News from around the Arsenal camp isn’t good heading into the tour of America.
The big news is club captain, Laurent K, skipped the flight with the first team. Arsenal uncharacteristically put out a press release that read more like a ‘GOTTA GET IN THERE FIRST’ piece than anything else. It gave no context and it just felt a little lacking in class.
As for the player, I’ve heard this has been brewing for a while.
A few things to note. Laurent isn’t exactly captain material. Whatever you might think from looking at his on-pitch persona, he’s not a real leader by any stretch. He’s not a talker and he can apparently be quite difficult. This type of move isn’t par the course for him, but I don’t think it’s totally unexpected from what I hear.
Going on strike isn’t cool however you chop it up. But if you reframe it through his selfish eyes, he’s just come back from a major injury, he’s 33 years old (34 in September), he could break at any point and then any chance he has of retiring to the south of France goes up in the puff of an Achilles. He wants out of Arsenal, he’s getting very little love from a club on terminating his deal because we need all the pennies we can get, so he’s forcing the move.
It’s unprofessional, but at his age, firstly, why would he give a fuck? What is there to play for under Emery? Some players extend for greatness, but he’s not getting that here.
Secondly, should it really matter to any elite club that a 33-year-old is going on strike? Our best defender should be 25, not 9 years older.
There are additional ramifications to this. Arsenal has next to no leaders at the club at the minute. Petr Cech was the main guy last season, he’s at Chelsea. Aaron Ramsey has gone. We’ve lost other characters like Lichtsteiner and WELBZ. A lot of the spice in the side has gone. I hear that it’s not good at Colney, no real energy, no good vibes, just flat as a pancake.
Factor in that we’ve told Mustafi he’s surplus, Chambers has been told he can go, Jenks has known his fate for 3 years, Kola might also be up for sale, Ozil, Mikhi, Xhaka rumoured to want out… we are in really big trouble here.
We have one decent defender that will start this season, with a partner that won’t be interested when we line up against Newcastle. To make matters worse, the Premier League window closes, but the one in Europe doesn’t. There could be 4-5 players starting that first game that could have their minds on other clubs. It’s an absolute disaster.
There is no leadership at the club whatsoever and that’s why issues like the above are happening.
I thought an excellent point was made yesterday. We are in a poor situation financially, and we decided not to make tough squad decisions to remedy our reality. We have two 20+ goal a season strikers, one that is 29 and at the peak of his powers. Liverpool would have sold one for £80m and used the cash to bolster with youth. We decided to up their deals. There seems to have been no plan for a £40m budget we’ve known about since last November.
The biggest worry for me is that this season is all about Emery. There’s no new manager boost incoming. The players don’t care for the man, we saw that towards the end of last season, and we’ve made little effort to bring in names to counter that problem. The true averageness of what we’ve hired is going to come to a head this season. The lack of vision in his hiring will bite us really, really hard.
Wilfried Zaha would liven the starting 11 up, but he has a 5 year deal with Palace and I’m hearing that the valuation Palace have on the player is real and I don’t think it takes a genius to see that the options we’re sending their way are pitiful when it comes to part exchange deals. He’s on a 5 year deal, so they are in no hurry to move him on. So maybe hopes and dreams of them caving are far fetched.
This season is careening off the road before a plane has left the tarmac, and that’s before Xhaka is given the captains armband.
Arsenal is chaos, it’s staggering how badly we’re being run at the minute.
Valentin
I don’t know what price the club have set for Koscielny, just like you don’t.
It’s all bollocks and conjecture.
CG, if he stays, amd things go wrong as they look to be, the payout won’t be huge from Jan by managers standards.
Almost feel sorry for Freddie if it is him who takes over this shit show.
Looks like the lack of CL has given Stan the excuse to go full on Stan mode
Marko, Loan can terminates at specific dates but most of the time there is a qualification that states after the last game of the regular season. Hence if the season is delayed, loanees are still with the club and not back at their parent club. Bielik for example was able to play in The play-off for Charlton, but sometimes the loan finishes before the play-off or Cup final. Conversely why would you pay for a loan player you cannot use because the regular season is over. There is also cases where you can terminates a loan if the loanee injury… Read more »
Chris,
When the president of a club states that his club can’t afford a player because he had been quoted 10 millions for the player, that does not sound like conjecture.
That may not be the final price at which the club is willing to deal, but that sound less like bollocks and more like facts.
You may not like the quote, but that does not make it wrong.
Marc projecting as per
To the people defending Koscheileny, just to slag off Raul/Emery
Do you realize that he’s just made it more difficult for Arsenal to sign central defenders since everyone now knows that were are even more desperate than before.
As if if wasn’t hard enough.
There’s always Mr Cahill, several years too late
Valentin
‘Sounds like’ being the key words there. Never believe a transfer fee until it is confirmed by both clubs, sometimes never is. Football chairman exaggerate all the time, it’s all part of the game.
As I say you know as much as everyone else about what is happening.
Anyway what I don’t understand is why Arsenal published that. Like Wenger used to do, pretend that he is injured. How do they think that things will go? With the furore created, Koscielny won’t be able to play for the first team. He will sulk in the reserves until December. Meantime Arsenal will continue to pay his full salary. Then during the winter TW, He will leave on a reduced fee. West Ham had the same issue with Arnautovitch. his release clause was set at 40 millions. They were forced to settle for half, because they wanted to resolve the… Read more »
After a game, Lyon’s president Aulas answered on TV to a journalist who asked him about Koscielny. That’s from where the £10 millions quote comes from. Every journalists then repeated the price without attributing it. Does not make it false. That’s very convenient. There is also cases where you can terminates a loan if the loanee injury will heal after the initial end of the loan. Arsenal used one of those clauses to send Suarez back to Barcelona That is true. I used the best case for Arsenal which was 4 weeks. No you didn’t you used the most convenient… Read more »
Koscielny wasn’t happy with the direction of the club is the funniest thing you’ll hear all week. It was the beginnings of an elite club that had him signed up in the first place. Some 24 hours for the fucker I’ll give him that
Newcastle apparently asking for £50 Million for Longstaff.
No doubt they will climb down from that but the transfer market, particularly EPL to EPL transfers, is absolutely nuts.
Palace and Newcastle are going to be in competition here.
*meant to say it was the beginnings of a decline of an elite club
I have been trying very hard not to think that what happened to Leeds United could happen at Arsenal,, but unfortunately the circumstances are eerily similar I’m afraid to say. If we do not get Zaha and the club appoints Xhaka as captain, we will be finished. My is that we get Zaha and the club appoints Rob Holding as captain
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nite nite all you English gooners
snooooree
Dissenter I don’t know about the rest, but I defend Laurent K because he is a solider of a defender. And he gave us good service on the pitch for 9 years. Often in pain in the later years. And compared to the other leavers, he keeps his mouth shut and let his actions do the talking. No bitching on twitter, instragram, journos etc. Just do it with his own 2 feet with his mouth shut. He is 33 now, he is not leaving in his prime. He just wants financial security whom he can get elsewhere, just not at… Read more »
Anyone still up hitting refresh on News Now?
So Ceballos, have Madrid actually SEEN his YouTube showreel?!
He looks like a potential worldy
KAMP
Real Madrid bought Ceballos off of his Real Betis show reel. That’s even better than the present one. Dude is a delight. If Madrid lets him go it will be because they are Madrid and only use star names or whatever.
Emert the biggest worry lol good one.
People defending or sympathising with Kos shows how far the rot the previous regime left has eaten into our perception of what a proper club should be. Smh. Almost like football is not a job. And we talk about accountability from Stan. People have been so.
How anyone else but Kos takes a beating on this bewilders me. 9 years of quality service..😅😅😅
“The whole idea that a 33 year old chronically injured defender who wants out can make Arsenal “weak” is laughable. He is not a bloody Alexis Sanchez, Cesc Fabregas or Samir Nasri leaving at 27.”
People really think it’s about Koscielny the player? And what he can offer us on the pitch? Smh. These guys get paid ffs. Salary, training allowance, match allowance, win bonus, performance bonus, insurance. All paid!! Plus more. Football is their work. Job. JOB!!! JOB!!!!🤬🤬🤬
We don’t know the background discussion to the Koz situation, so we can’t jump to any conclusions. What it does suggest to me, however, is a lack of communication and trust in the club, players to management. By the sound of it our captain just failed to turn up for the flight. This chimes with other things we have heard about Emery’s management styles. As for Koz, he’s a perfect example of why Arsenal is not an elite club any more; a good player but nowhere near world class. Bought on the cheap. Always likely to make a key mistake… Read more »
So, when he was applying for the job, Emery declared that he could work with the resources he had available and apparently had a comprehensive brochure prepared. He wanted five leaders on the pitch and declared this a priority. With his club captain unhappy and desperate to leave, I wonder who The manager has earmarked this season as our “five leaders”?
Mystic It is how supporters frame it. Is Koscielny going on strike disastrous for the club? No, because he is an ageing 33 year old defender; whom in your own words, you clearly don’t rate him. And he does not go all melodrama like RVP and Nasri and their stupid attempt to manipulate fan’s view. I mean is he all that crucial to our plans next season? Why not just handle it behind the scenes and ease him off? Koscielny was never a contract rebel, a prima donna nor an asshole. He wants a final payday but clearly backroom discussions… Read more »
Marko,
Officially the English Transfer Window started on 11-Jun-2019. Ospina was signed 04-Jul-2019. That’s 3.5 weeks.
Last game of Serie A is 26/05/2019. If the loan contract ended on his last game of the season that’s 7 weeks.
Valentin/Marko.
First off when a player from an English club goes out on loan the player is still paid by the owning club. This condos set in stone in FA regulations.
Second each loan will have a weekly fee set in the agreement it will also state that the loan will end immediately after the clubs last competitive game.
Terraloon,
That’s what I wrote, but Marko disagreed.
Let’s be honest here…Kosielny was grossly overused by the manager last season to the detriment of the team. If he had put signing /loaning of a defender in the January window as a priority then Kosielny could have been used effectively as a back up… More importantly, if the new signing of a centre back had been fit and healthy (and a decent footballer) it would surely have been better than playing Kosielny who was obviously struggling to complete games due to never really being allowed to feel his way back into the team after a serious injury. If signing… Read more »
Dark Hei
The fact that he stayed throughout the regression, when he knew all too well that nothing was going to change, shows what a great warrior he was.
Sorry, but I don’t see him in quite the same light.
Xhaka captaining this club really will confirm our new standing in the football world.
We are an absolute joke of a football club. Spending all this time on a player we won’t see for a year and another who we can’t afford whilst totally ignoring the pressing needs of this team. I’m not sure I can be bothered for another 10 months of irrelevancy.
Graham62
“Sorry, but I don’t see him in quite the same light.”
If that is so what is the uproar about him leaving?
The best case scenario is that it inspires Mustafi to do the same.
Pierre, you are anything but honest. I’m not even an Emery fan but the attempts some of you will go to slander him is unbelievable. Even more so that you regularly question the support of others. What planet are you from?!
Emery in December 2018:
“I think if we can take one player to help us at centre-back, I think it’s a good option,” he said.
What did leadership at Arsenal then proceed to do? Sign Suarez who was of no use to the side.
You keep on telling fibs though Pierre. Real classy.
Final payday? Excuse me but did Kos play for Arsenal for free until six months ago? Wasn’t he paid all the way through his contract.
Kos hit the jackpot when he signed for Arsenal aged 24.
He’s a multi millionaire many times over… not some veteran coming back from the theatre of war sleeping on the streets because nobody will give him a job. Save your sympathy for people like them.
Leftsidesanch
So why did he opt for a Suarez instead of loaning a quality defender like Mings.
It can’t be that difficult to find one FIT centre back ( villa did it) in the whole of world football who could have done a decent job instead of the manager continuing to wheel out Kosielny who was obviously struggling.
Nothing dishonest in that , any idiot could see that we were short at the back .
Leftsidesanch
Suarez used to play under Emery so to suggest that he had no influence on bringing him to the club is idiotic.
I have read different accounts of what happened. On the surface, it really looks strange that someone requests to be released free of charge. Most of the fans jumped all over Kos without knowing the detail. It appeared that there were discussions between the club and Kos for quite a while. Kos has also contacted three teams in France. Kos’s contract was finished on July 1 but the club has an option to extend it for one more year. It is reported that Kos wanted to cancel this one year extension but was refused by the club. Kos has advised… Read more »
Leftsidesanch
I’m sure if Emery had notified the “leadership” that he wanted to loan a player of the calibre of Mings then they could have brought someone of his quality to the club.
Instead we bring in one of Emery’s ex players (who coincidently used to play for him)) whom he apparently did not want and had no influence in bringing to the club….yeah right.
#he has offer from France
Leeds
I don’t think he deserves “sympathy”.
I just don’t think he deserves the criticism going his way.
When RVP wanted to up and leave, 90% of Le Grove were applauding.
Double standards.
If as reported Emery is “pleased” with Koscielny’s performances then there is not much hope is there. What has he been watching? It is blindingly clear that Koscielny has regressed to the point where he really can’t be relied upon in central defence. Couple this with the seeming refusal to bring in a midfielder who actually has some defensive nous about him and off the ball requirements then it looks like the club and Emery are not serious in the slightest to address the defensive weaknesses in the side. Don’t address this then not serious to improve to any degree.… Read more »
Your too far gone at this point Pierre, you’d attribute blame to the manager for any and everything.
He spoke of his desire to get in a defensive body to help, and Suarez came in as an extra body in attack which of course didn’t work out. At least there’s extra ammo for the likes of yourself.
If your not beating off over Ozil your berating the manager – but you carry on. Not like it’s predictable or anything.
Everybody that wants to see this club improve must be getting fed up with these football values the club stuff down fans throats. These football values for over a decade were who cares really about defence. But it’s absolutely fudged now because the team away from defence isn’t any great shakes either but still the suits come out with these football “values” At this point I can only presume that Emery is a yes man and the jokey post that Redtruth posted the other day regarding Emery working with and adhering to a load of AKBs isn’t far from the… Read more »
Summary:
So Raul wanted No Fees for Ramsey ,Welbeck and Cech so to get them off the Wage Bill
But wants a Fee for Kos( who is nearly 34) which is unachievable ( probably fails his medical too) so will keep him on the Wage Bill
Not only he is a Spiv
He is an incompetent one too.
(Mind you – he is Gazidas chum.)
Bloody idiots
Going Nowhere and Not a plan in sight !
##Free Kos – 9 Years Service###
#reward loyalty#
CG
Q; Was Arsenal being loyal to Koscielny when we paid him through his many injuries?
No; we fulfilled his contract
Why is it any different when Arsenal ask him to honor that same contract.
Loyalty is a two way street.
Koscielny was well compensated all through his 9 years. We don’t owe him nada.
Anyone who sides with Emery over a player who has been here 9 years and given great service does not understand soccer. Our captain to Emerys face – said I am not travelling on that plane. He knew the ramifications- that meant for Emery. Kos like the others – does not respect The Clown. The manager should have been sacked by now. It his job to make sure Everyone is On The Plane No manager off any authority would have allowed this to happen and snowball out of control. Ozil Stated in public- he ain’t a coach! Kos Stated by… Read more »
Don’t get the RvP/Kos comparison at all. RvP decided not renew a contract which was his choice. Kos is under contract, one that he gladly signed at the time, but which he now wants to break. And he’s refused to do the job for which he’s being very well paid. As Leeds pointed out he’s being paid millions (circa £30m by my estimate) in the past nine years, he doesn’t need a last payday, it’s pure greed.
Koscielny being displeased with the direction the club is heading is laughable
This is the captain whose lack of awareness opened the floodgates in Baku
Dis
You miss the point
If We had a competent manager and the players respected the coach…
This scenario ain’t happening..
Not happening with Poch Pep and Klopp
Captains refusing to travel.
Because they are great coaches
(We have a clown in charge.)
Just face facts.
Man City let the Captian Kompany go to Anderlecht.
No dramas there!!!
They rewarded his loyalty..
Rightly.
Tick Tock…
Am I right H.L or am I right H.L?
Such lack of direction and intent in a PL club prevails only when there is no ambition at the top. The Kroenkes are sitting pretty on an overrated, almost prohibitively high valuation of Arsenal.
Usmanov has fled.
Dangote is quiet.
Its so unfortunate not a single sheikh from the middle east is coming ahead to buy this club.
But can a couple of more years of this sub-average status of Arsenal bring down its valuation by half…maybe then a real ambitious buyer?
Who cares even if he is a druglord!
I really don’t care even if its Trump.
Still hints in the media Monreal will leave for Real Sociedad
Not having the two 33 year olds in our defense will go a long way positively, their legs are gone and they both looked 53 last season
Kompany’s contract was over at City
Same way Cecc’s own ended and he was allowed to leave
Ramsey too
This is not a hostage situation please and Koscielny has done nothing to warrant special treatment. His standing as a great defender among sections of the Arsenal support explains our horrible defensive record for years now
Man management is not one of Emery’s greatest strengths is it.
Pierre
“”””Man management is not one of Emery’s greatest strengths is it.”””””
Quite.
But What are his actual strengths?
I am still trying to figure any of them out??
Just one please…..
T..T
The club have done the right thing.
I think they’re happy to get rid of Koscielny. But they want a fee for him as he’s under contract. If I was in charge, I’d expect a fee too.
Gbat.
Who is the club?
Raul the Spiv?
Guys, its true Kos has revolted. He has revolted against the club mngt; not us – the fans.
He has given a good 6/7 years of peerless service to Arsenal. he has scored many goals which have won us games in most diff situations. Let’s not go after this guy. He has run his course. let him leave. And for gossake, like the usual losers, pl don’t boo him ever, if he plays against Arsenal in future.
We have only the manager and the Sr Mngt to blame for this defender situ; not Kos.
Pl don’t go after him by blaming him for defeats.
He had been around for so long because the club did not have the ambition of winning.
The thing is,deep down Kosielny probably realises that his body is not up to the rigours of the premiership and cannot see the point of staying one more year at Arsenal where he will probably pick up injuries through pushing his body to the limit. I’m not quite getting why the manager is so insistent on Kosielny staying, surely there are centre backs out there who are 100% fit (very important) who could do a job for us…. Personally I would rather give Mavropanos or chambers a try , at least they have the body strength to compete in the… Read more »
“Man management is not one of Emery’s greatest strengths is it.”
Emery does not handle contracts nor is he the CEO
A player refused to board a flight with his team mates, he informed management and left with the player willing to go on tour. Whatever happens from there on is up to Raul and Edu.
CG
So do you believe we should tear up the contract of any player that wants to leave?
“Am I right H.L or am I right H.L?”
You’re just a bit schizophrenic.
All these “pussy footballers” now complaining because there’s suddenly accountability for everything. It’s called trying to implement a progressive structure, rather than the dysfunctional laissez-fair approach that existed at the club under W & G Ltd. Pierre, “Man management” has nothing to do with what is going on. Because there were no rules in place under Wenger, players were allowed to float around and do what they liked. Koscielny doesn’t deserve special treatment and that’s the problem. Players like himself and Ozil expect special treatment because they feel they have been loyal to the cause. What frigging cause?!? This has… Read more »
Charlie George
One of Emery’s strengths is making a fool of himself on the touchline, only an idiot would think that a player on the ball would lift his head look at the manager and say ” ok boss , I’ll play the ball to where you are frantically pointing”.
Pierre
How do you know the manager is insistent on Koscielny staying? Don’t believe everything you read in the press.
Graham
I would imagine you would be similar to Emery on the touchline, jumping up and down , waving your arms about frantically , pointing to where the ball should be played .
He does tend to make himself look a bit of a clown doesn’t he.
Poor Freddie will inherit all this , sooner or later
The club isn’t insisting he stay, they do however want a fee for a player under contract. Perfectly reasonable. The player wants a free so he can maximise his income. That’s greed.
In am much as i find a manager jumping around on the touchline ineffective and irritating (always preferred Carlo’s demeanor), Pep,Klopp,Conte all jump around and point on the touchline
Guess they are making a fool of themselves too
And it’s way better than wrapping yourself in a long coat, trembling and complaining to Bould before heading to the fourth official to distract from a heavy defeat
Edu was part of the Invincibles, he is smart , let’s hope he should be able to convince some talented players that Arsenal still have a future…
Graham
“””””All these “pussy footballers” now complaining because there’s suddenly accountability for everything””””””
That’s all well and good.
And there is some truth in it.
BUT -These clowns spent £5 million on the most ‘pussiest’ of footballers around- Denise Suarez – he arrived INJURED..
( he was Unais old mate)
The Old Regime were bad- granted.
The New Regime are horrific.
And by the way – The Old Regime selected The New Regime
So what do you expect.?
GAZIDAS HEADHUNTED HIS PAL RAUL!
Dont forget Now.!
There has been an infestation for far too long at the club. Eradicating it means you have to get tough.
PS: I would never “boo” any former player.
3 posts in a row without the name “Ozil”, congrats to Pierre!!
In some folks eyes, the “new regime” will never win.
No matter what.
Pierre
Many Thanks for illustrating Unai strengths in detail.
May I be so bold- whilst I have you.
Can you illustrate some of Unai’s weakness?
Just one…. ( I know you are a busy chap)
T.T.
Surely the Court Jester is just another stumbling block to normality
now that EDU appointment is in place.
Like all big organisations top heavy in so many respects.
And still like before jobs for the boys.?
Smudger
“””””Poor Freddie will inherit all this , sooner or later””””
Freddie will be fine:
Popular, Likeable, Smart
He ‘ll Get people on side- Fans, Players And Captains!
Clipboard Free
Video Analysis Free
Chameleon Free
Football will Be Fun
Smiling young players
Great Teeth
Good English
RESPECTED!!!!
Freddie is Arsenal
Freddie Can and Will Surprise
We will be fine under Fred!
Let’s see how Freddie comes across pitch side.
You never know, it may be his destiny.
Hope so CG, but if Freddie does end up as manager, he will be taking on a big mess not of his own making
From arseblog.com ” I saw a report suggesting we’re seeking something in the region of £10m”
Wonder whether he saw the same report as our in_house French expert.
CG
His main weakness is pretty similar to many on Le Grove( not your good self) …he doesn’t recognise( or understand) quality .
All the other top managers recognise quality and have the ability to maximise the quality at their disposal .
I have a feeling that Emery resents not respects quality.
Nothing to do with Ozil, of course…
(lol)
So Emery doesn’t recognise or understand quality? What utter crap.
Another classic from our great captain:
https://twitter.com/yediin/status/989608600912920579?lang=en
“So Emery doesn’t recognise or understand quality? What utter crap.”
Don’t dignify comments like that with a response
I have made the case on many occasions over last two seasons that our defence is not fit for purpose. That included Koscielny who has suffered a serious injury problem, which impacted on his performance during season 2017/8 when the club conceded far too many goals. In season 2018/9 Arsenal struggled in first two games against Man City and Chelsea, but thereafter started to improve with a 21 unbeaten run. This followed introduction of Holding who played quite well alongside Mustafi and Sokratis. Arsenal’s demise started with injury to Holding which kept him out for rest of season and followed… Read more »
Pierre
“I have a feeling Emery resents not respects quality”
You do come out with a load of tosh.
I think that Emery demands the right attitude. Nothing to do with “quality”.
Your friend is well past his sell by date(if he ever had one).
Just accept it.
Pierre still in shock Wenger is gone even months after. Some of the absolute stuff he posts on here is amazing really
What’s all the fuss with kozzer.he is 33/34 ffs! Let him f** k off .for a fee or buy out his contract.people banging on here as if he is a GREAT .lol! Has anyone cared to look at his overall stats with him in the side? We’ve lost more than 2/3 matches when he plays.! Anyway we have by far more pressing problems in the transfer market than to deal with an overated ,has been & now selfish c ** t.move on folks….
Graham
“I think that Emery demands the right attitude”
The fact that he demands that players break a sweat is the major issue with Ozil.
Let’s be honest the club needs to clear the decks with its overage, overpaid and
unwanted players even if that means not generating transfer income.
So long as these players remain on the books the club is unlikely to improve
and money will be wasted on their wages.
Koscielny is but one of several players who need to be offloaded in “orderly”
fashion over next three transfer window.
Let’s be realistic we are not going to get a transfer fee for any of these players.
Uwot The player has crossed a line that he cannot come back from. Arsenal cannot be seen to cave in and let him leave on a free now – it just sends a signal that any player can do anything they want. Kos has put the club in a position that means this will play out in public. An ideal situation would be for Kos to find himself a new club that is willing to pay a fee or to buy out the remainder of his contract. Other wise we need to make an example of him and make him… Read more »
Marc
Koscielny has crossed the line and for that reason we should offload him as quickly as possible.
He is as I have posted many times a liability costing us a lot of money.
The exact opposite of Ozil…
(lol)
Emirates
‘From my point of view the club would be better advised to let him go on a freebie rather than waste money on his wages and engage in an unsavoury
spat with this player.’
I think,they are desperately trying to reverse a strong on losses.
They chose to lame a stand here; fight the ones you can easily win to deter others from pulling off similar behaviors.
They should have been as hard last summer with Welbeck and Ramsey.
Marc & ems am with u there bros.WHAT A MESS The ditherer,snake oil salesman & syrup have left us in.
An odd stance to take on Ziyech unless you were confident on other targets. Even uttering that last part didn’t sound right given the circumstances. So less than a month for a much needed squad overhaul and about 7 new starters to be signed. No rush really.
Emirates Real,Madrid refused to release Sergio Ramos to China on a free as reward for long service. They would only release him with a transfer fee.. the saidmplayer didn’t go on strike.
The fact that clubs are willing to offer Kos multi-year deals shows he still has some transfer value, not much but probably in the 2-3 million range.
Arsenal isn’t doing anything out of place.