They can be sold if they’re fit. If they’re fit, they’ll play. At least Partey will. Additionally, Partey is going to AFCON. No team is paying real money, ie, €25 million+ to get a guy who is not fit, away to play internationals and will need a bedding in period, which will spill over into the run in. The buying club can acquire him in the summer for cheaper and have a full preseason with him.
Next, ESR. The number of clubs who can buy him at €30 million are a handful. Probably 8 in the PL, three in Spain, one in Italy, three in Germany and one in France. That’s 16. Wow. Huge number, right? Nah. The Spanish clubs don’t need him. The one French club doesn’t need him, off the German clubs maybe we can tempt Leipzig, the Italian club is broke. So we’re left with PL clubs. Of the 8, we can rule out United, City, Spurs and Liverpool. The other 4
Newcastle
Aston Villa
West Ham
Chelsea
Chelsea wanted him and got Cole Palmer. That ship may have sailed. Newcastle is still dealing with FFP so can’t get him either. That shrinks the number of clubs down to two. If I am ESR’s agent, I am asking him to hold on until the summer when there is some capital with the clubs and get a better deal.
Now for Eddie. We should have let him go for free. Or this summer when his stock was high-ish. None of the top 10 clubs are going for Eddie. He’s with us until the summer, at least.
I don’t think any of them leave this window. If we want to make it deep into the CL and finish in the top 3, we need all bodies.
The first two is availability
You needed them around now for this busy period
They can be sold if they’re fit. If they’re fit, they’ll play. At least Partey will. Additionally, Partey is going to AFCON. No team is paying real money, ie, €25 million+ to get a guy who is not fit, away to play internationals and will need a bedding in period, which will spill over into the run in. The buying club can acquire him in the summer for cheaper and have a full preseason with him.
Next, ESR. The number of clubs who can buy him at €30 million are a handful. Probably 8 in the PL, three in Spain, one in Italy, three in Germany and one in France. That’s 16. Wow. Huge number, right? Nah. The Spanish clubs don’t need him. The one French club doesn’t need him, off the German clubs maybe we can tempt Leipzig, the Italian club is broke. So we’re left with PL clubs. Of the 8, we can rule out United, City, Spurs and Liverpool. The other 4
Chelsea wanted him and got Cole Palmer. That ship may have sailed. Newcastle is still dealing with FFP so can’t get him either. That shrinks the number of clubs down to two. If I am ESR’s agent, I am asking him to hold on until the summer when there is some capital with the clubs and get a better deal.
Now for Eddie. We should have let him go for free. Or this summer when his stock was high-ish. None of the top 10 clubs are going for Eddie. He’s with us until the summer, at least.
Then outgoings at Arsenal will be loans at best.
We aren’t gonna sell Partey. He’ll come in with no minutes in his legs for the UCL knockout stages and the league run-in.
Emile has been available for every game but the last 2, no? And he should be back soon.
Yeah Partey would’ve been sold this summer if we had the cover. We don’t.