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Nor do we need to be. We can spend more intelligently than before and still complete at the highest level. We can leave the ridiculous transfer fees to United and Madrid. We just spent £33m on a highly coveted young striker and another £32m on the most sought after midfielder in Europe after Pogba. Now we're apparently in the market for another few. Yeah, definitely seems like the club are worried. Mirror talking absolute SHIT as usual. Its true that the days of Chelsea being able to go in and easily blow everyone out of the water are over but we can still sign world class players.

I just think all of Willian's best attributes would be wasted in CM. His pace, dribbling ability and endless energy to run up and down the flanks for 90 minutes are what makes him great. He'd do a competent job in midfield, of course, but I'd rather have a specialist in there.

Lacazette? Arsenal would be scary as hell if they signed Mahrez and Lacazette! Luckily, Wenger doesn't usually spend that kind of cash. Let's hope it continues and he sticks with Giroud and Welbeck.

Think this could be a signing that would finally make Arsenal genuine title contenders until the very end. They finally have a proper, class midfielder in Xhaka and they have unbelievable attacking players. World class keeper, world class attacking players, very decent midfield. They're central defense may be a concern, but if you simply out score opponents it won't matter. Hope this is bullshit.

No one else reporting anything about it so I won't believe he's off there yet. Have to say, if he leaves Leicester, Arsenal are the most annoying place he could go to for me. I think he'd be incredible for them. He's perfect for the way they play. Even with Giroud up front an attacking trio behind him of Özil, Sanchez, and Mahrez will be unstoppable against many teams in the PL. Then you have the likes of Ramsey and Cazorla as well. I just wonder if Wenger would spend huge on a position they're already stacked in. Like us, they already have several players who occupy Mahrez's position.

That's what I like to hear! Get some defensive signings and everything else will be icing on the cake. Also, if we sell Cuadrado (and maybe even another surplus attacker) we should forget about Candreva and throw the kitchen sink at Mahrez. Have Kante recruit him, have his mate Drogba recruit him, and throw Leicester and offer. Maybe if we bid it'll turn his head and he'd push for the move.

We don't need players who are slight improvements or only as good as what we currently have. We need huge upgrades.

I know this is real life and not a video game, but honestly, who cares? Just pay the fucking money! We desperately need him.

I'm starting to feel like if we were going to get Koulibaly he'd be here by now. For ages it seems like he's been our #1 CB target. He wasn't a player who was at the Euro's and he's not wanted by the very biggest clubs apparently that we'd have to compete against which would drag negotiations out. So why is it taking so long? CB is the biggest area of concern in the entire squad yet we're stalling here.

How so? If we miss out on both Manolas & Koulibaly we'll be stuck with Cahill and Ivanovic starting again. Or that random Swedish dude.

Options quickly running out...

Didn't he have a terrible season? I think I remember hearing that.

Forgetting Morata?

All that cash for someone who won't start. You could probably form an XI composed of Barca & Madrid bench players that could compete for the title in the PL.

Was still holding out a slim hope we'd still be after him. Shame. Yet another player who could be a featured starter at a big PL club but chooses the bench or squad player role at one of the two Spanish giants. What, will he ride the bench and rotate with Rakitic and Busquets? Lame.

It would just be so cringey and embarrassing if our fans are singing his name throughout the match and then United win. He's forgotten about us with the snap of a finger and couldn't wait to go to a rival. Hopefully our supporters do the same. Don't boo him but maybe just ignore him and cheer Conte's name instead. I'm gonna face palm if I see that "One of Us!" signs. One of us, my ass.

But I bet you our match going fans will cheer and sing his name when he returns to the Bridge. Like Special Juan just said, I can't stand the sight of him anymore. Now I know how fans of every other club has felt over the years. Love him when he's yours, despise him when he's not. Hopefully Conte and Pep can gear up enough to prevent him from winning shit for a few years.

Is the lady on our bench a physio or what?

Media saying we're bidding for a different striker every day. Silly season indeed. Wouldn't want him here. A big part of what makes sense and is great about Morata & Lukaku is that they haven't even peaked yet and will only get better. They could give us years of top class football. Cavani will only decline and is almost 30. No thanks. Anyways, with all these links to strikers you would think its 2013/14 when we were desperate for them. Now we have two great ones and need a whole new defense yet are only linked with huge money strikers.

Just can't see how we could play with two technically subpar, physical, battering ram strikers together. You need to partner that kind of striker with a technically superb one like Batshuayi. Lukaku and Costa occupy the same areas and play a very similar style. They love to make runs in behind and like receiving the ball on the run. Their game relies on beating the offside trap and running like a freight train in open space. Dont see how it would work.

Yep. Can't see how Lukaku and Diego fit together. If Lukaku comes, Costa is off.

Long as we buy a classy CB, don't mind who else we buy. Lukaku? Sure, why not? All he does is score, score, score and you know he loves the club. Conte can make him unstoppable.

Will we finally have a manager who plays players based on merit rather than reputation like our last two? I think we might. We'll soon find out with Aina. If he continues these performances and Ivanovic starts against West Ham I'll be pissed.

Yeah, his body language looks kind of...off. Like he knows he's playing in a meaningless match so he can't bring himself to really try or care. Pretty poor attitude to have to be honest, but that's just who he is. Truthfully, though, it's probably for the best that he doesn't exert himself too much before the season kicks off. We need him 100% fit from the get go.

I think we've found our new RB. And I think I'm in love with him. Ola Aina is fucking superb. Surely, surely he'll get the nod over Iva?