Are the arse finally going back to what got them their team of the invincibles? -Not signing a load of 13yr old lads and hoping to make them great, but by buying established talent.
The arse team of the invincibles had:
Lehman, Cambell, Toure, Lauren, Cole, Gilberto, Viera, Ljungberg, Pires, Bergkamp, Henry
Obviously from that, there's only Cole that came through their youth team, they nicked cambell, and the rest are foreigners they brought in. All of a decent standing when they were bought, not teenage 'punts'.
Next season they could line up as:
Szczesny, Gibbs, Debouchy, Mertesecker, Koscielny, Khedira, Ramsey, Ozil, Cazorla, Sanchez, Giroud
They've spent all these years trying to get the kids through and build around them, but if they buy Ozil, Sanchez, Khedira that would be well over 100mill on 3 players, and a move away from mainly the academy/youth players in the first team. They would probably use the likes of Wilshere, Chamberlain, Walcott, Jenkinson, Gnabry, Cambell for the bench.
If they sign Khedira, I think they've got a cracking spine to that team, might be in with a good shout to win the league next year. They're capable of going on long winning runs but usually throw it away as they've got no bottle in the middle of the park when things get tough, that may change if Khedira comes in.
The arse team of the invincibles had:
Lehman, Cambell, Toure, Lauren, Cole, Gilberto, Viera, Ljungberg, Pires, Bergkamp, Henry
Obviously from that, there's only Cole that came through their youth team, they nicked cambell, and the rest are foreigners they brought in. All of a decent standing when they were bought, not teenage 'punts'.
Next season they could line up as:
Szczesny, Gibbs, Debouchy, Mertesecker, Koscielny, Khedira, Ramsey, Ozil, Cazorla, Sanchez, Giroud
They've spent all these years trying to get the kids through and build around them, but if they buy Ozil, Sanchez, Khedira that would be well over 100mill on 3 players, and a move away from mainly the academy/youth players in the first team. They would probably use the likes of Wilshere, Chamberlain, Walcott, Jenkinson, Gnabry, Cambell for the bench.
If they sign Khedira, I think they've got a cracking spine to that team, might be in with a good shout to win the league next year. They're capable of going on long winning runs but usually throw it away as they've got no bottle in the middle of the park when things get tough, that may change if Khedira comes in.