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Confirmed Signing Alex Iwobi

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Dad just messaged me being a big arsenal fan and is gutted he is coming to us.

So split opinion on him
A good young player. The price is crazy, but English football is gone crazy. Arsenal did pay 70M for Pepe. A guy who had got 1 good season. LOL
 
...it was an Everton example. I’m sure there are plenty more. All i’m saying is I don’t know how effective Iwobi might be, but Brands/Silva have obviously identified him as somebody they want.

There was a report yesterday that suggested we wanted Iwobi and Zaha, so this lad might not be 2nd choice.
There are plenty more examples in the FIFA19 game era - not all players come fully-formed and PL-ready. Even if you pay £100m to Palace.
 
Liverpool got Milner and Oxlade Chamberlain from teams above that supposedly didn’t want them. Both have done well for them. We did the same with Barry. Leicester turned a few United rejects into title winners. Sometimes a player just doesn’t shine in one place but fits perfectly in another. Pienaar struggled at Dortmund and Spurs yet lit up with us.
Agree with Milner, but the ox is a bad example. He may well come good but he's been injured most of the time.

Anyway, I'm underwhelmed with the signing but would love to be wrong.
 

Mmmmm bit of a weird question really. We went for Zaha couldn't get him so because we couldn't get Zaha it is best not to sign anyone!
If Zaha or someone of similar quality couldn’t be signed this window, then it would have been better to wait until January and not invest in a player with no end product
 
I'm actually fine with this signing. Arsenal fans that seem sensible rate him highly. Can play both wings and behind the striker.

Still young, can beat a man.

I do wish our alternative options in the transfer market weren't just dipping into top 4 squad players though. We aren't ever going to catch them signing players they have replaced.
 

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Seriously.

Since last night I've read arsenal fans offering both sadness and joy. Complete split opinion on him so only way we will know is on the pitch.

Showing my age but I remember him making his debut against us as a 18 year old in the cup and he played a blinder
 
The fact that Iwobi might start the season on our bench shows how far we’ve come in a year. He would have walked into our first team at any point under Martinez or Koeman.

Deffo mate, I think we are still 3 players short (cb, st, natural lw as I think Iwobi might be for the middle) but it takes time to build a decent squad and we need some depth. Let sbe honest, if we signed Zaha that would have put Bernard on the bench and that's what we want, serious competition for all places.

I'm disappointed we didn't get a couple more in but we are getting there slowly but surely and quality over quantity has to be the priority every day of the week
 
Iwobi is fast and can dribble, his problem is composure which will be refined over time

Zaha is an absolute trumpet of a player who people think is world class because of skillllz, yet still lacks composure

It’s almost like buying Tesco’s own food versus a brand name. At the end of the day it’s the same product in different packaging and one costs twice as much
 

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