Staff Overhaul

[Marsbar100]

Rabiot as a DM would be good, I don't think Emery would play him like that though.

As central midfielders we need to take more risk, citys CMs cause so much damage by making overlaps for the wingers, runs down the CB channels and getting numbers in the box for crosses.

Rabiot doesn't have the mobility or skill for that tbh.

Zianola could do that job, zainola, rabiot and a fast goalscoring winger, with nelson to come back would be a good summer.

[DiamondGooner]

Seems Raul and Vinai are making their mark regarding transfers and contracts.

Been calling for this for ages, 2 year minimum, sign or be sold, should be standard practice and that goes for every single player on the roster even Auba......... because we know how its going to end up otherwise.

If you threaten to sell the player, he doesn't benefit because he'll just be moved on to another club on similar wages if not worse unless he opts to re-sign, letting them get near to a 1 year contract means the temptation to do a Ramsey is too much because of the no buying fee.

In the Evening Standard:

Gossip
Arsenal to sell players refusing to sign new deals in wake of Aaron Ramsey’s exit
Arsenal club chiefs have reportedly confirmed players who have two years left on their contracts and refuse to sign a new deal will be sold by the club.
The Gunners have suffered a host of recent transfer sagas when it comes to out-of-contract players, with Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey leaving the club on a free.
Sanchez joined Manchester United last year in a swap deal after running down his contract, while Ramsey signed a pre-contract with Juventus in January ahead of a summer switch.
Mesut Ozil also used the same strategy when it came to his new deal and the club gave into his mammoth wage demands, making him the best paid player at the club by some distance.
At a fans’ forum before the win over Manchester United, managing director Vinai Venkatesham and director of football Raul Sanllehi addressed the supporters in a 90-minute meeting, alongside surprise guest, club director Josh Kroenke.
Venkatesham and Sanllehi admitted the Gunners needed to be more ‘efficient’ and make the hard calls before being backed into a corner by players.
The Mirror claim the Arsenal bosses said in the future, players who were running down their contracts would be offloaded.
There are several Arsenal players with contracts set to expire in 2021, including star striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Ozil too will be heading into the final two years of his deal in the summer, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis also in the same boat.
Arsenal are expected to be bring in a club’s technical director in the coming weeks, with former Roma chief Monchi set to be appointed.
Kroenke assured fans Arsenal’s main goal was to win silverware and backed Unai Emery to bring success back to the club.
Emery is on track to secure Champions League qualification for next season after Arsenal beat United at the Emirates on Sunday.
The Gunners now sit two points clear of fifth-placed United and are in pole position to claim top four with eight games left to play

[CrimsonGunner11]

^Finally, some common sense prevails

[Highbury Hillbilly]

Guess that confirms that there will definitely be a few more departures this summer.

Ramsey and Welbeck gone for sure, Lichsteiner likely on the chopping block as well.
Mhikytaryan and Ozil are big question marks, but I'd wager Ozil's more likely of the two to leave given his wages.

Anyone else? Mustafi's 2-year window starts ticking in June 2019. He wanted to go to Inter in 2017, wonder if that's still the case.

Everybody else I feel wants to stay. I can see Aubameyang being sold at the end of next season if he's unsure about renewing.

[DiamondGooner]

Anyone who doesn't sign should be sold.......... because if they don't sign they're obviously thinking about doing a cut and run anyway.

Unless AFC are willing to take the hit, but if they do don't expect the player to stay, it makes no sense for a player to stay when they can get mega no fee money, your basically asking for trouble.

If they're threatened with sign or be sold, they'll get up rooted to a new club for no financial benefit over what they already have here, maybe even less money hence its more of an attraction to stay.

Take Ramsey for example, I honestly think he likes it here, but when your a free agent at your peak that's a once in a career opportunity to get a financial package you'd of never of got elsewhere, being sold to another team is different because your contract gets renewed to 3 years+ whether you stay or go so the hope is they will just re-sign.

Regardless with Kroenke not putting in a penny we need those sale funds to actually buy a new player, letting them leave on a free is not an option.

[theHotHead]

2 points on this, you can only sell players if they AGREE to be sold, so its all well and good the club giving it the bigun and fairplay for trying, but both club and player need to agree for the sale to go through.

Second point is, if we are gonna say 2 years is the minimum left on a contract it makes no sense to give players a 3 year contract. All contracts will need to be 4 years minimum and 5 years minimum for a top player/expensive signing.

[CrimsonGunner11]

2 points on this, you can only sell players if they AGREE to be sold, so its all well and good the club giving it the bigun and fairplay for trying, but both club and player need to agree for the sale to go through.

Second point is, if we are gonna say 2 years is the minimum left on a contract it makes no sense to give players a 3 year contract. All contracts will need to be 4 years minimum and 5 years minimum for a top player/expensive signing.

My take:

On point 1: If a player does not want to be sold then he's better off just extending his contract with his current club. If he does want to be sold but does not want to go to any of the interested clubs, then the two year timeframe creates enough time for better clubs to be interested. In the meantime, the player can decide to play or continue to play well to make himself more attractive to the clubs he wants to go to or just do nothing for two years. The latter option may have been a workable option with a one year timeframe but with a two year timeframe, it no longer becomes an option; especially if the player values his career.

On point 2: That's where having good scouts come into play. They minimize the risk of giving long-term contracts to hopeless players. Imo, short-term contracts really only should be given to players where we do not plan to get any financial gain from the player.

[starmandb]

2 points on this, you can only sell players if they AGREE to be sold, so its all well and good the club giving it the bigun and fairplay for trying, but both club and player need to agree for the sale to go through.

Second point is, if we are gonna say 2 years is the minimum left on a contract it makes no sense to give players a 3 year contract. All contracts will need to be 4 years minimum and 5 years minimum for a top player/expensive signing.

My take:

On point 1: If a player does not want to be sold then he's better off just extending his contract with his current club. If he does want to be sold but does not want to go to any of the interested clubs, then the two year timeframe creates enough time for better clubs to be interested. In the meantime, the player can decide to play or continue to play well to make himself more attractive to the clubs he wants to go to or just do nothing for two years. The latter option may have been a workable option with a one year timeframe but with a two year timeframe, it no longer becomes an option; especially if the player values his career.

On point 2: That's where having good scouts come into play. They minimize the risk of giving long-term contracts to hopeless players. Imo, short-term contracts really only should be given to players where we do not plan to get any financial gain from the player.

There is no better club than Arsenal

[CrimsonGunner11]

2 points on this, you can only sell players if they AGREE to be sold, so its all well and good the club giving it the bigun and fairplay for trying, but both club and player need to agree for the sale to go through.

Second point is, if we are gonna say 2 years is the minimum left on a contract it makes no sense to give players a 3 year contract. All contracts will need to be 4 years minimum and 5 years minimum for a top player/expensive signing.

My take:

On point 1: If a player does not want to be sold then he's better off just extending his contract with his current club. If he does want to be sold but does not want to go to any of the interested clubs, then the two year timeframe creates enough time for better clubs to be interested. In the meantime, the player can decide to play or continue to play well to make himself more attractive to the clubs he wants to go to or just do nothing for two years. The latter option may have been a workable option with a one year timeframe but with a two year timeframe, it no longer becomes an option; especially if the player values his career.

On point 2: That's where having good scouts come into play. They minimize the risk of giving long-term contracts to hopeless players. Imo, short-term contracts really only should be given to players where we do not plan to get any financial gain from the player.

There is no better club than Arsenal

I meant from the player’s perspective

[Ach]

The Gunners are in danger of missing out on former Roma sporting director Monchi, after La Liga side Sevilla held productive talks with the 50-year-old Spaniard. (Metro)

[Ach]

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/a-warni ... 91ckrlogf6

Disaster

[NJ_Gunner]

I’m glad we didn’t get him... don’t want us to turn into English Sevilla. We need to strive higher than that.

[BexleyGooner]

You’re not gonna get any top drawer sporting director when you’re offering them absolute peanuts to work with.

[EliteKiller]

I’m glad we didn’t get him... don’t want us to turn into English Sevilla. We need to strive higher than that.

Trouble is we've just spent the last few months preparing everything for his arrival, only for Sevilla to nick him at the death. Can't see any way a top sporting director gets appointed in time for this summer so it will be another year on 'hold' ... we just can't afford that.

[Angelito]