Aaron Ramsey spotted out with horrific character

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Arsenal are apparently FURIOUS with Hannover’s treatment of precocious talent, Takuma Asano. They’re not playing him. Presumably, because his skills are so blinding, it damages the esteem of the other players. Bring him back to Arsenal, let him shine in the Premier League… allow his skills the greatest stage.

There’s really not a lot of good news to talk of…

Matteo… the NEW banter king of North London? I think he jokes about his attraction to Ramsey, but it’s real, the love in his voice, just listen to the admiration… and damn, does Aaron dress well.

In other news… I was in work on Sunday for a pitch (poor me), grabbing a coffee in the Tribeca La Colombe, and I heard British voices in the vicinity, and I was like, ‘oh cool, British voices.’ I normally nod at fellow Brits and make hilarious quips about American’s like, ‘don’t tell them water is pronounced with a T, not a D’, so we can bond. ANYWAY, I turn around and it’s Kit bloody Harrington and Rose Leslie.

Jon flipping Snow ordering a chai latte with a dash of under-the counter-CBD-oil, right in front of my eyes (made that bit up). Did I say anything? No I didn’t. I remained cool. FOR THE… no… keep calm.

Anyway, there is a point to this:

THEN, I see last night that they were there for GOT season 8 Premiere… AND… Ramsey was with RAMSEY BOLTON.

Did you see how I connected all the relevant pieces?

FURIOUS EMERY ASKS WHY RAMSEY WAS IN NEW YORK

… could have been my headline.

I didn’t go there, you know why? Ramsey Bolton skins people alive, that’s why. I’m not fucking with that, even if it would have landed me mad hits.

Anyway, look at those Aaron threads. What a babe.

BARGAIN BIN TIME: So Zidance is looking to release Varane, Kroos, James, Mariano, Vallejo, Bale and Isco… anyone fancy a bit of that?

If our transfer strategy is to sit below the big boy tree and shake, I’d imagine Madrid, PSG, and Barca will have some gifts to roll our way at bargain prices. Be interesting to see who we jump in the mixer for. Rumours that Coutinho is up for sale as well…

Feed the below opinion right into my veins… FEED ME!

‘As a general point, Iā€™d like to see more players who are legends with their clubs get a chance as managers or in the boardroom.’

Same here…but at United. I love the idea of someone just landing a job as a Sporting Director because they opened a place called Cafe Football in east London that closed down for being hideously expensive (and shite).

But to be honest, hideously expensive and shite are the top two attributes when hiring managers and players at United, so the fit would be perfect.

Let’s bring ALL the 1992 gang back together and watch it fail in slow motion for 5 years. Let their egos crash the club, let the fans forgive the mistakes because LEGENDS DON’T MAKE MISTAKES, and grab ourselves a Ā£19 burger shaped like a football at the end to celebrate its CRUSHING failure.

A great article regardless, I fully agree with its full implementation (but only for UNITED).

I like this from The Guardian as well:

‘Paul Pogba-wise, and United have apparently penciled in some face time with everyoneā€™s favourite cuddly super-agent Mino Raiola in order to tie the midfielder down to a new contract, but they shouldnā€™t expect to get much change out of Ā£500,000-a-week. ‘

Amazing… I love that they are already on the hunt for players that will unlock Paul. It seems no one has clocked that maybe after all this time, he’s not actually as good as everyone thought. I’m not sure there’s any unlocking to be had. He’s like a tamer Mario Ballotelli with a cooler haircut that is changed more regularly.

Even crazier to me that Richarlison is being linked with Liverpool for Ā£70m. An exciting player at times, but he’s banged in 13 goals this season in 33 appearances, he’s no Everton-Lukaku imo.

Right, as you can see, not a lot of Arsenal shaped news today… so we’ll be back tomorrow.

BIG LOVE TO YOU ALL x

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Dabey

Urts and art ur back to back

Boomslang

Here again

Boomslang

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grooveydaddy

Tr4phy

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Trofee

grooveydaddy

Woohoo!

TallestTiz

Again!

Charlie George

A skittish post today from PedRo. Thanks as always. I really think – Arsenal have to look at their loan policy. Loaning our brightest and best players to the Bundesliga-is not really a proper thought out strategy. I don’t see the benefits of it- whatsoever. Nelson seems to have gone backwards. ESR? Any developments? Surely- sending them out -to championship sides is a much better policy. As we can keep a closer eye on the players – if they are going astray ( which they will – if they are out of the first team contention) As for Aaron Ramsey… Read more »

vickingz

First eleven

Marc

The more interesting thing about the Richarlison rumour (as always taken with a pinch of salt until it happens) is that he’s not going to go there for Ā£70 million to sit on the bench – so who are Liverpool looking to lose?

Marc

“Surely- sending them out -to championship sides is a much better policy. As we can keep a closer eye on the players ”

Yeah because jumping on a Ryanair flight to Leipzig is going to piss the summers transfer budget up the wall. I mean experiencing another culture both on and off the pitch is a terrible thing for a young player.

Charlie George

Marc “””I mean experiencing another culture both on and off the pitch is a terrible thing for a young player””” It might make them more rounded people-playing in Germany. But does it make them better players? (Than, say the championship.) if our young prospects can perform – in the competitive environs of the championship- it will make them much MORE likely to succeed in our similarly competitive prem. the recent demolition of the German clubs by Spurs/Man City/ Liverpool- illustrate that the bundelsiga is actually quite weak, Eg. Swansea gave Man city (3-2) a harder game than Schalke (7-0) ESR… Read more »

HighburyLegend

Bayern players were so disapointed…
It was in England, but unfortunately, it wasn’t Arsenal.
(how do you say “lol” in German ?)

HighburyLegend

“Is there anybody there ?” (- by The Scorpions.)

HighburyLegend

“Loving you sunday morning” ?

HighburyLegend

“Rock you like a hurricane” ?

HighburyLegend

“When the Spuds are going down” ?

Sorry, “when the SMOKE is going down” lol

Eduardo

This post was hot garbage.

Everton away will be a challenge. In the context of our away from this season, a draw with no injuries or suspensions would be a good result.

DUIFG

Nice read, good work.

Marko

Guendouzi is great.

Marko

I donā€™t see the benefits of it- whatsoever.
Nelson seems to have gone backwards.

Went from reserve football to barely playing for the senior team to scoring in the bundesliga. I honestly don’t know why I bother you are stupid and say stupid things and you will continue to do so.

Marko

It might make them more rounded people-playing in Germany.But does it make them better players? (Than, say the championship.)

Is the English second division one of the top 5 leagues in Europe?

useroz

Apparently ESR has not played a game in Germany due to his long drawn out groin injury. Just back to training though. Unlikely play any meaningful part with few games to go… Rumours say ESR staying on loan for another season… a good idea?? Not sure. Nelson gone nowhere since the early minutes of fame, sadly, not a Sancho..MK II. Better to go to a promoted team or a promotion prospect in the Championship. He isn’t quite ready. If nothing else, this summer TW is guaranteed an exciting one for Arsenal, with the many come ‘n go…I think Emery’s strategy… Read more »

Marko

“I think now in the team we have a good atmosphere and good spirit. Each player is helping us with his quality and with good behaviour. This is the spirit I want so they are doing that, and Mesut is also.” Suggesting that before Mesut wasn’t “helping” or showing “good behavior”? Scathing. Also just had to check out something on the Ramsey front cause going to New York a couple days before a big game while you might be injured and Mateo obviously pictured him in his suit at the training ground and he wouldn’t sit on a 8 hour… Read more »

Marc

“But does it make them better players? (Than, say the championship.)”

Well as a great deal of the Championship is still based around hoof the ball and if it moves kick it to death yes being exposed to the training culture and lack of a drinking culture that still exists in the lower divisions will be of a benefit.

We sent Gnabry to play under Pulis, remind me when his career took off?

Marc

Marko

I wished you’d stop letting the truth get in the way of bullshit and agenda’s.

Marko

Marc I kinda wish he ran with the headline “FURIOUS EMERY ASKS WHY RAMSEY WAS IN NEW YORK”. It would have been such a “ladies and gentlemen we got him” moment. I thought it sounded ridiculous to be honest I mean I’m not a Ramsey fanboy or nothing but even I wouldn’t think he’d do something like that. He’s a lot of things mostly good some bad but he’s not unprofessional

Marko

Since November 2017, the 30-year-old Gunners ace has only played Premier League games away from the 100-mile radius at Swansea City, Cardiff City and Newcastle United. Inside the 100-mile radius, there are only 10 Premier League clubs, so the statistic is fairly damning for the German.

Everton’s 200+ miles away.

Marc

Marko

Agreed – Ramsey is a lot of things but he’s never acted like the typical spoiled PL player.

Marko

The Evening Standard are reporting that Tottenham could sell 12 players this summer.

Apparently Spurs are not under pressure to sell before they can buy, but they are planning to streamline their squad.

12 players… sounds alot like pressure to sell before buying. Interesting how they spin it in Spurs favor.

jwl

Steven Wright joke friday –

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

jwl

Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.

jwl

If at first you don’t succeed then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.

jwl

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.

jwl

I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn’t park anywhere near the place.

Words on a Blog

The club and the media can try to spin it all they like for their supporters and the general public.

The sharks at buying clubs like Real will ignore all the spin and the PR, knowing full well that the club will be short of cash, and prices for all the world class Spurs players on sale will no longer be at a premium

jwl

I bought some batteries, but they weren’t included.

Words on a Blog

It happened to us, back in the day.

Very likely to also happen to Spurs.

jwl

I was walking down the street wearing glasses when the prescription ran out.

jwl

A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I’m afraid of widths.

jwl

What’s another word for Thesaurus?

jwl

I saw a bank that said ā€™24 Hour Banking ā€™ but I donā€™t have that much time.

Marc

Words

There was a story last week about Levy demanding Ā£130 million for Eriksen if Madrid / Barca want him. No mention that he’s down to a year left on his contract.

If Levy thinks he’s going to get away with being a smartarse all he’ll see is players walk on a free.

Marc

Marko

The Spud’s have a clutch of players either at a year left or 2 years and refusing to sign a new deal. With the drop off in value between 2 years left and entering final year they will need to maximise the value of sales.

Personally I expect to see a piece of land up for sale on the Seven Sister Road in the next 3 years!

Charlie George

Useroz “”Apparently ESR has not played a game in Germany due to his long drawn out groin injury. “” Which makes it quite extraordinary- that we loaned him out on the last day of the transfer window.( injured) Why do that? We as a club – must up our game – with regards to the development of our young players. We do not seem – to have no real strategy Hopefully, moving forward Big Per and Freddie L – address this. The days of spending on millions on players ( for all clubs) is clearly coming to the end. Bosman… Read more »

Marc

What is Bosman 2?

Marc

“The days of spending on millions on players ( for all clubs) is clearly coming to the end.”

Believe that when I see it.

Words on a Blog

Marco, The narrative, everywhere you care to look, is always about how shrewd a businessman Levy, how he drives a hard bargain when it comes to player sales etc, etc. As with all these things, itā€™s partly founded on fact, with a good dollop of PR thrown in. I canā€™t remember where I heard or saw this, and I make no claim whatsoever to be in the know, but what I understand is that a large part of the blame for the cost overruns on the shiny new stadium can be ascribed to Levy. As far as I understand, He… Read more »

Marc

Words You are correct re the stadium situation. Usually on a large construction project a company will be appointed as “project manager” this can be the main contractor but doesn’t have to be. To save money Levy took this on himself and left off one of the most standard practices you see in construction – penalty clauses which can be on time, costs and other items. I’ve had a little experience of helping clients out who were at risk of being fined and it scares the shit out of them. Imagine you are a sub contractor being paid Ā£400 a… Read more »

Words on a Blog

Marc (sorry about the extra ā€œoā€ in my earlier post)

Yeah I heard something similar about the sub-contractors being effectively incentivised to take their time…

Marc

I’ve also heard rumours that some sub contractors were refusing to do more work on the project because they were struggling to get paid on time.

Words on a Blog

I mean if I was in the finance team at Real, and Zidane and his Football Director were urging me to buy Eriksen from Spurs and they said the price was Ā£130m with a year left on his contract, Iā€™m pretty sure that Iā€™d tell them to f- off, particularly if they wanted to reshape the squad and buy 4-5 other players too.

Words on a Blog

I heard about the late payments saga too, I think that was ā€œcash managementā€ on the part of Levy until Spurs got an extra Ā£267m debt facility from their bankers back in October/November

Marc

Words

Eriksen is a good player but if he’s worth Ā£130 million with a year left on his contract and can sign a pre contract in less than 6 months what is he worth with 3 years left on his contract?

Words on a Blog

Marc,

At the moment all we have is conjecture and supposition, albeit firmly anchored in facts. but I do think there are strong grounds to believe that Spurs are going to have a few years ahead of them financially.

And if theyā€™re financially strapped, their football side is likely to suffer, almost regardless of how ā€œspecial saucyā€ Poch is (assuming he stays)

If I pick up anything interesting on the financial,side, Iā€™ll post it on here, for those interested.

MidwestGun

BARGAIN BIN TIME: So Zidance is looking to release Varane, Kroos, James, Mariano, Vallejo, Bale and Iscoā€¦ anyone fancy a bit of that?
____________
Hell’s yeah .. I’d fancy a bit of that… hahaha But bargain? I doubt it.
If you told me I could replace Ramsey with Kroos.. Mustafi with Varane and Iwobi with Isco though… I’d bite your hand off and write you a large check.

Words on a Blog

* tough few years…

Charlie George

Spurs ‘perilous financial position- should not allow them and Harringay Council to ride roughshod over clearly defined Health and Safety Regulations.

They (BOTH) are in breach of these.

All supporters must be seated.

Their supporters in the front tiers stood seemingly throughout.

I suggest supporters notify:

The Health and Safety Executive
The FA
Harringay Council.

We can not have one rule for one club and not the others..

Their new stadium will have to be closed down – if this is not corrected.

Dissenter

Eriksen’s value is that high because there are more than two big moneyed clubs after his signature; Barca, Madrid and PSG.
Demand and supply ā€¦

Emiratesstroller

Pedro There are three important developments, which occurred this week. 1. The massive profit that Spurs are allegedly making in the latest financial accounts. Is this a “manipulation” at a time when the club needs to refinance the growing cost of their stadium? I find it astonishing that they make so much profit and Arsenal are supposedly struggling financially. 2. Liverpool have paid an astonishing Ā£40 million+ on agents fees, which combined with the transfer fees paid needs some explanation. How does this club manage to pay such sums when their balance sheet is not exactly in great shape? Its… Read more »

Words on a Blog

Dissenter,

You may well be right, but at the moment itā€™s quite hard for anybody on the outside to gauge how strong the supposed interest by the 3 clubs is in Eriksen.

For example, if Real is going to substantially reshape itā€™s squad, I canā€™t see it shelling out Ā£130m on a single player…..

But this is football, as they say, and stranger things have happened….Iā€™ll give you that!

jwl

Lots of articles recently about how all top teams want to sell five or six players in order to refreshen squad but never say who is going to buy all these expensive players on large wages. It going to be buyer’s market if all these top players are really up for sale. I just want Mustafi sold and replaced with quality cb, don’t care who else stays/goes. And if it is true that Levy did not hire project manager to oversee construction and he did not add penalties for late completion in contracts signed with builders, that is amateur hour… Read more »

Luteo Guenreira

I cannot for the life of me see how Eriksen will go for Ā£100m+. He is not that caliber of player, I mean he’s alright but Ā£100m? We see what is happening with Coutinho, one of the mega rich squads paying that kind of money will be a mistake.

TheBayingMob

” ANYWAY, I turn around and itā€™s Kit bloody Harrington and Rose Leslie.”

WHOOOOO!?

MidwestGun

You know nothing… Baying Mob.

Marko

Personally I expect to see a piece of land up for sale on the Seven Sister Road in the next 3 years!

That would be hilarious. I read somewhere that the loans for the stadium are spread across something like 4 or 5 banks which to me just seems so not dodgy but stupid to spread yourself over so many different banks

Luteo Guenreira

Joke Friday

Thomas visited his mother on holiday. They made their greetings and as a doting mother, she excitedly gave her son a peck on the mouth. Shyly he responds “Now now mater, I missed you too. Let me hurry and put my bags away and we can finish knitting our quilt, but first I must visit the loo.”

Thomas then went to the bathroom to lick his lips. The end.

Dissenter

Marc
True talk the loan deals with too many banks
Had the loan been with one bank then it’s a lot safer because as the saying goes ā€¦ when a bank loans you a billion dollars, you own than bank.
When it’s spread out then it’s different. Its going to be about which bank gets theirs first.

Dissenter

That last post was to reply Marko, not Marc

TheBayingMob

“You know nothingā€¦ Baying Mob.”

Correct

Words on a Blog

Marco/Dissenter,

The Spurs loan (Ā£400m, raised at first to Ā£537m and then to an amount ā€œup toā€ Ā£667m, is with 3 banks (Goldman, HSBC, and Bank of America)

Having a loan of this size split with more than one bank involved is quite common, in fact 3 is quite a small number of banks.

I think Arsenalā€™s original bank loan was with 12 banks

The loan is over 5 years, with no mandatory principal repayment (interest only) and what Spurs expect to raise a long term (20-25 year) bond to replace the bank debt.

Words on a Blog

Spurs are effectively copying what we did with the Emirates, except that the cost of the stadium, and the amount of debt raised is much larger.

Dissenter

Words
There’s that John Getty quote of
“If you owe the bank $100 that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem”
My point is that one bank is likely to work with you but 3-5 banks will not because of competition not to be the one that gets the short end of the stick.

Dissenter

Words
Arsenal’s was a bit different because we were defraying the Emirates’s price tag by building [and selling] property at Highbury. We were doing this at a property boom period.
We had more leverage with the banks, so to say because were also doing very well on the pitch. Even then, they still placed huge cash mandates on us.

Spuds are threading on very thin ice.

Words on a Blog

Dissenter, Sure I understand that point, and thatā€™s why single bank transactions are quite uncommon for that amount of debt, the banks donā€™t want to be too exposed to any one client (particularly if itā€™s Spurs lol) But whether itā€™s one bank or 3 or more, theyā€™ve got security over the stadium and the shares of Tottenham, and if things really go bad, they can make life very difficult for Spurs and ultimately take it over completely (very, very unlikely) Whatā€™s more likely to occur, if results underperform expectations, is that theyā€™ll impose heavy restrictions on things like player purchases,… Read more »

Words on a Blog

Because what the 3 banks want to do is to make more money (beyond fees and interest payments on the loan) from fees from the sale of the bond to other parties.

And in in order to do that successfully, and not be lumbered with bad Spurs debt beyond 5 years, they need a Spurs that is in a healthy financial and (to a lesser extent, as long as gate receipts are ok) football situation.

Marko

I think Arsenalā€™s original bank loan was with 12 banks

Really?

Words on a Blog

Marko,

Yes, it was 12 banks.

The lead bank was RBS, who arranged the deal, and who brought in the other banks to take a piece of the loan

Marc

“All supporters must be seated.

Their supporters in the front tiers stood seemingly throughout.

I suggest supporters notify:

The Health and Safety Executive
The FA
Harringay Council.

We can not have one rule for one club and not the others..

Their new stadium will have to be closed down ā€“ if this is not corrected.”

You’ve just had the Emirates closed down – have you never been lower tier North Bank?

Words on a Blog

Marko,
went back and checked.

Sorry, it was 6 banks.

RBS, Bank of Ireland, EspĆ­rito Santo, CIT Group, allied Irish, and Nordbank.

Hereā€™s the link.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120217040724/http://www.arsenal.com/155/unhoused-import-pages/latest-stadium-news/arsenal-confirms-funding-for-stadium-project

Marko

Yeah but is it a case of us getting the loan from one bank and them spreading it out over 12 or us owing money to 12 banks. It just seems like a fuck load to me

Words on a Blog

Marko,
By the way one thing I do like about you is you keep us all on our toes when we state ā€œfactsā€!

Charlie George

Some great paragraphs, Dissenter.

Would you also agree – we had Arsene Wenger in his pomp.

A very reassuring figure ,at the time for the banks.

As I stated yesterday

If spurs are not in the champions League for a few seasons – they will be the next Leeds Utd.

Which leads us on to Sunday.

Everton v Arsenal is a monumental match..
Huge future revenues for both clubs are at stake.

Marko

Okay sounds reasonable. Nice little Irish connection there okay okay

Words on a Blog

Marko,

No, whether one bank arranges it alone, and then sells the debt on, or the banks arrange the debt together, for the borrower itā€™s the same, they owe money to more than one bank, and it will be there in their loan agreement.

Marko

Words no bullshit. World is full of it and full of liars. That needs to be challenged by people. You can have an opinion but trying to pass off something that’s not true as factual not on my watch. Back to trumpland with that bullshit

Marc

Someone needs to check me on this (so Marko don’t accuse me of fake news ok!) but someone told me that the Spud’s only managed 41,000 for the Legend’s match last weekend when the whole point of the match was having a 45,000 crowd to get the final safety certificate signed off.

I have no idea on the rules on this type of thing but I would have thought that having a spread of matches with increasing crowds to get the safety certificate signed off doesn’t work if the numbers don’t show up.

Marc

The Spud’s also haven’t sold the naming rights for next season. Now they are passing that off as not needing the money but if they fuck up and miss out on CL football that could knock a huge amount off the value of the deal.

Really looks as if Levy is playing hard and fast at the moment.

Marko

But whether itā€™s one bank or 3 or more, theyā€™ve got security over the stadium and the shares of Tottenham This is true. But that security goes out the window if they start dropping out of the Champions League. It’s funny but there was a time when you could make an argument that them building their stadium now as opposed to when we did it would be easier on the club given how much more money is in the game these days but I absolutely don’t think that now. That went out the window when they went 600 odd million… Read more »

Marko

someone told me that the Spudā€™s only managed 41,000 for the Legendā€™s match last weekend when the whole point of the match was having a 45,000 crowd to get the final safety certificate signed off.

Doesn’t affect my club or an argument I’m making. Don’t care

Marc

Marko

The argument that it will be easier for the Spud’s to afford the new stadium now rather then when we did it is completely wrong and has nothing to do with the cost over runs.

For every pound that comes into the PL via TV money at least that much goes out again in salaries and transfer fees. If anything it’s harder no than it was before. We had ManU and the oil money of Chelsea fighting for CL places, there are now 6 clubs chasing 4 spots.

Dissenter

So Maybe multiple banks coming in is to disperse risk amongst them Makes sense but it’s also perfect conditions for a stampede at the end Banks are notorious for not trusting one another. The conditions are perfect for Spuds qualifying for the CL because of the slant in the schedule. The premier league wanted to market itself based on that brand new stadium so much that they bent the schedule. The fixtures have to be spread out as evenly as possible. You shouldn’t have this much of a tilt in home vs away games. Imagine if that home vs away… Read more »

Marc

Southampton score!

Marc

Southampton should be 2 up and Liverpool all over the place.

HillWood

The Spuds new stadium saga has been going on for at least 15 years when they started being up property in the surrounding area.
If they havenā€™t included those costs in the price of the stadium build they have spent millions more than they are letting on
Dodgy Cunts

Charlie George

I would rather walk the streets of Hillbrow ,in Johannesburg- than Edmonton.

Spurs have made a chronic error – in spending nearly a billion pound on a stadium -in an area that is a no go zone.

They should have moved to Cheshunt/m25 into an 80 000 seater for a third of its costs .

Typical Spurs hubris.

And these escalating costs will bite them viciously on the bum!

Thomas

@Luteo Guenreira

That’s your idea of a joke? Just a little bit of advice: Don’t try to become a comedian.

Victorious

Marko

For the Southampton goal, Keita was halfway up the pitch there. His positioning and work rate is horrible, not at all right for this sort of league

The fact you thought he’d come in and boss our midfield must make you look really silly now

Marc

He did just get the equaliser.

Victorious

Haha jinx it, Scrappy as dey come , dippers have all the luck in the world going for them to win the thing

You just know it’s their year when opposition keepers keep on shooting themselves in the foot

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