2025 January Transfer Window

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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby Zenith » Wed Jan 15, 2025 3:31 pm

Highbury Hillbilly wrote:Doubt they can do more without crossing PSR limits. We made £80m in sales in the summer, but we paid £90m for Raya, Calafiori and Merino. Add in a £20m installment for Rice, £13m installment for Havertz, plus fat new contracts for Saliba, Saka and Mikel. Not much cash left in the till.

Reportedly, PSR is a non-issue. Whether the club will spend is dependent on KSE's willingness to do so.

As per Swiss Ramble’s estimates, Arsenal could see a £13m pre-tax loss this season, a reduction on the £52m from 2022/23 and the £45m from 2021/22 thanks in no small part to the return of Champions League football.

Allowable deductions for the club were pegged at £41m for 2021/22, £40m for 2022/23, while the prediction is £42m for 2023/24. That means a total of £123m in allowable deductions over the three-year period, with the rolling loss standing at £111m, if the £13m figure is correct.

The net PSR result, after deductions, for 2021/22 was negative £2m, while for 2022/23 it was £12m. The club are predicted to be PSR net positive for 2023/24 at £29m, meaning the three-year net PSR position will be £14m, making an allowable loss for the club for 2023/24 of £119m, meaning that they have plenty of headroom and no PSR concerns.

Assuming the same level of allowable deduction are applied to the current financial year of 2024/25, then the forecast is that Arsenal, for the current reporting period that runs until the end of May, could lose as much £164m before tax and still be able to remain PSR compliant. The club won’t get anywhere near that kind of loss having enjoyed another season in the Champions League, albeit with some additional wage spend and amortisation costs due to transfer activity.

https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/ ... l-30769615

Swiss Ramble's article (paywall) -

Part 1 https://swissramble.substack.com/p/whic ... ted-by-psr
Part 2 https://swissramble.substack.com/p/whic ... by-psr-bde
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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby swipe right » Wed Jan 15, 2025 3:32 pm

Dont kid yourself that a new center forward will solve our problems. We still need a midfielder who will break the lines, who can pass forward quickly. We still need to sort out the left flank. We need a left back who can draw out defenders and open space for the left sided attacker to exploit. There is more than one hole to fill.
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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby Ach » Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:07 pm

Arsenal are considering options to reinforce their attack with Sporting's Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres, 26, and Brentford's Cameroon forward Bryan Mbeumo, 25, on their list. (L'Equipe - in French)
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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby DiamondGooner » Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:39 pm

Ach wrote:
Arsenal are considering options to reinforce their attack with Sporting's Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres, 26, and Brentford's Cameroon forward Bryan Mbeumo, 25, on their list. (L'Equipe - in French)


:pray:

.......hold on, did they just say "considering"??

What's to consider?
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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby Rockape » Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:49 pm

DiamondGooner wrote:
Ach wrote:
Arsenal are considering options to reinforce their attack with Sporting's Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres, 26, and Brentford's Cameroon forward Bryan Mbeumo, 25, on their list. (L'Equipe - in French)


:pray:

.......hold on, did they just say "considering"??

What's to consider?



Maybe they are considering whether to buy one....or both! :dontknow:

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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby Rockape » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:04 pm

I still think we should put Martinelli in the middle, up front for a while. He's quick, so all those loose balls bouncing around that none of our players seem to be able to score from, would be ideal for him. He could also play off the last defender and give us an option there.

WTF do we have to lose??
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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby Nuggets » Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:41 pm

Rockape wrote:I still think we should put Martinelli in the middle, up front for a while. He's quick, so all those loose balls bouncing around that none of our players seem to be able to score from, would be ideal for him. He could also play off the last defender and give us an option there.

WTF do we have to lose??


You have a good point sir. :clap:
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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby alexafc12 » Thu Jan 16, 2025 5:36 pm

Martinelli has really poor ball control , not helped by him playing with his head down

He can get away with it on the wing but I think it'd get found out playing up top

He is pretty decent in the air though if I remember correctly
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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby DiamondGooner » Thu Jan 16, 2025 11:12 pm

Rockape wrote:I still think we should put Martinelli in the middle, up front for a while. He's quick, so all those loose balls bouncing around that none of our players seem to be able to score from, would be ideal for him. He could also play off the last defender and give us an option there.

WTF do we have to lose??


I was thinking this myself, it's worth a try.

If he hangs on the last defenders shoulder, he could be really dangerous on a through ball, turning running at goal.

Havertz is used to playing RAM, same position he played at Chelsea, so just try Trossard / Martinelli / Havertz or Sterling

Give Mart a go as striker, could be the making of him, doesn't have the tekkers to skip past players from wide, so let him use his direct play and pace to run at defences centrally.
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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby RowdyRoddyPoppins » Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:03 pm

Great window so far. Club really showing their ambition and willingness to address the obvious issues in the squad!
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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby theHotHead » Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:18 pm

DiamondGooner wrote:
Rockape wrote:I still think we should put Martinelli in the middle, up front for a while. He's quick, so all those loose balls bouncing around that none of our players seem to be able to score from, would be ideal for him. He could also play off the last defender and give us an option there.

WTF do we have to lose??


I was thinking this myself, it's worth a try.

If he hangs on the last defenders shoulder, he could be really dangerous on a through ball, turning running at goal.

Havertz is used to playing RAM, same position he played at Chelsea, so just try Trossard / Martinelli / Havertz or Sterling

Give Mart a go as striker, could be the making of him, doesn't have the tekkers to skip past players from wide, so let him use his direct play and pace to run at defences centrally.

Yeah I can go with this, haven't got much to lose at any rate.
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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby Ach » Fri Jan 17, 2025 5:27 pm

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is speaking now. He is asked for the latest on the club's hopes of signing a striker.

"At the moment we don't have them, we are trying to find the solution," he said.

"We will have to see what we can do."

Arteta isn't directly asked about Martin Zubimendi potentially joining in the summer, but does add: "We are actively always evolving the squad."



Had months to look for players
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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby Roycck » Fri Jan 17, 2025 5:50 pm

Slow.... Need more urgency .
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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby DiamondGooner » Fri Jan 17, 2025 5:57 pm

Arteta looks thoroughly miserable that he's being forced into signing players.

He's actually lucky with Jesus, he now doesn't have to prove to the board Havertz is a success and can request a signing because of the injury.
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Re: 2025 January Transfer Window

Postby Highbury Hillbilly » Fri Jan 17, 2025 6:18 pm

DiamondGooner wrote:Arteta looks thoroughly miserable that he's being forced into signing players.

He's actually lucky with Jesus, he now doesn't have to prove to the board Havertz is a success and can request a signing because of the injury.


He loves transfers, would probably sign another CB and GK if he could. Gets very cagey when asked about a striker though....probably thinks of it as criticism of his strategy. Same with his comments about leading on the basis of stats, and 'dominating' teams, even when we lose.
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