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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
Young Jamie
“””””’ll be back after CG fucks off. He ruins the comments””””””
x 2 Drama Queens on Le Grove!
I thought there was only one!
Walter Mitty ( mark)
The Truth always hurts the most gullible The most!
“I’ll be back after CG fucks off. He ruins the comments.”
Tick Tock…
Truth Hurts…
How do you know this when they haven’t had that opportunity? Because that’s just how it is. That’s what happens at academies they churn them out and once in a while you’ll get one good enough but they mostly don’t make it to any sort of high level. Dammit people slated Coquelin with the same sham banter of how can he make the leap from Charlton… he did because he got he chance. Not sure he’s the best example to use but Coquelin actually had top flight experience with Lorient and Friedburg that would have been far more helpful than… Read more »
“I haven’t watched Eric Pulgar enough to form an opinion, ”
That was what i said above Ishola, and no i did not watch Chile play in the COPA, some of those games kicked off at 1AM local time here, i am not a paid football scout.
Seems Sturridge has found his dog.
Someone just made 30k in reward money
Dis
“”””Someone just made 30k in reward money”””””
thats more than what we have received in transfer fees this summer!
tick tock
CG you can add me to the list of drama queens too if you like. In fact can you put me on my own list it’s the one that wants you to fuck off or drop dead. I’m not fussy
This whole ‘outlast Emery’ thing is another layer added onto Ozil’s victim complex.
Yet again, it isn’t his fault he’s performing like an absolute flange. Always someone/something else to blame.
“I never got that line of thinking.”
50th min
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11742123/mesut-ozil-could-outlast-unai-emery-at-arsenal-raphael-honigstein-tells-the-transfer-talk-podcast
Pretty realistic scenario considering how this summers playing out.
But Ozil is a victim. Everyone knows he’s a victim of his mother fucking a fish all those years ago. I mean to cheat on your husband with something you saw at an aquarium in Istanbul. My lord
Marko
Actually, Coquelin is a very fitting example.
He has been since 2008 and amounted to nothing, not even after his loan spells at Freiburg and Lorient. He was so highly rated by us that we sent him to Charlton on loan.
At the time we didn’t even have a defensive midfielder – the midfield was Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere, Mesut Ozil, Mikel Arteta, Abou Diaby and Tomas Rosicky.
‘Pretty realistic scenario considering how this summers playing out’
Well unless the football vision that Edu and Sanllehi are putting into place is ‘team that imitates wet vagina’ then it doesn’t matter who the manager is, Ozil is finished.
No I know what you’re talking about sal but it’s the club that wants rid not just the manager. Vast majority of fans too. So the whole outlasting Emery stuff is silly. It’s not like his form returns once he’s gone or there’s another contract on the horizon. I’m not sure what he plans on outlasting
waiting for my sausage roll to finish in the microwave
…tick tock…!!!
Well it’s not a mystery really is it.
Ozil will still be on big wages next year as well and Arsenal are unlikely to be able to offload him in season 2020/21 either.
Whereas Emery is on a two year contract and you would hope only three years and above if he qualifies for CL.
The only mystery is regarding Emery unfortunately.
Ozil is set in stone what is going to go on with him.
He was so highly rated by us that we sent him to Charlton on loan.
Ha… wait were you serious?
Pinnacle of a play makers career is now whether he outlasts a manager on the last year of his deal.
Very soon the Leicester clips will be pulled out in defense of him
I remember one particular poster here saying we should play the exact same formation we played at home against Leicester in all our matches to get the best out of Ozil. Imagine being a footballer that needs a perfect scenario to perform
CG reminds me of a guy I didn’t know who decided to come over and join a conversation I was having at the pub with some mates. We were talking about China and guy interrupted to talk to us about his diabetes
Tick tock!!!
I still can’t believe Ozil is in the squad after his histrionic behaviors in Baku.
He called the manager a “fuc*ing pu$$y” and said he was “not a coach”.
The joke is on Arsenal, why is he still around?
I actually think they are likely to depart the club at the same time. I can see Emery being here for 2 more seasons and then going as the club will have trimmed the squad (or the contracts of the dross have run out) and will have the general direction set for someone like Vieira or Nagelsmann if does well at Leipzig etc to come in and be expected to be a bit more adventurous and less steady with their approach as steady won’t be necessary anymore given the damage done by Wenger will have been addressed. The point is… Read more »
Cesc Appeal
“Well unless the football vision that Edu and Sanllehi are putting into place is ‘team that imitates wet vagina’ then it doesn’t matter who the manager is, Ozil is finished.”
Let’s build the team around Ozil. He’s world class.
Did I say that I also dislike Emery a lot?
No forget that.
Sure the thought with Ozil’s people is that club will bring in a manager that utilizes his skill set more effectively.
Elephant in room is that yes, barring the unforeseen he’s done at this level.
“He called the manager a “fuc*ing pu$$y” and said he was “not a coach”.”
Allegedly
‘The joke is on Arsenal, why is he still around?’
350 000 reasons.
“The point is the narrative Ozil’s agent or his PR team etc are trying to create with that is that Emery is Ozil’s problem, not that Ozil is finished in the modern game.”
Nailed it
Ishola
It’s like a builder turning up on site with a novel new idea to stop using concrete for foundations and start using jelly.
Provided you don’t put too much weight on it, or have it in direct sunlight, or rain, or strong winds, or mildly warm temperatures, or spill anything on it, or look at it, or add toppings…it will perform adequately.
Marko
Weren’t you suggesting that Coquelin was much further along or better rated because of his loans at Lorient and Freiburg?
“The point is the narrative Ozil’s agent or his PR team etc are trying to create with that is that Emery is Ozil’s problem, not that Ozil is finished in the modern game.”
The most Elite comment today.
What would you all do without CG? Don’t pretend, you love him! Who doesn’t like to be entertained by a weirdo? Edu has come and so freaking what? Long as you have Kroenke here, nothing changes. An owner’s ambition is the key if you wanna win the league someday ahead of City and Pool. You could bring the PEP here as coach under Kroenke and you might still not finish fourth. Getting Edu over the line is no statement, splashing cash on decent players and forcing the dross out is the music. If Kroenke has repented or he’s getting out,… Read more »
Dis
“””I still can’t believe Ozil is in the squad after his histrionic behaviors in Baku.
He called the manager a “fuc*ing pu$$y” and said he was “not a coach”.””””
Hardly a sackable offense- stating The Truth, is it???
CGJuly 10, 2019 13:42:34 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 DoFVieria Head Coach,(first signing Wilf Z)those 2 have gone 49 games unbeatenThey know football! ——————- CG , you forgot to say who would win the league, for a fact, no doubt, if… Read more »
Remains to be seen but we’ll be seeing how small Arsenal’s dick is in relation to Ozil. I’ve never quite bought into the whole he has us bent over the table being unable to move all the while crying scenario that some like to paint. They could go full on Icardi on him and then some but I’ve a feeling that some people at Arsenal are preoccupied with perception and want to be seen showing “Arsenal values”. I personally would have sit him down and said see that American tour? You’re not going. You’re going to stay at home and… Read more »
that utilizes his skill set more effectively.
What skill set? I said before and I’ll say again there isn’t a manager in world football who’s capable of getting that lazy prick back to any semblance of his former self. Which was never that great to begin with.
Even if what Ozil said wasn’t true it’s the perception of it and there was no denials about it and either way the shit shouldn’t be allowed to stand. Either the club or the manager has to take a stand
Marko, highly unrealistic stance to take with Ozil for a penny pinching club like Arsenal.
Ozil would probably gladly just stay at home collecting his millions while playing fortnight ( or whatever the name) while professing his undying love for Arsenal to his social media followers.
Like I said Marko well have a front row seat for the Ozil spectacle, we’ve got Honigstein on record stating Ozil will 100% be at the club next season, flipping you’re early prediction of 100% gone on its head.
All I know is that the club made him the highest paid player a year and half ago and thats a pile of leverage.
If its gone sour which it appears to of done, you either pay him off and shift, utilize or strike agreement with lesser terms to leave which seems highly unrealistic.
Emery must be getting a little fed up and affronted with the Ozil situation.
At PSG he had some problems with the stars there some “world class” players playing up giving him some headaches. Who doesn’t have problems with that bunch at PSG at times.
Then he rolls up at Arsenal and has a pretend “world class” player playing him up.
The joke is on Arsenal, why is he still around?
This is the problem with the modern game. Too much player power. How often are big names punished? Little names too
His show of petulance undermines Emery – and the battle continues with Ozil v Emery
Ozil is a piece of shit player. Arsenal should take a stand on that. but of course… none
Edu will give Ozil £1,000,000 pw.
Watch this space.
Ozil IS Arsenal.
I am interested to see whether Emery will consult Ljungberg at all during the game. I have the feeling that Ljungberg is more vocal than Bould. Raul must have assigned a specific roll for Ljungberg in Emery’s coaching team.
Freddie must be pining for a winger for Emery
Sheesh can you imagine no wingers again this season and Freddie just shaking his head…
A former winger assistant coach, coaching zero wingers
Nelson
“”””Raul must have assigned a specific roll for Ljungberg in Emery’s coaching team.”””””
And what’s it got to do with him, if that is as I expect is the case.
And what does it say about Emery to allow Raul to pick and choose his coaching staff!!
Now we have Edu
We dont need even need Raul.
What is the point of Raul from now on?
He has no footballing pedigree
No Arsenal affiliation
And no Contacts.
Gazidas has Gone
He picked him
Raul should go To.
The man has N5 DNA and a past baked in an Arsenal
———————————-
Edu left us 15 years ago when of course we were still at Highbury.
The Arsenal he’s joining today has very little in common with what was back then.
Guns of Hackney,
Give it up
Charlie George has stolen your thunder. Try a different persona
“Ozil IS Arsenal.”
I must admit that it’s not a bad way to describe the state of our club…
Oh dear ..the Ozil obsessives (formerly wenger obsessives)are out in force again spouting their usual nonsense. Only on an Arsenal blog would you find so many Arsenal “supporters” , and I say that lightly, show such hate to their own players . Let’s hope that any potential new signings don’t frequent le Grove or they be shocked at the ignorance of these so called ” supporters “. One would have thought the obsessives had learnt their lesson after abusing Wenger for so many years in the belief that things would improve dramatically on and off the pitch when he left……fools.… Read more »
If Fenerbahce are truly interested then we should do what Man City did with Adebayor, sell him and continue to pay part of his disgusting wages.
@Pierre : fuck off on twitter.
Thanks.
Like I said Marko well have a front row seat for the Ozil spectacle, we’ve got Honigstein on record stating Ozil will 100% be at the club next season, flipping you’re early prediction of 100% gone on its head.
He’s as in the know as me.
In other news – another sport – big congrats to the Wimbledon’s garderners.
10 years ago, they modified the grass, just because they wanted Andy Murray to win the tournament.
Now the consequences are disastrous, Wimbledon has become a second French Open, they just killed the tournament.
I am disgusted and will never watch it again.
It’s too easy to beat up Pierre for the Ozil worship
I just ask people to take a deep breath and not pounce on him. He deserves all our sympathies.
How will the fools that are Ozil haters/obsessives going to proved wrong?
I mean I don’t judge nobody and their lifestyle choices but the fact that you choose a moody bug eyed man who cries “woe is me” and shows up twice in a 10 month season to obsess over probably says more about you than the “fools” you often refer to Pierre.
“He deserves all our sympathies.”
Ozil, Pierre, or both ?? (lol)
“He’s as in the know as me.”
Marko from Le Grove with another golden moment.
‘Only on an Arsenal blog would you find so many Arsenal “supporters” , and I say that lightly, show such hate to their own players’
Again, its okay to berate the manager (as long as it’s not Wenger right?) but nobody should have a negative word to say about precious wonderful knight in shining armour Mesut?
Ok, got it.
“Manchester United are preparing to keep Alexis Sanchez beyond the transfer window amid a lack of buyers for the Chilean.”
Ah ah.
It’s not a spectacle this Ozil situation.
It’s all rather a misfortune for the club.
As much as I am not an Ozil fan I would still say Xhaka, Mustafi, Iwobi and Kolasinac are our weak players and need shifting on. Ozil was instrumental in some of the games we played last season and we missed his poise on the ball in some of the games he was absent.
“Ozil was instrumental in some of the games we played last season and we missed his poise on the ball in some of the games he was absent”
TR7
What are you smoking man. You need to refer me to your chemist?
Pierre
Well said
Total agreement
The Delinquents and Deplorables are not too bright – so be gentle with them
think lots of Triggers together from Only Fools…H fame – inspecting their brooms in unison.
They sulk…. or in Walts case “”” he gets very down””” if people have different views..
Ozil will make Emery squirm next season
And I cant wait to watch it…
And by the way so will all the other creative players. ( the few we have left)
He will be gone by November
So not too long now…..
t.t.
“Fenerbahçe does not intend to recruit Mesut Ozil, and under the current economic conditions, such an approach is not possible for both parties.”
Of course… ffs.
Goals for Ozil
1. DO not dribble in a semi circle around the box aimlessly
2. Make runs into the box
3. Shoot more
4. Track back on defense
5. Release the ball faster- you run like a turtle
6. Look angry instead of exasperated all the time
7. Foul opposing players and snarl
8. Attend late night video sessions with Emery
9. Stay off social media
10. Understand your days are numbered and play like your career depends on it
@Guns , you forgot to mention another goal : to give Pierre a blowjob.
Curious about this aspect. How does the club support the player in a situation like this? A supportive phone call? Just trying to think…. how?
https://www.arsenal.com/news/club-statement-jordi-osei-tutu
Dissenter
If I were you, I wouldn’t take any trouble. You are coming up with absolute pearlers every now and then even without consuming any stuff.
G of Sf
“””Curious about this aspect. How does the club support the player in a situation like this? “”””
Fitting Weak weasel words from the club
(Copy and Paste Job from last time round.)
They didn’t give two hoots the other week about racism towards our Armenian fans and Mikki -who were not allowed to go to Azerbaijan.
Tedious hypocritical tripe from the club.
Contemptuous tokenism similar to those yesterday press releases.
Arsenal condemn ‘unacceptable racial abuse’ suffered by Jordi Osei-Tutu, 20, at hands of opposition player in his first game on loan at German club Bochum in friendly against St Gallen – Daily mail
AFC Statement today.
“””””Racism has no place in our game and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination.””””
Unless you are an Armenian.
The club forgot this sentence
Two Faced Scoundrels
Ossei-Tutu needs to know that he can’t just walk off every time some idiot says nasty things to him.
You’re arguing that you’re more in the know that the most connected German journo’s in the world.
You really will argue anything.
TR7
That was a good come back. I didn’t see that one coming.
Marko ” I personally would have sit him down and said see that American tour? You’re not going. You’re going to stay at home and find a new club and if you don’t you won’t be registered for any squad lists and you won’t be training with the first team all season. It’s that simple. But this is the size of Arsenal’s penis we’re talking about” Your predictions on the outcome of Ozil’s Arsenal career are becoming more and more bizarre …you really have no real understanding of the situation have you. From where I’m sitting , Ozil still has… Read more »
“My argument is and has always been , why did the club employ a manager, 6 months after giving Ozil a massive contract , who has a completely different football philosophy to Ozil’s …”
What is Ozil’s football philosophy??
“The situation we have with Ozil is strikingly similar to Wenger in that the media have a totally negative vibe regarding Ozil as they did with Wenger , social media platforms are full of negativity towards Ozil .”
Yea it was the media that sacked Wenger
Arsenal fans all over the globe (you seem to believe only match going fans or those that sit close to you at the Emirates count) were all 100% on board with the 5th and 6th place finishes and endless humiliations in big games until the big bad media intervened
“What is Ozil’s football philosophy??”
Energy preservation mostly.
“Ozil will get the blame but anyone with an ounce of sense would understand that the fault lies with the club for first, giving Ozil such a ludicrous contract and 2nd, employing Emery without discussing whether Ozil is part of his plans.”
What a way to hire a manager
Interview question: Can you make Ozil play like Hazard or Ronaldo??
Marko and the other obsessives still going on about marginalizing Ozil from the side next season .
They are forgetting something , Emery tried it last season and guess what, it didn’t work and he had no choice but to reinstate Ozil back into the side after a dreadful run of 7 defeats in 14 games with Ozil not starting one of those defeats .
“Of course , Emery may have lied to get the job and said that Ozil is part of his plans, if that is the case then the blame lies totally at Emery’s door , if that was the case then the people within the club will have lost all trust in Emery .”
And here is what Cesc Appeal was speaking of, it’s not Ozil’s fault he has been poor, it was the manager who lied that he would make him super and hence must be sacked. Ozil is the closest thing to Bergkamp right??
“My argument is and has always been , why did the club employ a manager, 6 months after giving Ozil a massive contract , who has a completely different football philosophy to Ozil’s …”
I’ve asked this before and didn’t get an answer but I’ll ask again anyway.
Who is this supposed manager who will get something positive out of Ozil.
“They are forgetting something , Emery tried it last season and guess what, it didn’t work and he had no choice but to reinstate Ozil back into the side after a dreadful run of 7 defeats in 14 games with Ozil not starting one of those defeats .”
Until he was tasked with marking Jorginho in all matches from February till the end of the season. Poor him, imagine following Jorginho about even when we weren’t playing Chelsea
Emery out
Excellent post Pierre
Accurate to a tee.
Gaizdas and Raul signed off on that Ozil contract.
Raul thought Emery and Ozil would work..
He also told everybody – that players will be sold – if they have 2 years left on their contract and do not extend.
So in Ozils case- he is fibbing again…
Pierre
“after a dreadful run of 7 defeats in 14 games ”
Could you list those matches?
RH, running snarky commentaries on other people’s comments without actually offering up a real opinion is quite boring.
Take a stand. Try it. Far more interesting than inflaming people from the sidelines without contributing something that can be shot down.
“Who is this supposed manager who will get something positive out of Ozil.”
Wenger or Arteta
Arteta is only favored by him because somehow Wenger will get the credit for “training him”
“RH, running snarky commentaries on other people’s comments without actually offering up a real opinion is quite boring.”
here we go again
You call that commentary??
Besides i have my views on here and everyone knows what they are. Please this constant attack is becoming boring
“Take a stand. Try it. Far more interesting than inflaming people from the sidelines without contributing something that can be shot down.”
I have had views here shot down countless times
That you have convinced yourself all i do here is snark is not my making
You’re arguing that you’re more in the know that the most connected German journo’s in the world.
It wasn’t a clear joke? I’m not sure he’s that connected anymore honestly
“He also told everybody – that players will be sold – if they have 2 years left on their contract and do not extend.So in Ozils case- he is fibbing again…” What do you know even CG has a method for getting rid of Ozil I understand what you are saying but Raul’s threat was extend or leave. Now in Ozil’s case extend is the last thing anyone wants. Leave is the last thing he wants, here at Arsenal he can continue to coast while certain sections of the fans ask for the right manager for him, the right formation… Read more »
The situation we have with Ozil is strikingly similar to Wenger in that the media have a totally negative vibe regarding Ozil as they did with Wenger , social media platforms are full of negativity towards Ozil .
I actually agree wholeheartedly with this Pierre it’s very true. So many similarities between Ozil and Wenger.
As it currently stands the best thing that could happen to Arsenal in relation to Ozil bearing in mind no other club will touch him with a 40 foot bargepole is a career ending injury. He’d get his contract paid up and we’d get an insurance pay-out.
Xabi Alonso: Ex-Liverpool midfielder begins role as Real Sociedad B coach
Another ex-player starting his career by actually managing a team
‘Another ex-player starting his career by actually managing a team’
What a stupid prick. Doesn’t he know?
Pedro
What is your problem with RH?
You’re always sniping at him and it’s weird considering the absolute trolls you converse with or indulge on here purely because they’re batting from your dugout albeit for vastly different reasons.
Receding is definitely way more likely to get a ban than a certain geriatric cunt
Pierre
Remind us again of those useless stats Mesut peddled last season, when anyone with ‘an ounce of sense’ could see with their own eyes he was largely ineffective and uninterested (when he wasn’t phoning in sick with a cold).
You call others obsessive but you are the obsessed one yourself. Previously with Wenger and now Ozil. Are you going to be critical of Wenger for not getting the best out of Ozil in 17/18, who was to blame for his average form that year? And who is this mystical manager who can get the best out of him?
Dissenter
Good move for Alonso, left the comfort of Madrid and went for the risky option at his original club with weightier job.
Perhaps we’ll finally land ole Xabi finally… as a coach.
Marca saying Arsenal are best placed to sign Dani Ceballos. Take that with a truck of salt but goes to show that no one really knows because he seemed Spurs bound last week. That would be some signing. Wonder if Sanllehi can work deals for Malcom and Dani Ceballos as loans with an obligation to buy after a certain number of appearances. Really could see Dani Ceballos doing well in a CM/CAM type role that Fabregas occupied for us. Allow us to go to a flat 3 in the middle and play a 4-3-3 with Torreira as deep CDM where… Read more »
We get Caballos, I may actually start to have some faith in this transfer team.
For now there is very little.
This doing the rounds currently:
Arsenal are willing to offer Mustafi, Elneny and Jenkinson to Crystal Palace in an attempt to lower the cost of signing Wilfried Zaha. It’s unlikely all three would be involved, but Palace can have their pick of the bunch. #AFC
Cabellos and Malcom as loan signings could be very fucking shrewd