Tongues wagging super hard that Allegri has the milkshake that’ll bring Ivan to the yard.
Myles Palmer and a few others are saying he’s Josh and Ivan’s total favourite, and that’ll we’ll go hard to bring the dreamy Italian over this summer.
A few things to undampen those red and white panties.
There will be such thing as a favourite at this point in time, but there’s no way we’re anywhere near hiring yet.
A few reasons why.
Firstly, we only fired Wenger a week and a half ago, his caterpillar coat isn’t even cold yet. The club were very keen to stress that they wanted to run a proper search and select process, and that’s no doubt what they’ll be doing.
The only people I’d imagine they’ve had serious meetings with thus far would be the managers out of a job. I’d expect they’ve had formal conversations with Enrique, possibly Carlo who met with a club at a Rome hotel last week, maybe even Tommy Tuchel and certainly Pards.
As for the rest of the managers on our hotlist, no way.
The club will be hiring based on an in-depth interview. This won’t be a ‘do I like the cut of his jib’ hire. This will be the sort of role a decent manager will want to prepare for. No way Allegri has been moonlighting between games to speak to Ivan Gazidis. Well, that’s my educated guess. It’d look pretty shoddy if an elite manager was caught on the roof of Shoreditch House crushing watermelon margs with Ivan and Raul in a pair of swanky Speedos.
Sure, we may have sounded out his agent, but I’d imagine most decent managers in jobs will be waiting until the season is over before sliding knee deep into interviews.
I could be totally wrong of course, but I think the forest fire of speculation around 15 or so managers we’re interested in is likely the sort of PR Arsenal were hoping for. Truth is, no one has a fucking clue what the club is up to at the moment.
That said, I think I made a mistake in stating Allegri was off the radar, I misread his quotes. He’s apparently still available, and the club would be utterly mad not to have him at the top of the list.
- He has stage presence
- He can rejuvenate old players
- He can shape young one’s
- He’s not afraid to bomb of bad actors, even if they’re incredible players (Bonnucci)
- He’s a winner
- He’s used to working in a structure
- He has an abundance of experience and he knows how to deal with the pressure of a big job, and the pressure of a nurturing a big name
Signing him would be an absolutely exquisite move. Without doubt, he’s the best coach we could hire, and one of the few who could go toe-to-toe with Pep Guardiola for thinking.
A lot of people are fussing over us hiring a young manager because we’re cheap. As a Grover in the comments smartly said… the club hired the best scout on the planet as head of recruitment, and they have a Sporting Director who signed Neymar and Suarez. We’re not going to go cheap on a manager.
However, it’s worth noting, Juve work at break-even season after season, they are no big spenders.
The worry would be that Allegri isn’t going to be working with players who have elite mentalties and a strong work ethic. He’d have to build a winning culture from nothing. He’s have to spend a year explaining how football in 2018 is played. It’d be a very tough job he might not have the patience for… but look, his salary is £6m, amazing what the lure of London and a pay bump can do for persuasion (also been learning English).
Myles made the suggestion that Arsenal should grant Allegri all the power he demands because Chelsea fucked it with Conte by restricting his decision making (Chelsea refute this). My view is if Allegri wants too much power, we should look elsewhere. Arsenal needs to be run properly, the manager is a cog. We cannot allow a king ever again. Conte is a prime example of what can happen when a manager rules by ego, he alone fucked Cheslea’s season, you knew it was coming based on the preseason preparation. We cannot hire a manager who thinks they are bigger than the club. It is an honour to manage The Arsenal, it is not an honour for us to have anyone as a manager. Always remember that.
I’m very excited to hear we’re considering Paulo Fonseca, Shaktar play great football (good read here), and his resume has all the key items we’re looking for… can do a lot with a little, tactically flexible, a developer of talent, and someone who has managed to go beyond the last 16 of the CL.
I think The Mail have our shortlist at 14 names, they have Rui Faria on there, the pugnacious assistant of Jose Mourinho… disgusting.
Anyway, we’ll search high and low and I’m hoping the decision is a really good one.
Gut says Ivan Gazidis and Josh want to do something PR worthy like the LA Rams did in America. I’d say Raul probably wants to go for someone experienced. Sven, someone German because that’s the smartest guess I could make. Again, who knows, I’m just shooting in the dark like the rest of you.
Just don’t fall for the people telling you who it’s going to be, because I know that much for sure, the club are doing this properly… it’s been a long time coming for Ivan, no way he’s going to rush this decision.
Right, that’s me tapping out. See you in the comments.
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Thanks groovey – I don’t want to read any excuses from DM , if I can wake up naturally to the sound of birdsong whilst being on a 2 week break from work , and take the only meaningful titles that anything Arsenal related has to offer , then I really think he should up his game ….
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Buckhurst
Nice one mate, but if you’d been paying attention, I’ve stated time and time again that I can’t compete if the posts are at 10am. I’m almost always driving at that time. If Pedro sorted his time zone settings out so it knew the correct time (you’ll notice it think we’re posting an hour earlier than we are) then maybe the post would be up at 9am again and I’d have you all in my pocket 😉
I am late to the party.
Nice one Buckhurst
‘It is an honour to manage The Arsenal, it is not an honour for us to have anyone as a manager. Always remember that.’
Wow, good one Pedro.
Good luck with an Arteta or someone of that ilk then.
Arsenal fans need to wake up and smell the coffee. The club is not as attractive as you fool yourself to believe. We’re not the dominant force in English football, we’re slumming it in Europa level, we run on a limited budget, our squad is mostly second-rate.
“Arsenal fans need to wake up and smell the coffee. The club is not as attractive as you fool yourself to believe. We’re not the dominant force in English football, we’re slumming it in Europa level, we run on a limited budget, our squad is mostly second-rate.”
This is all completely wrong.
Yeah agreed. From a prestigious point of view, managing Arsenal is one of the top jobs you can get outside of the Spanish clubs and United. Liverpool were in a worse position when they got Klopp, both trophy-wise and playing-squad wise. Managers would jump at the chance to manage Arsenal.
Ancelotti has just pulled away from the Italian NT role because he’s hoping for Arsenal to call.
Rumours that Zeljko Buvac, Klopp’s right hand man who has just left Liverpool, is in the frame to take over at Arsena next season. It’s all a circus atm.
The rumour about Buvac is that he’s also in line to be Pep’s right hand mind at City, which would then free up Arteta. Fair to say nobody knows what’s happening atm.
Rambo
Barça, Madrid, United ,Juve and Arsenal would be top 5 choices of most managers in the world.
gambon, no its completely right.
Take off the Arsenal tinted glasses, put emotion to the backseat and think about this logically.
Which employer currently employs Allegri?
The biggest club in Italy, one of the biggest in the World, home to some of the best players in the business.
Which employer wants to employ Allegri?
A club struggling in midtable mediocrity, with a squad that needs a major rehaul but operating on a model that severely restricts spending power.
Now think, when and why do you change jobs? What factors influence your decision making.
Ramsey
We have far more fans than Juve, far more money, are in a far bigger league.
Its not 1990 any more, Arsenal are a much bigger concern than Juventus.
gambon is preparing a rebuttal to Ramsey as we speak.
As usual nobody knows what goes on at Arsenal – except (one assumes) the CEO. My belief is that he decided on a new manager last summer but was over-ruled by the absentee owner.
Since then he has prepared the ground for a new manager this summer, with impressive additions to the management staff. And as part of that process, one imagines that he surely must have decided who Wenger’s replacement will be.
Ramsey
Maybe Allegri just needs a new challenge in a major European city. We will also pay a lot more wages to the manager than Juve.
I do agree with you overall.. Arsenal is an impotent dwarf relative to Juventus.
I think the common consensus was that Gazidis and most of the board wanted Wenger gone last season but were overruled by Stan Kroenke. Apparently Allegri was first choice at the time and agreed to come but signed a new deal after Wenger’s new contract.What’s happened now is that his younger son Josh has taken on a more proactive role and has been in London for a few months deciphering how he wants to play it. Interesting to see how it plays out.
“I do agree with you overall.. Arsenal is an impotent dwarf relative to Juventus.”
Not in terms of financials, definitely not. Arsenal are more widely supported than Juve are too. All this brand and sponsorship contributes a lot in the modern game. Allegri is paid peanuts at Jube compared to what he’d earn at Arsenal.
My view is if Allegri wants too much power, we should look elsewhere.
Why would he look for that he doesn’t have it at Juve now. Same with Conte whatever about what’s happening with him at Chelsea at Juve he worked within a successful structure which Allegri inherited. What Arsene had is a thing of the past. Clubs have scouts, directors of football and managers and that’s how it is. They all work together take advice from each other and that’s it. No way everything goes through one man anymore
gambon,
If your remarks were about AC Milan, then certainly YES.
Juventus are in healthy shape. They can afford €90 million transfers fees for 29 year old attackers.
They will keep winning with or without Allegri, he knows this nd wants a new challenge.
Take off the Arsenal tinted glasses, put emotion to the backseat and think about this logically.
Gambon ain’t got tinted nothing he’s one of the club’s harshest critics but he’s right the Arsenal job is an attractive one. The squad and all that is so bad mostly because of one man if someone comes in fixes that and have us challenging again after the last 14 years he’ll be a legend.
Also, the idea that a manager wouldnt want to come to Arsenal because we’re 6th is ridiculous. Conte went to a 10th placed Chelsea, Mourinho went to a UEFA cup playing Man Utd. Klopp went to a Liverpool that had finished 7th. Top managers love the idea of making big changes to historically big teams, and putting their own stamp on them. If anything, Arsenes atrocious management in recent years will make us more attractive. We are based in the best City in Europe, we have one of the top stadiums in the game, we have huge revenues (albeit falling… Read more »
love that you think Myles Palmer is a credible source of information, Pedro.
“My view is if Allegri wants too much power, we should look elsewhere” Actually any manager of repute will want reassurances that the club won’t give 28 year old midfielders that no one else wanted a 350k weekly wage while we are in the Europa league. Any manager of repute will want a get-out clause should we decide to extend the contract of a certain 34 year old crooked midfielder when he’s asking for a beastly athletic midfielder. There’s always going to be that struggle between good managers and the faceless people who call the shots above him. We still… Read more »
United, Liverpool and Arsenal are historically the biggest 3 clubs in England. We might be going through a rough phase but any manager of note would know our standing in the game.
Yeah people should know by now not to trust that cretin Myles Palmer. He’s never been reputable.
Proper and thorough due diligence for the new manager is perfectly fine but can’t leave it too late that the transfer window and pre season could become jeopardised if the level of activities is anywhere close to what’s expected. Some of you might have been involved in transformation initiatives in large orgs, what Arsenal is attempting is no mean feat and such degree of change will need to be expertly managed to get some results. Plenty of in/outbound traffic on player front, reinterpreting culture and values, new operating model on/off fields, new technical staff on football and supporting roles, probably… Read more »
Charlie’s mate thinks Allegri’s on even Charles himself put money on it. Neither of them reputable? I rest my case
Exciting times as whoever it is improves us massively. Only 2 weeks of dr dickhead to suffer now and can actually look forward to a season, as opposed to knowing how it will pan out at the end of the last one. I hope the club don’t go ott at the Burnley game, as I have a horrible feeling there may be a parade of ex players etc etc walking round to an empty stadium. The post announcement reaction has been very subdued. I guess that may alter depending on how Thursday plays out.
My guess is a hire will be made right after the season finishes. If it’s Allegri they’ll wait until the last game of the season. Then it’s a massively busy summer for us. Between the world cup and the transfer window closing early August we’ve got no time to waste
Simple fact is Arsenal are not in good shape. Its a different matter with an unemployed coach but its gonna take a lot of persuasion and money to convince someone to move from Juventus to Arsenal. Make no mistake,its a massive downgrade. The challenge to take us back to top might be enticing, one that requires full backing from the board. You can bet any coach worth his salt will demand exactly that, complete freedom on the playing side of things and a big say in the transfer biz. If you want a big name coach, best be prepared to… Read more »
Happy workers day Grovers.
At the end of the day, its not a huge rush to bring a new manager in. The transfer window isnt open yet, and no-one is really signing players. The players all go on holiday from mid may to early July, world cup players wont be back until end July/start August. The club wont be making too many changes technically, that is Raul Sanllehis department now. The scouting, contracts, medical and fitness team are all in place already. Its just a new manager and his preferred coaches that need to come in. I think that will happen a few days… Read more »
‘Conte went to a 10th placed Chelsea, Mourinho went to a UEFA cup playing Man Utd. Klopp went to a Liverpool that had finished 7th’
Ridiculous comparisons.
Chelsea have great players, Chelsea are successful, there’s no lack of money at Chelsea.
United job, where you can waste millions and still get a blank cheque for the next window.
Klopp that had took Dortmund to near relegation and was sacked and unemployed.
What do any of these situations have in similarity with Arsenal’s chase of Allegri?
“Klopp that had took Dortmund to near relegation and was sacked and unemployed”
Didnt know 7th was “near relegation”
That means Arsenal are almost relegated.
Rambo
That isn’t a fact, that’s your opinion on matters. Don’t confuse the two.
You can’t claim Wenger is a wank coach and then when he leaves say the squad is wank. Which is it? Because it ain’t both or we’d be having beers with Stoke. We’re a few games away from top 4.
Arsenal has the infrastructure, revenue streams, global following, League prestige, and location going for us.
Denying any of that is pretty childish and/or ignorant. We’re arguably the most attractive club in the most attractive league, so talking of us like we’re some pub outfit is laughable.
Rambo
Arsenal Football Club is just as good of a footballing platform — in terms of prestige, history, revenue and fanbase — as Juventus.
That we are in sixth, that our squad needs work, that we weren’t in the CL this season; these things can be changed by a good manager.
While I can’t say whether Allegri will come to Arsenal, I can say that many top managers would relish the opportunity to rebuild at Arsenal, challenge for titles and prove their greatness. And Arsenal will provide them a great platform to do so.
gambon
Actually this summer transfer window is quite different because of the World Cup and that the window closes once the league kicks off.
We have foreign preseason games 8 days after the World Cup finals.
By now we ought to be signing the players (or types of players) that the new manger requires. We shouldn’t be doing our version of Arsenal idol.
Frankly, that list should be whittled own to 2-3 by now because we ought to be been searching discreetly over the past year.
Not having it one bit that Juve to Arsenal is a downgrade – maybe 25 years ago but not anymore
Liverpool have an excellent scouting team as well as contract negotiations
Even then, Klopp didn’t commit until he had assurances that he has full control of the first team and a big say on transfers; it’s called managers veto.
Any manager of repute will ask for the same. Good managers are also proud managers.
It’s only fair that the individual who gets the blame is things go south gets a say.
Champagne
Actually, pretty much everyone here thinks Wenger is wank and the squad is wank.
And one can very much say both without contradiction (though let’s note that “wank” is a relative term here).
Dissenter
Have we seen any transfers at all to big clubs yet?
I agree that we cant afford to hang around, but I doubt there will be any real transfer activity until the season ends.
Thats when I think we will announce our new manager, a day or two after the season finishes.
Between mid may and mid July, the only thing that will happen is transfers. No coaching will be going on.
Gazidis very purposefully put in a structure that didnt just revolve around one dithering, frightened old man, so that should help.
Rambo,
Managers assess clubs differently. They first look at the job challenge to see if they fit, they check the pay, the club reputation and history.
We tick all the boxes for Allegri and he wasvto come last season if Wenger had honouably retired.
Banford
Well maybe you should acknowledge what you just said about the word being a relative term; appreciate how I just inferred it as you detach yourself from my nutsack.
Firmino’s new contract at Liverpool is 150k weekly
Ozil’s is 300-350k weekly, even though we are in the Europa league.
Why shouldn’t a new manager want reassurances that the geniuses at Arsenal won’t undermine him with stupid decisions.
Charlie, ‘You can’t claim Wenger is a wank coach and then when he leaves say the squad is wank. Which is it?’ Yes, cause this matter just has to be an either-or Case. Wenger is wank AND the large part of our squad that he’s leaving behind are second-rate. Certainly nowhere near to the standards of a title winning team. Did you observe the ‘Best coach in the World’ Pep Guardiola get to work on the squad he inherited from Pellegrini, the title winning squad he inherited from Pellegrini? ‘We’re arguably the most attractive club in the most attractive league,… Read more »
Ive noticed David OLeary at almost every game we’ve played recently, in the Directors box.
Anyone think he might be joining as a director this summer?
We need more football knowledge on the board.
Klopp walks into Liverpool with excellent players like Firmino and Coutinho who were acquired for little money. He’ll think that “jeez, the scouting is good” What will a new manager think of the back room at Arsenal when he comes in ? Actually a reputable manger has to do good diligence as well in the interview process. It’s a two way street so the manager has tough questions to ask the interviewing team. He’s probably be wondering why should I trust the yahoos that wasted 90 miliion on a transfer window on three players that were all gash. He’ll be… Read more »
Yes, Bamford we provide a platform. We also have to provide complete freedom, bend over backwards as needed, if we want the biggest coaches to take the reigns. Cause that’s the situation we find ourselves in- a weak position.
Why would the very best agree to come work for a struggling side with both financial and decision-making restrictions?
That’s why I called out Pedro on his- ‘We are the Arsenal, it should be a pride for anyone to for us’ rhetoric.
**Lemar , not Lamar
He’s not even famous for iOS autocomplete, yet we famously bid 90 million for him.
Any top manager will undoubtedly know who Sven Mislintat and Raul Sanllehi are. Youre talking about the guy that found Kagawa, Lewandowski, Aubameyang, Weigl, Pulisic, Reus, Sokratis, Dembele, Hummlls and Gundogan. Sanllehi was Sporting Director at Barca for the last 15 years, a period where they won 4 CLs and were comopletely dominant in La Liga. He also was behind the signings of Suarez & Neymar, 2 of the biggest signings of all time. We have Darren Burgess, a very highly rated fitness guy, and Shad Forsyth, who was working with the WC winning German team. We own our own… Read more »
Why is Champagne always talking about others being on his nutsack? Because he thinks he is some big swinging dick here on Le Grove. In reality he’s a former AKB with all kinds of silly views, like rating Xhaka. Your remark to Rambo made no sense, guy; I pointed this out. You then somehow tried to claim my point as your own. Pointing out the silliness of someone’s remarks is not “hanging on their nutsack”. Otherwise that would be precisely what you were doing to me yesterday when you chimes in on my comments — except that my comments were… Read more »
The Gazidis-Sanlehi-Mislintat team isn’t tested yet enough to start dictating terms to a top manager.
Maybe when they have a league title, 1-2 CL semifinals and lots of low money acquisitions that turned to gold, then they can start making demands.
Until then the top manager has a major say. Even city got Guardiola exactly the players he wanted before he came in board.
Pedro likes to drop these “we are Arsenal” BS. He knows it raises pride and some kind of fighting spirit.
We are down looking up, not the other way around.
Rambo
When City hires Pep they knew full well he would want a sea change because HIS approach needs certain personnel that they simply didn’t have.
City were willing to do that because the have the finances. It’s the same reasons Arsenal aren’t suddenly going to change the style of the club and make those moves.
But don’t detract from what you were actually saying about our supposed inferiority to Juve. It wasn’t a matter of the squad.
* chimed
Gambon – David O’Leary is always there. Wouldn’t read much into it. It’s actually a surprise he’s been out of football for so long. Definitely wouldn’t be opposed to him being on the board.
“one dithering, frightened old man”
Awesome.
gambon You can’t take the parts of the mangermentteam in isolation. They have to have a winning history of working together before we consider them. Gazidis has been around for most of Wenger’s worst years…fact Mislintat worked well with Michael Zorc the DoF at Dortmund, it was a team effort. Sanllehi has a mixed history at Barca, most of his dealings turned out to be utter junk. Let’s wait and see how these folks do before we start attributing brilliance to them. Until then then a top manager ought to have a big say. It seems people are misinterpreting how… Read more »
We are around 5th or 6th in world club rankings with regards to wealth.in top 4/5 shirt sales.have a worldwide fan base which (Juve) can’t compare to.we are in the worlds foremost capital.we have one of the worlds best stadiums.we are minted & have two of the worlds richest men as shareholders.whats not to like or find attractive? The prestige & potential of reawakening a sleeping giant?no question.its the dbs of managerial jobs.
‘The Gazidis-Sanlehi-Mislintat team isn’t tested yet enough to start dictating terms to a top manager.’
Yeah, Chelsea have seen plenty success and still they are having trouble working with Conte.
Sven I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt but Sanhelli I’m sceptical of. Barca have spunked hundreds of millions recently and are still no closer to replacing Xavi and Iniesta.
“Why is Champagne always talking about others being on his nutsack?”
there are times Bamford’s worth the entry money all on his own.
Charlie, are you denying Arsenal’s inferiority to Juventus? I don’t know what to say.
Arsenal is not a downgrade to Juventus please.
Their playing team is in a better form. But we have most other things more than Juve.
‘We are around 5th or 6th in world club rankings with regards to wealth.in top 4/5 shirt sales.have a worldwide fan base which (Juve) can’t compare to.we are in the worlds foremost capital.we have one of the worlds best stadiums.we are minted & have two of the worlds richest men as shareholders.whats not to like or find attractive?’ I’m sorry but why in God’s name will a coach give a monkey’s about wealth or fan count or number of shirts sold? He’ll care more about the players he has to work with and how much the club are willing to… Read more »
Lets have some perspective, Barca are about to go through the season unbeaten and win la Liga again,
In Sanllehis time there they have won 4 x CLs and been dominant in La Liga.
Also, Sanllehi is not here to choose the targets, he’s here to buy them, as well as represent Arsenal at UEFA/FIFA level, something he’ll probably be more than qualified for.
If we sign shit players then its a scouting failure. We have Sven Mislintat, an international scouting team, as well as our own analytics company, so no excuses there.
Banford
Can still feel you down there, detach already.
Rambo
Yes I am, you’d be wise to appreciate the times as they are now. It’s not the mid 90’s, Serie A is a relic by comparison and Arsenal offer much more to a manager than Juventus
Ramsey “Yeah, Chelsea have seen plenty success and still they are having trouble working with Conte” Actually Conte is a very temperamental manager, he represents all the worst negative Italian stereotypes. He effectively texted a key player that helped him win his league title to “constructively fire” him before the season was over and he pissed off Matic so much that he moved to Mourhino for the same wages. You’ve ready player after player take public shots at him this season. He may be a good tactitician but is a very poor man manager. Conte has basically destroyed their back… Read more »
gambon,
“Lets have some perspective, Barca are about to go through the season unbeaten and win la Liga again”
C’mon man.
It’s mainly because of a certain 5’ 7” Argentine playing for them coupled with the La Masia pipe line that’s responsible for this. He was DoF for a club that shares co-dominance with Real for La Liga. His Neymar deal cost the club a lot in terms of reputation.
Barca”s success has VERY LITTLE to do with Sanlehi. They would have gotten the same success without him.
Rumours…
http://metro.co.uk/2018/05/01/liverpool-assistant-boss-zeljko-buvac-set-replace-arsene-wenger-arsenal-7512348/
..and a game changer for Thursday. Athletico will be bricking it:
http://metro.co.uk/2018/05/01/arsenal-forward-alex-iwobi-declares-fit-face-atletico-madrid-7511618/
Rumors today that Juve is in advanced negotiations” to buy Bellerin, mooted price tag of £44m .
Find that hard to believe but would be a good way to get more funds in. Sven should be able to find a replacement for 15-20m.
Freddie,
I’d take that to be honest. Although Bellerin has recently stated he has spoken to the club about getting the #2 shirt for next season.
https://www.arsenal.com/news/rob-holding-signs-contract-extension
Maybe Max likes Rob lol
I don’t see us hiring Allegri tbh but let’s see.
Yeah, obviously all speculation at the moment and I doubt Juve wants to spend that much on him but if true it would be a great deal.
He could probably improve under a new manager but I would take the money and run, he’s hardly irreplaceable.
Holding is a great talent in my opinion. Let’s see whether he thrives under a new management.
Good stuff with Holding, rate that boy.
Have to LOL at just how clueless the media are about this appointment. They haven’t a scooby
If Holding is staying, then lets hope Chambers is going.
Dont want any sentimentality going forward that we’ve seen in recent years.
There’s been about 15 names so far linked, it really is silly season. Klopps No.2 Buvac has taken extended leave until the end of the season and now he’s been linked in some reports. Meanwhile, I thought it was to be with his ailing father.
Looks like our Arsene has not lost his touch regarding the “footsie” bluff games he been playing at Arsenal Article in Mirror Football ” Shandong deny Wenger claims Arsene Wenger will not be taking over as manager of Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng. The Frenchman will end his 22-year stay at Arsenal at the end of the season and has been linked with a clutch of other jobs. One of which is a big-money move to the Far East, but Shandong have moved to confirm they will not be his next destination. “We are surprised to learn from our… Read more »
Meh, neither Holding or Chambers particularly grip me. Neither physical demons, neither that quick or good in 1 v 1 duals. Obviously early but I like a lot more of what I saw in the Greek lad.
Allegri: I’m really not sure about him. We’re gonna get catenaccio football with me. Boring. The upside is that he’ll sort our defence out.
Think Holding will go out on loan next year, with a big decision on his future happening next summer.
Makes sense to tie him down if he has 2 years left, so we have better options next summer.
Every elite manager would find the Arsenal job attractive for all the reasons already stated plus this: the manager would have security of tenure. Mourinho has always been jealous of Wenger for this very reason!
Well the one thing that stands about Allegri is that he’s the biggest name we can get. When Gazidis spoke about hiring Wenger’s successor, he listed some categories the new boss had to tick. One of them was youth. What’s Allegri’s track record with blooding young players. Also Pep, Klopp, Poch etc all believe in playing good, open expansive football. Will our fans get annoyed if we’re consistently defensive?
“It is an honour to manage The Arsenal, it is not an honour for us to have anyone as a manager. Always remember that.”
Why are you talking to him like that ??
(lol)
Juve have scored 10 more goals than the “amazing” Napoli that hipsters love to rave about.
He doesnt play defensive football, he plays football with a good defence. Theres a difference.
Rumours that Klopps number 2 may be our new manager. My first thought was, absolutely no chance thats happening……a 56 year old Number 2 that has never managed before. Just not happening. Then I thought, maybe Sven Mislintat has recommended him as the brains behind Jurgen Klopps team. I still wouldnt be happy with that. He would have the technical skills in terms of the training pitch, but being a manager is much more than that. You need to be mentally tough, make big decisions, sign the right players, turn things around when theyre going badly and really lead the… Read more »
“Juve have scored 10 more goals than the “amazing” Napoli that hipsters love to rave about.”
The squad is also much bigger and more expensive than Napoli’s so that’s to be expected tbh.
I’m not even saying I don’t want him, just posing the question really. Also the goals aspect is very important to keep up with a Pep team. Their goal difference is more than a lot of teams have scored this season.
We seem to be doing a lot of work to be the reincarnate of BVB and i’m not necessarily sure that’s a great thing.
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Hard for me to agree with gambon, but he’s right about Allegri. There’s nothing “defensive” about him, other than he appreciates there’s times that call for a defensive approach. That in itself would be amazing to witness at Arsenal lol
Find that hard to believe but would be a good way to get more funds in. Sven should be able to find a replacement for 15-20m. Us Leicester and Dortmund been linked to Ricardo Pereira so maybe Bell is off. Tbh it’s pointless the whole bickering back and forth about the manager. Until we see who it is we can’t judge the direction of the club.if it’s a poor hire then that’s says a lot about Kroenke/Ivan. If it’s Allegri then that probably says a lot about our ambitions going forward, should tell you about the type of budget available… Read more »
Napoli net spend in last 5 seasons is £102m
Juventus £121m
We seem to be doing a lot of work to be the reincarnate of BVB and i’m not necessarily sure that’s a great thing.
Eh what do you think Liverpool are doing these days and it’s working for them