"Necessary" and "Wants" are totally different. Arteta can WANT Mudryk all he wants, but everyone has to be realistic. Its not FIFA, breh. Arsenal is STILL a team that's working with no UCL funds. Nearly 200m on two players is insanity, and why so many players are over valued and academy products are shipped off for nothing. Chelsea started that bidding war. We were in for 70m initially, Chelsea saw they could hijack it for 100m+ that's not Arsenal being in a bidding war.
You don't know WHEN the conversation for Caicedo started and neither do I. But Brighton's stance was he's not for sale. Period. Arsenal though 70+ would be good for a smaller club. It wasn't that's life.
Also, I remember cover for Partey being discussed as far back as October. Edu, Arteta and the board aren't idiots. They know the squad is thin...so what did they do? Bring in SQUAD PLAYERS. Did they get everything they wanted? No. But teams rarely do. They have addressed the BIGGEST issue with the team, which is depth.
How on earth is anyone upset about this besides people who just want to fap over big numbers. Saying Jorginho and Trossard aren't improvements to the bench in those positions is simply asinine.
