Well, if you were heading in to read another Arteta love in, you’ll be greatly disappointed, because I’ve changed my mind.
Bring. Back. Akers.
Just kidding.
There was more movement in the press yesterday. The one story that is slightly horrifying me is Brendan Rodgers name and how it’s hanging around betting circles like a bad smell that gets in your lungs leaving eggs that spiders come out leading to a painful death in which you drown in spider laughter.
There seems to be a lot of goodwill brewing for Arteta, I’d hate it if we lost our bottle and offered the most cringe manager in football a way back into the league with a panic offer.
Don’t get me wrong, he’s not a bad manager, but be real, he had to slink off to Scotland to get his mojo back. Winning a title there is pretty easy on account of next to no competition in the league. They’ve won 7 titles on the bounce. Interestingly, one of my Celtic pals messaged me to say the Arteta signing felt to him a little like the Neil Lennon hire for them back in the day.
Anyway, Brendan Rodgers would be by far the most offensive appointment we could make. He’s a cringe, we’d all start sending shit memes to each other, and our press conferences would become more embarrassing than some of the after-game AFTV shenanigans.
I don’t want him at Arsenal.
Another piece of news that slipped out of Sky was that Patrick Vieira landed a call from the club about the job, and he was disappointed by the call because he felt it was a token gesture.
I can’t lie, I’m over the moon that’s how he thought the call went. If you were really up for the job, wouldn’t you want to get in front of people? Who rocks a phone interview if they want a job? He didn’t even kick it up a notch and go for a Skype video conference vibe. Imagine that, going for an £8m a year job and having to restart your laptop because your screen froze with you looking like you’ve just come up at a Carl Cox closing party. Unbelievable carry on.
Meet for a coffee, make an effort, show you want the role! This is part of the issue you get with explayers, they think they’re owed a living. Maybe I’m being a little unfair, I just remember the outrage of the Class of 92 when the club started dropping hires. Ryan Giggs in particularly really irked me. There were even stories that crept into the press about his lacklustre interview process for Swansea.
Anyway, what this tells you is the process is still on-going. The Daily Mail are reporting that the players have been told it’s 90% likely to be Arteta, again, how ridiculous are these stories… Ivan G dropping texts to kids that he’s 90% certain he’s going to sign Mikel? Please. Players are just speculating like we are, which is kind of amusing in itself.
Here’s my view, the club likely do have a favourite, and it very likely is Arteta… but this move is a risk, and Ivan G can’t come back to the fans and press and say…
‘Hey guys, we spoke to 3 people, two weren’t interested, but here’s Arteta’
They have to do their due diligence. Ivan’s already been caught talking bollocks about his extensive managerial searches when he said last season the club had scoured Europe and Arsene was the best candidate for the club. According to Honigstein, he spoke to Tuchel, who was excited about Arsenal, but then we shit the bed and re-signed Wenger.
Anyway, Ivan has to do this properly. You wait for his press conference, I bet there’s a number involved.
‘We spoke to 16 of the best candidates in Europe’
Because if there isn’t, it’ll look like he’s just signed his mate.
Still, what is interesting is since I penned that Arteta article on Monday, everyone has come out the woodwork to corroborate my theory on him being a visionary signing. This Sammy Lee article really was an eye-opener for the doubters.
Indeed, Arteta’s most important contribution to City has been how he communicates with the squad. More often than not he has been the one charged with taking on board Guardiola’s demands and filtering them through to the players. He was the one who explained to Fabian Delph what was expected of him in his new role as a hybrid left-back/central midfielder.
He has spent hours getting the message across to the centre-backs, spelling out exactly how they need to position themselves on the pitch and how to shape their bodies when they receive the ball. At the end of last year Guardiola highlighted how Sterling’s finishing had improved as a result of extra hours spent on the training ground with Arteta.
Over the years Guardiola has occasionally referred to his “smell”, his sixth sense when it comes to making key decisions relating to his squad; he has used it in explaining why he sold Samuel Eto’o at Barcelona and Joe Hart at City.
And it seems that Arteta has a similar knack; after a couple of big wins this season Guardiola has said that he knew a good performance was coming because Arteta, taking charge of the pre-match warm-ups, and relayed how impressed he was with the players’ efforts ahead of kick-off.
A source close to the coaching staff says Arteta is a “professor”, although he is no shrinking violet, as evidenced when he confronted Lionel Messi in the tunnel at Camp Nou last season, helping to spark a mass brawl.
Everywhere you look, people are leaking that we’re hiring a leader, a fantastic coach and an innovator. Sad times that Mikel managed the City team that beat us. But whatever, I can forgive. Just bring me juego de posicion.
Anyway, the timeline seems to be that the club are rattling off interview this week. That might rollover to the following week if we’re planning on talking to Allegri (though the leaks suggest that’s not on). Then we’re into decision time. Ivan has to go to the board that has no power and tell them that they’re voting for the manager that he, Josh, Sven and Raul like.
Then it’s go go go…
GOOD TIMES PEOPLE!
Just remember, Brendan Rodgers. #NotMyManager
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Vic akers is the link from the past to the present lol
BOOOOOOM
It wankz
Nice one Thanos, but you aren’t good enough to stop me winning a back to back Legrove trophy.
DM you’re slacking bro
It’s the 4th place trophy that is covered by 5 people won by the geezer what’s his name 😉
I am not in the running I am like that middle order guy that got lucky once because the favourites all got sick.
Oh my god imagine if it is Brendan Rodgers the guy is so dour and deemed not good enough for a Liverpool pre klopp I would hate to have him, the banter from my pool mates would be horrifying
So Arteta and a £50 million net spend is supposed to have us competing again?
Forgive me for not being bowled over by this show of ambition.
if we’re about to blow 35m on a young Turkish CB it would suggest the 50m transfer budget is not an accurate figure.
This is pathetic Pedro. Dropping Rogers as if it’s seriously a name being discussed so that your agenda driven man doesn’t seem so bad in comparison.
You’ve lost any credibility.
Clever Pedro, very clever 😀 Tell everyone that Brenda is back in the running so people will flock behind Arteta. Very clever 🙂
Another great post Pedra. With Arteta at the helm, and Cazorla potentially assisting him, the club is definitely going places, and striving for greater heights.
Go on Pedro, don’t spend all your time in Ivan’s backside – do a bit of research and let us know just how many teams in history of premiership had appointed a manager WHO NEVER MANAGED A SINGLE GAME OF PROFFESSIONAL FOOTBALL in his life? Go on Pedro, how many?
You know, might as well give managerial position to Kroenke’s son. He’s managed exactly same number of football clubsd as Pep’s orange peeler.
Also, are you slagging off the manager who in last 10 years came closer to the title than Wenger did?
How is Arteta better than Bodgers? How exactly is he better than anybody?
Its like comparing nurses and doctors.
Can see it now, you’ll be the the spearhead behind the “Arteta Out” brigade, Pedro – first sign that he’s the very wrong guy. You truly are a muppet, in gaudy clothes.
Its not as though Viera has covered himself in glory over in North America at MLS, a second rate football league. I would not even consider him a candidate, let alone a serious one. His comments paint him as bitter.
A fair excerpt from Arseblog on his and fans Arteta reservations: ”Contract demands, wage demands, agents being agents, the dynamics of a changing boardroom, power struggles, managing his own staff and coaches, not to mention the media who, more and more, are part and parcel of the job of a football manager. We have absolutely no idea of his capacity to deal with all these things. Yes, we’ve made appointments like Sven and Raul and Aussie Fitness Bloke, and those are positive steps, no doubt about it. But this is the key decision, and there is a very fine line… Read more »
Let’s try to remember just how many ‘intellectuals’ on here have blasted the potential appointment of Arteta. If we did get him and it turned out to be good, you can bet your house that those cretins will be put in force saying “yep, always knew Arteta would be great”. Why do you arrogant pricks think Allegri would leave Juve to manage us? Why leave the best club in Italy and one of the most consistent in Europe for this shower of shit? Arsenal aren’t united. They ain’t city. They aren’t Real or Barca…we’re an also ran in our own… Read more »
Vic Akers won 32 trophy’s in his time at the Arsenal.
He has not been truly recognised.
And i would have took him over Wenger.:)
Guns
“Why do you arrogant pricks think Allegri would leave Juve to manage us? ”
agreed. some people just see the financials with us above Juve and think we’re the bigger club. laughable.
And if anyone starts piping up about “surgeons don’t start doing complicated medicine in their first job”…fuck off.
There is not one person who guarantees success. Not one.
An Allegri appointment could go wrong for lots of reasons.
1. He doesn’t speak the language
2. Uprooting family
3. New country
4. New league
5. The sixth beat club in the league
Think about it.
This is not completely unlike the situation when Bertie Mee took over as club manger following seasons of dross.
Give the guy a chance. CL qualification in the first season and maybe even a domestic cup would be a success. Then who knows……..
Also it weakens City.
Mikael Arteta. #NotMyManager
Resigned to the fact Arteta could be our new manager, whilst not thrilled I’d support him fully.
Harry Rednapp in his book spoke very highly of Brendan Rodgers
My 20/1 is giving me new hope.
Another thing. You say that Arteta should earn his spurs and manage a lower level team first…guess what, he is. Us.
Arsenal will be his practice run before he takes over city. We’re his B team.
Arsenal are not a superpower. Remember that.
You got a point, Guns… unfortunatelly.
Don’t lose hope fellas, nothing has been decided yet! Nobody knows whats happening and Ivan knows he cant afford to f**k this one up. Keep the faith!!
Look
It’s different
It’s radical
It’s out there
It could go wrong
It could go right …
I could be black
I could be white
Arteta is the energy Arteta could be the energy
Let us all rise with him ……
If Arteta goes tits up – Brendan Rogers will come and save us
RSPC
Nice reference. JR still isn’t the punk Sid was.
Guns. 9.17
Wise words
If he does well the old DNA of Barca will come calling
Guns
Relax mate. Wenger is gone and everything you are hearing in the media is noise, based on Ivan and his cronies movements this last season, there is reason to have some faith. He just booted the whole backroom team! And us being Man city’s B team? C’mon man
Guns
Good Arsenal man tho ….like the fella
87
I am relaxed. I think the Arteta appointment could be great.
Allegri is a name. No different than if we were linked to a prime Messi. Bullshit.
Arteta will send Arsenal into meltdown and that can only be good.
At least we won’t be bored anymore.
RSPC
Rotten or Arteta ha ha?
I think ole Johnny plays the role a bit too hard. Know what I mean?
Good butter though!
Not at all sure that the selection process is on-going, at any rate not in a serious manner. My belief is that Gazidis made up his mind a while ago. His ‘bold, brave’ comment was intended to get us primed and set-up for Mikel. I certainly hope so. After all these rudderless years, it would be nice if the Club’s future was being sensibly plotted. All the rest has been window-dressing, a PR exercise. Time to end conjecture, no reason for further delay. We can expect an announcement soon, Arteta meeting the press, a photo-shoot of his wife. Great. It’s… Read more »
As with anyone in a new role we can all guess how they will fair but in truth we don’t know.
So for the sake of sanity if as expected it’s Arteta then he has to have the full backing which is there for him to even lose or for him to grow.
It may not be the songs an whilstes that some wanted
It may be seen as smoke and mirrors by the club.
But he can only be judged on what he achieves .
So we have a duty to fall behind and give him our full support.
Guns
He told us all about uncle jimmy in 1977
An no one listened ….
Yeah maybe he’s forgot his Islington roots now in la ….
I thought Sanllehi wanted a more experienced name manager but no we are told on today’s post he loves the idea of Arteta as well.
Lots of hate for Rodgers around here…
Maybe you don’t like him, but he has at least some experience at a certain level.
Not sure we can say that about Arteta – and the fact he was Pepsi’s so called right arm don’t change a thing.
Interesting times guys! Good thing for me is that if it bombs, Gazidas is out. But the trend is for clubs to go for greenhorns not dinosaurs and I understand this based on the structures in the clubs.t Success is recognized as more team based than just one man’s input. You have in modern clubs, the video analytics guy, the medical guy, the coaches who work under the manager and really help the manager, the scouting guy , in our case a competent Mislintat, the Director of football who makes contracts happen and manages over contracts of new and negotiations… Read more »
Elvis never wrote his own songs. Neither did Sinatra.
Lots of singers don’t write their own hits.
Just saying.
Pedro I am with you 100%. What is equally relevant and has been little discussed is the mass clear out of the over bloated staffing of first team staff which was equivalent to 1 to 1 with players. You may recall that I raised concerns about this last week and it would seem that the club management are now on a similar wavelength offloading many of these people. On Monday I had coffee with a journalist who knows probably as much about what goes on at Arsenal as anyone. He made the case that in recent years it was very… Read more »
Big Sam has just left Everton……
You can liken pep to frankel the wonder horse
He was put out to stud early and has produced some good horses
Maybe Arteta could be peps best offspring of stud.
So the new manager comes in and immediately sings the praises of Mesut Özil… That will go down well on here.
Stroller
Norman Stanley bould
Is an habitual under voiced coach who indeed was only in it for the money.
He saw poor coaching as a way of life
I heArby therefore decree that he should serve time at stoke for 5he maximum of three years as an under achieving manager,,,
Bang
next case
“The point we were both agreed on was that if Bould was ignored by Wenger
why did he stay as his assistant for 10 years rather than move to pastures new.
The only conclusion is that he stayed for a quiet life and of course the money.”
Hard to argue with that.
So the new manager comes in and sings the praises of Granit Xhaka……. Ditto
“Lots of hate for Rodgers around here…Maybe you don’t like him, but he has at least some experience at a certain level.
Not sure we can say that about Arteta – and the fact he was Pepsi’s so called right arm don’t change a thing.”
Its hard to make any sort of case for Brenda, fact is every single poster on here and probably every Arsenal fan, besides yourself, thinks he’s w@nk
Everyone knows Don Howe was the football man in the Mee/Howe partnership. Once he left, Bertie Mee tanked spectacularly resulting in us nearly going down in 75. Arteta cant do this on his todd with Santi as No.2. If he comes, his Asst will be as big a choice.
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So the new manager comes in and sings praises of Aaron Ramsey and demands the player be kept… Pierre will go into meltdown.
Arsenal are making transfer moves before appointing the manager?
I don’t like the idea of the coach holding all the power. But I also don’t like the idea of the coach being forced to dance to the tunes set by the DoF.
Guns of Hackney May 16, 2018 09:03:53 “Why do you arrogant pricks think Allegri would leave Juve to manage us? Why leave the best club in Italy and one of the most consistent in Europe for this shower of shit? ” Money. It’s not arrogant to believe that there’s a good chance (albeit, not a given) that actual millions more a year might make the guy think he’d put up with extra work and hassle. In some respects my job is pretty comfortable, but would I put up with a bunch extra discomfort and longer hours for thousands more? Sure.… Read more »
As Arsenal seem to be taking a more continental approach to transfers I am intrigued to see how it will work out. Will the manager have the final say on who’s coming in and going out or will that be the job of the new blokes. Will the manager discuss with them the type of players he needs for the style and system he will be playing or will the manager have to fit the system to the players brought in. If they are not all working off the same page then there may be problems… Personally, I think the… Read more »
‘I really did not enjoy Pedro or many of the other usual Le Grovers shitting on Arsenal fans wary of this appointment. It’s genuinely quite unfair and condescending.‘
Easy, don’t upset the self appointed ‘genuine ‘ Arsenal fans.
R Ramsey..
What I’m hoping is the new manager comes in and says he would like to try Ramsey further forward or alternately demand that his midfielders play with the required discipline for the role.
I can gaurantee you that the new manager, whoever he is, will not allow Ramsey(who was playing in midfield) to play as a centre forward as he did for the last 15 minutes at the weekend when the team are fighting to hold onto a 1-0 lead…. It won’t happen.
Let’s see if Everton go for arteta now or go for Marco Silva
Personally I don’t believe we are going in for arteta let’s see what happens next week when serie A finishes
Pierre May 16, 2018 10:33:51 “If they are not all working off the same page then there may be problems… Personally, I think the manager should have the final say on who comes in.” A say, yes, final say, no. I can imagine a conversation going along the lines of – “I need a fast striker because we can’t counter attack. Here’s my list of people.” – ‘Sorry, Dries Mertens was wanting too much in wages, we got you Auba instead.’ – “He’ll do” Because otherwise you have conversations like this: – “Sign me Sebastian Squillacci” – ‘But he’s not… Read more »
Serie A is already finished, Juve are champs.
And Allegri already said he will stay at Turin.
Peter, what a crock of shite and you know it.
“if we’re about to blow 35m on a young Turkish CB it would suggest the 50m transfer budget is not an accurate figure” Not necessarily true, as I think we will be selling a lot. Apart from maybe a wide player, any incomings will be balanced by outgoings. £50m net is quite sizeable anyway. Liverpool have improved immeasurably without spending a penny since Klopp took over. Also, Arsenal have stated many times that they work in 3 year cycles, so the manager wont have any set amount to spend this summer. More than likely a 3 year net figure. If… Read more »
With regard the “transfer commitee” approach, we need to bring in one or two experienced football men on to the board, in a non-exec Director capacity, who will have some level of neutrality. The problem with a commitee is everyone has an agenda. Sanllehi will have agent friends in the game, Sven will have different agent friends and we have already seen he just seems to want all the old Drtmund group back together. There needs to be a couple of voices that will talk sense, not have vested interests, and ensure we are signing the players we need, not… Read more »
Ozil is still a pest.
Xhaka Kahn still knows how to write a track.
Get behind the appointment or get out. The vampire is gone so anything will be an improvement.
The Turkish centre half looks 35, not 21. But at least we are dealing with the defence.
…now all we need is another 11 players and we’re good to go.
I think the key phrase in that article is –
“More often than not he has been the one charged with taking on board Guardiola’s demands and filtering them through to the players.”
Remember it says Guardiolas demands – NOT Artetas demands
The guy is unproven at any level as a manager, is this really the risk we need right at this moment
Unproven. Arggghhhh.
You want ‘proven’ go and get Dario Grady ffs.
Breath of fresh air.
One other thing regarding Arteta
He has been assistant to success for a club that buys the players they want, that can spend what they want
He wont be getting that at Arsenal
So no experience and no money – please bring in Jardim
“He has been assistant to success for a club that buys the players they want, that can spend what they want”
So has Allegri. Best and richest club in the respective league.
Zidane. Probably three CLs. Experience?
Is Ferguson a chequebook manager?
This argument doesn’t hold up.
Gambon
“Liverpool have improved immeasurably without spending a penny since Klopp took over.”
They should thank Brendon rogers for that…. Signed Coutinho for 8 million.. Sold for 145 million….
“So has Allegri. Best and richest club in the respective league.”
Hes got to 2 CL finals in the last few years against teams with far bigger budgets.
Arsenal, with a bigger budget, arent in the CL, and when we were couldnt get past the QF.
Allegris average net spend in his Juve time is £26m PA.
Even if the £50m PA rumours are true, thats a big budget for him.
Gambon
Agreed. However…the experience argument doesn’t hold up.
Nor does the financial side of things. Traditionally, bar a couple of exceptions, the richest of anything will normally win out.
He got to two finals and lost both. Wenger also got to two and lost both.
Allegri is NOT the manager I think we are being led to believe. Good, maybe. The best ever? He has a very long way to go.
Arteta for me actually poses less risk than hiring a big name.
From the previous post… Pedro: It’s like you being at a bar and showing interest in a very nice looking lady. Then CR7 rolls in and cuts in.You can offer up your best lines, but be real, the continuation of your chat is well and truly over. I think we’re talking at cross purposes here. I can fully understand why ARTETA would us more attractive than EVERTON. That’s not the issue. The question I’m asking is why are we choosing ARTETA (who has no managerial experience whatsoever) over many young managers who also have new ideas, fresh approaches and enthusiasm… Read more »
The new manager is actually coming to Arsenal at a time when we have our best strike force for years since rvp/ade days.
Aubameyang, mkhitarayan, özil and lacazette will score goals for fun…
If course, the defence and midfield need sorting, that goes without saying…
So has Allegri. Best and richest club in the respective league. Zidane. Probably three CLs. Experience? Is Ferguson a chequebook manager?
Allegri managed cagliari and milan before juve – won trophies with milan
Zidane at least managed RM B – won title
Ferguson learned his trade as manager of Aberdeen – won titles
Arteta managed – ooops no one
If hes appointed i hope he does well, but its a massive risk
gambon Gazidis is the one who has to knock everyone in line so they don’t encroach intomthe manager’s space. I hate the idea of players knowing they can easily undermine the manager because the power does not flow from him. The manager should have a very big say in the senior players that the club brings in. No experienced manager will allow what’s going on right now. This Mislintat guy has a reputation for being a massive dick, that’s why there was a fall-out with Tuchel. He’s going to repeat the same nonsense at Arsenal, can Gazidis hold him back.… Read more »
*would want us
*informed one
Guns, Im not quite sure what your agenda is regarding Arteta, but there is certainly one. How on earth, can someone who has never managed a single game of football ever, be less of a risk than one of the worlds best managers who has won 4 back to back doubles, 5 league titles and 2 CL finals? While I am quite interested to see what Arteta can do, the idea he isnt an enormous risk is frankly ludicrous. Allegri may not win us the league, but the very worst he will do is improve us somewhat and be a… Read more »
…and I painted my ceiling so now I’ve got the Sistine chapel job.
Real B. Aberdeen. So bloody what.
Get behind the appointment. Go with the flow and who knows?
“The new manager is actually coming to Arsenal at a time when we have our best strike force for years since rvp/ade days.
Aubameyang, mkhitarayan, özil and lacazette will score goals for fun”
Not sure this is right.
Aubameyang is world class. Lacazette is OK, but I dont think they should play together.
Ozil & Mykhitaryan are not good goalscorers.
We desperately need another goalscorer out wide if we are going to compete.
Compared to Firminho, Salah, Mane & Aguero, Jesus, Sterling, Sane we are lacking quality.
Gambon
I am Mikel Arteta!
Let’s say Allegri comes in. He’ll have to learn the language. Move country. Relocate his family/children etc, clear out the shit, sign some players..how is this going to equate to hitting the ground running?
Arteta lives here. Speaks the language (and scouse), knows the players and the league. This for me is already up on Allegri.
No agenda. I think that it could be good for Arsenal. It might go wrong but so could hiring Allegri. You have to acknowledge that.
Win some lose some.
Go with the flow?
Hackney’s overnight transformation to Mr.Arsenal after all his previous rants here is quite amusing.
If Arteta gets hired as our manager, in terms of experience he is no better than Gary Neville. He was hired as manager of Valencia based on his experience with the England squad as assistant manager — and because he was well thought of in the game… as a pundit. Gary Neville, like Arteta had absolutely no experience as a manager before he was given the job at Valencia. He was hired on 2 December 2015… and fired on the 30 March 2016. Except our Board won’t be as ruthless, if he pans, they will give Arteta the season to… Read more »
Arteta is a cop out.
If Arteta is anointed as The Arsenal’s next manager it is up front & central to how much The Club is off the pace in world circles. But what it really means is that Stan Kroenke is the quintessential dormant majority shareholder of world football.
What a frigging absolute joke, Arteta as next manager. And if it happens, Stan the Yank is a disgraceful human being who should be short shifted back to America.
Hate Brendan Rodgers
Pedro
You’re trying to make Arteta more palatable by juxtaposing him with Brendan Rodgers.
Why do Arsena fans hate Brendan so much?
A-The 5-1 thunking
B-The media spanking he gave us over Suarez
C-The way he used to lick his lips
D. To make accepting Arteta easier
Rambo
I detested the later reign of terror for Arsene. I hated the way Arsenal gave a madman the platform to turn us from the second best club in the league to the sixth best.
I’m still an arsenal fan. That wasn’t going to change. I just stepped back until Arsene went away. Now, I can see a bit of hope.
Is Arteta my first choice? No. But that is irrelevant. I’ll be looking forward.
Le Grove, the new revamped Untold of the Arteta era.
Guns of Hackney
You’re doing a laughable act here
You’ve gone from temporarily ceasing to be a gooner until Wenger leaves to Arteta (the zero experience man) in.
“Go with the flow” is tantamount to get in line and march goose-step like a zombie.
“Go with the flow” is tantamount to get in line and march goose-step like a zombie”
How do you know what I do on my weekends?
Arteta will prove a lot of people wrong. Also, if it goes wrong…he won’t be there long. Perhaps then, a Tuchel or Bagelsmann will be available.
Relax.
Also, I posted this earlier.
Arteta will get his experience managing arsenal. We aren’t a big club. We aren’t a heavyweight. He’ll come in with little expectation so the only way is up.
It will work.
GOH
I’m with you 100%.
Wenger the “madman” has gone.
Life moves forward.
Arteta will take The Arse back to top 4 then all of a sudden he’ll have Barca DNA. This story is old, but it goes on!
As a side note. Hilarious that “Engurland Jack” isn’t going to the World Cup.
…not worth his supposed £100,000pw. England career over.
Rescind this offer asap.
“Also, if it goes wrong…he won’t be there long. ” Please, this Board dithered for 12 years to sack Wenger. If goes wrong, they will go the path of least resistance and hop it will turn out ok in the end. If, for nothing else, but pride. If it goes wrong, to sack Arteta so soon will be an admission of failure… and this Board won’t be as ruthless as that. If it goes wrong, the narrative will be “Arteta is a visionary, he just needs time to get his focus. What’s the rush? After all we gave Arsene 22… Read more »