Josh Kroenke told us to be excited and he wasn’t lying. The transfer we were dreaming of has finally taken place. Arsenal look to have overcome stiff competition from Napoli, Liverpool and Man United to complete the signing of Lille winger, Nicolas Pepe, for a club record £72 million pounds. In accordance with their reputation as Staggered Payments FC, the transfer fee is being paid across the next 5 years of which only £20 million is being paid to Lille this summer. We’ve all seen the highlights of Pepe from last season flashing past defenders in Ligue 1 and slotting it into the net, but what can we actually expect from the Ivory Coast international.
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This week’s edition of the Arsenal Canon transfer review is brought to you by our lord and savior in the transfer season, David Ornstein. On Saturday, David Ornstein confirmed that a £15 million offer was rejected by Celtic for their left back Kieran Tierney. This confirms Arsenal’s long rumored interest in the Scottish left back, with further rumors surfacing that a second bid closer to the £20 million mark was also rejected. This next week will be the breaking point for this deal. Celtic look like they will be holding firm on their £25 million valuation of Tierney. That represents a significant chunk of Arsenal’s transfer kitty without sales. Let’s figure out if Tierney is worth that amount for Arsenal.
In the past couple of years, Arsenal fans have been looking at their Liverpool supporting counterparts through envious glances. They have everything that a Gooner has been craving the past 10 years. They have a charismatic manager who plays a breathless brand of football. Their entire fanbase is unequivocally behind the club. They have meticulously assembled a team, without the backing of a sugar-daddy owner, that can compete with Europe’s best. There’s a feelgood factor around every aspect of the club, and there has never been a better time in the last 30 years to be a Liverpool supporter. So how did they manage to turn things around? Their journey to a champions league triumph at the end of a record-breaking league campaign, was fueled by a combination of managerial skill, intelligent executive oversight, and frankly a bit of luck to help the final pieces fall in place. In this article I’m going to dive into how Arsenal can replicate one aspect of Liverpool’s success, i.e. player sales.
This season’s transfer window has been a slow burn so far. Besides Real Madrid, other clubs seem to be biding their time until the right dominoes fall in place to make their moves. As Arsenal fans we’re used to being linked to everyone under the sun who has ever kicked a football. This season is no different, so far we’ve been linked to inexperienced players from the untapped reaches of Latin America to players in the Chinese super league looking to revive their careers. In this weekly transfer-themed segment of Arsenal Canon, I examine the player most heavily linked to a move to Arsenal in the previous week, Yannick Ferreira Carrasco
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