A beautiful love story + A SpursLOL + news round-up

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The big rumour doing the rounds yesterday centered on Arsene Wenger. Yes, his next job may be at AC Milan of all places. Who is the CEO there? Ivan bloody Gazidis. That my friends would be Stockholm Syndrome in action.

How can a man who has taken 10 years worth of pelters decide that the best man to solve the absolute shit tip that is AC Milan is Arsene Wenger? he literally spent 3 months of the year meeting the brightest minds in the game. He interviewed them, watched their powerpoint presentations, as he watched our first team burn under our ex-manager.

Now he’s going in for more?

What the f*ck is wrong with him? It’d be ESPECIALLY crazy considering the way he mooched around when Emery landed, talking about the vote, the vision, the new era approaching. I mean, honestly, there are better managers unemployed at the minute. Give Conte a call, he knows Serie A and he’s been passed over for countless jobs. Unreal.

It doesn’t make any logical sense. Wenger has no ability to organise a defence, he won’t have world-class talent at his fingertips and his only tactics are centered around players enjoying themselves.

Not our bloody problem though.

There was quite a lot of debate about Leno and whether his mistakes constituted mistakes for no real reason. I think anyone with eyeballs would realise he’d dropped a clanger, and hopefully he’ll be working hard to iron out his weaknesses from balls in the box.

“It gives me confidence to play in big games like Liverpool. But I think he (Emery) pushes us because nobody is safe to play. I think both of us will play many games & so the performances have to be good. I think we push each other every day in training & in games”

Regardless of my concerns when it comes to his aerial handling, it’s clear he gives us a lot with his agility and excellent footwork. As many folk have rightly pointed out, he’s easily up there with Ederson and Allison when it come to distribution, and that has such a positive impact on the defence in front of him.

There are quite strong rumours that 33-year-old Laurent Koscielny is off this January. The club in question is apparently Aston Villa who need another John Terry like defender to stink out their backline. I’m sad to see the Frenchman go. He’s been consistent in our shoddy defense over the years, and he’s been a rock at times. The ruthlessness of the Emery regime is sometimes a bit jarring, but hey, it’s better than giving 5-year deals to absolute crocks.

Reiss Nelson is up for Bundesliga Rookie of the month. He’s played 11 games, racked up 6 goals and has 1 assist. That’s spectacular considering his tender age. Right up there with the best in the world when it comes to teenagers. Long may that run continue.

Finally, I shall leave you on a LOL. Spurs have been told their ground won’t be ready until at March at the very earliest, and that’s if there are no additional issues. Quite hilarious. What a fucking mess. A joke of a club!

See you in the comments. x

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Bankz

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ArsenalDK

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Bankz

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DM

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Bankz

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ArsenalDK

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HighburyLegend

lol Gazidas is such an hypocrite c*nt.

HighburyLegend

“What the f*ck is wrong with him?”

He’s still in love with him. and it’s understandable.
Look at Le Grove, Pierre and a few others are in the same case.

Ddkingz

This for me, is a welcome development…I can’t wait for the deal to be completed, so Pierre, bamford and co. Can leave arsenal and start supporting ac milan, cos their dad is about to get a new job, where he can be fighting for the top 4 every season and it would be considered a successful season by the AKB’s… So the WOB can have a good time on le-fucking-grove, and enjoy the present state of the new era of our beloved arsenal….. Would any AKB place a wager on this…… If wenger is the next manager of ac Milan,… Read more »

Savage

One moment Pedro is talking about how to unite the fans – next thing he’s going after Wenger like a jilted lover. And a lot of it is nonsense too. Move on already…

PinoyGooner

Maybe Ivan and Arsene planned this all along. With the new owners of ACM of course.

Savage

p.s. Thanks for removing the AKB Guide.

ddkingz

I think, some AKB’S would also be given job opportunities if wenger finally accepts the milan job….
One keypad warlord, I know for sure that would get a job with the specialist in failure is bamford….
I just can’t wait for bamford to start making second by seconds analysis on every single mistake gianliugi donnarumma makes, as for sure the hype around him, we all know the keeper is more error prone than illoris and cech put together….

Pierre

Ddkingz
“So the WOB can have a good time on le-fucking-grove, and enjoy the present state of the new era of our beloved arsenal…..”

the ramblings of a wenger obsessive …

You have made a slight spelling mistake, it should read ” the KNOB can have a good time blah blah blah”

HighburyLegend

lol

Pierre

Leg End
“He’s still in love with him. and it’s understandable.
Look at Le Grove, Pierre and a few others are in the same case.”

Yes ,the obsessives are out in force today..

Pedro,I would suggest to you that it would probably be better not to comment on wenger anymore as it is like a drug and you are feeding their obsession.
Wouldn’t be so bad if the comments by the obsessives show any level of intelligence but from what I have seen this morning they are even making Graham and Joe look sensible.

Jamie

Poor Milan. Just when they thought it couldn’t get any worse for them.

If he does go there, at best he’s an interim until they get Conte in the summer. Knowing Wenger, he’ll demand a 2 year contract.

Leedsgunner

Franck Kessie is apparently a £33m target for West Ham. If they can afford players like Kessie we should be in for players like him. Another person they are trying to get rid of over there is Hakan Calhanoglu… still 24 and a fantastic dead ball specialist… we should definitely look at him too.

HighburyLegend

What about a new kind of contract : “until I decide to leave” ??

bennydevito

I think the AKB guide should stay but under an archive tab called the AKB years 2008 – 2018 because they played an important role in enabling Wenger’s incompetence and holding the club back.
Also I feel Legrove played such a major part in turning the mainstream and pundits around into realising Wenger needs to go that we wouldn’t be where we are now without Legrove so the AKB guide should stay for posterity highlighting an important decade of Arsenal’s history and how Legrove helped to shape the future.

gambon

Poor old Milan eh,

They dont know whats about to hit em.

The unholy alliance of Gazidis, Wenger & Grimandi.

What they can expect:

– Absolutely shocking lack of preparation in pre-season
– Terrible transfer windows
– Terrible signings
– Complete lack of accountability amongst the players
– Refusal to move sub-standard players on
– Lack of leaders on the field

Feel sorry for them.

bennydevito

From what I’ve been reading Wenger’s already had direct talks with Perez of Madrid and PSG also want Wenger.

gambon

Kessie wouldnt improve us.

Calhanoglu wouldnt improve us.

We need better.

bennydevito

gambon,

Lol so true! I can’t believe how in demand Wenger appears to be right now; the AKBs did a brilliant propaganda job in making everybody think the problem was Kronke….

Leedsgunner

gambon

The point is we can’t afford finished products or youngsters at the very top of the talent tree with the likes of Man City…

If our club is going to persist with this self financing model, we’re going to need to look at youngsters right below the top to be able to afford them.

I trust Emery to improve them… if his first six months is anything to go by.

gambon

Leeds

We spent £100m on 2 strikers last year.

We can certainly afford to buy big players.

We have also added £50m+ of commercial deals since.

gambon

Benny

Wenger isnt in demand.

Hes basically been sitting at home on JSA since he got sacked.

Every time he gets interviewed he says “Im looking at my options, enjoying time off, blah blah blah” which can be translated to “no one wants me because I absolutely fucked it at Arsenal in the last few years”

bennydevito

gambon,

You’re probably right but here’s a link from caught offside, probably just unsubstantiated click bait though.

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2018/11/06/arsenal-news-arsene-wenger-to-real-madrid-or-ac-milan/

Bamford10

DDkingz

No idea what you’re on about, guy. I was and am as “Wenger out” as it is possible to be.

Savage

The AKB guide might be gone, but no one is going to forget who got it right and who got it wrong. Le Grove and the Wenger out crowd got it right; those who believed in Wenger, supported Wenger and defended Wenger got it absolutely wrong. No question on this point.

Ddkingz

Just imagine wenger playing juve in Turin, in the second leg and getting spanked 5-1, then lost to Napoli, lost to Roma or Lazio, then draw and Florentine…. All this and Milan’s cuurent table position… They might not make next year’s Europa league….

Imagine, wenger telling the milan die hard fans, about their teams mental strength, and blah blah blah, after we smash them in the Europa league…

HighburyLegend

Pierre would disagree.

loyika

@ Gambon Milan can’t do any worst than where they are and have been for a while. Also find it strange that people really care where Arsene ends up or not? If he goes to Milan and does well, good on him, if he fails then tough luck (and their problem). His success or failure wherever he ends up is really no business of ours unless we (Arsenal FC) face a team he is managing in the future, sort of like Chelsea facing Jose with United. His success or failure anywhere else has no bearing on Arsenal FC, His time… Read more »

Marc

I can now reveal to the readers of Le Grove what’s behind the cost overruns (bit of an understatement there!) of the Spud’s new stadium. The Poch has secretly altered the plans to include an escape tunnel running to Madrid. He’s just waiting for it to be completed before he makes a break for it.

Marc

loyika

Agree 100%.

Bamford10

Highbury

Right, and Pierre thinks the Wenger out crowd is the worst thing ever to happen to Arsenal Football Club. This is why he is here, and this is what is behind his criticism of Emery: he thinks that by criticizing Emery at every turn he’ll prove that Emery is no better than Wenger in the end and that Wenger was treated unfairly here and elsewhere. I say this because some people seem perplexed about Pierre’s reasoning.

Leedsgunner

gambon We’ll see. I’m not going to say we are broke a la AlexHenry, but we don’t have a bottomless pit of money like Man City either where we can afford to blow £50m on a fullback. We need to spend big on true quality and not just because we’ve dithered and backed ourselves into a corner due to market forces and circumstance… An example of this is the obscene amount we paid for Mustafi. Wenger should have moved decisively earlier in the market when we looked at him. He didn’t. Mertesacker and Gabriel was then sidelined through long term… Read more »

loyika

The Spuds have no idea what’s about to hit them with this Stadia stuff. Sort of like how West Ham thought they had pulled a blinder with their Stadia move as well.

There will be a lot of shock within their fan base next season.

Would also be pure banter if this move culminates with them not making the Top 4 this season. What greater joy than seeing Spurs spending their ”Non Existent” new era in the refurbished ”Lane” playing the Ropa!!

That would be pure joy for all non Spurs fans.

Emiratesstroller

The best thing that can happen is that Messrs Wenger, Grimandi and Ramsey follow Gazidis to AC Milan. Frankly it is not going to make a jot’s difference to Arsenal FC as the decision has been taken to offload Ramsey and the rest of the staff likely to join AC Milan have been sacked by the club. I have no concern about Koscielny moving in January. He is unlikely to get into starting lineup this season and I would also offload Monreal and Lichsteiner in the summer. Frankly none of these players are the future. This will leave just Cech… Read more »

gonsterous

Pedro

where was the warning ? I wanted to Read the AkB rules one more time. How about a countdown clock next time 😉

Leedsgunner

In his last 10 years at the club, Wenger spent huge amounts on players who he then subsequently sidelined for various reasons. It’s been refreshing to see Emery revitalise our fringe players back to form and using our youth prospects sensibly. Wenger basically used to throw youngsters into games as a desperate throw of the die. When it worked, Wenger was pleased to accept the credit as a youth development guru… when they didn’t, nothing more was said… and Wenger made sure he didn’t get the blame. I’m excited to see ESR, Joe W.illock, Eddie Nketiah and Reiss Nelson being… Read more »

Wallace

why’s Wenger still dominating the discussion on here?

Bamford10

I’m going to re-post a few things from yesterday as they were posted late and will likely produce discussion.

Bamford10

Receding “Play like we did yesterday and we are blowing United and Spurs apart. Give me a break.” I definitely disagree, and I look forward to circling back to you on this point. And I disagree, btw, not because I think all that highly of Spurs or United — I have long rated both less than many other people here — but because I’m not quite as blown away by our performance yesterday as some people seem to be. We drew 1-1 at home, we didn’t create that many chances, and a number of our key players didn’t have all… Read more »

Bamford10

London

Whether we play 4-4-2 or 3-5-2, I definitely think we would get more out of both Lacazette and Aubameyang if we played both of them through the center. Both would be better — not just Aubameyang — in such a set-up, IMO.

Wallace

Emery lasted 45mins with the 3 at the back experiment. don’t see it happening again. agree Auba & Lacazette would be interesting as a two, but would only try it at home against mid-table fodder. otherwise 4-2-3-1 with the Xhaka/Torreira base the go to.

BacaryisGod

I don’t find it surprising at all that Ivan is looking at hiring Arsene. He’s the guy that when giving him his last 2 year contract said that he was the best man for the job. Then you look at AC Milan’s squad. It’s weak and even with new ownership, they’re probably taking a similar self-sustaining approach. It’s a classic ‘birds of a feather’ scenario. Ivan also knows that Arsene will be a clean break from a neanderthal like Gattuso. The players might respond to his more laissez-faire approach. There’s also the chance that his months out of managing have… Read more »

HighburyLegend

“why’s Wenger still dominating the discussion on here?”
Because Pierre is still here too ??

Dissenter

The premier league has been far too linient on Spuds. Why aren’t the rules being executed.
Why isn’t anyone in the media talking about how they are flagrantly violating the rules with this stadium business?

HighburyLegend

“Wenger and the city of Milan just feel like a natural fit.”

Since when pornography is allowed on Le Grove ??

Alexanderhenry

Pedro I think it’s time for you and this blog to become less wenger preoccupied. It only shows an unhealthy obsession with trying to prove that he is a shit coach. We know you think he’s shit. Anyway, so what if he goes to Milan. I’d be surprised if he’s got much left in the tank but if he makes a go of it, that’s fair dues. Good luck to him in fact. The only noteworthy aspect of this story is that if wenger does take the job, it makes your theory that gazidis was working against him at Arsenal… Read more »

HighburyLegend

Still no news from Merson since our beautiful game vs Liverpool…

Alexanderhenry

‘unlikely’

Dissenter

****The premier league has been far too lenient on Spuds

HighburyLegend

“Good luck to him in fact. ”

lol “we owe him so much”…

HighburyLegend

“We know you think he’s shit. ”

But you dont’t.
Is your pal Pierre is still around ??

Dissenter

AlexendarH
Pedro is just trying to stimulate a conversation and nothing does that better than Wenger.

Besides Wenger was manager for 22 years, how can we just forget him when his finger prints are still every where?

GoonGoonerGone

Wenger taking over Madrid? They did hire Rafa, after all. So that’s possible…
But maybe they will hire Wenger to ensure the turf is green there. A couple of hefty Arsene Wenger flying kicks at water bottles and hey presto, the grass is well-watered.
Hopefully, Madrid jackets won’t come with zippers.
Praying that Madrid does not own handbrakes and hoping like mad they possess mental strength.
Hazard and De Gea dying to join Madrid to be coached under Wenger.
Also heard Boudly will join him to stare at the crowd.

BacaryisGod

Also, one thing you overlooked in your ‘why can’t be all be friends’ comment and why the atmosphere seems so much better at the stadium (if not on this blog). Let’s give a credit to the club, Wenger and the fans in giving him a great sendoff when the outcome could have been so much uglier if he had refused to go quietly. We ended up handling a really uncomfortable situation in a classy way (except fora dodgy photo op during the Aubameyang signing) and Arsene took his inevitable ousting on the chin instead of being dragged out kicking and… Read more »

Dissenter

Wenger will working under Leonardo who was recently appointed sporting director.
I’m sure Leonardo will keep the traffic next to the San Siro moving efficiently.

BacaryisGod

Before any of you jump on my last sentence. I meant ‘and’ not ‘under’. Obviously, Raul doesn’t work under Emery.

Graham62

The fact that Gazidis and Wenger could be working together once again, is fudging hilarious.

Dispels the theory that they were at loggerheads all these years. It seems they were working hand in hand afterall, following their own set agenda, as bossom buddies.

AC Milan don’t know what’s going to hit them.

bennydevito

Why are we still talking about Wenger? Isn’t it obvious? He was our manager for 22 years and his tenure has 2 very contrasting periods that were hugely successful and hugely unsuccessful. The usual suspects stunk this place out calling us non Arsenal fans and telling us to be careful what we wished for. Well now we can see the benefits of what we wished for transpiring quicker than expected then it’s only natural that Wenger will still be talked about especially when he’s being linked with high profile jobs and could be teaming up with Gazidas. I for one… Read more »

HighburyLegend

“I for one loved Wenger and was extremely sad when he left ”

Is this f*cking Untold ?? lol

Bamford10

Highbury

Merson tweeted out an apology to Arsenal fans. I think someone pasted it in here yesterday. It was pretty nice, so you might be able to forgive him if you read it.

HighburyLegend

Thanks Bamford, the man is not as despicable as I thought lol

BacaryisGod

It’s great that Reiss Nelson is tearing it up and that unlike Man City with Sancho, we were able to lock him down to a long-term contract before he took the Bundesliga by storm. The next obvious question is who will he replace when he inevitably gets moved into our first-team squad next season? There are only two candidates based on position. The first is Welbeck who is an excellent squad player but might be hard to keep as there’ll be many Premier League clubs that would love to pay him a big wage to take him on a free.… Read more »

Danny

I still reckon Wenger wont work anywhere this year because if he does then he’ll have to forfeit that 9 million quid. Probably the same goes for Conte.

BacaryisGod

By the way, looks like Gnabry is pushing aside the old guard of Robben and Ribery and cementing his place in the Bayern side. It was a blow to lose him but for once, it’s hard to blame Arsenal when he had so many setbacks with us and was a bust during his Premier League loan move. However, imaging if we had sent him on loan to the Bundesliga instead of that creative player killer Tony Pulis at WBA. So I guess maybe we did screw it up….

Champagne charlie

“I’m going to re-post a few things from yesterday as they were posted late and will likely produce discussion.“ They they won’t, you’re trying to dick swing over Receding and push your 3-5-2 idea for the 15th time. That’s not a basis for discussion, you want Receding to bite and you want your ideas indulged yet again. Bore off You don’t seem to hang about when quizzed on your “anti-American” jibes and have the tables turned with remarks you’ve made about the English. Funny that – Re:Wenger.. who the fuck cares what he does post-Arsenal. He’s written an incredible chapter… Read more »

Marc

Bac

If Welbeck was going to sign a new contract don’t you think it’d be down by now?

bennydevito

HighburyLegendNovember 6, 2018    13:18:20

“I for one loved Wenger and was extremely sad when he left ”

Is this f*cking Untold ?? lol

Highbury legend, are you for real? This clearly isn’t untold and all you’ve done is isolated part of my sentence to try and big yourself up.

This is what I actually said:

“I for one loved Wenger and was extremely sad when he left but it was a necessary sadness for us to move on and try to be competitive again.”

useroz

I suppose Ivan-the-real-CEO wanted to be able to interview and hire Wenger once in his lifetime and becoming the boss, after having had to tail Wenger’s rear end for so long. Selling Kos would be good biz. Every 10m counts where we are. 10m could pay LT for the years @ 60kpw! How Ramsey played in the last two games renders him obsolete. AMN and ESR should try grow into his bench role asap. Should get 10 /15m if we manage to flock him in Jan. Agreed we’d buy a LB ideally in the Jan TW. Sead isn’t the future,… Read more »

Arse&Nose©

Is Koscielny so bad that only Aston Villa are interested in him? Yes he has a poor injury record but when he was fit he was leading the current world cup winners.

BacaryisGod

Marc Unfortunately, it’s looking like we won’t keep him but I wouldn’t be shocked if they were able to work something out over the summer. However, if I was his agent I would recommend him waiting for an overpriced salary offer from one of the lower down Premier League teams that are in desperate need of some goals plus everything else he provides. Even at his 1 in 4 ratio (which I think would be 1 in 3 if he played exclusively at CF for a decent stretch) that would still be a big help to teams like Newcastle. Actually,… Read more »

steve

@Dissenter

The premier league has been far too linient on Spuds. Why aren’t the rules being executed.
Why isn’t anyone in the media talking about how they are flagrantly violating the rules with this stadium business?

___

What rules?

Wallace

Bacary

“The next obvious question is who will he replace when he inevitably gets moved into our first-team squad next season? ”

Nelson & Smith Rowe to replace/pressure Ramsey & Mkhi, I’d imagine. Welbeck I see as 3rd choice striker and occasional option wide left.

Marko

I love how he’s here 22 years and the second he leaves we’re supposed to forget about him and never bring him up. I suppose it brings up some tough discussions for some. It’s really difficult to see him criticized. No doubt they’ll also be changing the subject when his inevitable sacking takes place.

… but Grimandi though… that one’s weird… shocking scout

BacaryisGod

I think Chilwell could be the long-term solution at LB. Just an absolutely magical left foot and his contract for Leicester is until 2021 so not miles away.

Marko

Chilwell just signed a 6 year deal just before we played them

useroz

Leicester gems worth much more than what we got.

Chilwell another 50m+ unfortunately.

Our scouts need find us another Ndidi from Ligue 1.

TR7

Never bought in to Pedro’s glorification of Ivan anyway but union of Ivan and Wenger at Milan conclusively proves Ivan was not the agent of change. It was Josh Kroenke who was pulling the strings in the background.

Leedsgunner

Shame that we didn’t snap up Andrew Robertson when he was at Hull. He’s turned out to be a great LB.

If we are looking at LB alternatives we need to look at Ryan Segessnon (but so will everyone else) Keran Tierney at Celtic but again he will be attracting lots of attention.

What about Thomas Ouwejan, a 21 Dutch leftback? He’s doing well at AZ Alkmaar and Jorge at Monaco? Both young and hungry… eager to make their mark.

Cesc Appeal

TR7 I think you may be right. It also suggests Milan are not actually interested in football which does make sense as the owners took possession after a default by the previous owner. They are a US financial organisation, I think, and they just want to sell it for the best price possible. Gazidis was always seen more as a financial administrator as opposed to a football CEO and I guess they are wanting Wenger to try and get them UCL football so they can then sell at a higher price. Gazidis has equity in Milan now I believe as… Read more »

Marc

Bac

I think Welbeck is a useful squad member strangely against the better teams. He can’t hit a cows arse with a banjo but he’s quick, powerful and a general nuisance.

Unfortunately he’s as good as gone.

Marc

On a completely different subject could one of our American friends tell me what time results should start to come in on your mid term elections?

Left testicle

Wenger must have something on Gazidis.

Marc

Cesc

I’m pretty sure the Milan owners are a hedge fund who as you say “inherited” after the previous owners defaulted on debt.

Their entire MO will be about making the club look an attractive investment. Wenger might be seen by an outsider to football as an added pull.

Left testicle

Arsenal v AC Milan would be tasty in the Europa.

Chika

Graham62

“AC Milan don’t know what’s going to hit them”

Perhaps you should take a break from your consultancy services and send them a couple of emails.

Dissenter

Marc
“On a completely different subject could one of our American friends tell me what time results should start to come in on your mid term elections?”

You won’t know the final results for sure till this time tomorrow.
I expect voting will be extended in several parts of the east coast because it’s expected to rain all day long.

Dissenter

All the best to Monsieur Wenger
He’s entering a very uncertain situation and has to work under a technical director at Milan.
I think it was gambon who made the point about the hedge funds owners. They just want to fatten up the asset and resell it to some middle eastern billionaire.

HighburyLegend

“Monsieur” Wenger ?? lol
Ffs…

Graham62

CC

I thought this blog was an open forum on anything Arsenal, past or present.

Stop telling people what they can and cannot comment on.

Can’t put my finger on it, but you often come across as a bit of a control freak as well as a real tosser and a half.

Cheers

Joe

I’m pretty sure the Milan owners are a hedge fund who as you say “inherited” after the previous owners defaulted on debt. Their entire MO will be about making the club look an attractive investment. Wenger might be seen by an outsider to football as an added pull. And how is wenger going to do that? He’s not a good manager. He probably won’t even get Milan into Europa. He led us to 5/6th place a million points back. He can’t play defence which the Italian league is based on. The ultras will hang him if he tells them “… Read more »

TR7

Ramsey may try to engineer a move to AC Milan should Arsene take over from Gattusso. Good move from Wenger’s perspective. He gets an opportunity to be involved in day to day management. Like it was at Arsenal, apparently he will have a lot of say in transfer matters and the owners over there are his big admirers . He gets to work with his trusted lieutenants – Gazidis and Girimandi. He won’t have the pressure to win big trophies given Juventus are by far the best team in Seria A. Top 4 on a regular basis and an attacking… Read more »

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