2019-2020 Soccer Thread..........

[DawgHouseUnited]

So is anyone interested in another fantasy league this year?

[War Machine Dawg]

Arsenal are having quite the interesting summer. After weeks of no movement, everything has started to happen within the last week. We signed a young Brazilian prospect, Gabriel Martinelli. We've brought in William Saliba, but loaned him back to St. Etienne. I actually like the move. We've loaned Dani Ceballos from Real Madrid. And we've gotten a deal done for Nicolas Pepe from Lille. That could be officially announced as early as tomorrow. We're still looking for one more central defender and trying to get a deal over the line for Kieran Tierney from Celtic. I think the Tierney deal gets done, but time is pretty short to bring in another center half.

On the outgoing front, nothing really worth noting has happened yet. Club captain Laurent Koscielny has basically quit the club, refusing to go on the preseason tour to the US. Supposedly we had a meeting with his reps and officials from Rennes yesterday to try to get the situation resolved and move him on. We'd like to move ?zil, Mkhitaryan, Mustafi, Elneny and Jenkinson, but there's been virtually no chatter on anyone leaving. Then news broke yesterday that Monaco is interested in Mustafi. I'm a bit skeptical, but hoping it's real. He needs a fresh start somewhere else and Arsenal could use the funds. We're also likely to sell Krystian Bielik, although no one really understands why. He's got a good reputation, had a really good loan last year and plays in an area where we really need help. But supposedly Emery doesn't rate him, so he's on the chopping block. Word is he's attracting interest from several Championship clubs, notably Charlton where he was on loan last season and helped them earn promotion.