GOOAL! SATURDAY VISION, July 8, 2017 3 PREMIERSHIP PLAYER TRANSFERS Which player do you want your club to sign?

Joe Ssalongo (Arsenal supporter) - Arsenal is my favourite NEWEST club. But we are still lacking especially on the attacking line and I think that French striker Alexandre Lacazette, if we brought him, will add value to our team.

Paul Mayombwe GUNNER (Manchester United supporter) - We have the Lacazette smashes club record potential to sign Borussia Dortmund’s Julian Weigl and former Chelsea striker Romelu match,” Lacazette told the club’s offi cial new team-mates in the coming days as Lukaku, currently with Everton, website. they continue their pre-season prepa- ❝I am, of course, and I think the coach is spot “I want to show I’m worthy of the shirt. rations ahead of the upcoming tour of on about those players. We will I want to do everything I can to make Australia, where they will play their fi rst delighted and win the Premiership if we get sure we win titles.” two warm-up games against Sydney and them with another young player “I am, of course, delighted and very very proud too Western Sydney Warriors. The Gunners to replace Wayne Rooney who proud too because Arsenal is a legend- will then head to China for pre-season because Arsenal is is now aging. ary club,” Lacazette added. friendlies against Bayern Munich and “Throughout my childhood, thanks to a legendary club.’ Chelsea before returning to and other French players, London for the Emirates Peter Kato (Arse- I always dreamed of playing for this club Cup. prove to be just as prolifi c in England, as nal supporter) - We so today that dream has been fulfi lled.” Arsenal chase their fi rst have bought Alexandre Arsene Wenger believes Lacazette title since 2004. Lacazette and he is a can help the Gunners challenge for the “We are very happy to have Alexan- good player whom I think Premier League, and the France inter- dre join our group,” Wenger said. will perform better than national is relishing the chance to work ”He has shown over a . However under the long-time Arsenal manager. number of years that he can we need a goalkeeper ”The fact that the manager has been score goals and that he is a because Petr Cech is here for a while shows that it is a stable very effi cient fi nisher. As aging and he concedes club which I like,” he said. well, he has very inter- cheap goals. “In addition there are quite a few esting technical qualities French players here, which makes it eas- and a strong character. ier to settle in. In my opinion, Arsenal is “So he is a guy who is also the club that plays the best football Richard Twahir a great addition for us, in England so I really wanted to come (Liverpool supporter) - and someone who will here.” We have not been very help us challenge at the top Lacazette scored 37 goals in all com- active in the market save for level this season.” petitions in his fi nal season at and Dominic Solanke (Chel- Lacazette will meet up with his Wenger is hoping his new signing will sea) and Mohamed Salah (Roma) whom we have signed. I think we need a player like Emmanuel Mam- mana from Lyon to become a solid team. I don’t think that RB Lepzig Naby Lukaku reunited with the Special One Keita, whom we are chasing, is good enough in our mid- Mourinho was said to have season but he turned it down, field like Steven Gerard who become increasingly exasperat- saying he wanted to move on used to be very creative. ed by United’s lack of progress to another level. in the market this week but This alerted several clubs to whether that was part of a his availability with Chelsea Muhamed Ssenteza smokescreen while the club initially the favourites but (Manchester United sup- moved to snare Lukaku is Mourinho — who enjoys porter) – We should bring unclear. excellent relations with from Barcelona and Mourinho sold him to Ever- his agent Mino Raio- Diego Costa from Chelsea ton in 2014 for £28m when la — looks to have to our squad. I think Wayne the Portuguese coach was in snatched him Rooney is now aging and it his second spell as Chelsea from under is time to start looking for manager. Conte’s nose. replacements. Neymar and Everton had offered the Costa are good goal scorers former Anderlecht star the Lukaku who can lift our team to wanted most lucrative contract in the great heights. Champions club’s history after he scored League Compiled by Johnson Were 25 Premier League goals last football