Well, well, well… the ‘YOU TOOK THAT OUT OF CONTEXT’ police back-peddling hard as the Lucas T rumours kick it up another gear… again.
Of all the players I was hoping we’d ditch this summer, I have to be honest, he wasn’t up there… but the rumours keep persisting with a slightly different twist on them.
Now, we do have to remember, he came out in the press and said everything about England is shite. Hard to brush that under the carpet, whichever internet translator you use. There’s a history of South American’s not quite liking the vibes in the UK, and right now, he’s in the shop window of The Copa America. All these rumours have started for a reason, and my take is they’re there to make sure scouts are paying attention to him over the next month.
Question here is this: the second half of the season fade we saw from LT, is that just a first season thing? Or is it something deeper. He’s a very small player that lacks power, he’s not exactly built for war like Kante, is he? Mesut Ozil always fades in the second half of the season because he’s not fit enough for the league. Is there a chance that’s LT? Just playing devil’s advocate here…
Whatever the deal is, it’s not good news that over a month into the close season, the hottest exit rumour out of the club is a player we all think is a bit of a future star.
As I said a couple of weeks ago, I think we have a very big problem mounting. Everyone in Europe knows who we want to sell. Xhaka, Ozil, Kola and Mustafi are all very well paid players, and it’s pretty clear that Arsenal are VERY keen to move them on. We have absolutely no leverage. Why would anyone go big now? Wait until we’re desperate to move them on at the end of the transfer window and see if you can nab a deal.
It’s a horrible thing to have to write, but be honest, you’d bet your house that all 4 of those players will be lining up in preseason this summer in that sweet Adidas training gear. That is going to be VERY disruptive if Emery dropped 1 out of 5 stars in their end of season reviews.
I’d like to think that we’re going to have some good news on the player front by preseason, but even that side of things appears to be moving slowly. My hope here is that we’re getting hard balled by clubs hoping to start a bidding war for their players. Celtic certainly appear to be quite firm about not losing another great player for fuck all. Maybe that’s the same across the board? Maybe small clubs are waiting to see where the first £200m signing goes before pricing their players?
I’d heard from a good place that the Zaha deal was very close with the player before the Europa League Final, the question is whether we’re still able to play in price ranges like that now we’re back in the poverty cup again.
Rumours elsewhere appear to be the same stories recycled. Saliba for £30m. Carrasco if he can escape. Whatever is going on, it’s a slow summer so far and it’s very hard not to fall into the doom trap thinking that if you don’t have the right people in place, it’s very hard to make the right decisions.
Also worth noting that almost no journalist is good with transfer rumours, so all these muppets on twitter highlighting great sources don’t know what they’re talking about. The whole transfer game is about deceit. Clubs try to move players on and attract buyers via the press. Agents constantly gas to anyone that will listen. Journalists and bloggers alike are desperate for hits so will go big without checking the veracity of the rumours. Even players are part of the game.
You can also have the most elite piece of information you can imagine… then BANG, you look like an idiot because a manager had a change of heart.
It’s a minefield out there… but one thing is for sure, it’s not good news when you’re a month into a rebuild and no one has been bought or sold.
Right, see you in the comments.
I’d sooner take a £25m punt on a hot 18yr old CB than let the cash rot in the bank with the rest.
Midwest
There’s no way they are giving a manager who’s got a year left complete control of our transfer budget when we have to be so careful with what we spend.
It’s strange how the only people who don’t understand that the management structure now doesn’t give all the power to the manager are the ones pining for Wenger.
Agreed mid
Too early to put him down yet…
One of the reason he allegedly got the gig was his don revise style dossier of the youngsters and players…
It’s time he weirded the axe.
Informs players who he wants n not.
Maybe July 1 is a special date with contracts,,.
Maybe he is waiting on the ffp with City an wants to see if we creep in the back door.
Which I don’t want.
So the millennium dome is on the site where woolwich arsenal were first based.
RSPC
I’d take getting into the CL through a loop hole any day (the extra cash would give us a serious helping hand) but I’d bet you a cold beer on a sunny day that if City get a CL ban it’ll be for next season not this.
Marc- Yep, Every single interview I read with Raul, Vinai etc.. they talked about the new structure at AFC. The importance of making it a modern structure with checks and balances. I believe Emery himself said he knew this was a short term gig. This is why I was concerned previously Edu isn’t here earlier … we changed the structure and then created a hole in it. I do think Emery has a say of course but not the final say. And just in the interest of self preservation I’m sure he is pushing for players he can use this… Read more »
Marc,
Not sure about the loan part but as far as I’m concerned that Clarke has been brilliant for leeds all season and has massive potential that we need to be getting ahead of Spurs on, because if Poch wants him with his record of developing talent then Clarke must be the real deal.
Marc
True…
City will fight tooth n nail to keep their place.
For me I only want to be in it when we have a team to win it…
Money it provides is the poison that’s killing football..
When I was a kid
Football finished end of may start in August .
Preseason freindlies at local club.
Honest football
Football will eat itself.
Arsène Wenger: “I have a Nelson Mandela’s quote in my office: ‘I never lose. Either I win or I learn. Except in our business, we must not lose otherwise we do not have time to learn. Victories give you time to right the wrongs, defeats bring all you achieved into question.”
Jaysus
All the talk is of man united and there new season with young players…
We’re gonna miss the party again.
As I said previously unless July the 1st is some magical starting gun and all come in then….
This is arsenal
This is ground hog season.
Dissenter The irony is some , no quite a lot, applaud this whole sustainable operating model. It might work in a benevolent industry but football is a cut throat high risk business where you have to speculate using every means available. Somewhere , somehow , some have brainwashed a huge swathe of supporters and at Arsenal aided and abetted by AW the majority like members of a brainwashed cult did a hop and a skip as they celebrated the annual declaring of record profits and the build up of cash in the bank surely proved all was well with the… Read more »
Guns
That was good one mate.
terraloon
Please enlighten me – what business model do the Spud’s follow?
VAR and handballs. The only safe way forward is to have no arms it seems
Spurs landing Ndombele for 62m euros
Enjoy
Marc
Some would say a pretty clever one. That was until they went all in on the stadium build.
Suspect we will know more in a year or two but for me everything there is built on sand and shifting sand at that.
He’ll be a great signing.
All those who said new stadia will cripple them…
60m signing
We never did that in 2006
Tera
Just comes across as petty
They are well structured club
Love or loathe
Levy is a shrewd business man.
You can only look on in envy at a club making the most out of champions league football and trying to kick on after reaching a final. The summer after we reached the final we sold Sol Campbell Ashley Cole and Bobby Pires and brought in Thomas Rosicky. Within a year we sold Henry. On top of all those years in the Champions League we never kicked on. Spurs have. Shame. We’ll just add it to the list of fuck ups by you know who
Christ the resident YouTube scout out on the mass Saliba defensive. N’dombele given the seal of approval too now, so that’ll be a 50-50 on him being absolute pony next season then.
Tierney almost ready to go apparently, happy days. Torreira stuff being more and more annoying, we should make a stance, make a statement, and move on.
We were only in cl for money
Wrong
Be in it to win it….
The club needs to be stripped back to the core.
Then layers of good stuff.
Oh hey it’s that dickhead who wanted Antonio Valencia signed and who rates Xhaka and makes excuses for signing Gervinho over Hazard. Alright lad. I’d say it’s the Wenger comment earlier that just got your blood boiling. Aww pet
Spurs signing Ndombele for 62 million…yeah 50/50 he’ll be shit.
Marko
Whose place will he take ?
RSPC I wouldn’t get too carried away just yet. Spurs will have learnt big from what happened at Arsenal and as I say we will know more in a year or two maybe even as soon as the end of this window. Levy has the reputation of being shrewd but how shrewd was it to go ahead with a stadium re built without any sort of fixed price contract ? Don’t forget until the stadium build is completed they are only servicing the debt and not paying off any of the capital. It will be very interesting to see who… Read more »
So much for Spurs being broke post stadium move then…
Whose place will he take ?
Ndombele? Probably him and Winks/Sissoko in midfield. He’ll be a starter for sure
WE
‘So much for Spurs being broke post stadium move then…”
Poch used the leverage of their CL run to publicly demand for the way the club is run. He publicly threatened to walk away.
Wenger used the political leverage he had to secure another 12 years after our CL final appearance. He used his to personally better himself.
Enjoy…
Shame old great eye for talent didn’t spot him back when he was at Amiens. Spent money on Lacazette that whole summer and that was enough for him. Knackered he was
Weagle They have a plan, competent leadership, and a manager that can make the sum better than the parts. He replaces Dembele for me (not like for like), he was a huge miss for them last season. Such a baller. Let’s be honest they need something in there, Wanyama, Dier, Sissoko are all fairly dogshit (relatively speaking) outside of being physical champions. Marko Fanny ragging isn’t your best colour. Back on the ‘tube and keep everyone up to date with your expert view on all next gen talents. Go on treacle, I can almost hear the scout nation intro music… Read more »
Marko
Fanny ragging isn’t your best colour. Back on the ‘tube and keep everyone up to date with your expert view on all next gen talents. Go on treacle, I can almost hear the scout nation intro music kicking in, followed by some wank drum and bass.
Marko I know you chuckled at this. Loooool CC you are too much.
Good one? Maybe you should actually watch a bit more football pal. Maybe it’ll dawn on you that Antonio Valencia isn’t that good anymore and should be avoided at all costs. Anyway very impressed Charles that’s a whole three comments you made without mentioning Emery. You’re improving
Same I might have laughed if I got the scout nation reference. Probably not though he’s an insufferable melt. I think the funniest thing he ever wrote was that we should sign Antonio Valencia
Hahaha Scoutnation do have that same shitty drum and bass on loop don’t they? Bit of cheeky dubstep flung in for a particularly special talent. Yeah Charlie CM was the one area where they are pretty bog standard mediocre. N’Dombele goes some ways to addressing that. Neymar to Barca return looks full on the cards at this stage, would be amazed to see him in a PSG shirt again. Their president sounds like he can’t be fucked with his antics anymore. I’d they reinvested the sizable sum in improving their pedestrian midfield and built around M’Bappe going forward it is… Read more »
Scout nation is a youtube channel Marko.
Regarding spurs; ‘They have a plan, competent leadership, and a manager that can make the sum better than the parts. CC Everyone can see how you like to skirt past Wenger when describing the origins of our problems. We can all see your elaborate tap-dancing routine. Spurs didn’t have an omnipresent manager who was still screaming a the mountain top that it is ideal for players to reach the last year of their contract. He also said it will soon be commonplace. I guess Mr Levi didn’t subscribe to the Wenger doctrine. Spurs can afford Ndomble because they weren’t given… Read more »
Teraloon,
I agree that Spurs net spend is likely to be close to zero or even negative if they sell Eriksen for Big money.
I don’t think that they have restarted paying the debt. I was under the impression that they will start repaying the capital of the debt next summer, hence the absolute need to be in the Champion’s League this coming season.
Regarding the massive sale of players, rumours in the city being that it was to prettyfy the accounts before the club sale or IPO.
Don’t fib now Marko pal, you got the Scoutnation reference haha.
It was a good burn. You dropped a good one earlier yourself with the supermodel needing to attend to your asscrack and emotional reassurance in addition to the bj, give the man his props.
No I got that same I’m unfamiliar with it though.
Wow Sky just put on a rerun of City getting battered 8-1 by Middlesborough in 2008, my have times changed.
Same
Fabio Rochemback dicked them down that day IIRC.
WE honestly I don’t get the reference. I am unfamiliar with Scout nation. I actually don’t YouTube football that much it’s full of music
Listening the fuck out of that Chernobyl soundtrack
One of the most worrisome aspect of the rumours regarding Arsenal is the one we don’t hear about.
Of all the central players we have been rumoured after, none had any physicality, none had a great defensive radar.
Most of Arsenal defensive problems stems from our lightweight and static midfield. Torreira is a terrier when we need an hound. Xhaka has the mobility and dynanysm of a super-tanker. If Emery stick to the same tactic of only having two central midfielders, without a new player to fix that issue, Arsenal will always be under more pressure that it can sustain.
Middlesbrough were OK back in the day still remember them being the only side capable of stuffing Mourinho’s Chelsea for a time.
Yakubu and Viduka CF partnership.
Interested to see where Spurs net spend ends up. If they actually invest City, Liverpool and Spurs are off by themselves.
Be a fight for 4th with the rest of the top 6 and potentially 5th as well if City are banned from the UCL.
Weagle Yea they’re standard there, but good base qualities for the prem as they’re all runners and chasers – Wanyama to get shifted soon tho as he’s looking a bit Obafemi these days at 27, wink, wink. Still struggle outside Kane for me, Son is dangerous, Moura has his moments, but Dele was gash last season and needs a good one this coming year or he might join the Lallana’s of this world. Samesong Live and laugh I say lol Dissenter You’re in “boring” file mate, gone way down in my estimations after your recent spate of flaring up and… Read more »
Spurs can spend £65m on a player because they will get more than that for Ericson.
Spurs land Ndombele…
Taking a break from football this year.
To watch Arsenal now needs a sadists touch.
Hahaha ha every … News link article is Arsenal fans shocked, Arsenal fans delighted, Arsenal fans surprised, Arsenal fans Rage.
Meanwhile the Club have basically done nothing. Just think what we will do if something actually happens.
The only news is that there is no news…..
http://dailycannon.com/2019/06/stan-kroenke-owes-up-to-24m-to-st-louis-rams-psl-holders-after-lawsuit/
One more reason for Stan not to splash the cash.
Yep… If you think Arsenal fans hate Kroenke. Take a trip to St. Louis sometime and mention his name. There are several more lawsuits out there too. I think around 3 or 4. The City of St louis is still paying for an empty stadium and real estate developers bought land based on it being used in that area as well. . And there are some vendors who bought now obsolete merch.. suing for breach of contract and fraud because they bought stuff in the last year of the team being there and at that time the Rams were talking… Read more »
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/foodblog/2019/01/23/pee-on-stan-kroenkes-stupid-face-at-a-hotshots-bar-near-you
Might be a hot seller in London if somebody looking to start a business.
MidWest,
Hmm, interesting stuff about the other St Louis lawsuits and the anti-Kroenke sentiment over there. I wasn’t aware of them.
MidWest,
Haha just saw the Kroenke “urinal screens”!
Brilliant.
It’s a shame I don’t know anyone over at the cleaning staff at the Emirates, I would have loved to have arranged to put them into the urinals just before our first match…
Woab.. –
That would be classic caper. That’s why I laugh when people say You follow team because of owner being a Yankee.. I’m like yeah right we hate that fucker too. I followed Arsenal before that A-hole got here.
Jesus this place can moan!
1. There is no guarantee that we have signing Saliba
2. No one knows the structure of the fee if we are signing him. For all we know, we could have offered 5 million plus wage for this year and 25 next
Do people really think, I mean take a second and reflect, do you really think that we are spending half our budget on a guy who we will then loan out?
….. And valentine, the list of Wenger’s ‘nearly signed’ players is legendary.
Sid,
What’s the betting that we will “nearly sign” Saliba and therefore “nearly” loan him back out.?
In the meanwhile, Le Grovers will “definitely” vociferously criticise or support the “nearly” deal.
WOAB
The transfer season does bring out the jitters, the infamous 8-2 trolley dash and the Cech window has scarred most for life.
Sky sports suggesting that arsenal are planning to make xhaka our Captain proper should the deal to atletico fall through as expected
It’s the relentless failures of the club which is why people don’t want to give them the benefit of the doubt anymore.
Fool me one shame on you. Fool me 50 times shame on me
Sid,
Yeah, definitely feeling jittery now, even if it’s still relatively early.
I started off reasonably optimistic, but such is the magnitude of the squad rebuilding that’s needed, I’m getting nervous given the absence of any concrete news of any incomings or outgoings.
China,
Great, why not make Mustafi Vice Captain while we’re at it?
Like how many times have we been let down by the club and how far away are we from being relevant?
The time for just casually giving the club the benefit of the doubt and ‘judge me in May/August/January died a long time ago.
Let’s have arsenal make big strides forward before we put our trust and hope back in them don’t you think?
If we can’t shift mustafi let’s just offer him a 350k a week deal and be done with it
So Tets is the early favourite for the Newcastle job, according to the tabloids and the bookies.
I don’t think he’s earned a crack at a PL job, but Newcastle would be an interesting club to evaluate his ability, seeing as it’s pretty clear what they’re about, and that the owner is not going to facilitate a huge splurge on players that would distort how you can assess him.
Hopefully he gets it and we can watch from a comfortable distance whether he swims or sinks.
I’d be very happy for him to get the Newcastle job. That’s a real test
Go there and do really well (by standards relative to Newcastle ofc) and id happily endorse him as a possible candidate when emery is out, which will probably be next summer
I think we need a bit of perspective about saliba He’s being spoken of like a proven world beater available on a shoestring budget who if we don’t get him our rivals will get him certainly leading to their great success whilst we fail miserably To be clear, the kid looks like a fabulous prospect and I would LOVE for us to sign him right now for this season even if he costs us 30m or a bit more to get the deal over the line But the facts remain: 1) he is unproven 2) he is very expensive for… Read more »
China
You left out
9) we have a manager who doesn’t know how to set a team up defensively.( With or without top class defenders)
Twelve months of transition and a few sceptical management decisions by Emery and Co,does not paper over the cracks of thirteen years of gross mismanagement. Sorry, but it fudging doesn’t. Some would have us believe that we should be able to duplicate Liverpool’s achievements of the past three seasons because we had a team and infrastructure set in place that would make it possible. No we bloody didn’t! The reason we can’t go out and get the likes of Zaha is simple. We fucked up, BIG TIME!! When a club is prepared to hand so many average players astronomical salaries,… Read more »
PedRo “”””Does Torreira to Milan make sense?”‘””” Yes. Whilst Spurs are apparently buying 6ft tall,strapping powerhouse midfielders to supplement their Alli,Sons and Sissokos etc we are prevaricating over whether to keep our diminutive midfielder. One of the most overrated players we have had for a while.Our defensive record has actually somehow got worse- since his arrival… Torreira’s lack of dynamism, endurance, inches and power are in complete contrast to what Spurs currently have. Add in to the mix- this constant drip feeding by his agents about his Homesickness and the weather back in London he should never wear our shirt… Read more »
China Haven’t you heard the world would end if we don’t sign Saliba? Pierre Your Emery bashing has gotten old and stale…We all know he doesn’t set up a defence bla bla bla but try setting up one with Mustafi, an aged Monreal and Xhaka sitting in front of them…. Which is why people are frothing at the mouth that we’re about signing another unknown and sending him back for a year when we need immediate improvements to the playing squad NOW… Doesn’t have to be some journey man player but I’m sure there are other defenders we can get… Read more »
Graham As much as the last regime was to blame for mismanagement of funds and stupid contracts, at what point exactly do we move on from the blame game and actually pay attention to what the new team are doing? Wasn’t their job meant to be to clean up the mess at least little by little? We’re about to go into another season with Xhaka and Mustafi and El Neny still here with 2 of those offered new contracts by this new team so maybe we should start asking what exactly the new team are doing to rid the stench… Read more »
When people try to ignore the damage, mess and catastrophe the old regime left us but blame the new one for all our mishappenings it beggers belief really.
Spurs signing Ndombele doesn’t guarantee he’ll be a hit just like Naby Keita is to Liverpool. Vincent Jansen comes to mind.
We can stop drooling over players our opponents sign. I understand the Arsenal situation so I’m more concerned about what we do. By doing so there will be less expectations leading to less frustrations.
“As much as the last regime was to blame for mismanagement of funds and stupid contracts,”
Well Batistuta not everyone believes the last regime did anything wrong. Some still talk like Wenger was let down by a lack of funds etc
A few posters on here have never acknowledged anything wrong was done over the past ten years by Wenger, they make excuses upon excuses for how things turned out, mention the name Emery though and they become tactics experts and critics ….
SIGN HIM, UNAI!!
Sorry, just woke up in sweat, a bad dream…
Very usual at this time of the year for all the Gooners.
HL Loooooooool
“”Kompany: “Arteta would be the perfect successor to Guardiola””
Pedro likes this!!
If Neymar goes back to Barcelona, is it possible we get Dembele on loan with an option to buy?. Say a 2 year loan or something?
Looks like they will be having an attack consisting of Griez, Suarez, messi, and Neymar.
Few deals to be had here.
If he goes to Madrid, we can try for Isco.
Pierre you sound like a broken record, your posts arre either 1. Emery is shit 2. I wank to Ozil.
I mean surely you have a wider range than that?
He sounds more like a broken Akb.
I so fucking irritated of every transfer article running with ‘arsenal have limited transfer budget’, ‘arsenal only have 40 million’ or some such variation.
I can’t seem to remember reading an article in the last 3 weeks that didn’t carry this disclaimer.
Arsenal Circus Club transfer window : “Zzzzzzzzz…. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.”
Receding, A few posters on here have never acknowledged anything wrong was done over the past ten years by Wenger, they make excuses upon excuses for how things turned out, mention the name Emery though and they become tactics experts and critics …. I would say that exactly the opposite. A few posters use Wenger and Gazidis’s mistake to absolve Emery and Raul of any blame for all the mistakes they have made. Poor them, they are in an insurmountable situation because of the failing of those before. Yes they have been inherited a bad situation, but conversely they have… Read more »
Saliba perfectly sums up where we are in our attempt to move to a Dortmund+ model. It appears on the face of it that the kid is talented and will be worth a chunk more in a year or two. Great. Buy him now, loan him back for a year, get a better player for the season after who is now worth even more and we’ve either landed the second coming of Van Dijk for £26m or he doesn’t quite cut it and we sell him on for ~£20m because the market is stupid now and a year’s worth of… Read more »
There was never a chance of major signings this summer, not with Stan as owner. And with the mess left by Wenger/Gazidis, I would most likely take the same view. Not that I don’t make him the major villain. But right now, spending huge money on transfers does not make sense. Throwing good money after bad does not work. Right now European football (and even more so EPL football) is a mad, mad merry-go-round. The transfer fees are ludicrous, and the wages ridiculous. It’s like a gold rush, there is so much cash around, A place shut off from the… Read more »
Receding anyone who doesn’t acknowledge the fact that Gazidis and co left a mess behind would just end up looking dishonest, i think it’s something we all see and accept. Still though, can’t keep blaming them for everything all the time when the new guys have had at least a year to properly access and figure out what and what needs to be done and act on it. That is what i think grates me the most, the fact that maybe i expected too much especially in terms of how quickly deals are wrapped up and who and who have… Read more »
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/soccer-transfers/story/3885604/sources-arsenal-set-to-win-25m-saliba-race
@Batistuta
We can blame Gazidis and Wenger until the poison contracts they left behind are expired. Summer 2021 is when Ozil and Mkhitaryan are off the books.
I don’t think the problem is Raul and Emery not knowing that Ozil’s rubbish, I think the problem is they thought they might be able to shift him and just can’t.
We move stadiums and plead poverty for ever, spuds move stadiums and same year put in a club record bid for a 22yr old midfielder from Lyon. Madness what’s happened to this once great club
What on earth is Raul playing at- not demanding that we have Saliba available for the forthcoming season.. To pay nearly £30 million for a teenager -but to then be told you cant get to play him for another 12 months- is such WEAK negotiating. (St Etienne are clearly having their cake and eating it…..) The player- does look to have the attributes to be a great defender in the Prem…..but we need these attributes now. He should call the deal off- unless the player joins up with the squad next week or we pay the extra required to sign… Read more »
22m for Saliba could end up being the best deal we have made in a long time, or it can go tits up, we’ll probably still get our money back even if it does so very low risk. Can’t imagine we’re paying that much up front either so shouldn’t affect our spending much this window.
Now get out there and sign Upemecano and our CB pairing is sorted for the next decade. Wouldn’t that be nice.
How does Raul/Emery assess and implement corrective action when no club is prepared to pay more than a bag of chips for Ozil, Mkhi, Mustafi, Elneny, Jenko, Kola? “Assessing” the mess the old guard left behind is great. What exactly is the immediate solution? Those assholes will most likely run their contracts down, or it’ll actually cost the club money to get rid early. Impossible to skirt around this. I guess OGS is responsible for Utd’s Sanchez debacle because he’s still there with his 4 goals over 2 seasons earning 500k a week.. The problem for Arsenal is, and has… Read more »
@CG
I agree. We need him now not later. I have serious doubts over mavraponis, chambers,jenkinson etc. Kos is a geriatric in football terms and way past his best, mustafi, say no more. After a serious injury like holdings , he’ll have to be brought back into the team gradually. We’re fucked defensively.
Valentin as usual most of what you have written has very little substance and are unverifiable – In what way did Emery prioritize the Europa league?? In playing Mavropranos, Elneny and Jenkinson(a natural right back as you say) in a home game against Palace?? – Did we reject any concrete bids for Mustafi and Xhaka?? Any bid at all except the usual rumblings?? I mean do you have concrete evidence that these players could have been sold for less last season and we rejected the bids?? – That a player is young and hungry does not make him good enough… Read more »
“”Biggles
“”We can blame Gazidis and Wenger until the poison contracts they left behind are expired. Summer 2021 is when Ozil and Mkhitaryan are off the books.”””
Raul signed them both off.
First thing he did…..sign off of Ozil….
Then swapped Miki with Sanchez
(Wenger was not in charge of these deals…..)
Truth Hurts … fabricate as long as you want….but one day – you will have to face the truth..
RAUL AND GAZIDIS SIGNED OFF ON OZILS CONTRACT….not WENGER.
“RAUL AND GAZIDIS SIGNED OFF ON OZILS CONTRACT….not WENGER.”
Point to a single credible source in support of this screaming bullshit, or shut the fuck up.
We need to expect that cleaning up the absolute shit storm that was wenger gazidis and stan would be a very difficult challenge that wouldn’t be done miraculously or overnight Meanwhile tho, emery, raul and chums are paid handsomely to do this and are supposed to be qualified and capable professionals I don’t get the feeling that those guys actually have a serious plan for how to fix this even if they will probably manage to have a few good moments along the way I know it’s only a rumor but on what planet do we go from looking at… Read more »
TYAG Sure, if Saliba is the only defensive signing we make it’s terrible business, but if we add a top class CB and LB we should be ok, as long as we reinforce our midfield as well. That’s the absolute minimum btw, would like to see a RB too but there’s so much to do. Upemecano/Holding/Sok/Mavro/Bielek is ok for a season I think, and after that when Saliba comes in we wouldn’t have to think about that position again for a very long time. Add Tierney, Upemecano (or similar) added to having Bellerin and Holding back and replace the traffic… Read more »