Well HELLO new signing.
Martinelli takes the prize of being the summers FIRST new body.
Gabriel has made rapid progress during his short time at Ituano. Since making his debut in November 2017 aged just 16 years and nine months, the young forward scored 10 goals from his 34 appearances for the Sao Paulo-based club.
The 18-year-old’s development was also recently acknowledged by the Brazilian national team, with a call-up to the full squad for a training camp in May ahead of the Copa America.
Gabriel was voted as the 2019 Best Newcomer and also a member of the 2019 Team of the Year for the Campeonato Paulista – the football league for the state of Sao Paulo.
The 18-year-old looks a super exciting prospect. He’s fast, he has skilful zest expected of Brazilians and he is on record as saying he is going to be as good as CR7. Or something like that.
This is a great signing. It says we’re serious about bringing in elite youth and it’s a statement to the market that we’re interested in spending good money to make smart bets. It also says that we’re promising a path to the first team.
I very much doubt he’ll be anywhere near the first team this season, but we’ll see, crazier things have happened and he’s very highly rated. We’ve got to hope he’s more Gabriel Jesus than Wellington Silva, and we’ve also got to keep ’em crossed that he likes England!
WHERE ARE THE OLDER BOYS?!?!?!?!?!
We’re still pissing around with Palace and Wilfried Zaha. They are DISGUSTED we’ve bid so low. I know Arsenal fans are also angry about the derisory opening offer. I’m not. It doesn’t matter how good you think he is, he’s been a flop at a major club, his numbers are bland and it’s hard to justify on any level that he’s an £80m player.
£40m plus a player like Jenks/Chambers feels about right to me, so we’ll see where that goes. Palace are stomping their feet, but ultimately, there’s no one else bidding for him and it’s never smart to keep a player that wants to leave… especially a BIG player at a small club.
Also, negotiation normally starts with a derisory bid unless you’re United and the only figure you know is £60m.
Napoli is apparently moving in on Tierney. Again, I’d love to cry about this, but I am British, I know the rules, I was offered a job in Marseille once. Better money, better lifestyle, elite women… I said no, because I couldn’t be arsed to learn the language. I’m naturally ignorant and above that sort of carry-on. Have my doubts Tierney is going to want to go to an inferior league and suffer the indignity of learning something new when he could be taking things to the next level with Ozil on Fortnite.
I might be totally wrong, but I’d wager we’ll land both of them at some point.
More worrying is how few people are bidding for our deadwood. Probs doesn’t help that I’m calling them that. Maybe I should call them the Golden Boys?
As I’ve been saying all summer… if Emery told the Golden Boys they were shite last season and indicated he wanted them gone, they’ll come back salty and it’ll be very disruptive for a manager on the back foot already.
Raul needs to start playing that contacts game. Where’s Harry Redknapp when you need him? Last day of the transfer window is going to be fun.
Finally, the Saliba deal is STILL bumbling along… according to a whole bunch of French journos who appear to have no clue what’s really going on.
We’re also apparently interested in Brahimi on a free transfer… I won’t pass comment, I’d sign your mum up if I had a pen, beggars CANNOT be choosers this close to the Boreham Wood game.
Right, see you in the hell comments.
The ESPN article calls it “a culture of mediocrity”. Can’t really disagree with that given the last 10-15 years. Though what I will say in defence of the new regime is at least a willingness seemingly to address the mediocrity which is something that was never going to be addressed under Arsene and Ivan. The only problem is that with that mediocre period we’ve come out of it a bit like Nick Nolte in down and out in Beverly Hills reeking of shit and unable to shake our past (at least for the moment). One things for sure we need… Read more »
That there was no farewell made to him would suggest he is staying put for another season.
His contract didn’t run down the others did. Question do you usually see players getting a farewell at the end of a season prior to being sold? It doesn’t really happen does it.
Yes you do see players in the past making farewells to clubs when they have only a matter of a few months left on their contract that coincides with the end of the playing season.
when they have only a matter of a few months left on their contract that coincides with the end of the playing season.
Yeah he didn’t have a few months left on his contract he extended for one year he wasn’t released like the others. If he had a few months left he would have been a free agent on July 1st
It will upset Emirates Stroller though if Monreal stays on for another season. According to him the main culprits for Arsenal’s continuing defensive woes are Monreal and Koscielny. Let’s forget Xhaka and Mustafi. ES continues to overlook that Arsenal have a midfielder sitting in front of the defence that is poor defensively. Or he just will not admit to that weakness defensively. Feel like banging his head on the wall to get some sense into him on this issue. And that’s before we even get on to Mustafi. There’s no doubt that Kos and Monreal have regressed but to overlook… Read more »
Marko
Address the mediocrity??
Under wenger we had Sanchez, rvp, Theo, Wilshere, cazorla, Ramsey, Campbell, rvp, cesc, Henry, pires, vieira, Freddy, Kanu, Anelka, Cole, Toure, nasri, Arshavin.
Not one player signed by the new regime betters anyone on that list. Not one player.
In fact they’ve come in and made the current players worse. Worse defensively and one dimensional going forward
Let’s not pretend emery’s and Kroenke’s arsenal is anything other than mediocre.
transfermarkt has his contract expiry as 30.06.19.
Why are the media going on about a contract extension being made to him a while back and discussing whether this was the case or not now.
Marko
Isn’t that what some of us were banging on and kept being told to be patient and take our rants elsewhere or something along those lines…
Why are we taking an eternity to do a deal with Celtic for a player who didn’t even have any international duties?
Leicester made a bid for a Newcastle player, accepted, done a medical and about to be announced within a week…. Why does everything Arsenal seem so slow paced and drawn out?
I think China said it the other day, but I’d be amazed if we go into this season with more than 1-2 players, I reckon the make up of the squad will be largely the same as this season just gone.
Poverty issues may see Kolasinac drafted further up the field to be a “winger”. lol
Tierney LB, Monreal back-up LB/CB
I’d say 3 players max.
There’s been no improvement defensively Un, but I wouldn’t say we are worse defensively. We’ve conceded 51 goals in the last two seasons.
Yet, we’re in the beginning of July with pre-season about to start and nothing of note has been done to rectify it. I can see why any Arsenal fan is disgruntled.
We don’t have the time and quality to be patient.
Why are the media going on about a contract extension being made to him a while back and discussing whether this was the case or not now.
I have no idea why anyone goes on about anything. But if his contract was up they’d have to announce it in the released players list. So he obviously signed on for a year. It doesn’t mean that he’ll still be here though he could still be sold
Batistuta
“Leicester made a bid for a Newcastle player, accepted, done a medical and about to be announced within a week…. Why does everything Arsenal seem so slow paced and drawn out?”
Its the Arsenal way.
“We don’t have the time and quality to be patient.”
As CG would say: Tick Tock.
I think Monreal probably stays on for another season as back-up.
It’s not beyond the realms of possibility that they will use Kolasinac in Emmanuel Eboue mode.
Why are we taking an eternity to do a deal with Celtic for a player who didn’t even have any international duties? I don’t know. There have been others that I’ve understood that we might have to be patient with like Upamecano or Ziyech for example which I think could still happen but not necessarily when they were involved in tournaments but a 25 million rated LB from Scotland to me shouldn’t be dragged out but the fact that it is shows that there isn’t going to be a lot of money or at the very least that what money… Read more »
Who is ESPN and why should we listen to them? Considering that it is broadcast money that has largely fuelled this obscene level of transfer fees for even average players… it’s a bit hypocritical of ESPN to criticise Arsenal for refusing to pay over the top money for in reality, above average players.
Lazy journalism… doesn’t say anything new.
I also think we’re going about the Zaha thing in the right way. This idea of our bid being laughable is just an example of how ludicrous football has gotten and we seem to be one of those clubs taking a stand for once. Zaha is not worth 80-100 million at best he’s worth 45-50 million but more realistically he’s worth 30-40 million. Same with Tierney more Realistically speaking a club should be signing him for between 15-20 million.
“I’d say 3 players max.”
Buying or selling ??
Make a choice, we can’t do both, we are the mighty Arsenal.
Leedsgunner
“Who is ESPN and why should we listen to them?”
I don’t think anyone can actually listen to Alejandro Moreno.
He’s excruciating. And offers zero insight into the game or matches he talks about.
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Marko
The other day you got all snarky when I suggested Leicester will probably sign Tierney ahead of us. Brendan Rodgers knows him quite well having just managed him.
I suspect Celtic are delaying because they know Leicester are set to sell Chilwell this summer, Tierney to replace him.
That’s the end game, they think Leicester will pay that £25 million.
Of course it was “a culture of mediocrity”
Anyone who argues otherwise is blind and ignorant.
Tends to happen when you don’t have natural leaders/winners/competitors at the helm.
I include the Owner/ Manager/ CEO/ BoD in all of that.
Juve bid lower than Ajax’s valuation but they known to be good in negotiating transfers. We did that with with Tierney and Zaha respectively and the media claim it’s derisory. It feels like the media together with Celtic and Palace just want to ridicule as because it’s arsenal.
Even when we buy gari we negotiate down the price.
Unpopular opinion but Monreal and Koscielny are two of the biggest contributors to our choking mentality I dont see us progressing until both are marginalised or shifted. Xhaka and mustafi both appalling players unworthy of the red and white and i’d sooner lose them.
Un na
Wishere was/is a crook
Asharvin was badly managed
Ramsey was injured half the time
Theo only turned up during contract renewals
Theo Walcott scores over 100 goals for arsenal from the right wing and the subs bench
Arshavin was still a better player than anyone we currently have, as was Wilshere, as was Ramsey.
All we have left is functional boredom. Lacazette being the only standout or semi exception