Arsenal: “Transfer revolution” a poor way of looking at things

Arsenal are in for changes, that much is already obvious, but calling it a transfer revolution is probably a bit out of left field. Don’t expect the world.

Arsenal fans always look forward to the transfer window like a poor kid on Christmas. There is a buried sense of hope that maybe, just maybe, they will get far more than they could have ever dreamed of but, more than likely, they’ll get a toy or two and life will go on.

With Unai Emery coming in to replace Arsene Wenger, the first question a lot of people were asking was “well who is he going to sign?” And that’s fair. New boss, new personnel, of course he is going to make a few signings.

But now some are referring to this window as a “transfer revolution” and this seems like a pipe dream of what is going to actually happen – and that’s a good thing.

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This may be hard to believe, but we don’t need a transfer revolution. These past two transfer windows, both in January and last summer, the club did a really good job loading up on some prolific talent that should have taken the Gunners higher than they reached.

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The problem, therefore, is not in personnel, it was in tactics and philosophy, which is what Unai Emery is here to sort out.

We don’t need a transfer revolution. We need a few key signings and that’s that. Stephan Lichtsteiner is a great place to start. Add a midfielder, maybe a winger and a keeper and call it a day.

That £50m transfer kitty that many are complaining about may seem skimpy, and it kind of is, but we shouldn’t need much more than that. As Emery said, he is here to maximize the talent that this club already has. And there is a lot of talent here to be maximized. Two of which – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Aaron Ramsey – Emery already highlighted as his cornerstones.

Beyond that, we have known, proven commodities that can augment the club. And when you start thinking about the under-used players, like Lucas Perez, who proved himself a valuable player in the minuscule minutes that he saw, there are even more in-house resources.

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Emery has the right idea, and actually, the club does too. We don’t need a huge transfer revolution. We don’t need to change seven, eight guys on the pitch. We just need a few key signings and that’s it.