06 Mar 2020 06:40:20
Should we try to sign Ceballos on a permanent deal?

1.) 06 Mar 2020
06 Mar 2020 09:40:55
Weirdly under Emery, despite him playing all the time, he looked ineffectual at best. Under Arteta despite barely playing he's looked twice as good. It's probably just the team but still.

That said I think he wants to get as far away from Arsenal as possible, we are simply not an attractive proposition at the moment.

2.) 06 Mar 2020
06 Mar 2020 23:43:45
No - not for me. Just don’t think he’s good enough. We’ve compromised defence and centre midfield for two long. You highlighted two great sides from the past. Our midfield ( Matteo, Torriera and Xhaka ) or central defenders ( Mustafi, Luiz, Papa ) could even clean their boots. Get those spots right - Petit, Vieira, Silva, Cesc type quality. ,

3.) 07 Mar 2020
07 Mar 2020 10:57:28
I think if he wanted to stay, then maybe yes. The injury hasn’t helped, but at times he has looked the best out of the ball playing midfielders. I agree with SY4 though, in that we do need to re-build the defensive core. However in midfield I believe we also need to keep the balance between players who protect and players who get the ball to the forwards. Vieira and Petit have been mentioned as the yardstick for midfield, and for me part of our issue is that all our players are the same style. So Ceballos is the same sort of player as Xhaka and Geuendozi. I would love to see Ceballos paired alongside a Kongdodbia type of midfielder, and if so I think you would see a major improvement. For me Cesc played his best football for us when he was paired with the incredibly underrated Gilberto, which again showed that the sum of having complementary styles is stronger than two individual good players. So for me, I would rather keep Ceballos and sacrifice Xhaka.