Well that is it the summer transfer window slammed for another year but we only have to wait until January until the next window opens.
In total we signed four players – Emiliano Viviano on loan, Mathieu Flamini and Yaya Sanogo both on a free and Mesut Ozil for £42.4 million on deadline day.
I’m sure we would’ve all loved to see more players come in but let’s take nothing away from the club record signing of Ozil who is a top, top quality player.
I still think there will be more work to do in the January transfer window. We are certainly in need of a centre-back or a right-back, depending on if Bacary Sagna is willing to continue playing in the centre of the defence. We also need another striker in my opinion because we are painfully thin now that Lukas Podolski is out for up to 10 weeks, so I don’t think we are done as a club by any stretch of the imagination. We just have to hope that luck is on our side and also hope we recover from these early injury problems until January comes.
But what I will be looking at in this piece is the re-signing of Flamini.
Personally, I think it was a touch of brilliance by Arsene Wenger to bring back the 29-year-old Frenchman. The tenacious midfielder has obviously come in to help out in the centre of the park while Mikel Arteta is out injured.
But following a commanding second debut against Spurs last weekend, could Flamini be more than just a cover option this season? Can he actually stake a claim for a starting position in midfield?
Well it all depends on what Arsene wants in his side. Personally, I think Arteta will be ahead of Flamini in the pecking order, purely because he can offer more to the side than the latter. Flamini has already shown that he can marshal the team and is willing to get stuck in, but Arteta moves the ball about so much better than the former AC Milan player and possesses more experience at 31.
But, like I said, it all depends on what Arsene wants in his side and, of course, who our opposition is.
What do you guys think?
Can Flamini keep Arteta out of the side?
Let us know your thoughts on the matter below
Flamini?! Excellent acquisition!! Its not rocket science, he’ll definatly keep heavy pressure on a midfield already of boastfull qualitys. As we aproach the later part of the season Flamini will be key!! And with the introduction of a fit again Diaby imminant, he may even feature alongside Diaby in certain matches. We have many many options in midfield. We should have been first in obtaining a World class keeper. Someone versed with trophey experience already, at their peak and somebody Scezney would have learnt from then exceeded in 2-3 years. Another pacey tough tackling defender and proven striker are definatly needed big time as well, and I don’t understand why we would even chance working with an obviously short squad if we are serious about challanging for tropheys. I see next year as a more relistic target.. Once Wenger returns to the market with the remainder of his purse!!
Flamini?! Excellent acquisition!! Its not rocket science, he’ll defiantly keep heavy pressure on a midfield already of boastful quality’s. As we approach the later part of the season Flamini will be key!! And with the introduction of a fit again Diaby imminent, he may even feature alongside Diaby in certain matches. We have many options in midfield. We should have been first in obtaining a World class keeper. Someone versed with trophy experience already, at their peak and somebody Scezney would have learnt from then exceeded in 2-3 years. Another pacey tough tackling defender and proven striker are defiantly needed big time as well, and I don’t understand why we would even chance working with an obviously short squad if we are serious about challenging for trophy. I see next year as a more realistic target.. Once Wenger returns to the market with the remainder of his purse!!
for the first time in years we have great depth in (central) midfield, i’d prefer to see flamini start with ramsey along side him as he’s better defensively and is a warrior,
arteta is better with the ball but with Ozil and Cazorla on the pitch i think someone with defensive qualities will become much more useful rather than yet another “playmaker”.
wilshere will have to get used to the bench because there’s no place for him on the team, ramsey contributes more to the team in terms of assist, goals and has more discipline.
i really hope wenger makes a couple of signigs in january, a central defender and a striker are a must, ideally someone closer to Ozil’s quality rather than another park/chamakh…
Flamini is a natural defensive mid and Although Arteta played well in DM that is not his position, he was always better upfront when at Everton. I would prefer Flamini to be our permanent DM patnering alongside Ramsey or Arteta. Flamini does something most of our DMs dont do, when defending set pieces and crosses he fills the open spaces left by our defenders inside the box, he also urges the whole team to defend as a unit and we saw these in the NLD. Technically it will be a very big challenge for Arsene on whether to include Rosicky and Flamini regulary because these two players posses what many of our good players lacked, aggression and tenacity.