Poor Auba. Personally liked him, just thought he seems to have lost his way, and I know the situation was tricky with his mom but you know, if you need to work things out, you do, you dn't just surprise your club -- I know Arteta has bigger reasons and Arsenal need to toughen their stance with errant players who've been bullying the club.
I dislike Konate as well - he is physically super strong but he's so clumsy and reckless. Still, of course he's superior to Phillips - Phillips is a Championship-level player. He was huge for us last season though - I fully agree with that and I really appreciate him for that. Nevertheless - no emotions in football and he has to go, there is no place for him here.
Williams is a tricky one - I thought he's going to be great but he hasn't really developed in the last few years. Maybe he just needs more minutes - with Trent it will be impossible to get them here. We will probably cash in to strengthen elsewhere and cover RB position with either Gomez or one of the midfielders in case of emergency.
Yeah, his best games were against direct opponents, but those aren't are toughest games. He's physical, he's strong as you say, but I was really surprised we still went for him despite him playing quite badly against us on both legs when he was still at Leipzig. I thought that proved he wasn't a fit -- but then yeah, I'm not saying he can't improve, he's still very young for a CB, 8 more years to get to VVD's age, I suppose one could point to 22 yr old VVD who was just as clumsy (and had a temper to boot).
Speaking of youngsters, can't wait for Elliott to come back.
There is one summer transfer I thought might happen in January I know is wishful thinking but I wanted a British guy to join our ranks, another stealth Liverpool buy.