Arsenal made their first starting 11 signing of the summer. Dani Cabellos has landed with us for a one-season loan stint. The Spanish technician doesn’t come with a right to buy, which is a shame, but be real people… we’d probably offer £52.50 a year over the next 40 years and try and sweeten it with a small goat with wheels for back legs.
Key message for me is that we finally did a deal.
Big Dave Ornstein reckons this is a going to be a significant week for the club, with Saliba also in the hopper.
There are rumours that Palace won’t budge for Zaha and Celtic are planning on holding onto Tierney because too much of the deal is tied to Champions League, something their people think might be out of our reach.
It’s a bit disappointing we’re doing so badly on the Tierney front, likely because they don’t want to feel like we marched them through the playground with no trousers on (the dream analogy) like Southampton did with VVD. Hopefully, there’s a fallback deal we can chase down.
Zaha seems different to me because he’s older and he needs to move now. Palace is technically in a position to play hardball (5 year deal), but at the same time, they desperately need to strengthen their backline, and as we’re seeing the world over… clubs don’t want to hold onto players that’ll shit-post at their club and sulk all season.
I don’t know Zaha, but he looks a big character, and the fact he’s their best player means they look to him for more than just football… when you sit in 12th place, only 10 points splits you from 16th. Any disruption can be critical to survival… and if they have to sell him when they’ve been relegated, they’ll not be getting £55m and Reiss Nelson.
Big clubs generally don’t fuck around with players that don’t want to be there, a unified culture is far too important.
Cesc, Nasri, Song, and RVP were all let go in the end because the cost of the keeping them wasn’t worth the aggro. PSG will bomb off Neymar. Ajax won’t keep any of their youth products against their will. Atleti said goodbye to AG.
In other news, one signing we can get behind is the MIGHTY Camden Hells being our beer partner moving forward. No more piss water people, proper beer, locally sourced and tasty. That’ll make being 1-0 down at halftime feel a smidgen better!
There are 17 days left before the transfer window shuts, and it’s hard to see how we’ll really have moved the squad forward. The biggest concern for me is that even if we bring in all the players this week, the talent won’t have had a full preseason with us, and if we have to pick players up from other countries, we need these folk to hit the ground running. Coming in from Spain or Scotland… well, let’s just say that’s a huge ask.
It’s also looking ever more likely that we’ll be rolling hard with all the players we want gone, unless there are some predators lurking in the shadows waiting with a seriously lowball bid to see how desperate we’ll be (please god say there are clubs waiting to pounce).
We’re already seeing that with Laurent K. He’s done his deal with the French clubs, regardless of what his agent says… the financials are clearly geared around a low fee.
If you think Mustafi and a few of the others aren’t thinking the same thing, you are NAIVE. Or less conspiratorial than I am. The last week could be very Harry Redknapp, because that’s the way to supposed contacts method of scouting works.
I did think it was amusing in the comments section the other day when people were arguing that contacts scouting is good because, you know, you have to make contact to buy. To those who think that way, let’s be real here, if this is what contacts scouting looks like, it’s pretty fucking dire. No system in the world should wait for agents to offer players. We should be proactive, we should attack our targets and we should have sufficient data knowledge that we’re doing it before other clubs (ala, Dortmund).
Let’s hope Edu nips that nonsense in the bud and guns for the smartest approach to finding new talent.
Finally, I wanted to write this because there’s just too much wokeness going on about Rapinoe and that Bellerin picture.
Facts of life, there are cunts on the internet. You can’t put a picture of a disabled kid on the internet without some lowlife making depraved comments. People are cunts, unfortunately, the internet grows them like mushrooms. We’re not changing that.
However, this Rapinoe furore is so beyond the pale and the ‘why’ around it is such nonsense.
She’s one of the best female footballers in the world. She said she’d do something epic. She delivered on it. She is supremely arrogant. That is her schtick.
‘Men don’t like her because they can’t fuck her and they are threatened’
Why do we have to lower the argument to this because it’s a woman?
Maybe Rapinoe is a fucking PR genius playing the game like an absolute pro? Can we not salute her game? Can we not give a woman credit for doing a damn fine job raising her profile?
We do when it’s a man. Kap, McGregor, Ali, Ibra… the greatest, Floyd Mayweather. In fact, Floyd accused Connor of stealing a black man’s game by shit-talking so the haters would pay to see him lose.
That’s Rapinoe. Fair play to her. This isn’t to do with sex. Toxic masculinity. Some other woke trope.
This is to do with an arrogant sporting talent actually delivering. Can’t we just let a woman have that? Isn’t making her out to be a victim over a protagonist worse? I think so. She’s got game, she knows how to work a crowd and she’s raising the profile of the women’s game like no other. She’ll be rolling in cash this season. Women’s football will feel her halo effect. More clubs will get sponsors. More fans will go to see her. Everyone wins because @JoeMushroomPants wants to talk shit and keep the conversation going.
I applaud the player for having game. Great work.
Right, that’s me done. x
Bankz is here for the tr4phy again
Second
BOOOOOM!
Tr4phy secured
A clean sweep
Nice Bankz, running late today and just stepped out the shower! Lol
Leedsgunner
“Ricardo Rodriguez would be an excellent alternative.”
You trolling me or wat?
I’m with leeds.f** k Celtic.get sessignon.same price & be done with them.enough is enough.will seriously piss the jocks off.not to mention Levy & the spuds.so a double whammy.might not even cost £25 million.As they may want chambers in a swap…
“and try and sweeten it with a small goat with wheels for back legs.”
lol
I like that illustration.
Never heard of him.
So Cebi aka Ceballos is a guaranteed first team starter.
Ramsey “replacement”
Will show in games, more busy than the slouths Ozil and Mhiki.
Cons against him are doubts about his end product at times. If he gets these run of games though and settles in and enjoys his football at Arsenal this aspect can inprove as his overall profile as a player is very decent.
Cebi.
We I don’t know why we ain’t been linked with Sessegnon
Don’t rate him as a defender tho, v good going forward suspect defender tho.
Fuck Celtic…
Sloths Ozil and Mhiki.
Still needed a pure CM tbh but Ceballos is something I suppose.
“… we’d probably offer £52.50 a year over the next 40 years and try and sweeten it with a small goat with wheels for back legs…”
LMAO!! Spat out my coffee. You owe me a new shirt if the stains don’t come off.
Is
Does this mean end of season for Wilcox ?
Or end for ozil n Michi
So midfield three
Torr xhara cabb
Matty Wilcox ozil
Maitland iwobi (said he’s best in mid) Michi
Not sure how this is being billed as a big week, we are signing somebody that won’t be any use to us for over calendar year and another on loan with no option to buy. There’s still far too much to be done, and so little time to do it. Well played Arsenal.
Believe or not also, the squad is actually weaker than at this point last year. Yet Unai asks for patience? Get lost with patience.
“There are 17 days left before the transfer window shuts, and it’s hard to see how we’ll really have moved the squad forward.”
Tick Tock.
Yay Willock will see limited first team play now that Cebi arrives and tbh Cebi is a level above Willock . A late loan may be best for him now.
Unfortunately we will see more of Ozil and Mhiki the flagrant wage stealer will continue to be bench player.
One good thing about Cebi is that he won’t go missing in the tougher matches like Ozil does. Not saying he will have blinders of course but he won’t be a passenger like Ozil has been.
^
RSPC
Can someone please say something about the Brazilian Everton’s deal? Arsenal shouldn’t toy with our feelings on this one, the dude looks a future asset and no-one wants to talk about him.
I really do not see how Unai is going to be alive by November and what’s sad is that is not entirely going to be his fault.
About Rapinoe, I smile because its a man’s world, and while female football is on the rise, it’s a mere distraction until the football season starts. Messi & CR7 will be fading in a few seasons, new legends are waiting to shine on the big stage. August needs to happen soon. If we aren’t getting Zaha, why don’t we get Fraser and strengthen at CB. Strong midfield and strong defense is a perfect recipe for stability. Midfield is sorted with Ceballos arriving, there’s Torreira, Guendouzi,Chambers and Willock without adding Xhaka. 6 possible CM’s and if we add a CB &… Read more »
If the spuds are after sessignon I’d imagine as he’s their no1 target to take over from Rose ( who some of us rate) that he must be pretty good? No? Surely a better option for us at this late stage than dealing with those piss taking ,deluded jocks.
I think Arsenal are not in a rush to sign Tierney as he still injured, i think this one will go down in a few weeks time Cabellos will be a good addition, similar mould to Isco and it be a good short term deal Willock should be in the first team now, he looks ready and i cant wait to see more of him Wilfried Zaha really needs to move this summer if he wants to fulfil his potential but if Bayern are around then i think we can kiss that goodbye i rather we get Everton Soares i… Read more »
Lari03
“Midfield is sorted with Ceballos arriving”
How so Lari?
Ceballos is really an AM.
Still have problems in controlling midfield and defensively in that area with Xhaki still parading.
I think we’d be better off moving on from Zaha. Playing hardball with Palace is all well and good but if we don’t get it done an important piece of what we need to do won’t get done.
At the same time Palace are playing a dangerous game. As Pedro mentions the gap from them to relegation was 15 points. When Hazard downed tools it took Chelsea from Champions to 5th.
I don’t think Real let good players go. Draw your own conclusions. This chump has Sanchez written all over him.
Tierney. Who gives a fuck.
Zaha. Whatevs.
Rapinoe should be in the kitchen.
Having a midfield 3 of Xhaka, Torreria, Dani Ceballos is likely to be better for both sides of our play than anything we saw last year. There’s no option to buy but apparently in conversations between Sanllehi and Perez there was an agreement that Arsenal could negotiate to buy next year. Guess that will depend on the situation at Madrid (did they get Pogba and/or others?) and also how much they want for him if he does really well at Arsenal. We must land a winger and a LB this week. Vitally important, the tedious play last year with no… Read more »
Guns
It’s a loan.
If he’s such a meh player then it’s good we don’t have an option to buy in place.
If he turns out to be a worldie then we might have to pay up or he goes back.
Hopefully we would have CL qualification by then.
So you see, win win
Country boy
Ha ha. Champions league. Lolz.
As soon as the first rain starts to fall, this cabelleros will be moaning all the way back to Spain.
Pedro
Good that the club’ll be serving Camden Hells. It’s a nice, crisp pilsner esque brew.
Regarding:
‘Cesc, Nasri, Song, and RVP were all let go in the end because the cost of the keeping them wasn’t worth the aggro.’
More to the point, why did they want to leave?
Tierney not yet at Arsenal is Raul’s fault 100%. Celtic want 25 mil for their most prized asset and its a completely fair price. They are not trolling us we are trolling them with silly bids. Ofc they think that CL qualification would be too difficult for us seeing our squad and last season’s finish and are right to demand good fee after being robbed by Southampton couple of years ago.Also they know its arsenal they are dealing with. Last week of summer and we can pay world class amounts for bang average players. Mustafi and xhaka for 35 mil.… Read more »
Cesc
If the Tierney deal is being held up by CL qualification add ons we should just get it done. If we get the players in that have been talked about we’ve got a good chance of CL with Chelsea and ManU having other issues.
It’ll actually be good for us if Pogba stays.
Cesc “Having a midfield 3 of Xhaka, Torreria, Dani Ceballos is likely to be better for both sides of our play than anything we saw last year.” I am firmly in the “give Emery a chance camp”. But I often wonder if he is able to see beyond his favourite 4231 formation. Even with the current roster , a midfield 3 offers better protection for the defence and gives you an excuse not to play oil. I mean how do you constantly play a midget/featherweight and a lumbering snail against Liverpool’s midfield 3 of runners and expect not to be… Read more »
“More to the point, why did they want to leave?”
For some of them it was money, some of it was the lure of Barca and other bits include knowing Wenger was finished and on a downward trend.
play ozil
i think today will be first time Mesut Ozil will play against his former club Real Madrid
this will be interesting
‘Tierney not yet at Arsenal is Raul’s fault 100%. Celtic want 25 mil for their most prized asset and its a completely fair price. They are not trolling us we are trolling them with silly bids.’ Possibly. With regards to the total price I agree with you, just say £25 Million. But a sticking point is also cash up front, we want to offer less than Celtic want this summer. This is, again, down to our ridiculous budget. Because if we give Celtic what they want that could put an end to other deals because we won’t have the money… Read more »
Marc
Yes, but a genuine ‘big’ club with ambition keeps the players it wants to keep and if it’s hemorrhaging those players and the manager is the issue, it replaces that manager.
Countryboy
In his time here Emery has played 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3, 4-4-2, 4-2-2-2, 4-1-2-1-2, 3-5-2, 3-4-2-1, 3-4-3 etc.
Part of the problem was the total imbalance of the squad means there is not a system you can play.
What system would you play with no full backs, no wingers and no pressing ability in the midfield?
Marc
Agreed.
But like I said above I think a large part is the cash up front issue. We likely have a plan for how we can potentially secure our targets but if teams wants more cash up front out of our frankly ludicrous budget then that means we lose the ability to sign someone else without sales.
This is why for me Kroenke should have put his hand in his pocket, not giving us masses, but enough so that our plans aren’t f****d if we end up giving £2-3 Million more cash up front for a player.
Cesc appeal
Exactly right.
If you have a look at the transfer negotiations we’re currently involed with, they all involve ad ons , loans, installments and in Tierney’s case full payment is dependent on CL qualification.
Arsenal fucking around. Plus ca change.
Alexanderhenry Yeah. The issue for us though, I personally believe, is how much of the total fee we have to give this summer. With Celtic they want £25 Million guaranteed over the course of the payment plan (which I would just give them) but the other sticking point is how much of that £25 Million they want this summer. I’ve read that it’s the ‘majority’ they want. Now if Arsenal want to give them £10 Million of it or even less and Celtic £15-18 Million when you have a £45 Million budget having to hand over another £5-8 Million more… Read more »
I find Arsenal’s transfer policies utterly bizarre. 1. We are now less than three weeks to go before transfer window closes and yet nothing has been finalise apart from Martinelli a low budget youngster. 2. We have on our books 6 players who are 30+. Four are frankly past their best namely Koscielny, Monreal, Mkhitaryan and Ozil. The first two could have been shifted out this summer and replaced. Monreal’s contracted ended in June and Koscielny was more than happy to leave on freebie. 3. It is plain for all to see that Arsenal’s priorities this summer should have been… Read more »
CA I dont think that our budget is the reported 40 mil. At the time of bidding 40 mil (upfront)for Zaha we had a 15 mil bid rejected for Tierney and were preparing a second bid while also chasing Saliba. All of this is not possible with our 40 mil budget unless Raul has a masterplan for selling our deadwood in the last weeks of the window for 50+ million. And tbh i think Tierney is definitely gonna join. This isnt wenger and ivan to bottle out for a few million. And id rather Tierney and a moderate-priced winger(ziyech,everton etc)… Read more »
One of my concerns is our CB & RB areas.
Is Mustafi starting the season as CB vs Newcastle? Yet he was our most error prone player.
AMN cant surely be back up right back or have any business starting for us.
I feel we are so fixated on certain targets (which in its own right is great to see), however have some massive holes which should have been fixed going into the 1st game.
Wasi I don’t think our budget is any higher that £45 Million, we wouldn’t be fucking around with installments to the extent we are. We’re paying the £27 Million for Saliba in 6 installments, the £40 Million we offered for Zaha was to be paid over 5 installments (I think). I have no idea what the installment plan is for Tierney. With so few saleable assets and this frankly ridiculous budget we’re struggling. The plan looks to be leave it late and see if teams crack. Like I say if Celtic want £18 Million up front then you have £27… Read more »
Ishola70 Emery described him as an #8 or #10 mould player. Thus we can play a midfield trio of Ceballos, Guendouzi and Torreira, with Torreira screening the defense. (Like Emery’s PSG 4-3-3 midfield) Or we could play Chambers at CDM, Torreira, Guendouzi, or Willock as box to box while Ceballos plays AM in a 4-2-3-1. All combos mentioned are without Xhaka and the balance Chambers and Torreira could add to our defensive midfield allows Emery to play Ceballos as a box to box player, even if Ozil plays AM. Ceballos gives us flexibilty to add a technical player and play… Read more »
Uf you are saying we have 45 mil we get +5 for ospina -6 for martinelli thats 44 left You are saying we pay 4 mil for saliba so 40 left 18 mil upfront rejected for tierney and say maybe we go back with. 20 mil upfront fee. Now we have 20 left. And with this 20 there is no chance ever we are getting Zaha . But then why are we chasing him so aggressively. My guess is we got around 50-60 to spend upfront or maybe Raul surely has a plan to generate at lease 20-30 through late… Read more »
CA
This is pathetic
West Ham have already way outspent our budget on two players
We are being eaten up by smaller clubs in the transfer market
Get some fucking balls Stan you melt
Wasi Because he’s our first choice target, the player wants to move, likely Sanllehi has done what he did at Barcelona and is trying to get the player to kick for the exit. But Palace have to accept our financial plan which is why you’re seeing Nelson and Jenkinson being used but Palace still describe our offers as laughable. Likely because we want to pay the fee over a large number of years and offer £20 Million or something of the total this summer. That is likely why Everton Soares (potentially) is being spoken to and we probably have targets… Read more »
This season’s transfers are not on Arsenal, its solely Raul’s job for Arsenal, any cock-ups on fees are of his making solely and no one else.
I hope his showings so far on tour has cooled the Reiss Nelson savior of the season talks. Kid still has a long way to go to start for a club in EPL let alone the top six
I would hate Rapinoe if she was a he.
Un
Just putting in £30-40 Million (which sadly almost doubles out budget) would alleviate our problems. Allows us to give Celtic what they want, give Palace (or Gremio) what they want and likely still go out and sign a great CB as we’d have the 2019 payment necessary out of the whole agreed fee.
I don’t know how the owner can sit back and watch this and expect better or think we can deliver UCL football without Emery really pulling it out for us.
Not sure how good Torreira will be Lari as a sitting DM. He was brought from Sampdoria because he was good at pressing higher up and not being static or last man in midfield in front of the defence. Guendouzi has heaps to learn and improve on off the ball in defensive situations. I’m not sure and have the confidence just because of the Ceballos arrival the midfield is “sorted” like you. But of course I’d love to see if it wil be fixed because you have happily ommited Xhaka from the first team which is a delight to see.… Read more »
In reality Xhaka will continue as first team starter though and in that scenario the midfield doesn’t get “sorted”
Nice pipe dream though.
Paulinho put up a brilliant post earlier about Zaha strengths and weaknesses.
We need some of that.
Cesc mentioned that Everton will be too expensive to buy.
Receding Hairline
“I hope his showings so far on tour has cooled the Reiss Nelson savior of the season talks. Kid still has a long way to go to start for a club in EPL let alone the top six”
Never seen the hype about him tbh.
Know why he has been hyped though. Because he has dribbling abilities.
Got to have more than that though to go far.
Le grove discussing our squad imbalance and the fact we haven’t the right players for our manager to implement his football philosophy…..what did they expect . It brings me back to last August when I made the point that the process of hiring our new manager was wrong . I will say it again …..To hire a manager who has a certain football philosophy without the players to implement that philosophy and without the funds to bring in the players to implement that philosophy …..is a policy that’s doomed to fail. Nothing has changed since I made this point last… Read more »
Personally I don’t see us selling players beyond Jenkinson & Elneny. And we are due to receive a sell-on fee from Bennacer signing for AC-Milan.
I might be wrong, but I don’t envision much outgoings with the current snail pace of transfers. It is depressing but it is the vibe I sense.
Emitting xhaka theoretically sounds fun but lractically aint gonna happen imo. Emery loves him and his game controlling ability is superb. Unless Cabellos is just as good as cazorla and torreira really steps up his game expect xhaka to play week in week out. I think after completion of cabellos and saliba raul gonna really push for zaha ajd tierney ,maybe bring their values down a,cut the deadwood and then sign tierney + zaha(in an ideal world)/everton. Then in the last week if we do have some cash in hand go for a CB. I think that would be a… Read more »
Real Betis got a nice deal for Fekir
i wonder what is wrong with him and his knee for him to go to Betis
Samesong
Not certain he will, just saw that 3 parties own his rights and that Gremio want £37 Million and they own 50% of his rights.
Whether that is wrong reporting or not and actually its 37% divided up between them with Gremio getting £18.5 Million I don’t know.
If that’s the case then fine, if Gremio want £37 Million and then we still have 2 other parties to negotiate with…gets tricky and potentially expensive.
*£37 Million divided up between them
Pedro
I’d agree with your sentiments on Rapinoe
She’s not my cup of tea but hats off to her.
Pierre Signing Tierney would considerably improve our defense not marginally. We havent had a good LB since sagna. Kolasinac is as good as a mustafi at LB. his positioning sense is non-existent and Nacho is slow as a snail now. Tierney and bellerin would offer a perfect balance in a back 4. We already have torreira so why would u like to see another DM, his settling period should be over by now and we can all see his true potential. Case could be madr for CB but unless we sell our CB’s first its a no go. We currently… Read more »
“Know why he has been hyped though. Because he has dribbling abilities.”
Ishola i am yet to see these dribbling abilities in game situations when he played for the senior team. Saka shows more desire to take people on in matches than he does. Never understood the hype with this kid Nelson till this day
‘Never understood the hype with this kid Nelson’
Agreed.
I think people read too much into his time in Bundesliga as well.
Saka looks like he has something about him and I’m really looking forward to seeing Willock get a go.
Wasi,
Sagna was a right back.
Ca
No way can that be right? If all parties want an equal share that makes him over £100m after one good tournament.
There’s no way he’s going for more much than £40m at best, surely.
I’d drop the zaha talk and see if we can get Everton over the line.
He will cost less and hopefully leave us money for a cb
Is Walter Kannemann still on? £10m? Sounds about right for us these days eh? Fulham level signing
“I will say it again …..To hire a manager who has a certain football philosophy without the players to implement that philosophy and without the funds to bring in the players to implement that philosophy …..is a policy that’s doomed to fail.” The squad we had at Arsenal at the time of hiring a manager fitted what football philosophy exactly Pierre?? What manager could we have hired who would have come in and said a squad with no wingers, two competent full backs who can play in a back four (one injured, one ageing), was the squad he needed to… Read more »
Ca
Saka looked electric in the first half against, I think it was Bayern, could have been Fiorentina. There was one passage where he picked the ball up turned at unreal speed and played a beauty ball to kolasinac on the overlap from near the half way line
Was pure instinct and pure quality
Does the kid qualify for the england team?
Un
He’d go for £74 Million (absolute top prices if the two other parties wanted the same Gremio got) which does seem very high for a South American player but then this market is absolutely crazy.
If we can get him for £37 Million total then I’d look at it. Wouldn’t pay anything over £40 Million.
CA
Didn’t Rodrygo and Vinicius go for less though? And they are meant to be the next big elite ballers on the world stage.
Un
Yeah he was born in London and plays for the England U19s, I think.
I thought that both Martinelli and Saka have looked good in moments. I’d give them bench appearances and Europa League starts (early stages).
I was actually taken aback by the pace of Martinelli. Really top level acceleration.
Wasi ‘‘Tierney not yet at Arsenal is Raul’s fault 100%. Celtic want 25 mil for their most prized asset and its a completely fair price. They are not trolling us we are trolling them with silly bids’ Fair enough You ascribing 100% blame to Raul even though you have 0% information about the negotiations. Unless you’re PSG using oil state money to pursue Neymar, clubs hardly ever pay most of the transfer fee upfront. It’s typically staggered payments. Celtic are reacting to seeing VVD go for a world record fee a few years after they sold him to Southampton and… Read more »
Cesc i don’t see Everton going for anything over 40m pounds third party ownership included. He is 23 and still playing in Brazil, this is their chance to cash in big.
‘Didn’t Rodrygo and Vinicius go for less though? And they are meant to be the next big elite ballers on the world stage.’
Exactly. This is what I’m thinking.
Just reporting back what I’d read about the 3 parties and the £37 Million fee.
Always a risk with a South American player coming over, but given what he did at Copa America, given that Edu seems to have recommended him, if it’s £37 Million total I’d be tempted.
RH
Agreed.
Just stating what I’d read elsewhere as a bit of a worry.
But £37 Million total sounds about right for him.
I still think we will try for Zaha until late on.
I took time to watch Spain U21 vs France and Germany in this year’s U21 world cup. Ceballos looked quite passive to me. The game seemed to pass him by. I hope that he has more to offer than what has been shown in those Spain U21 games.
Zaha is a player type we could use.
But, 65m pounds for a team that has defensive personnel issues and that needs more end product? Not a smart move for me.
CA
Yes I was shocked too. He is like lightning
So direct
We could use a player like that
Not expecting him to pull up trees but he will terrify defences already with that pace and running power.
Has Saka not been loaned to palace? Thought I’d read that somewhere
We should have a separate squad comprising of the best academy products and bench players for the Europa league, none of this playing the first team squad in the early stages of that competition, the fact we are playing in it depresses me and i do not intend watching any games there till the quarters
mustafi was bought for 35Million? C’mon…
Rh
100% with you. We don’t want Holding, Torreira, Aubameyang or lacazette compromised at all.
From what I’ve seen we have enough quality in reserves to really do well in the cup competitions just fielding the young guns
Have been mightily impressed.
Is the CB problem at Arsenal sorted? will it be Sokratis, Mavro, Holding, Chambers? is that what we will dance with all season?
if not, why no names popping at all?
This Tierney deal really starting to pee me off now. Can’t we just get decent left back ffs
Have to say I’d be very happy to see willock, Saka and Martinelli given more of a look in the league in the closing 20 mins at first. I really think they could shake up defences. Every time I watch Saka and Willock I’m taken aback at how fearless they are and what an impact they make against very good sides.
Martinelli I’ve only seen a bit of but his pace is frightening.
Alderweireld
RH You say we have no wingers and we need full backs .. In the 3 Windows so far , how many wingers and full backs have we bought ….none. We are apparently trying to buy a winger and a left back and surprise surprise , we can’t afford them…which is exactly my point . Saka has bags of ability , great technique, knows how to beat a player, vision , cool in front of goal and good final ball ….if we can’t afford Zaha then sell iwobi or Mhkitaryan and bring Saka into the squad ……Saka, Willock and Nketiah… Read more »
Europa cup is worth a watch to see the development of the academy players …
I would prefer us to have had an option to buy in the loan deal, but not a mandatory one. That way if Cabellos worked out we could have signed him for a sensible figure, not an inflated one. But whatever. What’s I’m hopeful of though is that having him come in to the team and be able to play as a #10 means that perhaps we’ll loan Ozil out. If we can’t sell him or pay him off, then at least get him out on loan and have a Turkish club subsidise £100-150k a week of his wages so… Read more »
“Saka, Willock and Nketiah are ready to make the step up .”
Step up to what exactly?? Where do you think Arsenal will finish with all these untested players in the starting eleven? Most of you seem to be under the illusion the past few season is the lowest we can fall…..that is false. We can easily be overtaken by certain squads below us.
With all this talk of youth at Chelsea, when the season proper starts very few of them will actually be in and around the first team squad. Nketiah is stepping up to replace who?? Lacazette??
Never had this problem with Wenger
Wanted monreal
Got him
No fuckin around
Wallop
Silvinho?? Bosh.
Kolasinac??
Done
No left back? Well let’s take this shitty left winger and turn him into the world’s best left back.
Rh
At it again
Read what I wrote. I said last 20 mins closing games or start them in cup games
Would you rather iwobi, Mkhitaryan and Ozil non stop, week in week out, full 90?? We saw how that worked out last year didn’t we? Not exactly setting the world alight in the transfer market. How many option do you think we have??
Wanted Kim Kallstrom
Got him
No fuckin around
Wanted Igor Stepanovs
Got him
No fuckin around