Wooooooah, what to make of the latest Arsenal kits?
You know I globally renowned for having exquisite taste in sporting apparel, but I can’t help but think this batch of kits really were a ‘fuck you very much’ parting gift by the designers over at Puma.
We’ve gone for a home kit that for me is quite a weak red. It feels washed out, like a blood-red Topman t-shirt from back in the day that you’ve gone into the sea with then left out to dry on your €25 a night hotel balcony. I really don’t like the washed out red on the sleeves, it’s meek, there’s no strength there. I also don’t immedietley understand the thinking behind the pattern running through the shirt. Is it a hat tip to the lightning strike of the 1995 shirt? Like… what is it?
The teal away kit is kind of fun. But it’s basically a Barca away kit. It doesn’t feel very Arsenal at all.
Then there’s the other kit, that looks like it was inspired by the physio’s clobber. It’s boring, it’s really dark and I’m just not interested in it.
There is no cultural relevance to any of the shirts, and there’s nothing groundbreaking that’ll live on forever.
I mean, let’s be real here folks, if you’re over the age of 15 and you’re buying a replica shirt, someone needs to have a serious word with you. It’s not an adult thing to do. It doesn’t suit your body. The material brings the sweat to the surface, so it’s not a pleasant experience on a sweaty train.
Seriously, if you’re bitching about this kit because you wanted to buy one, grow the fuck up. They’re for the small people.
Back to design…
Look at those cool as fuck kids just hanging around on olive oil barrels just shooting the shit about something low-key like the ‘is a Calippo a type of sorbet?’… in my mind, it is. It’s poor man’s sorbet, but sorbet it is.
Back to the shirt. Nike have ripped off our bruised banana kit, and the whole world is losing their fucking shit over it. You’ve even got Brexit Dave from Kettering wearing one. What a unifying moment of kit design glory.
How long have we been begging for that shirt to return? Football kits these days are an event. The big brands are desperate to make them acceptable fashion attire. To be honest, you can roll into work in a ‘soccer’ shirt here and no one bats an eyelid, do that in the UK and you’ll get the same look as you would wearing an ‘I’m with stoopid’ tee.
Anyway, if you want to make football shirts acceptable in mainstream fashion culture to sell me more, we really need to be doing a better job of design. Revisit the past and steal is my view. Or do something so future, people can’t ignore it.
There’s another great interview in GFFN from the author of a new Unai Emery book coming out (Here).
We’ll get a couple of the worries out the way. In defending the poor rep Emery had with the French press, the author had this to say:
‘He’s really interesting. I’d pay more attention to interviews, rather than press conferences. He speaks really openly. But if you really want to understand what he’s trying to transmit, you have to interview him in Spanish a few times a year, to really understand who he is.’
Language keeps on cropping up.
Here’s something I touched on in yesterday’s post regarding how he’ll implement his ideas, and the perils of getting it wrong.
Unai Emery arrived to Paris after his failure in Spartak Moscow, where he tried to impose his ideas very suddenly, which failed in part due to cultural differences.
When you first arrive to a club, you need to adapt to the club’s philosophy, the place where you live, and the player culture. It’s a different place, a very international club marked by Arsène Wenger.
You have some managers who ignore what was in place before and instil their own ideas. Then you have guys who are more focused on the continuity and who aren’t as brutal. Unai Emery is more in that logic. He used to have a very fiery attitude, and could sometimes go all out.
For example, there was a game he was losing 2-1 with Almeria with one man down, where he decided to put on a striker for a defensive midfielder. He told his team that they were here to win, but in the end they lost 3-1. Today he wouldn’t necessarily do the same thing. He’ll try to understand where he’s arriving. In regards to the culture of the club, how they work etc.
He’ll insist on videos — both team and individual footage. But he also knows that if the players don’t subscribe to what he’s saying or doing, he won’t persist with it. Similarly to how Benjamin Mendy used to not watch Marcelo Bielsa’s video sessions. Mendy used to fall asleep watching them, to which Bielsa told him, “There’s no need to watch them. The day you’ll be interested, you’ll watch them.” Eventually, that’s what happened. If he forced him to watch it, he would have never developed any interest for it and wouldn’t be invested in it.
So we can expect Emery to be in a form of continuity. He’ll definitely work on high pressing because he loves that. He’ll focus on using the whole length of the pitch, with particular focus on the full-backs. I’d say his trademark is the involvement of full-backs when attacking. His other trademark is set pieces, which he didn’t really succeed with at PSG. But at Sevilla he worked on that extensively. At PSG, he wasn’t able to do the same. Maybe because the players didn’t follow what he had to say on it or didn’t find it useful. But if he has players who love to study the game, along with a few strong characters in the dressing room to help with his message, things will work really well from set pieces.
Emery has such a tough job ahead of him, he has to deal with the legacy of Wenger, which was very much a ‘do as you please’ culture… but he also has to make us competitive. The manager is under a time constraint, he needs to impress the board, the crowd and the players. He can take things slowly to avoid hurt feelings, but if things start poorly, he’ll be in trouble.
I think part of why we’re seeing the club hire in older talent that has familiarity with the board is that the club know they need to bring in players they own. They need to reset the culture with authoritative figures in the dressing room that know what it takes to play at the new highest level. If the club make Ramsey captain, you have him sorted. If they bring in a new centre-back like Sokratis, you gain a leader, but you also start bringing in the attitude of Dortmund which Sven controls. Lichtensteiner might not have it in him to play 50 games next season, but if anyone thinks a 5 time Serie A champions won’t come with a presence, they’re gravely mistaken.
Emery needs to implement his ideas quickly and he needs to build the culture out in his vision. It’s a tough balancing act for sure, but if the club bring in enough new faces to stamp out the familiar feel of comfort that Wenger imprinted on the squad, they should be well on the way to a new Arsenal.
Finally, EDDDDDDIIIIIE Nketiah made an assist and scored a cracker for Scotland.
Arsenal: U18s: 16 games – 15 goals U21s: 27 games – 18 goals First team: 127 minutes – 2 goals
England: U18s: 2 games – 4 goals U19s: 12 games – 11 goals U21s: 3 games – 2 goals
His record reads like PEAK Franny Jeffers. I’m so excited to see where his career goes under a proper coach, because you know under Wenger he’d be benched for the next two years making 6minutes of open play, then he’d go on loan to WBA, then he’d retire to make adult movies with his page 3 girlfriend.
We have HIGH hopes for Eddie, he looks like he’s built for the top of the game.
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Klopp should be praised for over-achieving by getting to the finals in the first place, not panned for losing them unlike Emery who can’t even get to the finals with Unlimited money
Rambo Ramsey
No doubt you Emerys biggest fanboy as he is giving your boy a big contract when he should be sold
I’ve always wondered what he would do after Wenger left. Well there’s your answer..he’s started whinging endlessly about the new manager as well.
A thoroughbred pole-dancing twat.
Rambo Ramsey
We have EKBs now. I’m rightfully slating him for signing shit players but hey keep wanking over Emery as he signs Fellaini next and gives Ramsey 250k/w
FFS give Emery a chance before slating him…
zombie is to emery what red truth is to Wenger..
zombie
Are you a secret pool fan ? wanking off to klopp. lol. the guy that had Dortmund fighting a relegation battle…
after 17 games, klopp’s side had 15 points in the bundesliga. lying in 17th. he was fortunate that Germany have a winter break or else he would not have climbed up to 7th at the end of the season. even Wenger never performed that badly…
jo.ey/1886/take me back to highbury/Zombie
At this rate you’ll sooner run out of monikers
have to wonder what your next moniker would be when you inevitably get binned again,really pathetic to see you swiftly switch from a ‘Wenger obssessed idiot’ to an ‘Emery obssessed zombie’
Hey zombie(j.oe)
Dembele……..holding mid or box to box ..
‘We have EKBs now.’
No, we have people who know that you don’t start clamoring for a man’s sacking 1 month into his appointment.
You would know it too if you weren’t a zombie.
trophies won to date…
Emery=9
Klopp=4(probably has more runners up medals than trophies)
Poch=0
nuff said.
Arsenal are a major football club in England and a major football BUSINESS globally. Our Football pedigree is third behind Man United and Liverpool and we should not forget that Man Utd have not won the EPL Title for 5 years and Liverpool did not win the Title since 1990. Both did not win a Trophy of any kind this season. In Business terms we are ranked globally sixth or seventh by market value and revenue. So the idea that Arsenal is not a major player as some who post on here suggest is plain daft. Having said that we… Read more »
Zombie is full of shit Klopp has done nothing let’s see what he does this season before we label him a top manager flopp is more like it
Stroller
“So please can everyone stop underselling the club and show some support for it”
You do realise you are on the wrong blog if you want support for the Arsenal….Gambon,marko,qna,dissenter,Bamford ,CA,Wenger Eagle , GOH are all eager to praise fellow managers and teams ,some who have not even come close to achieving The Arsenal’s success of even the last 5 years.
Stroller,you continue with your intelligent ,level headed comments and let the negative fools continue putting the club down ….they are a stain on the club who have no real feeling for the Arsenal .
ES is correct but he fails to mention that self-sufficiency is a restrictor.
Arsenal are working under strict parameters financially in comparison to other clubs we all know and from what we have seen so far since self-sufficiency was introduced it is a handicap to Arsenal.
The stars may align some day and Arsenal win the big trophies but others have advantage in the way they are run.
Whether the way in which other clubs have the advantage seems distasteful is neither here nor there if seen in the cold light of day.
They have the advantage.
Ishola
Hang on.
What happened to the notion that it was Wenger who is to blame for self sufficiency…. He’s gone now so surely we should have money to burn on players.
You know I globally renowned for having exquisite taste in sporting apparel, but I can’t help but think this batch of kits really were a ‘fuck you very much’ parting gift by the designers over at Puma”
The PUMA experiment has been a disaster. Really lazy/poor design on the last 3 kits. No surprise they are way behind Adidas and Nike.
Do the rulings of self-sufficiency change just because Wenger leaves?
I think not.
Ishola 70
So what do you think that Manchester United or Bayern Munich are doing if they do not operate on “self sufficiency” basis.
Clubs who do not operate in this way are sooner or later going to go bust and rely on someone to bail them out.
Real Madrid are by all accounts not in great financial shape as was reported last week and we know that Chelsea are also in a mess. The only surprise there
is that Abramovich has supported them as long as he did.
Do the rulings of self-sufficiency change just because Wenger leaves?
So you admit Wenger is not to blame for our self-sustaining model,its becoming glaring Stan is the major stumbling block halting our progress as a club.
Tits McGee
I think that it is clear that Arsenal are changing their Kit Supplier/Sponsor after
this season. By all accounts our new sponsor will be Adidas.
So I would not be to worried about a one season fashion disaster.
No Vic
Stan had nothing to do with implementing self-sufficiency at Arsenal.
ES Bayern are a poor example to give. They dominate their league and have done for generations and generations. They can operate in a manner that is conservative because they have a stranglehold on the Bundesliga.
Man Utd operate on a more speculate to accumulate way than Arsenal.
What do people think of Rodrigo Moreno?
Piece on Sokratis.
Really seems 50/50 in whether he turns out a good signing:
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/sokratis-can-help-arsenals-defensive-philosophy-but-is-the-wrong-/69cfgo1lsnls1x9c1ib066rds
Yours at 90 points Liverpool next season.
Ishola 70 I have no concern about the business model at Arsenal. The concerns about the way Arsenal has been run have been the lack of ambition in both the way that the club has operated its commercial and football business. Hopefully that is now beginning to change. There is some evidence that our commercial department has become more proactive and steps have now been taken to change the football culture at the club. Time will tell whether we are successful in both areas. What I do know is that Arsenal is a solid club with a strong tradition going… Read more »
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It seems like Sanson and Pellgrini are the midfield options we are being linked with.
We just badly need to get a couple of good midfield players in.
When you think this team needs a GK, a new defence, it has not CDM at all and no winger. A lot of work to be done.
I think Sokratis will be a good signing, I like what the club seem to be doing and that is looking to bring Sokratis in and then a younger CB with a lot of potential like Pavard or Soyuncu.
“It seems like Sanson and Pellgrini are the midfield options we are being linked with.”
Why not both. With the right player sales we should be able to bring in both.
Leno, Adli, Pellegrini, Samson, Soyuncu, Mavrapanos, Nelson
That’s starting to look like a team of the future.
QNA
I think that would be the best way, we need two midfielders, our options right now are rubbish.
Elneny and Wilshere just do not figure into it at all for me, Xhaka without serious improvement is the same, Maitland Niles is interesting but too young to rely on in any serious way, literally leaves Ramsey who has massive problems himself.
I don’t know why we don’t just get Torriera at £22 Million and then one of the other options with him.
So Klopp with zero trophy in England is now the messiah.
Can everyone professing their affection for Liverpool and Klopp confirm that if they win nothing next season he’s a failure? How long does anyone that’s not Wenger get?
10 years Charles. In fact even if Klopp challenges for a league title inside 14 years it’ll be better than recent Wenger
One of the things I thought was telling about what we heard of Emery’s interview was his in-depth explanation of how he could improve everybody in the squad. I think there’s a recognition even at board level that we’ve been punching well below our weight for a long time. If that’s the case, I suspect we’ll do fairly little business in this window to give Emery time to improve what we already have. We had nobody else at right back, so Big Licks was a reasonable option (that immediately makes you wonder why we let Debuchy walk away). Kozzer is… Read more »
The sicknote thing that’s the new stick to beat him with is pathetic btw, he’s still being treated for injuries on national duty.
Yeah a knee injury (probably just a bruise) suffered in a warm up game not the fake back injury he had for us. Sicknote is very apt for Ozil when you see him on instagram with a model in Turkey at the same time his club says he’s out with “illness”. Defend that go on
Trolls are ruining this place.
Morgan Sanson would be a good signing. He gets plenty of goals and assists from midfield
“Trolls are ruining this place.”
Don’t respond. They will slither off under a different stone.
Rodrigo of Valencia is a good all rounded player.
Who were the posters who were slating him?
I mean folks like Raptora and qna should be all over Rodrigo in for Lacazette.
This Rodrigo guy has a good all round game and looks to have the physical edge over Lacazette and he has more adaptability to play in numerous multiple positions than Lacazette. He even shows good hunger in defending in midfield areas. Perfect player for the Emery press.
If we are just looking at the player himself and what he can provide he is a good signing.
But probably too old for Raptora and qna.
But probably too old for Raptora and qna.
It’s funny you say that Ishola considering a lot of cbs mature in their later ages. Obviously you have natural talents from youth.
I also have that concern of the rasher twins Mustafi and Sokratis however it could turn out to be a match made in……. rashville
What is England doing that gets the best out of Welbeck? Why aren’t we pushing hard the uncertainty around Klopp and Real <Madrid to put suitors off Liverpool and on to us? Fekir would be a great player for us and a definite upgrade from Wilshere imo… and Lacazette would have a teammate that understood him to a tee. Despite having the best best run of fitness for years Jack failed to impress at Bournemouth and Arsenal. He's 26/27 now, he's no longer that kid that tore it up in Barcelona all those years ago. If he thinks he can… Read more »
I think so many people love to just look at international caps when judging a player. It’s very blinkered thinking. If a player reaches a certain age and doesn’t have the required number of international caps then he must be a dud or average according to so many. This means that you are judging a player not from what you see for yourself but are basing your opinion on other people’s opinion. Xhaka really turned out well with this thinking didn’t he. And Mustafi. He was in the German World Cup squad so he must be good. He has so… Read more »
“What is England doing that gets the best out of Welbeck?”
Playing scrub teams in friendlies..
Samesong
“Obviously you have natural talents from youth.I also have that concern of the rasher twins Mustafi and Sokratis however it could turn out to be a match made in……. rashville”
Two rashers of bacon please.
As Troopz would say ham roll. Ham roll(s)
We’re linked with Christian Pavon again this window, would take him over Gelson Martins any day, just has too much Gervinho about him.
22 years old, winger, playing for Boca Junior. €30m release clause.
Barca and Chelsea also looking at him.
Just not sure if he qualifies for a work permit, has 5 caps for Argentina.
Klopp won two league titles with Dortmund beating Bayern Munich,guided two underdog teams Dortmund and Liverpool to UCL finals and yet we have people here doubting his credibility because he hasn’t won a trophy in England?
No, there’s no trophy for that, but contending for the title is better than not doing so, and Wenger wasn’t even capable of contending.
Klopp is a very good manager and has Liverpool on the up and up and playing fantastic football. Liverpool fans have many reasons to be happy.
The only people who don’t see this are bitter former AKBs who are still angry about the withering (and justified) criticism their idol came in for.
What do they do in their bitterness? They come here to insult and bully people. Lovely bunch.
Lucas Torreira and Cristian Pavón both have reasonable release clauses, both would improve our first team immensely.
Also regarding Marouane Fellaini, I would have no problems with picking him up on a free. We need to pad our bench a bit.
Pavon was talked about on here last season.
Quite a cultured player although could up his goal tally.
Talking of Argies moving to europe from their own league Benfica have made an interesting signing at CB player called German Conti from Colon.
“The only people who don’t see this are bitter former AKBs who are still angry about the withering (and justified) criticism their idol came in for.”
And eternal pom-pom wavers.
TR7
No, this is more about Wenger than it is about Klopp. These types don’t like the praise Klopp gets here and elsewhere, not necessarily because they don’t rate him but because they feel he has accomplished no more than Wenger — yet where the latter was derided, the former is praised.
There are a million obvious differences between the two, however, and in the end the biggest difference is that Klopp knows what he’s doing while Wenger was a fucking idiot.
These types just can’t deal with this.
bamford
klopp is a good manager, no doubt. but we have posters the same poster praising klopp and then calling emery a failure. why the klopp love in but the emery hate, is what I don’t understand. Is it because emery is associated with Arsenal ??
“Is it because emery is associated with Arsenal ??”
Yeah of course… There are clearly posters on here that hate the club, no matter the situation.
Bamford & TR7,
Either you two don’t know how to read or you choose to ignore what you read.
J.oe in his latest iteration of banality went all in on Emery. Made him out to be some dud while holding Klopp as some shining beacon of light.
Unsurprising that others here called out that bullshit and started pulling up trophy hauls and other comparisons.
Maybe the problem lies with you, with your uber-sensitivity to criticism of Klopp? When was the last time he won something?
Gonsterous, Jim
Yep, sad/weird but true
@Leftsidesanch –
There are people who have been posting on this blog for a long time and never have a positive word to say about the club.. I don’t understand it, if something causes you that much negativity why persist with it?
TR7
I didn’t see Jo.e’s anti-Emery comments, but if he is ripping on Emery, he’s being a moron.
The anti-Klopp thing among former AKBs is a longstanding thing, however.
And I’m not even going to respond to the “when did he last win … ?” bit. He’s a very good manager; to suggest otherwise is dumb.
I wanted Wenger out since 2005, but to compare klopp to him is child abuse. No doubt klopp is good, but Wenger tops him. i don’t care about what our rivals do. All I want is the club moving from darkness under Wenger to sunshine under Emery.
Think you can apply the term ‘misery loves company’ to those folk and then draw a line. Those people never contribute anything worth reading @Jim
Klopp is so good that even with one of the most bonkers individual performance ever witnessed in the PL( Salah the golden boot and poty double winner), his side scr.aped 4th place.
Zombie/Jo.e Your take on Emery is just stupid. He didn’t get “found out” at PSG a la David Moyes and he wasn’t singlehandedly responsible for their signings (be they good or bad). PSG were well-organized, disciplined and played great football; they just fell short in the CL. This can happen to any manager and has pretty much happened to every manager. Is Guardiola a bad manager because City got bounced in the CL this season? No. You’re just being negative for the sake of being negative. Is Emery an Allegri? Maybe not, but he’s a damn good manager and Arsenal… Read more »
Rambo
Are you saying Klopp’s not a good manager?
Rambo Yeah, he should have improved their defense and midfield earlier in the season — if not last season — but even then, he might not have been able to beat out City for the league. Were Liverpool well-organized, well-drilled, motivated? Absolutely. Did they go into big matches with a smart tactical plan? Absolutely. Look at their wins over City. Of the managers of the top four PL teams, who did better with his squad than Klopp? I’d say only Guardiola, and even then some people would say, “sure, but Guardiola came up short against Klopp in the CL”. Bottom… Read more »
lol Bamford
Don’t get RR started on perceived rival clubs.
He’s like Don Quixote tilting at windmills.
Harry Kane has apparently just signed a new six-year contract with Spurs.
I guess he’ll never start or shine for a big club or start or shine in a CL semi or final.
Guess I was right, gents. 😉
“Besides no one answered the question.. If Klopp doesn’t win the league next year has he failed??”
It depends.
If they lose it on the last day of the season , lose it on goal difference e.t.c then no but if they lose it Wenger style (1 win in the last 8 games), have a terrible (insert month here) then yes he has failed.
When building a team, it makes sense to start from the roots: the foundations of a strong team start in defence and the core develops from there, but Klopp has thought it wise to continue pad a decent attacking side with more attackers which has being is acheels hills Klopp’s fanboys Binford,Tr7 might try to twist the records in an attempt to sing his praises and gravel on his feet for all I care.. but the most important stat which reads ZERO trophy in England thus far will ensure he can’t be mention in same breath with a colossus like… Read more »
As Klopp brings in more players that are seen as quality then the pressure will mount ever more for a EPL title win.
This added on to how long he is at the club.
But all this talk of Liverpool is redundant.
The litmus test to show how good a manager is seen to be is how the fans of the club that manager is in charge of are reacting.
And Liverpool fans are happy atm with what they are seeing and what they see going forward. At the moment that is.
colossal like Wenger.. lol. never thought Wenger would be described with a word as big as colossal.. Wenger did make some great defensive signings early on (or was it David dein), mad jens, Campbell, Toure. Not to mention he had the likes of Mr. Arsenal. He did build some good squads. He was once seen as the only person who could push Man utd from the top of the mountain that is the EPL.
Now maybe he should just get back with his ex wife and stay the hell away from modern day football
Fans reaction to Wenger in the end saw him as not good enough any more to manage Arsenal.
Even if some did not revert to the more aggressive way of communicating that they wanted him gone plenty of others showed apathy and disinterest in the end.
And apathy and disinterest can be be harmful to the individual than full out aggression.
Fans reaction to their own manager dictates whether that manager is doing a good job or not.
Klopp’s style has its merits and its flaws. High tempo right from kickoff. Taunting the opposition to try and match their aggression and speed of play. Becomes a battle of egos really. No surprise the bigger teams with bigger players and bigger egos usually fall prey to Klopp sides.
Doesn’t work so well against midtable and bottom sides though.
I don’t know, maybe it explains Klopp’s shit record in Finals as well. Those are occasions where caution, patience and coolness reign supreme.
Lee Dixon should know better.
Backing the signing of Fellaini.
Pires backs the signing of Fellaini.
But unlike Dixon everyone know Pires hardly ever knows better.
Rico linked.
Seen some posters down on him.
He is overall a safer goalkeeper than Leno. Makes less ricks and unforced errors.
Only negative he is not great commanding his six yard box.
Tony Adams shedding a tear over the departure of Steve Rowley.
Said he was one of the best.
We won’t see his like again says Adams.
Tony Adams disagreeing with many of the posters on here.
He says head coach is irrelevant. You are only as good as your recruitment.
“I’m not even going to respond to the ‘when did he last win … ?’ bit. He’s a very good manager; to suggest otherwise is dumb.“ Of course you won’t address it, because you’d actually be confronting the elephant in the room with Klopp. It would be awfully embarrassing for you to lavish him with praise only to realise he’s achieving very much what Arsene was brutalised for in recent seasons… minus the tin pot FA cup you claim. Klopp has finished 8th, 4th, 4th and him and Pochettino haven’t lifted a trophy in England. Not even the Mickey Mouse… Read more »
“Tony Adams disagreeing with many of the posters on here.“
Oh, better rethink things if big Tone disagrees. Fountain of knowledge that one
Fanboy? Lol
I wasn’t even trying to compare Klopp with Wenger or Emery. Wenger will go down in history as one of the greats of the game despite failures in later years of his Arsenal reign. Emery hasn’t managed even a game for us yet so of course I can’t possibly belittle him. All I am saying is judging managers simply by trophy count is very simplistic and even silly. Klopp and Poch are very good managers given the quality of their work. Appreciating them doesn’t make anyone his fanboy.
We are being linked to every dick, tom and Harry in the footballing world right now, nobody really know our actual target and when moves will be made,just a bit tedious and pointless in making debates for every player linked ATM.
Kane just signed a 6yr/£90 million deal with Spurs
Smart move by them, since they’ll probably only be paying 1 year of it
It’s not good news if Kane stays at Spurs for years to come even if Bamford is happy that he thinks he won’t be showing what he can do at a bigger club.
Whatever he is seen to be it can’t be denied that he has shown he can bang in the goals at club level for Spurs.
But signing of contract and duration doesn’t mean he will stay for the whole of that duration.
So now we know that you don’t necessarily have to lose your best players because of a new stadium.
Thanks for nothing, Monsieur W.
Ishola
I reckon he’s off next summer, especially if they go potless again.
3 year deal for a 30 year old defender at 80k weekly was a good transfer for Leicester.
Conte is a real wacko
He’s really twisting the dagger into Chelsea…he want’s that pay-off and is ready to scuttle the ship if he doesn’t.
Chelsea can’t proceed to sign a new manager until they settle the Conte imbroglio.
Charlie
Klopp has been in England for two and a half years, and at a time when the PL has a handful of clubs (City, United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs) that have money and quality. It makes no sense to compare his accomplishments in England to Wenger’s accomplishments in England at this point.
What we can say, though, is that unlike Wenger’s teams in his last decade at Arsenal, Klopp’s teams are well-organized, well-instructed and well-drilled.
Liverpool are managed by a smart, current, competent manager; for a decade or so, Arsenal were not.
It’s pretty simple.
Ishola
It’s very plausible that Harry Kane will finish or spend most of that contract at Spuds. He’s spoken extensively about being a one-club man.
He may not want to test himself. The big-fish-in-small-pond role may be all he wants.
Well it’s not good news then is it Dissenter.
He’s shown at youth level and now in his pro career that he will consistently score goals at club level. And above consistent.
Bamford
You can’t compare Wenger’s early record against Klopp but what about the 2 FA Cup wins whilst they were head to head so to speak?
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Tottenham would demand astronomical fees for Kane and lets be honest here, no club will be prepared to pay it. Barca,Madrid and PSG-probably the only clubs outside England with the financial might to make such signing but why would they?
Can you even imagine Kane linking up with a Messi or a Neymar?
“Chelsea can’t proceed to sign a new manager until they settle the Conte imbroglio.”
oh yeah,just about all you need to know about how classless the chavs are, complete contrast of how Arsenal handled the Wenger’s departure,hope it affects their season badly,
Emery will fancy his chances of making that top 4 next season
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Can you imagine Harry Kane being willing to earn less than half what he could achieve (as well as winning something) for his whole career?
Marc, Man United is likely the only top club that Kane has a shot of playing for.
Rambo Well, one, Klopp beat Bayern in the finals of both the German league cup and the German super cup, so the notion that he can’t win in finals or beat good teams in finals is simply false. And his Dortmund teams won those two matches, by the way, in impressive fashion (5-2 and 4-2, respectively). Two, just because you lose in a final doesn’t mean that the losing manager did a poor job. Sometimes you just come up against a superior side. Is Klopp to blame for Liverpool’s losing to Madrid in this season’s CL final? Did he fail… Read more »
Bamford,
the likes of Tony Pulis, Big Sam has well drilled, Well Organized, Well instructed…Sure Klopp is better than those, but you get the point.
Kane might not want to move probably because of fear of failure,he’s really being over hyped by the English media
why go to a bigger club and look like a fish out of water as opposed to being the king of the spuddies.