I think we are going to struggle if Onana is our lone midfield signing. I think that our most important signing is a LCM this summer and I feel we need to spend the most money there. Guimaraes or De Jong for me first. Onana is backup to Rice.
If rice can somehow be converted to the no 6 that Partey has been then I would say yes. I think get fofana first and then see what kind of price we can get for Bruno G and Frenkie de Jong. It’s not an area we can risk.
Everton have just signed Aston Villa youngster Tim Iroegbunam for £9m. I think a good money move for Onana to Arsenal would be good business for both clubs, especially if Everton were to get a £35m deal for Dominic Calvert Lewin to Newcastle over the line. They would have a good £60m to spend on a much better striker than DCL.
Onana at Everton reminds me of Rice at West Ham and I think we could get the same improvement. Add Fofana to the squad as a classic box-to-box MF and we have lots of options. Onana could also cover CB.
Onana has no technical awareness same as declan rice zero linkup nor creative abilities, they defend very well though but is that what arsenal need right now? More defenders really? I think not.
Onana is savagely overrated, for that money you can get not one but two better playes inr Reo Hatate and Maxence Caqueret. And as cherry on top you'll have mone for Serhou Guirassy
Believe Edu's n Arteta's(n the Tech team's) problem is the fees(exorbitant) the will(of the player to want the move) plus also finding a play who would fit desired profile, whilst seemlessly fitting in, n would hit the ground running. The flip side is to pick(at an affordable price, considering FFP and PSR Rules are real) a player with potentail(in the case of ARSENAL, play multiple roles(in Onana's case 6&8), have the technical ability that the tech team can develop/horne/polish into a finished product). Onana is 22 yrs, with pace to burn, strength, n size too. Let Arteta do his thing n a "monster" is about to be unleashed. Having said that, believe Fofana at his price would be a good add to replace Elneny, n with time would be a powerful 6.
