Lukas Podolski - AM RL, SS - Arsenal (17 Viewers)
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I have always liked Podolski, Yes he hasnt shown at big clubs but you also cant deny his talent and scoring ability. Could easily be a case of having the right coach, atmosphere, teammates etc who the heck knows or he can become a less then 10 a year goal scorer either way for the price that is being thrown around he is someone id take a chance on if we were to take a chance on anyone of these marotta last minute specials.
Would be an incredibly meh signing. Nothing to get excited about. An incredibly average club player throughout his career (although he delivered the goods for the German national team in the past).
He isn't that horrible and things could be worse, so I guess for the right price and low wages, I'd be ok with him.
He isn't that horrible and things could be worse, so I guess for the right price and low wages, I'd be ok with him.
Interesting how he was almost always great for German NT but disappointed at clubs. 
Looks like a panic signing to me at the moment.
It seems we're just looking for a backup. For cheap he might be a good option to have as I always liked him. But looking at the transfer he's just one more signing who will not improve our starting XI, which is our plan this summer obviously.
we had 27mln lined up for Iturbe, we'll buy one key player
And now we're gonna have excuses lined up like 'it's better to save for next summer than waste money now on some random player'. 'There are no players available'. 'We can compete with top clubs but we just don't want to'.
Looks like a panic signing to me at the moment.
It seems we're just looking for a backup. For cheap he might be a good option to have as I always liked him. But looking at the transfer he's just one more signing who will not improve our starting XI, which is our plan this summer obviously.
we had 27mln lined up for Iturbe, we'll buy one key player And now we're gonna have excuses lined up like 'it's better to save for next summer than waste money now on some random player'. 'There are no players available'. 'We can compete with top clubs but we just don't want to'.
You didn't think we'd make a signing outright, did you ?
At this point, it's better to think our mercato is finished instead of hoping for anything...
At this point, it's better to think our mercato is finished instead of hoping for anything...
I don't want any of that convenient BS like "Allegri is new so we are saving it for next year" cuz that is a really retarded excuse. Let's hold back on being a bit more competitive for another year. Who comes up with this bullcrap anyway?
However, if someone can give me a convincing response (such as, we never had the money to begin with and back it up with relevant facts) I am willing to be a little less harsh on the board that is glorified and touted as some kind of god who can do no wrong by some Tuzzers.
Well, we're almost status quo on sales/ buys this mercato which is what we needed for FFP.
Without selling I don't think it would have been possible to finance Iturbe. But just like anyone here, just guessing.
Apart from that we are more competitive this season than we were last year. CL will show us that. We didn't add a star, but we have much more different aspects to our game now with these additions.
Without selling I don't think it would have been possible to finance Iturbe. But just like anyone here, just guessing.
Apart from that we are more competitive this season than we were last year. CL will show us that. We didn't add a star, but we have much more different aspects to our game now with these additions.
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