Depending on who you believe....

[Peter]

Alvarez has either told Arteta that he wouldn't join us if we were the last club on earth, or he has agreed to join on the condition that he can go to Barcelona whenever he wants.

The more likely option is that nothing has happened.

[All Guns Blazing II]

Letting Martinelli go is looking crazier by the minute. At best we're telling him to have a packed suitcase and passport handy just in case. Which will be great for his confidence if we decide to hold onto him in the end.

[Peter]

Letting Martinelli go is looking crazier by the minute. At best were telling him to have a packed suitcase and passport handy just in case. Which will be great for his confidence if we decide to hold onto him in the end.

I dont think it is the worst idea in the world. I loke Martinelli and I know he is a good player. But he is not suited to playing on the left flank in this side and Arteta wont play him centrally. So, I dont really see him rediscovering his form.

The worry is that we will use Eze on the left, which wont work.

[All Guns Blazing II]

Well, it's going to be Eze or yet another last minute chelsea cast off. For all his flaws I'd rather settle for martineli.

[Peter]

Well, it's going to be Eze or yet another last minute chelsea cast off. For all his flaws I'd rather settle for martineli.

Or even worse. Rashford

[pjlincs]

Or even worse. Rashford

If you made me choose between Eze and Rashford the answer would have to be Martinelli. Though he's likely to be feeling a tad unloved if he ends up staying.