You never want to be the person who says shut up and play football, but my word, you kind of wish Mesut Ozil’s agent would stop trapping off like the Trump of the agent world. Dr Ergot took time out to speak to James Olley at The Evening Standard.
“We had some really big offers from Asia – there were some crazy offers. But, for Mesut, money was by no means the biggest factor.
“Money is definitely one important thing to consider, but people must remember that footballing ability is just one aspect of a contract negotiation. The commercial impact of a footballer is crucial nowadays.
“It came down to what was in his heart. We were free to sign with other clubs and, in the end, Mesut loves the club. I put everything to him and he just said, ‘This is my home, I want to be here’.“
This reads very much like: ‘PSG and Madrid were both spurned by loyal Wenger’
For me, it’s not a real offer if it’s from China. It really isn’t. It’s where hacks go to play out their dying days in a shite league. You’ve given up your sheen, you have no glamour, you’re a slave to money.
The reason Mesut’s agent has come out on the attack is he’s reading all sorts of opinion he doesn’t like.
- Aaron should have landed the deal
- Mesut isn’t worth the money
- The sort of number 10 Mesut wants to be is over
- The player is dead wood
- Why is he captain?
Playing the love card is so tired. It’s nonsense PR to deflect away from the honest truth > he’s been a bit shite this season.
He could answer a lot of the critics if his best performances were against Liverpool, not worldies vs Leicester City. I really don’t understand the odd fanboyism that follows him around. Call his game what it is at Arsenal, don’t hide behind spreadsheets, ‘he bleeds for us’ and nostalgia.
In other news, Kike ‘the king’ Marin reckons Arsenal are tracking Dembele, and we had a £100m plan for him last summer. He also soured the story by stating the player has gone missing from training and earns a whopping £12m a year. I mean, I love him, if we could get the most out of him, we’d have a truly spectacular forward line next season.
I think it’s more hope than reality, but I’d be more than happy to take a chance on genuine WOW talent. Though it has to be said, I’m a little concerned about how our Bundesliga imports are fairing at Arsenal, I know they haven’t all been direct, but they’re hardly pulling up trees.
Finally, an embarrassing story is doing the rounds that the leaving-do committee at EPL HQ is asking Premier League clubs to hand over £250k to give Scudamore a golden fuck off. Wow. Really? Is that how leaving present shakedowns work? Pretty grotesque considering the cash he’s earned over the years.
Right, I recorded a solo podcast. If it’s shite, I’ll never do it again. But everyone was out of town and I needed to get it done.
Let me know what you thought in the comments.
Topics include:
- Fans who want failure
- Mesut Ozil, again
- Danny and a deal (plus numbers)
- Emery: Good, bad, ugly
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Kike Marin has a 0% hit rate when it comes to Arsenal transfer stories.
Morning The ousmane Dembele links are great if indeed we have 80m to spend, his wages will have to take a minor slash though,that said he is exactly what we need,unlike Alex iwobi he is a complete winger,ambidextrous (passing and shooting) ,his move to Barcelona was the wrong one to make considering 1 he just had a breakthrough season in Germany 2 Barcelona were hell bent on making a statement 3 his a value was inflated to ward barca off but they stupidly went ahead But his form has been good not too shabby considering mr Valverdes team selections in… Read more »
This “Dembele link” is maybe “exciting, but the fact is that he has behavioral problems everywhere he has plays.
“But, for Mesut, money was by no means the biggest factor.”
This was our daily laugh, sponsored by Mesut Ozil and his troop.
Stay tuned tomorrow if you want to have fun.
Would take what Marin says with a pinch of salt
Dembele earns £1,000,000 a month or around £230,000pw and would cost at least £100m.
I can see a few problems with this garbage.
The funny thing is that if we hadn’t have fucked up the Sanchez sale, the Ozil deal and the Ramsay situation…this deal was easy to make.
Arsenal make Peter Ridsdale look shrewd.
If we were to buy Dembele, and thus end up having all three of Aubameyang, Dembele and Mkhitaryan, perhaps Wenger will become manager of Dortmund and make it his first business to buy Giroud, Walcott and Sanchez.
Is Dembele worth anywhere near £100m? His value was grossly inflated by the Neymar money.
Not sure he’s the smartest buy for that sort of fee/wage.
How very dare you imply ozil only cares about money
That’s completely TOTAL bs
He cares about money and DOING THE BARE FUCKING MINIMUM for it
There’s a difference init
Dembele is available for a loan deal in January at least that’s what I’ve come across, on his attitude same can be said about PEA while at Dortmund, the lad is unwanted at Barcelona and Valverde has made no mistake highliting the fact
Jamie
Barcelona will have to Take an L, besides if the kid wants to kick on with his career he knows he will have to take a paycut, also came across some news that barcelonas wage bill is at 437m€ ….. Absolute madness
D
“barcelonas wage bill is at 437m€ ….. Absolute madness”
Indeed.
If this is absolute madness, what about Ozil’s wages ?? lol
If Dembele has discipline issues at one of the world’s biggest clubs, why should we bring him to Arsenal?
I was listening to an arsenal blog earlier in the week and the bloggers quite viciously slagged-off Mustafi for a poor performance against Wolves — after a couple of weeks earlier being happy with his performance against Liverpool
so in reading today’s blog about it’s not about the money, I got to thinking that if the fans are so fickle and abusive about players, it makes it hard for a player to develop a real loyalty for a club…just saying loyalty works both ways
I’ll take Dembele on an initial loan. But biy just can’t stay fit. Even his loan Might be expensive.
Yeah, I’d take Dembele in Jan on a loan deal, although as KAY said, even the loan deal might be prohibitively expensive. His wages alone would cost £6m between Jan and the summer.
It would be tremendous if Reiss Nelson continues on his upward trajectory in Germany. Kid’s only 18, Dembele is 21.. He could develop into a very useful player for us in a couple of seasons.
If dembele wasn’t given the chance to prove himself then he won’t be where he is today. All I’m saying is let’s give Nelson a chance to prove himself.
It’s better to let Dembele run down his Barca deal and outgrow his childish petulance. It’s obvious the lad has some issues he needs to deal with.
Only then will his value revert back to sanity. Barca made a very bad error in signing him o why should we perpetuate that error.
Anyone that pays as much as 100 million for him should he hanged and disemboweled on London bridge.
Besides what’s going to happen to Reiss Nelson?
Some people think like it’s an X-box one game going on.
Auba had discipline issues at Dortmund
Fair point.
I really don’t see us going for a Dembele type at the moment. Our funds are limited and our priority has to be rebuilding our defence, where we need a new centre half, a new left back, and a back-up right back. That’s 80 million there, at least, probably more. We can raise a few million in sales, but nothing significant. I don’t see us buying more attackers until we transition one of Ozil/Mkhi out of the squad. They’re already sucking up half a million a week in wages, no way we can drop another 200k per week on a… Read more »
Good post Pedro and great podcast. Obviously it’s good to have the others with you but you more than held your own. My missus asked ” who’s that?” I said “Pedro from LeGrove” to which she replied “Oh, he doesn’t sound anything like I imagined; he sounds nice and normal”
Lol! Nice and normal 🤣 God knows what she thought you were going to sound like!
Thanks Benny! A bit weird talking to yourself for an hour… but even weirder that it was easy to do!
Matt should be back next week
A bit weird talking to yourself for an hour… but even weirder that it was easy to do!
My wife says she has been doing that for years !
Micheal
LOLZ!
Michael,
But can you write your name though?
LOLZ
Lol! 😂😂
I think you nailed it Pedro. What I like is that you openly admit to not fancying Emery’s appointment but you acknowledge he’s doing a good job and the team are showing signs of progress post Wenger which is all we wanted. You’re also bang on regarding the usual suspects who said nothing of Wenger’s failings for 10 years but are now fiercely critical of Emery after only 3 months when it is Wenger’s train wreck he’s inherited!.
Excellent solo podcast, Pete.
I agree with your assessment that we really need to be starting games much stronger in the 2nd half of the season if we’re to push Spurs for 4th and a place in the CL next season.
The path via the Europa League is unlikely to be an easy one. There will be some tough teams dropping down into the knock-outs from the CL groups. Spurs or Inter from group B, one of Napoli, Liverpool or PSG from group C, Utd or Valencia from group H.. Chelsea already through to the EL knock-outs.
Dembele is a baller, there’s no doubt here. But what’s our strategy if he’s a genuine consideration? He’s 70 million (modest af), so where’s that coming from? and are we really going to suggest we’re a Dembele away from being where we want to be? That ship has sailed imo, Arsenal under Kroenke can only aim to be successful with savvy buys before these guys hit the ‘hot shit’ list. Pulisic’s of the world are more where we should aim if big splashes are to be made. Really struggle to understand throwing all our coin at someone like Dembele. He’s… Read more »
“He’s ‘3 Torreiras’ if we get the scouting right, and we need that more than a cherry on top.”
Never thought I would agree with something Cc have said one day…
3 Torreiras or 1 Dembele (fees and wages)? It’s an absolute no-brainer.
Like CC said, we need smart scouting and astute signings more than ever.
Ive cooled on Dembele. Its true Barca overpaid for him. Besides that the last thing we need is an Auba/ Laca buddy- we need someone who is out to prove his worth- an up and comer that is ready for the next step. Nelson might be that person, but we cannot wait until then. Let him develop in Germany.
Id prefer some south american flavor in the team TBH. Surely there are wingers that are on Svens radar in Arg or Brazil or elsewhere…. They bring that flair and creativity we lack.
Cc Hit the nail on the head. Dembele would be nice but not what’s needed. A top draw centreback, a left back long term replacement for Monreal, and then a winger. In that order. Unless a couple of gems are dug up that’s 120-150 million right there. We might make it through the season without the last two but unless koz comes back as the reincarnation off sol Campbell, we need a quality centre half. If there isn’t anyone available in January then change the system to three at the back for extra defensive stability, and see if the other… Read more »
The sooner that greedy underperforming waste of space Ozil leaves our club the better. Even at the cost of a reverse premium. The ‘man’ is a fake through and through
Thanks Jamie!
CC, it’s true… should we be shooting for the Dembele’s, or rolling hard to land the next version of him (Pepe / Sarr, for instance)
Its always going to be a conundrum with Ozil in the team. Our number 10’s just suck. Perhaps Ozil can be our impact sub and use all of his 20 minute energy to help us at the end of games…. The salary is too high, but perhaps we can congeal that into a high impact performance with a shorter duration?!?
Guns of st “Our no.10’s just suck” Have you thought that it may be the manager who is at fault why our no.10’s are struggling because of the way he is asking them to play. So far this season we have had Ramsey(struggled),ozil(struggling) and Smith rowe(struggled ) against Blackpool who have all had difficulty coming to terms with the CAM role that Emery is asking them to play and to be honest, I am not a fan of what he is asking. I would rather see ozil picking the ball up in the hole and dictating play and creating chances… Read more »
Jamie
“I agree with your assessment that we really need to be starting games much stronger in the 2nd half of the season ”
Who would you say is to blame for our lethargic first half performances .
I would say you should only be signing £100m players on 2 occasions. 1- you are replacing a departing £100m player. Therefore you’re backed into a corner and have to overpay. 2- you have a top class team that needs a final piece to be complete. In general, if you’re spending £100m on a player it’s because of a scouting failure a few years prior. Why buy Dembele for £100m when you could’ve for £7.5m a few years ago. We need a squad full of 21-25 year old talents to get us level with the Liverpool & Chelseas before we… Read more »
“CC, it’s true… should we be shooting for the Dembele’s, or rolling hard to land the next version of him (Pepe / Sarr, for instance)“ You know my take from the summer, I was unimpressed with the ambition in the relative spend for Emery. For me I’d love to see us go more aggressive with transfers, in the sense that we take risks on burgeoning talents like those you state and live/die by resales. A few windows like that, with a decent success rate, would really put us in a strong position. Can’t help but feel if we adopt a… Read more »
Pierre, what do you think the manager is trying to attempt with our number 10’s? I think all of them are slow, momentum killers, and not as technically skilled as others. I can see the conundrum going from Neymar, dictating the offense to Ozil. No comparison there… I think the issue is that our 10’s are not as dynamic as he would like them to be. Our CAMS are slow and getting on in age and are kinda set in their ways. Ozil is quite predictable, slow, always looking for the killer pass, but should develop his game more, to… Read more »
Heck Cesc is so much better than Ozil in his prime. At least he would attempt better passes in the final third, get into scoring positions, and did whatever he could to get the ball into the box- chips, flick, etc. Not a fast runner, like Ozil, he kept our offense ticking and moving a faster pace than Ozil. Cesc at least tried on defense and more often that not put a hard one to make a point. I think being a youngster- training with the greats made a huge difference with him. He was surrounded by no nonsense players… Read more »
Pierre I think our “creative players” need to grow some balls and prove to the manager that they are prepared to justify their talents on a consistent basis. Let’s be honest, they all need a reality check. Our predecessor, as we all know, was too lenient with the players. Emery, on the other hand, will not tolerate average performances. It will be interesting to see what happens in January should these inconsistencies continue. We have too many players who are unable to self-motivate. Clonned by our former manager, they are unable to give themselves a kick up the backside and,… Read more »
I do not believe that Arsenal will attempt to buy Dembele in the next two transfer windows for the following reasons: 1. Arsenal are not going to spend their ENTIRE transfer budget on one player. Barcelona are committed to spending on this player over £100 million and will attempt to recoup most if not all that money if they sell him. 2. The club may well decide to offload 7-8 first team players in next two transfer windows, but it is very doubtful that many of these players will generate much transfer fee income. We know already that Ramsey is… Read more »
blimey, is that pedro on the picture of the podcast ? Not what I had in mind when picturing pedders.
Onto arsenal, dembele may be a bit out of our price range but I have a feeling, we are going to get a winger or a LB in the jan window. Hope we get both because without reinforcements I don’t see us getting into the top 4. So international football it is then, this weekend.
graham Your missing the point really….Though i do understand your reluctance to give any criticism to Emery because of your , I suppose you would call it ,obsessive stand on Arsenals previous manager. My point regarding the role for Ramsey,ozil and for the one game , smith Rowe, is valid. None of these players have played to anywhere near their best when asked to play Emery’s version of the CAM and unless that changes then Arsenal will continue to struggle creatively . A CAM needs to be on the ball dictating things the play , creating chances and linking the… Read more »
Pierre how come ozil bossed the Leicester game but hasn’t done so in any other game ? He’s playing the same role in most, if not all the games. I think it’s more to do with the individual. Get peak cesc in this squad and regardless of the manager, see how he would take the game by the scruff of the neck and dictate play. That’s what good players do, they don’t wait for the manager to tell them to dictate play, they see what’s going on around them and know when they have to step up. Ramsey doesn’t know… Read more »
“I have said before that the manager is not getting the best out of our creative players and people should start pointing the finger at him .” “Have you thought that it may be the manager who is at fault why our no.10’s are struggling because of the way he is asking them to play.” “I am beginning to see a similarity between Jose and Emery in that it’s all about work and systems with no room for individuality …Jose is not getting the best out of his creative players and neither is Emery.” “So Graham , instead of just… Read more »
There has been criticism of Aubamayang playing out wide ,whether that is a criticism of Emery or not I am not sure but the common consensus on le grove is that it is not working despite Aubamayang having the best goals per minute record in the prem whilst playing out wide. As far as I recall I can’t remember aubamayang and Lacazette swapping positions before or during the game …Lacazette has always started up front under Emery and that is where he has stayed .. For me ,watching Lacazette play ,I see no reason why he can’t play wide ,cutting… Read more »
Bennydevito “Pierre, you are an absolute joke, a total embarrassment. Your biased agenda is so transparent; Emery’s been in charge for 3 months where was your criticism of Wenger?” Not sure why wenger is being brought into the conversation although I was forever criticising him for playing Ramsey in a 2 man midfield and for not playing with 2 holding midfielders which is something ,to his credit,that Emery is doing now…why See …..did you need that ….criticising wenger and praising Emery…. How about coming up with a reason as to why our creative players are struggling, which include the player… Read more »
Morning, Pierre, to a point I think your right about the creative side of things, but. This season the team are being asked to play like a team and not gung ho football from the attackers and the defence will look after themselves, that’s the difference. The creative side will come once the defence is sorted, but it will take time. Concerning the creative players, You can’t include Smith Rowe since he’s played one game in that position. Also aubamayang ,ozil ,Ramsey and Mhkitarayn, with the exception of aubamayang, The other three were just as inconsistent under Wenger last year.… Read more »
Up4grabs “The creative side will come once the defence is sorted, but it will take time.” To be honest ,the first thing that I thought Emery would do is get the defence sorted …..has he or should I say is he….can you honestly say that you can see an improvement in our defending ,look at the last 15 minutes v wolves ,we were all over the place .. I’m worried that we are in for a major decline in the next few months,I hope I am wrong …the only part of our game that has improved is central midfield and… Read more »
Conceding(hindering)*
Pierre, Bringing in Leno for Cech was an improvement even if it was because of injury. Bellerin has looked better as well. The problem has been Monreal missing so many games with his replacements not being good enough. We also looked better with papa playing alongside holding. And his injury hasn’t helped. The defence is a mess but that’s nothing new, we haven’t had a strong defence since Campbell and toure. Concerning the wolves game we were chasing an equaliser then a winner. We had to go all out, we got caught on the break and Leno saved us a… Read more »
What Pierre is trying to say to you guys, is that he thinks that the former manager would have done a much better job.
Up4grabs Agreed ,bellerin is showing improvement,especially in the attacking third plus Guendouzi ,for his age , looks an excellent buy. I do have a problem with both full backs so advanced at the same time as it leaves us too open for the counter attack down the channels….I can’t see How the defence will look secure it Emery continues with tactic …our 2 holding midfielders are not really quick enough to cover the space that the full backs are leaving. As for going all out for the win v wolves ,I’m not having that ….it was kamikaze football that lacked… Read more »
Duck me this is going to be a long international break if all we have to agree on is Lil p trolling.
Whatever the opinions on Emery and the way that we are playing there are statistical facts, which cannot be ignored. Last season our ‘defence’ was an unmitigated disaster and there was a lack of quality and balance in midfield resulting in some disastrous performances where we conceded a lot of goals and more importantly were losing games to even the weakest teams in the EPL. At the start of this season we struggled also in midfield and defence before changes kicked in. We conceded no fewer than 11 goals in first 6 games of the season which is not remotely… Read more »
HighburyLegend Exactly! Pierre will defend his corner, no matter what. He says he is already “worried” about Emery and his methods and yet, in the same breath, he says he was always questioning our predecessor when he cocked up. I think “accepting” would be a more apt word to use here. Problem is, ironing out the mistakes of the past ten years was never going to be easy. Emery is on a rollercoaster with the players at present. Forwards steps, sideways steps and the occasional backwards steps will be evident until Emery irons out all these weaknesses. Change at AFC… Read more »
Scraping the barrel there Graham….engaging with the leg end …..must be a first on le grove .
Looks like Ramsey is heading to Bayern next season…
Ze leg end!!
Pierre, this is the 20000th time you do this one, it don’t make anyone laugh but yourself.
(lol)
Graham
You talk as if it’s a matter of fact that the manager will off load players like ozil,Mhkitaryan,Ramsey and Aubamayang with all their “inconsistencies” and bring in more talented players who play wonderful consistent football and compete for the title . …..if only it was that easy.
It won’t happen unless he finds a better defensive structure than we have now and that’s just for starters….I feel our season peaked a few weeks back and now we are in steady decline .
Let’s hope the league or Europa cup brings us glory .
Ramsay at Bayern lolz.
He’ll be as welcome as Harvey Weinstein at a Germain Greer sleepover.
If I were a player though, Germany would definitely be my choice.
Kind of seems apt that we send Ramsey to Bayern at the end of his contract as a nice little ‘fuck you’.
I wonder if when they kept drawing us in the CL and they were all seen laughing and punching the air in triumph before a ball was kicked, that they were laughing at everyone in our squad bar Ramsey.
His tactical awareness will certainly help them climb the table in the Bundesliga next season and out of the mess they’re in.
Jamie – So much for Everton and West Ham being the best he could hope for eh.
Pierre
It’s a guess with no prior info, but I think Emery took the job with knowledge of limited spending. Arsenal covering journos Ornstein, Mokbel, Hytner, Wilson have all mentioned that we can’t compete at the top end (Not City level, I’m talking Liverpool spending). Still expect us to have holes in the XI and squad when Emery’s deal finishes in 2020. Will be pleasantly surprised and ecstatic if we sign four or five quality ready made players. We have to hope raw ones like Iwobi, Holding, Guendouzi, Niles, ESR and Nketiah all develop quickly.
Paulinho –
Happy to admit I didn’t see Bayern going for him, even though they love a Bosman. Before you start gloating, you might want to wait for him to sign a contract somewhere rather than rely on tabloid ‘reporting’ as Gospel.
Paulinho
Unai doesn’t rate the Welsh Wonder, but an elite club like Bayern do (saying this thru gritted teeth as I can’t stand them. Highly dislikeable club). Hope he stays healthy
p.s. I also said City or Chelsea might sign him in order to meet HG requirements (if they’re in need of numbers), but that he wouldn’t be earning £250k at either club, nor would be anything other than an impact sub.
I maintain that if he wants a leading role at a club (like the one he was chasing at Arsenal), it won’t be at any top 2 club in any of the major European leagues.
Jamie
Chelsea could use Ramsey. They don’t have enough penetration that they should for all their technical quality
Jamie – TBF you weren’t the only one. Quite a few here will be eating crow if he signs for them.
Jamie on ramsey
“His tactical awareness will certainly help them climb the table in the Bundesliga next season and out of the mess they’re in.”
Is it joke friday…
You had me worried for a minute…
Ramsey will be back in England in two years time.
BvB seem to have quietly assembled a good group of CBs.
If Mislintat wants to take something from his former club again, there’s a few options there.
He was interested in Diallo before and I’ve read BvB fans raving about him along with Zagadou and Akanji.
“Quite a few here will be eating crow if he signs for them.”
Why’s that?
Cesc Appeal
I want us to sign two CBs next summer. We probably have to move on Koscielny, Mustafi and one of Chambers/Holding. Hope Calum has good performances under Ranieri. Adds a few million to the transfer kitty
Pierre – I’m dry as fuck. I have no issue admitting when I get things wrong, though. Pride is for the weak, imo. I’m also not interested in being right for the sake of it, or having other anonymous grovers validating my opinions by popular consensus. I’d stop ripping your fave Ozil if he performed like he did against Leicester more often than once every 5 games. I don’t rate Ramsey because he too is a woefully inconsistent player with glaring deficiencies in his game, and not worth more than £100k a week to us. Dream10 – He’ll go to… Read more »
Charlie – Because quite a few said the best he could hope for is West Ham/Everton.
I wasn’t aware that Bayern were in the market for an indisciplined headless chicken ‘midfielder’ with a massive ego!
Wow, this is quite incredible:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46218627
Potential 2 year (4 windows) transfer ban for Chelsea.
Paulinho
Just so we’re clear, where is it you stand with Ramsey leaving? And say, joining Bayern?
Do you view that as vindication he should’ve been signed by us?
I’m not trying to trip you up, genuinely curious how you view the situation.
CA
I wouldn’t trust the bundesliga to get our CBs, the imports from Germany in our defence look shit.
left testies
the Bayern rumour is sure to play on the ego of ramsey. Watch out for more holly wood flicks when he features next.
Paulinho – “ Quite a few here will be eating crow if he signs for them (Bayern)”
Dream – “Ramsey will be back in England in two years time”
I agree with Dream.
He’s moving to one of the poorest Bayern teams in a generation. That’s hardly a promotion from Arsenal….and he’ll be back pretty quickly at Everton.
Bayern will make extract a transfer fee for him when he moves back in 1.5 seasons.
Charlie – I would view it as a vindication if we hadn’t already gotten ourselves into a mess with the Ozil deal and Mikhi also on big money. But we can’t afford to be splashing out that sort of money with those two on the books, so I can understand the club being reluctant. Just one of those “is what it is” situations.
Dissenter
Love Ramsey, but I’m not sure how good Bayern are going to be next couple of years. They don’t like to spend like other elite clubs. Hoovering up other German talents is not enough now. Only elite one they could probably get next summer is Sané. Wonder if they’ll cough up enough for a Dembélé/Bale on top of that.
Dissenter – That’s a real shocker you agreeing with Dream there.
How is Sanchez getting on at United, still think he will inspire them to the title? 😉
That said, all the best to Ramsey.
He came to Arsenal as a teenager and will depart as a dedicated professional with twin infants to boot.
The new management team handled this exactly right because the deal was going to hamstring the club. Wenger and Gazidis messes up the contract renewals 2 seasons ago with indecisiveness.
Paulinho
Sanchez ended up with a football killing manager who’s messing up everything he touches. At least he got his mega pay day.
This 2018 Mourhino will ruin Messi as well.
**Messed up the contract renewals.
Guillem Balague linking us with Nicolas Pepe. Anyone on here watch him regularly?
Dissenter – I just think he’s working with a lesser class of player. All the ones he managed in the past were good enough to fit a system and also deliver individually.
Players like Sanchez can only impact games in terms of goals and assists if they are completely let loose, but as soon you restrict them for the benefit of the team,they get found out a bit.
His fault of course for seemingly green-lighting a lot of them but they have a very similar squad to us bar Pogba.
Sanchez has lost acceleration as well. He does not seem to be the type capable of adjusting his game like Bergkamp, Ribery or a Zola. His technique isn’t refined enough.
Pepe is ZE great revelation in France this season!!
Lols Ramsey going to Bayern? Haven’t seen the news nor known how concrete it is but that’s not as interesting as the news that Almiron’s agent said the player will definitely play in the PL next year.
I hope it’s us that have bagged him. Could explode in no time.