DM is going to explode, Ozil signs a new 3 year deal worth around £350k
Extortionate but at least it shows intention, hopefully this and Auba can bring some much needed confidence to the team. We've got a good enough 11 for the top 4, it might be too little too late but if Auba and Mkhi can hit the ground running at least the end of our season won't be so miserable.
IT doesn't show intention, it shows desperation. Which round of 16 CL game can you remember Ozil being amazing in? Intention is recognising he is weak mentality, he was weak at Real, he's made zero different to the end result of the team since joining Arsenal. Remember how him and Sanchez were supposed to take us back to the top of the table and more competitive in europe? After resoundly failing to have a genuine impact on the team we reward him with nearly doubling his wages and locking him in with now no chance to get rid of him? Does he appear, while being a giant girl, that he's going to be someone who ages well?
Intention would be going hey, this player has X value, he makes nice passes under no pressure but is frequently poor under pressure, he's not a big game player, he's not worth more than 150k a week, if he wants much more than that cut him loose and invest in someone younger, hungrier who has the potential to be the player who makes the difference in the big games.
Cut Ozil loose, make the offer for Malcom or some other promising player. Intention is not shown by throwing money at a player who over the last 3.5 years has proven to have a poor mentality, be weak, not be a top player, it's desperation and stupidity.
You have to really ask yourself, why didn't Utd actually make a bid for Ozil, why didn't PSG, or City, why do City want Mahrez or Sanchez but no interest at all in Ozil, Bayern, anyone else, no offers for Ozil in the last two windows when Sanchez had offers in both windows.
Why were Real quite happy to upgrade from Ozil if he's that good and why didn't Real win CL titles again till he, you know, left. He looked good and made nice goals, in the easier games for Real, but when it came down to the toughest games and the most pressure, Real took a large step forward as he left and for good reason.
Also while I think Auba is a great player.... well, I'm still not sure it's the right move, firstly the money for a guy turning 29 within what 5 months is pretty crazy as where as with Lukaku and Morata they have plenty of time to be sold for a hefty price in the future, Auba won't be yet cost not much less but also squad/team wise, well again, we'll have to see what the plan is.
Right now the most obvious simple change is playing the same formation but dropping Lacazette for Auba, which means we spent ~60mil on a nearly 29yr old to replace a guy we bought for 50mil 6 months ago. If we went 4-4-2, again that really means Ozil and Micky out wide in which neither are very fast or really suit being wide players, so again odd. One of Auba or Lacazette out wide immediately means having spent 50+ mil on a central striker only to stick them out wide where I'm not sure either will be brilliant.
Also for all this, we're selling our super sub to a direct rival which will leave us without a target man style alternative as a tactical option. Again personally with Auba I feel like that needs to be a switch to 4-4-2 and in doing that we should have sold Ozil and bought an out and out wide man. Right now although I think Auba is great, I can't see the plan for how he'll work with the squad as is and I also think he's massively overpriced due to his age and future value.
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