courtesy @allthatchas
Atleti won the Europa League, Griezmann’s first major trophy… but it should have been ours!
I cannot believe we didn’t make 10 men at home count for more than nothing.
A lot of ‘why don’t we hire Diego’ after the game.
- He likes Atletico
- He likes Inter Milan
- He doesn’t speak English
I’m also not sure if you’d want that sort of football at Arsenal. I mean, some fan now seem impervious to the idea of bringing negative football back to Arsenal, I can’t help but think they’d be disappointed in that.
Not that I’d be against Simeone, I’m just not sure we need to go there.
One manager the club certainly like is Ralph Hassenhutl, the German went on the record last year to say he’d spoken to Arsenal about the potential opening at the club. That’s three Bundesliga managers we know the club were interested in, having spoken to Schmidt and Tuchel the same summer. Anyway, point of the thread is the Austrian has quit his position at Leipzig after two seasons with the Redbull outfit. He finished an incredible second last year, but couldn’t quite replicate that form this year, dropping down to 6th.
The 50-year-old found managerial fame taking German minnows Ingolstadt to the Bundesliga with a promotion, then keeping them in the league with a powerful defensive system that made up for having the worst attack in the league.
It’s unclear who rang the change bell, Rangnick or the manager. But the post-firing commentary was very positive from their Sporting Director.
“I would have liked to go into the new season with Ralph Hasenhuttl as our head coach,”
“I came to the realisation that another year together to begin with would have been sufficient. For Ralph however, there was no alternative to a premature contract extension. It was his explicit wish to terminate the contract and we accepted that with a heavy heart.
“In the past few season, Ralph has been incredibly impressive with a huge contribution and put in a lot of work. I don’t see Ralph as just a very talented coach but he’s also an incredible person. From the bottom of my heart, I wish him all the best for the future, both professionally and privately.”
Where Hassenhutl is planning on going next is a mystery. He reckons he turned down Bayern in January.
“The fact is that today I spoke with no other club, except that I once had a loose contact with Bayern Munich.
“I said that I cannot imagine that I am not a solution for Bayern, because I lack the international experience.”
The coach who compares himself Klopp when it comes to philosophy made an odd choice considering he’s 50 years old, but who am I to judge? That’s why I wonder if he’d move to Arsenal?
Anyway, he fits our brief from a philosophical perspective. He’s very organised, knows how to drill a defence, his game is all about intense pressing, he’s had to coach young kids at Redbull (they pride themselves in developing the youth between 17-23), and he’s picked up some of the flair Rangnick was famous for.
He’d be a solid hire, not an overly exciting one… though he does run up and down the sideline, something fans equate with winnertivity I believe.
Interesting that Bayern Munich, a mega club who signed Carlo and Pep, have opted to sign the Frankfurt coach Niko Kovac. The German-born Croatian doesn’t have much of a CV, he played some exciting direct football under Frankfurt for the past two seasons, but he’s hardly WINNER like you might think Bayern would want after not winning the CL for a while. The big pull for them was having a German and that German having played for the club. He has that emotional tie to Bayern, and that’ll take the edge off them not landing a mega name.
Anyway, point is, they’re a bigger club than us, with better players, and they’re hiring someone who basically did a good job of not getting Frankfurt relegated.
The Galactico manager is a dying breed, unless they bring the magic football…
Not that I’d ever bring the post back to who I want Arsenal to sign.
1st
Tr4phy
2nd
Oops! Tr4phy now?
1st place first time someone would be great but the style of football for me would be a massive change to what we see every week
4th
That’s better… didn’t mean to press the button to post the first one.
I mean simeone not someone of course. We would need a massive player change up for him to come in and work. Looks like it could well be arteta. Not sure how no experience can help at such a massive club like ours though. Are they setting him up to fail ?
Pedro
“…the German went on the record last year…”
“…point of the thread is the Austrian has quit…”
Make up your mind mate 🙂
Ah well…at least I got in 1st
Thanos
We aren’t a big club.
Guns I disagree we are a massive club we just are not playing at the top table
Thanos
Don’t confuse potential with actual facts. Arsenal could be one of the biggest but they are a long way off. We’re not even the top club in London anymore mate.
It’s a bit like when people say Newcastle are a big club. They really aren’t. Not at all.
Terrible mistake from Marseille’s defense last night on the first goal…
They did what we still call – (but thank god Farteta come to change everything) – an “Arsenal”.
14th – and that is where Arsenal will finish if we employ Mikael “never managed a game of football in my life” Arteta as a manager.
Why the new coach still not announced yet ??
This is Arteta, not Allegri or Ancelotti FFS!!
Simeone in.
Arsenal have never recruited “Galactico” Managers. They have either recruited people who have links with Arsenal or those like Wenger and Rioch who were below radar. Wenger did become a “Galactico” Manager, but as we have seen outstayed his welcome. Arsenal are most definitely a club at the top table of English Football even if we are failing to perform at that level. The club’s revenues place us third in pecking order and we have been members of top division since 1918. No other club comes close to that record. Some posters seem to forget that Manchester United have not… Read more »
“Anyway, point is, they’re a bigger club than us, with better players, and they’re hiring someone who basically did a good job of not getting Frankfurt relegated.”
You can do better than that Pedro. You know very well that major differece is this – Bayern have no real competition in Bundesliga and they can afford to employ manager of lesser experience. Arsenal however have at least FIVE clubs to catch up with in Pr3miership and are in absolutely no position to employ someone with NO msnagerial experience whatsoever. It is absolute madness, it is football equivalent of hard brexit.
The more hate for Arteta the more I desperately want him to get the job.
Lego man will do a good job and if not…we’ll change out his hair or body and bingo, we have a new guy.
Sky running the Arteta interview today and he’ll be given 50 million to spend. I guess now we know why he targeted. This appointment was always going to say a lot about Stan and Ivan and boy does it
The £50m is a ruse. It might be £50m but we could potentially raise another £100m by offloading some of the shite.
I’ve never understood this whole club telling every man jack about how much cash they have. No one knows for sure.
Anyway, some surgery and a bit of good coaching might be enough to see some improvements.
“Lego man will do a good job and if not…we’ll change out his hair or body and bingo, we have a new guy.”
He’s young, and he will have a long term contract.
Those who think that he will be fired quickly if his methods don’t work are complete fools.
Those who think that he will be fired quickly if his methods don’t work are complete fools.
How many years and how many obvious failures did we allow with Arsene? And all of a sudden we’re a strong willed sacking club? My ass we’re meek to say the least
As much as I love the comment section on Le Grove, yesterday’s Arseblog post is much more balanced position on what is going to be a decision of huge ramifications on our club…
https://arseblog.com/2018/05/its-normal-to-have-concerns-about-mikel-artetas-rumoured-appointment/
Whoever it is, I will get behind the person but it is a huge risk.
GOH
“Anyway, some surgery and a bit of good coaching might be enough to see some improvements”
Things that Wenger was incapable of.
This has nothing to do with money.
It’s a mindset.
Marko
‘This appointment was always going to say a lot about Stan and Ivan and boy does it’.
Yes, it does. As I’ve said before, Arsenal has effectively rebranded itself as a tier two European club like Dortmund or Athletico.
Those clubs have been relatively succesful , so there is hope.
The honeymoon period for Arteta or whoever the new coach is will be short though.
“The £50m is a ruse. It might be £50m but we could potentially raise another £100m by offloading some of the shite.”
If you can raise 100m by selling shite, I want in on that business.
We now look dead certain to bring in Arteta, I hope to god this doesn’t blow up in our faces. Would have loved an appointment to sort our pansies out, maybe Arteta is that guy
No-one knows for sure exactly how much Arsenal will spend this summer. The club is always secretive about their business. Also does it really make sense telling the world that you have a budget of £200 million as some managers and clubs delight in doing? Such statements result in inflation of transfer fees. Much better to plead poverty and secure players at the right [realistic] prices. Arsenal’s transfer budget in recent years has been £50-100 million dependent on outgoing sales. As I wrote earlier we have a net annual budget of £50 million. However, this season we spent just over… Read more »
“Yes, it does. As I’ve said before, Arsenal has effectively rebranded itself as a tier two European club like Dortmund or Athletico.Those clubs have been relatively succesful , so there is hope.
The honeymoon period for Arteta or whoever the new coach is will be short though.”
Arsenal, if they get their sh!t straight, stand shoulder to shoulder with LIverpool and Man United, make no mistake. Yesterday I heard we were Man City’s B team and now we are second tier? No….
I might get completely shot down in flames for this but if our club is willing to hire a complete novice on Pep’s say so… here’s a few more left field suggestions. Who is the best qualified and experienced woman right now working in world football? Why not give her a shot? She can’t be any worse than a complete novice Arteta. I’m not saying she should be hired BECAUSE she is a woman but because of her experience. Who is the best qualified black, Asian or Oriental coach working in World Football? Why not approach them? Again, I’m not… Read more »
With the delay in the announcement it does give a little hope that it might not be Arteta as there’s little reason to delay things if it is him , maybe it’s just so it looked like they were taking their time . If they do go Arteta it will show once and for all how ambitious the board and owner are about winning things . Has anyone heard what Mislintat and sanllehi are earning at the club as I wouldn’t be surprised they’ve gone cheap with Arteta so they can just spread what Wenger was earning across three people… Read more »
I would like to point out that there are very few clubs in global football who spend even £50 million net. The only clubs who can and will do so with any regularity have been Man Utd, Man City and PSG. Even Chelsea no longer do so. Real Madrid did spend occasionally massive amounts of money but only when supported financially by National or State Government + Banks. That is no longer happening. Some posters need to take a look at Transfermarkt over past 5 years. Most clubs including likes of Bayern Munich, Juventus,Liverpool and Spurs spend a lot less… Read more »
The negativity towards Arteta is unwarranted.
Too many managers talked about on here, are over-hyped.
I like the fact that he is an unknown quantity.
BRING IT ON!
ES
Like Wenger Arteta or whoever will spend what he’s given. I predict Arsenal will spend a maximum of £50 million this summer, if that.
Also, I don’t see much extra coming in from player sales.
I bet Wolves spend more than £50 mill
Wenger was not the reason for the negativity on here
Now i am convinced on that.
Some of you will never be pleased unless the club does exactly what you want no matter how unrealistic or outlandish.
There is actually such a thing as an unpopular decision and they have been made since the beginning of time and will continue to be made , some work out some do not .
The only investment Arsenal need to make over the next few months is in retraining the players and personnel who remain at the club
Basic team building exercises are easy to perform and I’m sure the players would appreciate and benefit from some honest and frank discussions.
All this talk of money drives me mad.
RH
He was the key “reason”.
Now that he has left, we can all move forward.
“The only investment Arsenal need to make over the next few months is in retraining the players and personnel who remain at the club”
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Yeah I’m sure that’s the only thing that needs to be done. Lol.
I am not saying a word about any potential managers coming in.
For those who might say it is too great a risk to hire a woman, a black coach, an Asian coach, an Oriental coach even if they have all the skills and experience… then I ask this. Isn’t that hypocritical? Why is that risk made more palatable just because Arteta, a young white man who is endorsed by a another young white man endorses him despite his lack of experience? A person should get hired for this job at this great club because they have the best skills, experience regardless of their background, skin colour etc… If Arteta, without any… Read more »
Sanllehi and Mislintat will spend whatever money is available to them, and this will be determined by our cash flow statement and balance sheet, not by Stan Kroenke.
And if they hire Arteta, it is because they think he is young, smart and ambitious. They are not doing so because they are happy with being also-rans.
And if it turns out we “only” have 50m, then that’s what our self-sustaining model provides us at the moment. If you want a different model or owner, send a letter to the board.
I told you Alexander was sticking with his “Wenger always spent what he was given to spend” bollocks.
*endorsed by another young white man despite his lack of experience?
@Hairdry : You seems to be surprised that many of us on Le Grove thinks that our club deserve more than “just” Arteta as a coach…
(don’t get me wrong, I hope Arteta will succeed, even if I’m disapointed by the board’s choice)
Graham
Are you of the opinion that the existing squad can finish top four next season? With no additions?
Receding
No, Wenger was the reason, but there are a lot of people with strong views here, so they are bound to be upset by this or that decision. That’s what makes this place what it is. It would be boring as fuck if everyone here just said, “whatever the club decides is fine with me.”
G62 I agree that the mindset under Wenger absolutely stank. Frankly, it was pathetic. I hope that however comes in does have the balls to discipline or demote the jerks who much about or go on sick leave. Arteta may not appear to be a brute but those days are over. Jose rarely gets a performance out of a player he publicly destroys. In fact in has the reverse effect. People are really down on the potential appointment of Arteta because he doesn’t have any experience and or, he wasn’t a world beater as a player. For me, this isn’t… Read more »
I feel strangely confident about Arteta. He is known to be a great coach and that is exactly what we need. We will no longer has this old fashioned ‘one man does everything’ nonsense. Anyone who understand the decline we’ve seen under Wenger will know that the only way is up – we have some great players – we’ll buy a couple more and hopefully get rid of some of the shit. Then we’ll see what proper coaching with a modern footballing set-up can do.
“I told you Alexander was sticking with his “Wenger always spent what he was given to spend” bollocks”
Thought he would slip it in there unnoticed…
Strange that people are giving out the line that the club know what they are doing here and from obvious anti-Wenger folk.
This club hung on to Wenger for too long but now we hear that the Arteta appointment is in safe hands. Or so implied.
Safe hands? A CEO who has never been in a position at the club where he had had to ever appoint a manager before a rookie himself in this aspect and a guy from across the pond who is being a new play toy by his daddy.
Bamford really has no shame.
Black hei
£100m could be raised easily.
Iwobi £15m
Welbeck £12m
Wilshere £25m
Ramsay £35-40m
Bellerin £25m
Mustafi £18m
Chambers £15m
Elneny £12m
Ozil £30m (wages obviously a prob)
There is money there and I think we could improve every position for a fraction of the cost of we do smart things and start coaching players correctly.
There is money and there is hope.
Rambo
Make an argument, mate. A comment like that is just admitting that you don’t have one.
Bamford
“I told you Alexander was sticking with his “Wenger always spent what he was given to spend” bollocks”
If it’s true that we have a limited £50 million budget then Alexander may have a point after all.
Arteta may have a limited budget too.
You’ve just admitted as much when you said “And if it turns out we “only” have 50m, then that’s what our self-sustaining model provides us at the moment. If you want a different model or owner, send a letter to the board“
It is plausible that Wenger only spent what he was given.
Guns
Jacks contract is up, so minus 25mill. Bellerin 25mill?? There cant be a club that stupid
And if they hire Arteta, it is because they think he is young, smart and ambitious. They are not doing so because they are happy with being also-rans. If we appoint an inexperienced coach over an experienced manager and give him a small budget to sort out things then they are happy with being also rans. What does Arteta and 50 million say compared to Allegri and say 150 million? A bloody lot. And there’s nothing wrong with self sustainability but at the same time there’s nothing to stop Stan from taking a foot forward approach and occasionally demanding more… Read more »
“It’s not like Arteta won’t know what to do. He’s been in football, he has worked with the best, he’s respected by the best and let’s not forget that rumours that he could one day manage arsenal go back a few years. This isn’t just something that has popped up.”
They said EXACTLY the same type of things when Gary Neville was appointed at Valencia… he lasted three months… and we are a bigger club than Valencia so the consequences will be greater.
Ishola
Raul Sanllehi is helping with the recruitment of a new manager, just as he did at Barcelona. This is partly why he was brought in. Why are you talking as if Gazidis is alone in a room, making all the decisions?
“It is plausible that Wenger only spent what he was given”
How does a manager go from just buying a has been goalie to spending 100 mill the next summer? Doesn’t make sense
Stevey
Everton paid money for Walcott. I rest my case.
Leeds
Neville is a good example but…he’s a fucking manc and walking in a straight line and chewing gum is impossible for them.
Bamford
There have been reports that the Barca guy was more in favour of appointing a more experienced coach for example Enrique before it was said Enrique had unrealistic demands from the club.
So you can’t put out his name as evidence that the appointment is in great hands.
If Arsenal can’t and won’t appoint a more experienced manager that get the majority of fans really excited so be it but shouldn’t really give out that everything is hunky dory here.
I told you Alexander was sticking with his “Wenger always spent what he was given to spend” bollocks.
He’s wrong about that. Absolutely right about Stan being a shit owner with zero ambitions. Like I said the manager appointment is going to say a lot about Arsenal under Stan Kroenke it’ll say a lot about his ambitions. Signing up a coach with two years experience who’s never managed says one thing. Hiring a coach like Allegri or Carlo or Enrique says something completely different
If Arteta is so good, let’s put that to the test… and let Man City take the risk.
Let’s throw £50m at Pep to get him… and when Man City complain, tell them Arteta is just as good — because Pep says so…
Even if we spent nothing in the transfer window I would feel better about giving Pep £50m. Why? His experience! He would get the most out of this squad.
Bamford, clearly you forget the many, many arguments we have had previously where I would ask you- ‘What guarantee do you have that Arsenal will hire a proper manager next and not a second rate cheap option?’ and you would reply-‘Your argument makes no sense. Why wouldn’t they hire the best available man?’
Well here we are, close to appointing a complete novice. And instead of realizing your faith was misguided, you continue to suck up to Kroenke and co. With regards to both financials and the appointments.
Whatever floats your boat.
It’s funny the world and his dog know what Arsenal’s transfer budget is for this window is but no one has a clue what ManU, the Spud’s, Chelsea, Liverpool or Everton will spend.
Kroenke is not a bad owner. Far from it. From what I can see he doesn’t do anything wrong except for not going to matches. So what? He has never denied money to the club. He has never, as far as we know, said no to funds. Christ, the man gave out £100m + for a couple of forwards. Wenger pissed it away. That’s not the owners fault. Me thinks there is an issue with Kronkes Americanism. I don’t care that an owner goes to games, I care that an owner does right by the club. Kronkes mistake and don’t… Read more »
Why are you talking as if Gazidis is alone in a room, making all the decisions?
Because Mikel Arteta is the favourite for the Arsenal job and not Enrique or Ancelotti or Allegri. You think Raul is willing to put his neck on the line for someone with two years experience?
OK, so the article below presents a decent picture of our financial situation as of March 1. Most important point is that we had 137m in cash reserves prior to the 56m purchase of Aubameyang. That would leave us theoretically with a cash balance of 81m. However, we must always keep at least 25m on hand in cash, so this may be where people are getting the 50m figure from. Barring (i) new cash in — which based on prior 6-month profits, could be about 12m — and (ii) player sales this summer, it looks like we have about 50m… Read more »
When Arteta wins the league…I’ll be waiting for an apology.
How long do humans live these days? It’s about 300 right?
Kidding. He’ll win the league in two seasons. Quote me on that.
“because Pep says so… ”
Pep says so.
“Pepsi”… I get it, at last!! lol
My guess is that the repetitive rumours about Leno and Sokratis are probably
valid. These will cover two positions in team which need strengthening.
Then any other material changes will be covered most probably by sales. The
two most likely are either Mustafi or Ramsey. The departure of Mustafi would
not concern me too much.
Personally I would prefer to offload Wilshire rather than Ramsey, but if we
need to upgrade in midfield the reality is that offloading the former will generate no revenue and Ramsey is now moving into final year of contract with
no extension seemingly on horizon.
Guns of Hackney
‘Christ, the man gave out £100m + for a couple of forwards. ‘
..and arsenal recouped more than that in player sales.
“How does a manager go from just buying a has been goalie to spending 100 mill the next summer? Doesn’t make sense”
it really does,most especially when you take into consideration arsenal operates on a self-sustaining model coupled with the fact we only spend the amount of income we generate.
Stan is really a frugal and measly owner,who has ZERO ambition to win the biggest prizes, fans would have been better off directing tirades towards him rather than Wenger for the greater good.
Marko Sure, it would be nice if we had an owner who was willing to dip into his own pockets. It doesn’t seem that we have that kind of owner. I’m not sure much more can be said or done about that. As for your Sanllehi comment above, I’m not sure I understand your point. Sanllehi and Gazidis are working together on this appointment. If Sanllehi felt strongly that Arteta was a bad decision, I think he would say so in the strongest terms possible. I mean, he is going to be associated with the appointment no matter what happens,… Read more »
Woah. Just heard that Balottelli is on a free. We should be in there like Flynn. Mad as a fish but could still shake shit up on his day.
PEA, Lacatallent and Mad Mario.
Goals.
Marc, “It’s funny the world and his dog know what Arsenal’s transfer budget is for this window is but no one has a clue what ManU, the Spud’s, Chelsea, Liverpool or Everton will spend” The question of transfer budget would have come up al lot during this sojourn to find a new manager. -We may have leaked it to the media to screen out managers who will withdraw their application once they read it. -We may have told the agents of the coaches we interviewed during the exploratory stages that we have only £50 million to spend -We may have… Read more »
Alaexamder
And?
He’s still a decent owner as far as I can see.
“Why are you talking as if Gazidis is alone in a room, making all the decisions?”
That’s why he fired wenger, to have all the power for himself…
(being a bit ironic here)
“When Arteta wins the league…I’ll be waiting for an apology. ”
If he do, I’m ready to give you all the necessary apologies, in a heartbeat.
And I will apologize to Arteta also, of course.
Hackney we paid for those forwards ourselves through the self sustainability model. There’s nothing to suggest it was Stans money. Nothing to suggest either that he’s withheld funds either. Always been hard to tell if he was a good owner with a bad manager or a bad owner with a bad manager. We’re about to find out I think. He hires a novice he’s not interested in competing. If he pulls out Allegri next week he is interested in competing.
Victorious
You’ve missed the point of that comment. We had more than 100m in cash reserves in the summer of 2015, yet Wenger only spent 11m. Either he did not spend what was available to him — i.e., what actually happened — or Kroenke told him he could only spend 11m (a thoroughly debunked claim).
Dissenter
I would asume it’s net. Gross would depend on what we get in sales
Guns
“When Arteta wins the league…I’ll be waiting for an apology”
…and if he stinks out the place, will you undress to feed the pigeons at Trafalger square?
Marko
Look, I don’t think appointing a novice is a sign that Arsenal are running up the white flag.
Would getting Enrique for £15m a season be a sign of intent? I don’t think so.
Arsenal have clearly looked around Europe and said “we want some of that”. Arsenal are taking a risk but so what. If Arteta works, amazing. Arsenal have just landed. If it goes wrong…well, at least they tried.
I’m going to give Arsenal a bit of credit this time.
Bamford
For the second time there have been reports that the Barca guy was more in favour of appointing a more experienced manager for example Enrique before it was said that his demands from the club were not realistic.
So there is doubts that the Barca guy is 100% behind this appointment. Of course he will get behind it like everybody else but as said reported he wanted more experienced bigger name as first option.
Dissenter
Or of course the papers could be making it up in the knowledge that every time they put that on line you click on it.
I mentioned the other clubs for a very specific reason – they either all need to step up performance or have new rich owners. Outside of Neymar to Utd there hasn’t been any major speculation on transfers for these clubs – in fact any rumours around the Spud’s are either players on the way out or Poch sounding like he wants out.
Dissenter
It would be stranger if I got dressed to feed the pigeons!
My day normally starts with a naked tube ride, 30 mins in the clink, a sandwich bag over my winkle and then off to Trafalgar Sq.
Day in the life, mate.
Am I alone in getting confused as to wnhat the hell the club are doing, I thought they had a plan but no I’m not so sure …..
I’m seeing doors closing but windows opening….
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11375787/cristiano-ronaldo-and-lionel-messi-could-have-played-for-arsenal-says-arsene-wenger
He was fired, but still we will always be condemned to read those kind of “horrors”…
Does he left London ??
Guns of Hackney He’s a shit owner for two reasons: 1) Football is a speculative sport if you’re in it to win things. I’m not suggesting we should have or could have matched man city’s spending, but there have been periods when if Stan had invested even a relatively small amount, it would have made all the difference. Instead, he has stuck rigidly to self sustainability. The result is that the club has gone backwards. 2) Sticking with Wenger for too long. This was lazy and counterproductive and sums up Stan’s couldn’t care less approach. In the end it has… Read more »
Bamford
I think it’s meaningless making deductions from the financials reported in the tabloids.
There are many payments such as bonuses that aren’t publicly disclosed and the club will have accountants use creative means to hide them.
It wasn’t reported until recently that Aubameyang had a hefty transfer bonus when he signed; makes sense because he came to us on the same wages he was in at Dortmund.
“I thought they had a plan”
Just ask Pedro, his pal Ivan knows best.
Ishola
OK, maybe Sanllehi would have preferred a different appointment. So too would many of us. However, if he thought Arteta was a TERRIBLE idea, I don’t think we would be going forward with it. Sanllehi has WAY more football knowledge than Gazidis and more experience with decisions like this. If he was opposed to the decision, he would say so, and there would be an issue with moving forward on it.
In other news, Ranieri has left FC Nantes lol
Alexander
Agreed. I don’t know enough about Stan and America so I can’t comment. I’ve heard the rumours though.
The Wenger decision was terrible and I addressed that but I still don’t really see that he has hamstrung Arsenal. Wenger spent poorly and recruited worse, but I’m not sure the owner should take that flack.
Now Gazidis on the other hand…
Dissenter
It’s not useless. It at least gives you a ballpark sense of things. And when you look at what I wrote above, it makes sense that people are saying we have roughly 50m. That’s roughly what we have — barring incoming new cash and any additional player sales.
Look, I don’t think appointing a novice is a sign that Arsenal are running up the white flag. Would getting Enrique for £15m a season be a sign of intent? I don’t think so.
Appointing someone who’s never managed in his life as opposed to someone who’s won league titles and the champions league absolutely in a sign of intent
Guns of Hackney
Enjoy mate
You’re the king of banter now. The old of wonderful comebacks.
https://youtu.be/d-diB65scQU
Raneri in. Arteta out.