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Well here he is, finally, the Technical Director sent from the gods to bestow glory upon ALL of North London (just the red part).
Edu was announced on the website, Raul S is apparently really chuffed.
“His arrival is the final and very important part of the jigsaw in our development of a new football infrastructure to take us forward. He will be working closely with Unai Emery and the first-team coaches, and will play a relevant role leading our football vision and ensuring we have – and follow – a solid philosophy through all our football activities.”
Amen to that Raul, now take yourself off to Brighton beach for the day and hand your phone over to the man with the best skincare regime this side of anywhere.
So what can we expect from Edu?
My guess? Not a lot to begin with. No doubt he has many ideas about where he wants to take the club, but I’d imagine he’ll spend the first 3 months watching what happens at Arsenal. He’ll likely go on a prolonged listening tour, see the bus driver do the team talk, watch training, speak to the people on the shop floor and take in the madness that has gripped the club over the last ten years.
He’ll move where the fires are hottest. I can’t imagine he’s going to come in and take over transfers, it’s too late in the game for him to really make an impact there, but I do think he’ll have some thoughts on who replaces Burgess and I’d imagine he’ll look to fill vacancies or gaps in our setup fairly quickly.
I’d be very interested to know how long he takes before he announces himself internally (‘here is what I’m doing’ type thing). When does the big vision presentation drop? How does he share it? Will Emery do the deck design? Who will he trust to implement his philosophy? What does his rollout plan look like? Where the fuck does he start?
I’d imagine he’ll start with the basics.
- What is the objective I am going to be held accountable to?
- How am I planning to achieve it?
- What structures, processes and workflows need to be implemented to improve how we operate (I’d imagine the flow of information at a football club is immensely complicated and probably quite political in 2019, especially in our murky structure)
- What type of people do I need to hire
- Which people need to be upgraded
- Can I start to build a player recruitment policy that thinks beyond one window, has a more specific view on profile (power and pace is something we’ve ignored for 5 years), operates in markets that aren’t highly saturated (Eastern Europe, where you at?!)
Year one you create a process, build your minimal viable product, turf out the dross, and bring in talent that’ll move you forward. Year two you upgrade talent again, maybe selling a big name to fund more bodies with high ceilings. Year three you should really be making an impact on your grand objective.
Year 5, get the fuck out of my club if you haven’t won the Champions League.
I know things rarely run as smoothly as the above, but get a plan in place and you at least have a chance. If you hire talented people that are innovative, ambitious and accountable they will drive the vision through. Arsenal already has a lot of those people at the club, I’m hoping Edu will empower them and unleash their potential.
The smartest thing about his signing is that he knows the club. This isn’t a clash of civilisations here. The man has N5 DNA and a past baked in an Arsenal at their absolute peak. He’ll command a special sort of respect and he won’t need to spend 6 months adapting to the language, club culture or the shabby weather.
I also think his philosophy will have Arsenal DNA at core. This isn’t a Monchi like character walking in the door with a used car salesman attitude to a big club, this is someone that’s just left Brazil in a winning position. Someone who helped Corinthians win big. A player that believes in the beautiful game Arsene Wenger lavished on the fans. The ideas he brings should thrill the fanbase, they should please the board and they will be exciting to any player wanting to join the club.
Listen to his prose.
“Arsenal has always had a special place in my heart and I’m thrilled to be returning to this great club in this new role. We have a strong squad and some very talented young players with fantastic people at every level. I’m looking forward to helping make a difference.”
This should be a very good signing. I’ve been told that not only is he a very nice guy, but he’s also an obsessive when it come to the game. He understands scouting, how to grow talent and he has a keen interest in the performance side of the game. Take note of Dick Law coming back into the media spotlight this week, the two men know each other and I’ve no doubt they’ve been sharing notes about Arsenal, so I’d imagine Edu has a pretty solid grounding on what to expect from Arsenal.
I would hope that big changes start to happen behind the scenes by December. We should expect exits. There are some very average people that cling onto jobs through elite arse kissing. There are people that have made it into the backroom team because of who they know, not what they know. There’s a lot of people that will be switching their LinkedIn profiles to ‘Open to Offers’ because they know a fraud-busting-axe-of-doom is heading their way. That’s a great thing because we’ve allowed stagnation and complacency at Arsenal for far too long.
The player recruitment side of things is going to be very interesting. Will Edu stick with Cagigao? Or will he find his own chief scout? I’m also interested to see what his plan of attack is going to be with players. There will be a strategy that emerges, but what sort? I hope it isn’t a Monchi style of churn and burn.
Edu is a man that’s spoken in detail about young players from around the world, that doesn’t strike me as the sort of person eyeing up Ever Banega type characters, that’d be an affront to the purist values I am PRAYING he has. I’m hoping he’ll have seen the success of other clubs that have emerged from the embers of financial fuckery and opt for identifying youth value in the market because our attempts at short term hits of experience have been utterly miserable. Let’s look at Dortmund, Liverpool, Spurs and Ajax for inspiration… not Mourinho’s Inter Milan.
Finally, how is he going to deal with the munch bunch we’ve struggled to move on? Has this summer simply lacked someone focused on exiting players… or is the issue we’re dealing with so bad, no one can fix it? I struggle to believe there’s ever a situation in business that doesn’t have a creative solution on offer, but we’ll see.
The big thing we all want to know is this: What are the ambitions of the club and how are we going to get there?
Hopefully, the answer is aggressive and specific.
No more talk of being ‘proud’ or the Gazidis led Arsenalisation of failure. Just get me to the exciting stuff, which is winning trophies with an aesthetic built to thrill.
I have a rep for getting pretty excited about all the backroom folk we hire in, however, it has to be said, this guy is the only one I’ve heard great things about across the board. Monchi was an egotistical wally, Sven wasn’t really interested in being present in London, Raul was too Barca for his own good… Edu, well, the rumblings have been far more hopeful. There are no guarantees, but this is Raul’s best move yet. I mean, kind of his only move, but hey, let’s keep things positive.
Edu is one of our own. He’s a footballing man. He’s paid his dues and delivered success wherever he’s been. This could be good.
The 5-year countdown to Premier League success starts now, I can’t wait to see where this goes, this is a BIG move for Arsenal. Hopefully, it delivers on the promise. x
As it currently stands I don’t think we’ll be moving on Ozil this summer – as much as I’d like to see it happen.
I also think Xhaka for reasons beyond my comprehension is rated by the manager so he’ll be about this coming season.
Now hopefully that does mean we can shift on Mustafi.
Highbury
We should give Ozil the number 99 shirt, after all he plays like he’s got a flake stuck up his arse.
As someone who said he would jack it in next season if Xhaka is still around next season you seem very flippant about the midfield now.
I said I’d take a step back from Arsenal and it’s looking like a good idea at the moment. How am I flippant though? I haven’t commented incessantly on the issue I guess that’s it. There’s ways to go about improving our midfield and signing up some lad who’s interesting Parma isn’t one of them.
Ishola teams defend as such a team If our so called attacking players quit turning over possession in dangerous areas of the pitch we will improve defensively If our players quit making stupid passes straight to the opposition when we are in attacking phases we will improve defensively Yes Individual errors by defender also play a part and we can do without that hence the calls for Mustafi to be replaced and to a lesser extent Kos who has made errors that can be attributed to ageing legs Granit Xhaka played all 34 Bundesliga matches in midfield for a Borrusia… Read more »
If we work from the basis that Day 0 for the new Arsenal will be 30th June 2021, the day Ozil / Mkhi / Mustafi / Jenks contracts will be off the books, then Saliba and Tierney are high potential signings for being able to step up at that point and become stars of the future. We’re realistically not doing anything special while we have the legacy junk hanging around, so the next 2 years should be spent assembling the pieces for a fresh push from the 2021/22 season. Get our house in order, part ways with Emery at the… Read more »
I also think Xhaka for reasons beyond my comprehension is rated by the manager so he’ll be about this coming season. Ehhh I think it’s more no bids have been forthcoming more than anything with him. They probably (foolishly) think that he’s still passable as a CM and if he’s still here it’s not the end of the world but I’ve got no doubt whatsoever if Atletico or Inter had to of bid for him this summer that we would have accepted it to a point. I mean last summer we brought in two CM’s for about the same price… Read more »
Ozil has a Turkish VPN, it’s hard to block his access to fortnite.
Marko
Already said if you don’t agree regarding Hernani that’s fair enough.
But what about Pulgar?
This is a position in the team where you don’t need to spend big. This position is not star player position.
Why are the club not looking like they will replace a midfielder who is so obviously defensively suspect in a team that concede far too many goals. Or at least have him sitting on his arse on the bench more.
It’s not expense in this case. Not for a DM.
Ishola
Most will agree that you’re a wee fixated on Xhaka
You’ve heard that criticism before I think.
Neither Hernani nor Pulgar is Better than Xhaka, this coming from one who can see all of Xhaka’s failings.
RH, bit weird that you’d sit on a blog all day and decry armchair scouting. That’s the foundation of this comments section.
Arm chair scouting irks me, it really does. For me to be able to make a proclamation that so and so will undeniably improve us you really have to watch that player for 20 games or more.
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Receding,
From your arm chair?
Let’s remove the name Ozil of his shirt, and let’s put Pierre’s name instead.
I wonder how Edu can have any influence on how Emery wants to play the game. Up to now, we were trying to fill the gap and looking for affordable players. Do we have a vision of the style of football we want to play for next season and beyond? What happens if Edu wants to build the team for the future and Emery wants to patch up the current squad now.
Granit Xhaka played all 34 Bundesliga matches in midfield for a Borrusia team that conceded 26 goals in the league, the second best defense in the Bundesliga that year, so attributing the fact we are a horrible team defensively to just him alone is fanciful I think that season might have been an anomaly. They conceded 43 goals in the league the season before that 48 in his first season and in his final season they conceded 50 league goals a whopping 67 all comps. Ishola might be a bit obsessed with Xhaka but it absolutely can’t be denied that… Read more »
Nelson, there will only be one winner there.
Edu will define how we play, but likely not through Emery… it’ll be the next coach.
He’ll also control who we comes in and out, though I’d imagine it’s too late to impact this summer.
From Fenerbahce: “However, Fenerbahce does not have a proposal for Mesut Ozil. Under the current economic conditions, such a step is not possible for both parties.”
Don’t waste you time dreaming.
Receding “Granit Xhaka played all 34 Bundesliga matches in midfield for a Borrusia team that conceded 26 goals in the league” He also played in a Borussia Moechengladbach team that conceded 50 goals in one season with him appearing most times and was the season he was in the Bundesliga team of the year. We have seen with our own eyes how much Xhaka can be an obvious weakness off the ball and defensively since he has arrived at Arsenal. Do you want us to give him the benefit of the doubt because of a one-off season with Moechengladbach? I… Read more »
But what about Pulgar?
I’d take him. Hey look we’re apparently looking at a midfielder so I’d wait to see what they have in mind for the position. It’s very possible that he could still join
Pedro
So basically another dead rubber season then.
Arm chair scouting is literally part of being a footy fan.
Bati, for sure. I think this season will be horrible.
But at least the underpinnings of a better future start now.
Edu seems the real deal, and this hire is all on Raul, so he’ll have to make it work.
PedRo
“””Edu will define how we play, but likely not through Emery…
it’ll be the next coach.He’ll also control who we comes in and out, though I’d imagine it’s too late to impact this summer.”””
Surely then – Edu should be manager!?
if Edu has as much as power as you are saying- Who in their right mind would want to be our next coach post emery?
he will be on a hiding to nothing?
Dissenter
What are you going on about when you say Pulgar isn’t “better” than Xhaka?
What does this midfield need that looks so porous in a team that concedes 102 goals over a season?
Does Xhaka in the present Arsenal side make this team a good/great possession side? Does Granit Xhaka in this present Arsenal team make them good to watch?
I’m genuinely interested in the last two questions.
Edu will never determine the way we play. That’s a manager’s responsibility. The manager is the one that bites the bullet when things go wrong on the field.
If Edu wants to change his title. He can recommend himself like Dick Cheney famously did.
“So basically another dead rubber season then.”
One more, one less… big deal.
Ishola
So you think Xhaka is the main reason why we concede so many goals?
*102 goals over two seasons*
Dissenter, he will dictate how the club plays, he’ll do that by who he hires.
Well said Diss
“”””””Edu will never determine the way we play. That’s a manager’s responsibility. The manager is the one that bites the bullet when things go wrong on the field.”””””
for instance- if we are playing too direct in the first half- does Edu come into the locker room at half time and give the team talk ( to play differently)?
Preposterous!!!
PedRo
“”””Dissenter, he will dictate how the club plays, he’ll do that by who he hires.”””””
But what if his hire choices differs to Raul?
Who chooses?
Who is numero uno?
CG, I suspect he and Raul are in lockstep about what they want, hence why he was hired.
Dissenter Xhaka is a defensive weakness right bang in front of the back four. How can he not be seen as a defensive problem for the side when we also see with our own eyes his defensive lapses. Arsenal will never be a top pressing team which is seen as so important now with the likes of Xhaka in there. I would like to ask again. Does the presence of Xhaka in this Arsenal side make them a top possession team? Does the presence of Xhaka make this present Arsenal team good to watch? If you can’t answer categorically yes… Read more »
Edu only works if he has complete control of Everything!
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Or this ends in acrimony and failure.
100% guaranteed!
Ish, hard to argue with those points. He’s always making mistakes, has no recovery pace, is extremely weak… a total liability that can pass real well.
GG
We had a despot in Wenger
The current pretender is
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all thanks to a pot of tepid tea called Kroenke
So unless a Kroenke can recognise between grain and chaff , it will be Chaff Raul winning…and Arsenal losing out
The Spanish Waiter will serve his master like his stooge
A total anomaly in fact. At Basel they conceded 64 and 56 goals during his time there. At Arsenal it’s been 65, 73 and 71 goals conceded all comps. Fuck me that’s unbelievable. Why haven’t we ditched him yet and brought in better defenders. So that one season where Gladbach conceded 39 goals all comps was a one off every other season was 50/60/70+ conceded
PedRo
“””””CG, I suspect he and Raul are in lockstep about what they want, hence why he was hired.”””
Despite the fact Edu was not his preferred choice.
Monchi was.
If Edu replaced Raul ( who is no longer needed)
We have seen his Contacts Book , by now( its a myth)
Edu could achieve things. Real things. Radical things.
Until then – Raul will always have One Over on Edu! And it will be Raul dictating.
……calling the shots!
And as you well know – Thats how the Real world Works!
Edu will never determine the way we play
That’s not true. He’ll have an influence on the team going forward by targeting particular players and particular managers but mostly through recruitment. It’s probably why we’ve been linked with mostly wingers and attackers and not enough clear links with defenders
S A
“””GG
We had a despot in Wenger
The current pretender is
R
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L”””
Totally agree- At least Wenger faced 2 press conferences a week!
Raul has never done one!
Raul has actually much more power than Wenger even had!
I am glad – you have observed this too!
In my mind I have had the following list for a long time: Ajax-Arsenal-Barcelona, call it the Marc Overmars route.
Frenkie De Jong what might have been
Hopefully, a very exciting hire, even if he has his work cut out.
Surely a vast improvement on the buffoons who had been allowed to hijack this club under the Wenger/Gazidis era
Smudger
“””””Surely a vast improvement on the buffoons who had been allowed to hijack this club under the Wenger/Gazidis era””””””
Gazidas chose Raul
Never ever forget That fact.
Most like too on here…
Raul was going to be sacked at Barca
(Gazidas did him a favour- by employing him at Arsenal-mainly for his extensive CONTACTS!!)
………….hahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha…………………………….hahaha
And Gazidas judgement was always appalling!
things were bad before granted- but they will get much worse from now on.
Tick Tock
That Raul decided to sign Saliba not for the coming season but for the future tells us something. If I were Emery, I wouldn’t feel comfortable with this arrangement.
Maybe CG, but referring to Edu himself rather than Raul
That Raul decided to sign Saliba not for the coming season but for the future tells us something
I agree. It’s good isn’t it. Forward progressive thinking and a long term goal in mind? Where have you been all my life
Hernani is the new filipe melo
Hernanini is the new filipe melo
Leg end
“Pierre is defending Ozil on Twitter ??
The guy really is a lost cause…”
What’s Twitter?
Sid
“Hernanini is the new filipe melo”
He can’t be. Hernia hasn’t had anything like the hype of Melo lol
smudger
“””Maybe CG, but referring to Edu himself rather than Raul””””
if Edu was head coach instead of emery we would go places
if Edu was DoF instead of raul we would go places.
but this ‘piggy in the middle/halfway house’ nonsense WONT WORK /CANT WORK in top flight ruthless English football.
Its been set up for Rauls benefit only
Not Arsenals!
My ideal scenario- and that works 100%
Edu DoF
Vieria Head Coach,
(first signing Wilf Z)
those 2 have gone 49 games unbeaten
They know football!
The Spiv and The Clown only know self preservation!
Hernani is definitely not the new Melo. For one thing Ishola is the first and probably only Arsenal fan to ever suggest the player. Good to know that you’re being kept abreast of the incomings and outgoings at Parma
“He can’t be. Hernia hasn’t had anything like the hype of Melo lol”
I thought Hernia was Tierney.
Pedro
Every time that fucking idiot posts on here I just turn off. The guy is killing the comments section.
Left field suggestion innit.
And it doesn’t need a superstar to quell this horrible defensive midfield Arsenal have.
Arsenal will be playing Parma in the years to come in Europa League at this rate.
Marc he also takes up space so you can’t ignore him.
More poor suggestion than anything.
Arsenal will be playing Parma in the years to come in Europa League at this rate.
Hernani is improving them to the point that they get Europa League football? That is a player
Pedro
I agree that he only way Edu influences who we play is by influencing the manager we sign and having a say in the players we sign.
However once the ink dries on the manager’s contract, the final day-today footballing product has to be the manager’s. The technical director has no business intruding on a manager’s business in that manner.
*the main way Edu influences who we play , not the ONLY way.
Nothing wrong with left field suggestions when that area of the team is poor.
It can be rectified but because Arsenal paid 35m for Xhaka the powers that be are probably thinking he is good for the team.
Nothing like a biggish price tag is there.
have Juventus got a Teck Deck?
And if they do:
a)Does he tell Sarri how his team have to play?
b)And surely Sarri will rightly ignore him and blow a puff of smoke in his face.
No one can tell – how the manager sets up his team!
Thats the managers job!
keep it simple
its only football
“””Every time that fucking idiot posts on here I just turn off. The guy is killing the comments section.””””
Stop being a Drama Queen Walt!
Pedro arm chair scouting over 2 minutes you tube clips surely cannot be taken seriously or did you just chose to ignore the part of my post which said to draw a firm conclusion that any player “will instantly improve us” once has to have at least watched said player 20 times or more.
have Juventus got a Teck Deck?
I know I shouldn’t but yes they do.
Does he tell Sarri how his team have to play?
No but he’s responsible for the players that he has at his disposal. Thus influencing how the team performs.
It seems Barca are insisting to PSG that the only way they buy Neymar is iy they include Dembele and Coutinho in the deal.
Essentially, they are dictating to PSG that ‘you have to buy the players that we overpaid for to sooth our pride” after you took Neymar from us.
That saga will be interesting to watch all summer.
Barca can easily have the best revenge; talk for one month and then walk away to let PSG and Neymar burn.
Receding is back.
Anymore stats about Xhaka Receding to try to mislead us?
Please tell us why you are satisfied with having Granite Xhaka in your team?
It seems Barca are insisting to PSG that the only way they buy Neymar is iy they include Dembele and Coutinho in the deal.
…
“Please tell us why you are satisfied with having Granite Xhaka in your team”
Not wanting a 25 year old journeyman does not translate into satisfaction with Granit Xhaka…he isn’t Granite mind you.
I repeat for the umpteenth time, this idea you are selling that “anyone is better than Xhaka” is false and borne out of an obsession with Xhaka.
Think the club committed a blunder by allowing Gnabry to leave the club on the cheap? I think we allowed him to go to Werder Bremen for £4m… now he was FC Bayern’s Player of the Season this past campaign… how we could use him now. Well, let’s learn from our mistakes and give Bielik a chance. If he doesn’t cut the mustard… fair enough but the boy has done more loans than sandwiches and he has gotten stronger and stronger with each assignment. Sure it’s a big step up from League 1 to the EPL, I’m not saying he’ll… Read more »
Has anyone seen Daniel Sturridge’s Pomeranian, Lucky Lucci around?
Leeds, the mistake with Serge was not giving him a deal before he left for an international tournament… the club didn’t even speak to him.
Beggars belief that Dortmund are signing Sancho with a view to selling him in front of a home crowd at the Euros, while we can’t see that a talented kid might do his value some good at the Olympics.
Receding Let’s cut to the chase shall we. You are prefectly happy to have Granite Xhaka in your side instead of what you term as “destroyers”. Incorrect term mind you. Why is that? Does it give you a sense of grandeur and footballing supremacy to have a deep lying playmaker in your team? A regista. Sounds sexy football doesn’t it. Sounds Wengeresque doesn’t it. Let’s ask you a simple question. Would you sign Erik Pulgar for 12m for Granite Xhaka and have Xhaka as a bench player? Remember Hernani is no longer on the market lol. What you think Erik… Read more »
Bielik is nothing like Gnabry. For one he’s got zero top flight experience anywhere none. He made like 10 appearences for Birmingham in the championship. Literally all the hype surrounding him stems from a loan in the third tier of English football and that’s it. It’s pathetic to think that he’s anything but a prospect at best. Cut our loses before he joins AMN on that bang average pedestal we got going on
Pedro Re Gnabry Wenger had it in his mind that all his players would sign up to an extension just because he asked them to. He took it as a personal affront when they didn’t toe the line. So when Gnabry did really well at the Olympics and his stock began to rise it was already too late because Wenger was never going to back down because he was too interested in saving face rather than thinking… what is best for the team. I’m still amazed, in light of Swiss Ramble’s analysis that he was allowed to get away with… Read more »
lol at Bielik for DM.
Boy is impetuous at this stage.
Will be flying in and all sorts in midfield.
Explain yourself Dissenter.
Milan rumoured to want Bielik…it’s Gazidis, absolutely fleece him if we’re selling.
Ishola
I would take a chance on Beilik as back-up for one season provided he renews his contract. I have seen enough of Elneny to realize that Beilik cannot be any worse.
I just fear we are doing the same with Beilik. Why is it that there are no promoted defensive players?
Gnabry was actually smart. I think a lot of people tend to take the piss out of Arsene when they talk about him either not bringing on talent to the next level or wasting talent but it was actually kinda true towards the end there. Gnabry saw more examples of players like Vela and Joel Campbell than Fabregas or Bellerin so he made a career choice and it absolutely worked out for him. Our blunder was between 2011 and 2016 we only played him 18 times. That’s the problem right there
Ishola
This Xhaka argument is not an all or none issue
Most people here don’t need reminders that Xhaka is as flawed as they come but replacing him with a journeyman Brazilian who has not demonstrated any semblance of quality in any of his previous clubs is laughable.
Questioning your anyone-but-Xhaka approach doesn’t make us Xhaka-lovers.
“You are prefectly happy to have Granite Xhaka in your side instead of what you term as “destroyers”. Incorrect term mind you.” No i am perfectly happey to have Xhaka instead of whoever the dude is Parma just signed that you brought up this morning as “will instantly improve us”….. |Why is that? Does it give you a sense of grandeur and footballing supremacy to have a deep lying playmaker in your team? A regista. Sounds sexy football doesn’t it. Sounds Wengeresque doesn’t it.” Now you just sound like a fellow who needs help overcoming an obsession “Would you sign… Read more »
I’ll be back after CG fucks off. He ruins the comments.
I have seen enough of Elneny to realize that Beilik cannot be any worse.
That’s not a ringing endorsement. I know in your mind Elneny is so bad that that therefore makes Bielik good enough for a place at Arsenal but it doesn’t.
Dissenter
Pulgar for Xhaka? Xhaka on bench.
Game?
Truth be told, we are approaching the level of Chelsea that we all like to castigate for not providing their youth academy products opportunities.
At least the necessity of playing their youth has been placed on them by the transfer ban. I hoped that this money crunch issue will push us to at least give the most promising youth we have more opportunities.
Instead some people are recommending journey men
Interesting that the rumour is Arsenal haven’t fully said no to the chance of signing Mariano.
But the only way that makes sense to me is if we get a good deal for him (£15-18 Million) and then sell Lacazette for £60-70 Million to use the rest of the funds on Zaha or a similar winger option.
Otherwise it gets even more ridiculous than it already is, no wingers but we’d have Lacazette, Aubameyang, Mariano.
It’s this type of imbalance already that means we’re an impact substitute team.
the irony is we really need serge gnabry in this team right now
his thrusting runs on the right hand side will been useful last season
we can only hope reiss nelson can do this role
You haven’t seen Pulgar play Receding? Why not? He’s been praised for his performances for Chile in Copa America. He has been noted for his displays for Bologna past season in one of the top european leagues. Hardly obscure football is it played in the outback. Anyway the type of player Pulgar is is no mystery. He is a midfielder that likes to take the ball from defence , has a decent range of passing and likes also to defend his own goal. Maybe has less passing range than Xhaka you know those occasional hollywood long range ones. He is… Read more »
Marko
The difference is that Beilik wont cost us a pretty penny. Elneny can be sold and the proceeds can fund more pressing needs.
the only problem is we not been strongly linked with defenders which is a worry
could we not even sell mustafi at all
only strong link is saliba but thats for next season
Kostas Manolas has ended up at napoli for £32m, he would been a welcome addition as well
i thought we be interested in Nkunku as a box to box player he going to RBL for £18m
so there was deals out there to be made but we still sticking with the same backline
unless Emery and his coaches have a defensive master plan we DOOMED
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again the Arsenal fanbase is littered with fools and idiots. At what point will they realize that the vast majority of the youngsters on our books not only won’t make it as premier league footballers but are less likely to even make an impression here. Playing youths for the sake of it is a novel way to waste a couple years. As I said before even our best prospects like Nelson, ESR and Saka maybe Willock have issues and are in need of a loan or at best are nothing more than… Read more »
Jamie
“I’ll be back after CG fucks off. He ruins the comments”
That’s a very Trumpian approach
Why don’t you just ignore him? You can just scroll past his comment.
Pretty clear balls in Ozil’s court regarding the illustrious Turkish Süper Lig.
Honigstein said at beginning of window that Ozil loves London, wants to play here then going further that its not in his interest to go to Turkey or China. Stated in a pod shortly after that Ozil and his people likely feel they can outlast Unai.
Sounds like a recipe for disaster and well all have a front row seat. Suspect Ozil will be the exception to Raul’s 2 year contract rule.
CA I’ll stop you there. The Mariano stuff is a non starter because Lacazette isn’t going anywhere. Atletico saw to that when they bought Felix, Morata and some Serbian off Benfica. Barcelona have Griezmann on their mind. So that’s that. Who else is interested in him?
Those Turks were on about Ozil for Fenerbahce last season as well.
Nothing new in it.
They just want to show love for their fellow Turk and show that they love him even if others don’t.
Turks are like that.
We have Edu now. I expect some fast signings being made- if not, then i dont know what to say…. its getting late again. (typical arsenal summer 10x)
that Ozil and his people likely feel they can outlast Unai.
I never got that line of thinking. Like do they think that Emery is the problem? That once he’s gone the next manager will overlook things and just pick him without any instructions? Maybe even give him a new deal. Clearly not living in this reality that lot
Marko “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again the Arsenal fanbase is littered with fools and idiots. At what point will they realize that the vast majority of the youngsters on our books not only won’t make it as premier league footballers but are less likely to even make an impression here. ” How do you know this when they haven’t had that opportunity? Are you getting all predictive now? No one is suggesting to make them starters. Dammit people slated Coquelin with the same sham banter of how can he make the leap from Charlton… he did… Read more »
*The “vast majority”comeback is frankly pathetic and shows that you don’t seem to know what the issue is.
Ozil will be 31 this year. His decline is not a fluke. Nothing to do with the coach. Ozil is a very one dimensional player. He has not tailored his game, and does not have the stamina or strength to continue at this level. I deplore him and his “team”
Dude loves London more than he loves playing football.
Just retire- save the team money- be a hero! and continue to live in London.
Ozil will play in the Turkish super lig, probably on a free transfer from Arsenal in 2021.