Bodacious Benny wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 2:51 pm
Shaqiri is very good but always injured, turned into a bit of a Lallana. Ox would be excellent but really can’t see Liverpool letting him go, or us being able to pay the wages / loan fee, both of which would be high.
Chambers would be good to cover a variety of positions but could we guarantee him first team football week in week out? If not then it’d be pointless for Arsenal and pointless for the players. Maybe he’d play ahead of Manquillo at RB but not sure, and Manquillo has done well.
Striker cover we were linked to Nketiah from Arsenal who is a live wire and would be decent I think.
Yeah I saw the Nketiah link, and I'd be game for that - but I think they'd only loan him out with an expectation to start, which he wouldn't do most weeks. Chambers is clearly surplus, they want a fee for him if no one is in for him, then they could loan him out with an option to buy - which would suit us. If we did loan Chambers, league rules would mean we couldn't loan Nketiah as well. I didn't mean to suggest we should go for Shaqiri, although he is a good player on his day, I don't think he'd suit us right now. Injuries doesn't help either, as you say. I think the Ox has a fair run of injuries as well. If he was an option for us, it would definitely only be on a loan deal, but as said don't see it happening. I think he could be a great player for us, but there's a lot of reasons why it wouldn't happen. I can see him going to Leicester. Everton would be a fantastic option if not for the obvious.