I’ve heard from 3 separate sources (one inside Arsenal) that Sven Mislintat will leave Arsenal, some reporting by the end of the month.
This is a stunning development.
The exDortmund scout has been the great white hope of the Arsenal rebirth, the one truly exceptional hire the club made under the doomed tenure of Ivan Gazidis.
I have no idea why he’s leaving, so I’ll speculate. You’d have to imagine it’s either because he doesn’t see a future at a club like Arsenal that’s in such turmoil, or he’s had a very big fallout with Vinai and Raul. I’m leaning towards him leaving as he’d just been promoted, but you never know.
There’s the possibility that he’s butted heads with Unai Emery in the same way he fell out with Thomas Tuchel. The Spaniard clearly has preferred players he wants to bring to the club. Denis Suarez, Ever Banega, and Yannick Carrasco have the odor of Emery as I can’t imagine for one moment Sven would be pushing for journeyman hacks lost in their careers.
There will no doubt be a lot of finger pointing toxifying the boardroom. The club has no real leadership with the absurd shared model of power they’ve adopted, so it’s possible Sven has taken the bullet for the subpar execution of the Arsenal rebirth. It’s probably not difficult to be unimpressed with some of his early signings. He leant hard into exDortmund players at huge expense to the club.
Regardless of the reason, it’s pretty clear why we’re not buying players this January.
This is a very bad look for Arsenal. We appear directionless on the pitch and now it seems the dreams we had of being united off it are a long way from the truth. My big concern is that we’re heading into an incredibly important summer with Emery being the only true footballing man at the club. His record at PSG for picking players was less than impressive, if he’s steering the ship now, we really are heading down a mediocre path.
I’ll be back with more thoughts tomorrow.
UPDATE: My story was 100% correct, Rapha Honigstein confirmed with ESPN. Just to be clear, I verified rumours shared by two disconnected fans. I wouldn’t have run the story if I wasn’t sure it was true.
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Hands up who thinks Salah is a cheating diving cunt and there’s an “agenda” involving the refs, the media, and the football pundits to throw Liverpool the league this season?
Me & my Manc mate reckon there definitely is.
RT
“The 80% of foreigners which make up the Premier league seem to manage too.”
Yes ,you are correct
Amelka, Kanu, Overmars, Petit, Jens, henry, edu, toure, Vieira,pires , freddie L,
Cesc, ,adebayor
Yeah – all Wenger signings too!
The ‘jewel in the crown’ was a Rioch signing..lol
Speaking of which; my Manc mate and I have been discussing the Emery and Ole G situation and his take on it is this: Ole G has inherited a much better squad with a lot more money spent since Fergie left and after Maureen took over, with vastly better players. The team were underperforming because of Maureen’s negative style and poor man management and didn’t employ an attacking man utd philosophy. The improvement under Ole G has been easy for him by picking the right team and letting them play with an attacking mentality. Also being an ex player and… Read more »
Rt
Well spotted
I did deliberately committed Denis…
Omitted
Charlie GeorgeJanuary 15, 2019 23:55:17 Negation I know. But we’ve dismissed those two (Ever and Denis) soooooooooooooo quickly. Page 1. Never buy players that are not as good as the ones you have. Banega and Suarez fit that category ! They are only coming. Because Emery wants to entrench his position Not to make Arsenal better.! Christ, Lol! Speaking of agendas here comes Charlie George. Benega and Suarez would improve us because they’re better than Mikhi and Iwobi by a country mile. Arguably not what we need going forward but still better than some of what we have. “They are… Read more »
“What my manic mate thinks” = what I think disguised as an impartial view
Bottom line is pretty simple, if Wenger was all of the things people have mentioned in his last few seasons (no tactics, careless, arrogant, no plan, clueless etc) then a competent manager should’ve seen an upturn just by virtue of being a better manager.
Otherwise what was the point of replacing Wenger?
@marko
You’ve already been put in your place, stay there.
Fuck off c.c you really are starting to show yourself as a whiny little bitch. You just can’t take it can you? I’ll get him to come on here tomorrow and tell you himself ffs
Don’t Freudian transfer your shitty way of thinking on me, just because you lie and bullshit talk a load of bollocks to suit your agenda doesn’t mean everyone else does.
John Cross has come out tonight with the suggestion that the problem with Mislintat may have been caused by the club looking to appoint Edu as Technical Director. According to Cross Mislintat wanted the role.
Benny
Nice outburst. Can’t take what exactly?
What I find amusing is the levels some stoop to in order to process a POV. Your random manc pal is precisely that, he’s not speaking on behalf of all neutral fans and you’ve chosen to share that anecdote because it pushes an agenda you yourself have.
I’m sure many a poster could drop similar stories about impartial fans ripping the piss into them because Emery is ‘Wenger 2.0’ or ‘worse than’ previous.
What is a technical director! What does it do
Just get Dein and Wenger back in Dof positions
Maybe Southgate as manager
Ramsey captain
AMN vice captain.
CG
I’ll tell you what I’m at my sons rainy football practice right now he’s eight years old but I’m sure someday he’ll make a fine attacking midfielder he is a bit undersized but he’s a smart player I’ll have him join Arsenal and then the good times bro will start to role you’ll see . However he is a yank. Hope you will forgive 😝
On a different matter I spoke today to a Sports Journalist who knows Arsenal’s set up quite well. He is personally a fan of both Emery and Dennis Suarez and wants to see both at Arsenal. I explained my view of both to him. He believes also that Ozil is on his way out of club sooner or later, because of Emery’s opinion about the player. However, the I asked the journalist to provide a solution to the problem he was unable to come up with viable option. As far as I am concerned the solution is to play Ozil… Read more »
Sf
What is a technical director! What does it do?
I asked the same question!!!
See we are not that different.
Sf
I have nothing against yanks
I thought roy wegerle of QPR was an amazing talent!
It those little la liga cast offs- no te gusta!
There are some rumours that Suarez and Carrasco are the two we want and are trying hard to make it work. There might be some way to get a loan for Suarez but with an obligation not option to buy and Carrasco is an issue with wages which might explain the sudden urgency in trying to sell players.
CG
I’m going to send emery a highlight reel from my
iPhone and lets see. Can anyone on heee offer some connections to the club for their youth programs?
You’ve already been put in your place, stay there.
…so what your “mate” said about Raul is a secret. How convenient
Otherwise what was the point of replacing Wenger?
And there it is. Not an apologist and never makes excuses. Sure he wanted Allegri all along…
Sf
I have some acquaintances here in Johannesburg. Local teams always on the look out for new recruits.
Standard is getting better year on year
Marko
Again.. I’m not remotely interested in pandering to you, you’re a cynical fuckwit who spends his time chirping up the inside leg of folk on here.
“Otherwise what was the point of replacing Wenger?
And there it is. Not an apologist and never makes excuses. Sure he wanted Allegri all along…”
And there it is… Marko displaying his keen ability to remain the dumbest person in the room at all times. Context? Who needs the stuff.
What was the point in getting rid of Wenger Charles? Might be tough for you to answer but at least try
Marko, what is it with you and sass? Lot of angst…
Marko Follow an entire comment for a change. If someone is keen to dismiss the role of a manager actually applying their managerial skills (this case it’s a chorus of ‘what can Emery do with those players’), then the most obvious question is why did we change Wenger by that logic? You can’t spend 5 years claiming Wenger was fucking dogshite as a coac, then when a ‘better’ one comes in and we drift/regress claim it’s all about the players. Is Emery a better manager than Wenger? If yes then we should be able to see the difference in the… Read more »
Pedro it’s more sarcasm. And I don’t appreciate comments disappearing either. Charles can take it he’s the Don around here when gambon goes to sleep
So what was the point in replacing Wenger then Charlie?
The narrative is woefully inconsistent because folk are desperately defending Emery in the face of abject failure to progress us.
The assumption would be that whoever came in next would be given more than 6 months and one window to address a woeful squad but apparently not.
“The assumption would be that whoever came in next would be given more than 6 months and one window to address a woeful squad but apparently not.“
“Address a woeful squad” sounds like a head scouts role in our current setup.
Is Emery a ‘better’ manager than Wenger? If yes then we should see exactly where and how. It’s such an obvious one, hiding behind inferior players is a total sidestep of that.
Charlie George, You can’t polish a turd. The reason we’re not seeing massive improvement is because of what Lord Wenger left us with, it’s not that difficult to understand. You’re also criticising the potential signings of Benega and Suarez, and rightly so, but attributing them to Emery with no evidence whatsoever. Pedro’s scoop and the subsequent news feeding from it proves that the signings were of Raul and Sven and not Emery despite your clear agenda of trying to undermine Emery because of your still hurting from Wenger being given the boot. You even go as far as saying bring… Read more »
W-inner of 3 league titles
E-mirates Stadium
N-o one has more FA Cups!
G-ravitas, always
E-exasperating- stayed far too long
R-rooney dive- stopped the 50!
Invincible…
Emery is a better manager than Wenger yes because he’s won European trophies, Wenger didn’t.
More points away from home already than from the whole of last season.
This season isn’t even over yet so let’s use the tried and tested Wenger mantra and judge Emery in May.
Charlie George too.”Yes ,you are correctAmelka, Kanu, Overmars, Petit, Jens, henry, edu, toure, Vieira,pires , freddie L, Cesc, ,adebayor Yeah – all Wenger signings too! So your English rhetoric is not applicable if the signings were Wenger signings? By the way, Wenger was at the club for 2 fucking decades, don’t you think even a complete moron would get a few signings right when they make 100+ in their tenure? As for benega and Suarez, right now both these players give me more than Ozil or Mikki which in itself is a better state of affairs than we are in.… Read more »
Charlie George, fair play I’m trying to come up with a better set of acronyms but am struggling!
Bd
Come on boyo
Good for the brain
U can
Go with your guts..
Right so as you know we have a squad that has finished 5th and 6th place the last two seasons that wasn’t a fluke we have a squad that is without doubt a 5th or 6th best in England. There’s not a manager in the world who could come in and make them a champions league team or title winners. There’s players who start here who at other clubs would be squad players at best and there’s players who play regularly here who should be playing for a club in the lower half of the league. There’s also players who… Read more »
E – European trophy winner
M – More points away than last season
E – Energy & enthusiasm
R – Really should judge him in May
Y – You can’t polish Wenger’s leftover tyres
Boomshaka laka!!
Lol!
* ffs turds! You can’t polish Wenger’s leftover turds!!
I hate the way the comments box changes your spellings!
E – European trophy winner
M – More points away than last season
E – Energy & enthusiasm
R – Really should judge him in May
Y – You can’t polish Wenger’s leftover turds
Boomshaka laka!!
Lol!
“Right so as you know we have a squad that has finished 5th and 6th place the last two seasons that wasn’t a fluke we have a squad that is without doubt a 5th or 6th best in England. There’s not a manager in the world who could come in and make them a champions league team or title winners“ So it wasn’t a Wenger issue, it was a recruitment issue by your logic. Give the same group of players as last season to Pep this season and we’d be a visibly better side because he’s levels better than Wenger… Read more »
Ok ok bd.
No one Is right or wrong in this world
…Just keep on blagging- like all of us
Been doing for 50 years +
Exactly what Raul and Emery are doing as we speak.
Charlie George,
Fair play; you have your opinion and I have mine, I respectfully yield for the night.
I look forward to Pedro’s further scoop tomorrow.
Blog of love people.
I agree with Marko and Champagne Charlie,
The recruitment by Wenger since RVP left has been woeful and will need a very long time to rectify.
But, I absolutely agree that give those exact same players to Pep, Klopp, Poch, Fergie and we’d be a better team.
Hmmmm……. you’ve got me there, I think I understand where Charlie George, Pedro and gambon are coming from.
Ok. But I still think we should judge him in May.
I’ve posted several times recently that I felt there were problems with Sven, Raul and Vinai and individually I’ve questioned their worth, so this scoop from Pedro is more expected than a shock revelation. The DM adds its thinking here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6595249/Arsenal-head-recruitment-Sven-Mislintats-position-doubt-amid-unrest-scouting-department.html Why are Rowley and Remi still used as consultants? This from the Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/01/15/sven-mislintats-arsenal-future-doubt-reports-former-midfielder/ I said yesterday we need a strong leader to run not only the club and deal with Kroenke, but lead a united management team in implementing short and long term plans. Under Vinai the club is rudderless and too many are scrapping for power with… Read more »
The same Arsenal “supporters” that tolerated Wenger bulshit year after year, that tolerated the League cup loss to Birmingham, dropping from 2nd to 4th in a series of defeats and draws to relegation fodder. That tolerated the 6-0’s, the 5-1’s, the 8-2’s, the 4-0’s, the amazing comebacks against football powerhouses like Reading or Hull in FA cup final. That tolerated losing the league to Leicester…yes those same people…now want Emery out after 7 months! AHAHAHAHAHA Cover your faces in shit you idiots. You have to be seriously deluded to think any manager can do better with our current squad. It’s… Read more »
A must read’- very insightful article by the brilliant Paul Hayward in the telegraph about Emery/Ozil//Ramsey.
Basically Emery thinks individualism is Zero.
The team should be a Non descript running machine devoid of maverick flair .
Hence the hounding of Ozil and Rambo
Football should always be joy.!
Ozil brings it.( sporadically)
Rambo does ( about May time in nw9 and others months too)
Wenger for all his myriad faults strived too!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/01/15/sven-mislintat-exciting-major-pillars-new-arsenal-rise/
If the rumour is true and Bayern have been chatting to Sven I can’t blame him for leaving.
Arsenal budget £0
Bayern bidding £35m for teenagers.
Which would you rather about for?
You can now understand why Wenger preferred a one-man show
Lol Pedro breathe Suarez and carrasco may or may not be what we want or need but they’re hardly ‘hacks’ and Suarez is not a journeyman even if carrasco might be. Anyway regarding Sven I think this is terrible for the club, firstly because I do believe he was bringing genuine value and secondly because we are such an unstable mess We hear a lot about how attractive we are as a club, the resources we have etc. I know it sounds like doom mongering but I actually think we are standing on the precipice of long term mid table… Read more »
Sven leaving at this time just shows Stan K is not the big cat in the house.
He is the big ABSENT cat in the house.
And he is only big in not spending $$.
There are people here who think stab isn’t doing too badly right now whilst: 1) the club is in a state of absolute poverty 2) the squad sucks 3) the new manager divides opinion (I’m on the fence personally) 4) the CEO just jumped ship 5) senior management are also jumping ship 6) power struggles behind the scenes 7) no clear vision for the club 8) downtrodden fan base with lower attendance at matches 9) probably won’t achieve our objective of making the top 4 10) absentee owner The house is on fire. The only person who can call the… Read more »
Tony
Agree with you Tony, Stan is making the same mistake he did during the Wenger and Ivan tenure.
This time round, it is doubly weird since he is 100% owner.
So the Spanish lads push out the German lad and appoint a South American to take his place.
Who’s next? Per Mertesacker?
The only silver lining is that maybe, and it is a stretch I know, the final bits of dysfunctionality can go out of the window and now the entire management team is pulling in the same direction.
the word disaster gets thrown around all the time these days, largely thanks to Trunp over using it, but I’m afraid our current club is an absolute frickin disaster
We are currently one of the poorest run clubs in the top tier European football.
Dark hei I hope you’re right because otherwise it’s only getting worse
China1
Lol, we are trying our best to Trump, Trump and out bait-click Brexit by creating an even more spectacular shit show.
Hei I have to admit when I saw the news I did have to laugh
The UK has made a total balls up of the whole process from start to finish. This isn’t me saying stay or leave is better but that the process wasn’t thought about carefully and it was all rushed through. Now it’s a clusterfuck and the rest of the world is bemused by the British and this mess. It’s honestly embarrassing to keep explaining it to my Chinese colleagues
At least you folks do not have Donald J Trump leading your nation.
Things could be worse
Guns sooner or later we will have Boris ‘Bojo’ Johnson as PM. And when that happens there will be little practical difference between the two of us in terms of leadership buffoonery
anyway, Its all about what Raul says to Kronke- either Jr or Sr. It will not be Sven, or Emery….. Raul is the person in charge the DOF Lets see what he does. If the rift with Sven, is about players and costs, then lets see this battle play out. I would say that Emery and Raul might make Sven feel a little uncomfortable but TBF, I have not been uber impressed with Sven thus far. It would be interesting to see who he “targeted”. If its Pepe, Aoaur, Williams, Lozano, etc that would be great! Hhaha I doubt it… Read more »
Donnie boy is just buying time before the inevitable impeachment process happens. The US Senate will vote against, but if the House moves with this, then its already a dead man walking come 2020 elections
The club relying on Raul Sanllehi and his extensive list of contacts is not a good thing. This means more direct dealings with agents, which means more agent’s fees. You can do that when you’re Barça/Real/PSG and signing Neymar for for 150m euros and paying his entourage 50m on top.
What a terrific point Dark Hei- has made about Per Mertesacker.
Big Per and Ozil both ex Werder Bremen
And presumably well acquainted with the outgoing Dortmund Eye…
Sack the Spaniards
Promote the Germans ,me thinks.
CG
At this stage we are in……I think it is to back the ones that won the political war.
One lesson from Brexit is that you can’t be in and out.
If the Spanish guys win, back them with their loan signing of Ever Benega and friends (yikes!). And if they get Cesc to run the academy (lol!) so be it.
The ship might be sailing the wrong way but still far better than moving back and forth on the same spot with a whirlpool right next to us.
The ship might be sailing the wrong way but still far better than moving back and forth on the same spot with a whirlpool right next to us
Amen to this
Dark
Hei.
Only Spanish guys I am backing are Bellerin and Arteta
I won’t be backing Emery and Raul.
Seen enough of them – to know they are unfit for Our Arsenal.
China1
Where have you been the last decade or so?
“We have been one of the poorest run clubs in the top tier of European Football” since we moved to the Emirates.
One disaster after another.
China1
Not the UK, just our pathetic politicians.
You could have got a team of well rounded, hard working, everyday citizens together and they would have sorted the whole process out within months.
Europe always had our lot by the short and curlies. We should have told them to piss off long ago.
Guns of SF Sven hasn’t been pulling up trees, but maybe he’s been over ruled on his intended selections by the Spanish inquisition: Emery & Raul. If Edu gets hired then The Club’s first management language is likely to be Spanish. We maybe a big club but we’re run on a petty minded basis where people are more for themselves than the club’s and paying fans best interests. You have to ask why Raul was pushed out of Barca? Is his untold contacts really an asset for the club or him? Having contacts is one thing, but using them to… Read more »
Ornstein & Lawrence both suggesting Sven has been sidelined to an extent since Gazidis left. gets on well with Emery but has a different approach to Sanllehi, who is more old school. sounds like we’re losing the wrong guy.
Amazingly there are many so called experts in the game, who still feel Arsenal are a well run club.
Since 2006, this has never been the case.
By all accounts losing Misilntat is bad. The man has an eye for talent , scouting players before they get the spotlight is key for our team. Sanllehi contacts wont be enough .
Tony ‘You have to consider why Vinai (a commercials & sponsorship specialist) is leading the club without real leadership experience’ Actually you need to get your facts right. Vinai isn’t too young for that role. It’s not uncommon for 30-ish year old phenoms to fill a CFO role. Essentially, Vinai’s role is that of the chief financial officer. It’s a co-leadership with Raul who handles the football aspect of the club. The scouting would have been under Raul’s authority, nothing to do with Vinai. We do not know what transpired between them. The transition from Wenger was botched the day… Read more »
Gazidis set up the footballing back room team right; old school guy who relies on extensive contacts vs new school man who relies on meta data. They were supposed to clash heads in a team to arrive at the right answer for the right player acquisition. They were brought in as equal members to report to Gazidis. who controlled as aspects of the club. Gazidis then stepped in the path of his own success and decided to leave creating the mess because the old school,gut was selected to lead 100% of the footballing aspects of the club so now Sven… Read more »
Dissenter If it’s a co-leadership with Raul then it has plenty to do with Vinai. Vinai is 50% responsible for running the club and making decisions or is it just Raul you say? But thank you for educating me in ways of corporate business and what I posted earlier in the Sven links. Where would I be without you Dissenter because I only had 20 years in senior management in international business working with some of the world’s biggest conglomerates maybe I should have kept my eyes open more. Then a further 15 years as a consultant. Feel free to… Read more »
Winter is coming…
Tony The role of technical football director isn’t under Vinai’s ambit. Vinai’s is the financial guy while Sanllehi takes care of ALL football operations. You’re pointing the finger at the wrong guy. It’s like blaming the director of football because Arsenal missed out on a sponsorship deal to Leicester. Isn’t that obvious to you? Sorry your ego is offended because I wasn’t seeking to question your extensive experience across several continents. You were directing your angst at the wrong person. If you’re going to blame anyone, blame Gazidis who didn’t have the integrity to know he would have to supervice… Read more »
Reading some of the comments on this thread and indeed the previous one really shows just how confused and indeed contradictory some of the follow up comments are. Firstly the finances. Based on AST projections the profit for the year ending on 31/5/2018 was that there was likely to have been an operating loss of £44 million it was only the fact that a profit from player sales of around £115 million turned that loss into a profit of around £70 million which is very close to the sum that was spent at the start of current season. In wage… Read more »
Slint January 16, 2019 02:13:24 The same Arsenal “supporters” that tolerated Wenger bulshit year after year, that tolerated the League cup loss to Birmingham, dropping from 2nd to 4th in a series of defeats and draws to relegation fodder. That tolerated the 6-0’s, the 5-1’s, the 8-2’s, the 4-0’s, the amazing comebacks against football powerhouses like Reading or Hull in FA cup final. That tolerated losing the league to Leicester…yes those same people…now want Emery out after 7 months! AHAHAHAHAHA Cover your faces in shit you idiots. You have to be seriously deluded to think any manager can do better… Read more »
The poorest club like Arsenal,
must not let Sven Mislintat out. He is diamond eyed can only buy a potential player at a low price. you may judge from Dortmund club strength .
Arsenal the owner is one of the reach est in the world , the club is one of the poorest among top 10 premier league clubs.
any differences must be settled by negotiation only.