OUR NEW GOD
Sooooo, Denis Suarez is set to be returned from whence he came.
The pretty Spaniard has not made much of an impact. Not really surprising, is it? If you’re 25-years-old and a Spanish analyst says you’ve had one good 6 months in your career, the chances of you landing in the Premier League and bossing it like peak-Ronaldo are slim. It was an odd signing. Some might say Unai Emery’s very own Kimmy K moment. SOME I SAID. Calm yourself.
The real banter train that’s hurtling towards us this summer is the transfer market that’s being driven by a Raul and Emery combo team. The hope is that Sven Mislinatat left his password protected hard drive open and we’re raiding that beauty for all the tasty morsels.
If not, expect a smattering of rejects that are struggling at top clubs, exbestpals of Emery, combined with a touch of bizarre.
I cannot wait.
There’s an Italian journo linking us with Luis Campos, not sure if there’s any truth to that or it’s just that I’ve screaming his name like a 14-year-old fan boy at his first Boyzone concert… what a time that was… what a time. Miss you, Stephen.
The other item I was musing is this: Does Raul really want a technical director? He had Sven at the club and ignored him despite a pretty good track record. Part of me thinks he just wants someone in as a cover story so he can live out his Championship Manager dreams.
Ok… I’m not getting upset
*squeally tearful voice*
I just really miss Sven. What did he do that was so wrong? He was just here minding his own business, bringing in cool players and then he’s let go… LIKE A PIECE OF SAUSAGE DOWN THE DRAIN.
The AS Roma boss went to TOWN on Monchi.
“I appreciate that Monchi never set out to fail at Roma but I want to make something very clear; right from the start, I was very clear about the direction I wanted us to go in and that’s why we spent a lot of money bringing Monchi in.
“From the start, I said I wanted first class coaches, first-class performance staff, first-class medical staff, first-class scouting and recruitment and a first-class football organisation. I gave Monchi the keys to deliver that. I gave him 100% control to appoint the coach he wanted, to employ the assistant coaches and the performance staff, to manage the scouting and to bring in the players he wanted. If you look at our results and our performances, it’s clear that this hasn’t worked.
“In November, when our season was going from bad to worse and everyone could see that the coach was struggling to get a reaction out of the players, I asked Monchi for his Plan B should things continue to get worse. He had sole responsibility for football operations at Roma but he didn’t have a Plan B. That was November. He said his Plan B was just to keep doing the same as Plan A.”
Woooooahhhhh… we spent 10 years bitching about Wenger’s lack of a PLAN B.
That is quite the assassination from the Roma boss.
My big fear with Monchi was that we were buying a man adept at punching above his weight for a small team. I’d imagine, like in business, there are specialists that can operate well as specific sizes of business. He was very smart in cutting a market for himself with a small club that could act as a second life for broken players that were undervalued.
‘Come play in the sun, eat good food and drink wine. No pressure.’
I think he struggled when an instant impact was asked of him. Say what you will about Emery, he’ll only make it into the third year of his deal if he’s made substantial gains at Arsenal. Football is too quick to allow people to build empires without significant year on year improvements.
Monchi couldn’t crack it at Roma. He sold too many elite bodies too soon and he filled the pipeline with average.
That. Could. Have. Been. Us.
Now Raul has run out of contacts, perhaps it’s time to go back to the job spec and reassess what we really want from a Technical Director.
For me, the following:
- Someone who can work comfortably in the youth range, and in the 17-23 bracket
- Someone with a reputation for installing exciting coaches
- A person with a deep understanding of technology and data
- A true believer in playing the game the beautiful way
This is Luis Campos on the English.
“I think most English clubs don’t know how to recruit for an issue that I almost think is cultural as almost everyone makes the same mistake. English clubs really like top attacking players, yet to a large extent make them play alongside medium-quality defences”
YES!
Get him in.
Right, that’s me done. Off to a style guide meeting. Fun times. x
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Campos extends contract for 5 years.
Someone who can work comfortably in the youth range, and in the 17-23 bracket
Someone with a reputation for installing exciting coaches
A person with a deep understanding of technology and data
A true believer in playing the game the beautiful way
That’s Steve Morrow!
What the fuck is a style guide meeting?
I know I’m really revealing my ignorance but I frantically googled “Luis Campos” after reading Pedro’s piece.
I panicked when Wikipedia told me that he was a Mexican jazz and rock drummer also known as “Chocs”!!!
Jesus, I thought, we must have REALLY wide selection criteria for the job of Technical Football Sirector!
Or maybe Pedro’s just gone crazy with despair at how long things are taking.
Luckily, the next Wikipedia entry tells me Luis C is also something BIG on the technical side of football.
Unfortunately, he’s apparently being considered as Head of Football by Chelsea..
Style guide > How a brand looks on the internet
“Does Raul really want a technical director?”
My sentiments as well.
Arsenal Football Technical Director Job Specs:
1) Ability to put your name forward for the decisions that Raul takes;
2) Ability to take the rap if those decisions fail
I re-post this link here, it’s fucking hilarious to read Monchi’s talking about a Big project going on at the mighty Sevilla football club.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11669486/monchi-says-he-rejected-arsenal-interest-for-sevilla-project
“Alfred Schreuder, assistant coach of Ajax Amsterdam, will be next season the coach of the German team Hoffenheim, succeeding to Julian Nagelsmann, announced the club Tuesday.”
O – M – F*cking – God…. Pedro, Nagelsmann will be free next summer!!! lol
Highbury the Naggles dude is joining RB Liepzig…this has been known before a ball was kicked this season
Luis Campos…hmmm
So what is solution to this English problem?
But an attacker that is also good at defending?
Buying better defenders?
All of the above?
Whatever, just find us the next Mbappe and were cool
Denis Suarez is simply Kim Källström The Second, a complete waste of time and money.
I had completely forgot about that… but in a way, I was teasing Pedro a little.
lol
Denis Suarez has a broken back ???
Sven is a pussy for leaving us. Whatever. I dont want someone like that at the club. Someone who has little cojones and leaves at the first sign of dischord
How is Suarez situation anything like Kimmy K fiasco? Wenger brings in player with broken back who can’t play for another month when we were still in title race while Suarez was healthy but does not have stamina for English league. It was worthwhile experiment that didn’t turn out.
And I think people are over- intellectualizing the job of technical director because identifying players is all done by computer now. We need someone who is capable of building a balanced squad with quality young players, it not that difficult when all info you need is collated in nifty spreadsheets for you.
Pedro, I know I’ve been sarcastic about Arsenal’s ongoing search for a Technical Director, but your 4 criteria for the role are spot on, with the focus on comfort with working with young players and technology/data. Having said, that, and at the risk of going all Charlie George, it’s interesting that so far all the candidates being bandied around are not English. At this very moment, German Football is going through one of its periods of existential angst and reappraisal (they’ll get through it better and stronger like they did before) after their poor performance at the World Cup, at… Read more »
If not, expect a smattering of rejects that are struggling at top clubs, exbestpals of Emery, combined with a touch of bizarre. So pretty much what we’re use to the last 10-20 years. I don’t buy the ex best pals jibe either but who knows. Actually the links that have been knocking about the last couple months of summer arrivals have been by and large promising. Konate, Grimaldo, Tagliafico, Pepe and now Wan Bissaka are something I can get behind. Also the Campos stuff is pointless to discuss cause there doesn’t seem to be anything to the links. Which is… Read more »
English clubs. (They’re also looking to draw lessons from the way EPL clubs’ academies are set up.)
It’s actually funny you should say that because English academies are having a good time of it lately because for a number of years there they were picking up foreign coaches and heads of whatever to spearhead their academies. Far more successful than the whole cap on foreign players shite they always threatened
Marko, yeah probably should have said something along the lines of “with England youth and EPL academy experience” rather than just “English”
Didn’t Suarez get some valuable minutes against United ?
We still have 8 league games and up to 5 UEFA cup games left in the season. He will get games here and there. This was more of an audition that is not going on well for Suarez at the moment.
It’s absurd to even suggest Suarez was another Kallstrom. I’m told the international break’s boredom helps to out people’s agenda.
I wish we had given Mustafi this type of 6 months audition before buying him.
Someone who can work comfortably in the youth range, and in the 17-23 bracket
Someone with a reputation for installing exciting coaches
A person with a deep understanding of technology and data
A true believer in playing the game the beautiful way
We had the perfect candidate… his name was Sven — and we allowed Raul to get rid of him… why?
At least us fans could voice our displeasure to Wenger on match days when he stood in the dugout, how can we hold Raul (or any of the them for that matter) accountable if they don’t perform?
With all the praise about our fantastic youth system and the fantastic players we have coming through would it be a bit radical to look at a team including all our up and coming prospects filled in by the players we want to keep from the 1st team at the moment ….not sign any one over the summer unless we really have a problem position. …look what it did for man u in the early 90s ….we have some fantastic looking youngsters who need some fath and a chance to shine ….if we keep buying players with big fees we… Read more »
Someone who can work comfortably in the youth range, and in the 17-23 bracket
Someone with a reputation for installing exciting coaches
Worth noting though Sven gave the nod to the hiring of Emery and Lichtsteiner and Sokratis for example were his signings. Would still have kept him though
Unless an outstanding external candidate turns up, I say give Steve Morrow the job. He already heads up the scouting team for our U23s and the academy and he is familiar with how we operate. At least with him we can hit the ground running and prepare for the transfer window. Let him prove himself on a rolling contract… with an option to extend for the club if he does well. What do we have to lose? The longer we allow this search to go on we put our transfer plans into chaos and we’re in danger of sabotaging next… Read more »
Wish people would stop underplaying this role. It’s one of the most important at the club, and if we get it wrong, we’re an irrelevance for the next 5 years.
It is a very hard job and very, very important.
Saurez looks quite a nice tidy player , good technically and appears to like passing to his own team mate ….a skill that is often underrated by many on Le Grove. Sadly it doesn’t look like he will be given a real chance to show us if he is up to standard ….maybe he isn’t very good at tracking back. I and a few others on Le Grove did question the signing of Saurez as he looks a similar player to Ozil and Mhkitaryan so it was pretty obvious that he was going to struggle for game time especially as… Read more »
Chelsea and Man City may be barred from participating for the next few windows… it would be a crying shame if we couldn’t take full advantage of it because we were waiting for the “perfect” candidate.
Qualifying for the Champion’s League is absolutely paramount… if we do, it will be easier to attract players and the sporting director that we want.
Amen to this
Valentin, tears for Roman, really?
“Wish people would stop underplaying this role. It’s one of the most important at the club, and if we get it wrong, we’re an irrelevance for the next 5 years.” Agreed. Why did we allow Raul to fire Seven, on what appears to be a whim or because of a personality clash then? Just who does Raul think he is?!? Due to his power building our club has been left exposed. At least if you’re going to fire someone, only let them go once you’ve secured the successor… it’s been completely amateurish how the club has gone about things. We… Read more »
Tezzer
I’m with you on promoting youth into the first team, they have shown in the cup games that they can handle the pressure so now is the time to draft 3 or 4 of them into the squad unless we decide to bring in more players similar to the Saurez loan signing which will push our youth further down the ladder.
That was another reason for criticising the Saurez loan as it restricted game time for players like Saka,Smith rowe and Willock .
“Why did we allow Raul to fire Sven, on what appears to be a whim or because of a personality clash then? Just who does Raul think he is?!? Due to his power building our club has been left exposed.”
Furthermore, who at club is going to keep Raul accountable, or he is beyond criticism? Because from where I’m standing he looks to have made some very bad calls very early into his tenure.
No man is bigger than the club. Not Arsene, and definitely not Raul.
Reiss Nelson was the cream of the crop in the youth setup and he has been anonymous at Hoffenheim since September.
Go easy on our youths being ready to conquer the world,
Pierre “I’m surprised that our manager hasn’t come under severe criticism from Marko,receding hairline,Bamford, dissenter etc for the Saurez cock up…..imagine if Wenger had made this decision in the knowledge that we were struggling defensively in December and January” As usual, you are just trolling around Keep up with your Wenger-grief The club didn’t have money to spend this summer, the manager stated so publicly and is yet to be controverted. We needed a midfielder who could play on the wings, hence Suarez. We worked harder this January than we ever did under Wenger; kicking every tire that was possible.… Read more »
Leeds
Why Sven? What did he bring us that another scout could not unearth?
Sokratis Licht? Auba?
Hardly gems he unearthed. Guen- yes, but I think any other good scout would have had him on a list too. Lucas ditto
Guns
Leave Leeds alone and let him continue to on about Sven Mislintat.
Monchi didn’t do so well as Roma, same as Mislintat didn’t do that great at Arsenal.
Don’t tell them that though.
Torriera after the initial gra gra has turned out to be not all that..guy is legit struggling right now. We are relying on the much maligned Xhaka and the Turin bound Ramsey to see us over the line.
I will go easy on calling Guendouzi a gem…i am yet to understand what aspect of the game he is meant to be good at. Running around with energy and being fearless are not footballing skills.
Somebody’s going to have to point out Mislintat’s mis-fires whilst at Arsenal to me.
Dissenter
So are you saying that the loan signing of Saurez made sense…
None of what I have said is in hindsight….it was a loan that was doomed to fail.
Quite amusing that you are putting the blame on Wenger for the Saurez fiasco.
“None of what I have said is in hindsight….it was a loan that was doomed to fail.”
Mkhi was struggling with injury, we needed experienced cover for him. Don’t know why you are obsessed with Suarez though but whatever
I’m no expert in psychology and studying people’s body language, nevertheless , it was clear from day one that Denis Suarez didn’t want to be at the club and more significantly, had little or no desire to pull on the Arsenal shirt.
Can I apply for the job of Director of Recruitment?
Zero motivation and zero personality. More suited to being a choir boy.
Good riddance.
Receding
If you want to criticise Torreira ,you should maybe look at our manager’s contribution to his regression.
He started off playing in front of the back 4 and look ready made for the job .However ,in December Emery decided that Torreira needs to be more offensive and that’s when he started to struggle.
He hasn’t the legs or energy to play box to box , he was often left floundering as the game passed him by. .
Torreira just needs to get back to what he does best .
Receding Hairline
Mkhi was struggling with injury, we needed experienced cover for him”
Iwobi, Ramsey,Ozil ,Mhkitaryan, Saka and Smith rowe ….all can do what Saurez was signed to do ….it was doomed to fail..
Pierre
Of course Wenger was not to blame for the “Suarez fiasco”…………………….Or was he?
If.he hadn’t sanctioned the Ozil and Alexis shambles,we could have gone out and actually bought some players.
There’s always a core to the problem Pierre.
Who is making all these dumb decisions at AFC.. ??
Ramsey
Suarez
and now shipping out AMN and Nelson for a defender ??
we have Mavrapoanos and Medley coming .. they need to play
and be trusted
Dissenter
“There was no money to buy a defender…and besides our crocked defenders were going to return back from injury”
Actually we were down to the bare bones re defenders and if we had picked up a couple of more injuries things could have become pretty desperate .
Emery gambled by not bringing in a defender and luckily for him, the gamble came off.
Graham62
Actually, signing players on loan with no obligation ought to be the way of the future.
Had we done that we wouldn’t not have Mustafi on our books.
Suarez cannot even be labeled a failure yet. He may very well be the player that pushes us to a Europa cup win.
Lets wait till May, shall we.
Graham
Actually( as much as you don’t want to hear this ) but wenger did not sanction the Ozil contract , he may have wanted him to stay but he was against paying him such a ludicrous wage .
Pierre
There’s no big deal in a 6-MONTH LOAN failing.
It’s an audition that’s not even fair to Suarez. How do you do well in a new club with a different culture without the benefit of a pre-season?
We set it up to protect ourselves should it “fail”
Torreira is a destroyer and plays a role very similar to that Kante did when he played at Leicester. He should be told to just sit in front our defence and destroy opposition attacks and then to start the counter attack by quickly recycling the ball to our creative players like Özil. He was doing this wonderfully earlier in the season. Frankly, the boy is just jaded. The ability is still there but given the tempo he usually plays each game, I’m not surprised he’s run out of gas. I’m glad Emery is sitting him out… the last thing we… Read more »
Plus the Sanchez deal is being proven to be a good piece of business as Sanchez is gone as a player and Mhkitaryan ,if used correctly, will prove to be a very good signing.
*do so
Leeds
“Torreira is a destroyer and plays a role very similar to that Kante did when he played at Leicester.”
Spot on …he has been misused by the manager but I’m sure he will come to his senses in the end just as he has with Ozil.
Actually( as much as you don’t want to hear this ) but wenger did not sanction the Ozil contract , he may have wanted him to stay but he was against paying him such a ludicrous wage . You’re making stuff up Pierre…as usual Mesut Ozil contract was the cheapest option, says Arsene Wenger “When you let a player go you have to buy somebody of the same calibre and if you add the wages needed it will be similar,” he said. “On top of that we have to pay a transfer. So overall I think Mesut for us was… Read more »
Pierre i didn’t hear your complaints when Torriera burst through on goal and calmly finished against Spurs
You seem wedded to the idea a footballer is only allowed to do one thing right and asking them to make the most of their abilities is overworking them…
the fullbacks shouldn’t go forward but sit , Torriera should just sit in front of the back four doing nothing else, Ozil should just create chances and do flicks …your understanding of the game is weird
Torriera played more forward cetral midfielder role for Sampdoria last season. He’s also played the same role for his country sevral times. He’s a more versatile player that many here may want to believe.
Talking about the player being “misused” is dim because you’ve only watched him for two thirds of the season.
Pedro – I agree technical director is important job but you, and professional clubs, are making this seem more difficult than it is, you’s all debbie downers.
The article other week you posted about clubs now hiring quantum physicists to look at data was ridiculous, identifying quality players is now easier than it ever was and clubs are making it seem like it’s rocket science.
All data club needs is readily available online, focus on a few basics like athleticism/stamina, will to win, body shape/size … to build squad and can’t go wrong.
dont get me wrong i want to see the best that the football world can offer playing for Arsenal..but at the moment with our recruitment situation …supposedly not much money to spend and now no technical director that we know of in the pipeline …may be we should just look at what we have for the next season …as an Arsenal supporter for 50 years i know i would rather get behind a player who is young and raw but is 100% committed to the team than a player swanning around living on past glories i think that i would… Read more »
Torreira, 22 years old, first season in PL, coming off a WC summer. Can’t believe people are suggesting he’s not a great acquisition, ludicrous!
JWL, that’s why you’re an amateur, right?
You think it’s easy. You are wrong.
We bought Suarez just to show activity in the window and appease fans.
Ramsey – am glad he’s going because he had one great season and after that has been inconsistent. We already have a useless Ozil on astronomic wages and do not need a repetition. It will divide the dressing room.
It is a very hard job and very, very important.
It’s vital. Whoever ends up being our DOF or technical director will be charged with sorting out the squad addressing the imbalance in it and effectively driving the club forward in the coming years. It’s huge and vital
Sven Mislintat’s record at Arsenal as I see it. PEA – inconsistent but prolific goalscorer, on track to score 30 goals a season… not enjoyed at Arsenal since RvP left. Misses too many sitters but still an integral part of our attack. (SUCCESS) Sokratis – slow start but he has integrated himself into a good partnership with Kos… a no nonsense defender… adds experience and steel to our backline, mistakes rare, natural leader, a player attackers hate to mess with. (SUCCESS) Guendouzi – fantastic maturity for one so young… full of skill, flair and energy in abundance, suffers from lapses… Read more »
We won nothing since DD left.
He was a shareholder and had the club’s interest at heart.
the other guys seem clueless
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47614547
Declan Rice, if only we moved quicker! THe BBC article seems to suggest he was another that Wenger missed out on!
I know hindsight is 20/20 but he was quality earlier this season… displaced Wilshere and made him an irrelevance at West Ham.
Mgooner
Real talk brother
I / MANY screamed out for a Gilberto type mid in 08/09/10/11/12……………. total crickets from Wenger and co. In Torreira we now have similar protection for the more creative types to create, not just a ball winner, has a great pass percentage as well. Emery’s played him deep protecting back four allowing Xhaka or others to create has also switched tactics and pushed higher up like second half vs Spurs when he scored. Some now throwing stones? Go and have a word with yourselves and report back, the answer wasn’t Arteta, Coquelin, Mohamed Elneny, or Granit Xhaka. Think the lil… Read more »
Receding hairline
You can’t seriohsky be defending the signing of Suarez surely? It was an awful signing. Literally no better than Kim Kallstrom
Marko
‘It’s vital. Whoever ends up being our DOF or technical director will be charged with sorting out the squad addressing the imbalance in it and effectively driving the club forward in the coming years. It’s huge and vital”
…and what will Raul Sanllehi be doing all this while?…, if not “sorting out the squad addressing the imbalance in it and effectively driving the club forward in the coming years”
Don’t get testy, just challenge your erroneous thinking.
sal
“Think the lil man is, makings of club legend.”
Exactly.
Leeds
Agree with all that, Sven did well in his time here. Pity we didn’t see another cycle.
Once Raul eradicated Sven thus dumping the setup Ivan left in place its becoming pretty clear the “technical director” position on offer isn’t that at all.
I’d imagine were in market for a chief scout whom reports to Raul with a glorified title. Paid less if reports are accurate and little freedom.
Precisely why Sven rocked out.
Apparently the powers that be are according to some reports “disappointed but relaxed” about missing out on Monchi because plans for our summer spending is well underway.
In other words, if it all goes wrong this summer, Raul will have no one to blame except himself.
Raul was hired on the strength of his experience and his contacts book.
Time for him to step up.
Raul esta el jefe mas grande. mas grande. gordo
Pierre
For all the differences in our opinions, I genuinely admire your tenacity when it comes to defending the indefensible.
You actually sat in on the negotiations and know that Mr Wenger didn’t approve the Ozil deal and wasn’t responsible for the Sanchez saga? Where did you get your information ?
Your perceptions, although admirable, are way off track.
How’s the golf going?
Rory is back.
Dissenter… erroneous thinking? Really?
Sven left on his own from what I understand.
Or was he fired?
Clarify someone pls
Pedro
“Dissenter… erroneous thinking? Really?”
Yes
Assuming that Raul Sanllehi will be having a long nap while the technical director is reshaping and remolding the club is indeed fantastically flawed thinking.
Sanllehi will have as much say as any appointed director of football/technical director.
Guns
No one knows why Sven left.
Either way all the best to him. Gazidis most likely over-sold Arsenal to him. The scales fell off his eyes after Gazidis jumped ship and he had access to what was previously hidden
‘just speculating, of course.
BobN16
Anyone saying that Torreira is not up to scratch is totally clueless.
It is actually embarrassing to know that we have supporters out there who have such a limited knowledge of the game.
You are 100% correct in everything you say.
Dissenter
Yes and add to that, the small transfer budget. If he wanted to make a name, then he knew without the $, it would be hard. Dude probably thought he needed to unearth gems, in the 50, 000 range .
Then the main players left. Wenger, Ivan, etc.
Anyhow, we need to stop giving these massive contracts out, seems that has been the albatross around our necks regarding transfers
Sven, from what I understand, was informally offered the Technical Director’s position by Gazidas before he swanned off to AC Milan.
When Raul and Vinai split Ivan Gazidas’ role between themselves, it was made clear to Sven that he was going to be passed over the role of Technical Director. Sven obviously took umbrage and left.
…and what will Raul Sanllehi be doing all this while?
I imagine overlooking everything. Or whatever it is that a CEO does day to day at a club
Leeds
Makes sense… but he was not fired. He left on his own…. granted he had a shitty hand played to him
Once Raul eradicated Sven thus dumping the setup Ivan left in place its becoming pretty clear the “technical director” position on offer isn’t that at all.
That actually doesn’t seem to be true at all. We were talking to Monchi and thought that we had Monchi until Sevilla came in at the last minute. Fact is that had we offered him enough salary at the beginning or had Sevilla not got knocked out by Slavia Prague when they did he probably would have been appointed. That to me suggests that it’s not some watered down position at all.
Guendouzi is by no means the finished article. How can he be, he’s only 19?
Yes , he shows immaturity and naivety on occasions but we’ve all seen enough of him to realise that he can become a special player.
Again, those that question his talent are clueless.
If Guen adds some better attacking, scoring to his game, he can be the next Rambo… Guen is strong, wide body, generally quick,, but prone to daydreaming and bad positioning
Give him about 23 years and we sell for 60M plus
With regards to Sven’s time at Arsenal while I would gladly have kept him on its worth noting bar Mavropanos and Guendouzi and Torreira the rest of the signings were frankly lazy. Going back for your mates like Pedro says in Mhiki, Auba and Sokratis isn’t inspiring. Lichtsteiner was simply brain dead and Leno we’ve been linked with him for about 3 seasons anyway. Plus he did nothing on the selling side of things nothing. You wanna blame others for not getting rid of certain players but give Sven credit for the purchases no that’s on him too
There’s a silver lining to this Monchi U-turn.
John Cross, has come out of it with several eggs firmly implanted on his face. 😉
Talksport merely mentioned Paul Mitchell’s name without any substance but he would have been a fantastic hire. Did a good job at Southampton and Spurs and now Leipzig.
I’m waiting for pierres reply to dissenter. Wenger clearly said the opposite to what pierre stated. Will pierre apologise. Can we have a little accountability on this blog for a change.
Luis Campos is Portuguese!
We was a coach.
Now is a scout.