What's going on with Gabi? I get that there's Saudi interest but am I the only one who thinks we'd be crazy to let him go unless it was an absolutely insane offer? Yes, he can over commit at times and make bad decisions leading to goals, but I feel that's a little bit due to how we played last year as we saw similar mistakes from Saliba too. Plus he's great offensively from set pieces.

I think we saw last year that given his faults, a Gabi/Saliba pairing is still one of the best in the PL. Why try to fix what wasn't really broken. Plus then we can move Benny Blanco back out wide and stop the Partey experiment. Or am I alone and everyone thinks we need to move on?

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think like the gaffer said it's tactical; in games like these where we're expected to be on the front foot and attacking a bunch, Gabriel's defensive solidity isn't worth as much as White's overlapping runs. Makes me wonder if Tierney at CB could be something we experiment with.

[–] WorldcupCSR@arsenalfc.social 1 points 1 year ago

@Carterbuzz @Astrealix no; agreed. Would be stupid to let him go now.