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
Receding HairlineJanuary 28, 2019 08:16:40
Forget it Not doing this to myself on a fine Monday morning
Rather eat hot Rice and stew, and get down to work.
Receding
I thought it would imply that you had work to do? And that you were too busy to be posting every 120 seconds on Le grove??
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
Clearly not. Don’t you get bored of pretending that your man is doing a credible job rather than just repeating the footsteps of a man at his worst last season?
Didn’t Jose want to do away with Martial in favour of Perisic?
Surprised he wasn’t sack at that very moment
Receding
I’m not even sure Perisi was a name high in our radar
I think we went tire kicking as usual and this 30 year old player took the bait..so we had to follow up.
Inter seem desperate to be rid of him too…they are working very hard to make It possible. Reminds me of when we offered 16 million for Chambers and Southampton made the deal happen in a half day.
“the work rate of a japanese beaver”
lol
“Wenger proving that he was doing better with an arguably worse squad than Emery. ”
Definitely joke friday on monday…
Un na
You still think Wilshere should be spending the winter in a nice cushy Arsenal physiognomy table rather than the nice cushy Westham physio table?
‘Wenger proving that he was doing better with an arguably worse squad than Emery.’ Wengers side conceded less goals and had more clean sheets at this stage of the season so were stronger defensively (sounds funny I know). Emery’s side have more points overall, scored more goals, drawn 1 less, won one more and have lost the same. Emery’s not doing far better than Wenger was last season with an arguably more talented squad which is a fair criticism but to say, and our defence has regressed which is also a fair criticism. They’re also true statements, saying Wenger was… Read more »
Perisic has played more minutes in Serie A and has worse umbers than Iwobi this season…and he still has to adapt to a stronger/faster league.
The loan itself is meaningless.
Just play Saka and pretend he’s on loan from Arsenal FC.
Clearly not. Don’t you get bored of pretending that your man is doing a credible job rather than just repeating the footsteps of a man at his worst last season?
This time last year, after 23 games played, we were 8 points off fourth place with a goal difference of 11.
Hardly following his footsteps
If anyone is following his predecessors footsteps it’s Sarri, they are on same points they were on last season at this stage with a worse off goal difference ..sarri ball
Dissenter
I do yes. Or better still I think he should have been handled properly so his body doesn’t keep breaking down. It can be done.
Shad kept him injury free all season last year. Emery would have no doubt fucked him up by now through. He’s worked his way through 40% of our squad already.
I’m not too hopeful of either, but more optimistic that we can make the top 4 in the Prem rather than win the EL.
Cech will make sure that we don’t win the EL, Martial is still thankful for Friday’s assist.
I for one have a lot of respect for Emery for the way he’s handling Özil. Honestly the way some people (some on here, others on TV, Arsenal fan pages etc) talk about him is ridiculous. His performances are the same every season. We know that around 60% of the time he’ll be utterly anonymous, 35% of the time he’ll be bang average, and 5% of the time he’ll be absolutely amazing. Emery has come to the same conclusion that myself and many others have: he’s not worth it. I don’t understand the way some people on here seem to… Read more »
The loan itself is meaningless.
I mean if he was going straight back to Italy at the end of the season i would have understood …but that’s not the case. No one hands in a transfer request to go play six months in a stronger league aged 30
There seems to be some very strange thinking at arsenal …why would you pay inter 30 mil for Perisic for a loan or to buy and then on top of that offer to pay 75k a week of Ozils wages when he is not even playing for us.Arsenal looks like a big fix now as they just seem to compound there problems .The is no real prem experince at the club and there has not been for many many years. wenger was a mad man and obviously had no clue as his only success came when he had a team… Read more »
Un na
I think you should put an asterisk before your posts followed by a waiver
****Reader be aware, this post is written by one who is convinced Wilshere should be occupying an Arsenal physio table rather than a Westham physio table.
You’re another poster who’s swallowed the Pedro Shad Forsyhte narrative, hook-line-sinker all. the way to the belly. The dude was only one of the many physios in the 2014 German World cups camp – nothing special about him
If we just bring Perisic on loan for a few months, then ship him back to Inter, I have no issue. If we bring him in permanently its a big mistake IMO We are really in a position where we need to rebuild the squad. Signing players like Mykhitaryan, Perisic just prolongs the death of the squad, and also the rebuilding process. We should really be focusing on good, first team ready 20-23 year olds that can make a difference immediately, but also improve. When we fell out of the CL, we tried to spend big money on mature players… Read more »
Financials: Two points. The £231m cash in the bank is an accounting myth. The figure relates solely to the date of May 31, 2018 – i.e. more than 18 months ago. It does not mean the £231m was in the bank the following day (June 1, 2018) – let alone 18 months later. For example, the accounts also disclose that company owed almost £246m which was due for repayment in the current financial year, which ends on May 31, 2019. Financial accounts are a snapshot of a business on the final day of the company’s accounting year end date. Arsenal… Read more »
DM
Did you want Emery?
And if you didn’t want him- why back him?
After all the only man (in conjunction with Raul)- Gazidas -who bizarrely picked him- HAS LEFT!
your logic and argument for backing him is totally nonsensical.
Just why should anyone back a man no one wanted-and the only man who did WANT HIM has now left his post.
(However, If Gazidas had stayed- there is logic to your argument to keeping with Emery though )
I thought I was joking when I said that Emery’s priority is on attack. This Tw proves me right. we have just lost two CBs and we are entertaining the addition of an attacker. I guess I still have a lot to learn.
gambon
The loan is itself dubious when you consider that Perisic has played 200 more minutes than Iwobi and has poorer numbers in a slower and less athletic league
#NOPerisic
Pretend Saka he’s on loan from Barcelona and give him playing time till May.
Dissenter Well he managed to keep Wilshere and welbz fit last season did he not? And if it were not downto him then the way wilshere was being used obviously benefited his long term fitness. I remember once reading about Beckham having trouble his whole career with his hips. When he went to milan on loads they sussed out that it was his teeth. His teeth were affecting his bone structure and subsequently causing him to have hip injuries. They removed the offending teeth and becks could not believe it. Said he hadn’t felt as good in years. How the… Read more »
Financials:
A further point to emphasise that having £231m available in the bank 18 months ago and spending it are two entirely different things.
Kroenke has a duty to operate in the best interests of shareholders – and he owns 100% of the shares !
“we have just lost two CBs and we are entertaining the addition of an attacker. ”
Not very surprising, as Emery’s “philosophy” is to score one goal more than the opponent.
Dissenter
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/sport/soccer/beckhams-career-blooming-with-a-little-help-from-milan-fitness-lab-26542573.html
Read this
“”It only took Liverpool 2 summers to sign Matip, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Mane & Salah.”” With the exception of Matip- ALL had played in the Premiership previously. IF Persic comes-.New regimes 6th signing- not one has played in the physical Battlefield of the Prem before, New Regimes’ combined total experience of the Prem 15 months, Learning on the job- is not good enough for Arsenal. We need tried and trusted for a spell- we need a steady hand on the tiller- not Sanhelli cronyism style of football recruitment. his infamous Contacts book will be the serious demise of Arsenal,if we ain’t… Read more »
Freddie
Agree with your post at 11:20:32. Much hysterics, some of it disingenuous.
Charlie George
Not sure of your point. Emery wouldn’t have been my absolute number one choice, but once he was announced I was perfectly happy with his appointment (happier than I would’ve been with Arteta, who seemed like a hugely unnecessary risk). I like how we are progressing under him, even though it’s a slow and painful process.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/sport/recovering-from-muscle-injuries-can-be-like-pulling-teeth-31039039.html
Dissenter
And this
June 1, 2018 was six months ago, mate, not eighteen. Calm down, breathe, count to ten …
Leicester want to sign Elneny. 12m bid.
But, Emery wants him to stay
Will guarantee you that the first thing a new manager would do is to reinstate Ozil back into.the side.
The shackles would be taken off the team and we would start playing football again instead of trying to win the ” let’s see which team can run the furthest and burn themselves out trophy “…….otherwise known as the headless chicken trophy.
DM -(I am glad you are easily pleased.)
we have the leakiest defence since 1960’s – and you call that Progress?
Persic’s expected arrival is Progress?
our clunky and colorless football is Progress?
Where we do agree though- The Emery Process will be PAINFUL.Painful to watch!
Emery wants Elneny to stay ??
Ok, he definitely lost my support.
(lol)
If anyone pays cash for Elneny -Ill buy everyone a Castle lager!
CG
Unai Emery was hired in part because he is universally well-respected in the football world. That a section of (mostly unreasonable) posters has gone “Emery out” does not mean that “no one” wants him at Arsenal. Whether Emery continues at Arsenal will depend largely on Sanllehi’s assessment of things, I imagine. If Sanllehi has lost faith (or if he loses faith) in Unai Emery, we will learn of this this summer.
“June 1, 2018 was six months ago, mate, not eighteen. Calm down, breathe, count to ten …”
Apologies. The basic point remains the same. A year end accountingdate is a snapshot of a company’s financials on one day.
CGUnai Emery was hired in part because he is universally well-respected in the football world. That a section of (mostly unreasonable) posters has gone “Emery out” does not mean that “no one” wants him at Arsenal.
Bamford
But wenger’s worst arsenal sides finished above his psg on our champions league group two years ago. Can’t be that great if shitty old wenger bested him in his worst ever years at arsenal??
This summer is definitely a better time to spend a fair amount of money — better than January for obvious reasons, better than last summer because the new team wanted to see what they have — but the question remains: do we want Unai Emery making the decisions re what is needed? Do we think he has the right ideas, the right insight into things? I’m not sure.
bamford
“Unai Emery was hired in part because he is universally well-respected in the football world.”
PSG could not wait to get shot of him – And he won the treble,!
If Emery was sacked tomorrow- no other top club would sign him in England,
He might get a look in at Watford or Stoke City tho.
As for Sanellhi- I would rather have YOU in the position of Arsenal DoF than this guy-from his dealings to date- and I genuinely mean that,
The way Raul et al handle reported loan negotiations would probably flop anyway. These guys knew we are ‘broke’ before the TW and we are no closer few days before the close??! Paying short term (5 month) loan fees and help securing top4 is worthwhile as long as we don’t sign these 30+ thereafter. Treat them as mercenary…they all are in any case. Agree that 10m for Ramsey isn’t worth the top4 trophy at the end (c.40m). As one put it, just pretend we paid 10m to loan Ramsey… from Arsene FC. 2019 will go down in our glorious history… Read more »
Is the Poch turning into Wenger already?
Emery is a blatant fraud. Check his credentials. ????? 3 Europa leagues in a row, French league champions. Signed Draxler, Neymar and Mbappe. More points away from home already than the whole of last season. Currently higher in the league than where Wenger left us. How’s that for credentials? Emery’s a blatant fraud now? Do tell oh enlightened one? Is Emery not his name? Does he have a fake passport? Has he been working on the side and fiddling his taxes? Claiming expenses he shouldn’t be? Telling everyone he’s vegan whilst secretly eating meat? Come back here when you’ve got… Read more »
Un Na
That wasn’t Wenger’s worst-ever Arsenal team, nor was that Emery’s best PSG team, but it’s true that a good European manager should have found it relatively easy to finish atop the group and above Wenger. That he didn’t isn’t a great advertisement for Emery, but we’d have to look at the details of those matches, look at what was going on at PSG at that time, etc., to really draw any conclusions from it.
Pierre
Your assumption that “the first thing a new manager would do is reinstate Ozil back into the side” is slightly delusional.
Mesut Ozil or, as I like to call him, “One in ten Ozil”, would have to prove himself,no matter who was in charge.
We all know that the only reason he wants to stay at Arsenal has nothing to do with Football.
Doesn’t come across as the sort of character who puts the team ahead of his own needs and personal gains.
Cardiff is made for him tomorrow evening.
Let’s see what Emery does.
Benny
Couldn’t agree more
Do we think he has the right ideas, the right insight into things? I’m not sure. Bamford what are his ideas?? He wants width…what’s wrong with that? He wants at least one of his full backs to create an overload and provide dangerous pull backs…again what’s wrong with that?? He wants his forward players to press the opposition when they have the ball forcing turn overs high up the field…Again why is that bad?? He has two strikers you believe should be played in a 2 striker formation, fair enough, but besides the celebratory handshake this two don’t really have… Read more »
Benny
“The Le Grove troll list grows bigger by the day.”
Agreed. Too many trolls, too many cranks.
If Emery was sacked tomorrow- no other top club would sign him in England,
There we go; CG with his Mystic Meg wig on again.
The Le Grove troll list grows bigger by the day.
Charlie George Are you serious? I worry about people like you, really. The man has been in the job for 8 months, taking over from a reign that left us totally in the shitter. An entire culture needs to be rebuilt, and you’re not happy because we haven’t seen instant results? FFS man, pathetic. This season in the league we lost to City and Chelsea (first 2 games of the new reign so quite harsh to judge too much on those), drew against Liverpool in a game where we were excellent and unlucky not to win, beat Spurs very well,… Read more »
Banford
Who is definitively “Emery out”?
Is the Poch turning into Wenger already?
Lol, with his statement about honours Man Utd should run a mile. That is a team used to winning trophies.
Emery is the best choice for Arsenal.
Guardiola, Ancelloti, Allegri, only work for a Sugar Daddy…..
DM
All so true.
However, don’t you have a nagging doubt about Emery’s methods and philosophies?
I have to admit, I do.
Alarm bells should be ringing when the only two bastards in for this Persil guy was the disgusting Mourinho and the ‘Vampires muse’ Emery.
He had a good World Cup but so did El Hadj Djouff all those years ago. He’s a 30 year old looking for a pay day. A Merc.
Even if this was just a loan…why? Is he bringing goals? Nope. Assists? No. He’s a Croatian Mikki but 500kg lighter.
To be honest, I’m surprised the Benzema rumours haven’t come up again.
Receding
Relax. I am not calling for his head. I remain unconvinced, though, about his ability to see what needs to be done. No, there is nothing wrong, in isolation, with any of the things you cite — width, pressing, fullbacks creating overloads — but to what extent have we seen a coherent application of any of that so far? I don’t know that we have.
I was just asking the question. If you are convinced by him, great, make the argument. I don’t know that I am as of now.
Bayern actually regressed under Guardiola and Ancelloti was sacked.
These clowns can only work with billionaire owners.
Redtruth makes a good point. Emery has demonstrated that he can finish top four without a ton of money. In many ways, that is precisely what we need near-term.
@ Graham Emery is not a revolutionary manager, he is not particularly a special manager What he is though is a good competent manager with great work ethic on a two year contract trying to change the overall mindset of a squad of players who are prone to inconsistency and switching off mid games. He has a two year deal, one i have no doubt he will see through. It’s a reasonable deal, gives us the time to sought a few things out, some player turn overs and the likes. The only thing that worries me is he and Raul… Read more »
Pierre
What youth did Solskjær promote from within?
Bamford, Marc, It’s fucking depressing in here isn’t it? I love Pedro’s posts, agree with 99% of them and respect his opinion on the ones I don’t but the comments section has sunk to new lows not even seen during the groundhog years of Wenger’s depressing end of his tenure. The fun and excitement of being back after self exile of how tedious supporting Arsenal had become has quickly dissipated amongst the stench of the AKBs who defended Wenger’s gross misconduct and ineptitude beligerarantly for 10 years now looking for anything to scream Emery out after half a season. There’s… Read more »
Imagine you’re an Arsenal player and you look over to the bench and see the vampire lurking on the touch line…you’d hate to be subbed and get that gentle pat on the neck…with his mouth.
Bamford
I am not having a go at you..far from that. Surprisingly you have had an open mind about the whole thing right from the start, pointing out areas we improved and areas you still have concerns.
I also have questions and concerns over certain decisions the coach has taken since his arrival, he has sometimes made things unnecessarily complicated for himself.
This idea i am a chest beating Emery follower is so far removed from the actual message me and many others have been trying to pass.
Graham “However, don’t you have a nagging doubt about Emery’s methods and philosophies? I have to admit, I do.” I don’t think we’ve seen enough of his methods and philosophies to really say one way or another yet, tbh. There have been some strange decisions at times, but others that have been very good. It seemed odd leaving Torreira out for games, but I don’t know his thinking behind it – at the moment I’m happy enough to give him the benefit of the doubt, unless/until I know better. Conversely, there have been some great moments, like making 2 changes… Read more »
“Who is definitively “Emery out”?”
gambon & Guns of Hackney are the most “anti-Emery” here.
And I still can’t believe I could join them in a little while… lol
There’s no other blogs worth bothering with so I’ll still read the posts and support Le Grove through Twitter but I might have to bail on the comments section until this mob force Emery out, as it’s just so fucking biring Tell me about it, I think it was more bearable before but since the turn of the year some new imbeciles, *excuse me* posters have began posting the same tiresome rhetoric daily, you have our resident unfunny comedian and you have someone who still thinks Wilshere should be in the side based on a good performance about 8 years… Read more »
I see saying that the last two seasons was Wenger’s worst. that s is blatant lie, actually it’s some of the best Wenger has experience. I knew the moment those galatico coaches shows up in EPL, Wenger is not getting fourth anymore. So was achieving fourth in past season not because he was overachieving but because he has no competition for that coveted fourth place. the moment those guys showed up( conte, pep, klopp). Wenger surrender is position easily without a fight.
Bamford10January 28, 2019 13:18:35
Redtruth makes a good point. Emery has demonstrated that he can finish top four without a ton of money. In many ways, that is precisely what we need near-term.
Bamford
Jesus Christ
That’s the bare minimum expected of a supposedly superior manager after a tonne of money surely??
and here you all are expecting emery to do what Wenger couldn’t do two season by finishing above these galaticos in 6 months. we are really the most deluded fans out there no question asked.
DM
There is nothing “childish” about having a doubt about something.
Wenger leaving was a massive relief for the majority of fans and although I understand the format in allowing time for a new manager to bed in, I will not stop questioning things that, quite clearly, need to be looked at.
The teams poot defense is due to tactical naivety and who’s to blame..THE COACH.
If we are in for a central or utility midfielder, then we should ask Athletico Madrid for Thomas Partey on loan with obligation to buy.
He’s far superior to this Suarez guy we’re sweating over.
Wenger’s forte was performing against inferior opposition, when that failed, we dropped out of the top 4.
all these akb wanting emery to be in 2nd or 3rd by half way through the season, guess what your Messiah couldn’t achieve that too when better coaches come to his home drove him from house or fourth place not his home anymore?
Graham
I didn’t say it was childish to have doubts. I said to not want to give him some time is childish – i.e those who are already calling for his head. I have no time for these “fans”.
Kristoman
???
Lost in translation.
Bill Murray’s top performance!!
Michael The point you make about the £231 million being on deposit on 31/5/ 18 is well made .Its just a pity that so many seem to think that sum was almost in a savings account and readily available to spend. The reality is that the sum was only achieved due to the fact that a massive sum of £120 million profit was made from player sales and whilst its pretty safe to assume that some of that is still owed the fact that no real profits have been made in this accounting year very little bar the staged payments… Read more »
If we are in for a central or utility midfielder, then we should ask Athletico Madrid for Thomas Partey on loan with obligation to buy.
The sense of entitlement is staggering
What exactly have Arsenal FC achieved to make their fans so entitled
While we are at it we should
Ask Liverpool for a loan deal and option to buy on Virgil Van Dyke and Robertson
Ask Barcelona for a loan and option to buy on Dembele and Coutinho
Ask Man City for a loan and option to buy on Sane.
Sanhelli really doesn’t know his job.
Andy Brassell on Perisic:
“Afraid Arsenal are paying for the name rather than the player”
” When Man Utd were interested in him 18 months ago, he was worth the 40m or 50m euros”
“he’s been better for his country for a while now”
“he wasn’t good for Inter last season”
RH,
We achieved, qualifying for 20 years, a competition we could never win.
Is that not enough ?
We achieved, qualifying for 20 years, a competition we could never win.Is that not enough ?
Apologies Bergkamp..i did not know that. Of course that is enough.
graham
all am trying to say is that emery should given time because his is competing with some best coaches in the world. a feat Wenger couldn’t surpass. you understand now?
DM,
If you spend as much time writing great comments as you have done today that balances out the sheer lunacy of some as you do winning the daily top 4 trophy then I for one will be very grateful for it.
Terraloon
The fall in Champs League revenues will undoubtedly hit the finances in the current financial year. It will be offset to some extent by a rise in income from sponsorship which is due to kick in. Player sales will obviously help, but it is difficult to see a major intake of money because so few our squad have much appeal in the transfer market.
Overall the financial outlook is not good – unless Kroenke changes his financial policy.
We were also 10 mins from victory with 10 men agaisnt the best team in the world with a makeshift defence while setting an unbroken record along the way
How close did emery get with unlimited funds?? Nowhere near.
Not to mention the semis in 08 with a team of kids and no money to spend after selling off our entire first team.
bennydevito
LOL 🙂
I’m aware the tr4phy stuff is all nonsense, but it’s only a bit of fun.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11670/11620202/arsenal-transfer-rumours-ivan-perisic-malcom-mesut-ozil
Seems we are doing a lot of looking at players and not a lot else.
Terraloon You are very wrong about what we can spend in the summer. Fact is, Arsenal always spend what we can afford. We dont borrow money to finance transfers, and we usually spend most of what can be afforded, sometimes leaving a bit for the Jan window (Elneny, Gabriel) Therefore its incredibly easy to work out what we can spend, just like it was this summer. As our FY is June 1st to May 31st, our spending budget is based on the season ahead, rather than the one just gone. This season: Predicted revenues are about £380m as a conservative… Read more »
“Assuming we can keep the wage bill to £210m, and assuming no significant capital expenditure, we can spend £100m this summer.”
And if my aunt had bollocks she’d be my uncle.
Sorry, keep the wage bill to £230m (the same as where it is now)
We have a lot of high earners leaving. Cech, Lichsteiner, Ramsey, Welbeck are on £360k or so alone.
So, shall we talk about Cardiff tomorrow? Score and likely line up? Ozil must start for me, I know I’m in the minority but for me when he came on his forward passing was excellent . I know he didn’t pick up Pogba but for me that should be down to the likes of Ramsey, Torreira, Guendouzi, Xhaka etc. Ozil should be relatively free of those kind if duties, he’s not a tackler. Ozil should start each game to get us in front then come off early, not come on late when we’re chasing the game as he doesn’t have… Read more »
benny
More like having a Bentley in the garage, that breaks down most of the time you use it.
So youre not sure whether you should just leave it and get the bus.
Forget Perisic and Cahill. We need to be changing the whole age profile of the team back to the 20-27 age bracket.
Why aren’t we pulling a Ramseyesque deal of our own and going hard for Rabiot?
gambon,
Lol! Yes, that as well! 😂😂
Ozil = Robin Reliant with the front wheel missing, not a Bentley !
The biggest mistake Emery has done was that he decided to give a bunch of shit/average players another chance effectively wasting an entire season.
Like we needed another season to come to the conclusion that they’re not good enough.
A lot of those players will probably stay over the next season as well making it another write off season.
“Ozil must start for me, I know I’m in the minority”
No Benny you’re not, for a simple reason : weak team = good Ozil.
Ozil == Volkswagen Beetle.
A relic of the past