So it appears the summer transfer dealings are coming to a close. Arsenal are welcoming medicals for Matteo Guendouzi and Lucas Torreira. That’s two DMs, one for now, with the other pegged for future greatness. Here’s a little snippet about the Frenchman, who comes with discipline issues.
On the pitch, Guendouzi’s lanky frame and floppy hairstyle have drawn comparisons to Adrien Rabiot, and while that seems overly simplistic, there are some similarities to the two. Not really comfortable as a six, but not so skilful on the ball or direct enough to be used as a relayeur, Guendouzi instead relies on a lovely range of passing to affect play. At Lorient, this often manifested itself as balls played out to the flanks, or over the top, allowing him to play almost as a regista, dictating play on the counter whilst another midfielder retained the responsibility of breaking up the opposition’s play.
Despite not having the dribbling acumen of Rabiot, Guendouzi has shown flashes of realizing how to use his frame when in possession. Not particularly quick, he instead relies on a wiry strength to retain possession, using his long limbs to shield against opponents. That said, this same lanky aspect of his build can make him a bit lazy or prone to fouling when defending, as he is wont to leave a foot in or be somewhat lazy with his positioning in hoping to rely on his size, exemplified by a horror challenge against Auxerre last season. Too, while his inventiveness in terms of a range of passing is impressive, he can also be overly ambitious or seem to lack much in the way of a rapport with his teammates.
What a summer.
Most of the issues appear to have been addressed outside the new contract we’re hoping will head the way of Aaron Ramsey.
In 6 months, we’ve mostly rebuilt the core of the squad.
We’ve ripped out a fair chunk of the dross.
We’ve seen an elevation of some very promising young talents.
We’ve reshaped the coaching staff.
We’ve changed the manager.
We’re as ready as we’ve ever been to tackle the new season.
Everyone lands a fresh chance. Duff players might come good, key players might be relegated to the bench, the old style will certainly be canned, a new era for Arsenal is taking shape.
I’m not dreading the start of the new season. No one is battling to justify why we’ve only signed a Costa Rican 19 year old with a month until the start of the new season. No one is wondering why our manager is commentating at the World Cup. No one is under any confusion about what the new regime is trying to do the squad.
You don’t need to pick through a wreckage to retrofit a positive spin.
It feels good. From a writing perspective, it’s hard to know where to head. We’re all buckling up for a ride, unsure of the destination for once.
Bernd Leno has arrived at Colney, the club have announced he’ll be taking over the famous number 19 shirt for the new season. In his Arsenal.com interview, it’s clear his English is up to scratch, he also knows a lot about the club. He mentioned Thierry Henry, Highbury, and Alex Hleb who used to pay for Stuttgart.
I’m very happy we’ve managed to bring in a keeper. He’s come with quite a hefty price tag for a keeper many said lost his way last season, but hopefully there’s a plan for him and we’ve brought him in because of specific skills we hope to bake into the way we play. My biggest gripe about Petr Cech is his lack of ability to play with intelligence out the back. The hoof has been the standard distribution method for years. To have a keeper that can break the lines with clever passing will add a different dimension to our game, it’ll also be good to have someone who can act as an auxiliary sweeper when needed.
Outside that, we need a keeper who can pull off stunning saves. We haven’t had a keeper who can do miraculous things since Fabianski. The Polish keeper had that part of his game sussed, just a shame that’d come with horrendous errors. He was a good keeper though, gone too early in my opinion. But hey, I’ll take a steely German manning the goal for the foreseeable.
Jack Wilshere made it official and joined West Ham. The most predictable transfer of the summer. Content here.
I think that’s about all I have for the day?
ENGLAND on Wednesday. On that, can you imagine being the guy that got naked in the bar and has a snap of his arse flying around the world on a Monday morning? How embarrassing. I’m dying just typing this. That is why I NEVER get naked at the pub, even after a strong win.
DM
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Tr4phy
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Missed out
Lenooo!
Leno wearing #19???
Utter disgrace!
Gilberto, Wilsh, Cazorla all #19. Torreira wearing it next would have been so good.
#3 and #11 are the two premium numbers available. Can’t have big Sead wearing the #3 or Torreira in the #11. He’s not a wide forward ffs.
Season hasn’t started and they serve this.
Ivan is on a yellow card. Better tread carefully…
In the building!!
Leno wearing #19???
Utter disgrace!
Gilberto, Wilsh, Cazorla all #19. Torreira wearing it next would have been so good.#3 and #11 are the two premium numbers available. Can’t have big Sead wearing the #3 or Torreira in the #11. He’s not a wide forward ffs. Season hasn’t started and they serve this.
Ivan is on a yellow card. Better tread carefully
10th?
12 is A Good GK squad number.
Leave 19 to Torreria!!
I hate Leno already!!
What a change though, our biggest problem right now is the squad numbers as opposed to a past it, clueless manager fucking up another summer and everyone despairing at the fact we’re heading for another season of the same thing.
Seriously tho
Feels Weird Going into a New Season like this.
Optimistic based on Actual Fact of Arsenal being competent in the transfer market and being excited about the new look squad.
No more optimism purely based on Sentiment of it just being Arsenal and that likelihood and probability generally dictate we may be in the mix and hoping for a miracle it may be different to the last 7 years of utter dross.
Wow.
Feels nice to a Gunner atm.
May go all up in flames but its defo the correct steps being taken
Wenger will be an Arsenal supporter but on the inside he will be willing the new regime to fail.
It’s funny that the entire season not being a foregone conclusion can feel so exciting
But it does
To be in touching distance after Christmas would be an improvement.
Just need to get the likes of Jenkinson and Campbell off the payroll.
“Former Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has joined West Ham on a three-year deal and says he has moved to the club he supported as a boy.”
Where’s Bob?
Jack will fit right in at WHU. How long before he’s kissing the badge?
“Wenger will be an Arsenal supporter but on the inside he will be willing the new regime to fail.”
The fvck! seriously how daft can one be to come out with such piffle.
Wind your neck in Vicky.
Bye Wilshere, welcome Leno for now. Torreira later. is that the end of our incomings? when will the leftovers be shipped out? super optimistic for the upcoming season.
Park Chu
I did not want Arteta at all, as soon as I saw Wenger had backed him it definitely meant he was a no for me.
You know the character of Wenger there will be a part of him that wants to be shown to be right, he was fired and no doubt he will want Gazidis to fail.
To be in touching distance after Christmas would be an improvement.”
We could finish 18 points back and it would be a massive improvement lol
We’ll still frustrate and it may well be a difficult season at times but as long as we’re not regularly giving any comedic goals/have diff plans on the field and we’re hard to beat we’ll make progress.
Jack going to WHU is the epitome of what was wrong here for so long. Guys on cruise control who were happy to just show up and get paid, not really interested in their careers really.
One suspects the honeymoon phase will see us not do too shabby at the start of the season v City and Chelsea too
CA
Wengers ego won’t allow him to pleased for any future success.
In the eyes of some, I’m looking at you Vicky, any success will be attributed to Wenger ‘leaving the club in a better state’ than when he arrived.
Get ready for Jack Wilshere’s Vengeance on 25th August!! Its gonna be blood spilling at the £mirates….
CA
he was fired and no doubt he will want Gazidis to fail.’
Bit of a shame to see you thread this path mate,I mean I would expect such trivial nonsense from some certain posters but you’ve shown yourself to be quite knowledgeable but to come with this nonsense leaves me astounded
Wenger is stubborn,egotistical,even loyal to a fault but loves the club,which he sacrificed a part of his life for,..for you to then because of your dislike for the man come out with this codswallop..
no words.
http://kwese.espn.com/football/fifa-world-cup/4/blog/post/3560275/why-world-cups-are-the-worst-time-to-buy-a-player
Good read
Still need a winger…hoping for someone still……
Victorious Wenger loves himself more than anything. I don’t buy all this he loves the club bullshit, he loves what the club gave him, you just said yourself his egotistical, he loved that he was king at Arsenal. He was the sole reason we didn’t have any of the structure we’re now enjoying watching work. He loves being right, he loves power, he loves control. You admit he’s an egotist but think he would be happy for people like me at the end of the season to say we were right and Wenger was the problem? Your own logic doesn’t… Read more »
In the eyes of some, I’m looking at you Vicky, any success will be attributed to Wenger ‘leaving the club in a better state’ than when he arrived. ” No doubt credits will be ascribed to Wenger for laying out foundations on which Emery will/wont succeed The proverbial adage “Honour should be given to whom it’s due’ has never been more accurate, Man United fans give still gives respect to Sir Alex for everything they’ve achieved to date why should we be different? I’ll tell u that is because we have a small minority of ungrateful pompous twats given pathetic… Read more »
Afternoon Grovers,
Good post Pedro,
I’m struggling to remember the last time I felt this optimistic before a season, I think it was when we bought Bergkamp and Platt. I know the season went to shit, but pre-season was such a buzz, that’s how I’m feeling now, only this time I don’t think our season will go to shit, quite the opposite in fact and I reckon we’ll get top 4.
Wenger left the squad in a shit state as well.
Wenger’s ‘honour’ and ‘credit’ due to him was used up over the last decade.
To compare Wenger to Ferguson is a travesty.
Let’s settle down a bit. I do think we have made progress in lots of ways but: Iwobi is still at the club Welbeck is still at the club Ospina and Cech are still at the club Ozil…oh you get it. Also, Ramsay? Why. This guy is frankly pretty shit so I’m sure sure of the love in for him. If we could get £30/40m for him, I’m sure we could have got a player who was better and younger. Arsenal definitely doing business but there is, for me, major concerns about some of our tripe still earning a wage.… Read more »
Torreira Looks Like Christian Bale
Loool
Loool
Loool
GOH
Step by step tho right?
I feel a few guys deserve a chance to show what they can do under a real manager.
I do feel Wenger inhibted a lot of the dudes in the squad
“To be in touching distance after Christmas would be an improvement.”
Not wishing to sound pedantic but normally we are in better than touching distance at Christmas(except last season) .. It’s Feb /March where it normally goes tits up.
Plus… All teams were out of it by Christmas last season.
We have a fantastic opportunity to hit the top early, let’s hope we take it…
Will be good to have a proper atmosphere at the Emirates.
“Torreira Looks Like Christian Bale”
More like Ronnie Corbett
The proverbial adage “Honour should be given to whom it’s due’ has never been more accurate, Man United fans give still gives respect to Sir Alex for everything they’ve achieved to date”
Ferguson won the league once every three -four season on average, winning the UCL twice?(too lazy to look up).
You have your head in the clouds even drawing the comparison. Wenger left Arsenal in a shambles. From the ridiculous wage bill to the squad make-up.
Wenger was our manager when we finished 5th on 75 points , outside the Champions league places for the first time in his reign. He made the usual noises, mental strength , coming back stronger e.t.c The season after that we finish 6th on 63 points, 13 points worse than the season before. We could not beat run of the mill teams away from home. The culture in the club was at it’s worse , players no longer fought for points on the pitch, he even stopped giving excuses and simply blamed it all on the fans. Wenger was a… Read more »
You misjudge Wenger, as though who support him always do. He’s an arsehole.” lol It’s amazing the folks that still cling to this whole “Wenger was a martyr” angle. The guy straight up stole money from Arsenal the last decade. For the amount of money he was on(one of the highest in the world) his return was pitiful. He greedily groveled and squirmed his way for a new contract even though he knew that he was all out of ideas/answers. Money that could have gone back to the club. The petulance in the media. The resistance to change. The lack… Read more »
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DM, Bomslang, Bankz etc please keep on with the 4th place Tr4phy challenge, the competition is as interesting as the blog itself. we can’t all be Marko, Gambom, C Charlie etc .,, also there was this guy (can’t remember his name) that entertained us with picture of sexy “Birds” during the 2014 world cup, whatever happened to that guy. all of your contributions makes Le-grove what it is.
Victorious
Where the fudge did you come up with this MINORITY REPORT?
You do realise that the vast majority of supporters wanted Wenger out, even those that were still hanging onto his shirt tails.
You continue to come up with utter garbage and are only embarrassing yourself.
You are, most definitely, not a true supporter.
“Wenger is stubborn,egotistical,even loyal to a fault but loves the club,which he sacrificed a part of his life for…” Respectfully, Wenger loved the club when he was manager. How can a man sacrifice a part of his life if he is being paid between 8-10 million pounds a year? If you work for a company where you are earning an obscene amount like that for winning a few FA cups and going downhill, then that’s hardly a sacrifice. A real sacrifice would have been leaving Arsenal when the supporters wanted him out and not going behind the Board’s back to… Read more »
From the discussion on the previous thread it must if been a cockatoo.
Receding
I thought you and I would be completely opposed on that point.
But we could not be more together on that.
Gambon*
Arsene FC, the club supposedly built by Wenger, is being stripped to the bone and systematically rebuilt from top to bottom.
The ultimate kick in the teeth for Wenger and his “ego”.
He must be cringing with embarrassment.
Fresh air and positive energy is circulating throughout the club for the first time in over a decade as the stagnant and predictable failings created by Wenger are systematically eradicated.
Wonderful feeling.
@ Cesc appeal I do not know how anyone who has lived through the ridicule Arsenal fans have been subjected to can defend Wenger. Even ladies who do not watch football are aware it is fashionable to mock Arsenal fans. Of course we fans did not help with some of our antics but there is only so much one can take. The humiliation in big matches, the likes of Troy Deeney taking the piss, the dismissive comments from so called pundits, the refusal, yes refusal, of our manager to buy in players in positions of need. How can one defend… Read more »
I mean all every real football fan asks for is that the millionaires playing for their clubs at least try to win football matches, that the manager earning 8 million a year addresses the glaring holes in the squad with the funds available to him, that he buys players suitable to a position and not just players that happen to catch his fancy, that he makes use of the scouting network, that he does not pull out of deals simply because Iwobi has a good training session. We needed a manager and Wenger was more concerned with being a father… Read more »
GOB
Welbeck couldn’t do it Ferguson or a very good united side. He’s shit. Then, now and in the future. Ramsay has had one stand out season. Nothing more. Iwobi is a bag of sand. There’s nothing coming out of that mess.
Ozil? The least said about this pile of shit, the better.
Receding
That was always it for me, and that is why I’m happy right now. All I want to see is the club trying to succeed, Wenger thought he was above effort and above sporting definitions of success.
I have said for years there is one simple question that all football fans can ask, is my club with the resources and options it has available giving itself the best probabilistic chance of success?
The answer at Arsenal was emphatically no for years and that was unacceptable.
“I have said for years there is one simple question that all football fans can ask, is my club with the resources and options it has available giving itself the best probabilistic chance of success?The answer at Arsenal was emphatically no for years and that was unacceptable.” End of. I actually struggle to see how Victorious continues defending him anytime his name is brought up seeing as he lives in Nigeria where being an Arsenal fan is now seen as some sort of plague, the banter, if you can call it that, here is almost personal. I do not abide… Read more »
Maybe history will show that the last 5 years to be one of Arsenal’s most successful periods…. Just saying.
“also there was this guy (can’t remember his name) that entertained us with picture of sexy “Birds” during the 2014 world cup, whatever happened to that guy.”
That would be Kwikfit.
“Maybe history will show that the last 5 years to be one of Arsenal’s most successful periods…. Just saying.” We all enjoyed the FA cup wins Pierre ..but it seems you don’t get what it means when a club the size of Arsenal cannot compete for a league title. Or when our best players openly talk about switching clubs to win league titles. Or watching Chelsea win a league title. implode the next season, the win another league title while all that time we did not pretend to compete. Pierre do you think Arsenal football club under Arsene Wenger did… Read more »
zaco
Thank you mate. Rest assured, no plans to stop the tr4phy hunt any time soon 🙂
Imagine if Wenger was still at the club and
1)he have Xhaka a new improved contract….. Uproar
2)he gave Chambers a new improved contract…. Uproar
3)Ramsey not signing a new contract but still at the club… Uproar
Pierre
And we had signed Lichtsteiner, Leno, Sokratis, Torreira and Guendouzi, added complete new set of coaching staff etc.
What is it with you Wenger apologists and selectively presenting facts?
Just shows how agenda ridden your are.
Imagine Wenger was still at the club and he bought
1)a 35 year old right back
2)a run of the mill central defender in his 30’s…
3)a midget in centre mid to protect the defence..
4)a kid for 9 million
UPROAR..
Pierre It would be a case of imagining, because Wenger has not delivered a competent summer in over a decade. What we needed desperately before the summer started, GK, CB and CDM. Guess what the new lot minus Wenger delivered? How many years did we need a GK before Wenger got Cech, how many years did we need to replace RVP and only managed it with Aubameyang? How many years has the defence been shit and unaddressed, we needed a CDM since Gilberto left and Wenger didn’t deliver. Like you say, pure imagination to think of a summer where Wenger… Read more »
19 should have gone to Torreira…..just doesn’t look right on a goalie….
I hope Torreira isn’t going to wear 3 or 11….jeez
We should be giving No.4 to Torreira, not f*****g Elneny.
CA
2 years ago he delivered a supposedly defensive mid and a centre back.. Xhaka and mustafi so you cant really say that he didn’t try to address that area… It just didn’t work out.
Maybe it could be my theory as to the reason why we look so vulnerable through the middle and the defence lack protection.
Playing Aaron Ramsey as a central midfielder….
Maybe playing 2 sitting /holding midfielders may just give us the stability we need.
Should be No.1 to Leno, No.4 to Torreira and then No.11 to the new winger.
But if squad numbers are the worst of our problems, it’s all pretty good.
Pierre
He’s gone, thank f**k, irrelevant to Arsenal fans now, thank f**k, far better off without him.
Pierre, with Wenger we’ve seen the script too many times and it was mostly a case of waiting for the inevitable. Admittedly, people sometimes go to the extreme but it’s what it is. Wenger belongs to the past now and would always be regarded as a legend of the club.
I’d rather just focus on the new shape the club is taking.
And by the way, it was Arsene Wenger who continued with the policy of playing Ramsey in midfield….. So is that not a criticism of his tactics.
CA
“He’s gone, thank f**k, irrelevant to Arsenal fans now, thank f**k, far better off without him.”
So why are you all on here slagging him off… Moaning about how much he was paid.. The same with özil.. No other fans have this pathetic fixation with money.
What Pierre means to say is that the club have started getting squad players to extend contracts on mildly improved terms so they have some sell on value for a change. His next point was on Ramsey still being at the club. Well the windows not closed yet has it so no need for uproar just yet. Next you complained about signing players in positions that were needed. Makes a change instead of trying Montreal as centre back,or maybe we should have persisted with Maitland Niles at fullback….please. What else, oh yeah a midget in defensive midfield…………sigh Kante makelele David’s… Read more »
I was basically just making the point that nothing special has happened with regard to signings and contract renewals except hopefully Torreira.
Personally, I regard the signings of mkhitarayan and Aubameyang as much more important to the club than the 2 new defenders and I am not praising Wenger for those signings as I don’t believe they were of his doing.
Pierre
I’m ecstatic.
You sit in your whole wallowing and trying to reimagine history, Wenger got what he deserved because everyone on here was right all along. It took actually football people a matter of months at the club to realise Wenger was past it and to fire him.
Ozil is under performing just like Wenger did, and just like Wenger in this new age of Arsenal he will be dropped if he doesn’t improve.
Great stuff.
Torreira will be on £50 000 a week apparently, great work from the new lot. Wilshere was on close to £100 000.
Pessimistic pat
“What else, oh yeah a midget in defensive midfield…………sigh
Kante makelele David’s all the same height.”
I was taking the piss out of all Le grovellers who said our midfield was full of midgets.. Cazorla /Wilshere… Get a sense of humour for f sake
CA
“Torreira will be on £50 000 a week apparently, great work from the new lot. Wilshere was on close to £100 000.”
What are you the clubs f.. Ing accountant or what…. Who gives a toss
Come on Le Grove…..let Wenger RIP. Too many days were spent going to and fro about Wenger, surely we can move on?
Squad numbers, really? How many years has it been since 1-11 were on the pitch? It’s the players on the day and how they perform…..the numbers make absolutely no difference. So what if Cech has 1…..the problem will be if Leno doesn’t get picked ahead of him.
The only ‘fans’ who don’t have a ‘fixation’ with transfer fees and wages are the fans who never buy tickets to games.
Pierre ‘supports’ Arsenal by watching free illegal streams on the internet. Doesn’t cost him a bean when Wenger lined his pockets with other people’s money.
Pierre You should, you moron, there’s this thing called a wage budget, and these things called rules on the amount of wage increases you can have a year and seeing as how Arsenal have thrown a load down the toilet on people like Ozil getting rid of £50 000 a week off the wage bill and getting in a far superior player is great business. Do you understand now, is that still a little difficult for you? Maybe this, Wenger on £9 Million a year, Emery on £4 Million a year, club saves £5 Million a year to invest in… Read more »
‘“Torreira will be on £50 000 a week apparently, great work from the new lot.
Wilshere was on close to £100 000.”
What are you the clubs f.. Ing accountant or what…. Who gives a toss’
This just says it all about him.
Utter, utter moron.
Pierre. It helps to have them on lower wages in case they aren’t good enough and you can sell them then. Imagine that. Called sensible squad management. Players will be paid what they are worth. Sorry if you were joking again.
‘Sorry if you were joking again’
He’s not.
He thinks Ozil’s wage of £350 000 is irrelevant in setting expectations for him because he didn’t give it to himself.
Jamie
“Pierre ‘supports’ Arsenal by watching free illegal streams on the internet. Doesn’t cost him a bean when Wenger lined his pockets with other people’s money.”
I have paid my dues mate…..don’t worry about that.
CA
A poxy budget …Get a life mate and concentrate on what is happening on that thing called a football pitch instead of worrying yourself about the Arsenal budget.
You must be a barrel of laughs at home .
Jamie, not sure if I completely agree with your view of being a supporter. Just because I have a ST doesn’t make me more or less than a supporter who doesn’t. The majority of Arsenal supporters are not ST holders. If you are emotionally involved to the extent that Arsenal results intrinsically affects your life and your happiness, then you are a supporter in my book. Sure I feel I’m supporting in a particular way when I sing up. Away supporters spend so much time and money representing the team in opposition grounds, fair play. But I’m always happy when… Read more »
Pierre Not to but in but wenger brought in Xhaka only to realize he can’t tackle, can’t cover ground, lacked mobility lacked athleticism and pace all on top of a lack of defensive awareness. Wenger basically hadn’t a clue as to what type of MF player Xhaka was! Crazy ennit? He confesses as much during various interviews and prezzers. My point is if that’s the best he could do to firm up our defensive mid over the last few years (and the rest) i’d rather someone else comes in and had a go on this. I don’t know how next… Read more »
Is Torriearse in the same league as Kante and Makelle.
I doubt it but I remain hopeful.
He does not seem to have the playmaking abilities of those two.
A more defensive type .?
Is that what we needed. well combatative he is so that’s a plus.
Pierre
That is exactly what I thought. As always.
Pessimistic pat
“Pierre. It helps to have them on lower wages in case they aren’t good enough and you can sell them then. Imagine that. Called sensible squad management. Players will be paid what they are worth.”
I do get that but it is what it is but it can work both ways ….if we don’t pay them enough then city or united snap their fingers and treble their wages and that’s it ,we lose one of our best players and everyone says why didn’t we pay him what he’s worth .
The optimism isn’t even stemming from the signings per se- although Leno and Torreira look as if they’ll make a positive impact on the team this coming season and are better than what we have in their respective positions. The optimism is coming from a place of unpredictability, if Wenger was still the gaffer we could all write an accurate prediction of events that will unfold on the season ahead of us whereas with Emery, it’s a blank canvas. Could be disastrous, could revitalise the club, could be more of the same. The crux with Wenger that people had for… Read more »
Nicely worded Bob.
I agree completely
Makelele didn’t create at all.
Was the best in the world at what he did and that was protect the back four, had very little impact going forward. They didn’t call it the Makelele position for nothing.
Kante is more adventurous/gifted a player than Makelele was. Not as defensively brilliant or disciplined though.
The return of the Wenger-arse lickers
Wenger is gone, deal with it.
He robbed the club of money and ambition in his last decade.
Who can foget that fateful summer transfer window where we didn’t sign a single outfield player even though Koschielny’s Achilles tendi were acting out. We played right back with chambers for half that season.
Fuck off to all you Wenger degenerates. Screw all the simpletons that wan’t to airbrush history.
‘I’m always happy when I meet someone and they tell me that they support the Arsenal- I immediately warm to them. Supporters all.’
Ain’t that the truth mate. Well said.
It’s even better when you’re somewhere where you wouldn’t expect to find a fellow Gooner.
Torriera has pace and he is very tenacious. His style will suit England.
My only concern is how he adapts to the physicality since he is Kante-size. He has to learn how to use his body to nudge off players that are 50 lbs heavier than him without drawing afoul.
What do you mean by have it both ways.we had a squad full of overpaid players courtesy of your man Wenger. Didn’t sort or extend contracts soon enough. We now appear to be addressing both areas. In terms of players leaving are you talking about Sanchez? He left for free instead of 60m courtesy again of your man Wenger. You really are a clueless fella.