I tell yah, the worst addition to the world of clickbait is commentating on what fans are talking about.
Listen Google news, I didn’t tune in to read about what @Xhakalaka403 thinks about something he read on FootballFancast. Get me the real juice. The premium quality journalism. The elite inside take.
Oh, what’s that?
Aubameyang liked a AFTV post about Dembele!
That’s what I’m talking about…
The rumour won’t go away about the young expensive winger. Word on the street, which is basically word on FootballFancast, is Barca are open to an £87m deal. Now, on the face of it, that seems like crazy money, but is it really? The kid is only 21 years old, he’s in the same league as M’Bappe for talent, he’s massively suited to the Premier League and he’s already had a major injury which is perfect for Arsenal.
I’d love it if the new regime welcomed in a new era with a mega show of intent. If you make a move like that work with a massive player, you’ll make your money back when Real Madrid or PSG come calling when he’s 25. He could easily be a £200m talent buy then. It’s a risk, no doubt, but one that could very easily pay off if we have the guts to ride it out.
Wenger is easing those retirement slippers on. Here he is talking about whether he’d take on another challenge.
“Do I still have the desire to be a coach? Yes. Do I have the desire to throw myself into another crazy challenge? I don’t know. It’s a job that requires total commitment,”
That reads a little like ‘I’m not going to do the Madrid thing’, namely because no one would ask him to, but seriously, who’d bother taking that sort of challenge on in their late sixties? That’d be a total madness. Good for him.
Wenger should try and get a job at the FA. Some sort of sporting director role. We’d love that. Wenger is basically English anyway. Let him get in there, boot out all the dross, have all the youth teams playing irresponsible Wengerball. I’d be all about that for sure.
Interesting to see that Leroy Sane was NOT included in the Germany squad despite dropping absolute numbers this season. He’s a very special talent, not bringing him along is bizarre to say the least.
Also, there’s a horror story brewing that Arsenal are looking to man-up their midfield by hiring in Fellaini on a free transfer. I mean, I’ll take players who can give us a bit more fight, but that feels very much like a 2013 sort of signing. Still, he’ll give us something on those rainy nights in… errr… Huddersfield?
A lot of Arsenal fans up in arms about the shirt deal we did with Rwanda. Their leader Paul Kagame is one of the most successful war generals on the planet. He took over in 1994, ended a genocide. He was famous for doing a lot with a little, he took down Congo, a regime 27 times the size of Rwanda. Anyway, despite getting his country back on track, there are fears he’s overstaying his welcome, and that he’s oppressing his people. This gives a pretty detailed view of what’s going on.
It’s an odd sponsorship to take on, on the one hand, you want to be high and mighty about nations that don’t adhere to our social norms or our democratic values. On the other hand, Britain can hardly be held up as a shining light of love and kindness around the world. Not just that, Arsenal are part owned by an Oligarch, and the Premier League is littered with owners from kingdoms that have less than exemplary records on human rights. Not that a multitude of wrongs makes a right.
It’d be very interesting to hear your views on the shirt deal below. I understand both sides of the argument. You have an oppressive leader on one side, and someone who has turned Rwanda into a shining light on the other.
Anyway, I’m living in a country where the President has just asserted his right to pardon himself.
Back to England, big Iwobes banged in a goal against us. What a player. The young Nigerian had this to say on his AFC situation.
“[Wenger] has been there for me since I joined the club and has been very inspirational and influential on my career, but I am excited having our new manager next season.
“It has always been my childhood dream [to play for Arsenal]. I have been playing for Arsenal since I was six.
“The fact I am representing them now is like a dream come true. I am always proud to wear the Arsenal colours, and long may it continue.”
Hopefully, he can build on his game, he’s been a bit average over the past year, playing much better for Nigeria. I’d love to see what Emery can do for his game.
It’s interesting watching the press gun for Raheem Sterling with such aggression. Digging out a player for having a gun tattoo on his leg is odd, especially when it’s in memory of a shot father. The lateness issue was attacked with vigor as well. I’d be game for giving him a kicking if the press did the same for Harry Kane. But they didn’t and don’t. Harry gets full-page op-ed’s asking England fans to stop making memes for fear of disrupting his preparation. The FA was pilloried for making a joke about the star man. It’s weird that Kane, who won nothing again this season, would get such an easy run in the press versus a player who just played a key role in one of the greatest Premier League sides of all time.
Cannot put my finger on the difference between the two players…
Watching the old boys network line up their targets before the competition starts is par the course. But, you only have to go to one press conference to see how it works out. They’re like a union, which is why the narrative is so consistent across all the pages. Hopefully, we can get some solid independent thought as the tournament goes on, and less sensationalist scapegoating. It’s a shame we’ll probably have to look to the foreign journo’s for a fair assessment. But we’ll see.
Ok, see ya’ll in the comments… x
On the plus side Sane is still very young. So should most definitely get his chance of another WC in 4 years time. Providing he keeps playing well and he stays healthy.
I think Low preferred Julian Brandt over Sane due to his team ethic and work rate.
But I would of personally picked Leroy for the German WC squad no doubt.
“I dont think Mo Salah would have received the same treatment from the British media had he had a gun tattoo on his leg.”
Isn’t Egypt part of Africa?
People have a visceral reactions to guns, particularly weapons of mass destruction like an AK-47.
Calm down the charges of racism.
GS88
I would have left out the overrated Goretzka for Sane before Brandt. Or the awful Khedira (still dining off of his decent World Cup FOUR years ago), although he’s a fave of Loew’s so can understand his choice there.
I quite like Brandt, very good player and useful as he can play either side.
All links to Malcolm and Bailey have cooled down. If Dembele fails (which is a strong possibility) think we should go in for either one.
I prefer Malcolm though. Mad skills.
WE
Agreed.
Low has an embarrassment of riches at his disposal.
FELLAINI CLOSE TO EXIT
Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini is in advanced negotiations with another top Premier League club.
Press Association Sport is reporting that the Belgium international is edging towards leaving Old Trafford following strong interest from a rival team.
Was worried it might be US until I read the words top premier league club and rival team.
Marko
Take the g of your bunch of fruit,and it may give you your answer.
WE
Both Goretzka and Khedira play in central midfield, though, so leaving them out for a wide player wouldn’t make a lot of sense. And while I get that you don’t like Khedira, he was key for them in the last WC.
Bailey will cost an arm and a leg.
Malcolm won’t come cheap either but right now he’s probably gettable for £40-50 million, especially given he cooled off a bit in the 2nd half of the season.
Love both players, also Guedes.
WE
Odds that Brazil win the whole thing? Odds that Neymar wins the Golden Boot?
Bamford
True, they are light on wide options though.
Come on, good 4 years ago as was Schweinsteiger, should he be called up too?
Khedira has been a liability more often than not in CM for Juventus this season, the Juve fans can’t stand him.
Not the best track record with cast offs from United. Anyway sure best to be positive otherwise it’ll effect the club. Sure is ambitious I’ll give them that much
Bamford
Most bookies have them as the joint favourites with Germany with Spain and France slightly behind.
Neymar is joint GB favourite with Messi, both 8/1.
I know it coach. Can’t even talk about someone like J0 e Frasier without being flagged
Their Golden Ball odds, just looked there and Messi’s the golden boot favourite at 9/1 with Griezmann just behind at 10/1 and Neymar at 12/1.
Kane at 14/1 in 4th, lol.
World Cup Golden Boot winner though with the odd exception, like Ronaldo in 2002 is nearly always somebody well away from the favourites though. Muller and James have won the last two and neither were even in the top 20 players touted before the tournament.
Golden Ball is a much better bet as it’s generally the best player on one of the Finalists.
Hate to break it to people but you don’t go from being strongly linked to 34 year old back up RB’s and shit cunts like Fellaini to signing up top talent like Leon Bailey or Malcom or Dembele. Some of these links are starting to tell you about our level now. My mistake I was still thinking we were a big club these last few years just sleep walking a little
Er the Fellaini rumours don’t make sense. He doesn’t play in CM – I’d rather see Elneny in there.
Leave Marko alone
Every site needs an agitator for aggressive transfer approach
#letMarkobe
Marko
We’ve signed two players under the new management system (Sanllehi didn’t actually join until Feb but we’ll ignore that nor now) PEA and Mavropanos. PEA is quality and Mavropanos is a youngster who has shown that he could become a good player.
Why do you insist on believing what the papers spread?
This is not the promised land we were told we would have when we left home. Wherses the money? Are the share holders getting massive dividends ? Where’s the money going Few years back we were informed we are totally solvent paying for ourselves with minimum owed on stadia Where’s all the money disappeared Who’s having their hands in the till This is embarrassing Felenni Lichtenstein 34 year old cb Freebie 17 year old Bernard cos he is free at end of contract. The club is a fucking disgrace It ain’t the manager It’s S&M an gazidis Two bob mind… Read more »
RSPC
If anyone is taking huge dividends etc it will show up on the accounts. How do you know how much money we have available to spend this summer?
Sober reading that article in Telegraph, that’s Ozil and Ramsay in same side.
Likely midfield three of Xhaka, Ramsay and Ozil.
Intersting to see what Emery does with Wenger’s MF.
Very excited at the signing of Yacine. Drawing a long bow to look at the positive of signing a hack like Fellaini is that Yacine will probably win a spot in the best 11 before too long. Same hopefully true for Mavrapanos over his countryman Sokratis. A few more youngsters like Yacine and Mavrapanos is what I am hoping for. I think that’s realistic. As for established players I don’t hold out much hope that it won’t be anything other than mid level players. Top 4 out of the question for the next couple of seasons I think. Maybe we… Read more »
Marc
I don’t but the dream we were sold was not this.
Someone is earning out of this,
Someone is syphoming money out of the club
All the new homes owned by the club
Someone or a group are on the take
So now Karius was concussed during that final ?! Hilarious
RSPC
You do realise that you can’t just take money out of a company without it showing on the accounts don’t you?
Kroenke was taking a management fee of circa £3 million a year a couple of years ago but even if he’s still taking that it’s nothing in the scheme of things.
Dembele ain’t leaving Barcelona
Was Karius physically examined by Mass general hospital?
What a bizarre public comment for the hospital to make. Karius has been making mistakes for a long time.
Dissenter
Course he had fucking concussion the Liverpool players took turns kicking him in the head for two hours after the match.
Marc
Where’s the money gone then.
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RSPC
Go and read the fucking accounts lazy bastard.
I know concussions are to be taken seriously with lots of new info about how they damage the brain.. but if this was the case with Ramos…. Ive seen the collision, then that really kind of sucks.
Fuck Ramos- twat shit
RSPC
You still haven’t answered my question of how much do we actually have to spend this summer?
GunsSF
Sounds more like the usual scouse penchant for blaming everyone or everything else for a problem.
Marc.
You will only see what they want you to see .RSPC has a point?
As regard 3million being taken every year.
.”as a small amount in the scheme of thing’s ..”
REALLY.?
Governments are questioning why they are giving Rwanda so much in aid when they can afford to sponsor Arsenal £30 mill
Can’t really argue with that.
James wood
Yes really! £3 million with a turnover of over £420 million is a small amount in the overall scheme of things.
As for only seeing that they want us to see? Good fucking grief whilst I appreciate that accounts can be manipulated to a degree you can’t hide payments.
Marc.
If you believe that the books can’ t be cooked as it were.
Then you are very naive.
3 million if it is 3 million is questionable.
Why do you insist on believing what the papers spread?
Marc I get you and I understand give them time and the benefit of the doubt but given the ease with which other clubs seem to be able to sign players aren’t I justifiable with my criticism. Plus let’s be honest would you put it past these cunts to sign Fellaini
Marko
Can you give me a list of all the amazing signings made by other clubs so far?
James wood
As the £3 million was clearly shown in the accounts as a payment for management services then that was pretty clear. The club doesn’t pay dividends to shareholders – can you see Kroenke giving Usmanov money?
Marc .
What makes you think that why would he not.
After all they are not both in the positions they are in
for the benefits of their health.
These top accountants are far cleverer than you or I.
Marko
Chelsea – no signings
Liverpool – Fabinho and the guy they did an agreement on last summer.
Utd – no signings
City – no signings
Spud’s – no signings
Everton – no signings
You really need to chill the fuck out.
why do my comments keep going into moderation?
http://www.talkingbaws.com/2018/06/marouane-fellaini-is-in-talks-with-arsenal-and-their-fans-are-going-absolutely-ballistic/
This is hilarious.
Yeah Marc you’re right its not like we have this same argument every single transfer window. Took us a whole month to finally announce Aubameyang. How long have we been negotiating with the 34 year old? No no you’re right nothing to worry about its only Arsenal I’m sure we’ll be ready to challenge once it’s all said and done
So many meltdowns going on at le grove. Lol
Marko
Whats up champion?
Marko
Well if the Mirror are reporting it it must be true. Absolute stroke of genius for the new manager and new management team to go and sign an attacking MF for a DM position when they are under pressure to show the new set up is going to take the club forward.
Samesong
Is it me or do some of the posters on here actually want the club to fuck things up so they can moan?
It’s not as if they want it to happen so they can say Wenger was the nuts – they hated him as well.
I’m kind of on board with the idea of Fellaini the banter alone would be amazing
Criticising the club’s transfer policy is hardly a meltdown. A meltdown would be if we actually signed up great players
Marko
Not having a go at you mate.
It’s just funny seeing the comments at the moment.
Same old Arsenal . I might have been wrong blaming Wenger all along
Tactles silly comments far removed from reality by Yaya Toure. I mean of he felt so insulted why sign on for another year.
And I’m African by the way.. But playing the race card anytime u don’t get what you want is not on
Marc
You call me a lazy bastard then ask why I haven’t repolec?
Have you banged your head recently or had a fall?
Why would I converse with a diseased cretin….
According to rumours, we might be interested in signing Gary Cahill. He’s gonna be the captain and serve in a player/coach role.
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Moan!!!!!!!!!!
Marc is showing certain traits of being a former poster who’s been chucked out , and is back with a new guise .
Chill out don’t get angry
It’s funny seeing all the moaners even after Arsene has gone. All these Rolls-Royce fans when Arsenal’s ownership is committed to following a Yugo budget. None of us actually know what the 50 million ‘budget’ covers but it sounds that Ramsey’s renewal takes up a good chunk of it. The fans don’t realize that we pushed hard these last two seasons with Lacazette, Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan (and before that with the misguided signings of Xhaka and Mustafi). We spent big to get back in the Top 4 through the league or Europa and it blew up in our faces especially… Read more »
Years ago arsenal invited united down to view the Finsbury Park store.
We were the most successful team in pushing the club brand.
Few years on united wipe the floor with us on marketing and football
No coindence eh?
Fellaini on a free transfer is actually a VERY GOOD deal.
We are building a squad not filling our staring eleven spot. We’ve always complained about having a thing squad so what’s really wrong with Felaini?
He gives us an opportunity to play a different way from the 85th minute of games.
He’s a Belgian international with extensive premier league experience.
What is wrong with you people ?
Get them free transfers in.
Get them bone crushers in
Fellaini, Socrates and Lichsteiner — let the party begin.
According to rumours, we might be interested in signing Gary Cahill. He’s gonna be the captain and serve in a player/coach role.
I’m on board. How about next we finally sign Hatem Trabelsi and Salomon Kalou
*our starting eleven spots*
Fellaini on a free transfer is actually a VERY GOOD deal.
We are building a squad not filling our staring eleven spot. We’ve always complained about having a thing squad so what’s really wrong with Felaini?
He gives us an opportunity to play a different way from the 85th minute of games.
I’m all in. If nothing else it’ll be fun
The Fellaini shirt will be a big seller so long as it comes with a free wig.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/06/04/unai-emery-hoping-commit-much-summer-budget-securing-aaron-ramseys/
I like Ramsay and I’d rather we kept him, but the club is going to have to put him on a salary close ozil’s otherise he’ll ‘do a sanchez’.
The north Londoners are seriously interested in signing Dutch international Jasper Cillessen from La Liga champions Barcelona
Hope this one is true too
What would you do in Emery’s place? £50 million to spend (the equivalent of £25 million five years ago.) Severe deficiencies in defence. And our only star (Ramsay) with a year left on his contract. And nobody else easy to sell at decent money. How about bringing back Campbell and Perez for a start? We need a winger. How about giving Reiss a run. Pay Ramsay the salary he wants and keep him. Sign Fellaini on a free, why not? Buy three experienced hunk defenders. Sell Bellerin and Ozil (if someone will take them..) Give Xhaka a final chance (unless… Read more »
Jan oblak…..100m
Dembele…85m
The lazio overhyprd dude… 100m
And so on……
These are the kind of signings that get some dripping wet
Its all in the price tag… For bragging in the pub with the fellows
Receding
Spot on, some people can’t help but dick measure. I don’t care who we buy if they do what Emery needs them to do and that then makes us competitive.
Really dense stuff to constantly berate tabloid links of all things. Notice that all the links to players like Dembele are dismissed right away. Moaning is the only offering a few people have on here, it’s actually laughable
We won’t sign falaini don’t be stupid everyone that thinks we will. He is so not the player we would go for. Not an arsenal player whatsoever.
Hearing sokratis has turned down a chance to sign for Utd as he wants to play for us. That ticks a big box
Gotta say, writing things off because it’s in the tabs is ridiculous, the agents and the managers use those papers because of the reach… so they’re not always lying
It’s all click bait
When I say that I mean 90 percent of links
Notice that all the links to players like Dembele are dismissed right away.
You believe that do you? Cause it fits a certain narrative sure.
Pedro
Right, but by and large the tabloids are guessing. Some may get nuggets of info which then perpetuate, but Arsenal will get linked with 30 players this summer and sign about 4.
Marko
Uhm no bellend, I don’t live and die by tenuous links. You’re the one having a hissy fit every time we get linked wih someone you don’t like on your PlayStation game.
But do tell me what narrative I have exactly..
Because I don’t much give a fuck as long as Emery ends up building something to be happy with. Seeing as nobody has a clue what that’s going to look like, people like you are showing yourselves up as absolute tampons.
So believe the tabloid links you like but dismiss the ones you don’t…got it
Because I don’t much give a fuck as long as Emery ends up building something to be happy with.
Only one way to sort this August 9th when the window closes if Arsenal have had a good window and addressed various obvious squad issues I’ll admit I’m wrong and apologize but if we don’t how about you admit you’re a prick just a prick. Sounds good right
Marko
Quite literally what I stated you’re doing, except you’re desperately focused on the negative.
I also said I don’t care about tabloids. So in fact the only thing to “get” from that is your illiteracy.
Marko
So who are you mad at? You still haven’t answered.
Wenger gone, so he’s no longer your easy target. There’s new guys in charge at the top end in Sven and Raul. Plus we have a new manager.
Who is all your pathetic moaning aimed at?
Not really aimed at anyone. I should be blindly optimistic like you why? What is there to suggest optimism? Honestly what so far this summer suggests optimism finally? Nothing tangible has happened so far to suggest optimism. I’ve been hearing that whole shut up and get behind the club shite for years and guess what we’re kind of shit so excuse me if I’m pissed off that we’re shit. You fucking lemming
I am actually optimistic for the future its just slow going at the moment. Won’t be long until Ivan will be forced out and then it’s on to Stanley
“Honestly what so far this summer suggests optimism finally?”
Well, Wenger is gone. Wouldn’t you have bitten off the hand of whoever offered you “No Wenger with the exact same squad next year”?
It’s Christmas one day out of the year. If you’re upset that you’re not getting the presents you want the other 364 days, you need to grow up some.
Nothing tangible to suggest optimism? Were you asleep when Arsenal recruited a new head of scouting, implemented an entirely new structure with the appointment of a director of football, and changed the manager after a 22 year tenure? Oh and nobody is blindly optimistic, they’re very much in a state of uncertainty because of the major shift as noted above. Nobody has a clue what to expect from Arsenal because all the major players pulling strings are new and it’s their first summer. So if your moaning isn’t aimed at anyone how about you shut the fuck up until you’re… Read more »
Until Britain stops making so much money selling weapons to despots it can fuck right off.
So if your moaning isn’t aimed at anyone how about you shut the fuck up until you’re given cause to moan like most adults?
So until Fellaini is announced? Gotcha.
Name me one arsenal player that can elbow and shirt pull his way to a headed equaliser as good as Fellaini can …. free transfer great bit of business , if it was spurs or Chelsea doing it , people would be up in arms at how we didn’t make a shrewd signing like that , hope it comes good , Emery can make it work in his favour so we can relax a bit …..
It looks like the Sokratis deal will be completed within the next 48 hours and his signing should provide some stability in defence plus the onfield/offield leadership that the club needs urgently. The next piece in the puzzle will be the contract for Ramsey. That will almost certainly happen. I would be surprised if the Lichsteiner deal would not be completed but I suspect that won’t happen now before World Cup. If the Adli deal is completed as I am led to believe is likely since he has a close relationship to Emery he will be included in Squad with… Read more »
Pedro tabloid transfer gossip is a solid 90% clickbait
Wilshere will see the deal offered to Ramsey which will be the second highest in the club’s history, in excess of 200k weekly…and he will get peeved. I hope Wilshere leaves and we move Elneny on. Elneny will easily fetch us in excess of 10-15 million. Bring on the human tank on his last legs- Fellaini and the Emirates is set for a wig-festival. Bring on another 32 year old midfielder and we can be on course to have the oldest team in the league. It’s all a marketing strategy so that we can grab the adult nappies endorsement in… Read more »
£16 million for a 29 year old [will be 30 year old in 5 days time) with ONE year left on his contract is absolutely crazy.
Don’t know what’s worst, Wilson for writing that nonsense about Ramsey or the fans that believe it.
So Ramsey are looking at maximum 100k weekly increase right? Santi and Per are both off the wage bill and were on around 100k each, so how does Ramseys new deal affect our transfer budget in anyway? It’s not like we’re going to give him a 20m sign on bonus or anything.
If his demands are too high sell him, if reasonable keep, it’s not rocket science.
Freddie
I guess we have to disagree.
Ramsey is worthy of that 200k/weekly deal with Ozil reportedly on 350k weekly.
That’s the fall-out from the Ozil deal.
It was widely reported that made a 180k weekly last ditch offer to Oxlade which he rejected. Why wouldn’t Ramsey hold out for more than that?
Where do we disagree?
He’s on what 110k now, so a 100k increase would see him at above 200k.
I don’t think he’s worth a substantial signing on fee though.
A 100k increase of his contract is also not affecting our transfer budget one way or another with at least 2 players off the books already.
Also strongly disbelieve that Ozil is on 350k weekly. It may add up to that with a sign on fee but that’s our own fault for letting him run down his contract. Hope we never make that mistake again.
It’s not looking good.
Freddie
Exactly. The notion that a new Ramsey deal will cut into the transfer budget is ridiculous. Even if they increase his wage by 100k, that’s only an added 1.2m a year for 5 years, i.e., 6m. Not only is this not a lot of money, it will be covered by the operating budget, not the extra cash on hand.
People need to relax. It’s going to be fine. We haven’t brought in Emery, Mislintat and Sanllehi in order to sign f*cking Fellaini.
Actually it would be 4.8 mil, still won’t affect any transfer budget. If Jack leaves that’s another 100k a week gone, add in the loanees that we’re probably cover part of their wages. Then if we sign more players we can always, you know sell some players to free up funds and add to our spending power. It’s ridiculous that we have to be the only club in world football where a new manager needs a season to assess the turds at his disposal before he can make any changes and sell or buy players. Wenger and the club has… Read more »
Freddie I agree. Its plain to see what needs to be done- and who needs to leave. i would like Emery to be more ruthless and set the tone… the players will fall in line. They will not want to be the next so and so who got sold.
Im worried we wont sell anyone! Bar Jack leaving on his own