The Arsenal Transfer Show EP476: Eberechi Eze, Dan Bentley, Riccardo Calafiori, Marc Guehi & More! 

I agree. Imagine getting someone with the skillset of vitinha next to rice.

I think get in a rice understudy possibly that can play those line breaking passes and can be rotated with rice . I’m also not totally opposed to playing rice as an 8 on the occasion probably best we get a sort of ESR replacement in that regard but if they have versatility to play on the wing then perfect . For me these two signings are more fundamental than anything else .

The audacity of Tom eh? 🤣

😂😂 some people are just special

See now that’s a fair comment. And you know you can skip it if you like too

Scored a goal to win a CL final? I think we need to show faith in him personally but you are entitled to your opinion.

@@alexjones4186one moment doesn’t negate his finishing struggles throughout his career. Germany would still be in euros if he was a better finisher. Not blaming him for their exit but he was part of the attack that in the end didn’t score when it mattered most. We will have games that we’ll need our forward to deliver in clutch moments and maybe even get us out of games we don’t deserve to win. I don’t think Kai has proven to be that kind of player. He has other strengths but I don’t see him being clutch and clinical for the large majority of our next campaign.

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Hi Tom, if it was to choose between Eze & Musiala, who would you suggest?​@@TheGoonerTalkTV

@@parveznageeb9144 Musiala of course…

@@TheGoonerTalkTV my preference exactly... We played so well on the right side because Odegaard mostly accomodated the right side... Should we get Musiala, I think there will be well balanced . .

@@NorbertJuma but it sounds like Kudus is not a reality so is a perhaps a next cab on the rank.

And that’s what’s great about footy

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ESR is my favorite player at the club, and I think that he can legitimately offer a lot to the team. He and Eze are, however, not the same player. Are they similar, and can they occupy similar spaces? Yes. But, Eze (outside of where he has played) is a bit more spritely and a bit more punchy vs ESR. You might be able to ask ‘more’ of Eze in that respect (ie, do a direct job out wide). ESR is, now, more contemplative of a player and might offer more in central spaces. So, there could be a world where they both are at Arsenal and doing different things. With that said, Arteta seems to prefer a more steely 8 and ESR is not that (Rice is, Xhaka was, Merino might be, etc etc). ESR can provide a transition defense (imo), possession attributes, ball progression, etc. But his in the box presence + physicality + solidity in our third / half doesn’t seem to fit what Mikel and co are going for. Finally, I’m not sure if Mikel prefers a “baller” (penetrating ball progression, carrying ability, interruption ability) for a 6 vs Rice who maybe only has the interruption ability (currently). Maybe he thinks that Rice’s impact can be in the no8 spaces in the games that we are obviously dominating and camped out in the opponents half. For me, bringing in a player that can offer what Partey does is a greater head scratcher (or, train up Rice to do so).

I think Eze has shown far more consistent attacking contributions that ESR and stylistically fits Arteta’s system better

Thanks mate

More than happy to tackle it. The numbers speak for themselves

@@TheGoonerTalkTV then let's compare 2-3 seasons data and not just last season when his future wasn't settles couple with injuries. Maybe it's my Nigerian bias speaking anyway 😅😅

@@perezteejay2945 already did. Can read it all here www.football.london/arsenal-fc/transfer-news/arsenal-right-snub-victor-osimhen-29225442.amp

@@TheGoonerTalkTV fair play, I've checked the article you made great points. 🤝

@@TheGoonerTalkTV That's a great piece Tom, very interesting facts.

Forgetting how much football he missed due to injury he’s literally never fit

Considering how great last season was there is a reason ESR isn’t a player he relies on. It’s just the reality arteta doesn’t favor him and we need to move him on for the sake of his career and for us to bring in players that works for Mikel

Yeah he would be a squaddy signing really long term competition for Martinelli and also an option for that LCM role where ESR couldn’t really bang

He knows how to use it sometimes. But not efficiently enough.

@@TheGoonerTalkTV so you were agreeing with me :-). I think it would help us sell players too if guys like ESR got more minutes than he did. Enjoy your show. I'm still not sold on Havertz. While I agree that he could score 20 goals, I think we could bring another striker in and he could probably do the same thing. He's not a clinical finisher and in the big games he went missing. I'm not writing him off but I think we can do better. Cheers and congratulations on the top 150 !

To a point but I don’t agree with your absolute take. They’re not helpful at all. There’s been a number of times when Arteta needed to make changes and didn’t. However there is also times when Arteta’s changes won us points.

@@TheGoonerTalkTV all good Tom. We are the shaded part of a venn diagram.

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