Raphinha is better than the flop Pepe you paid £77m for, so a bid of £85m would be appropriate rather than Barca, Chelsea, Arsenal or any other club nick him off Leeds on the cheap. Welcome to our forum, Darren Thank you kindly. Aye, sadly Pepe has been a disaster. I feel sorry for him. It's not r ...

JamesG21 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:46 pm i feel like if we could get 1 player in the deal it would be worth 40m. marcelo flores looks really good and would fit the style of play well.

I would be surprised if we let Flores go. He is highly regarded. I don't think you'd want him on loan either, he is a bit raw for the Premier League yet.

Seems Barca has offered £34m for Lewandowski, so they are probably out of the picture. If Raphinha's work rate is how you describe it, I can see why Arteta would be very interested. He has no time for lazy players jogging back. My worry is obviously Chelsea. They've won more than us in recent years, ...

Would your fans be OK with knowing that according to the main Arsenal reporter he isn't all that keen on the move? £70mil for Raph is cheap given you paid £72m for Pepe and £50mil for White. I think at the moment the fans would accept anyone who could improve the current squad, as long as they give ...

Gooner in peace here. Eduardo Hagn reporting that we've put in a second bid at £47m + £12m in addons. I must admit I'm a bit surprised at our eagerness to sign Raphinha. Not because I do not rate him, I do, but we have so many holes in our squad in other positions. On the right, we play Saka, and it ...