Sooooo… I broke my arm yesterday, and typing has gone from a breeze to a farce. Bear with me people, all I want to do is make sweet long-form content.
Press are going hard that Ozil asked to come back to AFC early after his WC abomination. If true, that’s great news, I mean, let’s be real, he used his vacation days through the season, so it’s no surprise he wants back early. He also didn’t play that much in the WC. Good news if he wants to fight this season, we’ll need him consistently at his best if we’re to progress.
… but, make no mistake, he hasn’t given a fuck up until now, regardless of what the Oziltoligists will have you believe. He needs to do some work this year to bring the fans back onboard.
Jezza W broke the story that Arsenal will be hiring in a Russian game maker to oversee data for injuries.
Zhilkin’s remit will centre on analysing injury and physical data rather than recruitment or technical performance. Injuries were a significant problem for Arsenal across a series of seasons in the second decade of Arsene Wenger’s reign as manager and an issue that was the subject of several internal reviews.
It all also follows a huge overhaul in the club’s medical staff under Burgess, who was appointed in July 2017, following Wenger’s departure as manager earlier this year. As well as Colin Lewin leaving his job as head of medical services, physiotherapists Andy Rolls and Ben Ashworth and osteopath Dr Philippe Boixel were all let go.
Zhilkin has described himself as a “data scientist interested in rational thinking, automation, data visualisation, machine learning, association football”.
Joel Lopez, the 16 yr old Barca left-back will join when he’s 17.
“It will be the club that I always carry in my heart for all the wonderful moments that I have lived.
“It was a difficult decision but after contemplating it with my family I made the decision to go and start a new stage as a footballer with great enthusiasm.”
Watch your back Nacho and BIG Kol, the kid is coming for your living and your self-esteem.
Sad news about The Ox being out for the year, but, you can’t say its not the exact same issue he had with us. We wish him a swift recovery!
Right, I’m done, that was rank, see you tomorrow!
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Sanmi “Yes that season we lost to Chelsea in 10th twice, but we beat Leicester the winner twice. And point tally at the end of the season doesn’t tell you story of competition. With Leicester we competed till April, stop this nonsense revising that we stopped competing by January. Remember when we best Leicester at the emirate, the odds were in our favour to catch them.” It’s you who is doing the revising. Arsenal beat Leicester 2-1 in February then proceeded to collapse by losing the next 2 games and picking up only 12 points from 8 games while Leicester… Read more »
@Sanmi
“Remember when we best Leicester at the emirate, the odds were in our favour to catch them
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Which makes it even more pathetic when the specialist in failure finished 10 points behind them in the end.
Özilots – zealous followers of Özil.
Oziltoligists ? Those that study Özilogy but not necessarily Özilots.
GoH
Them Thai ladyboys been mean to you?
You should pay them more
I remember a lot of people saying if Wenger didn’t catch Leicester that year he should have been fired. the board didn’t really care, did they ???
Michel 24
go on instagram and look at the comments on the arsenal page. many still want Wenger back.. lots of Wenger in, Wenger out debate there. which is ridiculous considering the massive positive changes happening at the club…
Arsenal shit themselves and the season collapsed after beating 10 man Leicester in injury time at the Emirates.
Victorious
Only responding, to the in denial crew, with certain facts.
I am exceptionally positive but will always point out the ignorance of some of our supporters.
If it gets on your nerves, that’s a bonus.
Sanmi
You do realise that Arsenal imploded after beating Leicester 2-1.
That was February.
Revise your facts first.
“It’s you who is doing the revising.
Arsenal beat Leicester 2-1 in February then proceeded to collapse by losing the next 2 games and picking up only 12 points from 8 games while Leicester picked up 20 points……lol.”
Yep… didn’t stop Wenger from waving the “We beat Leicester both home and away trophy” as if it mattered.
How he didn’t get the sack, then I don’t know.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/arsenal-transfer-news-latest-rumours-today-chuba-akpom-sinttruiden-a8456446.html
Akpom possibly out for £2m
Leeds That was the beginning of the end though. The money myth disappeared as he was allowed to spend and he spent badly, Leicester winning the league shat on his whole we can’t compete thing, finishing outside the UCL, fucking up the Sanchez and Ozil situation, having a train wreck of a campaign last year all underpinned by him disrespecting and going to war with the fans such was his ego and delusion that he thought he could win. All of that fucked him, Plus Gazidis not liking him and wanting him gone and then Kroenke Jr agreeing. Gazidis’ dislike… Read more »
What is amazing is that it was all called on here for years, as soon as the myths Wenger used as excuses were busted and as soon as actual football people were in the club not beholden to Wenger that he would be gone.
Always laugh at the stick Le Grove gets, sure people can point to players or manager lauded on here or derided on here that went on to be crap or great respectively, but with Wenger it was totally, completely, utterly bang on the money.
Gonsterous
I know.
I’ll only hit out when ludicrous comments are made.
I’ve been looking forward to this moment for ten years but when so called supporters continue to spout out pro-Wenger remarks, I’ll fight my corner.
The only “ridiculous” thing in all of this is that there are still a section of the fanbase holding onto Wengers shirttail.
Remember when Wenger used to say he could get any job he wanted if he left Arsenal? Remember how he used to play the victim and say he had given his life for Arsenal? a\s if he should feel sorry for him and be grateful that he “gave up” so much for the club?
The truth is out now though isn’t it?
You don’t hear the world’s elite clubs lining up for Wenger do you?
Funny that even Patrick Viera was hired as manager when Wenger was available… you would have though Wenger would have been all over that.
*thought
*As if we should
Japan interested in Wenger apparently.
Yeah, Wenger the great man, who saved Arsenal from ruin, basically has the choice between managing Japan, or becoming a rent boy on the streets of Strasbourg.
But wait a minute, a few on here told us that the second he was available PSG, Madrid and Barca would be all over him?
He cant even get a job project managing stadium build projects, something we’ve all been told he’s great at.
Old cunt will be addicted to painkillers and alcohol within months.
Serves him right.
Can’t get a job being a humanitarian either. Was apparently told they can’t afford to pay him 10 million for it.
I know it’s metro, but I’m sure there’s some truth in this:
https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/19/unai-emery-ready-sell-seven-arsenal-players-fund-two-transfers-7737870/
Oh sell some. Who will probably determine who we then target. For example if Mustafi goes a defender absolutely will come in
A Russian game maker (what is that?). Isn’t Ivan going a little overboard hiring brains and back-up staff? Do we need them all? Too many cooks, as they say. It seems poor old Ivan has lost faith in his own judgement, No DD he. No wonder either, after ten years of dictatorship under you-know-who. On Ozil, I was hoping he would simply disappear. Not to be. On the other hand his eagerness to get stuck in (if true) is encouraging. A new page turned? Maybe carrying the can for Germany’s flop is having an effect, maybe he feels the need… Read more »
Wenger was an unmitigated disaster and FRAUD the last three seasons especially in the league. Anyone in denial of that needs Jeebus.
Glad we tanked him and I can get back to feeling good about the Arse again.
I hope it’s true. We have more than enough average players who we can sell without remotely impacting squad quality As far as I’m concerned, sell all the dross, sign one or two serious players and promote some kids to the far reaches of the first team squad At the end of the day, some of our squad players are so average it makes no difference if we have them or kids to make up the numbers. Might as well sell the more valuable ones (the older heads) and gives the kiddos a chance in the squad. We won’t be… Read more »
Whilst I expect to see a couple of players move on – Ospina probably Welbeck etc the transfer window closes in under 3 weeks if any of the above is to happen they need to get a move on.
We’ve also got the issue of Ramsey to get sorted.
We don’t need cech AND Ospina. Sell one – whoever is worth more
We can sell welbeck and Perez and we’re halfway there to funding a solid winger
Neither is relevant to top tier attacking/wide play so what difference does it make? We can promote a kiddo as 3rd choice striker and put the money towards a winger. We’ve nothing to lose from that
The Spud’s have given Son a contract extension – I thought he had compulsory national service coming up in the next 12 months or so, something that by all accounts is not easy to get out of.
Rent boy in Strasbourg .?
Not in them Speedo,s of his he won’t earn a tanner.
Marc I might be wrong but I gather SK usually allows exemptions for exceptional players. I don’t remember sun ji Park getting stuck with it though I may be wrong
As much as I hate to say it, son is absolutely quality as well. Seriously talented and also has a great attitude. It’s a matter of time until he joins a big club
I think Zhilkin is an inspired addition.
A data scientist with the sole job of predicting when an injury is likely to happen, and then preventing that.
Imagine resting Ramsey for a game instead of losing him for 3 months!
It’s Moneyball for injuries!
I’ve said it before, The Brain Trust is set up like Moneyball, people who optimise every aspect of our team.
I’ll go as far as to say we now have the best club set up in the league!
China
From what I’ve read exemptions are quite difficult to get Park got one for being part of the 2002 squad that did so well.
Korea didn’t do quite as well in 2018.
True though Park is absolutely miles beyond the quality of the rest of that team (their keeper was very impressive mind) He is as important to this Korea team as Ronaldo is to Portugal. They’re a positive attacking team but they have an absolute dearth of quality players, especially in the final third. He’s clearly the talisman and everything goes through him if they want any joy in the opposition half Sorry for waxing lyrical about a spud but he’s a player I seriously rate. He might not be able to get out of his national service but I’d be… Read more »
If Arsene wants a job he should come to China. For all the anger and frustrations he’s given me, I’d still be happy to see him here and wish him the best.
Come to Tianjin TEDA and battle it out with cannavaro for title of the best manager in Tianjin wenger!
Thought that the young Korean fella Hee-Chan looked pretty promising for Red Bull Salzburg in the Europa League last season.
Actually scratch that, apart from at Guangzhou evergrande who are miles better than the rest of the league, I think Arsene would struggle to make ‘express yourself’ wengerball work with the piss poor squads here. Apart from Guangzhou who are probably about the level of Everton, the rest of the league is championship quality at best
I was majorly impressed with the Korean keeper at the World Cup. Apparently he only recently broke into the team. He made some lovely saves and was really solid. Deserves a shot at a serious league imo
China
Anderson Talisca apparently scored a hat-rick on his debut for Guangzhou. Such a waste of a talent there, thought he looked really good for Besiktas.
“Such a waste of a talent there”
$$$$$$$$$$$
I know there’s been a bit of hype about China because of some of the transfer fees forked out but trust me this league isn’t about to go anywhere fast Absolutely piss poor quality. Championship-league one on average. Guangzhou evergrand are quite legit. They look like Barca compared to the rest here but in reality they’re unremarkable in the grand scheme of things and lost the Asian CL final to a team from fucking Qatar a year or two ago. Inexcusable seriously. They have restrictions on the number of foreigners sk even if you buy Messi Ronaldo and Neymar you… Read more »
True, prefer it when the older players go there for the dosh though like Tevez, Hulk, Pelle, Lavezzi, Demba Ba, Mascherano etc that have already played their prime years in Europe.
Hate seeing the likes of Oscar, Witsel, Carrasco, Jonathan Viera, Alex Texeira piss away their best footballing years, each to their own and all that.
Like it’s mental that Oscar was Brazil’s golden boy after Neymar just four years ago and now he can’t even get near the squad.
And yes I use ‘we’ when talking about China Lived here 5 years, Chinese wife and mixed race son. This countries annoys me in so many ways but it will forever be a part of who I am. I’m only disappointed that China didn’t qualify for this World Cup. I’m probably moving back to the UK for further studies in January and dunno if we’ll be back. Would fucking loved to have wat he’d a World Cup here with the chinese team qualified tho. Make no mistake though, with their sick new academy, China will have a respectable team within… Read more »
Yeah remember talking to a Chinese bloke my age about that, says that school over there is as close as you can really get to slave labour in terms of academic work hours.
China
What do you make of Wu Lei? He sure does score plenty of goals, would he be the best Chinese player?
Mate I went to watch tianjian TEDA against Shanghai Shenhua about a year ago and saw tevez and martins play Shanghai. Tianjin had John obi mikel but he was injured Honestly it was a horrible thing to see. Tevez missed a chance in the third minute and walked for the rest of the game. I was disgusted. He was earning 400k a week sterling and didn’t even jog for 88 minutes. Martins our in a shift and played really well which was cool. Tevez was cold as fuck though. Lazy cunt – when you earn that salary and the fans… Read more »
I’ll put it this way, I don’t watch ever match so it’s definitely possible that I’ll miss some talent but I’ve never seen a chinese player who looks serious by European standards. My favourite player I’ve seen here is Moreno of Shanghai shenhua (Colombian) When I watched him live he was unplayable. He was playing box to box but despite having zero pace absolutely dominated the whole game. A rock in front of their defense, sick in the air, never lost the ball, was putting chinese players on their asses by turning them inside out and a threat going forwards.… Read more »
“Yeah, Wenger the great man, who saved Arsenal from ruin, basically has the choice between managing Japan, or becoming a rent boy on the streets of Strasbourg.”
“Old cunt will be addicted to painkillers and alcohol within months.”
Hahahaha what are you using? You need to share that stuff hahaha
Funniest poster ever
Raptora Only embarrassing part was up failing to understand the context it was being written in. Marko made the comment about spending on players as a strategy for success whilst simultaneously praising the fact Liverpool have made CL consecutively. I pointed out in an 8 year span they’ve outspent us on incomings by 200+ million and achieved less than us. Basically challenging his view that our CL qualification was average, but Klopps is a measure of success. Trot out whatever else you like, it was an incredibly basic statement to a particular argument and you’ve managed to trip over it… Read more »
I have just seen the list of players travelling to the Far East which is published on Arsenal website. There are 25 players travelling including 5 who are U23 players i.e. Osei-Tutu, Nelson, Willock, Smith-Rowe and Nketiah. Missing from the first team squad by virtue of World Cup duty are Ospina, Lichteiner,Xhaka, Torreira and Welbeck. Also not travelling are Jenkinson, Reine-Adelaide, Campbell and Akpom so you can safely assume that none of these players are included in Emery’s plans for next season. I think it is fairly clear that both Mustafi and Ramsey are part of Emery’s plans for next… Read more »
Charlie we keeping this going for a second day running? Come on who cares
Basically challenging his view that our CL qualification was average
Never said that. Just more was expected after the success of the early 2000’s and the stadium move.
Anyway apparently we might be looking at a LB any chance you have an opinion on one you’d like to see targeted
Stroller if welbeck leaves we can sign a foreigner if we like. All we’d have to do is register an under 21 home grown player in his place.
For those that like a bit of scouting
France U19 playing
http://sportstream-365.com/viewer?sport=1&game=1559597&tagz=m7zW0kTP0NxYz8jUSM_Q8vr_gnNhG6KD5FUbV4UWpxbpOqan5pXcLPLNr8rMyUnUN9UzUNAIz8xLyS8vVvALUTA00DOwVgAKmJlYK1SYmWgqOBYU5KSGpyZ5Z5bomxqb6xmbKWh4e4T4@ugo5GRmpyq4pyZn52sqOGcU5eem6puZ6xnoGRtbmulZWioEJ6YlFmVCdQEA
Marko I’m responding to Raptora having a nibble at me, feel free to go about your day I’m not rehashing anything with you. Left back wise idk honestly, I like Gaya but he signed a new deal last month or something. Ghoulam is another player I’ve felt would make a big move but I think he got crocked over xmas. Tbh I’m not sure what type of fullback Emery likes to see, but with the Banega and Nzonzi links I get the impression we have some scouts out that way and perhaps it’s actually for their fullback Escudero who had… Read more »
Yeah but at 32 if someone was willing to spend money on Monreal we should at least consider it. Best Arsenal player the last two seasons but he’s off sooner rather than later at least this summer we might get more for him
Cannot see that we will want to sign a left back at all. Montreal needs to stay and fight with Kolasinac for the position. There’s only so many problems you can solve in one summer
Personally I’m happy wth that – one for summer of 2019
Gaya or Grimaldo of Benfica are the only ones screaming out at me. Maybe Martin of Espanyol or the Villarreal LB who’s name escapes me
Marin
Pedro – I only turn up every now and again but your comments on Ozil are remarkably at odds with previous quite strong defence of what Ozil does on the pitch. You produced a quite compelling argument then, on a number of occasions, to show why his contribution is so often under-estimated. Ok he had injuries ast year (what evidence have you lot got that he wasn’t – you cite his reasons behind absence as if its fact!!) but its a dramatic change of opinion As with a number of players, I’m very happy to see his performance under Emery.… Read more »
50 million for Richarlison? What a joke Everton are. Fast on their way to being another Malaga/Anzhi
Your Comment Here
Lol that’s 20 million more than Malcom who’s the better player.
Everton are indeed a joke.
Everton are been mugged off here
How do you go from almost bringing Malcom for 30M to splurging 50M on Richarlison? insane fee to be spending on an average winger here
What would Zaha,Coman, who are far better players now go for?
Bayern might as well now tell us to do one if the rumour going about we are interested ina £44M deal for Coman true,Insane stuff
Watford must have thought that Everton were pulling a fast one when they offered 50 million for Richarlison.
Take the money and run.
13 million to 50 million. He started off very well and is decent but he went the second half of the season without scoring once. Something ridiculous. Just not worth it
My take on some businesses done by our rivals in EPL. Chelsea: Jorginho: I have watched this Jorginho guy and I can confidently say that he’s nothing special. He just Xhaka ……..a fast one though. His long passes are nothing special. The £57 million paid by Chelsea got Arsenal Leno and Toreirra. Liverpool: Alisson: He was Szczęsny’s deputy and thus the Jury is still out there. After his breakthrough season, Roma were very eager to cash on him. The crazy money (£67 million) Liverpool paid to Roma is robbery. He was never worth £30 million. Man City: Mahrez: City got… Read more »
I’m sure Watford would be sending Everton a very big thank you card and Christmas hampers
Been far more impressive with West Ham who are quietly building something special there..
bringing in Fabianski,Diop from Toulouse(young and energetic defender) Yormonleko from Dortmund,Wilshere and the ice on the cake in Anderson,who’s really a baller.
Not sure about Pellegrini but that squad is capable of causing headache to any of the top 6 IF managed well
Kaciey If you think Jorginho is just Xhaka with faster feet the sorry you are a million miles away. His greatest ability isn’t in long passes it’s through the lines or indeed chip passes over the press. Alongside Kante and possibly either a fully fit Barkley or maybe Golovin the that’s possibly a formidable unit. Alison maybe way over priced but his all round game is far more effective than Szccheney. Fred is an interesting one . On his day he looks a player but has never played more than 2/3 of a season anywhere and reading his CV suggests… Read more »
Northbanker
Good to see someone talk a bit of sense on here.
Under Emery ozil /mhkitaryan will be able to concentrate on what they do best as the midfield will at long last be better balanced with the emphasis on giving protection to the defence and allowing the attacking third to play with more freedom.
I agree with wallace remark… “water carriers” are what we need in midfield at the moment.
Vic
With you on Anderson, guy is a legit player. Really surprised that West Ham have got him but like Payet beforehand they have just been opportunistic getting a player that ability-wise is out of their league but has alleged attitude issues and is temperamental. Fair play to them but expect him to explode there and move on to a better club soon after.
Yaromalenko on the other hand I don’t rate, very cumbersome and uncoordinated player, struggled at Dortmund where he looked out of his depth.
Stroller
I disagree I think he will include a couple of youngsters
Eddie
Nelson
Most deffo
I’m with Victorius regarding Westham.
They have had the best summer window relative to all the other teams, when you consider where they started from. They still won’t be in the top six but they will give the big teams a very good game.
To go from Moyes to Pellegrini is like upscaling your measly VW Golf to a new Range rover
They’ve signed many players above their station this summer.
Anytime I see Boris Johnson whining about Brexit, all I remember is that stadium gift he gave Westham.
I’m not surprised Everton are making all these fundamental footballing errors.
They replaced Steve Walsh, the DoF who did an excellent job at Leicester with Marcel Brandt from PSV.
Watch as they burn through the Moshiri’s money.
Dissenter
I’m convinced that it’s Usmanov who’s behind Everton, think he realised he’ll never get control of Arsenal and has looked for an alternative.
We might just all be happy that he didn’t get control if they carry on like this.
That’s the thing though, you can have all the money in the world but you need the football brains. If Everton don’t have a good DoF you’re going nowhere. Usmanov’s money backing Mislintat, Sanellhi and Emery is a different proposition altogether. It could well be that Usmanov has seen his opportunity go by, at the height of fan apathy he should really have tried to rally support and give a vision of the club he wanted going forward, fans might actively have tried to push Kroenke out as well then. Not that I think Kroenke is necessarily that bad, the… Read more »
Pessimistic Cat The maximum number of foreign players that can be registered is 17 and we have more than that number in our first team squad list. The company has currently on our books in first team squad just nine players who are home grown and over 21. MARTINEZ BELLERIN HOLDING CHAMBERS JENKINSON RAMSEY REINE-ADELAIDE [U21] MAITLAND-NILES [U21] WELBECK IWOBI AKPOM Jenkinson,Akpom and Reine-Adelaide are clearly not in Emery’s plans as they are not travelling to Far east. If you promote Maitland-Niles then we will meet the eight home grown player limit. If we offload Welbeck then we have to… Read more »
True Westham have done in my view the deals of this window. Never mind these big transfers going on from other teams. L’pool will be next as having a solid window. Richarlison for 50m, holy crap! Everton will soon become Leeds. we need to get a good winger. Bailey, Coman, and why haven’t we gone for Malcom. Based on our budget and our need to sell before buying now, I think a quality player of Alfred Duncan of Sasuolo (will be good to partner Torreira in midfield base instead of Nzonzi mainly bcos of age) who is of a good… Read more »
CA There is not a remote chance that the Arsenal Board would sanction the sale of the club to Usmanov. More importantly Kroenke will not sell his shares to him. Usmanov is in a similar situation to Roger Levitt who was several years ago the largest shareholder in club, but was also refused a seat on the Board. My guess is that Usmanov would probably like to sell his shares in the club if the opportunity arose. The problem for him is that no-one is going to buy those shares at the market rate apart from perhaps Kroenke when they… Read more »
Under Emery ozil /mhkitaryan will be able to concentrate on what they do best
Are you suggesting that Ozil’s offensive play suffered because he was putting in a defensive shift? Might want to rethink that. Honestly Pierre the lengths you go to. He ought to be paying you at this stage
So brentford beat us 2-1
An Leno makes a mistake
Behind closed doors game
So maybe Leno ain’t the answer
Don’t believe me
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/6828399/arsenal-news-players-relax-in-pool/
Leno errors
My guessing is that red will be tearing into him withinn 5 games…
Jesus one practice match and Leno’s no good. I think he deserves a bit more of a chance than that no?
Stroller, i bow to your superior knowledge on the subject. Heres hoping we flog some deadwood before season starts. I think we may still make one more signing yet. Then again if richarlison is going for 50m we may not. Lol everton
Emirates Stroller and his boring anti-Usmanov tripe.
The man has more class in his prepuce than you.
Dissenter why be so aggressive- you are better than that – refute what Es has asserted
NW9
Emirates has been making unsubstantiated allegations that impugn Usmanov from the get-go. He’s never produced any evidence, just 3rd-100th party hear-say.
Nice outright racism Uruguayan pitbull @ Pedro – I’m not sure what you think is a line crossed in terms of messages on here. People argue and insult each other a lot there’s also obviously banter tho that seems to be quite accepted as part of the free speech – fair enough But the prevalence of outright racism that goes on in here unchecked is pretty concerning. ‘All Chinese people look the same’ said at all but especially to a guy with a chinese wife and kid is beyond pathetic. But hey this is like the 10th case of open… Read more »
Dissenter Unlike you it is not my habit to criticise or abuse people either on Le Grove or indeed elsewhere. I do have some solid information about Usmanov, which comes from sources outside football despite what you suggest.I am not suggesting that Usmanov does not conduct himself professionally today, but he has a known past. For a start he is persona non grata in USA. In 2015 he needed a special visa to attend IOC Conference pre Rio in USA. The conditions allowed him to stay one week in Washington and not travel elsewhere. This had nothing to do with… Read more »
China
‘All Chinese people look the same’, how’s that racism, you need to stop all these fake outrage. An evidence of following liberal principles. If that statement is not enough to make you laugh, you need therapy! Jeez!
Allan Saint Maxim could be the next big star out of France. He needs a big club. Playing style similar to Zaha’s but even better in one on one. Bag of tricks (that will later become unnecessary) and a speed demon. Wouldn’t complain much if we sign him.
The ultimate wing addition though will be Dembele, at so young he already knows how to combine wing play with an eye for finishing plays too.
Emirates -Usmanov was denied a visa for POLITICAL reasons as per of the squeeze on billionaire Russians close to Putin after the Crimean “referendum”in 2014. It had nothing to do with his personal morality. Get your facts straight-IT HAD EVERYTHING TO DO WITH BEING LINKED TO RUSSIA. The rest of your post is made up conjecture and petty gossip. “During 1990s I understand that he was refused a financial loan from a major Bank which specialises in Russian Market” The dude is one the top 120 wealthiest persons in the world. Being denied a loan is not an evidence or… Read more »
“Don’t all Chinese people look the same”? What was this a joke? A joke in extreme poor taste. Racism against white people by other races is wrong and vice versa. Racism against black people by other races is wrong and vice versa. Racism against oriental peoples by other races is wrong and vice versa. Racism between people of the same race is wrong. Racism against indigenous people by immigrants is wrong. Racism against immigrants by indigenous people is wrong. Racism against mixed people is wrong. Racism is wrong. China ignore him, don’t give him the attention. As far as I’m… Read more »
If we continue to needlessly limit our spending and go with the cautious, slowly slowly approach when it comes to squad building we’re not just going to get left behind by the top 5, but possibly by teams as west ham and Everton as well if they sustain their spending over a couple of seasons and we sit back and wait. Realistically we need 3 top players more to compete, another defensive minded b2b, a CB and a goalscoring winger. If we get a winger and either a CB or CM this summer it might be enough. They need to… Read more »
Crikey, this UruguanPitbull keyboard warrior is a real piecd of sh*t. How your still allowed to come on here flexing your keyboard muscles is beyond me.
Dissenter No you are wrong and my sources are not press, media, Facebook or twitter. They originate from the organisations that I refer to. He was not barred for political reasons and indeed the decision to allow him to go to USA was taken at political level on appeal by the Organisers of the Conference. It is well known both within FIE and IOC as to reasons why he has not been elected to IOC Council. For the record the current President of IOC is Thomas Bach who is an ex Fencer. I was supplied with information about the bank… Read more »
Yes Usmanov and Abrahmovich are such evil men Yada yada yada Yet you all let them bring their wealth into your country to buy up mansions, private jets and U.K. companies . They pay U.K. taxes and employ thousands of Britons. At what point do you become complicit in all the dirty money? UK bankers with the backing of the U.K. government help corrupt despots and tyrants to move money to UK banks. The proceeds are used to support your way of life. Spare me your uninformed and condescending outrage. Capitalism has its own share of oligarchic monsters too. Not… Read more »