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TWO DAYS WITH NO POST.
Sorry, I was crushed by advertising challenges. If you don’t plug those leaks, eventually there will be a flood my friends. Let that be a potent lesson to those sleeping in wet tents.
Right, what have we today?
John Cross and Sami Mokbel both reckon AFC has £45m to spend this summer.
David Ornstein told Arsecast there’s £100m to spend.
A CLASH OF THE MIGHTY ITK.
To be absolutely straight with you, I had heard the lower number from the same places that I hear good things from.
As Gambon from the comments pointed out, it’s way too fucking early to talking budgets.
We could finish 4th and earn an extra £40m next season… or we could finish 8th and not make Europe at all.
5- Arsenals revenue for next season will be c£450m without CL football, £470m with CL football. In 2016/17 Arsenal had revenues of £420m, and had a net spend of £92m. Arsenal can afford to repeat their spending of 2016/17 with a £450m predicted revenue.
— Gambon (@TheMightyGambon) February 5, 2019
So here’s where the whole thing gets a bit blurred… yes, we should be able to spend a lot of money, but Sami Mokbel is very well connected, and say what you want about John Cross, the man knows all the tea ladies behind the scenes. What I’m saying here is the club is briefing a low number and they are doing it on purpose.
Why?
Well, they could be greasing the wheels to sell a major player that won’t be popular. Lacazette, our super-saucy-swag-machine of a striker could be on the way out because let’s be real, he’s the most saleable asset we have going into the summer.
Stan K could be keen to rein in our expenditure now he’s taken us private. Remember the e-mail for money saving that went to all the staff? That could point to tighter days.
It could be that absolute Arsenal classic: ‘Why would you tell people you are rich?’
The strategy is unclear and the leak feels very odd after Josh K literally told Jonathan Wilson he wanted to win the Champions League a few days ago.
Anyway, if the money is £45m, it’s going to be a tough summer.
Interesting that Ornstein also said there were disagreements about Suarez, and that the club really fancied Perisic.
The good times are certainly not going to land if that’s the future of our deals.
I’m even a little worried about the Monchi hire. The jury is out on the Roma tenure despite a great run the Champions League. I’d argue that he oversold after his first season, now his team are languishing a bit. Everything looks a little bit like we’re loading the club up with Europa League talent, which doesn’t leave me feeling even slightly aroused.
Still, one thing is for sure, it does seem like the reason for not purchasing was related to value more than cash flow. We could easily have dropped a madness last month. We didn’t, which shows we learnt a lesson.
Right, I have to go back to my world of hell and cry into a branded hoodie.
Big love to you all, thanks for standing by me during times of pain. x
P.S. I thought this infographic was amazing for how misleading it is.
Klopp didn’t spend £70m and took over Oct 15, spending £5.1m in his first transfer window.
That number for Poch is from his Southampton days.
Koeman dropped 45 in his first 24 for Southampton and didn’t make the list.
Conte smashed the list and was available last summer. What? I’m just saying? Damn, you are so touchy…
Dan you definitely follow Pedro on Twitter. Outside of Suarez Emery hasn’t worked with any of the signings made since he got here and one could debate the Suarez signing was as much a Raul signing or perhaps just the only one we could get over the line. The power vacuum stuff is hilarious we replaced the all powerful Wenger with the all powerful Emery. Oh purleese
Again Bamford. Without the benefit of hindsight, who were you calling for at the time? The thing about those “expensive” players that I was calling for is that they were costly because they were usually in demand by other big clubs.
At the time when we had a reasonably decent team, those were the players we needed to go after. We were usually 3 good signings away from a team that could compete with the successful clubs. It’s now drifted out to 9 or 10.
Dan Ahem,
I really think we should be looking at players closer to home; your Lascelles, Grealishes, Clarkes etc. Apparently City will be bidding £50m for Chillwell and £30m for Wan Bissaka. These really are the sorts of players we should be looking at as well as throwing our own yoingsters into the mix.
We really should be steering clear of any players English or foreign that are 29 or over.
You’re a strange old bird dissenter. Don’t like it when people talk about Monchi don’t like it when people talk about Mavropanos. Very hard to impress. I would imagine Monchi’s track record is why he’d be an exciting hire. I wouldn’t mind Overmars but Ajax are something else entirely they’re a club who don’t really buy well but develop well and I don’t think it’d be the same over here. Edu as well. There’s probably pros and cons to all but more pros with Monchi his work ethic is apparently good
qna
You were one of the few people here who wanted Sanchez sold pronto
You, myself, Carts and Cesc Appeal [could be forgetting others] were in that lonely group in 2017. Bamfird was in the other camo of thise who wanted us to keep him.
You don’t have to prove anything to Bamford tbh.
We needed those big signings at the time and we could have afforded them with good custodianship.
Mahrez having a mini nightmare at City
So much money spent on a player you don’t really need.
The Emery power grab comment was hilarious between
I have no doubt Wenger told him that he would strengthen the squad, but instead he saw the best players sold off. Wenger was a creep who broke his word.
Did it to more than a few over the years. Last he did it to was Sanchez
Wan Bissaka is definitely someone we should be looking at. Fantastic talent and being in London should give us an edge. Be awful if he ended up at Spurs
BennyD We have been linked to Konate, 19 yo, Kamara 19 yo, and Ginter, 25 yo, for CB. Also Grimaldo 23 yo linked today for LB. Troussard 24 yo for the wing. Rabiot 23 yo for CM. All of these links have been this week. These are the kind of signings we should be looking at doing, even Ginter at 25 is still young enough to play 6-7 years for us. Would prefer one of the younger ones though. Only one Emery has worked with is Rabiot and I would take him in a heartbeat. The profile of players we… Read more »
Marko I don’t quite follow what you mean.
Only player we signed was a former Emery guy. Sure he was a Raul guy too but that doesn’t take away from it.
We also wanted Nkunku, and if that didn’t happen, according to Orn, N’zonzi. And before the window the rumour was we’d try to recruit Banega. All former Emery guys.
Granted, the wingers we wanted weren’t from him, but that’s still an awful lot of former-player-based recruitment.
I would love Overmars if it meant we focused more on developing our own talent plus he could tap into the next generation of Dutch maestros. Yes please.
We have been linked to Konate, 19 yo, Kamara 19 yo, and Ginter, 25 yo, for CB. Also Grimaldo 23 yo linked today for LB. Troussard 24 yo for the wing. Rabiot 23 yo for CM. All of these links have been this week.
Trossard aside these links to me are mouthwatering. Grimaldo is one of the best young LB’s in Europe and Konate and Sarr are very highly rated CB’s with pace. Ginter is interesting too didn’t quite work out at Dortmund but was highly rated. 23 appearences for Germany too
QNA I don’t remember who I might have been talking up at that time, but that’s also totally irrelevant. The club doesn’t sign players on the basis of what Bamford10 or QNA think; that’s why we have a chief scout and a host of scouts who report to him. They know quality players that can be signed for less than 75m; whether I know of such players is irrelevant. The notion that Arsenal was going to solve its starting XI and squad issues by signing three 75m players was ridiculous, even if I couldn’t personally tell you which 20m this… Read more »
As long as the owners tell us the truth about our finances, I have no issue with them.
Football is a sports where you give your best and whatever happens happens.
If the players are doing their level best and get beaten, I will still cheer them on.
Dan Chelsea are being linked with Sarabia of Sevilla because he’s having a good season are we to avoid because he played under Emery? Nkunku and Nsoki or Kimpembe are we to avoid these players if they become available because Emery worked with them? People are obsessing about this notion of Emery being too powerful because it’s part of an obvious agenda taking place. He’s not making the signings any say he has is absolutely minimal and that’s it. We didn’t sign Suarez because Emery loves the socks off the lad we signed him because he was barely playing and… Read more »
Marko
Yeah, Troussard is the odd man out there for sure, but nice to see us getting linked with promising young players instead of the older mediocre ones we’ve been reading about for too long. Not just young players either but young players with top flight experience that can help us now and with scope for improvement.
Just have to make it to the summer and hopefully sneak CL.
Bamford.: They know quality players that can be signed for less than 75m But that’s the thing though. They didn’t know did they. And apparently I knew better 99% of the time. I seriously can’t understand why you and everybody else weren’t as mad as I was when we were signing these guys like Arteta, Podolski, Gervinho, Welbeck, Elneny…. the list is endless. None of these guys were cheap Bamford. We threw good money down the drain on mediocre players that we were never in a million years going to win trophies with. Fans like you would justify it and… Read more »
Thomas
You’re right, my mistake, the 8-2 debacle was six months after the Birmingham defeat.
How time flies.
So many wonderful memories.
Freddie it seems like we’re actually actively working already on potential summer signings which is good. It’s honestly the only way we’re going to be successful again making shrewd moves before other clubs. I would like to see us announce something we’ve lined up for in the summer like Bayern with Pavard, Barcelona with De Jong and Chelsea with Pulisic. The obvious one would be Rabiot but he’s probably waiting to see if we make Champions league or if someone else comes in. I’d like us to line up Pepe for the summer
Graham, digging over a painful past. Why?
Pedro
One question.
How do do it all do it what they do it for.?
Won’t somebody tell.
If only we knew it how do it all do it , you can bet we’d be doing it as well.
Marko “. We didn’t sign Suarez because Emery loves the socks off the lad we signed him because he was barely playing and was available on loan with no obligation to buy and that’s it” Now let me get this right You are saying that Emery doesn’t particularly rate Saurez but he thought he would bring him in to Arsenal football club because he wasn’t good enough to get in the team but he was available ( probably because no one else wanted him) so we may as well bring him into the club as we won’t have to sign… Read more »
Marko
I mention bissaka the other day definitely a talent.
It’s nice going into a window with a plan, except for last summer we haven’t been blessed with that very often.
Can’t see us announcing anyone early, it’s just not the Arsenal way, unsettling player and club, class and all that jazz, would have been nice though. Maybe if the fans (outside a couple of loonies like now) start getting really restless.
Rabiot is a decent player, but I am not convinced that he would fit for the EPL. Coaches tend to use him as 8 or a 6, however He see himself as an attacking midfielder. So he could be a replacement/upgrade on Xhaka. However he also comes with a lot of baggage. 1) his mother is his agent and she is a nightmare to deal with. Every clubs she tried to negotiate, have said the same thing. Greedy does not even start to state it. He wants between 12 and 18 millions a year Net as salary because of the… Read more »
Pedro
We’re off down to the village fete, we go there every autumn, we chase the girls an pinch their buns for the butter that’s inside them.
If you believe this story,which I take with a huge pinch of salt, but even if it’s true , fans need to beer in mind that very few clubs pay the whole transfer upfront it’s usually over the course of the contract. Contract me anyone but did the club pay the whole of Tiera transfer upfront I don’t think they did. The club will also will be willing players , so that will help bring down the wage bill. Bottom line I think it’s more 100 million and if the club can dump some of the dead wood and bring… Read more »
“Can’t see us announcing anyone early, it’s just not the Arsenal way, unsettling player and club, class and all that jazz, would have been nice though”
I’m pretty sure we pissed up Inter and Perisic.
Valentin
He sees himself as an attacking midfielder? No he sees himself as a box to box player, a CM, doesn’t mean he can’t do defensive duties as well. We could do a lot worse than playing any 2 of Torreira Rabiot Guen at the base of midfield or even all 3 in some matches.
Also, do you think Xhaka is an attacking midfielder? That’s weird.
Pedro
In design toshiba are to exponents
They always specify best quality components.
Built to last longer as a matter of fact.
So it still sounds good when you give it some of that….
Hello hello toshiba
A lot of the links are very interesting. If we dont make the CL, I think we really do need to go back to the drawing board. Buy quality younger players under 23 years old, and rebuild the squad. If we make the CL I think it will be slightly different. At the end of the day, its become impossible to build a great team of top 23-28 year olds, because the transfer market has gone insane. Look at Pepe. He is absolutely the number 1 player in Europe that we could do with right now……but as a result of… Read more »
Azed
True, we did. Maybe things are changing, good if it is, we’ve been far to nice in the transfer market.
We pissed off a club in China and one in Italy this winter alone, I’m sure Barcelona are pissed off though they didn’t get their obligation to buy clause.
I don’t think we are in the business of playing nice anymore
“We would sell Mykhitaryan for £10m and wonder where the other £60m is coming from.”
We could get 50k and some fortnite points from Ozil.
Pedro
Chicken on ham don’t take long…..
Garlic sausage meaty tounge…
You can make them special bake em grill or fry them….
Just try them eat them you can’t beat them….
Matterson make them an there’s no doubt all the yummy in there you bring it out.
Gambon we can always demand Kroenke gives us the 60m or force him out.
Thought that was the thing now.. Blame the owner
Ginter on the other hand, im not keen on
Isnt he significantly slow?
Hes basically another Chambers/Holding. Good on the ball, not physically impressive.
Will be a disaster in EMerys system.
gambon Don’t think he’s that slow, but he’s definitely not as athletic as the other 2, at his age there’s not that much room for improvement either. Would prefer Kamara or Konate for sure. Considering Leipzig are already talking about extending ESRs loan there could be something in the Konate links. Would be a good deal for us, getting ESR experience at a top club but away from the spotlight in England and get a top talent at CB in the bargain. Talks that we want to use Monreal in a deal for Grimaldo, if true it’s a very good… Read more »
Konate is an interesting one.
RBL sporting director said they have an excellent relationship with Arsenal.
Dangle the carrot of ESR on a free loan, and maybe one other of Nketiah, Saka, Nelson or Amaechi and see if they want to do business.
The UKB’s fanbase is growing and will soon dwarf the AKB’s
Marko — Those links are great, I was worried stuff like that would drop off the radar with Sven leaving.
But you’re deluding yourself too. You really think we signed Denis Suárez for no reason other than him being available? Come on.
Ginter on the other hand, im not keen onIsnt he significantly slow?
Not significantly slow when I’ve seen him. Very competent at RB too but I think it’s his leadership qualities that stand out for him. You did say yesterday one young CB and a 25-29 year old CB.
“But you’re deluding yourself too. You really think we signed Denis Suárez for no reason other than him being available? Come on.”
We wanted someone who could play on the wings and they were three options( Suarez, Carrasco and Perisic) and we signed the only one we could get on our terms so yes the only reason we signed him was because he was the only one that was available to us on our condition.
Also you’re missing the point. It’s not about avoiding players because they are Emery alumni. The issue is narrowing your targets to who you’re used to already.
You really think we signed Denis Suárez for no reason other than him being available? Come on.
Sure why not. He was available not getting game time cost feck all for a loan fee and they knew him and that’s it. You think he was a long term target? The only reason we didn’t get Perisic was because they wanted an obligation and the only reason we didn’t get Carrasco was because the loan fee was way too small and we couldn’t/wouldn’t budge on it. This worry of us just bringing in oldies Emery has worked with isn’t true
Wan Bissaka would be a great signing, especially with Bellerin being hit and miss and returning from an ACL which is always a worry.
But I think he’s going to cost a lot.
Bringing in players like Wan Bissaka and Konate starts to move the defence to what Emery wants or a defence that is more likely to work in an Emery system.
Aarons might be more likely, links to him before
The issue is narrowing your targets to who you’re used to already.
What evidence is their of that other than Suarez? There is no issue. We signed Torreira and not Nzonzi and we signed Sokratis instead of Simon Kjaar.
Are you auditioning for PR officer? Summer signings are irrelevant. Emery is a summer signing himself. You think they were sitting around jerking each other off until the new manager came in and told them who to buy? But look at the window once he’s been in a few months. Head of recruitment decides to leave, and instead of working to pick up a desperately needed RB, or even a CB, we’re focusing on midfield and wing. Why’s midfield a concern? Well for one you’ve got Ramsey and Özil benched by the manager. Who do we look at instead? A… Read more »
@Freddie, I don’t see Xhaka as an attacking midfielder more as a mix between a 8 and a 6. Rabiot see himself as a mix between a 8 and a 10. That was the issue at PSG with previous coaches who wanted to play him as a mix of 6 and 8. Because of the evolution of tactics, box to box midfield player are a dying breed. What people are looking are versatile 6 with a good passing range. Fernandinho, Kante being the archetype. They can break any attack, but they can either release quickly the ball forward or run… Read more »
At the end of the season, Ryan Sessegnon will have one year left one his deal. If Fulham don’t survive, we should be in there with 20M and loan them some of our youngsters for the season.
Or 10M and Calum Chambers.
azed
Ryan Sessegnon has been underwhelming.
He needs a major rehab before he can be placed back on that high potential talent group again.
Who do we look at instead? A bunch of guys the manager worked with in the past. Suarez, Perisic, Carrasco and Nkunku… he’s worked with two but yes very worrying. I’d be even more concerned if we were linked with Kimpembe, Sarabia,Meunier fuck even Mbappe would have in sweats. Feel free to not be concerned but that does not look like strong management to me. I am very unconcerned with the binning of players like Özil and with replacing them. But again just so that we’re on the same page you’re worried about us just signing up old players that… Read more »
The Unai Emery ex players invasion is real…he is taking over
Be Warned
He needs a major rehab before he can be placed back on that high potential talent group again.
Ridiculous. 2 goals and 5 assists in 22 games after 16 goals and 8 assists in the championship last season all while making the step up at 18 years of age. Honestly what exactly do you expect from the lad
Dissenter
Ryan is 18 and English. He has a lot of time to develop. I would take him in a heart beat.
Funny thing with that is if Sessegnon was doing better we would never be able to afford him or stand a chance of getting him.
Dan,
You make some really good points regarding Emery but don’t forget it’s come out the last few days that it’s the hierarchy and not Emery that want shot of Ozil and Emery could be being leaned on not to play him.
Ramsey has also played a lot too and has been a key player recently.
Totally agree as to why didn’t we go all out for a right back? Maybe there were no decent ones available on a loan basis though?
Considering Emery last job was at PSG, it wouldn’t be such a bad policy of signing players he’s worked with before.
Suarez came from Barca FFS, not Milwall
The players associated with Emery’s past experience are better than most of the overpaid nonsense we’ve stocked up.
Interesting piece on sky sports today in which Emery states he doesn’t know why Sven is leaving as it’s between him and the club, and that he got on with him very well. That puts paid to the likes of Pierre and CG and their ludicrous conspiracies of Emery taking over the club in some sort of power grab. It’s clear with each interview that he’s just the coach and the club are very much in charge and making all the decisions, not him. Like it was ever in any doubt. Been there 8 months now he’s running the whole… Read more »
Marko and azed
Of course Sessegnon is a great talent but he has been underwhelming when you consider the record he had in the championship.
He’s 18y/o but that didn’t stop him last season.
He needs to go to a manager that will help him find his way back. He looks like the new Pochettino project to me. ,
That puts paid to the likes of Pierre and CG and their ludicrous conspiracies of Emery taking over the club in some sort of power grab
They really mean crab people are taking over in the guise of Emery. He’s not actually human you see he’s made up of tiny crabs
Benny — I just find the whole Özil situation bizarre. I understand they’re attempting to freeze him out but in the meantime we’re a) starving for creativity and b) just tanking his value. Imagine how much harder we’re making it to move him when his wages already make it highly unattractive.
RB should’ve been our #1 priority but instead the #1 priority was not spending. So yeah agree with you it’s because we couldn’t find a good free loanee, but these are extraordinary circumstances.
he has been underwhelming when you consider the record he had in the championship. He’s 18y/o but that didn’t stop him last season.
Yeah who knew there’d be a huge step up from the championship to the premier league. Do you actually hear yourself sometimes he’s 18 ffs. At 16 and 17 he was tearing it up in the championship while others were playing reserve football. At 18 what exactly is he expected to be doing…at Fulham by the way. Find his way back… from where from natural progression from learning I suppose.
Dissenter
If Sessegnon had a great season, we would have 0 chance of signing him. There’s a big difference between the EPL and the Championship.
At Fulham, Sessegnon is under pressure to deliver while at Arsenal he would be just one of the guys.
Also aren’t we supposed to be moving into the era were we get young players just before they have that breakout season?
Dan,
Yes I agree 100% regarding Ozil, at £350k per week just play him already. Start him then take him off on the hour like Mourinho did at Madrid. Complete waste on the bench and his range of passing if not anything else has been missing.
Play Aubameyang on the left with Ozil, Ramsey and Torriera then Mihki on the right with Lacazette up top.
Bennydevito “Interesting piece on sky sports today in which Emery states he doesn’t know why Sven is leaving as it’s between him and the club, and that he got on with him very well.That puts paid to the likes of Pierre and CG and their ludicrous conspiracies of Emery taking over the club in some sort of power grab.” You can be quite perceptive with your comments then sometimes you come across as intelligent as Benny from crossroads.( Look him up if you’re not sure) Anyway , was a nice try to discredit me but you won’t find any comment… Read more »
Out of interest; who do we seriously think could take over from Emery if the season ends badly?
Eddie Howe? Nuno Santo? Both doing great jobs on tight budgets, both great at developing young talent, both tactically astute and both ready for a big job?
Benny from crossroads lol!
Good comeback Pierre, seriously. I’ll take that on the chin.
🤣🤣
Fucking Benny from crossroads, that’s genuinely cracked me up!!
🤣🤣
The worst fears that was expected was realised. R.I.P Sala.
Bennydevito
“Out of interest; who do we seriously think could take over from Emery if the season ends badly?”
Has to be Marko .
He would sign anyone who can’t get a game and is available on loan…
Testing, as some previous posts over the last few weeks have disappeared. I have been a member for some years, and am getting rather cross.
Alex James
You are probably posting a word that’s banned ..
Has to be Marko .He would sign anyone who can’t get a game and is available on loan…
Don’t forget dump players who contribute fuck all and fake injuries
Sessegnon has struggled massively so far.
I was at the Emirates where he missed 2 guilt edge chances – I remeber thinking to myself that if he had put those 2 chances away, we could well have lost that game – we were that bad.
I’m siren sessegnon will come good, but when you compare him to, say Maddison or Vinicius Jr, it’s apparent that those players with less top flight experience have risen to the challenge with more effectiveness.
Maybe it’s because Fulham are so poor?!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6680739/Lionel-Messi-leads-way-10-best-paid-footballers-list.html
Number 10… but number one in all our hearts
Maddison has 5 and 4 in 23 games compared to Sessegnon’s 2 and 5 and he’s got 4 years on him. It’s not a fair comparison and there’s not much difference in their output. Also Sessegnon is somewhere between a LB, a LM and a LW.
benny from crossroads :)))))) rofl
Graham62
February 7, 2019
17:22:18
Remember folks this blog was basically established because people were fed up with Wenger and his boring and predictable methods.Correct me if I’m wrong.
wrong. This blog was a homage to Wenger actually, hence why there is a French title. But the comments got anti Wenger and unlike untold, people were not blind here.
Then pedro joined the gang and since its his blog, although he tried to keep a neutral profile, he say the negative impacts of arsene Wenger. Sadly, we still have posters who are brain washed into thinking nothing is Wengers fault.
He saw* the…
Pierre “QNA I am in agreement with you regarding building a team with our younger players but I’m not sure Emery agrees with that philosophy going by the comments from ornstein yesterday . Torreira was much more effective defensively earlier in the season until Emery told him to attack more , since then defensively he has been suspect as he hasn’t the legs or the energy to play box to box ..” Pierre you are all over the shop as usual. Emery doesn’t want to build a youth team because he wants experience according to you. Well last time I… Read more »
Morning Grovers,
Rate Mislintat’s signings:
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11629655/pierre-emerick-aubameyang-matteo-guendouzi-rate-arsenals-signings-under-sven-mislintat
Rate the 8 players signed during Mislintat’s time as head of recruitment.
Goobergooner This is the quote from Ornstein 2 days ago . ““I’m told Unai Emery likes experienced players, he likes to go with players he knows & trusts.” ““So when the Guendouzi signing was being discussed, Emery would have also liked, as an alternative if the Guendouzi one couldn’t be done or as a more immediate signing he could trust for the here and now, to have signed Steven Nzonzi.” “That indicates he likes players he can trust and that he’s worked with at former clubs, and who have experience to do the job now.” I think that clears that… Read more »
Pierre, I think with Mihkitaryan back, we’ll have a more balanced side and,Torriera will be able to do what he does best; sit back and break up play with the odd attacking burst ala Tottenham. I think our attacking play thus results have suffered with both Mihki and Ozil out of the team and it will be interesting to see if they improve now they’re back. I’m not saying the pair are world beaters but on their day are very capable and will bring much needed balance to our side. Ozil should start then come off early, it’s how Mourinho… Read more »
Mikki, has not really been playing well before his injury. Not sure he is the player that can help us.
Agree Ozil needs to be pulled off early or brought in late when players are tired.
I would say depending on the team. If its a team that defends deep, then Ozil may be better utilized as a sub.
Benny. Auba (£60m) – 3/10. Too old. We could not afford to spend our only big transfer probably for the next few years as well on a guy who will just deprecate that away. Should have bought a player that we could possibly sell for £100m in 4 years time. Torreira- 10/10 Guen – 10/10 Nuff said Leno – 6/10 – We could do better, but for the price he is good value for money. He isnt world class, but you have to be prepared to pay for that. He’s good with his feet and allows us to play out… Read more »
*depreciate
Well, up until December Mihki had made 20 appearances in all competitions and along with Welbeck’s injury our attacking options did suffer and it was December that the 22 game unbeaten run came to an end.
Coincidence? Probably, but with Welbeck and Mihki injured, Ozil not featuring, Emery’s options have been limited in the attacking play so it’s bound to have had some bearing on our form.
Bennydevito To be honest , I haven’t a clue how Emery will approach the Huddersfield game. I feel he needs to settle on a formation, a pattern of play and a settled 11. All this changing personnel and formation every game is not really working is it. I have said previously that we should revert back to our early season very successful formation of 4-2-3-1, this formation hasn’t been used since before the Bournemouth game in November. As for who Emery will pick on Saturday , who knows. Saurez is likely to be in , will be play in the… Read more »
Tomorrow’s game will tell us a lot about the team ,the manager and the players…
Will it?
Huddersfield are fighting for their lives at the moment, assuming you think that it’s banker 3 points?
Arsenal will either batter their opponents or will struggle to get behind a team of ten men.
I would drop Auba and play Laca Ozil and Suarez some creativity to open up that back four is needed and give Suarez some minutes.
qna,
Good scores.
I’d sell Aubameyang this summer especially if money’s tight. I’ve read Barcelona are looking to replace L Suarez and believe Aubameyang would fit right in there and with Raul in place we could do a deal, plus if they’re looking to move Coutinho on maybe Aubameyang plus £40m might swing it or we sell him straight for £50m.
Was at the Classico in Barca the other night. Coutinho was awful and Malcolm excellent, after a shaky start. If there were any truth in the Malcolm rumours, it is a pity we got Suarez and not him.
Alex,
Indeed, but if Malcolm’s now getting games and playing well he’ll stay there now. Shame.
Benny
Where are the goals going to come from? Laca, Coutinho?
We don’t need to sell Auba. As poor as he has been recently he is still our top goalscorer.
Samesong,
I hear what you’re saying but he misses a lot of chances and isn’t getting any younger, 1 more season and he will be in decline. I’m just being pragmatic.
Invest the money in someone younger and throw our youngsters like Saka in.
I might be in the minority here but I reckon Zaha would be good for us, and there must be other good young prospects out there who we could sign then sell on at a profit in 3 – 4 years time.
Tammy Abraham from Aston Villa looks pretty good.
What about Timo Werner of RB Leipzig? Liverpool are looking at him and don’t we have players on loan there? Having good relations with them could give us an edge in signing him.
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