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Postby Zenith » Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:13 pm

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Arsenal Chasing £10m-Rated Olympiacos Defender Pape Abou Cisse

Exclusive - Arsenal are interested in striking a deal with Olympiacos for Pape Abou Cisse, as they look to sign two central defenders this summer.

Manager Unai Emery is keen to reinforce his backline after seeing his side fail to qualify for this season's Champions League - conceding 51 goals en-route to a fifth place Premier League finish.

The Gunners have been tracking young Saint Etienne defender William Saliba for a number of weeks, but a deal is still a long way from being agreed - with ​north London rivals Tottenham having tabled a €30m bid for the player.

But Arsenal do have other irons in the fire, and 23-year-old Cisse is a player on the club's radar after being extensively scouted last season. It's 90min's understanding that the Gunners believe a deal around the £10m mark could be agreed with Olympiacos; a relative bargain in the current transfer market.

The 6ft 6in Senegalese international has been playing in Greece for two seasons, but despite his relative inexperience at the highest level, Arsenal's scouting team believe he is ready to become an immediate starter - should he decide his future lies at the Emirates Stadium.

Were he to arrive, he'd provide competition in a central defensive unit which has some uncertainty hanging over it at present. Club captain Laurent Koscielny refused to travel for the club's pre-season tour to the United States last week, while Shkodran Mustafi's future at the club remains uncertain despite his willingness to stay.

Rob Holding, meanwhile, is recovering from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and is not expected to be fit for the opening day of the season clash with Newcastle on August 11.

Cisse, who has made 45 appearances for Olympiacos since joining from AC Ajaccio two years ago, is currently on Africa Cup of Nations duty with Senegal, with The Lions of Teranga set to face Algeria in the tournament's final on July 19.

Just putting it out there. Not exactly a tier one source.
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Re: Pape Abou Cissé

Postby Jase89 » Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:24 pm

It's a welcome and refreshing change from the recent names being thrown about
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Postby Zedie » Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:27 pm

Saw this link and that hes 6ft6in and immediately thought of PG fainting after reading the article.
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Re: Pape Abou Cissé

Postby NovaGB » Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:42 pm

I saw this link last week, i hope hes not a African Mertesacker, ie slow and clumsy, i looked him up on FM and he has good pace but poor acceleration but according to them average in the air, he also has poor championship level PA so he may have surpassed that many times over in real life this year.

Holding and Sokratis will be our starting pair anyway so he might be a good bench option, i'm guessing we can't get shot of Poostafi either with Kos being the one going out after his strike.
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Re: Pape Abou Cissé

Postby Sims » Fri Jul 19, 2019 7:26 pm

Zedie wrote:Saw this link and that hes 6ft6in and immediately thought of PG fainting after reading the article.


There is spunk almost everywhere in his room if we sign him and Xhaka gets made captain
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Postby Callum » Sat Jul 20, 2019 3:56 am

Zedie wrote:Saw this link and that hes 6ft6in and immediately thought of PG fainting after reading the article.

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Re: Pape Abou Cissé

Postby Arsenal Tone » Sat Jul 20, 2019 6:32 am

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Zedie wrote:Saw this link and that hes 6ft6in and immediately thought of PG fainting after reading the article.

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Re: Pape Abou Cissé

Postby Arsenal Tone » Sat Jul 20, 2019 6:33 am

Callum wrote:
Zedie wrote:Saw this link and that hes 6ft6in and immediately thought of PG fainting after reading the article.

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Raya/Ramsdale
White/Tomiyasu--Saliba/Timber--Gabriel/Kiwior--???/Zinchenko
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Re: Pape Abou Cissé

Postby Arsenal Tone » Sat Jul 20, 2019 6:34 am

Going into the 2020/21 season with him and Saliba as our CB pairing. OMFG!!!
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Re: Pape Abou Cissé

Postby Zedie » Sat Jul 20, 2019 8:29 am

I know f**k all about him but apparently hes actually deceptively quick, he just takes ages to get up to full speed.

Not sure hed be good for our open style of play when we get stretched and xhaka / monreal / mustafi etc arent covering spaces but then again if we come into a situation when we are counter attacking, with a front 3/4 leaving everyone else behind, he'll never be beaten in the air on the return or when defending goal kicks.
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Re: Pape Abou Cissé

Postby Zedie » Sat Jul 20, 2019 8:31 am

Just not sure how good he actually is considering his only test has been the Greek league.

Still, they produce some epic centre backs and the league is quite defensive/ focused on discipline and organisation so let's hope hes picked that up if this is true.
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Re: Pape Abou Cissé

Postby Arsenal Tone » Sat Jul 20, 2019 12:16 pm

At 10m its a risk worth taking. Can't be any worse than mustafi and koscielny!
Raya/Ramsdale
White/Tomiyasu--Saliba/Timber--Gabriel/Kiwior--???/Zinchenko
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Re: Pape Abou Cissé

Postby Zedie » Sat Jul 20, 2019 12:49 pm

Tony_Adams wrote:At 10m its a risk worth taking. Can't be any worse than mustafi and koscielny!


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Djourou (apart from that 1 season when he was a f***ing rock)
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Weve had some proper questionable cheap CBs through the years.
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Re: Pape Abou Cissé

Postby Arsenal Tone » Sat Jul 20, 2019 12:57 pm

Zedie wrote:
Tony_Adams wrote:At 10m its a risk worth taking. Can't be any worse than mustafi and koscielny!


Silvestre
Stepanovs
Squillaci
Djourou (apart from that 1 season when he was a f***ing rock)
Senderos
Cygan

Weve had some proper questionable cheap CBs through the years.


Yeah but they were replacing quality. Here we're replacing mustcielny!
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White/Tomiyasu--Saliba/Timber--Gabriel/Kiwior--???/Zinchenko
???/Jorginho
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Saka/Jesus-------------------Martinelli/Trossard
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Re: Pape Abou Cissé

Postby themessiah » Sat Jul 20, 2019 2:46 pm

YOU HAD ME AT 6'6

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