Due to the debacle occurring at Barcelona, the opportunity now exists for us to try and exploit it to our advantage.
A straight forward offer of £20M plus Hector Bellerin for Emerson Royal would be the primary objective or alternatively try again for Sergino Dest.
Yes, the Brazilian has just arrived at the club from former co-owners Real Betis, but he's effectively just walked straight into a shit storm the recriminations of which are yet to begin and threaten to make Barca the footballing equivalent of Iraq or Syria with blood letting aplenty ahead. That he has just been purchased outright doesn't make him immune to further immediate business in the football world, as those of us gooners who have suffered the shock of discovering their first grey pube can testify to in recalling Clive Allen and Kenny Sansom.
We know that Dest has only recently been on our radar and apparently expressed a reluctance to leave the Basques in favour of sunny north London, but when they are showing you the door and positioning André the giant's right boot behind you because they desperately need the money...