Rumours are heating up around Jardim, with Spanish and French outlets suggesting Arsenal prefer the Portuguese coach over Enrique. He has a contract with Monaco until 2020, so unless he quits, he might come with a fee. He’d make a lot of sense, the guy is understated and over delivers. He’d be perfect, and the career step would be on the ascension.
Chelsea are the immediate threat to this name if he does move, they’re in the market for a new person, and after the ego whipping they took from Conte, they’ll likely be looking for someone who can work in their well-oiled structure. I’d say they can offer more cash to a new coach, but they’re in the same boat as Arsenal. Chelsea operates like a business these days, so £250m net spend is likely off the cards.
If Jardim has any sense about him, he’ll want to work for a club where he has a future longer than 2 years. Arsenal are the plum job, lots of talent to work with, better young players, and the chance to build Arsenal into a superclub.
That said, he might fancy working with a club that’s very serious about winning things.
Either way, I’d be surprised if we don’t have a chat.
Here’s where we are currently:
Free Agents: Carlo, Enrique, Tuchel, Buvac
Contracted, rumoured to be available: Sarri, Allegri, Arteta, Vieira, Rafa, Jardim, Rangnick
Off the market: Nagelsmann
NO WAY DON’T: Brendy, Pards, Big Sam
Lots of movement, I just hope we don’t shit the bed and go for bland on toast.
A game that won’t have a hint of bland about it is the one tonight.
Arsene takes his team to the fortress of death… or something like that. He has one final chance at European glory, his odds are massively stacked against him. The only team to win at Atleti this season is Chelsea. Which means it’s possible, I’m just not sure it’s highly likely.
That said, we dominated the last game, with a bit more efficiency in front of goal, we’d have come away with a scalp. It was only a shoddy error and a hoof that gave Atleti an advantage. All we need is an early goal and we’re right back in the mix. No reason Ozil, Ramsey and Lacazette can’t pull something out the bag here.
It was interesting to read that Simeone planned to go to 10 men before the last game, rolling with 10vs11 in training. That’s mental preparedness.
Let’s hope this evening is an actual event, I can’t be dealing with a sloppy early goal and panic stations.
Give us hope Arsene, be a fucking hero, go out a king!
well we made 2 subs with Kos
needed another attacker about 30 mins ago
Mesut Ozil is a complete fraud of a footballer
1 shot on target from us in 87 minutes
On his haunches wringing his hands,because he’s all out of ideas and has finally been found out and ousted.
Lol victorious is right, they are clearly parking the bus…
would be nice to get a shot off
Fuck o welbeck can’t do a simple ball back to Laca
One shot on target, from Xhaka well outside the box. Weak players not shooting when the opportunities were there (hector and mesut), exposed at the back numerous times, midfield shit touches all game. Merci wenger the fuck out
Once again all you football boffins are being shown that all that ither shyte don’t mean anythinh if you can’t score goals. if Lacazette can’t score.. who else will? HAVE YOU SEEN OUR midfields goals contribution?? Shocking!
Ramsey has been shocking tonight. I mean dogshite doesn’t begin to describe his performance. Give him 200,000 a week
Welbeck robbing Thomas.
Done that a few times tonight
“Lol victorious is right, they are clearly parking the bus…”
If there’s anything Clitorious would know about, it’s a bus.
A short bus.
Tony not sure we’re watching same match,Athetico are horrible to the eyes,they’ve succeeded in making a potentially exciting match a bland affair.
overpassing in the the 89th minute!! NO arsenal.
Shoot! FFS.
Monreal must be on drugs
Still no one taking shots
Monreal is a joke but at least he’s trying
They’ve all been fucking terrible.
Wenger really is something.
someone aim at their hands in the box get a penal
Monreal an average journeyman who some supporters think is good,
How low our exptatcions have dropped
Seems very Arsenal that we got rid of our aerial threat, and now all we are doing is sending in cross after cross to no one and not shooting.
First defensive mistake by Koke
Not a good clearance inside his own penalty box
If anyone thinks thing will get better I wouldn’t hold my breath, not with the leech of an owner we have
This is light work for their defence.. we think we’re getting close but ATLETICO deal with these lame attacks all the time.. We need Quality, invention, Magic! Wheres our WORLD CLASS players?
Victorious
Agreed but they are pressing high and attacking more than us not parking the bus.
Believe me I’m as gutted as you and everyone
We will bounce back this week end.
You
Who said ATM parked the bus? It’s called getting men back and into shape. They have far more chances on the day.
Any team that has Danny Welbeck in will never win anything.
Ohhh do get over yourself Victorious.
We’ve lost fair and square, not to some nebulous spirit of the game to make an entertaining semi.
Jesus.
you feel we’ve had as many chances as they were going to allow us. We just didn’t want to take them. ie fucking shoot!! It’s not going to come fucking gift wrapped Arsenal!!
Typical Wenger performance.
Hateful man
Per Mertesacker article titled “We will learn from this” incoming….
Ramsay the captain. What a joke
Me ??
Tony not sure we’re watching same match,Athetico are horrible to the eyes,they’ve succeeded in making a potentially exciting match a bland affair.
Don’t you mean us you fucking idiot. One single shot all game and Atletico have succeeded in making it a boring match. Fans like you victorious
Once upon a time. A World Class Manager said “you’re only as good as your bench”
look at our flipping bench???
Welbeck is an utter fraud, I won’t be watching if that idiot is involved next season
Can the season just end tomorrow, what a miserable 9 month’s its been watching this lot.
All over.
What crap.
What dross.
Uninspiring
Wenger. You failed. Thanks for the memories. Goodbye.
Chambers MOTM BTW
Both legs sum up AW’s last decade at the club.
First leg was basically the good times of Wengerball era with Cesc and company, dominate with a host of chances, fail to convert and get brutally punished by Atleti in the last few mins with their only sight at goal, coming from our howler of course.
Tonight on the other hand was just your typical tepid, limp and uninspired performance that we’ve become accustomed to in recent years, never once looked like scoring despite needing just ONE goal.
I stopped watching from the 30th minute and it looks like I made the right decision.
Well wasn’t that fun?
Can’t wait for the new season to start.
“Who said ATM parked the bus? ”
Clitorious ??
Th-The, Th-The, Th-Th That’s All Folks!
Bye bye Wengie!
Leave in shame, as you should.
Given the season is over can we just sack le cunt now?
No European trophy for AW then, after 20 plus attempts.
We all knew we wouldn’t get past AM but we held onto blind hope because we love the club.
I don’t know about you guys I don’t feel numb, just pissed off with Wenger and at least half the rubbish players who had no clue or passion to win.
@azed : beware, clitorious will think you are a false fan.
Samesong,
Danny has already won the champs league!
Pretty much went to script.
At least one goal to any given opponent due to a defensive calamity, and not enough quality or decisiveness going forward to punish well drilled opposition.
We never looked like going through tonight.
That was terrible, will affect the budget for next season and maybe the kind of players we can attract.
Maybe it was for the best so the board/Kroenke can’t pretend that we’re competitive and actually invest in both a great manager and in the squad. So much work to do over the summer…
No upset then. And it would have been an upset if Arsenal got through this tie.
Predictable outcome.
Atleti too muck know how and mentally stronger than Arsenal.
How good is Godin. Supreme defender.
Individually Xhaka had a decent match but we all know these type of games suit him better where the opponents are sitting back more.
Chambers did ok but would want to see more of him doing better on a consistent basis to lose my doubts about him
Actually really glad we didnt win tonight.
We dont deserve anything this season. I hope Burnley overtake us.
I dont want Wenger reinventing history and claiming he left a great team behind.
I dont want any of these players to stay at the club. Not a single one of them. Sell every single player apart from Aubameyang.
A deserving end to Wenger’s reign.
Soooo glad the cunt is gone, he didnt deserve his love story to end on a high! He should take Welbeck, Bellerin, Mustafi and Xhaka with him!
These absolutely useless lot couldn’t even be bothered to put in a shift for the one underachiever who’s given them a bly and they can’t even be bothered to make a new impression on whoever the new manager may be.
Please Wenger take this crap of wilshere and Ramsay with you
Ze Specialist In Failure Exits In Failure
So Ligue 1 get the extra CL spot then?
actually don’t think he made any appearances in europe but he was in the squad that year
Season over, you can leave now Wenger. No point you hanging around any longer
Absolute nothing performance for Wengers swan song in Europe.
Ozil utterly pathetic beside Monreal and Bellerin.
Implications huge, no Champs league for new players/new manager.
Wenger argument for leaving club in better shape than when he took over limping out the door alongside him.
@Highbury
F**k him. I’m currently at work so I was watching on my phone. There’s no way I’m getting a query because of Le fraud.
22 years, 2 European finals, 0 trophies, over a 100M made. Arsene scammed us.
Fuck off Wenger.
The team played exactly like you. Past it. No guile to win anymore.
Look at Ozil, Ramsey, Welbeck… pathetic
Defence was poor anyway. Sell most of ’em.
200m+ wage lol.
Bring on the new Arsenal please!
How many shots ON TARGET????
How many Subs used????
And that’s that then. Out on a whimper. Not surprising Wenger’a team’s have been poor away from home for years now. Zero fight for years now. Major changes needed this summer because there isn’t a manager in the world who can turn these fucks into anything halfway decent
Moan-arko
You’re an idiot if you think they’re parking the bus. They’ve had the better chances and better possession. Only a MORON would think they’re parking the bus
get your head out from your ass and just maybe you’ll grasp my point,that a team is set out to park the bus doesn’t mean they wouldn’t create chance or play a bit,they just didn’t play like a home team would,you really are a prick with your ott hatred on everything Wenger,remove the blinkered glasses and reason like an objective fan,it works for me alright.
That performance to Sunday was Cham n cheese
Sunday we wanted it
Yoot
This is officially the end of Wenger then.
No more meaningful matches left. End of the season can’t come quickly enough.
Two seasons now out of the CL and it needs to be addressed and some sort of clear out to occur or else a couple of seasons out of CL will end up multiple seasons out.
Is there even any point in Wenger coaching the last three games?
Captain Jack Wilshire wad shit again tonight
gambon,
100% agree
The wage bill of this squad and the quality of this team tells you everything you need to know about just how past it wenger is. men v boys out there
We had more of the ball and only 1 shot on target?
TonyDMay 3, 2018 21:05:57
Season over, you can leave now Wenger. No point you hanging around any longer
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exactly this! If its anyone else they leave now and the caretaker (Bould) takes over till end of season
And their talking about tickets making big money
for Wengers last home game.
Beggars belief.
Gazidis has his work cut out for him this summer.
How he is going to clear out garbage players with world class contracts given to them by Wenger, I do not know .
I foresee tithe same difficulties we had getting rid of Bendthner, Denilson and co .
The easier ones first
No new contract for Wilshere and keep Ramsey on same wages . If he insists on more , then he can eff off.
fuck wenger announce the new coach now, or say something to piss off this imbecile
Vic
No-one should care about your bitter ramblings.
We all knew what Atletico would do and it turned out predictable.
That you don’t like how they win is irrelevant.
They know how to win at the top level. Arsenal at this time do not.
had same amount of shots as we did subs i believe
I guess with this result we should expect Zeljko Buvac to be appointed in the morning.
Is there any point in wenger coaching the last 10 years ??
Awful. No passion again. Let Bouldie take over for the last few pointless games.
Did Ramasay get man of the match?
Good riddance. The end. Thankfully.
I was actually torn today. Do I want Wenger to go out on disgrace or do I want CL football for the new manager? I’m actually glad Wenger didn’t sign out in glory. He didn’t deserve that tbh.
one shot on target…pathetic.
Poor planning and poor team selection from Wenger. thats what made the mountain bigger to climb
Ozil dissapered and sulked
Ramsey?
Mikki had a shot!
xhaka had a shot!
Danny- please leave now
Defense – had more of the ball than our midfield-buffooons
Laca vanished- not getting the ball
this was just exasperating to watch
“And their talking about tickets making big money
for Wengers last home game.”
Around 1800£… victorious got one.
this was lost last week in the first leg far more than it was lost tonight. should have easily been 1-0 last week probably 2-0.
‘Is there even any point in Wenger coaching the last three games?’
You know how this goes mate, he wins the next 2 games and gets his Arsene Wenger day send-off with a win at Huddersfield. All the failures forgotten and he’s eulogised.
Ozil will probably bag a hat-rick of assists.
No point in Bouldie either, may as well have the chairs empty for the last few games of the season. I’d rather Burnley usurped us to 6th, no EL next year for us.
The performance summed up Arsenal under Arsene perfectly if we’re honest. All the hallmarks of Wenger on display. Aaron Ramsey was absolutely appalling all game but yet he lasted the whole 90 minutes not least because the options on the bench weren’t good enough (220 million in wages) but because he’s a favourite who must always play no matter what. Now before someone has a go at me or starts talking about Xhaka or Welbeck or Ozil Ramsey was worse don’t deflect just accept it
‘Actually really glad we didnt win tonight.’
Stopped reading right here,actually can’t stand comments such as this,night night fellas.
Vic f*ck off you prat