It’s a mad world we’re living in fam. You have the AKBs talking about how important it is that the club wins trophies RIGHT NOW. Then you have the #WengerOut crowd preaching for calm and time.
Oh how times have changed…
I think there is a level of insincerity if people are genuinely expecting Unai Emery to drop a wonder season at his first attempt. This isn’t a man taking over a winning machine, no, he’s taking over a pampered creche of spoilt rich boys.
You have to be realistic about the targets for year one, firstly, because we’re trying to topple a well oiled and monied Pep machine, secondly, because even if Emery were Pep it’d take at least a year for his ideas to settle into the club.
Demanding a title challenge at the first attempt is fantasy living. It could happen, but it’d be a lucky fluke. This isn’t 2014, and we didn’t hire in Ranieri’s magical fairy dust. This is 2018. The money in the league has landed, there are some seriously great coaches deeply entrenched in their projects, and we don’t have much money to pull ourselves out of the mess we’re in.
That doesn’t mean we won’t see progress.
A lot will hinge on how quickly Emery and his coaching staff adapt to the language. Explaining complex systems through a translator isn’t ideal, you can pretend it’s fine, but if you’re British, and you’ve tried talking to a BT call centre in Newcastle about how to turn on your set-top box, then you’ll know what I’m talking about.
Emery needs to get to grips with the club, and his grasp of English pronto.
The second most important thing is that the players gel with his ideas. He’s dropping 12-hour video analysis sessions and it’s likely going to be testing for a group of players who currently rock about 3 hours of training per day (half on their phone according to the BFG). The players will be finishing their days later, they’ll likely be dropping double sessions to make up for the time they’ll have lost to the World Cup, so we’d best hope they’re down for giving Emery the grace period he needs.
The third thing we need to pray for is an easy opening set of fixtures (just like United land every year, and don’t tell me it’s a luck thing). We’ll be seeing the World Cup players returning late, they’ll have fatigue and maybe injuries. We need to hope that Darren Burgess has a plan the new crowd agree with, and we need to have a little bit of luck. It’s not just physical issues you have to deal with, occasionally, you end up with football depression, which can fuck a season. Remember when Bergkamp lost the semi-final of the 1998 World Cup? He came back a broken man…
If Emery has a shocking start, we’re in big trouble. The players will lose faith in the manager, the ideas, and there will likely be big issues on the training ground to deal with. However, if he kicks things off to a flyer, his ideas will be embraced, the players will see themselves improving, the fans will be behind the new approach and everyone is a winner. The start really is absolutely key to a great season and a successful tenure for Emery.
We need to aim low as fans though. Think about the things we really want.
A winning culture:
I want to see players fighting the full 90minutes until they look like they’re going to collapse. For the last two seasons, the squad has downed tools in February. Imagine going all out for the whole season? That’s why the club is hiring in older heads. They need to set a new tone for a dressing room in which our most important leader took over the academy. Sokratis and Lichtsteiner are all about leadership and instilling accountability in the youth (and seniors tbh). Remember, Wenger’s first years at Arsenal were built off the back of pure winners. After 2004, Wenger dismantled the know-how and never recovered it.
Having experience and know how is hugely valuable. I shouldn’t have to say that, but it’s lost on a lot of people.
A playing identity:
Did you see that video of Peru playing out the back in their warm up World Cup match? Have you seen the intricate passing of Napoli? Have you seen how Hoffenheim press? What is going to be our magic sauce? What videos are people going to be sharing about our style of play?
I can’t wait to see what Emery does to the football.
Planning:
Sevilla in Klopp’s first euro cup final knew Liverpool would press the fuck out of them for the first 60minutes, then they’d fade. Emery setup his side to absorb the obvious, then pick off the scousers when they dipped. He had a plan. He executed that strategy to perfection. When was the last time Arsenal tried anything interesting? It’s been such a rare occurrence. We now have a football nerd hungry to prove he’s a better thinker than more prestigious names. That’s exciting. No one knows the line-up, no one knows the setup, no one knows the subs.
We’re about to witness a different type of philosophy.
Buzz:
When you have the above three, you create excitement. How are you feeling about coming to this blog? Pretty good no doubt. Le Grove is now an acceptable read. How are you feeling about the club? 100% better than you were in January. Imagine how that’ll translate in the stadium? For the first time in years, fans are looking forward to going!
It’ll be amazing!
Goals:
Now, you can be an arse and demand a top 2 finish next season. Or you can look for progress on all the above items. Realistically, we need to make up 12 points. That shouldn’t be too tough. We had the 3rd best home record last season, and we only picked up 3 points away from home in 2018. That’s a fucked up points tally and not par the course.
Next season, we’ll be planning, we’ll have a young energetic manager, we’ll have people on staff genuinely trying to fix the problems and we’ll have the right blend of youth and experience in the sqaud… it’s hard to see how we don’t make up those points.
Factor in that City won’t drop 100 points again, Chelsea are in BIG trouble across the board, Spurs will have to deal with a new stadium (and Harry Kane crying about memes all the time) and United will certainly blow up under a Mourinho who is destroying morale and pissing off mega names.
This season is about top 4 and a good show in Europe, anything more is a bonus. Ignore any exAKB telling you this year is about winning the Premier League. Bitch please, you only just put your tear-drenched ‘In Arsene We Trust’ banner into storage, don’t start pretending you have the right to
Right, see you in the comments.
DM
2
Tr4phy?
Tr4phy
Bah humbug!
Soz
7?
Some where in top 20 at least
8th?
I ll have thar
More important than any of the above, Pedro — though I agree we need a new internal culture — is a new starting-eleven GK, CB and CM.
And there’s no contradiction or hypocrisy, btw, in Wenger-Outs saying that we should reserve judgment until the window closes. Someone other than Wenger is now making the decisions. There was never a reason to think Wenger knew what he was doing, whereas there is no reason to think the new team does NOT know what they’re doing.
Time will tell.
lol Platini.
“You have the AKBs…”
They’re still exist ?? FFs…
F*ck knuckle!
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That Pedro is a cruel gamester !
welcome Yacine Adli
Emirates Again, you say it would be a mistake not to sign a new GK. You also clearly think we need/ed a new CB. And yet, you seem to think that signing a new central midfielder is NOT a necessity. Can you please explain this? Are you saying Xhaka, Wilshere, Ramsey and Elneny are good enough to get us a top four finish? Afraid I disagree, as do most here. And please don’t evade this q by mentioning an AMN. Do we need a new CM in order to compete for top four or are we fine as we stand… Read more »
Pedro You have more or less summarised what I have posted today on previous thread. Arsenal were rather like the Titanic heading for a sinking under its previous captain [Wenger]. We have a new manager with hopefully fresh ideas and a different culture who will make the best of the current squad with a small number of additions. Lichteiner and Sokratis are replacements for two holes in our squad following departure of Debuchy and long term injury to Koscielny. My guess is that if the net £50/70 million figure is gospel we have still got between £30-50 million available in… Read more »
Pires was at London Colney for salute Licht…
Why does Robby, who was part of the band “we wants him to stay”, is still around, now that his master is gone ??
Emirates
Why do you always insist on “a small number of additions“? This has pretty much been a refrain of yours for years now. I don’t get it.
Is it that you agree with Wenger that more than three additions can “destabilize” a squad? Is it that you don’t think we have the money to do more than that? Or is it that you don’t think we NEED to do more than that?
All relevant points but…and here is the but.
Are arsenal players actually intelligent enough to accept, adapt and then execute a plan? Seriously. If you look around the squad, all I see is a lot of mouth breathers and dead eyed cretins, barely able to run in a straight line. These lot don’t look like they could read the Beano and not wind up in A and E.
Emery better learn how to speak PlayStation really fucking quickly.
The idea that we dont need a new midfielder is absolutely ridiculous. We havent had a midfield fit for purpose for years. We have absolutely no physicality in central MF, absolutely no “verticality” if that word doesnt exist im claiming it. We have absolutely no defensive instincts in midfield. There are elite level DMs out there capable of as many defenisve actions per game as our midfield pair combined whether it be Wilshere, Ramsey, Xhaka or Elneny. Its a massive disadvantage going through a season knowing our 2 midfielders output can be matched by just one player on our rivals… Read more »
More than new players has to be a new attitude that looks for, indeed, expects excellence from every member of the team and staff.
Ah yes one or two additions the lemmings have been conditioned well. Clubs with far better squads than us would never say stuff like that. It’s just part of the loser mentality certain types of Arsenal fans have. Afraid of change afraid of signings. Anyway
Our midfielders were completely nullified and bypassed by one pass more than one occasion last season. This compounded by a sleepy headed defence was a recipe for disaster.
If you want proof go watch how Atletico Madrid scored against us in the first leg.
Our worst characteristics all in one game despite being 1 man up for 80 minutes of it.
Bamford 10
Most clubs do not make “wholesale” acquisitions. They bring in usually two
or three established players plus perhaps a couple of “prospects”.
Very few clubs recruit wholesale unless there is a new owner with huge influx
of funds e.g. Everton last season or the club are wheeler dealers such as some
of those in Italy.
I think that most serious analysts expect Arsenal to bring in maybe three new
players in this transfer window. I am not including in this recruitment players
like Mavropanos or Adli who are frankly speculations.
Solid post Pedro.
I agree regarding the AKB’s. They spent the best part of the last decade throwing out excuses as to why we cant challenge for the title and then onto why we can’t compete for the Champions League etc.
Now they screaming and demanding the title as a minimum requirement to justify the sacking of grandad
Funny
Sokratis signing announced??
“Pires was at London Colney for salute Licht…
Why does Robby, who was part of the band “we wants him to stay”, is still around, now that his master is gone ??”
This is one of the worst-constructed posts I’ve ever read. Just wow.
This is the season that the chickens came home to roost. We just have to be pragmatic and accept that we are London’s third premier league destination in terms of the quality of transfers. A club with a sugar daddy transfer philosophy could have absorbed the fiascos we had last season but no club with our approach can just weather those errors without consequences. At least we have a proper manager who has a track record of working with less to try and make the team more than the sum of it’s parts. Can you imagine if we had a… Read more »
Not in defence or anything but go easy DM you barely say anything more than trophy or tr4phy
We spoke about the 12 point gap a bit yesterday. Peter seems to think that it’s easy to make up…I don’t. True, even for our standards, the away record was poor…however we still need to make up four wins from somewhere and that’s only assuming that the top four don’t actually do better than last season. Jose is a dirtbag but the team is good enough to get into the top four. City are the best and we have no reason to think they will fail. Liverpool will be much stronger. Chelsea will probably improve and spurs will do well… Read more »
Emirates,
“Adli who are frankly speculations.”
I don’t believe Adli is a speculation. He was spotted by Emery when he was there and it was Emery who gave him his PSG debut.
He’s going right into the senior 18-20 players. He’s the one Emery will use to challenge the starters.
If arsenal make top four, I’ll eat my iPhone
Bamford.
Do you have a large CONDO.?
Only there are a lot of ECHOES coming
from it GK -CB- CM.
Stop repeating your -self it seems it’s stuck
in that soft bit between your EARS.
“He’s going right into the senior 18-20 players.”
Nonsense.
He played 7 minutes of football under Emery.
He will be a fringe player who will have to prove himself, much like Mavropanos, Maitland-Niles, Nelson & NKetiah.
Guns of Hackney
Add the impact of Thursday night football to the list of why this season will be almost impossible to make top 4
I don’t even think there’s any such thing as an easy fixture list fort Arsenal these days.
The mediocrity that Wenger built up has healed with a big callus. It’s going to take 2-4 transfer windows at the pace we are going to change things around.
Wenger f*cked us up at the tail end of his once illustrious Arsenal reign. I know it will make some boil but it’s just true.
Marko
Fair enough, I have a bit of fun with the tr4phy thing but I’ve been reading Le Grove for many years, and try to comment only when I have something useful to add (tr4phy aside!). Yes, I’m a bit of a grammar nazi, but I usually don’t pull people up on it… unless it’s really, really bad lol
gambon
You think the kid left his comfiort zone at PSG, supposedly ignored the likes of Real etc just to come and slum it up with Mavropanos, Maitland-Niles, Nelson & NKetiah.
He looks like another Rabiot who isn’t going to stick around for the sake of being around. He’s coming because Emery convinced him of a project. He’s said as much.
Emirates Well, first of all, most clubs do (in the window) what they think they need to do. If most clubs rarely add more than three players, that is because they rarely need to add more than three players, and that is because most clubs are reasonably well-managed. Given, however, that our squad has been poorly managed for some time now — and here I’m referring to how it has been built, not how it has been coached — our needs may be different (i.e., greater) than the needs of many other clubs. Right? Now, you seem to think, I… Read more »
Why are we paying 17.5 million for a 30 year old defender with ONE year left on his contract?
Isn’t there anyone on that “dream” team who’s asking difficult questions?
Dissenter he meant speculative as in he could be good could also be a waste
James
Just stating facts. And I actually say a good many different things here. Thanks for your input, though.
Dissenter Adli is a speculation. He is 17 [18 at end of month] and has not played first team football apart from cameo in last game of season at PSG. He is costing us a small compensation fee and will probably get some game time in first team, but he is low risk When I talk about 3 additions I am talking about players who are coming to club and expect to play regularly in first team. At the end of the day Arsenal have a finite budget which will just about cover the two or three players we are… Read more »
A ‘Holding Midfielder’ is a Defender playing in Midfield………
Benjamin Pavard was signed by Stuttgart from Lille for 4.2 million. Two years later he is being sought after for as much as 50 million.
What is the use of having “the best scout in the world” when we aren’t doing aspirational transfer deals.
If we are self-sustaining then we need to do better to stay competitive.
Dissenter
Because they think he’s an experienced, reliable, no-nonsense central defender, something they believe we need. And because 16m isn’t a lot of money.
Even if I might have opted for a different CB, there is nothing unreasonable about their interest in Sokratis.
But clearly you’re now fixed on a new narrative, which is that you are already deeply skeptical about the decisions the new “team” (Sanllehi, Mislintat, Emery) are making.
I’d say a bit more time and data are needed.
Dissenter gets it. When city, Chelsea or Man U get into trouble, they buy their way out. Fact: it works. As Dissenter says, this squad is in bits, curtesy of the deranged one. I don’t really think we have the internal solutions to play our way out. We don’t have an academy like Ajax or Barca where 17 year old superstars grow on trees. In fact, our youth team is terrible. That leaves us with the current personnel or to spend big. Since the latter is off the table, we are left with the team that finished sixth. And it… Read more »
We’re paying £15m for Sokratis.
If we get 4 seasons out of him thats £3.75m per year.
Not bad at all.
It’s not going to take 2-4 transfer windows if we’re stupid enough to sign any more 30 year olds. It will just be an never ending need to plug gaps and with an ever receding transfer budget.
I’m really hoping the new guys aren’t that idiotic.
Adli apparently just signed a 3-year deal, should be announced later on today.
Gambon
Wages? Or is he coming for the experience.
Bamford 10 If you read carefully what I wrote earlier it does not matter what I think we need but what the club are likely to do. Ask yourself the question how many midfield players does a club need in its squad. My guess is 2 DMF, 3 CMF and 2 AMF. I don’t think that Arsenal are going to offload Xhaka, Elneny, Ozil, Mkhitaryan or Maitland-Niles. Also they have offered new contracts to both Ramsey and Wilshire. So if we are bringing in a new player it is to replace one of those two. We can debate ad infinitum… Read more »
“Turkish outlet Yeni Akit claim Fenerbahce want to sign Lacazette. They say Lacazette isn’t a part of Emery’s plans & he wants to replace him with Valencia striker Rodrigo.” – @GurjitAFC
If true, this would really upset Team Lacazette.
Fuck yeah. Yacine Adli, welcome son. The future is finally here. Bloody excited for this guy.
Guns, u seem to nag too much. we all wish we had the signings our rivals are making. I guess u add some flour n yeast to your iPhone after the season ends cos I’m certain we’ll make top 4
No way in the world could Fenerbache afford Lacazette.
Well said. We must lower our sights from Wenger’s wild imaginings to Emery’s purse=strings strategy. I hate to say this, but what seemed inadequate to us – a top 4 finish – now appears to be a major achievement.
Is this good or bad? That depends on your POV. Project Fear or a First Step Back into the Elite?
Time will tell, but always remember this: sticking with Arsene would have meant an accelerating plunge into mediocrity.
It would upset anyone with a brain bamford. They want him on a 1 year loan with option to buy. Why would we agree to that when the only reason we would even think about getting rid of Laca after 1 year is to raise funds.
I fear for the new regime if he sees Laca as our biggest problem and are planning to keep wasters like Mustafi, Xhaka and Welbeck.
Guaranteed made up bullshit.
“If true, this would really upset Team Lacazette.”
If it’s true that we want to replace him with Rodrigo who is the same age and a fraction of Lacazette’s quality then we should all be upset. Another Perez. Worse.
Kay boss
You ain’t seen nothing yet. I’m the nag master.
£60m a season kit deal with adidas will put us back in line with Chelsea. Can’t conplain considering how shit we have been over the last decade.
why will we sell Lacazette for Rodrigo. Banter if this happens. Guns, cool down man, it ain’t all easy, ok
Sell Laca for rodrigo?
Meanwhile i will replace my watch with a sun dial ..
Gambon
Wages? Or is Sokratis playing for free?
“Meanwhile i will replace my watch with a sun dial ..”
lol
That’s what I call a good quip.
Bam ford .
Anything to help you along Sir.
And keep you away from that Welsh World Cup squad.
OOpS. Goodness.
Freddy
Didn’t know that that is what they’re reported to be interested in. Just saw the tweet. And you’re right: that would make no sense for us.
Emirates
Thanks for reminding me that neither you nor I make the decisions at Arsenal. I had almost forgotten that.
We do often offer our opinions here, though, as you did when you said it would be a mistake not to sign a new GK.
So again, and for the last time, in your opinion, would it be a mistake not to sign a new CM?
For years, many of us have been saying it’s going to take a lot of sewage trucks to clean out the mess left by the previous landlord. This is what It looks like folks, Close your noses if you don’t like the stench. We are facing the consequences of some of our inaction for last summer and the failed risk we took in January. We basically rolled the dice on a world class striker to come in save the season, even though he was not eligible to play in the one competition that could have salvaged the CL for us… Read more »
Not sure Pedro that anyone thinks we will win the league or even challenge.. i would expect though expect a top 4 finish otherwise whats the progress
gambon
Rather than spend 17 million for transfer for a 30 year old with zero resale value. I would prefer we spend 40 million on a gifted young player that can develop in the club under good management.
It’s like spuds spending 40-45 million to get one of the best CBs on the continent last summer. He struggled in the first year but will only get better.
Remember that we have limited budgets.
Not to rub it in, the so called “experience” of Socrates is speculative since he’s never played one day in the English league. Some players don’t do well in England, especially coming from the Bundesliga…ask Ishola for that dossier.
That transfer fee is way too expensive.
I question the so called prowess of this often lauded “dream” team.
Dissenter,
So in your opinion, what should we have paid for Sokratis?
Benjamin Pavard was signed by Stuttgart from Lille for 4.2 million. Two years later he is being sought after for as much as 50 million.
What is the use of having “the best scout in the world” when we aren’t doing aspirational transfer deals.
Calm down! Mislintat hasn’t been here a year yet. Mavropans cost under £2M and Adli £200k.
I’d be surprised if both players value doesn’t at least treble in two years time.
Most youngsters WON’T make it at the top, For every Pavard there are 100 ex young prospects posting your mail or serving your coffee
Dissenter
“Remember that we have limited budgets.”
Which is precisely why we may not be able to spend 40-45m on a young CB. Especially when we also need a GK and a CM.
“posting your mail”
Like Sanogo before ??
Good point, Vintage.
Dissenter
Sokratis at £15m is a much better deal than Sanchez at £42m, much better.
29 is not old for a CB.
Evans to Leicester
So that ones of the menu.
Also Dissenter,
The fact that we have been in negotiations with Soyuncu, and are apparently interested in Pavard, means we will be signing a younger CB.
However an experienced CB was vital.
We have Koscielny inured, Mustafi is not good enough and will probably be sold.
We couldnt go into next season with all our CBs between 20 & 23.
Utarse
Sokratis is not a top central defender. You only have to look at Dortmund’s defensive record. It’s no better than ours. His playing style is like Mustafi’s, very identical.
He is going to be thirty years old on Saturday [I bet the club will announce it before then so they can still say he’s 29 years old]
He has ONE year left on his contract
—————— 7-10 million tops.
Evans was off the menu once Mislintat joined,
Would have been a Wenger disaster signing.
Wengers so called encyclopedic knowledge of footballers really let him down in his later years.
Here’s the most likely starting XI atm courtesy of 7AMkickoff: Cech (36) Bellerin (23) – Mustafi (26) – Sokratis (30) – Kolasinac (25) Ramsey (27.5) – Xhaka (26) – Mkhitaryan (29.5) Ozil (30) – Aubameyang (29) – Lacazette (27) Average age of that lineup: 28 Monreal is still starting more than Kolasinac is though so it’s a bit higher. Do we seriously need more 30 year olds or do we need to start future planning with buys in the 20-25 bracket. Not with players that aren’t ready, just players that will give us more than 3 years. If not we’re… Read more »
“Like Sanogo before ??”
Naah. He was a postman before we signed him
Bamford Limited transfer budget means you have to keep an eye out for the future. A 40 million transfer of a player good enough to make the world cup team of a major European or south American team makes more sense that an above average defender from Dortmund- a team that leaked goals as much as us. Players that come in have to have some type of resale value because outgoing player transfers is a major source of revenue for any club. That’s what Daniel, Levi has been doing down the road and it’s been successful. There can be exceptions… Read more »
Correct Vintage, my mistake.
Not yours Arsene’s lol
gambon
“However an experienced CB was vital.”
I would be careful with using the word “experience” with a defender with zero experience in the Premier league.
Adapting from the german league to England has proved particularly difficult for some of our Bundesliga intakes – Xhaka and Kolasinac were in the Bundesliga team of the season in the year before they joined us.
He wasn’t a stand-out player like watching Hummels play for them. He’s been part of an atrocious Dortmund defense all season.
Actually, Evans at 4 million was the better buy; premier league experience at a lower cost.
Ah ah ah!! 🙂
Dissenter
So Sokratis isnt right because he was part of an awful defence………yet Evans, who was with one of the worst teams in PL history is a great buy?
And Sokratis is a terrible purchase because he doesnt know the PL……but Davinson Sanchez was a great buy coming from the absolutely appalling Eredivisie?
Your arguments are all over the place.
gambon
Nope
Davidson Sanchez was one of the top rated young defenders in Europe last season. That’s a fact.
Evans won’t cost 17.5 million pounds and has PL experience
Sokratis, until Arsenal fans start bigging him hasn’t been anything but slightly above average. You think his Bundesliga experience translates to the premier league?
“You think his Bundesliga experience translates to the premier league?”
Did David De Geas La Liga experience translate to the PL?
Did Vincent Kompanys Bundesliga experience translate?
Did Toby Alderweirelds La Liga experience translate?
Did NGolo Kantes Ligue 1 experience translate?
Did Eden Hazards Ligue 1 experience translate?
How well has PE Aubameyangs experience of the Bundesliga translated?
These are the best players in their position in the entire league. Having PL experience is not in any way a requirement to be a top PL player.
Gambon i was suggesting “Off the menu for further discussion.”
So many repeat posts by bloggers..:)
for me a dm in kondobia would be perfect replacement for Xhaka (26) just think he is a waste of time and does not fit anywhere for me .use Sokratis (30) and the young Greek defender as center backs as I don’t want to see Mustafi (26) again as he is also absolute rubbish and with two moves you eradicate 70% of the teams defensive mistakes no one will mind the odd mistake by the young Greek lad. Don’t think LACA SHOULD BE SOLD EITHER
“In fact, our youth team is terrible.”
Didn’t the youth team win the prem 2 ? Or have I gotten that completely wrong ?
“Rather than spend 17 million for transfer for a 30 year old with zero resale value. I would prefer we spend 40 million on a gifted young player that can develop in the club under good management.”
We have Mavropanos, Holding and Chambers.
Resale value obsession is getting out of hand Ramsey is 27 , we offer him a 5 year deal to keep him , that takes him to 32 by the end of his deal , he will have zero resale by then because he can leave on a free , so , for everyone who is on this resale value bandwagon , does that mean we don’t offer Ramsey the new deal because we can’t sell him at the end of it ? What length of contract do we offer players who are 27+ ? For the life of me… Read more »
Mavropanos, Holding and Chambers should be ready to take over from our ageing defenders.
Buckhurst
“Resale value obsession is getting out of hand”
How is it getting out of hand.
Outgoing player sales are one of the major revenue streams of any club. Even big clubs like Barca and Madrid sell players.
My point is that we are setting ourselves up for a point where this revenue stream will be negligible or non-existing.
“All we should worry about is winning . Period .”
So does everyone commenting, spare me the drama.
Bamford 10 I have answered many times what I think are Arsenal’s requirements this summer, which are in order of priority 1] GK 2] CB and 3] CMF. We have bought a CB at a relatively low cost. So we should be able to bring in 2 more players. However, that will be also dependent on who is leaving. As I have gone onto say I would not personally renew the contract of Wilshere. However, that is not going to be my decision and until now we don’t know whether Emery wants to keep him. Also I have always maintained… Read more »
Dani Alves went to Juve on a free transfer
Van Der ser went to United in 2005 for a token 2 million
Henrik Larsen to United was 2 million Euros
This 30 year old is 18 million.
The Lich deal is great because it costs us very little. This is different.
Anyways it healthy disagreements.
Have a great day lads.