Dušan Vlahović

[yadunoe]

Move on to David isak or DCL he's looking to move to a team that misses out on halaand and mbappe

[yadunoe]

Gonna go to the deadline cause noway they can come in time for burnley so we have till the end of the windo since there's a break

[Losmeister]

woould love to have him aboard, but... other options needa be given oxygen

[jayramfootball]

From FourFourTwo

Vlahovic was thought to be unenthused by the prospect of heading to the Emirates Stadium this month, with his options opening up in the summer. The Serbian has just 18 months left on his current deal but wants to wait for a transfer battle between the likes of Juventus, Inter Milan, Manchester City and Bayern Munich to ensue before making a decision on his future.

According to La Repubblica, however, the Gunners might have made the all-important breakthrough.

The north Londoners have apparently agreed terms with his Florence-based employers and are said to be willing to part with a sizeable fee to ensure Vlahovic's agency are satisfied. The striker himself is said to be impressed with the offer of £160,000 a week, which would put him in the upper bracket of earners at London Colney – and is now seriously considering the transfer to Arteta's team.

[dc16]

Well that sounds slightly more positive.

[Santi]

Should've signed someone else 21 days ago.

[NovaGB]

We could probably sign DCL and David for the same price as Vlahovic

You could sign Callum WIlson and Andy Carroll for the price of Erling Haaland

[Arsenal Tone]

We could probably sign DCL and David for the same price as Vlahovic

That would be auba's and laca's replacements sorted. Then sort the midfield in the summer.

[jayramfootball]

Can't believe people are talking about DCL... never had a 20 goal PL season and has only ever reached the heights of Everton.
Absolutely not good enough for a top 4 team.

[Arsenal Tone]

Can't believe people are talking about DCL... never had a 20 goal PL season and has only ever reached the heights of Everton.
Absolutely not good enough for a top 4 team.

We need a number nine with decent hold up play. I'm not convinced David or Isaak offer that.

If we dont get Vlahovic I'd go for DCL and then one of David/Watkins as back up offering something different and able to cover the wing-forward postitions too so that they still get game time.

[jayramfootball]

Can't believe people are talking about DCL... never had a 20 goal PL season and has only ever reached the heights of Everton.
Absolutely not good enough for a top 4 team.

We need a number nine with decent hold up play. I'm not convinced David or Isaak offer that.

If we dont get Vlahovic I'd go for DCL and then one of David/Watkins as back up offering something different and able to cover the wing-forward postitions too so that they still get game time.

Yes decent hold up play is vital, but we also need that player to be a goal scorer.

DCL has played more PL minutes than Laca and has far less goals... he scores every 230 minutes, which is not very good at all for a striker. Laca scores every 175 minutes. In terms of assists DCL has half of what Laca has (13 vs 26).

Are we really saying our starting striker is going to be a downgrade (a big one) on Laca and that is going to push us up to close the gap on the likes of City and Liverpool?

How much better is his hold up play that our midfielders and wide players are going to score more goals? They are already scoring quite a lot with Laca in the team. I think ESR, Odegaard, Saka and Martinelli have shared over 20 goals this season and we are only half way through... is DCL going to be so good at holding and bringing others into play that we're going to improve on that? I really have doubts that he is anything other than a second tier striker... his goal rate in the PL is the same as Nketiahs.

[DiamondGooner]

For those who wanted "official" news straight from the horses mouth.

Source - Fiorentina sporting director Joe Barone

“Some English clubs have made contact with Fiorentina, but there is no agreement,” he told La Nazione on Thursday.

“The English club want Vlahovic, but evidently he's got other ideas. We're ready to negotiate, but him and his agent won't talk.”

He added: “There have been zero openings from Vlahovic's agent. There has been zero communications [from Vlahovic's camp].

“I had asked for clarity [over the player's plans] and I had told his agent to be clear with us. But there's been no contact on that front.”


............. there you go, I think Fiorentina's sporting director qualifies as a direct source?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... c-26020067

[RowdyRoddyPoppins]

Our club is pure banter lol

[DiamondGooner]

Not that any more confirmation is needed after the Sports Directors words but here it is from Fabrizio stating the same thing.

@3:10

This is no longer rumours, its 100% confirmed ...... we're after him .......... the player is stalling, he wants the big summer move for a top club after Haaland goes.

Not looking good unless its just the agent trying to screw us for money.

[jayramfootball]

Can't believe people are talking about DCL... never had a 20 goal PL season and has only ever reached the heights of Everton.
Absolutely not good enough for a top 4 team.

We need a number nine with decent hold up play. I'm not convinced David or Isaak offer that.

If we dont get Vlahovic I'd go for DCL and then one of David/Watkins as back up offering something different and able to cover the wing-forward postitions too so that they still get game time.

Yes decent hold up play is vital, but we also need that player to be a goal scorer.

DCL has played more PL minutes than Laca and has far less goals... he scores every 230 minutes, which is not very good at all for a striker. Laca scores every 175 minutes. In terms of assists DCL has half of what Laca has (13 vs 26).

Are we really saying our starting striker is going to be a downgrade (a big one) on Laca and that is going to push us up to close the gap on the likes of City and Liverpool?

How much better is his hold up play that our midfielders and wide players are going to score more goals? They are already scoring quite a lot with Laca in the team. I think ESR, Odegaard, Saka and Martinelli have shared over 20 goals this season and we are only half way through... is DCL going to be so good at holding and bringing others into play that we're going to improve on that? I really have doubts that he is anything other than a second tier striker... his goal rate in the PL is the same as Nketiahs.

Over the last few seasons, Calvert-Lewin’s XG per 90 has been among the very best in the PL. When healthy, which is the primary issue, he could fill that Lacazette role very well. To me, thats a backup though. We’d still need to sign a star level striker like Vlahovic. But I think a combo of DCL and David could suffice for a bit.

His actual goal scoring per 90 record is poor, so if he has a high xG per 90 , his finishing is shit.