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Isn't The Sun worse than the Daily Mail when it comes to reliability?

If they sign Sanchez, Debuchy, and a solid DM then they WILL be legitimate contenders. They won't win it, though. I predict a very similar season from them as last year but they'll finish 3rd in the end rather than 4th. They'll start the season very strongly and look impressive for several months. Journalists, pundits, and their supporters will start saying "Arsenal can win this thing," and soon after that the inner pussy in them will start to emerge once the pressure builds and they'll choke. Already dread the whole "Arsenal play the most beautiful football in the league!" shit that we're going to hear all season long.

Zouma & Ivanovic can fill in.

Assuming Filipe Luis is as good as done I think we could still do with 1 or 2 more.If it's just Fabregas, Costa, and Luis for us though I'd still feel pretty good about our chances.

Hopefully nothing Vidal related here.

Think we can forget about anything involving Sanchez. Every reputable outlet saying he's on the brink of joining Arsenal.

Such an elegant and silky smooth player. Makes everything look easy.You really have to pay close attention to him and understand football to "get" Toni Kroos. So many people (even here on TalkChelsea) keep saying he's way overrated and average but must not understand his game. Reminds me of Scholes a bit. Awesome passer at any range, skilled with both feet, and has a great long shot. He's my man crush.

Oh, good.Look at that fucking muppet. Looks like a turtle. Isn't he basically to Man United what John Cross is to Arsenal? Journalist who tries sometimes to act impartial and not harbor any biases but is clearly a United supporter? Anyways, if there's even a chance that Juve would sell I'd think every big club who's in the CL would be sniffing around. Only way I can see him going there is if they offered PSG sized wages and LvG does an amazing sales pitch. Imagine Vidal in the box to box Ramires role in our side. *swoon*

FFS.

Wasn't he quoted a couple of days ago saying that he'd made his decision already but won't say what it is until after the WC? I would think that if he were staying at Bayern he'd just say it and end the speculation and constant questions about it. I think it's pretty obvious that he's off.

Against smaller teams that sit deep and let us have the ball most of the time he should definitely get the nod ahead of Willian who poses no goal threat. Costa opening up space and occupying defenders as well as the service he'll get from Cesc should see him scoring loads.

We need José to troll Real Madrid here and steal him.

Madrid will probably be desperate to quickly sell him and it'll probably be for cheap. I think he'll end up at Arse.

Don't think it'll be anything like the Pogba/United situation. Strikers are a dime a dozen. The biggest sides can always find a striker if need be. Finding a young CM with world class potential is MUCH more difficult.

Definitely an upgrade for them but not a better player than what we or City have.

Their defense is bang average and has very little pace. As evidenced in nearly every big game last season.Their defensive statistics are made to look good because they're a side who dominates so much of the possession against poor sides. If the opponent can't get the ball they can't score. I think they will indeed be genuine title contenders with Sanchez, but at least in the head to head match ups with the big boys I'd still fancy us and City to dominate them in midfield and have our way with their defense unless they were to sign a truly world class DM (which they almost surely won't). As they showed last season, it's all well and fine to spank the minnows but you also have to win at least SOME of the huge matches against to sides. Let's see if they can.

Even so, why the hell would RR agree to go and be a squad or rotation player?Just makes no sense at all.

Get ready for the Arsenal ass licking on the internet.

Fantastic signing if they indeed pull it off. Not so sure about signing of the summer, though. That has to be Fabregas. Sanchez isn't a player that adds that much different than some of the players they already have. Fabregas adds a completely new dimension to our midfield and when you consider what we paid for him he's got to be the best buy. Curious to see how they use Sanchez, though. See a lot of chatter saying Wenger may use him as a striker in the mould of Suarez. Someone who can roam all over the attacking third and not just score goals like a classic striker but also beat his man and set things up. He's perfect for that but I'm not so sure Wenger will drop Giroud. Sanchez, Özil, and Walcott behind Giroud maybe? Either way he's the first Arse signing that I'm actually worried about.

We'd probably finish about 15 points ahead of the 2nd place club with Yaya in our side, but yeah. No chance.

I'd like to think that our board and manager are smart enough not to even let the thought of selling him to another English side enter their minds. Especially not fucking Spuds. They should be on a permanent blacklist after the Modric saga. Think it's blatantly obvious that he wants out. WAGNH had a brilliant article this morning that was spot on and summed up my feelings about Romelu. He's just like De Bruyne in that he doesn't have what it takes in him to accept that he needs to fight for the right to be the main man at a top European club. This shit isn't just handed to you. I kept wavering about whether I want him back or not, but after yet another round of idiotic comments I just want him gone and replaced. Get another young, hungry striker who understands that even though he may not start every single match, he'll still have plenty of opportunities.

How fucking dumb does that sound? LolBuy one of, if not the best young LB as competition for the other you just spent £30m on. Around £50m tied up in LB's.

Wonder how Joe Lion-Hart feels about that one. Clearly being undermined there.

Unfortunately, Sanchez seems really close to joining Arsenal already.

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