri into the squad.

I do sometimes wonder how good Eddie could be if we persisted with him like we have Havertz and others. I think he will shine leading the live for another premier league club and hope he can damage some of our rivals next season if he stays in the prem

Can see now why Ben white didn't want to play for England it looks like he made the right decision

Moving Saka to Left back is disrespectful and stupid. Would you put Harry Kane as a CB, no so why even think about moving Saka. Ridiculous and stupid. :(

England, why on earth is Trippier on corners when they have Saka on the pitch? Madness! Trippier's corners were awful, Saka has a great record with us on corners. Also, note the number of times Saka was in masses of space but nobody was doing the long pass to him so he could run in behind or cut in and shoot, instead they ran forward with the ball and compressed everyone into the final 3rd leaving themselves no space to do anything, atrocious way to play, and it all comes from Southgate's ultra conservative way of playing, which we won't win anything with.

Charles, seems like every day there's a new rumour about players linked with Arsenal. How do you assess them as a whole ... which are realistic, likely, unlikely in your opinion?

Hi Charles any news if Ethan nwaneri will join up with arsenals training camp? Surely this could really boost his chances of getting minutes and prove he’s ready for the first team.

The whole Eddie , Reiss and Smith Rowe valuation discussion is boring. If you want 35mil for Eddie, you can't say you want 35mil to potential buyers. They would negotiate down. At. 50 they can negotiate down to your true valuation of 30-35m

50 mill is probs. Good figure to start with for a swap deal tbh, teams seem to overvalue a bit when it’s a swap I feel.

As for England, are any other nations still experimenting with their team, players and formations,? No. It’s ridiculous. I keep thinking how would Arteta pep or Klopp play that squad??

I said this (Saka lb) 2 weeks ago in a comment to you!

We sold Alex Iwobi to Everton for 40M!! You really think we can’t get 50M for Eddie Nketiah?? English International, record goals scorer for English U21’s, Prem proven, FA Cup Community Shield Winner, Europa and Champions League experience

6 players and Arteta on holiday? Sounds like an awkward team building exercise at work.

We always felt uneasy every time Arsenal let good players leave for nothing, do you think we can get Rushford for anything less than 70mill even with the way he's playing now? if not now with Nketiah then when and with who?

If Florin Bologun sold for more than 35m, then Eddie worths 40 -50 mill because he is home grown, premier league proven with 2 years contract at 24 yrs.

£50M….if they can get it, cash that check fast! With Kai at striker, why do we need more than Jesus? MA has shown he rarely rotates and Jesus could compete (when healthy). Why not get a more expensive proven player to slot next to Rice?

It's a stupid thing to say about that price tag. This guy score goals. 50 mil. Pounds is even too cheap. You should stop pricing our players. Let Edu do the sales. Thanks.

I'd be happy with 30m up front with 5m in potential add ons

Charles, when you buy your new house, are you going to just pay the asking price without question or try and negotiate it down? If you start out at £50mil for Eddie, maybe you get £35/40mil. If you start at £35mil, you won’t. Why is that concept so difficult to grasp. You maybe don’t mean to, but you do always undervalue our plays….

Could Kane's lack of energy up top be the problem for England? Think back to Arsenal's run in, the only loss was when Jesus came back in with a lack of fitness and couldn't press Villa like Kai could.

I doubt they actually want 50m for Nketiah, but it's better to start at 50m and go down to 30m than start at 30m and go down to 20m!

If unproven young English players with no 1st team apps international caps europa/champs lge experience are going for £40-50 m…….how much for a proven young English striker???……we have to stop being low balled and get serious with our demands even if not 50m that’s what we need to put into the atmosphere so clubs know to come seriously. COYGS🎉

IL WILL FIT IN WEST HAM UNITED AND HAS A BRILLIANT FUTUR.

Haaaaaaaaaa Charles Arsenal have finally got a sense of humour.

Hello Charles. If Arteta has made up his mind that Havertz is a striker and we keep Gabriel Jesus, I do not think we neccesarily need to replace Eddie Nketiah if he leaves this summer.

20 mil maximum.. that too including addons.. he is a very bang average or below average player.

Big ask 50m for Eddie

If anyone in arsenal can broker a deal for 50mil for Eddie build that man a statue. 25/30 easy 50…. Put the blunt down

Guirassy having the kind of season the Balogun had prior to his move. Not worth the contract to Arsenal

Start high. Always. But what would you have to pay for a similar striker? It’s gotta be up there. I’d expect them to reject anything starting with a 3

‘Pre-Graham Potter’s Brighton’ Trossard wasn’t a star either, so Guirassy could prove decent

Man United or Liverpool should buy him.

Look at the draw ffs. Southgate is blessed or done a deal with devil. He can get to semi most times without meeting a big team in any form.

why can't we sell like Chelsea? they sell unused players for high price.

You’re part of the problem, Charles. If Chelsea slaps 50 million on Nketia’s head, nobody would bat an eyelid