Trying to discover truth through football. Recruitment & Consulting @ Z21.
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27 Jul 2021
Thank God for the Kroenkes.
People don't get it when it comes to ownership. Casual fans think the Kroenkes are responsible for our decline but real ones know it is the club's executives. Bad handling of contracts alone fucked us out of a Coutinho-sized bag.
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Bouaddi is a great, UCL-caliber player as a midfielder.
But he is T2 on the planet as a RB.
Arsenal need a RB. Do the calculation yourself.
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People are asking me why I want to convert Bouaddi to a RB.
Watch this for yourself. Use your eyes. How many RBs in Europe have power, pausa and precision like this?
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Bouaddi has physical tools similar to Rice but he’s not a special passer nor a good box crasher.
If you play him at RB, you get all his defensive quality, the silky turning, the engine, suddenly his passing becomes special and his size makes a difference in the area.
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Giant among men. Imagine him next to Saliba on the right. Engine for 180 minutes. Straight line power. Smooth in possession. Crisp passes into the RHS, crashing the box next to Saka.
Buy him and make him your RB, Arsenal.
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There are only two spots to improve the Arsenal attack at.
LW (Trossard) & CF (Gyokeres)
If you replace them with two mavericks (Rogers, Endrick), the resulting chemistry with the rest of the team will produce the best attack in Europe.
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If we can have the best attack in Europe, I’m willing to sacrifice Calafiori for it.
Do a separate deal for Endrick and Calafiori.
Take MLS back to LB to replace the lost buildup quality.
With Endrick & Merino, you have an unbelievable alternatives & combination for Havertz #9.
Rogers, Saka, Madueke, Dowman, Eze, Martinelli flanking that—best attack in Europe.
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If the club thinks MLS is a midfielder, why are they interested in Mateus Fernandes, Ayyoub Bouaddi and Alex Scott?
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The problem is that Arsenal have two below average players at CF & LW.
If you upgrade the LW with £70M Morgan Rogers.
Then find a way to get Endrick out of Madrid to replace Gyokeres and run a Merino-Endrick combo if Havertz is not there.
Then Arsenal will suddenly have the best attacking options in Europe.
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Sell Calafiori, move MLS to LB.
Use the Calafiori deal to get Endrick from Real Madrid.
Sign Rogers. Get Gyokeres, Trossard, Odegaard and Ethan (loan?) out.
Sign Alex Scott & Ayyoub Bouaddi.
And suddenly Arsenal have the best attack in football.
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I don’t watch Myles Lewis-Skelly and see a player we can’t do without, except as a LB if we sold Calafiori.
In midfield, I think we can easily upgrade on him.
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If they have £50M to offer a small % of a next sale, for sure.
Chelsea want Ethan Nwaneri on a permanent transfer. Arsenal prefer to loan him to Newcastle United for a season.
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This is the best attacking lineup in Europe.
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Havertz
Saka
Rogers
Eze
Martinelli
Endrick
Madueke
Merino
Dowman
Arsenal attacking options next season for LW, CF, RW and AM.
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Havertz
Saka
Rogers
Eze
Martinelli
Endrick
Madueke
Merino
Dowman
Arsenal attacking options next season for LW, CF, RW and AM.
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After this window, our #9 options:
—Havertz
—Merino x Endrick
—Rogers F9
Much, much better than the abomination we had to bear last season.
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The truth is this: the market is in a really bad shape for elite level wingers, 6s and fullbacks.
Arsenal need a 6 and a RB. They need to accept the situation and be ready to do some conversions.
Alex Scott from #8 > #6
Ayyoub Bouaddi from #8 > RB
Just like White & MLS.
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For Spain, Merino plays with Oyarzarbal who acts as a technical backboard for him to sneak into the box.
For Arsenal, after selling Gyokeres, Arsenal can replicate this dynamic with Endrick x Merino. You get everything.
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My Window
Major Ins:
Morgan Rogers
Endrick
Alex Scott
Maxence Lacroix
Ayoub Bouaddi
Major Outs:
Gyokeres
MLS
Ethan Nwaneri
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It’s because Edu simply listened to Arteta & the recruitment team.
Berta seems to think himself some deal genius which is why he ends up filling his teams with dross.
Might work for a Brentford but not an Arsenal.
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We used to be one of the best recruitment teams itw until certain individual arrived last year. Sure 2024 was a bad window but we still got Merino Cala, but since last year it's unrecognizable.
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I’m not a big fan of selling Martinelli in this market. You can’t find better of his profile than Bradley Barcola.
Given budget & minutes limitations, you sign a big Trossard upgrade in Rogers and keep Martinelli.
If you have oil money, you maybe get both Rogers & Barcola.
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