Before we begin, may I introduce you to some fine words from the Spurs manager.
“Tottenham, no history of winning,”
“Our glory, I watch the video about the glory, it’s with (Bill) Nicholson. It’s black and white and I watch it nearly every week. To create again that feeling you need time. Four years, five years, that’s nothing in the history of the club.”
“Again we’re going to have the debate whether a trophy will take the club to the next level. I don’t agree with it. It only builds your ego. The most important thing for Tottenham right now is to always be in the top four.”
Mainline this meltdown right into my veins. Beautiful.
Welcome to a BIG week. Cardiff, followed by Manchester City. A fairly straight forward game followed by OH SHIT THERE’S A BEE TRAPPED UNDER MY SHIRT kind of game against the best team in the country.
Let’s start with the news. I’ll give it to you agenda-free.
Aaron Ramsey wrote a tweet saying there’s a big week ahead.
WHAT DOES HE MEAN?
Well, he could mean he’s packing his bags early and heading to Juventus.
Or, he could just be excited about going back to Cardiff, followed up by City at home.
Tough to know what to make of it if we ship him off. If Champions League football is worth £40m and we only land £10m for him, it’s a pointless exercise because we’re stronger with a fit player who knows the league. I very much doubt we’ll replace him with a loan player that has anywhere near the quality he does, but who knows.
Next up. Sokratis. Out until the end of February.
What a bloody nightmare.
The good news is Kos didn’t break his jaw, just bruising and swelling. I don’t know what that means, but I assume they’d say if he were concussed. 2 weeks?
The really bad news is we’re heading into Sunday with hopes and dreams wrapped up in Mustafi, which is a bit like playing Russian Roulette with 5 chambers filled. There is no leadership in our defence whatsoever. A real concern.
Arsenal are going LOANS CRAZY.
I was told that even though we’re being linked heavily with a lot of loan players, it’s still unlikely we’re going to be able to do much. For the second time in a week, it appears we’re dealing with a CEO who doesn’t want to give us an option on whether we buy a player. Ivan Perisic wants to leave, Inter acknowledge this, but they want us to buy.
“Perisic? We must accept the situation that some players show a willingness to be transferred. The player has expressed this desire, we want to satisfy him but we also need to respect the value of the player. Nothing concrete has arrived yet, we’ll wait to see in the coming days,’
… £35m for a 29 year is fucking bat shit crazy and payday loans levels of short-term thinking.
To sweeten the deal, Arsenal are apparently offering to ship Ozil off and pay half of his salary. Which again makes my eyes bleed, because Moratta is a very shrewd operator and not into wasting money.
This time last year we swapped Alexis for Mikhi. It’s like we never learn. If a fair chunk of the fanbase are excusing Emery’s first 8 months because new players have been bedding in, are we confident that someone from Serie A who is failing will hit the ground running in the most physical league in the world? I wonder if we’d be better of giving chance to someone young like Smith-Rowe or Saka.
If I were to be positive about all this. Perisic is a capable operator based on what we’ve seen of him in the World Cup. He has a tremendous work ethic and he can give us much-needed quality from wide positions if he finds form. His stats might look dreary, but you don’t know what the deal is at Inter. He might hate it. I’ve read that he’s a tricky customer to deal with, and inconsistent, but it would appear we’re very much in the ‘anybody will do’ territory which feels reckless.
To make matters weirder, Inter are trying to run a swap deal for Carrasco. Someone who comes with baggage, but is younger, with a higher ceiling.
“Carrasco-Candreva swap? It’s normal that there are contacts, Ausilio is doing a great job but we must wait for things to become concrete,”
Moratta also loaned Cedric Soares, the right back from Southampton. The guy knows how to sniff out deals.
LOTS TO DISCUSS.
See you in the comments. xx
DM
“Last 16 games(not including the thrashing by Liverpool) No goals conceded in the first 20 minutes of the first half . Only one goal Conceded in the opening period of the 2nd half ( West ham) All other goals conceded after our initial burst of energy in each half. This tells me that the team is being sent out each half by the manager to pressure the opponent which in turn will expend energy and as soon as that initial burst of energy is expended then the team is vulnerable defensively. What’s the answer , I would say Arsenal should… Read more »
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Pedro
“Or, he could just be excited about going back to Cardiff, followed up by City at home.”
Cardiff home
City away
Not sure if you were going for that Pierre, but well played if so lol
Happy Monday
“This time last year we swapped Alexis for Mikhi. It’s like we never learn”
Pedro, please don’t compare Özil to Sanchez. Sanchez was our best player at the time and it was very painful to watch him leave. Özil is a liability, a parasite that we can’t get rid of and can’t utilise. Time we got rid of him in any way possible and move on.
Inter want to take Ozil but pay we still pay half his wages
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/30965/11611348/papers-neymar-out-of-champions-league-clash-against-manchester-united
DM
Would it occur to you that maybe the main reason Sanchez was so successful at Arsenal was because of his excellent on field relationship with Ozil …
It could also be pointed out that Giroud is experiencing the same problem at Chelsea…Ozil had an uncanny ability to float ” cowardly aimless crosses ” into the box that would somehow land on the head of Giroud .
The ” cowardly crosses ” remark is attributed to Receding Hairline.
“HILARIOUS Poch meltdown”
Considering Arsenal’s situation, I think that there’s no reason to mock the Spuds…. but it’s only my opinion.
Which futur is brighter, ours or thems ?? Think about it.
God it feels like there is no light at the end of the tunnel with this club. Like going head on into a car crash in slow motion. We have been slowly drowning for more than a decade and we are still going under. It wont be long until we will be hoping to make Europa league. 6 is the new 4.
If Saka has any sense he should join Sancho ,Nelson and Hudson Odi in Germany and stay there until Emery has gone.
Perisic coming in will push Saka further down the pecking order …I’m not sure Saka is an Emery type player anyway , I can’t see him chasing lost causes all over the pitch ,wasting energy ..he looks way too intelligent for that kick and rush headless chicken style of football ..that’s iwobi and Ramsey’s department.
Hands up if you think th club is screwed… and caught in a massive doward spiral… oh for the happy days of Bruce Ricoh ….
The Spanish fat controller is ruining the club… it’s a Barca revenge plot…
Oops!
That silly feeling of talking to yourself on an old post 😁😂😀😁😀
‘Would it occur to you that maybe the main reason Sanchez was so successful at Arsenal was because of his excellent on field relationship with Ozil‘
I can see someone is still stuck in Ozil’s a-hole first thing on Monday morning.
Un na nai Yes I know. However, our build up play has been drab of recent because we do not have width to stretch teams. As a result we encourage our fullbacks to bomb forward and provide width. Hence we get exposed on almost every counter attack. This could have been solved with 3 at the back, but we do not have center backs for that as they tend to jam their heads not knowing who to do what at a particular time. Getting Perisic would first ease pressure on defence as teams will be more wary of out width… Read more »
PedRo
(Thanks again )
So Emery does not rate Ramsey.
But Allegri does.
So Emery prefers the older ,slower and non scoring Persic …..to our boy Rambo?
Persics stats alone make you want to squirm – his current behaviour of Withdrawing from Inters Squad yesteday- sulking in other words – should also raise alarm bells.
A suicide signing surely for the Spanish Regime?
Are there any fans, -who have faith in this Emery/Raul combo?
Credit to Un yesterday- for reminding us that Wengers Arsenal finished above Emerys money bags PSG in the group stage last season in CL.
Need to stop talking about Perisic as a 29 year old.
He will be 30 by the time he plays any games for us, he turns 30 on Saturday.
gambon
Lol, 30 is new 25.
Yup, those straws are lying across the broken back of the poor camel called Arsenal.
Pedro I find it difficult to understand Arsenal’s gameplan in this transfer window. First of all why is the club prioritising attacking midfielders and wingers at a time when it patently obvious that the club’s real concerns are its defence which is not just injury prone but leaking goals? We know already that two defenders will be out injured for rest of season and there are serious concerns about others in the squad. Second as you quite rightly point out receiving just £10 million for an established player with experience in EPL is not going to improve our prospects in… Read more »
Will anyone actually go the Arsenal games in the foreseeable future..
This will be the drabbest Arsenal team-since Hillier/Sellley/Carter.
Happy birthday to Perisic.
Wenger and Gazidis really shot the club in the head with that Özil deal… Cringe worthy
Iwobi on one wing
Persic on the other
One up front
3 defensive midfielders – but still shipping goals.
Emery on the side line – beseaching at our players to be in certain positions wearing a pained expression on his face.
…is this Arsenal 2019/2020?
When will the club wake up an say… fuck this ain’t righ
Papa
Ozil
Michigan
Perisic
Aubabang
5 player who could be regulars next season who are over 30…
Man it’s wrong…
Play the fucking youths nothing to lose everything to gain…
I will say what i said at the start of this window
I will prefer we sign NO ONE than waste money and squad place on players we never really targeted before, players who do not elevate us.
Loan deals with option to buy i can stomach, Obligation to buy No way.
The defensive side of arsenal game has been neglected for ten years + we know that and it is absolutely stupid bringing in defenders who are over 30 years old from slower more sedate leagues .It just does not make sense.I feel for SOC as he is trying but will be injured again and again as the season goes on as he has to push himself beyond his physical limits same goes for KOS although he is more experienced and will last a little longer .That’s why we are the only team in the top 6 who regularly take a… Read more »
Even the loans deal without an obligation to buy Perisic is silly He’s not exactly doing well in Serie A, is he? How is he going to make the leap from Serie A to the premier league so easily?
The way Inter are going about to make this deal happen tells you everything; they cannot believe their luck.
Who turns in a transfer request for a 6 month loan move?
So, Inter want Arsenal to pay half of Ozil’s wages ??
Bunch of dirty little tightwads…
Sanellhi would not force this constant dross he is foisting upon as – if he was at Barca
We are as prestigious as Barca – and it’s totally unacceptable that he think he can do this to us.
We have been around for 125 years.
He has been here 5 minutes.
If this signing happens. His position has to be untenable.
It’s also cringe worthy the way we speak about Mavros.
It would be very Wengeresque if we are not bringing in a central defender this TW because we don’t want to block the path of a highly rated young player who’s track record is playing two league games, one of which ended with a red card.
We are not bringing in a central defender because we do not have money to bring in a top class central defender
Nothing to do with Mavropranos
If Inter gets Ozil with us paying half his wages
We can all chip in to pay Pierre to carry a large banner at the San Siri stating “Ozil, the misunderstood ”
The local Milan press will be enchanted to see a banner carrying middle aged English man crying his eyes out.
Receding
I’m not so sure because any rational actor will look at the situation and try to find a short term fix to the central de offender position, even if it means scouring the lower English divisions.
It’s plausible that they think we are somewhat covered becauee Mavros is training with the first squad.
For a swap loan deal to work , both clubs and both players have to be in agreement and there is no way ozil will agree to go to Milan just because Emery wants him to.
Ozil will sit it out whilst the pressure mounts on Emery until he leaves and then we will hopefully hire a manager who will recognise the potential we have in the squad and maximise that potential and promote the youth from within , similar to Solksjaer at united.
I think we should simply pretend the transfer window isn’t open rather than this embarrassing cap in hand loan deals we have been pursuing
How does defender get changed to ‘de offender’?
My iOS autocomplete is calamitous.
The way people talk about Ozil on here- it’s as if he is a non league player.
He is still top quality (.albeit patchy)
We have seen His Quality against Leicester.
Why o why does not this ridiculous coach of ours not try harness/cajole/motivate our highest paid player is bewildering?
(Like wise Ramsey )
Only one person-should be exiting Arsenal
Not Ozil
Not Ramsey
But Emery
Dissenter
But aren’t we as a club tired of short term fixes??
When do we settle down to a particular project and have the patience to see it through ??
“He is still top quality”
Ah ah. Joke friday already ??
I think FIFA should create a new rule that clubs have to show an independent arbiter that they have money in hand before they start pursuing transfers. This is to avoid unsettling the potential selling club with useless bids.
We’ve conducted ourselves in a rather unsavory manner all thorough this TW.
We’ve become the consummate tire-kickers, swarm in to make offers, unsetttle the player, can’t afford it and then we amble off to reach further down the barrel.
They should name the rule ‘the Arsenal rule’
We have seen His Quality against Leicester.
16 league games played and we are still referencing the Leicester game as proof our highest paid player is good enough. That game was played on 22 October, today is 28th January.
Hi all, I hope all well. I haven’t posted on here for sometime. Can someone explain why if we are the ninth biggest club in Europe in terms of revenue, the stadium is supposed to be paid off and we had a cash reserve of 220 something million or so I thought/read a while ago, why are we in this position of only being able to loan deal? Is this Gazidis and Wenger policy come home to roost!?
TallestTiz £54.6m over a three and a half year period. What possessed Wenger and Gazidis to give Ozil such a ludicrous contract? On top of this, they chucked £60m down the drain on Sanchez by not allowing him to go to MC, whilst at the same time systematically hand out dumb contract packages to bang average players. Not only has this crippled the club financially, it has also restricted Emery in his development of the squad. Why no accountability? These two actions alone warrant a major enquiry. Kroenke needs to answer some very serious questions. Fans sit there like mugs… Read more »
Dissenter
5 defeats(and counting) in the last 6 weeks and Ozil hasn’t started any of those games .
We haven’t lost a game that Ozil has started since the 2nd game of the season.
We have conceded more goals per game without Ozil starting than with him starting.
Maybe that why I would like to see him start some games as we are obviously better with him in the side than without him…those figures don’t lie.
*23 league games played i meant to say
Inter apparently want to take Özil on loan with Perisic going the other way but they want us to pay half of Özil’s wages… for the rest of his existing contract so he’ll not be even playing for us and he’ll be earning more than people who are.
Incompetence.
Thanks Gazidas and Wenger for leaving us a heck of a mess to clear up.
Is this why we moved to the Emirates?
‘We have seen His Quality against Leicester.’
That’s the problem though, almost in February and he has shown his worth to us in 1 game this season.
Anyone who chooses Ozil over the manager needs to volunteer for the pioneer head transplant project.
Ramsey’s deal was taken off the table [that’s if he ever intended to sign it] because we had no money, that’s fairly obvious. Emery thinks very highly of him and has said so from the beginning. The fact that he still,plays him says everything.
Ramsey has been the paragon of respect and 100% professionalism through it all.
It’s assumes the level of hate speech when you lump Ramsey in with Ozil.
Italian media report wages as net.
So, if Perisic joins, he’ll be on over 200k per week.
Joles
Why don’t we have money?
-We are still paying off Wenger and his team [exception of Bould]
-We have increased our wages bill significantly with the Auba deal [ he has some of the most generous per match bonuses which is why he is always smiling], the stupendous Ozil extension, silly wage increase for Xhaka, Elneny, Iwobi and Chambers
-Declining revenues from not being in the CL
-I expect that the wage bill from all these duplication of roles in the club is affecting us as well. Gazidis even increased his wages just before he left.
Graham
I totally agree with you that the contract that was offered to Ozil was ridiculous, it hasn’t done the club or Ozil any favours whatsoever.
If ,as many are saying on Le Grove , no other club was interested in Ozil then it makes the decision to award him that contract even more ridiculous as Ozil would have accepted a much lower contact…..incompetence of the highest order.
If Perisic was 40 he would probably put more of a shift in than Ozil !
Looks like Leicester are in for Tielemans – £20m.
arsenal should do no business this two and wait for the summer to start clearing out most of the deadwoods…
just manage through the next 4 months… even if it means finishing 7th.
We have plenty of money.
The issue is we spent our budget in the summer.
Inter are asking us for £30m + £175k per week to take Ozil from us.
In return they want to give us a troublesome, inconsistent, aging winger.
I thought Raul Sanellhi was supposed to be good at deals?
I’d prefer a direct swap for ozil and perisic…
perisic shouldn’t be offered a wage in the excess of 150k per week..
RH Since the Leicester game , Ozil has only started 6 matches ….. 3 of those games he was substituted ( palace,wolves and brigbton) and we drew those games . He played in the 1-1 draw with Liverpool( played well) He started v Burnley and quarabag and was influential in the goals I think is fair to say . The question le Grove should be asking is , why does Emery refuse to play him . I think it stems back to the wolves and palace games when Emery substituted him and Ozil was clearly not happy …..since then Emery… Read more »
gambon
Nope we don’t ‘have plenty of money’
It’s like saying a bed ridden infant with Kwashiorkor [severe protein malnutrition] is okay because there’s plenty of food stored away in the pantry.
What use is that food when it can’t benefit the infant?
Perisic is 30 – but then so is Ozil!
Emery doesn’t play Ozil but one would assume play Perisic
Only way Perisic is a good idea is if we get rid of Ozil
That way we get a player Emery feels more suited to our play, so will play him and Perisic will be o 1/3 of the wages that Ozil gets
‘The question le Grove should be asking is , why does Emery refuse to play him“
Asked….and answered with the experience of watching Ozil playing for the past 3-4 seasons. His association with ‘quality’ has been fleeting and patchy at best. He’s a one trick pony who has proven that he’s not adptible. Unfortunately the last manager thought he was ‘perfect’ and overly indulged him.
The question Le Grove should be asking is , why does Emery refuse to play him .
Actually the question 80% pf Le Grove is asking is “Why is he still at the club” and while we are at it “why is he our highest paid player”
Are we still doing this thing were we pretend our squad is great, the injuries doesn’t change anything and Ozil is a misunderstood genius?
Fuck me this place is getting more like untold every day.
Dissenter
Our accounts were released a few days ago.
We have £230m in the bank as of June 1st 2018.
There is no official definition of “plenty of money” but I would say the qualifying amount would be less than £230m.
Everyone Knows Ozil – was paid too much. And maybe Ramsey wants a lot too, But if you have money to give to : Lichstiener (£90 000 a week mentioned) miki (£200 000 a week ) money to extend Elnenys contract/Iwobis contract and persue signings like Persic-money ain’t the issue. COMPETENCE and JUDGEMENT are. if you let people like Ozil/Ramsey go – you have to find better. This regime want to replace tried and trusted- with crusty old overseas rejects- who cant believe their luck – that Arsenal want them. There surely can not be anyone – who thinks the… Read more »
Receding
Thought you were going to do a bit of work? What happened?
Gambon
Sorry i am not very good with numbers talk when it comes to balance sheets
You said we have money yet we have spent our budget. Why is this 230m not part of our budget since it’s already there in the bank??
Thought you were going to do a bit of work? What happened?
Are we dating now?? Are you keeping tabs on me??
Freddie and receding are on here all day these days. Got the bit between your teeth now boys defending the horse you backed?
“Why is he still at the club” and while we are at it “why is he our highest paid player” ==> ask Arsène.
Makes you wonder what was said in Emery’s interview for the job ..was Ozil mentioned , was Emery asked if he was his type of player .One would have thought so as it would have been obvious that if Emery didn’t rate Ozil then it would create the situation we have now .
Emery won’t play him .
Ozil can’t be sold because of his huge contract. = stalemate.
Personally I think there will only be one winner unless the results start improving.
Right.
Any player that previously had the work rate of a japanese beaver…will NEVER replicate that at arsenal. Never! We are a social club for third time loser footballers looking for one last pay day before opening a bar in Albania.
Fucking silly arsenal.
Every club in the land will have a player like Ozil in it..
Every club in the land has players with contracts issues.(eg Ramsey)
Every club in the land would have dealt with the above 2 basic scenarios much better than the wretchedly average Emery/Raul combination.
Perisic till May – I’m ok with that
Perisic post-may on some kind of 3 year deal – outrageous
As I said yesterday, as 4th is a foregone conclusion, I’d rather we kept our powder dry (if we can’t get a loan in) and focus on a firm recruitment process in the summer
Un na
I post a hell of a lot less than you, also a lot less dumb shit.
I don’t really care who the manager is, pretty sure I mentioned this before, I have no special affection towards Emery. I’m just realistic and understands that this will take time and money because we have a shit squad, that’s it. Everything else is just misguided impatience and hysterics.
Receding There are probably numerous reasons why we cant spend this January. 1- Our revenue is falling due to EL football. 2- Our squad is a mess. If I was Stan I wouldnt allow the club to spend until the wage bill was rationalised, and deadwood was gone. 3- FFP 4- Wage Controls 5- Our transfer business has been dreadful. If we had a track record of making vast profits on transfers, ive no doubt we would be happier to spend. The club tend to spend whatever we have once we have taken out paying all our bills. No different… Read more »
Freddie and receding are on here all day these days. Got the bit between your teeth now boys defending the horse you backed?
The conversation today has mostly centered on our transfer targets, finances….
Don’t you get bored saying the same thing daily?? Or are you so giddy you happen to have a viewpoint Pedro is backing hence you can wait to rev up the debate on that daily
Receding
Don’t flatter yourself sweetie. Was just surprised as the last post you made before rice and stew seemed to indicate that you weren’t doing this to yourself on a Monday morning.
Carts
Club are desperate for CL so they’ll give Emery what he wants to get it.
When we will settle on our formation? We play the chavs with a diamond and 2 up top then next game go back to 4-3-3? Surely keep to a winning formula and we could have done with MG legs against a counter attacking team.
As for Ozil, it’s clear Emery has no use for him.
Ozil is far from world class, so let’s stop gassing a blatant lie!
Playing Ozil won’t improve results, in fact it will be the reverse.
‘Every club in the land will have a player like Ozil in it..’
Which clubs? Maybe circa 2014 but nowadays.. not at all.
The contract issues with Ramsey precede Emery.
Dream
As are we all, but our best route into the CL is via the europa league.
I just don’t see us getting 4th. The sooner the club realises this, the better.
Charlie George
Don’t disagree with your premise
Ramsey was the unfortunate casualty of the Ozil boongoogle contract and the fall-out of the Alexis deal [which brought in Mykhi]
Had we not wasted 350k weekly on a player no one else wanted we may been able to pay Ramsey in the region if 200k weekly
We couldn’t have afforded a 250k weekly deal for Ramsey [franky I’m not sure he wanted to stay]
2- Our squad is a mess. If I was Stan I wouldnt allow the club to spend until the wage bill was rationalised, and deadwood was gone. Yea i have actually said before that had i been the owner of the club i would have jailed a few people 5- Our transfer business has been dreadful. If we had a track record of making vast profits on transfers, ive no doubt we would be happier to spend. Dreadful is a kind word If we spend the money in the bank, its a one-off. The equivalent of someone spending their life… Read more »
Dissenter
The fact Ozil was never a £300k p/w player is the very reason why Ramsey isn’t a £200k p/w
The penny eventually dropped that we’d assumed the position over a barrel; we were adamant that we won’t let Ramsey have his way too
In essence, we set a financially detrimental precedent with Ozil. We can easily afford Ramsey’s wage request, but out of principal and the state of our club, we decided against it
Carts
Agree with you that CL whru league will be difficult,but so will Europa. We can’t pick and choose yet. We’re three pts behind Chelsea.
Wenger proving that he was doing better with an arguably worse squad than Emery.
Emery is a blatant fraud. Check his credentials.
And no that’s not a ‘get Wenger back’ call to arms…it’s a ‘wow, that’s how shite emery is’ statement.
Was just surprised as the last post you made before rice and stew seemed to indicate that you weren’t doing this to yourself on a Monday morning.
By THIS I meant the whole Emery debate. Would have thought that was clear enough
Receding
I think the thing people tend to forget, is that any money we spend in January, means less to spend in the summer.
I think our budget will be £100m in the summer.
If we buy Perisic and Suarez now for £55m, then we have a very small budget of £45m in the summer.
I would much rather we wait until the summer to start rebuilding the squad.
Which is what i think the club will do in any event, wait until the summer. I’d prefer it that way also.
““Again we’re going to have the debate whether a trophy will take the club to the next level. I don’t agree with it. It only builds your ego. The most important thing for Tottenham right now is to always be in the top four.” Poch is bugging. How about he ask the Spurs fans whether they’d like a trophy or not. Top 4 is the realistic ambition of 33% of the team in the EPL – that includes Spurs. Ironically, the other top 5 teams have a trophy to account for their domestic success. Face it, spurs have improved but… Read more »
Great bit of business offloading a flop journeyman like Ramsey.
Dodged a bullet with Allegri
Wenger was beaten from pillar to post when he made similar comments about top 4 and trophies, yet Poch will probably get a pass.
His honours don’t stretch past manager of the month awards. I’m sure he would swap those for trophies any day of the year.
Dream
No doubt we’re still with in distance of Chelsea but I don’t have much confidence in a sustained challenged on 4th
Hope Arsenal prove me wrong
I would much rather we wait until the summer to start rebuilding the squad. The only good deals you get in the winter window is the buy to join up in the summer thing. I would be more excited if we were signing up our main targets to join us next season than haggling over players i doubt we ever really wanted. And we also need to get to the summer to start the clear out. For this club to make any meaningful progress there has to be a clear out of players no matter how much some of us… Read more »
If we buy Perisic and Suarez now for £55m, then we have a very small budget of £45m in the summer.
I thought Jose was a off his head when he went hard for Perisic last summer, it appears whatever bug he was suffering from then has gotten to the Emirates.
Guns of Hackney
‘And no that’s not a ‘get Wenger back’ call to arms…it’s a ‘wow, that’s how shite emery is’ statement.’
It’s hard to take you seriously since your were in the Arteta corner..
Who knew succeeding a dinosaur manager with an ageing and unbalanced squad was so difficult.