In Spain and Germany eliminated his competition by taking all their best players. In England heās built on that by sending his mates out to fuck up the management of rivals. Manās a genius etc
We had just sold Cesc and Nasr, we had just been thrashed 8-2 by Man U, we were haggling on the las day of the transfer window, so that to me was a panic buyā¦
So all deadline day signings are panic buys, got it. We were always going to bring in some players after losing 2 of our best players and only brings in Gervinho and Ox to the senior team. Weād been trying all summer to get Mata, Alvarez, Cazorla, Gotze and failed on all of them.
Iām not even sure Santos was a real panic buy because we sold Cliche and needed a replacement in.
Youāve actually underlined he was a panic buy. Since we failed those targets we got him in on the very last day as very last option.
@Electrifying Wilshere was supposed to be the pivot partner for Song, but he got injured obviously. Itās not that farfetched to state Arteta came initially for the position of Cesc. Our other target that summer (Mata) shows that too. But when he got here his role changed through circumstances and Rosicky/Cazorla being better options.