Arsenal

[BlinkyBear]

And next season's:

Anyone know who's making it the new kit? Can't work it out.

[Gotters]

expect a lot more of this, haven't Puma gone all it and coughed up a quarter of their annual turnover to us in sponsorship - we got a good deal but will be made to 'work' for it.

[Rev]

Anyone know who's making it the new kit? Can't work it out.

A future Nike subsidiary.

[hauk]

I'd say he's a bit more attacking/Box-to-box than Schneiderlin. Like Khedira, he's not really a 'screening' midfielder like Arteta, and I think unless Ramsey is going to curb his attacking next season, we need someone of that type to just sit, win the ball, and help build from the back. He's also had a pretty poor season I think.

Interesting. I would also prefer we bought someone in who was purely defensive but also a bit more dynamic than Arteta, as that's something we lacked last season. Won't hurt to have options.

[The Fox]

Sanchez, Debuchy and a reserve keeper should total about £45m in fees. If they do come, I can see us leaving it at that tbh, and waiting to see who becomes available as the window comes to a close. I reckon if we sign someone like Schneiderlin, it will only be late in the day, and probably then only if we haven’t managed to get a centre forward.

[carlito]

Let's not be chicken counting!

I would be hugely surprised if we didn't get a defensive midfielder though. It's availability more than transfer balance that decides these things really.

[Rev]

Yeah, I think we're at the point now where we'd spend £150m if we'd exactly what we needed. I mean we won't do that, obviously, but if it made sense we would. Scary.

[toythatkills]

Have Arsenal been linked with any keepers? I mean properly linked, rather than just "oh, Ochoa saved a couple of shots last night, ARSENAL INTERESTED IN MEXICAN KEEPER"

[Rev]

Not that I've seen.

[The Fox]

Few Spanish outlets seem to be reporting that Sanchez will be announced as an Arsenal player in the next 24 hours. We're running out of time to Mata this one up.

[Rocafella]

For the price we're being linked at (£30m) that would be an absolute steal IMO.

[The Fox]

Let's not be chicken counting!

I would be hugely surprised if we didn't get a defensive midfielder though. It's availability more than transfer balance that decides these things really.

Thing is we've got Arteta on probably £60k/week and Flamini on similar with 2 years left on his deal. He'd be hard to shift on that salary I think but would never play if we kept him and signed someone else.

[Lucky]

Collymore tweeting that we've signed Sanchez.

35 million euros. Four year contract.

[Rocafella]

Yeah, reported 27.5m with a few mill add ons. Fantastic business if we pull it off.

[BlinkyBear]

Balague saying that it's done.

Lots of reports saying that Wenger has said on French TV that the deal is nearly done, but no actual link or source to this.

Still not having any of it until I see him in a kit on the website.

[KRP]

He would have put that chance away as well ffs Ozil.

[Lucky]

What are the chances we unveil Sanchez and Debauchy tomorrow in some crazy unveiling of new signings and new kit, new kit maker bonanza shenanigans.

That's what Americans like to do isn't it.

Proper WWE style.

[Dude Ranch]

Got to be on the cards.

[The Fox]

Think the signing announcements, if they happen, would maybe come after the kit launch. Doesn't seem like brilliant marketing to launch your kit but no one gives a crap because they're all talking about the new player. I'm certainly no expert but to me a new player unveiling at the same time would detract from Puma's hype rather than enhance it.

[Rev]

I think combining them guarantees every paper has a picture of the new Puma kit. It might take the edge off the actual deal, but it'll get mentioned.

[The Fox]

That would happen anyway though surely? Like if the player was announced the day after, they'd still have all the photos in the new kit and so on.

[toythatkills]

I don't think The Sun would put their eight-page souvenir pull-out of Arsenal's kit launch on hold just because we sign Sanchez.

[Mars]

Is that an actual thing?

[anders limpar]

They'd definitely want to launch the kit with the new signings, especially as their marketing plans for the big reveal have been fucked by Sports Direct selling the kits early and the leak from the catalogue that came out yesterday.

[Larsen B]

Toys put it more facetiously but I'm wondering why people think the new kit launch would get any media traction outside of Puma and Arsenal's own PR.

A new signing in a new kit gets a picture in a national paper with a few words about the new kit. A new kit gets nothing anywhere.

[The Fox]

@bbcsport_david Arsenal close to completing Sanchez signing for around £30m. Deal in principle & personal terms agreed, just some details to sort

ORNSTEIN HATH SPOKEN

[SeanR]

*swoon*

[Gotters]

Those shirts won't look good around Piebury Corner

[BlinkyBear]

Those shirts won't look good around Piebury Corner

CANT SEE SHIRTS. ONLY SEE PIES.

God I love that place.

[SeanR]

sanchez' hairdresser has confirmed a transfer to arsenal...