SPINNING PLATES
The transfer window feels like it’s dragging because we’re looking at Arsenal.com wondering where all the new men’s signings are. We’ve had a year to plan for the summer, and all we have to show for it is a Fabrizio ‘here we go’ for Kepa and Zubimendi.
The meat on the BBQ we want to tuck into is striker-shaped, but as far as we know, the package hasn’t even been pulled out of the fridge.
One of the stratagems being pushed around is that Andrea Berta likes to set plates spinning before he decides which set of porcelain to purchase. The benefits of this approach are that he gets all the financials of the various players, he creates leverage of sorts by messaging to cash-hungry clubs that his £80m can go in many different directions, and it keeps the agents on the edge of their seats.