EliteKiller wrote:If we can get 13m and save 9m in salary that's 22m we won't get come next summer - is one more year of Laca worth 22m?
It is. Arteta's star attacking signing, so far, is Willian. If Arsenal sell Lacazette, we'd need a replacement. Auba will have a year left on his contract next season. We need to sign a top-quality striker or forward either way.
Arteta has been bailed out by Saka and ESR so far. So, unless, Balogun bails him out, he's over his head.
Spending £40m on Abraham would be similar to Everton buying Iwobi for £28m.
As I've said before, Arteta's time at Arsenal has seen him buy/oversee 8/9 defensive acquisitions. That one attacking player is Willian.
At this point, Edu and Arteta are simply going to squander whatever money that's available to them. The way they're going about transfers, it's making Giroud seem like one of the greatest signings of all time.