Oh, man, too much excitement.
We’ve pretty much landed Denis Suarez. There was some worry, mostly fueled by me, that the deal was going to fail because Barca dropped the announcement of their homepage… however, there has been no noise about a failed medical.
Ornstein reckons Perisic and Carassco deals are very unlikely, but the Nkunku deal is 50/50.
So we have a wide left player who can give Emery more finesse with touch and a bit more energy moving the ball and potentially a utility midfielder who can play right back.
There is a horror thread from David Cartlidge on Suarez.
Some thoughts on Denis Suárez to Arsenal. First of all, a loan without the obligatory purchase option isn’t a bad deal by any means, as he’s only really produced one good half a season in his career to date. It’s low risk.
— David Cartlidge (@davidjaca) January 30, 2019
If you click into it, he basically says Emery didn’t know how to use him, the player is no more than a cog in a machine (our machine is bad), and he has issues like a lack of personality and the inability to impose himself on games.
Well, he has it all to prove at Arsenal. At least if it goes badly, we can send him back.
In other news, ESR has moved to Leipzig on loan. A bloody excellent move. Nketiah has gone to work with Jens at Augsburg in Germany. Ben Knapper working that new loans job well. GOOD LUCK CHAPS.
In footballing news, Arsenal moved back into 4th after Chelsea took a SPANKING at Bournemouth. Other good news stretched to Liverpool drawing.
For all the shrieks of ‘Emery can’t compete for top 4’, it appears that with a squad of supposedly shite players, we’re in 4th heading into February.
It’s all about coaching now. If Rafa Benitez can beat Pep, then there’s no reason we can’t. Apparently, we have the same points total as them since late August.
Just don’t play a high line… please, please, please don’t put us through that.
Right, that’s me done. I did a podcast for your ears. I’m alone.
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My guess is
Should have stopped there. If you’re guessing Stan is withholding transfer funds it’s because you want to guess that. It’s clear we had a set budget for the season and that was that. After so many years wasting money it’s understandable
Theres no witholding of money.
Our budget for the season was £65m net, we’ve spent that.
Our financial year ends 31st May, so as of 1st June, we will have a new budget.
CG “i just know – we can do so much better than the 2 people currently running the show” No, you don’t. You THINK. You don’t know, none of us know, because they haven’t been in the job long enough to come to a conclusion. Sanllehi just coming up to a year, and Emery 8 months. If we were Liverpool or City, I assume by the same standard you would also have been calling for Klopp and Pep’s heads, respectively, at the same stage in their reign?? GET A GRIP In a year or two, we might all be on… Read more »
All Kroenke wants is to keep the Club in the PL. He will not spend any significant amount of money to buy players to get to CL or win silverware. That is the simple truth.
strangeworld
Kroenke spent £17m sacking Wenger. We have the second highest paid player in the PL. We have bought 2 x £50m strikers since we fell out of the CL.
You dont think getting in the CL is important to him?
Whatever the figures say, I find it a little strange that for a club of Arsenal’s size that we are pleading poverty at the moment considering for the last 2 seasons our net spend is 45 million which equates to 22.5 million a year.
You dont think getting in the CL is important to him?
Gambon
I think that’s where his aspirations end as far as arsenal’s Sporting endeavors are concerned
Should have stopped there. If you’re guessing Stan is withholding transfer funds it’s because you want to guess that. It’s clear we had a set budget for the season and that was that. After so many years wasting money it’s understandable
Erm
You mean making Stan profit most seasons bar 2-3 anomalous transfer windows in about 16
Guys, stop being bitches.
2 rules
Blog of love, be nice
Pedro knows, always
Gambon
You are correct that we have clearly spent our transfer budget in June. However, I do think that Arsenal do have money to spend if they want to go an extra mile and buy a “special player”.
Our net spend transfer budget is covered by our commercial sponsorship so it
should be £110 million next summer. Hopefully there will be some sales as well.
My real concern is that the club keeps on growing its bank balance. No other
EPL club operates in this way.
Yannick,Carrasco is back on.it seems. There’s talk that he’s already passed a medical in China already and has agreed to a pay cut.
Pedro
Hang on there. I’ve been getting stick for suggesting this squad is capable of top four. I’m not being vindictive or even name calling. I’m simply laughing at the speed of the turnaround in our fortunes thus proving me correct. And thoroughly relishing it
“Pedro knows, always”
Fuck Off!
I say that with love Pedro.
Dissenter
I’m glad
I like Carrasco
Think he can make a difference
Silky player. Great little bag of tricks. Right up my steet
Top 4 is a given because Emery is one of the best managers in the World.
PedRo normally knows. his blogs are always a must read: today -however- he is very much misplaced in his assumption that 3 of our brightest young talents developments are best served in the Bundesliga. the Bundesliga has awful lot going for itself ( tickets prices, etc)- But the pace of the game is a lot slower than here. If Emery/Raul had a genuine strategy – these players would have been loaned out on the 1st Jan- not the 31st! Truth is – there is no strategy/long term planning or any aim to coach/nurture and mentor our young players- they prefer… Read more »
Too many Accountants and not enough supporters on this blog.
Suarez will walk straight into the team as captain and boss the premier league.
Remember Barcelona were the club that took the renowned baller Song off our hands…lol..they are a joke club.
“”Song off our hands…lol..they are a joke club.””
raul was the DOF!
I’m still going with the theory that it’s a possibility that the club is being sensible about spending any more money with Emery in charge as they have reservations about him being the right Man for the job. I’m sure they are looking at crowd attendances, the style of football we are playing, his treatment of Ozil and possibly Ramsey , the failure to address our defensive failings, so the club are correct in not spending money knowing that the manager will be out the door within a few months ….sensible thinking. Makes sense doesn’t it , if Emery shows… Read more »
Redtruth
I am both, just read the Arsenal May 2018 full accounts as available on Companies House in the link below. They certainly don’t give the impression that we are short on funds. The strangest thing I took from the accounts is the £120m profit we made on selling playing registrations which doesn’t seem to align with my perception that we are not good at moving on players. Maybe that perception comes from letting Ramsey / Welbeck leave on frees in the summer when we could have got £60m for the pair in the summer.
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Un Na
No, you get stick because (among other things) you claim that if we don’t finish fourth, it’s on Emery. This is nonsense. That we are capable of finishing fourth doesn’t mean we’re well-positioned to finish fourth. We’re not, as at least five teams have better squads than we do.
Anything above sixth place will be over-achieving.
Germany is an excellent place for young players to develop; the PL is not. Our recent loan out moves are smart.
“Anything above sixth place will be over-achieving.”
Wenger over achieved for 20 years- you cant stand him Bamford!
We should welcome Suarez with open arms.
Barcelona’s bench is stronger than our first team.
Everything I’m reading says Carrasco is off. A shame because we really need two dribbling wide players. 1 + 1 = 3 in cases like this. Hopefully we get someone.
Germany is an excellent place for young players to develop; the PL is not. Our recent loan out moves are smart.
I believe we now have a loan coordinator or something like that
“Wenger over achieved for 20 years- you cant stand him Bamford!”
Seriously Charlie, fuck off on Untold.
“Barcelona’s bench is stronger than our first team.”
lol not so far from the truth.
CG
No, he didn’t overachieve at all. One, he built squads that were inadequate despite his having ample resources to build excellent squads. Two, because he had decent squads at times that could have contended for the title if he had given them proper organization, defensive solidity and tactics. He didn’t. He was too busy trying to prove he could succeed with his old world ways. He failed, badly.
HL
no manager has won the FA Cups more than Wenger
no manger has gone the whole season unbeaten
No one will probably break these nearly impossible achievements
And u have the moniker Legend in your title!!??
“””No, he didn’t overachieve at all””
ok- Bamford.
Your measuring stick is a tough ask for the new regime then…
Not impressed by this Suarez deal but it brings back memories of the excellent luis Suarez , awesome player and that infamous £1 fiasco.
Purely hypothetical but I wonder how are current regime would have handled that transfer, I think they would have got it done , just something to get your teeth into !
What about Denis Suarez being a loan deal are people finding hard to digest??
Emirates
We are not pleading poverty, and Kroenke isn’t withholding anything.
Re the latter, see TR7’s post from two days ago, which established that while cash might have been 200m+ in June, it’s likely more around 100m now.
Re the former, we’re simply saying loans are the best thing for us — given our wage bill, given our accumulated dross — in the January window. It’s a way of avoiding costly, long term mistakes.
Actually,when you think about it , what Charlie George is saying is quite true going by the reasoning of Bamford,dissenter, Marko, Cesc Appeal etc who think achieving top 4 for Emery is actually over achieving.
It’s a well known fact that over the period of Wenger’s management the net spend at Arsenal over the 20 years he was at the club was below city spurs ,chelsea, Liverpool and United.
So yes ,without a doubt ,Wenger over achieved …..you are right Charlie.
CG
Are you fucking thick? Wenger wasn’t working with the sixth best squad in the league. Yes, he left us with such a squad, but for most of his last ten years, he had something much better than that. Further, our metric for the new regime this season — given the poverty of the squad — will obviously change next season and the following and the following, given that the squad should improve. If it doesn’t, we will have issues with the new regime.
“”What about Denis Suarez being a loan deal are people finding hard to digest??””
because ESR had to facilitate it!
Emery would rather have an ex player- rather than coach ESR into a better player.
What is the point of appointing any coach- if he is just going to bring his old players and not coach the ones at his disposal?
(to be fair to Emery – he is not the first or the last coach to do this)
but its smacks of short-termism! (And devoid of imagination)
Pierre
Except that he could have spent more (on transfers) than he did, so no. He chose not to spend when he should have; that is entirely on him.
CG
You are so fucking clueless; it is painful to read your posts. Whatever ESR is at the moment, 25 year old Denis Suarez is further along and more the dribbling wide player we need at moment. ESR needs time and space to develop, something Germany is far better than England for.
Pedro
Please save us from these fucking morons.
By some accounts the loan for Smith-Rowe was always on the cards, it was going to be from the start of the season but Emery wanted to keep him for the cup games and bed him into his way of training and tactical ideas. Now Emery has gone for a player he feels can give us something more (Suarez) as he has more experience. A loan move seems a safe bet to see if it works out. If not he goes back to Spain and we get Smith-Rowe back, hopefully having played a dozen games or so – more that… Read more »
Arsenal massively underachieved under Wenger, before Wenger Arsenal shared 10 league titles with Utd, after Wenger’s departure, Arsenal.fell a huge 7 league titles behind Utd.
Pierre says things like that just ignore him. He’s clearly not someone to take seriously.
Bamford –
you know- every time you swear. You are coming undone in your argument…
Just hoping Suarez has a little more end product than Alex Hleb did. Although right know even he would look like Messi compared to Ozil !
No, Charlie, my argument is clearly correct. That’s obvious. I swear, though, because dealing with idiots (and bad arguments) is enormously frustrating.
Radical idea I know but, maybe just wait and see how Suarez does before we lynch him?
If he doesn’t work out he goes back to Barcelona.
Also from his own statements Suarez has really pushed to join The Arsenal, so lets hope his desire to get his career on track (its been stop go for a few seasons now) sees him step up and be counted
Second Bamford
Looks like Suarez is official official now. Pedro has posted a photo of Emery shaking his hand at Colney on Twitter.
Also from his own statements Suarez has really pushed to join The Arsenal, so lets hope his desire to get his career on track (its been stop go for a few seasons now) sees him step up and be counted
Excellent point
Looks like Suarez is official official now. Pedro has posted a photo of Emery shaking his hand at Colney on Twitter.
Probably with the caption two cunts aim to destroy Arsenal
Marko
I know. Pedro has really been petty of late. Today’s post is no exception.
He pushed to join a manager who didn’t know how to use him if we are to believe this morning’s post
Silly boy Suarez
Those 7 FA Cups should be marked with an asterisk.
* No longer a premier competition.
Marko
You forgot to put Spanish in your caption.
Pierre
Er, no he didn’t.
After moving to the Emirates he underachieved.
RT is right, “too many Accountants” on here.
“I’ve been pushing hard to come here. I’m finally here now, I’m really pleased. I have a very good relationship with Unai Emery. I think he’s a very demanding coach and one of the best coaches in the world right now – I’ve been saying that for a while.”
– Denis Suarez, just now
Bamford
Bla bla bla
I get stick because isn’t what I was getting at. My point was that I get stick, who cares about the reasons? There are pricks on this comment section and they like to have a pop because I don’t share their opinion. That’s it. I don’t care why.
And it’s not a complaint. I relish it more often than not
What has “net spend” got to do with anything?
Yet another feeble excuse.
No, Charlie, my argument is clearly correct. That’s obvious. I swear, though, because dealing with idiots (and bad arguments) is enormously frustrating.
Bamford
See. Why do you have to call names? You wouldn’t dare speak to someone like that face to face in a bar for obvious reasons so why do it here? Why call him an idiot beacuse he doesn’t share your view? Why call him xenophobic for wanting more English players? You were labelled yourself recently by dale and you didn’t like it.
Will be interesting to see the kind of impact that Denis Suarez makes on the team, not expecting much to be honest but would love to be proven wrong and pleasantly surprised.
Where does he slot in? Probably Iwobi’s spot?
MarkoI know. Pedro has really been petty of late. Today’s post is no exception.
Bamford
As opposed to who? He’s getting catty comments non stop from the likes of marko. Why shouldn’t he give a little back? Typical lefty view point.
RH, these tables you are consistently shaking has pedro on it ooo. Only full blooded naija guy fit understand wetin I just talk
.New Signing Denis Suarez “I have a very good relationship with Unai Emery” Is it not that the fundamental problem here? that there has been a relationship before? Far too cosy.. Surely – we want a coach -who builds on the relationships of the players we already have. Not regurgitate previous ones? if Emery favours Suarez over the established players- this will undoubtedly cause friction in the camp- and accusations of favouritism … Its an unimaginative, needless and totally counter productive signing. an internal position to his position would ultimately served Arsenal ‘s long term prospects better. OR EVEN A… Read more »
Lol @ Vickingz
Make i leave table small
Bamford10January 31, 2019 12:49:01 CGYou are so fucking clueless; it is painful to read your posts. Whatever ESR is at the moment, 25 year old Denis Suarez is further along and more the dribbling wide player we need at moment. ESR needs time and space to develop, something Germany is far better than England for. Bamford10January 31, 2019 12:49:28 PedroPlease save us from these fucking morons. Bamford So On one hand he’s petty but the next he’s your saviour form the polite postings of another’s footballing views?? Do you realise how pathetic that is?? You’re calling some one thick and… Read more »
Is it not that the fundamental problem here?
that there has been a relationship before? Far too cosy..
You’re an idiot.
Surely – we want a coach -who builds on the relationships of the players we already have. Not regurgitate previous ones?
Wenger should never have signed up Henry.
to be honest I am okay with denis saurez he has a lot to prove and he models his game on iniesta and if he can be half a player he was then we have a good deal
but if we can get nkunku that would be a good deal as he is a strong runner and we need that in our midfield
Morata deal to Atleti is an odd one from the outside looking in, the opposite of your archetypal Simeone type player but he clearly sees something worth pursuing in him considering he already has Costa, Griezmann and Kalinic at CF. Such a broody and delicate character though that needs a perfect environment to perform, was throwing up red flags way back in October/November 2017 even in the midst of his purple patch upon joining Chelsea that he never wanted to leave Italy and missed the culture/lifestyle of back home in Spain/Turin that had to make you question his mentality and… Read more »
Charlie George and Pierre are the ultimate proof that the akb breed will live forever.
Jesus Christ, can we have even just two-three days break from these new nutters on here.
fk it. I’m glad we got bodies in. good to know emery (if not the club) is serious in getting CL footie next season.
Hope we get in nkuku (however its spelt). Then I’ll be really optimistic. Still crossing my fingers that we will use more youth in the second half of the season.
No offense Charlie George but I suspect I’m not the only person whose eyes are tired of rolling every time I read one of your comments
The thing is I scroll past, but when every other comment is about Engurland or the likes it gets abit much.
“”Wenger should never have signed up Henry””
Well lets hope history repeats itself with Suarez then. I will offer apologies and admit I was wrong -if he turns out as good)
But you don’t rate Wenger though,Marko ?(good bit of business that from Mr. Wenger)
You said emery hasn’t improved one player in the squad but he has
Mustafi, xhaka, bellerin, holding, kolasinac have all been better this season than last. Some made more progress than others, but all of them have done better
Bamford
Suarez is chatting a load of shit surely? The manager doesn’t even know how to use him.
exactly 1 year ago the club landed auba and gotta say he has been tremendously good! if denis is even half the player auba is most of the people here will be happier to watch to games the next couple months I guess! well at least I will be 😀 and what was the wenger nonsense of january being a hard month to do deals? I recall some really good signings like arshavin and monreal ( and some broken back duds too lol ) who have helped resque seasons of past when things were hanging in the balance. 🙂 really… Read more »
Marko your boy Maxi Gomez joining West Ham in the summer for 40 million.
They look to be building a legit side between Gomez, Felipe Anderson, Nasri, keeping Arnautovic, Declan Rice,
I would imagine it will be Suarez, Ramsey, Iwobi as the attacking midfield behind a ST unless someone else arrives.
We have to stop this thing of having Aubameyang as a LM, only one of Lacazette or Aubameyang can play ST. They will have to compete for the spot.
Still wanting to see Perisic or Carrasco, wouldn’t mind Nkunku though.
China
No offense Charlie George but I suspect I’m not the only person whose eyes are tired of rolling every time I read one of your comments
as I keep said, I have never seen a posters reputation go so low so fast on this blog. Hats off to Charlie George.
as I said**
Valencia desperately trying mid-way through his loan spell to get rid of Batshuayi, another Le-Grove former favourite.
But you don’t rate Wenger though,Marko ?(good bit of business that from Mr. Wenger)
If it’s tit for tat on Wenger signings I’m afraid you’ll lose especially in recent years. But I foolishly continue to respond to you so I apologise to everyone else for that
Suarez seems like he bring some Hleb-like ingredients to the squad but the question is the mentality, and will he show for the ball when we need him to.
Hleb had the balls to do that, let’s see if Suarez does.
CA
Yeah agreed suspect that is how we’ll look with Auba likely getting the nod in the PL and Lacazette in the EL.
Seems a bit mental to have one of our two best outfielders sitting on the bench but that’s where we find ourselves as they are both traditional no.9’s and not versatile enough too play across the frontline.
Gives serious credence to selling one of them to upgrade our wide positions in the summer, unfortunate but it’s just such a waste of resources to have one of our best two players as a perennial bench warmer.
Marko your boy Maxi Gomez joining West Ham in the summer for 40 million.
I’m fucking sick man the lad is mustard. Him along with Jovic are arguably the best young strikers in Europe for me. And why is he going to West Ham? He’ll be looking to leave in a season two max. You think Anderson is sticking around there? He’ll be off as soon as Pellegrini is sacked. Maybe not sacked but he’ll want out too. Diop as well was a good signing for them
Getting Carrasco in as well would be great, won’t get my hopes up though expecting a 50-50 between nobody else and Nkunku.
CG I don’t mean to attack you, honestly. I’m not a fan of some of the bullying that takes place on here, and I try not to resort to swearing much or getting personal. My issue with you is that it’s clear you have picked your side and that’s that. Logic, sense, reason.. it’s all irrelevant now. You have decided that Emery = bad. So now, everything little thing that happens, you will find something bad in it, and IF you manage to see some good in it, you will either ignore this, or wil attribute it to something other… Read more »
West Ham – where premier league careers go to die or other leagues players go to get in the shop window!
I know I know Mbappe is about 20. I don’t count him because he’s already an established superstar
WE We have to sell one of them, I’m guessing it would be Lacazette. As you say we simply cannot have £60 Million worth of funds on the bench when we need a RB, CB x2, LB, CM, LM, RM, CAM. Just crazy. It’s not a quality statement at all, in fact you are admitting he is quality because he’s worth so much, more necessity. Interested to see what our summer plans are. Sanllehi said we had most of our plans worked out in April last year, I would imagine it will be the same. Now that Emery has had… Read more »
Marko Few decent emerging CF’s around now with Jovic, Haller, Piatek who Milan swiftly bought, Maxi Gomez, Duvan Zapata although he is 27 is having a colossal break out season with 20 goals already and we’re still not out of January, scored a brace in the 3-0 Cup win vs Juventus just there. Eintracht Frankfurt are sitting on a gold-mine and I’d say that they cannot believe their luck. Between Jovic, Haller and Rebic they have the potential to bring in well over 100 million. Shout out as well to the old-boys Quagliarella at 36 and Stuani at 32 who… Read more »
Did anyone else find that announcement video for Denis Suarez cringeworthy? Especially when he says Bergkamp and Henry were secret heroes of his? Yeah pal, sure they were.
Ho hum, what an uninspiring signing.
Happy to be proved wrong but I would have rather given our youth products more game time and saved the money for the summer transfer window.
Let’s hope Emery can get the best out of this Barca reject we’ve spent basically all window trying to sign.
At least he’s not pushing 30.
I still don’t get this sell laca argument. It’s like saying sell bergkamp because we have Henry.
Wenger Eagle
You mean our only two strikers.
Offloading 50% of our scoring potential.
Great idea.
I would much rather we got Ozil back to playing at some kind of respectable level and got him off the books before we touch Laca.