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I'm not sure what Werner's weaknesses have got to do with Pulisic, which you brought up. At this point, I couldn't care less if any of our attackers left (this season could be make or break for Havertz).

He's physically weak & has little to nothing to help address that. Look at Davies when he joined Bayern compared to now - Mentality. They did with Arthur, so there's previous.

I think there's little chance we end up selling him and Werner in the same window having lost Lukaku already.

Pulisic has played 115 games for the club. How many more games are we going to give him to reach his "potential"?

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They will still fall short.

I guess we'll have to find another suitor for Kepa then.

They are supposedly interested in Pulisic. A swap plus cash deal could be ideal for both.

If he's the real deal, most of the big clubs will be after him next season.

I'm just stating which I'd prefer. However, in all fairness, neither will elevate us to title contenders. We should be solely targeting the best players available within our reach, not ones that are doing their bit for relegation sides or fifth choices for the sides we have ambitions of catching.

I'm all for that. We want players that play for the collective rather than themselves. I'm slightly surprised that people are so keen on this transfer but see Richarlison as a dire move. Also, the same individuals are happy to see us go for his Brazilian understudy (Jesus) too. At £50-60m for either, it shouldn't be hard to choose IMO.

If there's any truth in him moving, he'll have to take a notable pay cut regardless.

What good did that do with Malouda? No point in being bitter as a club. Take another loss on a striker and keep clear of Belgians on the whole.

Nice change. Hopefully it will pay off.

If we are really interested in all of them, it should be a no-brainer. One of them is in a class of his own, and I've made my admiration for him known here for a number of years.

Let's hope he gets more of a look in than Gallagher did last preseason.

Seems like those concerned want him away from the team ASAP, so they are happy whatever it takes.

I didn't say he was needed, but would help address one of the main deficiencies in the squad. At some point, we have to think about fixing them rather than hoping year on year. I remember having a discussion with @Jase at a similar time last year and he said we'll be in a good position if our more attack mind players hit double figures in all competitions; we all know how that planned out. Going into another season expecting anything different from the same crop is insane tbh.

There was talk of Sarri wanting RLC, so using him as a makeweight plus cash would be smart business. You've been crying out for a consistent goal scorer from midfield ever since Lamps left.

I don't see Bastoni as a gamble at all, and he has a much bigger upside. The issue for me is his supposed desire to remain in Italy; I'd steer clear if there's any truth to it.

Final year of his contract and he's effectively pushing for the move. Seems fair value all-round. Will probably follow a similar fate to Guedes, if it happens.

That might be the case, but we allowed this to happen by trying to lowball our best defender. I completely agree with the second part and I have commented on it previously; it wasn't something that greatly affected us previously whilst Arsenal were/are notorious for letting it happen. Saying that, this sort of thing is starting to become a trend allowing players more options to choose their own career path. We need to tie some of our key players down (James being the standout) instead of this becoming all too common within the club.

Thought as much. No one should have a gall to question Rudiger's intentions when the club dug their own grave where he's concerned.

"Final offer". What was the club's opening offer?

The former would have probably stayed had the club actually valued him when negotiations began. Seems like wages are all over the place, which has to be problematic (Werner on £225k~).