What a party that was! I mean, I wasn’t quite there, but in spirit, we all were. Fans from around the world tuned in to bid Arsene Wenger farewell, and to say #MerciArsene.
The man came, he saw, he conquered… he went a bit off the rails for 8 odd years, but overall, I think in time we’ll forgive the banter years, and maybe even embrace them.
Yesterday’s beasting of Burnley was fitting. An exuberant show of football to see out 22 years. 5 excellent goals, beautiful clear skies, a packed house at The Emirates. It was lump-in-your throat time after the game as Wenger did his final lap of honour. What a career that man has had. What an impact he’s had on the clubs brand of football, he took us from boring, boring, Arsenal, to the must-see club in world football. His ability to keep the team afloat during the skint years will be looked back on as legendary. He’ll always have the honour of putting the first three trophies in the new grounds trophy cabinet.
He’s been a monumental part of our history. No doubt about that.
As for the football, well, it was all great fun. It was the testimonial match we’d been hoping for. Some interesting curiosities came out of the game, but before we get into the details, what about Mesut fucking Ozil? He missed training the day before, fretting over a back injury… sure mate, we’ve all been there ducking rugby class in sub-zero temperatures back in the day. You have to get it into your heads people, Mesut doesn’t give a fuck about Arsenal. The rest of the boys all paid their respects, Mesut wimped out. In fact, he’s so prolific at not turning up for games he doesn’t fancy, there’s a song doing the rounds.
The Oziltoligists excused the episode as a non-issue because the game didn’t mean anything. I have to back people up on that, firstly, yes the game did mean something, it was the difference between 7th and 6th, and it was Wenger’s farewell party. Finally, and most importantly, he’s our most handsomely paid player. He has a responsibility to lead by example. The man is a liability, I just can’t believe we gave him that much money to stay on. No way he’s going to get sold this summer. Hopefully, the next manager can whip him into shape. Going missing in tough away games cannot be this thing we deal with, having cheeky breaks away so regularly cannot continue to happen, going missing in big games needs to be a thing of the past.
Those that did show up put on a great performance. Iwobi combined in a lovely one-two with Lacazette, dinking a chip into his path, the Frenchman pirouetted into a shot he dragged across goal, with Auba foxing from a yard out.
Our second goal took 30minutes to arrive. Arsenal fans spent most of that time cooing over Mavrapanos, the Greek very much looking the part, sparking excitement that Diamon Eye is going to be a big deal. Strong in the air, fast on the ground, with a good range of passing. I know we always lose our minds over young players, but he looks a very good prospect.
At the death of the first half, Iwobi started the move for our second goal, he fed a teasing ball into Hector Bellerin on the right, the Spaniard clipped a ball to Lacazette at the front post, allowing him the chance to finish first time on the volley. A great goal, taken perfectly in his stride.
The third goal came from a powerful Jack Wilshere run from deep midfield, his acceleration allowed him to run at a retreating Burnley defence, he switched his pass out to the right, Kolasinac picked up the ball and launched it across goal past the hapless Nick Pope.
The game really did take a turn for the bizarre when Auba turned provider from the right, he cut a ball back to Iwobi in the box, the target shy Nigerian took one touch, made some space and launched his shot into the top corner. Majestical guys, that’s the word I’m making up to describe that goal.
The final goal came from some good work from Ramsey in midfield, Bellerin was found wide right, he found Auba with a teasing cross 8 yards out, with the man from Gabon doing what he does best, finding the net.
There was still plenty of fun to be had when he goals dried up. Wenger waited until the 71st minute to make his subs as usual. He brought on Per Mertesacker, a man we’ve all grown to love over the years. It was fun watching the players make sure he landed plenty of touches. Maybe a little uncomfortable for the German if truth be told, but it was all part of the carnival atmosphere.
The final whistle blew almost exactly on 70minutes, Wenger shook some hands readying himself for his final lap and his speech.
He definitely took in the moment, soaking up the applause and hearing his name being sung. A really beautiful thing to watch. Any upset you may have had over the years melted into nothing but respect.
‘Thank you for having me so long, I know that is not easy. But above all else, I’m like you, I am an Arsenal fan’
‘This is more than just watching football, it’s a way of life. It’s caring about the beautiful game, about the values we cherish, and as well, that something that goes for all our bodies in every cell of our bodies. We care, we worry, we are desperate, but when you come here, the theatre of dreams we realise what it means.’
“I would like to finish in one simple sentence: I will miss you. Thank you all for having such an important part of my life, thank you all, well done, bye bye.”
God damn it Arsene, you got me all teary-eyed over here… I’LL MISS YOU TOO! x
Short and sweet, a man of class until the end.
Now we have to move forward. The Wenger chapter has closed. Our job as fans is to back the next manager with the same force we backed Wenger. It’ll be a rocky season next year, the main difference is it’ll all be in the name of progress.
You saw today that we have a lot of great talent to work with. Aaron Ramsey, Auba, Lacazette, Mavrapanos, Bellerin, Iwobi and even the young kids coming through are going to be given a new lease of life. We’ll hire someone who can coach, instil discipline, come armed with an exciting football philosophy, hopefully, one that involves some form of pressing. Ideally, we’ll bring in a manager who can unite the fanbase, the backroom team and the players.
This summer is going to be fucking crazy. Not only are you losing Wenger, we’ll likely see the back of a number of coaches and people who work behind the scenes. It’s hard to see futures for Boro, Peyton, Colbert, Priestly and a few of the others. Not only do we need to hire a brilliant mind to spearhead the next move, we need to gel that person with some of Europe’s elite coaching staff. It’ll be fun, but new ideas take time to bed in. Pep did fuck all in his first year at City, same can be said of Klopp. It’s all about laying foundations and building for the next three seasons.
I’m excited. If we’re shooting for a young buck like the LA Rams did, let’s hope the club does its due diligence. If we’re talking to one of the tier one managers, let’s hope they’re able to lead the club with care and attention. Whoever we hire, be sure of this, it’ll be a massive improvement and very much needed, and you’ll be jumping out of bed to get to the Arsenal on Saturday mornings.
That’s what football is all about. Shared joy. I can’t wait to write about it, and I’m excited to go on the ride with you all.
On that night, I shall tap out.
Thank you Arsene, you’re one of a kind, and we’ll miss you too. x
Have a great day everyone and stop crying at your desk.
Bankz is here for the Tr4phy again
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Clean sweep.
DM, Boomslang, where are you guys at?
Read the whole article and still no comments ?
Would have broken the legrove record by now.’
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Our transfer window starts now.
Thank you Arsene for the first ten years. Thank you Arsenal FC for demonstrating that no one is bigger than the club.
Thank You Arsene for lifting the Club to the Highest Level.Thank You for All the time You spend with Us God Bless You
Made the squad- unlike Mr Oziĺ
We were all so emotional. at the Emirates yesterday. Thank you Arsene Wenger.
Moving stuff yesterday and a fitting send off.
It’s a shame we were so poor this season.
Isn’t it funny how the cretins who essentially cost Arsene his job (the players) are the ones turning it on again and crying into their contracts. Same goes for the horrible fans. You either wanted him gone or to stay…now 60,000 turn up and cheer his name? Pathetic and gutless as ever.
Don’t get me wrong, I wanted him gone for a long time…but at least I was consistent.
Those fans who didn’t show up…the players who didn’t show up all season are a fucking disgrace.
As for Ozil. Piece of shit.
As is with life all things, good or bad, do come to an end. Tomorrow is another day, a day of hope for Arsenal.
Really dont know whats with Ozil, but any goodwill he may have garnered is quickly evaporating. He’s going to be in for a very difficult time ahead if he keeps up the attitude. 300k + a week may not be enough to buy the thick skin that wimp is going to need.
GOH, i have stayed consistently on message, i did not watch yesterday’s match by choice.
The fans who didn’t show up during the season, me included helped in its own little way in moving Wenger on. I didn’t go yesterday but managed for a change to pass my tickets on. A full stadium was a fitting tribute to the man though.
FC
Me too. It’s the hypocrisy I can’t stand. The fans and players cost him the job and now they are crying about it. It makes me sick.
It shows that footballers don’t care about anything other than themselves. And the irony is…we’re giving Ozil shit for being a typical money grubbing bastard.
Football fans are the dumbest plonkers on the planet.
Bruce Rioch has published recently an article about his time as Manager of Arsenal. He was the son of a much respected Regimental Sergeant Major and by all accounts was a disciplinarian. However, he inherited Graham’s squad and there were a number of problems not least an ageing defence and several players who were alcoholic. Also he mentions ill discipline and social problems within squad mentioning that on one occasion a player arrived at club at 10am and announced that he was considering committing suicide! The only real legacy of Rioch’s short term as manager was the recruitment of Dennis… Read more »
Pedro
Nice fitting post.
You have connections. Can you find out from people you know if Ozil has it written in his contract that he can choose 5 games to miss each season?
Cheers
More than a coach.
#MerciArsene
Keown called it last week by saying Ozil’s done playing this season. Signing up Ozil to that outrageous 350k a week deal is as damaging (if not more so) than letting Alexis’ contract run down. At least we got Mikki to mitigate against that ridiculous debacle. The only way we get Ozil off our books is to either: A. Subsidize his wages (100k a week over 4 years = roughly 20m), and sell him for somewhere around 25-30m, picking up at least some cash (5-10m), and getting rid of his weak shit from our club as a result. Good business,… Read more »
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against Burnley has*
lovely day yesterday. pleased he got the send off he deserved.
seems like we’re fine in the areas where you usually have to spend the really serious money – goalscorers and creators. and there’s definitely quality elsewhere, so will be interesting to see what the new guy can do. an experienced CB, and a physically dominant CM, and I think we’ll be competitive at the very least, although will take two or three good windows before we can look to challenge City & Liverpool.
Context Guns…..as Peds himself said, he doesn’t hate the guy, just the manager.
But me, I am as solid an AKB as you can find.
But because I love that man, I know he has to go.
Thank you Arsène – for your amazing first 10 years.
The second part of your reign, mostly, was synonyme of pain and suffering for the fans, so I won’t regret you at all.
Very strange and funny (??) to see some leaders of the “wenger out brigade” crying yesterday, and even this morning… The hypocrisy at his top.
Never defended a league title, never won anything out In Europe, went trophyless in 14 out of his 22 years. He should’ve left about ten years ago. Now everyone wants to cry. Give him a me a break.
Give me a break*
My hope is that Arsenal reinvent themselves as the modern club they should have been, when we moved into the soulless bowl.
I also hope our fanbase take a look at themselves. Do you want to be a fan or the jerk who just wants a season ticket and something to do for a couple of hours on a Saturday.
Perhaps we’ll start seeing a different type of fan now that the apathy has gone.
Cheering isn’t a crime at a football match!
Steve gets it.
Wenger was good but not great.
With a couple of his teams and a better manager, I’m convinced we would have at least one CL and a few more league titles.
Arsene at Arsenal was a missed opportunity.
Pedro Keown had it right when he called Ozil out and Pedro went with the pathetic counterpoint of – but yeah Keown was a Wenger fanboy – I mean really? His points were still 100% valid – and also asking an ex-player to call for their gaffers head is rare, mostly unseen behaviour and goes against the footballer’s code. Deep down you know this Pedro. Pedro latched onto the arguments of the previous posts comment section and tried to ignite it but it was extremely lame. Peds I see you. Ozil is a disgrace and could not hold a flame… Read more »
Nothing but respect. MerciArsene.
Ozil needs sorting
Pedro Arsene Wenger delivers his final European disaster class. “I’m game for digging the German out for another insipid performance, but let’s take a step back, where was Keown when Wenger was tanking the side over the last 5 years?” Pathetic. Pedro in this article after realising well yeah Keown was bang on: “You have to get it into your heads people, Mesut doesn’t give a fuck about Arsenal. The rest of the boys all paid their respects, Mesut wimped out. In fact, he’s so prolific at not turning up for games he doesn’t fancy, there’s a song doing the… Read more »
“Nothing but relief at last. MerciArsene.”
bellerin with 2 assists, iwobi with 2 pre assists and a goal… all this proves is that Burnley was more shit than usual..
Ozil was at the match. Not in the squad obviously, but he was there.
Flog the no show Ozil.miki can play his role just as well.maybe better in time.get that fekir in.get top ch & cm & almost sorted.warchest now rumoured to be closer to £200 million.along with sale of deadwood.still plenty left.ought to be enough with some astute purchases.
Slightly weird for Pedro to be getting all moist around the eyes for Wenger. Le-Grove has been campaigning to get rid of him for as long as I can remember. I will definitely not miss the Banter Years at all. Of course, amazing memories from the early years but stayed far, far too long for me to feel sad he’s finally leaving. Surely Wenger’s record is actually quite mediocre when you consider the resources available to him and the amount of time he’s had? Only a 57% win rate at Arsenal and 3 league titles with nothing in Europe! I’m… Read more »
Let’s hope we’ll get rid – mostly – of Wilshere, Ospina, Cech, Kos, Mustafi, Iwobi, that guyz Welbz…
We must keep Mikki, Auba, Laca, Monreal, Bellerin, Mavropanos, even Ramsey – want to see him correctly coached.
Ozil is a difficult case… nobody wants to pay his insane wages, so I guess that our only hope is that he goes the f*ck out to China.
Very busy summer in perspective.
For anyone who was in the stadium, did the thanking of departing club stalwarts extend to Boro Primorac, Gerry Peyton etc? Obviously Vic Akers was celebrated, but we knew he was going; I’d like to know if Primorac is going, or whether all of the legacy Wenger backroom team are intending to try and serve out their contracts.
Pedro: You are on fire at the moment. Another excellent post.
Arsene: Thanks a million for everything, mostly good, some bad.
But FFS – let’s move on. The Arsene era is over.
Thank God it’s over. Wenger ruined his legacy in the end.
lol Michael, only “some” bad ?? Great sense of humor.
“lol Michael, only “some” bad ?? Great sense of humor.”
A sense of humour is essential to be Gooner.
I thought he would never leave……
Ozil wouldn’t dare show his face pitch side with the legends. He knows they all critique him and it would be too much for his weak mentality to take.
The reason I really despise Ozil is because he is the true manifestation of Wenger’s last 10 years. Weak and not held to accountable.
I hope the new manager really gets the best out of him and if he is not prepared to work as hard as his team mates he has to go. Simple.
“A sense of humour is essential to be Gooner.”
You got a point. 😉
@WrightIsGod : apart if Maureen if our next coach, I don’t see that miracle happening.
(lol)
*”is” our next coach
I think we can forget a ‘brilliant mind’ coming in as manager. They are rare (Pep?) and come expensive. And having had one for 22 years, do we want another as manager?
I don’t think we do. We have two ‘brilliant minds’ already, Sven and Raul. And Ivan Gazidis as the new David Dein. It seems to me we’ll get the manager that THEY need. Who is that likely to be?
A face, a voice, a presence. A man who can follow their plan, handle interviews, get the best out of the players. Experience comes way down the list.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/mesut-ozil-injury-arsenal-future-latest-questions-martin-keown-next-manager-arsene-wenger-a8339716.html
5 goals and 8 assists ain’t shit really and he only got 9 the previous year? That’s some decline. Why did we sign him to a new contract
@Aubergine
Keep crying about your god Wenger leaving. You lost. It’s over.
Arsene transformed the club. He brought in some of the playing legends who will forever remain part of Arsenal folklore. He turned us into winners and genuine competitors for a decade. He oversaw the move to the Grove. I loved it, I praised him and the team and a soaked it up like a sponge. I won’t ever forget that. That’s why when it became clear some 7-8 years ago that those days were over and Arsene was presiding over a period of decline I wanted change. It was time to thank him and move him on for a fresh… Read more »
Jamie: “I enjoyed the last game, but I won’t miss Wenger. I would have 5 years ago. The result against Burnley at has been his bread and butter for years; trouncing teams below us in the table. Against big clubs in the league and in Europe, our results have been nothing short of embarrassing. Wenger out, finally. Thanks for the first 10 years, though, some of which were sublime.” Exactly. It’s not like Wenger was great for 21 years and then was bad for one. So much damage to the club. I can’t join in all the positives today. I… Read more »
Until he’s actually gone this season finally done with and a new manager is known the end can’t come sooner.
Akbs are so fucking pathetic and sensitive.
Any slightest criticism of their God Wenger and they completely lose it lol.
Stayed too long,but finally,a new day is with us.Enough of the mushy stuff..
If we could ship out Mesut this window for £25-30m and bring in someone like Nabil Fekir it would be a great bit of business!
I guess it’s appropriate, Pedro, to have one moment of sweetness for the man, but now it is time to move on. When will we have an announcement re the new manager? That is where the real excitement lies. Let’s hope they make a smart appointment. As for the long-standing divide among Arsenal fans, The Gooner Talk guy has proposed this morning that it will now continue over the issue of Ozil. Ozil-outers vs. Ozil-supporters. I would have no problem seeing Ozil sold — he doesn’t bring enough to the XI, in my opinion — but I don’t see how… Read more »
Ozil twisted his back while trying to earn a new contract. Until he reports for World Cup duty, his back belongs to the former miss Turkey.
BREAKING: @Arsenal want Massimiliano Allegri or Luis Enrique to be their next manager but both have concerns over club’s management structure – Sky sources
I have never been a fan of having DoF in a football club, no top manager will want to be subservient to a nobody.
‘I would like as well to thank everyone at the club who makes it so special, I would invite you, really push, support these players and the staff who remains behind me, these group of players has a special quality. Not only on the pitch, but off the pitch. Please, as you follow this team, support them next season because they deserve it.’ …Wenger Truly a majestic man Arsene,reading that you can tell he genuinely loves this club, almost got teary reading that,comes across like he was talking to the WOBs here who to be fair didn’t deserve him… go… Read more »
With the shit show we’ve been seeing the last few years, many Gooners have definitely felt somewhat disconnected from the past of the glorious years.
With LeCunt finally announcing his departure from the club, many Gooners haven’t felt this excited for the future in a long time.
With this gush of optimism surrounding the club, not at all surprised many Gooners are feeling nostalgic to the years when we were relevant and how LeTosser was central to it all.
Me included.
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11362901/arsenal-want-massimiliano-allegri-or-luis-enrique-to-be-next-manager
My guess the “worry about the management structure” is more worry about being given enough funds to fix Arsene’s mess. It’s not like they’d have a problem with working with a director of football and a chief scout with a presence. First time Sky sources has really officially acknowledged Allegri though so that’s promising
Bamford
I predict that the new announcement will, be made befor our last game, probably on Friday.
Wenger’s exit of formally celebrated so that’s out of the way.
I also think Kroenke’s presence is serving more that one function; the board is formally meeting to ratify the new managers contract and also for the majority owner to meet the individual.
I expect we’ll make the formal announcement in the next week, between Friday May 11th and Monday May 14th.
As people talk about transfer dealings, we might remember that we have likely already signed 21-year-old CB Caglar Soyuncu from Freiburg.
https://www.90min.com/posts/6049559-arsenal-set-to-complete-first-post-wenger-signing-in-swoop-for-30m-rated-new-mats-hummels?utm_source=RSS
At this point SSN seem like theyre winging it. They report something different every couple days.
I have never been a fan of having DoF in a football club, no top manager will want to be subservient to a nobody. This is actually with all due respect bullshit. Arsenal are one of the few club’s who doesn’t have a DOF. Enrique worked with one at Barcelona he’s here now and Juventus and Allegri have Giuseppe Marotta who’s been a massive influence on their recent successful years. Dortmund have one Chelsea have one Madrid PSG you name a club with a good structure and they’ll have a director of football. And no one’s saying they have total… Read more »
TR7 “I have never been a fan of having DoF in a football club, no top manager will want to be subservient to a nobody.” Allegri and Luis Enrique worked under the same structure at Juve and Barca respectively. The problem is ours is untested and certainly; individuals make be overreaching their job descriptions. It’s up to Gazidis to keep everyone in line. No manager of repute will come into a situation where the chief scouts powers or recruitment are absolute; the manager has to have a veto before any player is brought in. Our structure is untested and that’s… Read more »
Truly a majestic man Arsene,reading that you can tell he genuinely loves this club, almost got teary reading that,comes across like he was talking to the WOBs here who to be fair didn’t deserve him… go on and have a fulfilled retirement man,a true LEGEND of football,your name remains etched in the heart of every ‘true’ Arsenal fan.
Not usually this crude but I bet you had tears in your eyes and a massive erection in your pants writing that vic. Look it’s going to get better mate
@TR7 –
“subservient to a nobody”
Are you talking about Raúl Sanllehí?
Also its about time the manager of Arsenal had someone to answer to.
Klauscunt
‘With LeCunt finally announcing his departure from the club, many Gooners haven’t felt this excited for the future in a long time.’
Get a hold of yourself, you asswipe,the man is gone yet you still can’t help yourself,using the c-word on a man that contributed so much in making Arsenal what it is today,would never understand how Arsenal managed to attract cretins like you and your ilk.
Marko
Well if Sky sources are true then both Allegri and Enrique seem to have a problem with our ‘management structure’. If the bone of contention was money, the term used would have been ‘ambition’..at least that’s how I see it.
TR7 Didn’t Enrique work with Sanllehi (as the DoF) at Barcelona? Yes, I believe so. And doesn’t Allegri work with a DoF at Juventus? I imagine he does, though I’ll admit I don’t know for sure. A fairly standard arrangement these days, though. And by the way, it’s not that the manager takes instructions from the DoF or has no input in transfers, it’s just a division of labor: the manager focuses on training and preparing the team, the DoF focuses on the signing, contracting and selling of players. The modern game is complex; one man cannot do everything. Wenger’s… Read more »
Max Meyer would be an excellent signing.
This season Tedesco has converted him to a deep-lying defensive MF who can cover and keep the ball moving.
Resemblance to Arteta playing DM for us but with the athleticism.
TR7 but why would they have a problem with the management structure? When it’d be the same type of structure they’re used to. I’m reading between the lines here assuming there’s a worry about being able to do certain things. Why would Enrique have a problem working with Raul? Why would Allegri insist on total power at a club when he’s never had it before. Maybe they want assurances over final say on transfers which is reasonable. The idea that they wouldn’t want to work under a DOF though is absurd
Vicuntorious
You can say thanks to LeSenile for playing attractive football to attract one of the biggest fanbases in the world you fucking soft cunt.
Cunt.
I was suprisingly emotional at the final whistle and when Wenger was talking. I see it as a divorce after 22 years that had to happen. Although wanted him out a long time ago, yesterday was about reflecting on what he did for the club IMO. I for one see no hypocracy in wanting him gone, and touched with a little sadness when that now is happening.
Thanks Arsene
The “management structure” comment probably just refers to the fact that the structure is brand new at Arsenal and maybe there are some questions about how exactly the division of labor will work, how much input the manager will have in transfers, etc. However, let’s note that Enrique worked with Sanllehi in precisely this regard at Barcelona and that Allegri works with a DoF at Juventus. It’s probably just a matter of ironing out the details of the division labor.
Barcelona is one of the most prestigious clubs in the world. Enrique had been managing small clubs such as Roma and Celto Viga. You think he would decline Barca job just because they had a DoF? No fucking way. Now he is a CL winner joining a club in a rather difficult situation. World of difference between two scenarios and probably now the new found objection with working under a DoF. Allegri leaving Juve to join Arsenal… again not quite a step up. At best a lateral movement and it’s not that Juve don’t want to keep him. He is… Read more »
Fair enough to the comment re Wenger’s attractive, free-flowing football playing a big part in attracting a large, global fanbase. No doubt this is true.
But two things: one, we haven’t really seen much beautiful football in the past 6-7 years. I’d say the 2010-11 team was the last to play this kind of football on a consistent basis.
Two, certain people here have only contempt for the non-UK-based Arsenal supporter; it’s a bit rich for such types to cite the global fanbase as some great good.
TR7
Pretty much everyone has a DoF now; I’m not quite sure why you’re persisting with this point. I guess the DoF thing is a hang-up with some people (as it was with Wenger).
Other (non-Ozil) points that will continue to divide the Arsenal fanbase:
– the DoF structure
– the owner
– the self-sustaining model
Have a good day, all. 😉
Dissenter
Good point re power grabs and the CEO having to maintain a balance of power that works best for the club, rather than any individual.
Just as Wenger, by default, inherited more power as previous influential figures left the club (Dein etc), Gazidis has to make sure that Sanllehi and Mislintant aren’t allowed to over-reach before or after the new manager comes in. We need a harmonious relationship where everyone is pulling in the same direction, and that requires strong strategic leadership from the CEO.
Barcelona is one of the most prestigious clubs in the world. Enrique had been managing small clubs such as Roma and Celto Viga. You think he would decline Barca job just because they had a DoF
You don’t think Roma and Celta Vigo don’t have a DOF.? He’d decline the likes of PSG Real and Man City then if that’s the case because all those club’s all the big club’s in Europe have a DOF
It’s funny but there should be zero assurances going forward for Arsenal managers. None. If you do a bad job you’re sacked
interesting read. Liverpool will earn about £70m for their CL run if they beat Madrid. Chelsea – 54m, Man City – 52m, Spuds – 50m & Utd – 32m. so we’ll actually make more than Utd from Europe despite playing in the EL http://www.cityam.com/285175/champions-league-and-europa-league-revenue-much-prize-money “Despite their semi-final heartbreak in Madrid, Arsenal will receive roughly €40m from their Europa League campaign, largely thanks to the disparity in performance between themselves and the only other English representative, Everton. Arsenal earned €8m in prize money payments for reaching the last four of the competition but miss out on a further €3.5m awarded to… Read more »
The man is gone and still some on here need to have a moan.
Strange one Ozil’s injury.?
Like all top sportsmen stress plays a large part in their psych.?
He could he be invoking something in his contract leading up to playing for Germany in the World cup.?
I remember Rosicky being injured forever but evidently stress and
related products where the real cause.
It will be interesting to see what he produces in the World cup.
Nice set of financials there Wallace. It will be interesting to see what sort of reinvestment the squad get, surely the mooted 50mil is incorrect on those figures alone.
“Arsenal want Massimiliano Allegri or Luis Enrique to be their next manager but both have concerns over club’s management structure”
The result of the disastrous club’s policy since so many years, so it isn’t really a surprise to see that they are worried about that.
“Other (non-Ozil) points that will continue to divide the Arsenal fanbase:
– the DoF structure
– the owner
– the self-sustaining model”
You forgot all the survivors from Untold, who are still on Le Grove.
If all Wenger had to play was the Burnleys and the Huddlesfield Towns he might have been okay.
Reading a lot of comments about Ozil, here is my two cents on this issue. I know we are all very disappointed with the loss to Madrid. But we were playing against a very good defensive team with an excellent goalkeeper. Our team and manager included were not good enough to beat this team. If we really wanted to single out players, they should be the right back and the goalkeeper who couldn’t prevent that goal. Ozil was not the worse player on that day. Because of his high wages, he is being attacked all over the social medias. Was… Read more »
Some misery guts on here today.
The battle is over, we won, Wenger is gone.
Show the man some respect. The back 9 was sad and frustrating, but you can’t knock is overall contribution to making us a force in world football.
Next manager has a lot to work with.
Allegri or Enrique just seems like such a weird two candidates given their respective records.
Allegri wipes the floor with Enrique in any managerial sense I can imagine, so when I read they’re the two candidates it says to me that Arsenal want Allegri – Enrique is the fall back option.
Pedro
Yep, in a nutshell. Allegri incoming! 😉