September 01, 2026 Daily Discussion & Transfers Thread

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[u/varro-reatinus]

I really like this move for Nwaneri.

[u/Mahoganychicken → u/varro-reatinus]

Yeah couldn't ask for a better move. Dortmund is the perfect place for young attackers

[u/backofthanet → u/varro-reatinus]

Out of all the loan destinations Dortmund and the Bundesliga is absolutely one of the best outcomes. Not quite the full chaos ball of Ligue 1, and also Guardiola wasn't there long enough to completely crunch everyone's approach into the absurdly safe tactics that we have witnessed in the PL in previous seasons.

[u/ImGonnaImagineSummit]

I still don't get the non-penalty call against Bruno. 

[u/AbsoluteGarbaj → u/ImGonnaImagineSummit]

We have 2 stonewall penalty calls Bruno and Calafiori.

[u/SystemCheck990 → u/AbsoluteGarbaj]

the Cala one did look a pen, but the Bruno one was crazy stonewall when even ArrSocca liverpool and spurs flairs are saying it .

[u/2ndfastestmanalive]

Villa fans just not capable of taking any blame it seems. Refs fault they couldn’t get a shot on target and PSR’s fault they put low release clauses in their contracts and buy Chelsea’s deadwood for £100m.

Their goalkeeper has a pass on him thought tbf

[u/Small_Matter_6830 → u/2ndfastestmanalive]

I thought Suzuki's distribution was great too. Solid keeper.

[u/not_a_Badger_anymore → u/2ndfastestmanalive]

Their subs top comment on the post match is '17 fouls to 6' and they're incapable of seeing that as a problem about their team. Some how arsenal got away with it and was the favoured team. Levels of delusion are off the charts.

[u/OkCurve436 → u/2ndfastestmanalive]

Seems about right. Love the chat about "if we had a free kick there it might have led to something" - come on, are you spurs in disguise?

Mad transfer window, most of the other top teams just buying each other's players and having their pants pull down for average talent.

[u/CarlxtosWay]

Starting a game with a midfield of Ode-Rice-MLS and finishing it with Merino-Zubi-Bruno is an obscene level of depth. 

[u/danmac0817]

Nah the more I think on it that was a proper nasty game last night. Glad we got out with the win, I reckon that result will only age better as the season goes on.

[u/SectorMindless → u/danmac0817]

Just like the win at Old Trafford last August.

[u/bro_vadis]

Even if you don't rate Rogers, Alvarez, etc., the club should be getting our league-winning manager the players he wants, or at least players of the same calibre, which is why this summer has felt so frustrating.

Seems we have been trying to buy a marquee LW for 4 years now to no avail.

[u/RYRQ]

Too many people focus on red cards and pens when talking about refereeing, it's all the small challenges and yellow cards that keep fucking us over. Imagine Maatsen, Cash or McGinn on a yellow from about 10-15 minutes in when they first deserved them. Would have had to stop being so aggressive straight away, much easier for our wingers. But instead Cash comes off without anything, Maatsen get's one in the 96th when it doesn't matter and Tzolis get's one for a challenge that happened 5 times in that game unpunished.

We win though so it doesn't matter and it's an excuse if we don't win.

[u/EMSLSHADOWZ]

We knew our weakest position was LW and somehow we’ve made it weaker lmao

[u/thewickedeststyle]

They are doing opinion polls on how they feel about Arsenal on Villa’s sub.

Like a whole entire post about it.

😂😂😂😂😂

[u/KaiBob21]

That Bruno cameo moved me I have to say. Fantastic passing profile and the penetrative run he made.

[u/Street-Estate999]

Still holding out hope Nwaneri is on the Saliba development track of 2 seasons on loan into the first team 🙏

[u/WhattheDuck9]

People really underestimate Merino, it's quite obvious he's Arteta's preferred Ødegaard backup, even if we sign another LW. Eze will get plenty of minutes here and there, and depending on game state.

[u/Monsultant]

Merino looks a bit leaner and more agile.

His touches and creativity also look a bit better than before.

[u/ilikesocks16]

That saka goal celebration is going to sustain me for a long time

[u/remote_crocodile]

Thank fuck Villa bought Garnacho

[u/j_reids92 → u/remote_crocodile]

And Mudryk gone too, dodging bullets like Neo out here

[u/JustGhostin]

My left winger

https://giphy.com/gifs/9iIwniNa4b0tuaYcfL

[u/LeWhaleShark → u/JustGhostin]

My “hot take” is that he becomes first choice LW by November

[u/thisissockwormadness]

Alexis Sanchez 1 year deal
https://giphy.com/gifs/c7Ebjv7aq4wNy

[u/Arsenalfootball_1]

After all the injury crisis and fitness problems we have faced over the years and how difficult it was to navigate through so many competitions, Its shocking how we approach the attacking depth.

Im really confused honestly. To sell Trossard, Martinelli, Jesus and then loan out Nwaneri is already risky. But to only bring in Tzolis makes no sense at all. Overall our defence and midfield is in great shape but our attack I just don t understand this.

Your putting such a big workload on our current players its just so irresponsible. We need some last minute miracle with deadline day now.

[u/ILoatheHessianMatrix → u/Arsenalfootball_1]

Havertz ran 12.3km yesterday. He has major injury concerns. I don’t feel confident with our depth at all.

[u/tammrak]

"There's not a great deal going on with players we don't already know about."
~ David Ornstein

[u/UnquenchedMammoth356]

Genuinely I think I could come up with what HoA said

Where's the link to my patreon

[u/Jansiz]

HandOfArsenal: "Alvarez would be very open to joining Arsenal and has directly told us should his dream to Barca become impossible"

[u/raisonar]

I think Zubi looked sharp yesterday.

[u/spicydrynoodles → u/raisonar]

he's like that when he's not overplayed

[u/j_reids92]

Sir, they sold their second starting LW

[u/Cashelz]

You’re on crack if you think Arteta envisioned Tzolis as our only attacking signing after winning the league lol

[u/Sliver_fish]

Just genuinely do not understand how you can go into a transfer window knowing exactly where your issues lie in attack and fuck up at trying to fix them for the third summer in a row.

[u/coriendercake]

Gimme gimme gimme a man before midnight, One that can attack score goals at home and awaay

[u/ftbllshldbnrt]

Somehow managed to weaken the only area of the squad where it was possible to make a significant improvement. Genuinely astounding.

[u/WestNorther]

Petition to ban the Odysseus gif until we sign Iliad Ndiaye.

[u/DiKapino]

Bruno G helps free up Odegaard so one may argue that the attack will actually be better than last year.

Add in the likes of Merino & Havertz who were missing for a large portion of last year; Saka & Odegaard seemingly back to full fitness. Man for man we could be even stronger despite the minor downgrade at LW

#positivitymerchant #livelaughlove

[u/varro-reatinus]

Incidentally, our lack of investment in the left wing is making it quite difficult to resist the Starmerball allegations.

[u/Soft-Replacement-397]

“What are the specials today?”

Well we have Martinelli returns fan fiction, dry powder gimmick, and the house special, “everything is fine, why are you complaining?”
What can I get you today?

[u/sheikabra]

Ornstein couldn't handle the Arsenal bomba and collapsed with amazement. I understand orny, take your time.

[u/Mahoganychicken]

Fake David Attenborough death news in the DD on DD. Incredible stuff from /r/gunners.

[u/Harvey-Specter]

I'm tranquil. Its not a popular opinion but I think the team overall is better than it was last season.

MLS is like a new signing in midfield, and we brought in Bruno. The midfield depth is crazy.

Konsa is a shrewd buy who can help us get through this period without Saliba and then provide rotation options when Saliba is back. Ben White, for all his flaws, has great chemistry with Saka and Odegaard and can help unlock them both. With Timber coming back soon (hopefully), the defensive line looks to be in great shape.

The LW issues are overblown. We're clearly giving Calafiori a license to pop up in attack. Like Zinchenko shifting into midfield, the tactical tweak this season is Calafiori drifting into forward positions to overload defenses. I think that is going to work really well, especially with Eze who loves to drift in from the left, dragging defenders, and opening up a lot of space for Calafiori to exploit.

[u/varro-reatinus]

'Set Piece Again' is going to hit like crack all season long.

[u/potatofamine-carbomb]

10.4k comments

quiet day huh

[u/Jchibs]

That penalty on Bruno not being given is scandalous. PGMOL are cheats. Last season because they didn’t steal the usual 10-15 points from us media stooges saying they helped us! Not holding our head under water is not the same as throwing us lifebuoy.

One goal could be important at the end of the season.
People won’t complain as loudly because we won but we should be raging about it, if we only moan like fuck about cheating refs when we lose we will be accused of sour grapes.

It’s a diabolical decision that they cleared in two seconds.
It is so bad it’s laughable

[u/pivandee]

This would never help us

[u/Efficient_Mud2759 → u/pivandee]

We are in the deepest trenches with these fofana shouts holy shit, a lot of people calling for him are going to wake up ashamed of themselves

[u/zkh2902]

“So how about that win at Villa P—“

https://giphy.com/gifs/nLhdSinRtaL2E

[u/googlemynumber]

Imagine someone told you 3 months ago at the start of the window that we would sell Martinelli, Jesus and Trossard and bring in Christos Tzolis as our only attacking signing

[u/Mahoganychicken → u/googlemynumber]

Yeah everyone would have gone mental, but now we've had 2 weeks of mental gymnastics whilst we come to terms with it, and people genuinely think its ok.

[u/Suspicious-Search-64]

That "900k wages off the books" cameo against chelsea will be something else

[u/Mahoganychicken]

When we signed Tzolis Ornstein said this:

Move for Greece international does not impact #AFC interest in Morgan Rogers or other options to strengthen attack.

The club wasn’t happy with the idea of just signing Tzolis, so you don’t need to defend it.

[u/MuchAbouAboutNothing]

I like the combination of Eze and Calafiori on the left, both capable out wide, both effective moving into the inside forward channels

[u/csixtay → u/MuchAbouAboutNothing]

I think Eze is going to get better with more time out wide... especially with Calafiori consistently providing the run in-behind.

[u/thisismy_stop]

I just told my colleagues that someone on reddit just made a case for Arsenal to try and sign Jadon Sancho and we all laughed.

[u/TobzyyyyRL]

I was watching Vini comps a month ago.

[u/grimmyzootron]

So we wouldn't pay €40m for fofana but the free Sunderland were going to lay was mid €30s ? Clearly just isn't rated highly enough

[u/-Mubar]

If you told us we sold Trossard and Martinelli just for Tzolis vast majority would say it’s poor

[u/tammrak]

Ornstein: No more Arsenal signings this window.

There it is.

[u/LemtaLongi]

Akliouche, 24, 6ft right winger. 7G 11A, £43m. Could have sold Madueke, kept one of Trossard/Martinelli and had this guy as Sakas back up.

Ferran, 26, 6ft striker, can play LW, CF, RW, 21G 3A, £42m, 16G in the league, was linked to us before, would have been a good option.

Godts, 21, 5'9 left winger, can play across front 3, 17G 12A, £38m, would have been a decent signing, has a great playstyle

Not only did PSG choose one of these guys, they brought all 3 to back up Kvrateskelia, Dembele and Doue. Great prices for all 3 in this market but Berta couldnt even get a single one?

Make it make sense.

[u/HardCoreLawn]

Bad business aside, the term "Food chained" is the worst addition of the summer 😭😭

[u/flying_jesus]

Why tf would Bournemouth sell Kroupi in January when they'll have Europe 🤣

[u/AbsoluteGarbaj]

Lmao Mudryk made it to North London lmao

[u/Mahoganychicken]

HereToVent is communicating via messages on golds given to comments. Hilarious.

[u/ShyGuy_14_]

Forcing Martinelli out of the club makes no sense now

[u/ERDHD]

The only way I can make sense of no further attacking signings is if they're creating a pathway for Dowman to get a lot of minutes playing RW and AM - which means more minutes for Madueke and Eze at LW. Dowman only got around 500 minutes last season.

[u/Financial-Fail-9359]

Stopping myself from bitching over attack for a bit, I have to say that us signing Bruno G is probably the best singular one in prem of the big clubs. Basically robbing the league the best available best cm/dm and making them scramble for shitters. 75m is worth to not see Bruno at Man City or something.

[u/Commercial_Voice9074]

Calafiori LW Hincapie LB we will be there 

[u/Ryan_Gooner96]

Saka has 2 in 2 so thats nice at least

[u/Brinklehoof]

Ornstein on The Athletic’s Deadline Day stream: “lots of things going on with the players we know about, not a lot happening with the players we don’t know about”

Sigh

[u/curlyhairedyani]

Wake up babe more Hand of Arsenal waffle just dropped

[u/MrsEntrail]

A pretty downcast Arsecast, all things considered. And going relatively hard on Berta for two generally measured voices. So disappointing.

[u/dpatel211]

Romain Molina saying that Malick Fofana is underdoing a medical in Lyon but he doesn't know which club it's for lmao, this saga has been great to watch as an outsider

[u/ThinGrass3138]

Exciting times, the DD getting close to 10k comments!

I've heard of this happening, but never seen it with my own eyes

[u/GuinnessGooner]

Arteta post UCL stated we must be "very, very ambitious, very fast and very smart" - one truth, one lie and one TBC

[u/St_Boogz]

Our counter attacks are woefully slow at the moment

[u/raisonar]

Basically, Chelsea have created a separate ecosystem of player trading which is going to run separately on its own as a profit center.

They have deep links with clubs all across Europe. They have dealt with atleast 5 clubs for more than 1 player - Atlanta, Como, Palace, Villa, Spurs. They can find buyer for any of their player and that too at breathtaking speed. Club for sanchez found in 24 hours of them signing Martinez.

selling clubs happy to deal with them as they pay good price for very young players, while maintaining relaitions as they can buy any player from chelsea because they have so many players avaialble at all times.

Last year they held clubs to ransom for loaning their players. clubs paid them 5m to 15m in loan fees. which is unheard of really.

They are controlling supply of players, if fifa didnt intervene, it will be difficult to contain this and would lead to huge inflation in football. This summer was good reference of that.

[u/BurntToast764]

Have we tried offering his family a Falklands visa to sweeten the deal?

[u/Chell_the_assassin]

The issue with the whole "we're not signing anybody because we only want to sign the right players" thing is that half the attacking signings we have made in recent years have been shit lol

[u/Mahoganychicken]

Ornstein late for his live show on The Athletic because he had to take a call.

SOMETHINGS HAPPENING AND I WONT BE TOLD OTHERWISE.

[u/HopefulGuy1]

Interestingly, most of the away games in which we dropped points are front-loaded this season. Our first five are Villa, Sunderland, Brighton, Forest, Liverpool from which we took five points last season (vs 33/39 in the others). Take ten from those and you've got to think we'll be tough to catch.

[u/AlGunner]

We're coming up to our first fixture congestion of the season. Chelsea, then 3 days later Napoli, then 3 days later Sunderland, then 3 days later Ipswich, then 4 days later Brighton. Thats 5 games in 14 days. We will need our squad players for that.

[u/Cashelz]

How did we go from Martinelli and Trossard to Tzolis and scrambling for another winger on deadline day?
Did the club even have a plan going into the window?

I struggle to believe that Eze and Tzolis are going to replace Trossard’s clutch gene and Martinelli’s performances in the CL.

[u/MaxT20]

Actually ending the window with a worse attack lmao

[u/Suspicious-Search-64]

We havent upgraded our attack since summer 2023

[u/danmac0817]

Thing is we never get this when it comes to signing defenders, never got it when we were signing dooel winners. Genuinely can't think of an example, seems everything is suddenly slick amongst the transfer committee in getting things done.

It's not so much the struggle of bringing players in, it's an awful market and I am not one for pretending Arsenal are state owned or an unhinged venture capitalist racket, I get Arsenal's place in the modern game and the club KSE want them to be. But all that means is you need to be smarter, and you're not fooling me into thinking there's no talented attackers out there who can work for us, so why does our brains disconnect the moment it involves someone playing in the final third?

[u/wismagius]

The fact that we didn't go for Fofana tells me that it was 100% Arteta who was against it, and I think we can safely assume it was due to his physical profile.

[u/Aobiii]

We signed Meslier to loan out setford, 2 months later we STILL haven’t loaned out Setford????

[u/ngmathew1234]

The club only valued 2 attackers in the transfer window and they were long shots. that is the problem

[u/therocketandstones]

I’d be the first person here to say that Emery’s team has been chopped and changed and the first few games would always be tough for him, they’ll be fine this season once the new players gel and that he’s done great things with Aston Villa

But I’m also tired of pretending or watching other people say he’s better than Arteta now. I know for sure that he would not have won a title with given Arteta‘s time and resources. Absolute dead narrative

[u/Acefire4]

At least Expressions Oozing is now starting the slander for Mudryk.

"Ukraine Bolt", "Compound V" 😂

[u/j_reids92]

Orrrrrnnnsteeeeeeiiiiiinnnn
https://giphy.com/gifs/43G1ktK56yAMw

[u/McBar]

I was sold dreams ngl. 

[u/Ok_Truck9308]

Everton signed back Ainsley Maitland-Niles

What in the world…

[u/goofygooberyea11]

We aren’t signing anyone

[u/Magicallyshit]

See I wouldn't mind not buying anyone if either Trossard or Martinelli is still here but we actually sold both LW and got 1 in return. Praying there's actually someone being brought in but if there isn't oh well.

[u/Gunners_21]

Never refreshed this much. Disappointed.

[u/pivandee]

Us with 3 minutes left in the window

[u/Rockflagandeeeagle]

Starmer resigning in protest 😤

[u/Someone40727]

M9 and all those jokes aside, Merino is such a great midfielder, the control and calmness he brought to our midfield in end of the game when things got heated might have saved us from conceding late, such a baller

[u/LA31716]

Do people really think canceling the Martinelli sale after forcing him out would work? Can you imagine how toxic locker room would be?

[u/Avarua-Longjump-Club]

HandOfArsenal stood ten toes in on alvarez being open to joining us back in july btw don't forget this

[u/PineappleOk4339]

Enzo Fernandez becoming the world's first player to move twice for over £100m is absolute nonsense

[u/that_big_energy]

When are we going to talk about City spending £350million on three midfielders?

Might be the slowest midfield in Prem history

[u/CarlxtosWay]

Left wing has been our weakest position for multiple seasons and somehow we’ve managed to end the transfer window with worse options. 

Should have just kept Trossard and let him leave on a free next year. 

[u/AaronM1D1]

The window's been decent enough. We've cleared out the deadwood and brought in real quality. The fact we can completely rotate our defence/midfield without a quality drop-off is going to be huge, especially as injuries are always a factor. Vini was a very real possibility, Alvarez less so. Neither panned out, it is what it is.

I do worry about depth on the left, feels like we could've gone in for even a more modest upgrade on Nelli. That being said, there's no point splashing out for much of the same. Clearly, we didn't rate Ndiaye highly enough to go in for him, so I hope Ebz can do a job there as Tzolis acclimates. Chelsea is going to be a big litmus test.

The good news is that our midfield is looking unreal, and we're able to create and score from all over the pitch. No one knows what's going on with Gyok, but I think it's too early to say he's been written off. There'll be plenty of minutes for him this season, and I'm sure he'll feast off of Bruno et al. I'm not going to pretend he's perfect, but the bloke scores goals.

[u/raisonar]

I have no doubt, Arsenal will keep on winning.

arteta will change formation. We will become more defensive, he will shoehorn some player there. He will find solution for sure. He always has. He excels in frugality.

Arteta got us 2nd 3 seasons in a row with 1 season without a CM and 2nd season without a striker. He is the reason we were champions.

Dont forget club has history of letting him down in market.

This is just another window of same old letting down. For winning PL after 22 years, his is rewarded by taking away 25 goals and assists from LW and replacing that with a guy from Belgium league. I am sure he will still find a way of winning by conceding even fewer goals. We may or may not win the title, but we are going to be there.

[u/oKhonsu]

number of people on this sub boutta drop by like 30% the moment the clock hits 11pm est

[u/Rockflagandeeeagle]

Recycled takes, lesss gooo.

[u/SamLoscorino]

Mosquera's injury didn't look that bad

Also it seems difficult for White to play full 90, we need Timber back asap

[u/SamLoscorino]

Emery might actually be a better brainwasher than Arteta

Whatever he tells his players before playing us has them out there ready to run through brick walls

[u/Monsultant]

Villa looked quite good in their mid-block.

Suzuki looked really good on the ball and one spilled ball which went forward harmlessly was his only mistake in the game.

Jackson is good on the ball but the difference between him and a natural goal-scorer like Watkins is stark. Watkins would have made a lot more runs and looked to get into shooting opportunities. Loss of Watkins and Rogers will be massive for them. Can't see how they replace that with Jackson, Garnacho, Mbaye etc.

Only big hope for them is Manzambi - if he isn't an immediate G/A hit, they will struggle massively in attack.

[u/tlin15]

Stop saying Kroupi in Jan, this is pure cope 😂.

[u/Brandaman]

Not gonna lose my head based on Fofana because I legit hadn’t heard of him until yesterday, but…

How have we taken our weakest position in the squad and somehow made it weaker? I could’ve forgiven it if we ended up with Alvarez, but barring some miracle that isn’t happening either.

Very, very bizarre window from us.

[u/Mahoganychicken]

This DD is going to break records today.

[u/Dizzy-Try1574]

Incoming “we tried” “we showed ambition” PR

[u/Billawesome7]

[u/danmac0817]

Can Martinelli's dust cloud start at the weekend?

[u/A76EB]

I’d still try and gazump City for Ndiaye tbh

[u/j_reids92]

Anyone got any of those Ornstein bombas?

https://giphy.com/gifs/OA1CDoCiAR48E

[u/standupforthechamp]

Think we will sign someone by the end of the day and I wouldn't be surprised if it's Endrick.

[u/UnquenchedMammoth356]

Arteta turning up at Newcastle with Gyokeres playing left wing, and still winning

[u/Monsultant]

Yesterday, Arteta said that we will fight till the end of the window to strengthen the squad.

Alvarez had already decided. We had decided not to sign Fofana. Surely, he had someone in his mind. Even Orny said, we had targets. Wonder who these players are.

[u/mukemuke94]

Williams release clause incoming at the final hour

[u/NemoDatQ]

"The club need to get better at selling." *Monkeys paw curls

[u/Tiadrop48]

It is hilarious that Liverpool have 4 left wingers.

Their only right winger is also their only right back and he’s also shit at football.

[u/DevilDare]

We got people hopeful for Gakpo.

"Berta you have saved my life"

[u/Soft-Replacement-397]

ornstein saying that’s it. Not expecting anything else.

[u/Fuckit21]

Its over Orny said no one coming in.

[u/Alternative-You8020]

Well at least weve learned not to take trash just to fill the spots. They end up just eating wages.

The LW will struggle in a vacuum but offensive output will still rest with saka and odegaard. Unless we got vini or Alvarez that wasn't changing.

[u/PartlyRowdy]

Declan Rice seeing that he and the defence will need to carry the team for another year

https://giphy.com/gifs/7baprCXTF7iyJsQTPm

[u/standupforthechamp]

Arteta keeps saying we need a 25 man squad to fight for multiple titles. With all the transfers out, I can count only a 24 man squad including Dowman. We are clearly short even in number terms.

[u/neruyo]

Why are we masters at upgrading defense and midfield but so trash at improving the forward line.

[u/Spiritual-Pilot-2300]

For all the stick Edu gets..

Summer 2023

Raya , Timber , Rice , Kai

208 million

And they all have one thing in common currently

[u/AlexTheRockstar]

Goodbye, sweet prince 😭

Edit: arrival video is on @hilalstuff

[u/Hugh_H0n3y]

🚨 u/Remote-pound-325 is a Spurs fan pretending to be one of us for god knows what reason

[u/Monsultant]

Guys - Gyokeres can be frustrating but he isn’t complete shit. Can still trust him in Carabao Cup and CL group stages.

I also trust him to hustle and trouble defenders during last 20 mins of PL games.

[u/dpatel211]

Liverpool and Arsenal not partaking in the big 6 circlejerk fire sales this summer is interesting.

We were the only two clubs that didn't pull off a transaction with each other and the other 4 clubs. Red cartel and that lol

[u/True_Anybody_8774]

Madueke is our quickest attacking player now

[u/Sithgooner]

Balogun’s failed medical paying off big time for Chelsea and United is a fitting end to the window.

[u/Mrdojo1234]

11k+ comments. lol. This is beyond insane.

[u/hauttdawg13]

Come on lads. We can get to 12k comments.

I have faith in us.

[u/LorDeus71]

2 forwards in 3 years

[u/HardCoreLawn]

At this point, the mods might as well make "Camp Crashout" and "Camp Cope" badges.

[u/AirPodAlbert]

Norton-Cuffy back in the Prem with Hull.

We made £2.5m from the sell on clause

[u/CaptainClutch05 → u/AirPodAlbert]

The lads carved out a great career for himself and still such a young age. Very happy for him and hope he does well at Hull

[u/Commercial_Voice9074]

foodchained is the new 'bottling it' fucking stupid terms for dumbasses to use 

[u/Brapfamalam]

Despite all the cope and rationalisation in the stages of grief here. I bet Arteta is fucking fuming.

[u/UnquenchedMammoth356]

ITS BEEN AN HONOR TO F5 WITH YOU

[u/blambliab]

I'm gonna judge this window once it's over, but if things stay like this, then selling Martinelli and Trossard will prove to be an absolute shocker of a decision.

Our defense and midfield got stronger, no doubt. We have the same midfielders as last season, plus Bruno. That's incredible. Same defense, expect we have Konsa too. That's also huge.

Our attack however... We can win the league yet again, but the CL seems overly optimistic with the likes of Havertz, Gyökeres, Madueke, LW Eze, Tzolis... It's not that they're not good enough, they are inconsistent.

[u/MetroSection]

"Kroupi in January" gonna be this subreddit's new motto.

[u/Mahoganychicken]

I fucking love deadline day

[u/RYRQ]

I know the commentary/punditry where convinced if Buendia had scored instead of hitting the bar it would have been brought back for the foul on Tzolis, but it was definitely not going to be right. They'd 100% decide to give that as not clear or obvious.

[u/SeaworthinessOk2615]

Looking at sheer numbers:

We've entered the transfer window with elite level defense and midfield and ok, but not great attack

We're exiting the transfer window with net profit from attack sales minus buys and we funneled that money to defense and midfield, lol

[u/hedjet]

Arteta didn't rate Fofana so not sure what the headloss here is. A lot pf people just want transfer dopamine for the sake of it. Why bring in a 5th choice warm body just for the sake of it? We want level raisers.

[u/petro-dragonic]

I like when Arsenal scores more goals than the other team

[u/PonderingVagrant]

Eze LW revival this season

[u/Bootleg_______]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hPYqTFue5bgk1DSifn

[u/No_Type509]

Tzolis looks like he can’t take on fullbacks, I don’t see any sort of 1v1 bag in him.

This ain’t slander or hate just an observation, looks like he’d be better closer to goal but still early

[u/JayTois]

What are we doing letting Ndiaye go to City like that? Were we just fucked because they effectively traded him for Grealish?

[u/DiverAcceptable2287]

Alexis Sanchez if ur hearing this pls save us

[u/maidentaiwan]

The likely bidding war for kroupi in January will probably chase us off. We’d be wise to just buy him now and rehab him ourselves. Bet we could do it under £100m, would be unusual to sign an injured player but I think there’s value in that approach in this ridiculous market.

[u/doublewordscore]

Gapko pros:

has decent end product
no injury concerns
lots of experience
good in the air for a wide player
will cause generational spurs head loss

Gakpo cons:
can’t dribble
slow
addicted to hero ball
280k/wk

[u/Trickster_designs]

https://giphy.com/gifs/nLhdSinRtaL2E
Live look at this thread

[u/wanofan900]

Retaining the title is a target that I can still see us doing.

But the whole point of signing an elite attacking option this summer is that we'll stand a better chance of winning the UCL.

But since we haven't, we'll have to rely on the same tactics to go all the way this time around.

And there's also the fact that the likes of Kroupi and other attackers will have the interest of other teams.

Not just us.

[u/rubberpencilhead]

Orny bomba incoming.

“I’m not expecting Arsenal to do any further business”.

[u/Agent_Topinski]

Gabi Jesus getting the Poolian Alvarez dream move tickles my funny bone

[u/macky301]

Dowman LW let’s go.

[u/beefcroquette]

Deadline day threads are always fun

Same time next year everyone?

[u/UnquenchedMammoth356]

People acting as if mikel himself negotiates the fees lol.

Maybe if you're managing Dorking you'd have that but never at Arsenal lol

[u/Rockflagandeeeagle]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bgBO1Yh3Z7Qq5rB4PC

[u/Brinklehoof]

I was worried that whatever LW signing we pivoted to after missing out on Vini Jr was going to be underwhelming by comparison

Little did I know that the LW we would pivot to was…no one

[u/GleamingThePube]

Just imagine the reaction if Arsenal had 115 charges and spent almost a billion in two years.

[u/Echo361]

City have spent over 325 mil on 3 midfielders in one window. No excuse for them not to win the league now.

[u/EMSLSHADOWZ]

No signings, confirmed by Ornstein

[u/tammrak]

I'm so thankful our academy produced Bukayo Saka.

[u/ItchyChocolate2313]

Lmao, the Ornstein update just wrecked this thread

[u/MammothEfficiency167]

Bizarre that we cheaped out on LW’s but spent a bunch on Madueke without hesitation last year

[u/AfricanRain]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Lp7xxDxPLg2pEFnrvn

I’m rocking with you goat

[u/AttemptedReasoning]

Can't wait for that <100m quid, world class LW option to pop up on the market next year!

[u/WestNorther]

I blame Jason Ayto.

[u/skool_101]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9iIwniNa4b0tuaYcfL

save us eze, you are our only hope rn

[u/Phimstone]

Picture of Win/Won for whoever needs it in these troubled times

[u/ret990]

[u/Ok_Truck9308]

Personally I think it’s very important to maintain a good collaborative relationship with other clubs when it comes to selling/buying. Look at how fast Chelsea get business done, barely any tug of war, both in selling and buying.

More than the incomings and outgoings I’m concerned about the way Berta seems to do business. Villa and Newcastle both expressed displeasure with how he negotiates and for both Guimaraes and Konsa Josh had to step in to seal the deal.

And for all of his “Turkish” and “Italian” connections… yeah I’m not even gonna bother with that

[u/_phaze__]

I'm watching Martinelli's trunks being moved through the airport. Truly the deadline day experience.

[u/Odd_Cockroach_2506]

Powder moisture check:

Dry ✅