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Morning all.<\/p>\n

As I was waking up this morning, I was thinking of inflicting you all with a \u2018hot take\u2019, more for the sake of discussion than me thinking this opinion was actually possible, but then I saw an update which makes this more or less moot.<\/p>\n

Fabrizio Romano says Gabriel Martinelli\u2019s move to Al Hilal is in its final stages, and my take was that if we don\u2019t have anybody else coming in then we should not sell Gabriel Martinelli at all. Now, it is possible that the delay in completing this deal is down to our search for an addition, and we\u2019ll pull the trigger once we have that lined up, but there\u2019s been zero reporting on that and from what I hear there\u2019s nothing at all imminent.<\/p>\n

So, my contention would be this: A transfer window where we sell Gabriel Martinelli and freeze out\/move on Gabriel Jesus, and do not add another attacker would be a bad window \u2013 at least in terms of the final third. Bruno Guimaraes and Ezri Konsa, very solid signings, no question, and I don\u2019t think we need to go too deep on a third choice goalkeeper. But no attacker, bad.<\/p>\n

People say \u2018Martinelli only scored one Premier League goal last season!\u2019, and that is true. It\u2019s not good enough for a player of his ability and while he wasn\u2019t starting every game, a single goal in 30 games is well below par. However, we play in four competitions, and he was our second highest scorer last season with 11, tied with Bukayo Saka. He also made 53 appearances across the campaign, and got 7 assists.<\/p>\n

Leandro Trossard has gone, and Christos Tzolis looks very promising, but he can\u2019t play every game. The Belgian played 50 games, scoring 8 goals and making 11 assists, so our \u2018time share\u2019 left wing options made 103 appearances, contributing to 37 goals last season. Maybe Tzolis and Eze can do that, but it\u2019s not an insignificant number of minutes and a solid, if not necessarily spectacular, level of end product between those two players.<\/p>\n

As for Jesus, he played 27 times last season (more than you thought, eh?!), scored 6 goals, and got 2 assists. Not exactly stellar numbers and I have no issue with Arsenal deciding they want to move him on, but he played a role last season that was important. On the final day, for example, he started at Selhurst Park as Mikel Arteta rotated before the Champions League final.<\/p>\n

I just can\u2019t see any way to be satisfied with a transfer window when you lose those three attacking players, and replace just one of them \u2013 regardless of what you think of them, or how good you think Tzolis could be. I hope he\u2019s better than I think he could be, but it\u2019s not impossible that after a honeymoon period the going gets a bit tougher, or he picks up an injury, and then where are we?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve seen all the discussions around Martinelli, and while opinions on him obviously vary, the through-line is that a willingness to see him go isn\u2019t because people are fed up with him per se<\/em>, but because they want to see the forward line improved. The sale might be good for Arsenal\u2019s books, but without a replacement it\u2019s actively bad for the team over the course of the season. And as I said, if you remove Jesus from the squad too, we\u2019d go into the first part of the season \u2013 until January at least \u2013 weaker than last season in terms of numbers and depth.<\/p>\n

And look, I fully buy into the idea that if we can keep Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard fit, we can be better. The early signs are promising, but all three have had really difficult times with injury over the last 18 months or so, and some caution around our ability to keep them in tip-top shape is natural. Not to mention, surely part of how we do that is manage their minutes smartly, don\u2019t overburden them, and in order to do that you need options. The emergence of Max Dowman may play a part, but let\u2019s also remember he\u2019s just 16, and he too needs to be managed carefully.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a full day today, a full day tomorrow (which is also a match day), then we have until 11pm on Tuesday to do something. In a summer when you have pursued Morgan Rogers, Vinicius Junior and Julian Alvarez without success, you\u2019ve told people you actively want to improve your attacking options, and ultimately failed to do any of those deals. According to David Ornstein on TV yesterday, Alvarez spoke to Mikel Arteta and told him he did not want to join Arsenal. Surely we have to consider that case closed now.<\/p>\n

If this window closes with our attacking options obviously weaker and lacking the depth you need over four competitions, you can\u2019t give anything other than a fail mark to that part of our business. So, let\u2019s see what happens. I guess this will be, regardless of the fact the hot take wasn\u2019t as hot as I might have envisaged, one to spark plenty of discussion.<\/p>\n

Right, I\u2019ll leave it there for now. If you need something to listen to this fine Sunday, there\u2019s a preview podcast available now to our Patreon members<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Have a good one folks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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