European transfer market off to slow start

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Oh ffs Arsenal, hurry up and sign some fucking players.

West Ham are out there making deals for players, where are ours? We have a month until the team travel to America, chop, chop.

I understand that almost ZERO major clubs are doing deals so far, but sheesh, can a man not moan?

I think the added tension is that we’re running without a Head of Recruitment. There have been rumblings that the decision-making process is less than ideal. I really hope that’s not true. Sven has been exited for many months now, it’s been pretty damn clear the whole time what this squad needs this summer… so let’s hope that Raul has it buttoned up.

I love how fans start retrofitting ideals into the reasons why… ‘I hear Adidas want to launch with new players.’

Now, I might be totally wrong… but kit launches are not about new players, they are about the BRAND BRAND BRAND. Very much doubt Adidas are holding up our summer.

More likely reasons are:

  • Sell before you buy
  • The market is waiting for the first big move to set wheels in motion
  • No one wants to buy our shite players

Meanwhile, fans continue to bemoan absent Stan and whip themselves into a frenzy about him not investing money into the club.

It’s such a falsehood. Ill-informed people saying dumb things because it gets a round of applause on Twitter.

‘HE SHOULD INVEST HIS OWN MONEY’

Why?

I kind of feel like that’s a similar argument to, ‘Pep will never be deemed a great until he does it with Barnsley.’

Stan Kroenke is mainly guilty for putting too much trust into an ailing manager 90% of the fanbase was calling daddy 3 years ago. Seriously, it’s mostly exAKBs that push the Stan narrative and it’s an uncomfortable reality that they were all backing Wenger being armed with big money for years. Now it’s Stan’s fault for not firing him? A situation that would have put thousands of men into therapy with daddy issues.

He’s also guilty of signing off far too much money on absolute dross. The issue has never been the lack of money, it’s been dropping £350m+ on shite players with no resale value.

Let’s hope that changes this summer when the moves start happening.

Right, quick post to keep the wheels in motion.

See you tomorrow x

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TheLegendaryDB10

Re Highbury move Interesting article from 1998 by the Independent: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjDu8WJmPviAhVSdhoKHQ4PBBMQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball-highburys-growing-pains-1149991.html&psig=AOvVaw2pO5LfkYxNoUxazoJ5five&ust=1561227575224290 Interesting reason mentioned is that due to the pitch being too small we couldn’t host international games. You can imagine that for the top brass this must have seemed very problematic: they were losing out on a lucrative source of revenue that never stopped increasing. You can imagine they factored this in when voting whether to move away from Highbury or not. To have access to CL money, we needed a bigger pitch. And there was born the Emirates. Hilarious to see that we are what could be a… Read more »

Cesc Appeal

Marko

This is what I mean, no problem selling him, but I wouldn’t accept less than £35 Million…which no one will pay given his ACL which is why I think Atletico might think they can offer a derisory amount for him playing on the idea he’s a gamble with that ACL.

TR7

I will happily take Vitolo plus cash for Bellerin. Unlike many I don’t rate Bellerin highly and post ACL he is likely to only get worse. Vitolo is a winger, with him we get to fill one of the positions we desperately need to address.

Cesc Appeal

The rumour of Kozz getting a new deal? No thanks.

Marko

CA it can’t be an either or situation. If the starting 11 and in particular defence isn’t addressed for next season having red hot prospects won’t matter much if we continue to be in the Europa League.

Marko

Yes Chris

Cesc Appeal

I don’t rate Bellerin that highly either, I think if Meunier was to come off he would keep Bellerin out of the team even when fit.

Graham62

TR7

I agree.

Bellerin is overrated.

It’s a no brainer as far as I’m concerned.

Freddie Ljungberg

TR7

He’s a winger with 1 goal in the last 2 seasons in la liga. We need a much better output than that.

Chris

DB10

Nice article. I liked the bit about £350,000 being 3 months wages for Bergkamp 😝

Freddie Ljungberg

Chris

It’s his son.

CA

No way we should be giving Kos a new contract, ship him to Lyon and ask them nicely what’s up with Fekir:) no rumours about him at all this summer, except that he refuses to sign a new deal and is definitively leaving. Could be had relatively cheap I reckon.

Marko

I would consider 25-30 million for him. One of the reasons I’m very okay with losing Bellerin is it forces us for sure to get a new RB. Like I said before plenty of decent RB’s knocking about in Europe who we should be considering irrespective of Bellerin coming back. Atal is my preference but I wouldn’t mind Kenny Lala, Dumfries, Celik, Klosterman or Weiser.

Freddie Ljungberg

Schuberts girlfriend posted a pic of herself in an Arsenal shirt on instagram, probably a good sign that the deal isn’t off like reported. Looks like a smart acquisition if we can pull it off. Not much depth in the goalkeeping department now.

Marko

Freddie the girlfriend could be taking the piss out of us. We are banter fc after all

TR7

Freddie

Yes, not a great goalscorer Vitolo but not a bad deal overall if we get good cash and a winger who has played half a dozen matches for mighty Spain national team for Bellerin who I think will go downhill from here due to ACL. Vitolo or Iwobi ? I know who would I rather have.

TheLegendaryDB10

Chris

£350,000 being 3 months wages for Bergkamp

Ditto. Must of sounded outrageous for us at the time. Now we got Ozil.

Goes to show how times changes.

Un na naai

There’s nothing to even discuss arsenal wise yet here are the usual suspects. Yap yap yap.

Marko

Vitolo isn’t bad. There’s just a worry of getting Vitolo and thinking that’s enough to address the attack. A no for me take the cash and run

Un na naai

Vitolo for bellerin is a bad move

KAY Boss

Marseilles apparently want to sell their priced players.ie. Thauvin, Payer, Strootman and Sanson.
Guys whom will u pick to play for the club? Mine will be Trayvon as he scored 16goals last season and Strootman as he can be a direct replacement for Ramsey. Payet is aged and don’t know much about Sanson.

KAY Boss

Elneny seems to be playing pretty well. I like the no. 18 guy for Zimbabwe. Plays for club Brugge and a DM too. He goes by name Marvellous. Did well when I saw him play in CL with the Belgian side.

Champagne Charlie

“A certain poster on here wants the mess explained as he cannot see any In his view we were left in a position of strength and the only thing holding us back is the new regime and a manager that can go from point A to Point C or whatever“

I’ve not posted today at all but you can’t resist pathetic indirect comments aimed at me.

Same cunt that claims I court arguments. You’re such a pussy, leave your country one day you narrow minded scrotum.

Nw9 gooner

Freddie – Fekir relatively cheap? 45mil ? Our budget?

Nw9 gooner

Marco – I like your postings but you are talking stupid – sell Bellerin and buy the guys you have stated? Are any one of them better? No and we will be spending more. If we are spending less for his replacement it means that Bellerin is better. You just want to replace everyone in the team with players you prefer. Got a feeling that you just want to show of your knowledge of other players.

China1

Nw9 if bellerin’s replacement is cheaper it doesn’t mean that bellerin is better lol

This isn’t fifa mate lol

We spent 30 odd million on mustafi yet koscielny cost about 10m. Who was a better player for us over the years?

Do you seriously believe transfer fee is the sole determinant of quality? If so, I have a particularly nice bridge to sell you (it’s expensive so you can be sure of the quality as well!!)

China1

And yeah it makes sense that he would want arsenal to sign players he prefers…because he prefers them…

A better question would be why would he not want arsenal to sign players he thinks are better?

China1

Also right now we better not offer kos a new deal.

Kos has been a very good servant and is my favourite player in the squad from recent years, but his legs are gone and it’s one to say thanks and good bye