Morning all.
I absolutely love our third kit, yellow shirts, blue shorts – it’s almost perfect in my opinion. Bright colours are my thing, they’re up lifting. Shame the third kit isn’t our second kit but hey, one doesn’t always get what one wants in life.
According to Sky Sports, Arsenal made an offer to Newcastle Utd for Bruno Guimarães yesterday which was rejected. Interestingly, neither David Ornstein or Fabrizio Romano have reported on this story.
If Mikel Arteta wants him at the club badly enough, I’m pretty sure the two clubs will reach an agreement. Guimarães has already said he wants the move, according to reports anyway and his current club are close to signing his replacement. Again though, this is what’s written in the media so it’s far from gospel.
Arsenal have already made three signings this summer, the first of which was Piero Hincapie. Making his loan deal permanent is a big deal in my opinion because he’s a cracking player. Illan Meslier came in next and then Christos Tzolis.
If Arsenal can get Bruno Guimarães through the door, I think it will have been a good transfer window but add in another defender and attacking player, it will be even better.
The other big name linked to us is Vinicius Jr who has now returned to Real Madrid for pre-season training. Talks over a new contract will no doubt be the focus for his camp so all we can do is see how this unfolds. Meanwhile, I hope Andrea Berta has a plan b because a big part of me still thinks we as a club are being strung along or that this story is little more than a red herring. We’ll see.
The club needs to shift some players though because right now, the squad is top heavy in numbers. Fabio Vieira, Gabriel Jesus, Christian Norgaard and Reiss Nelson need to find another club and one can only hope they are in the process of doing so. Norgaard is expected to undergo a medical at Everton today ahead of his departure. (The Athletic)
Just as important as new players is having the players we already have at the club available for most of the season. Riccardo Calafiori, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Jurrien Timber, Mikel Merino, Ben White and Kai Havertz all missed chunks of the season.
We were not the worst hit according to the above table but it’s not just about the minutes missed it’s about who missed the minutes. It certainly makes winning the Premier League an even greater achievement really.
To end on transfers, I hope that by the time we get to the close of this transfer window, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri are still at the club. We need them…
Catch up in the comments.
