Arsenal’s lateness to be their greatness?

Morning all.

It’s late in the transfer window. Arsenal need defensive players but any club willing to sell players now, hold the cards. Unless they have a seriously unhappy player on their hands, they can pretty much demand whatever fee they like from the buying club. Especially a British one.

Speculation I know but we’re reportedly going for Rugani, Upamecano or both. £70m Is the price for Upamecano according to The Guardian and other sources but Juventus don’t want to sell/loan Rugani apparently but in this game, every club has its price and if the player fancies a change of scenery, they’ll do a deal I’m sure.

European leagues have a different transfer window closure date to here in the UK. La Liga, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga have until the 2nd September to do business, whereas Serie A have until August 23rd so plenty of time for either RB Leipzig or Juventus to sign replacements, assuming they’d need to.

Just because these two names are all over the back pages and NewsNow, it doesn’t mean either story is true. Doesn’t mean they’re untrue either, or that Arsenal are scrabbling around at the last minute to get deals done because it’s only just dawned on them that we need defensive reinforcements. For all we know, Raul and co have been trying all summer.

Just think about Raul’s pedigree, Edu’s too – neither are strangers to the game and neither would look at our defensive unit and think it’s good enough to take on City or Liverpool. If they did, they’d be in the wrong job. These are guys who have probably forgotten more about the game than you or I ever knew in the first place. I’m sure they’ll want to do something about strengthening our defence before Thursday. Or at least that’s what I hope. Then it’ll be about how they fit in and what impact they have on the team.

Arsenal appear to be selling now too with a deal for Koscielny agreed with Bordeaux according to L’Equipe and Nottingham Forest are hopeful of snapping up Carl Jenkinson say Sky Sports.

Monaco are still interested in Mustafi but the player has no interest in leaving Arsenal according to the Metro and other outlets such as FootballLondon. I know…. But if Arsenal were to sign Rugani or Upamecano, I think he’d realise his playing days in north London might be limited, if not over.

This is doing the rounds after Harry Maguire signed for Utd.

What the stats don’t tell us though, is what the eyes see. Saying that, I’m not a fan of either.

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That’s enough of my waffle for today, see you in the comments.