Arsenal dropped a big press dump on the new roles of people at the club… the message was clear, it’s all about the kids.
Freddie:
“I’m really excited by this opportunity to continue helping develop & work with some of the great young players we have coming through in the first-team environment & to work alongside Unai & his coaching team to help Arsenal win trophies”
Bouldy:
“I have always had a deep commitment to developing young players & am delighted to be back working in an area which is so important to the future of our club. We have great young players & my job will be to help them maximise their potential”
The article talks about transitions teams being developed… groups of people that move players from youth to the first team. This is Raul giving his take on it:
“Identifying, recruiting and developing young players is a key part of our strategy. We have some great talent coming through our younger age groups and, like all top clubs, the challenge is to help them make the most of their abilities.
“The hardest part is always the transition from academy football to senior football. We already have good programmes in place but these staff changes will ensure our plans are even more robust and clear for every single player. I’m confident it will make a significant difference to our ability to bring players through to the first team.”
It’s a bit jargony to me, but fuck it, I love the focus and the way they are communicating this vision to the fans. This all feels like Arsenal are trying to move from bullshit statements on regulatory miscalculations and pleasantries about class, to something a little more action oriented… i.e. don’t tell me we’re going to be a hub of youth, show me what you’re going an explain it.
I also like that we’re giving Sal Bibbo and Ben Knapper more freedom to express their ideas. Wenger had a lot of good people at the club, but it was his way or the highway. Autocratic leaders are horrible to work with, if there’s only one way and you can’t affect that without getting the chop, you get fat, lazy and you stop innovating. I think it’s smart of Raul to give opps to internal talent, and it’s super refreshing Emery isn’t being allowed to stock the club with more of his pals.
There’s a story running in one of the rags that states Emery will have the final say on Saliba because he doesn’t want to lose his summer budget on an 18-year-old. If all the above is real, I very much doubt Emery is going to rock the signing of an elite kid. I also doubt that Arsenal isn’t thinking about stocking the first team. Just feels like a story that’s been made up based on average sleuthing.
Anyway, the vision appears to have been doubled down with stories about Brazilian wonderkid, Martinelli, hitting the newsnow streams hard than Abou Diaby kicks John Terry in this face way back when. The 18-year-old is very quick, pretty tall at 5,11, and very youtube friendly.
Football London did a deep dive and asked some experts who the fuck this chap is:
“Stylistically, Martinelli can be compared to Richarlison, who represents a shift in what is expected of Brazilian attackers.
“He is very athletic, hard working and seems to have an instinct for pressing defenders whose abilities are occasionally left wanting.
“Playing for a fourth division side in the Campeonato Paulista (state championships) would normally see his influence limited against bigger sides, but he rose to the challenge, scoring six goals and assisting three.”
There’s some great stats in the article, you should read. NOT NOW. After.
Anyway, one for the future. Last time I got excited about a Brazilian he was booted out of his 9th loan deal for being a Domino’s fiend, so keep that excitement tucked into your belt.
Still, it is exciting to think that we’re buying expensive kids again… all you need to do is land 1 jackpot in 5 attempts and you’re doing VERY well.
Right, that’s me done… I’m back on morning times now and flying out to LA today for 2 days for work… bit rough, but still better than your Pret ham sandwich on the tube, so pipe down.
SEE YOU IN THE COMMENTS. x
‘but was much better in his second season’
His numbers were actually better last season.
I’ve heard we’ve targetted Matt Targett.
Yay Targett great, another squad player.
Crying out for those we are.
I’m still hoping Eddie Howe bids £50 million for Nketiah.
Lol or AMN.
I was more excited about links to son of Hagi then Targett.. mainly because I just like saying son of Hagi.
Boris one step closer.
WE Actually I heard it from another source – can’t remember where now but it wasn’t the Sun. The reason I give it some credence is: a) many of them are down to a year or two left on their contracts, some like Rose have complained about the low money offered at the club. b) the small matter of a £1,000,000,000 plus cost of a new stadium. I know a billion is peanuts for most on here but for the Spud’s it’s a huge amount of money. The overrun on the high ball estimate is still almost what it cost… Read more »
Didn’t the Targett rumours come from TalkSport?
Equally as many rumours about Tierney.
One step closer to embarrassing himself, the Tories and our country. Egotistical, silver-spooned, self -serving wanker!
Marc Rose has been whinging about wanting to leave for ages now, strikes me as a bit of a loose cannon. Nobody else even Eriksen to my knowledge has intimated that they are looking to leave. Yes that is serious debt but how long is the term? A lot of the time it’s over a 20 year period for new stadiums, Atletico Madrid haven’t let up with the spending at all and they’re fresh in the Metropolitano. Entirely possible that they fight to keep their spine together and add a couple of players [N’Dombele, Lo Celso, etc] to take them… Read more »
We’re the 5th best club in the PL, there’s definitely clubs that would be interested. You make it out as if they’re relegation calibre players.
No I’m arguing against your idea that we should be doing more to sell players. I ask what more do you want us to do? Everyone knows that certain players are up for sale so what more can we do?
‘Everyone knows that certain players are up for sale so what more can we do?’
Nope, they don’t in fact. Emery hasn’t phased out anyone barring Ozil and even he started the EL Final.
Giroud, Walcott, Ox, Gibbs, Gabriel, Szczesny, Coquelin, Toral were all shifted on from August 2017-January 2018. It can be done but we need to have our finger on the pulse.
You think it’s merely a coincidence that they were all sold in the same short window without us getting a single phone call beforehand?
WE
The Spud’s have the following players down to a year left on their contracts this summer – Eriksen, Alderweireld, Vertonghan and Janssenn. They also have the following down to 2 years this summer (time to either resign or sell them) Dier, Sissoko, Rose and Wanyama.
Several of the names over lap. I also don’t buy into this crap about the didn’t buy last summer because Levy was too busy on the new stadium.
WE
I’m curious who had their finger on the pulse between August 17 and Jan 18?
Marc Vertonghen will resign. He’s 32 and has been with Spurs all throughout his prime, wouldn’t really make sense were he to bail now. They could well sell Eriksen and Alderweireld, while being very good players though they are replaceable. And Eriksen should still command a decent fee, some muppet like United will throw hard money at him. I’d be much more worried about losing Pochettino rather than those two. He’ll walk if they jerk him around on transfers, hasn’t he said as much? He won’t be short of suitors himself, United would boot OGS tomorrow if Poch were on… Read more »
I’m okay with Targett because in my mind we need two LB’s and need to get rid of Kolasinac and Monreal
Nope, they don’t in fact. Emery hasn’t phased out anyone barring Ozil and even he started the EL Final.
Ah you’re talking shite now mate. You can only sell players if you phase them out in the previous 6-12 months? Everyone and their mother knows certain players are available for transfer so again I ask what do you want the club to do? Cause it sounds like you’re complaining that we’re not going hat in hand to clubs begging that they take our players who apparently aren’t that bad.
WE
The Poch spent half of last season talking about his future you don’t do that if you’re happy. We’ve seen Madrid, Juve and ManU appoint new managers in the last few months – either the Poch doesn’t want the pressure of having to win something or no one’s come in for him.
Please don’t try and tell me the stadium debt will not have an effect on the finances of the Spud’s. They’ll spend this summer but as I said the other day the net spend will either be small – £30 – £40 million or even negative.
Marc As shite as we are, they were all players that had to go. Virtually everyone on here wanted each and every one of those names sold, no point being revisionist about it regardless of how shocking we’ve been since. Walcott, Giroud, Sanchez and Ozil actually put up really good goalscoring numbers between them in 16/17 [Sanchez 30, Walcott 19, Giroud 16, Ozil 12] which was the sole reason that we were slightly less terrible that season than the past two. All 4 of these have suffered heavy declines since and we’ve sold 3 of the 4 desperately needing to… Read more »
You’re the one talking shite, we’re just to sit on our arse and pray that somebody puts a call in for each and every player? How does everyone know, based on what? It’s subjective even to plenty of Arsenal fans who watch them every week. Only ones everyone seems to agree on are Ozil who is close to being unsellable, Mkhitaryan and Mustafi. Believe it or not, their are Arsenal fans that rate Xhaka as Emery seems to. Same for Kola [I know, dire] and Chambers. Even Elneny has a little fanclub. I’ll ask you again, how in Christ did… Read more »
Chezzer aside who we shouldn’t have sold.
You’re the one talking shite, we’re just to sit on our arse and pray that somebody puts a call in for each and every player?
So tell me what do you want the club to do re selling players?
WE
What are you talking about?
I’m not being revisionist I was just curious who the behind the scenes finger on the pulse bod was?
Marc Yeah they’ll have to be smart about it but they had been previously, Lucas Moura cost them less than 30m and was their last proper signing. They were selling off dross for 15-20m a piece which is all you can hope for really. And he was sitting just behind City and Pool and in the CL knockouts when OGS took the United gig, you really expected him to turf that in for it? Was anyone ever going to get the RM gig over the prodigal son that is up there as their most revered player since Di Stefano and… Read more »
I’ll ask you again, how in Christ did we manage to ruthlessly cull so much of our squad in Wally, Giroud, Coquelin, Gabriel, Gibbs, Sczesny, Toral? We were getting bombarded with calls for that shitheap?
Any idea how we got rid of them? I mean if it was something different to actually accepting a bid from another club for them then we need to do that. You know what get Arsene on the blower and find out what exactly he did differently that we were finally able to rid ourselves of Theo Walcott
‘I’m not being revisionist I was just curious who the behind the scenes finger on the pulse bod was?’
Nobody did, it took them years to find a pulse in our case because all of those players were sold on too late after mediocre performances for us for years.
‘So tell me what do you want the club to do re selling players?’
Transfer list them at the very least, make it known that they aren’t a part of our future. They can’t all be as spineless as Ozil and have no pride in playing.
We’re far too complacent as a club.
I’m a little perplexed as well as to why we haven’t sold anyone yet.. to be honest. But then you have some people with the view that we were a 4th place squad and so why change much? So hard to tell what the actual opinion of the Club is on players.
BobN16
I’m no Boris supporter but I think we’ve been embarrassed enough these past few years.
Don’t you?
‘I mean if it was something different to actually accepting a bid from another club for them then we need to do that’
Some coincidence that eh.
Sorry 3rd place Club… with 6 games to go.. didn’t want to misquote any trolls.
More worrying to me Mid is how they aren’t even any noises to move anyone along yet.
WE Wow you’re so blinkered. Why would some one take the ManU job over the Spud’s? Er one of the biggest clubs in the world that can spend fortunes on a consistent basis vs a club that’s about to have a huge debt. As for Madrid – I was shocked that they re appointed Zidane – this he left of his own accord – it’s called jumping before you’re pushed he’d just finished 3rd in a 2 horse race and a distant 17 points behind Barca. It’s not as if they don’t have a history of sacking managers who’ve won… Read more »
Yeah not many links… Jenks.. I think.. about it.
So how is our ‘modern set up’ of technical director, Director of Football, contract specialists, polyglots, South American market specialist, traffic controllers etc. enabling us to get rid of deadwoods and sign top players ? Don’t tell me they are as ineffective as the earlier past their sell by date regime. Perhaps it’s just the international tournaments.
Isn’t that what we’ve done? Honestly it seems like you’re complaining just for the sake of complaining. Everyone knows that certain players are up for sale at the club and there doesn’t seem to be interested in them so far. It seems like you need to see some sort of official document to back that up before you are convinced that we actually want to sell certain players. Good luck in getting that. The supposed transfer list isn’t as far as I’m aware an actual list that you can see and touch but it is a thing. Like I said… Read more »
Marko
Sanllehi could stand stark bollocks naked on top on the North Bank with a mega phone and list off who we want to move on. I mean at least then WE would be happy.
Fucking beggars belief on here some times.
TR7 you’re going to feel so embarrassed when we actually sell some of these players or when you realize that clubs aren’t interested in them. Way I see it people are complaining that everything isn’t being done in a timely fashion. I agree terrible what’s going on. In totally unrelated news I’m going to go play the Sims 4
Marko
He’ll get a bigger shock when he figures out our new Tech Director hasn’t started work for us yet.
Are you having a laugh Marc? Since when have they ever shitcanned a gaffer that won them 3 CL’s in 3 years? In what planet does that not earn you staying power? He won his 3rd CL Final in a row in his last game there, yeah he was absolutely on the ropes wasn’t he… He won them the title in 2017 too, which is as many as Mourinho was able to win them and more than Ancelotti was able to deliver. And he’s been with Spurs for half a decade, you don’t think it’s just a leetle bit possible… Read more »
The Italy under 21s is an absolute filth of a team by the way. We’re looking for wingers, Federico Chiesa would do…. Also saw links to Pellegrini at Roma the other time, i wouldn’t say no to him either or Under as Roma are in a right mess at the moment
Funny thing is I’m a big old cynic day to day and love a bit of a moan but even I can acknowledge that right now there seems to be fuck all happening in the transfer market. I can’t tell you exactly why but it’s pretty obvious so complaining why we’re not doing enough when it’s this quiet for a lot of clubs is pointless. It’s likely to kick off any day now.
‘Isn’t that what we’ve done?’
No it’s not lol, what part of this are you struggling with? To other clubs Kolasinac and Xhaka are contracted up and as much a part of Arsenal as Laca and Auba are.
Emery has given absolutely zero indication that anyone isn’t a part of his future plans.
‘Here please take this absolute wanker off our books and for actual millions too’
Yeah, that’s basically how it works albeit without as much of the Irish charm behind it.
Bati I saw them the other night and he was class. An obvious stand out. Kean looks good too and Mancini who loves to play out from the back
WE
I was of the confirmed opinion that the Poch would jump for a bigger club as soon as an opportunity presented itself. Some others on here said he’d stay at the Spud’s because there’s no pressure – it’s looking like they were right. Get over making the CL final and losing – it’s no more than the answer to a pub quiz question in 20 years.
Sure Graham, but the shit show that Johnson would reside over would be on a different scale!
Spin the wheel today ….
Brrr brrr brrr
And it’s Matt tageret ? Who….
As our next left back,
‘He’ll get a bigger shock when he figures out our new Tech Director hasn’t started work for us yet.’
Yeah, a new Tech Director is the only missing piece in AFC jigsaw puzzle. Waiting with bated breath.
‘Sanllehi could stand stark bollocks naked on top on the North Bank with a mega phone and list off who we want to move on. I mean at least then WE would be happy.’
Two pricks for the price of one, nice.
Yeah that’s exactly what I’m saying, superb communicator that you are.
Simple answer to politics …
Don’t vote.
Chiesa is quality, Fiorentina want retarded money for him though.
He’s still far from the finished product.
Fucking hell I didn’t realise that the only transfers that happen are to transfer listed players or those who’s contract has run out.
WE what do you do for a living?
Emery has given absolutely zero indication that anyone isn’t a part of his future plans. So if I can surmise this correctly you’re complaining that the club aren’t doing more to sell certain players by I guess making an official statement declaring that said players are available for transfer? Does that even happen? I’d say it’s common knowledge that Madrid for example would like to sell the likes of Cabellos and Vasquez but as far as I know outside of “reports” there’s no official statement declaring they want rid? Emery has in fact said that some players will need to… Read more »
RSPC
Simple answer to politics
Vote for someone better.
Marc
Ha, tell that to Klopp last season. You’re a bit dim if you can’t see how a gaffer would think he’s very close to something special if he’s given assurances of having a bit of money to spend and improve on a CL Final where they weren’t exactly outclassed by Pool.
Different story obviously if he isn’t given a pot to piss in and his best players are sold from over him.
‘ I can’t tell you exactly why but it’s pretty obvious so complaining why we’re not doing enough when it’s this quiet for a lot of clubs is pointless’ City and Liverpool already have amazing squads. They are probably looking at one or max two players and that too top class players. They can wait till the last day of TW for one great opportunity if it comes by and be content even if they don’t sign any. Chelsea are staring at a transfer ban. Spurs look like they are working at two top deals and they don’t have much… Read more »
It would be so British to just allow a bunch of elite cunts to choose Boris as prime minister.
WE
Oh dear you do realise you’re talking about the Spud’s?
A club that’s gone longer between winning something than our much mentioned famine? A club that finished one point above a team that’s full of absolute shit?
Re work the following words into a usable sentence “fucking grip a get”
Rather a bunch of elite cunts with some of the finest educations on the planet over a bunch of retards who cant’ count.
Marc
They are all liars… thieves … remember 2010….
Nah they all want to build their own career not build the country.
Disband the House of Lords , House of Commons.
There has to be a better way of running the country.
TR7 apparently we’re working on deals too. Again I don’t understand why people are complaining so much when it’s this quiet for pretty much everyone. It’d be different if it was busy but it’s not.
Marc
You never answered how we were able to shift on half of our deadwood in the space of two windows? Hot property I guess after their stellar 2016/17 season where we finished in 5th and had agents blowing up their phones.
Sounds like Britain’s fucked either way Marc
WE
The same way we’re going to do it this summer.
I can’t tell how it’s done it’s a secret – they only tell people who aren’t hysterical little bitches.
Take a chill pill.
Marc
Haha what has that got do with my POV? We’re speaking from Poch’s perspective mid-season when he was offered the job so where they finished in the PL isn’t even a factor.
Shocking a newsflash as it may be, Spurs manager may have a different take on that than an Arsenal supporter, crazy that to fathom I know.
RSPC
New way forward – lazy dictator.
Just wants a quiet life so put’s the right people in charge of the right things and let’s them get on with it.
Also has all the Scousers killed.
WE
I really can’t talk to you anymore tonight – you seem to have a blockage.
Yeah hysterical, I haven’t been sceptical all season long or anything about our desire to shift on the toxic waste.
The same club that starts a thundercunt like Ozil who’s been spitting in our face for months now in our most important game of the season.
Wish I had your faith in such an embarrassing business model as ours.
‘I really can’t talk to you anymore tonight – you seem to have a blockage.’
Funny that, was waiting for somebody to turn you over and switch the ‘on’ button, in vain i guess.
Prime example it’s widely known that Madrid want to sell Bale but publicly and officially Madrid or Zidane haven’t said that he’s for sale or they want rid. By WE’s logic that means that they’re not doing all that they can to sell him. But yet I imagine sell them they are still trying and likely to do
Ozil will outlast Emery at Arsenal -not sure whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
Yeah Bale, great example that.
Why haven’t another club come in for a crippled 30 year old winger that’s on 400k a week and is on a steep decline?
There has to be a better way of running the country.
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Rspc – Only let the 18 year olds vote and put in a Prime Minister with special sauce and should all be good.
😀
Wasn’t Boris the London mayor who negotiated that hideous Olympic stadium that still has UK tax player paying for Westham’s match day stewards?
Now he’s going to negotiate a better deal from the EU??
That’s not really the point WE. Why haven’t the club made it known that they want him gone. At least in a really obvious loud kind of way that can’t be misconstrued in any way.
Ozil’s contract will outlast Emery but he won’t finish that contract at Arsenal.
His performances have deteriorated so much that the fans will spontaneously turn on him a la Eboue.
Now that he’s married, baby making will be his priority.
Bale was an example by the way if you prefer you can use Barcelona and Malcom instead. They want him gone but neither the club nor the manager have publicly stated as such. Why is that?
By not finishing the contract at Arsenal, I mean he will spend the last season else where ad Arsenal will pay the balance of his contract.
Lmao, are we really comparing Bale’s situation to Kola, Mustafi, etc?
It’s the same reason we’re stuck with Ozil barring a banter offer from Turkey.
What upside is there to signing Bale and having him on that sort of salary?
“Funny that, was waiting for somebody to turn you over and switch the ‘on’ button, in vain i guess“
😂😂
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Some definitive commentary on Torreira after one season, but can’t say the same for the manager who needs more time. Funny that.
On the subject of Dortmund or Rennes it seems pretty straightforward, they’re two clubs with an idea of how to elevate themselves through smart recruitment. Their levels relative to Barcelona or the like isn’t the point. It’s philosophy and planning we should be taking notes on.
Marko
Working on deals ? So how many from the current lot of deadwood do you expect us to get rid of by the end of TW ?
Dissenter comes out with some obscure sentences sometimes, hard to know if he’s being sincere or adopting a satirical tone.
Ozil will be focusing on baby making now…. ok then… there’s an inside scoop
Malcom is another shit example, he was getting more game-time towards the end of the season and is 21 breaking into Barcelona? What indication have they given that he’s unwanted or for sale.
Messi, Suarez, Coutinho, Dembele were all ahead in pecking order.
TR7 I couldn’t tell you but I imagine it’ll be more than zero. I doubt whatever happens this summer will be enough to appease certain fans. That’s just the way things are. We could sell all the deadwood and bring in some really good players this summer and you for example would still complain about the manager or about how Lacazette still gets substituted.
‘ and bring in some really good players this summer’
Yep, just like last summer eh?
Strange one for sure… Ozil and baby making.
Malcom is another shit example, he was getting more game-time towards the end of the season and is 21 breaking into Barcelona? What indication have they given that he’s unwanted or for sale. So you think they don’t want to sell him? I don’t even know what you’re complaining about anymore honestly. You want clubs to come out and be really concise with regards to the players they’d accept bids for just so that there’s no confusion? I don’t think that’s how it works. A lot of it’s done privately. Anyway good luck with that I really hope one day… Read more »
Oh but that was all Sven’s fault I forgot, move on nothing to see here we shitcanned the useless tosser to Bundi 2.
Yep, just like last summer eh?
Or we’ll keep our shit players and bring in some bad ones. Is that better? Does that make you feel better?
Baby making is one of the easiest and funnest things to do for a bloke but you get the idea that even Ozil couldn’t be arsed with it.
Arsenal ‘braced’ for Xhaka bid.
Hahaha.
‘Braced’.
Marko I’ll help you mate, I’m looking for us to be proactive and assertive in our summer movements after the humiliating end of season collapse that was entirely blamed on the players by the majority on here. If it were entirely on the players, that adds even more credence to this as we need to be actively overhaul the squad. I’m not saying it’s as black and white as sticking their names on a transfer list, as you say most of these things go on behind the scenes but I would have hoped for us to be more aggressive in… Read more »
‘Or we’ll keep our shit players and bring in some bad ones.’
Pretty close to the way last summer panned out, let’s not lie now.
Trying to hide our rager CA.
Sanhelli ought to bring a cushion into the negotiation if a Serie A club are feeling giddy.
Forget my moaning Marko. If Unai fails again , who will you put the blame on – the manager or will it again be the shite players signed by Wenger ?
I’m braced for getting no bids… Watching us play a 3-4-1-2 next season and crushing my television with my remote control after watching us get opened up time and time again by mediocre attacking sides.. because Xhaka is rooted to one spot and pointing at players as they run by him.
That’s being braced.
Tells you something when Nelson and Matteo can only find a place on the bench
I think how the club see it is that Emery came close to the paradise for them that being top 4 so they will see no need for any real extensive surgery on the first team/squad. That can be dangerous thinking though. Obviously Liverpool and Man City are out on their own. For sure Spurs are over-rated as a side but you feel even with that over-rating that they had distraction because of their CL run and this is why they were so poor in the last few months of the EPL season and poor is the word. Chelsea under… Read more »
I’m not saying it’s as black and white as sticking their names on a transfer list, as you say most of these things go on behind the scenes Specifically what do you want us to do with regards to getting rid of players? Cause how I see it we’re doing all that we can to get rid of certain players and we’re just waiting for clubs to get involved. People know we want rid of players. Also not sure if I agree with the notion that we’re doing fuck all. I kinda believe that we are trying to certainly sign… Read more »