HEATED DEBATE! Have Arsenal Got It Right This Transfer Window?

[Applause] when are we signing a striker Robbie Robbie Robbie Robbie Robbie when are we when are we signing a striker come on you got your five cars you got your four massive houses sign a striker Robbie what are you doing you've been doing this every day on transfer daily when is the and now you won't sign a striker what are you doing I I don't know we're going to sign I mean you know I mean I dropped my exclusive a couple of day which I a couple days ago which I see a lot of people with today that um you know about Ivan Tony that that's not dead there's a talk today as well about rahee Sterling there's been a lot of talk about that over about the past hour or so about Arsenal being interested in him and also kingy Coman is still there available as well so or will Arsenal go completely left field and bring in a sign in that nobody was thinking of yeah there' be a keeper Joan Garcia is going to come in from espanel that's going to happen now at ramsdale do you think we'll pay the release clause it's a lot of money 20 I think he'd be under that I think listen I think that deals like that I think are more or less have almost been done already and they've just been sitting there waiting on ramsdale to move because obviously they couldn't move for Garcia if ramsdale doesn't go but now ramale done his medical is going to be unveiled as a Southampton player then they'll get that done and he'll be in before the end of the transfer window tomorrow but what everybody wants to know obviously is who's that forward player going to be and and and I think it's I think it's you know if we get if we get if we sign a forward player a good forward player I think it's been a very good window for arsenal when I look at it if we don't get that forward player then I think it's like it's been a you know we strengthened the defense up Midfield but we still left ourselves short up front especially with Eddie and keter going surely they got to be bringing someone in so Fabi Fabi Vier as well yeah so some of those names yeah some of them names suggested I mean personally I'd have Sterling and I'd have Tony you know what I mean one of those two i' have it was either or either what Sterling or Tony yeah I think it's t oh seems to have dropped out thect I don't to disrespect what Sterling has done in his career incredible numbers st's got to a level that Tony's never got to in my opinion so if arteta is able to get that back out of him then we've added a top Winger but the problem is we haven't seen that for two years yeah had glimpses last season but that was more towards the start Raheem Sterling um I I read some words from Kevin De bro on Raheem um talking about what a you what a great humble guy is how well they got together they they you know got on together their kids as well they're good friends so I think this idea that because you know he's come out quite publicly about the CH situation that there's like an attitude thing I I don't think that would be a problem there have been rumors about whether Tony is someone that would fit in with you know the supposed I don't know uh way that Arsenal sort of do things but again I've seen that debunk in recent days as well well he looks and also he just looks a brilliant player and I think we could do the little bit of arrogance up the pitch to you know go to the ET and go listen I'm the guy I'm going to bully their Center back so I'm going to give us an outlet so I think both would add something to Arsenal um I want here from Turkish man yeah he's sitting there quiet right he's got that look on his face he is underwhelming for what we were hoping they're both underwhelming that's the problem both would be underwhelming I'd probably lean towards Tony but if you could get the best out of Sterling then then you know that's a whole different completely level player who who would you want I don't want either who would you like then that's what I'm saying I don't like either but if you got a gun who am I going to take Tony do you take them over nothing though of course you do must of course you take over nothing but that's just you know but that's bottom of the barrel questioning you know you want in terms of you're squeezing I think the problem I think the problem here is it's obvious it's obvious who Arsenal's number one Target's been it's been Nico Williams That's who they want but he's not leaving You' think that so I don't know so at least Deco come out and said we wanted him and he doesn't want to come Bara how about ad do come and tell me the same thing rather than us talk about that's one of our targets all summer This was meant to be the summer we do it this was our best financial listen we a lot we're still making losses but in terms of Revenue and F it's our best year in the cron cas's history and it just seems like we've taken our foot off the guas and we've got 24 hours to go but if a player don't want to come you make them want to come or you go to plan B kid in your world just go down there turn up in Bill Bell you know what I mean you and couple Heavies you know what I mean bule him into the back of into the back of your car you know I mean the next week he turns up at the Emirates it don't work like that yeah but not so long ago it was the the it was he wants to go Barca now he doesn't want to go Barca it's he doesn't want to leave Bill b there's always amongst us Arsenal fans we always make the most excuses for this club and this no no no no but that that he wants to go to barcel was Barcelona trying to push that but Arenal fans were saying that to me well don't talk about ni he wants to go Barca now it's now it's we can't get him off Bill Bell why who well I've been saying on trans daily right along that the talk is he don't want to leave Bill b he wants to stay there with his brothers there you know as someone suggested maybe go and get the two of them sign both him and his brother but he just if he doesn't want to leave if a player don't want to leave a club there's nothing you can do in's nothing you can do but go on to the next Target is it kavar scelia is it Lia is it K of for 10 mil who's essentially a risk-free because you're getting him in for such a low low um fee that if he doesn't work out it's 10 mil Rob there's been players in the market this and I'm well let's wait and see is it and see Rob there's 24 hours to go am I waiting and see exactly well let's wait for the 24 hours it's like you didn't want to wait when it came to Eddie when you were saying get rid of him for 50 million quid now he's gone for 30 and you were saying that's why you got to be patience saying wait that's why you need patience because you would there like this just you know you even blamed it on remember of 40 mil at the start I never actually thanked you for getting us 30 million you know I mean mean I should get a percentage of that 15 mil then well let's get a striker first worry about your percentage after but if the excitement is not about Eddie going or this person going our our attack is actually weaker than it was last season and we all thought we needed to build on that attack last season so how have we left ourselves with 24 hours to go Smith Row's gone and I look at Smith row as a front four player he's not an eight so people don't tell me Marino's an upgrade on Smith row he is a front four player we lost Smith row Vieira and you know Eddie's gone that's three players in the attack that have left us and we all knew that we had to do better than that last season so what's happened what's going to happen in the last 24 hours unless it's an ISC unless it's talking about you talking about players that didn't really play last season you know I mean Smith row didn't play um Eddie barely played towards the end of the season and N did have era so you know we're not talking about players that were starting loads of games I think we need to go out and get a forward player I agree with you I mean I we have to I think if we don't I'd be very disappointed but you know but you know what this club do and this is what I'm saying we've come down to 24 hours to go and this ain't a transfer show that's tomorrow but we've come to 24 hours to go we're saying we need an attacker no the reality is we needed two attackers Rob we all know this we all said we need a backup to sacker and a left win competition or striker now it's 24 hours to go they've backed us into a corner to say all right what's the one we do need it's that okay cool don't worry they'll feed us some in the next 24 hours many excited was 5 years ago now that time that sell by date is gone how many Strikers of you know sell by date is gone be patient I love Robbie go go t you've been really quiet and then just unloads un he start started such a saw his face you know I mean I saw it I know that face for I've known him a while now and I know that face I'm not happy what can I say well I think look I we'll be live tomorrow on AFV we'll be live from 7 I believe going through to yeah around the deadline and we'll be getting you know we'll know a lot more in 24 hours time the Sterling stuff is picking up uh team news and tick who's been let's give him full credit c one of more reliable itks over the last year has said that Arsenal have been offered Raheem Sterling by the players representatives and he would be willing to take a very significant pay cut to join the club Arsenal said a salary they would be willing to offer which Sterling has supposedly accepted I think Sterling would probably take a pay up to come to Arsenal because that's a that's a great move for him right to go play Under artetta where there's no secret the two of them worked really well together at Man City a lot they both credit each other a lot for the work they did together I think Pep Guardiola credits arteta a lot for the work he did with the Wingers um Sterling you know's this isn't some 33 year old Joker was something this is someone who you know two years ago was going for 50 million from Man City and hasn't quite worked at Chelsea but can you kind of get that spark out of him at least as a squad player I think you probably could then there's pressure on weri to be that second Creator in the squad behind erard because Smith row and viir have gone so we're kind of it it's not the guarantees we wanted going to next season but you're kind of pinning it on a 17-year-old and a player whose's form we best form we haven't seen for two years and even in that final season at City I don't think he was playing quite as regularly so 24 hours to see where we are interesting that you're right a lot of more other you know journals and article pleas people are talking about Ivan Tony is that something you know because we were talking all these rumors that artetta didn't get on with Tony or something you know is that complete nonsense we're going to find out actually that is the deal ARS want to do so it's going to be really interesting to see but if I just round this off by asking you one we'll go into the Super chats in a sec Sterling or Tony forget the fee just which player would you rather have at your Club no brainer Ivan Tony no brainer wow for me a r I think I think people agree I'm very definitive that we need get going in the I think I'm I think I'd have to go Tony cuz if if Eddie's going you need another Striker I think mhm so Tony I'm not fast by way I just want to attack see I can't understand that you're saying you're not first we need a striker so why would you any of them I'm not I'm not but we need to bring scoring goals is it I so he's a lot more likely to get you those goals Tony 20 goals in in in was it the 1920 Seas St prolific yeah I mean let me let me qualify that by saying yeah of course can score goals and he's a very good player I do rate him but what I'm saying is if I had to choose between one or the other i' definitively go for Tony because he can do more in that role we need a striker just letting production know that the the poll we're going for is who would you rather sign and then the we're going to go for Sterling or Tony I got to be honest right I keep thinking easy Tony who M you remember forever Arsenal podcast back in January I was saying I would go and get that deal done I just keep thinking with Sterling available again I don't think Tony's ever got to a level that Sterling has 20 goals Sterling but I I can see Tony winning us more games 20 minutes to go low block linking up play what was I saying outside you go to the etad and we need to turn that one point into three points Tony Tony's the guy who I think you're on the back foot we're sitting back he bully he could bully a a Diaz or of stones and set sackur away on the counter or Mart on the counter and I know you'll all say well Sterling's a guy who makes their run look at what he did for Chelsea last season when they went and Drew their 1-1 but again I could see Tony having that bigger impact in some of those particular games I'm really torn ultimately while it's underwhelming I I'd be happy with one of them coming in over nothing for sure I think as's more stuff's coming through right now bring both bring both bring both you know I think I I think I think I lean towards Sterling you know like 5149 really I must say I'm surprised at that yeah Chang my mind honestly Rob I'm I'm evil one but I'd love both I haven't got an answer sorry both of course why not why not by the way 77% of people so far saying Tony love though oh I'd want I'd want both yeah I'd love J saying isack and ni Williams well if that was that was the that was the original Dream that's what I wanted and that's why we have to accept that it's underwhelming for we talking about yeras Osan isach Nico Williams even a Rafia kudus at the start of the window rashford and okay we're not talking about those names now you know what trod was underwhelming and look how good he's been right so it's not always you know stering taking a payot though him wanting to do that I think show does show a little bit I don't know how much of a p is I'd be intrigued to know because that was one of my things when Sterling was linked to us is where's his mindset at is he still hungry to you know want to better himself his career and and win things because it seems like at Chelsea's just on holiday but if he's willing to take a pay cut then you know I do like that by the way the male the male and S up B confirm that we have been offered both Coman and Sterling um Turkish so you would you go Tony yeah 5149 Sterling's probably the scarier one to add to the attack though that's what the funny thing is it's just the can you can you get the the best out that's that's the question if you if you could get the best out of both then Sterling's the easy choice but for for me it's just leaning towards Tony but even that is very underwhelming man okay fair enough let's go through uh not easy to get a striker yeah very underwelming B mad city city have only got Highland at the moment Striker wise you know yeah they sold they sold a striker they they they've only got the dra B they got they got to look at a strike sorry you're going to get me started again before the draw no but I'm just saying you know what I mean it's not easy at the moment you know you'll just sit there and say isack how you going to get him with a guy don't want to leave the guy said he's staying at new car said it right at the start of the window I ain't going nowhere what you going to you're going to kidnap him as well no about BR you're going to be you going to be doing a life sentence is O Watkins is OE Watkins on seen many players say say to me I'm staying at Arsenal I love the club and then sign for Man City or sign for Man United or sign for Barcelona or sign for Juventus and all of these things why can't why is it always us that has it's not easy like I've heard that 10 years ago when Wenger was One Two Pieces away it's not easy to get that piece like we moved on it's not easy Rob I'm not even disagreeing that it's but that to me is part and parcel like it's not easy we know that cool but your job is to do that and you get paid Millions as owners and and whatever CEOs and all of these Vin and all of that stuff plus the spending ain't been there like um last summer you know you know it's right um no one spent like the big hundred millions none of these big release Clauses have been met you know I mean aim men's now available for 55 million because no one's willing to pay 110 million release Clause they didn't pay it for that kid nees who went to PSG his release Clause was 100 million they paid 60 million for him you know it's it's uh we've all seen Windows yeah we've all seen transfer Windows all five of us whether we're young or old where Chelsea and we've looked at them and said ra they mad we've all seen Man United transfer windows and past whether they've been successful or not we've looked at and said they they're back or they're going to continue winning stuff under focus and we've looked at a man city Windows over the time and we looked at a couple Liverpool ones before they got over the line with van djk and and you know Allison and so on R not feel like it was let me get on to that you know I don't need to include Tottenham they default big six you know so I'm not going to include them to soften the blow we are the third biggest Club in this country and look at the fans we got robbed like when we go America look at the love when you go Africa look at the love you've been to Asia look at the love like why can't we have a window where everyone else looks at us and says these men are on it we've never had last season just about yeah that was just about now everybody was looking at that and saying what a signing yeah but just about and then and then we we countered that with havs and at the time that deflated the window forget that havs came first yeah but it was it was like all right there's a deflating one with havocs why the hell did you do that and there's de and rice wow how could you do that and then in the end havs worked out cool but that that window last year G was our best window in this emerance era for sure and it gave us the most hope and belief going into the season but it wasn't a window where everyone looked at us and said because deam Rice's quality mil who's been the wild this year apart from know mbappe one that we knew potenti who been the wild look on any team who's been that well poten no no no there hasn't been an outstanding well but there's clubs that you could look at and say potentially this is the sum of that you look back on and say that's when they started getting it right I'm not saying man united have but man united have spent quite a bit of money in different positions just about spending to me like I I I like the signings we've made we've made signings I do in just the strengthened arsal a lot I need more it's just that what we're going to do in that forward area it's not easy their main target was Nico Williams before the Euros even took before the Euros even took place calafiori Marino Nico Williams were their free targets B two of them the other one don't want to leave you wanted to come in yeah I just wanted to say with Tony it would appear that there are some naysayers and it's because of what happened to him last season we know about the ban through the gambling stuff then he came back late and it was a bit of a disjointed season as far as he was concerned but it's interesting because if you listen to the pros right pros and ex-pros are play the game when they talk about Tony they talk about his all round strengths as a striker he always gets glowing references they talk about his Hold Up play his finishing his aerial ability um the trouble that he causes Defenders and stuff which is why I go very firmly that we need a striker like Tony in a team to to balance up with what we got already very different to you're crazy we waited 20 years we we waited 20 years for Ian Tony to be the this piece of this no I'm I'm telling you what I've heard the professional but I was just talking about the standards we should be raising in terms of the demanding off the club I get that Tony's going to raise the level of our Strikers but come on like we surely that's not the final piece that was intend no no I'm addressing the question that James asked earlier as to whether you would prefer Sterling and Tony so I'm saying even that we're bones because this club hasn't acted the way they should have this window we're asking Sterling or Tony come on so who did you want then it it's not James from the beginning of the summer I said it doesn't matter who I want just sort the positions that you need to sort out the main trying with 24 hours to go asking Sterling oron you think that's trying that's they've been offered Sterling dead Sterling and Tony in the last 24 hours when we're trying to go for the league title so who do you want yeah I mean you got a lot of talk say saying they haven't done their job up until now yeah who's not dead Jo available now yeah jerz who's not dead jerz would have been better I don't even know much about him but he would have been more exciting at least right so what I'm saying I've listened intently to what the professionals now listen I'm not saying they always right but sometimes it is good to listen to these guys I listen to Stan kymore there I didn't want to reference that but I'll just throw it out he was given a breakdown on the qualities of Ivan Tony and why he would suit a club like Arsenal Chelsea whoever and and the way he broke it down the different attributes that he's got measure up very well that is what we need as opposed to Sterling who's basically a Winger Sterling's far more proven in front of God and Tony Man Tony had 12 12 goal season with with like seven penalties but I said the last season was an anomaly because of the all of a sudden we're all talking like Tony's the guy like and and again if we get him it's better than nothing that's for sure but the reason we're here talking about Sterling Antonio is because in probably the biggest window we've had in since the Emirates era because it's off the back of our first year of competing and the expectation to compete we're we're we're down to 24 hours asking about Sterling and Tony familiar feeling I've had this on the Wenger that's how artetta come to the club let's not forget these these last minute transfers we start doing because we realized that we're a bit lighta said we're light and the club have admitted all these things already so it's not like I'm saying anything that should be shocking to anyone but but I also think if that if that Superstar Esa wasn't out there you know kudish last year was there for 35 million a year ago we were saying it Pedro Neta was there for 55 million we were saying it like my frustration is that I don't I don't think we've had a bad window I like califur I think he strengthens us I like Marina I think he strength strens us and I think just adding any depth like a Tony or Sterling rather than having them over a Vieira or an antia I think strengthens us however I'm with you to to a point which is like it wasn't just a can you get the10 million pound esac or the 100 million pound Osman well if no then you're having to go for a sterling or Ron I think there were players like we know that kudus had a release claw something like 80 million or something and I know people will go 80 million for Kudos but that that screen worth that let me put it another you say that you say is he not let me put it another way Milli let me put it another way I think he could be you know do you think Chelsea City man united or Liverpool go within two points of a title and then go and and make 10 million profit the summer after that that's what we're on course to do let's that is typical of this ownership when we were making top four that's why we cannot start painting them on on Wars outside the Emirates and stuff yet yeah this this owner's done nothing yet we're back to squ once Seaman said it I can't wait for that interview to be out cuz people are thinking oh this guy doesn't want the best foot the CL always he basically said we're back to pretty much the words right he said yeah we're going to see long way we're going to see because you said people were celebrating top four no yeah he said celebrate he he said when we were at that stage of celebrating top four he didn't like it we're not at that stage a long way off early on he said we're back to competing what he knows Arsenal for that's we are competing square one we're competing that's Square One Rob no you're if you're not that point you got to get back to that point okay what did they do on square one last time they rinsed our greatest manager ever to the point where he was he was ridiculed at the club we have to wait and see but all I know we waited and saw with Wenger we waited and saw I don't know there's no pleas because so far this has been a good transer window Let's See How It Ends if he get the best let's see how it ends up best we've we've we've uh moved on certain players players that you was saying we got to do they're gone or they're going right and we' we've strengthened um the backline with Cal furri right one of the one of the um players that was sought after by loads of teams in Europe we bought him Marino La last um summer Marino um City inquired about him they were quoted 60 million yeah I mean this a good signing now let's see what we do in the last 24 hours let's see I'm