ARSENAL SIGN PÉPÉ OMFG

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Wow, wow, wow… Raul S has pulled off the shock signing of the summer, with Dave Ornstein announcing the Spaniard has reeled in one of the best talents in Ligue 1 with Nicolas Pépé.

I am SHOOK.

The above tweet is obviously a massive L on my part, but there are layers to my unprophetic words. Firstly, the fact we’ve managed to scrabble together €80m for a player is quite incredible. If there were a saying from this summer it’d be…

‘It’s all about the instalment plan, fam’

Secondly, I am HUGELY surprised that we were the only major club outside Napoli in for his talents. I know I have repeatedly defended what Arsenal is to players and managers around the world, but I didn’t think we were in that league of intrigue for names that had clubs like Paris and Liverpool sniffing. Just goes to show you, London is a huge pull, the full stadium is unique, the training ground is special, the chance to play must also be important, and the new guys must be able to sell a dream.

What a moment, I can’t remember Arsenal dropping a signing this major since we brought in Thierry Henry. He’s the right-winger of our dreams. The most exciting Ivorian since Yaya Toure stepped foot in Boreham Wood (Jokes Kolo, jokes). He scored 23 goals last season and gave 12 assists. He’s been making a contribution to Lille every 101 minutes, which is far more impressive than what Zaha has been doing at Palace over the past season. The best he’s mustered is a contribution every 152 in his best ever year last season.

The player himself is a joy to watch, for some reason I spent a lot of time watching Ligue 1 last year and he’s been one of the stand out guys. He’s powerfully built, standing at 6ft. I think he’s slightly lighter in frame than Zaha, but he’s electric on the ball. He has deft feet, he moves at pace, he’ll come deep, he’ll stretch teams and in front of goal last season he blew up.

We’ve struggled for years to add players with athleticism to our frontline, it’s great to see we’re finally moving in on players that are a huge issue for teams on the counter. When you have a shite defence like we do, the last thing we need is to be pressed into our own half because the only person chasing a long ball is Auba (who can be crowded out physically in big games).

Outside that, this has been a fucking great signing for the fans. This is a premium signing. I really think Zaha would have been good for us, but that could have gone the way of Welbeck, or it could have just been a move that was ok.

Pepe has a higher ceiling than Zaha, I think he’s better technically, and he’s 2 years younger. Our guy has resale value as well, which is super important when you look how we’re going to have to work the ins and outs moving forward.

It’ll also be good for the squad morale. No one wants to go back to preseason and have no new faces to look at. This will add the squad vibes and it’ll be just as fun for the players as it has been for the fans.

I know that a few of journos are saying the move favoured us because we were willing to give his agency team the commissions they wanted. It seems like the cost of football these days, but it’s dodgy all the same. We’ve lost out on lots of big names in the past because we’ve ignored the dark arts of the game, and now it looks like that’s where we’re playing them… but like most things in sport, you cease to care if you have a shiny new player rolling out in a redshirt.

I did think it was quite amusing that Raul and the exec leadership team spent an afternoon getting pounded at the fan Q&A for basically no reason… they could have just said we’d be signing Pepe this week and everyone would have shut the fuck up. It’s a bit like chewing out your partner for not doing anything for your birthday, then packing up your bags and leaving them, only find out their last-ditch attempt to meet you was a surprise birthday party with the Rolling Stones.

What I find particularly handsome about this summer is that the roof of the house has blown off and we’re out the front painting with a really nice Farrow and Ball shade of gray. Where are the defenders?!

Are we Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle? It’s looking that way… but hey, at least the players are exciting.

See you in the comments!

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Freddie Ljungberg

“CG

For fuck sakes This is not bad news for arsenal. I enjoy your posts but you’re on a loser here mate.”

Don

Enjoying CGs posts are another clear warning sign that you have severe brain damage, explains your bleeding anus as well since that is were your brain is located.

Un na naai

Mystic If it’s being publicly announced it’s happening. It’s got to. Yeah serie A was the business back in the day Used to love watching Italian footy on a Sunday But yeah I’ve got to eat humble pie and admit, this transfer is a game changer for us Raul smashed it Josh was right to say we should be excited and I thought it was going to be another dud In fairness it looked that way though It’s over to emery to utilise the talent he has and make no mistake after the last few windows and the youth at… Read more »

Valentin

Liverpool’s Klopp seemed to quite miffed with Pepe’ s agent.
Looks like Napoli offering lower salary and less commission.
Liverpool and Arsenal same salary, but Liverpool refused to go into a bidding war about commission.
So we won with an offer of salary of 85kpw which in today crazy world is rather reasonable. However we agree to pay an eye watering €9 million commissions. FiFa recommend no more than 3.5% per agent and less than 10% commission in total (deals has three sides: seller, buyer and player).

I don’t like it, but if that’s what necessary to tilt the deal.

Thomas

Pepe is a £30-35m player. £72m lol talk about being mugged off.

Henry Root

Garbage suggestion that Zaha who failed already at a big club is superior to Pépé. Pépé is one of the biggest talents in Europe. Zaha couldn’t get into the England team and settled for the Ivory Coast where Pépé has better stats .
Pépé is a significantly better signing than a man two years older

Marc

Thomas

If the Spud’s were getting him you’d be wanking yourself off as to how brilliant they are and what a great signing.

Un na naai

DonEnjoying CGs posts are another clear warning sign that you have severe brain damage, explains your bleeding anus as well since that is were your brain is located.

Freddie

Cor you’ve got it bad don’t you? You want my attention? Look mate I’m sure there are therapists for your condition but you must be a sadomasochist if you keep coming to me looking for abuse.
You ain’t licking my bum. Move it along

Un na naai

ThomasJuly 27, 2019 17:00:58
Pepe is a £30-35m player. £72m lol talk about being mugged off.

£50m Torres hahahahahahahaaaaaaa
Back in your jam jar and shut the lid chav
You mugs have wasted more money than anyone and have it blow up on you.

Un na naai

RSPCA

You on the sauce already??

Freddie Ljungberg

Un na naaiJuly 27, 2019 15:06:40

Freddie loves to lick bum hole

Un na naaiJuly 27, 2019 17:05:13

FreddieCor you’ve got it bad don’t you? You want my attention? Look mate I’m sure there are therapists for your condition but you must be a sadomasochist if you keep coming to me looking for abuse.
You ain’t licking my bum. Move it along”

Sure cowboy, I’m the one spoiling for a fight alright…

Demented

Mysticleaves

Marc, the whole place will rock. Raul the Messiah lol.

Un na, Your post at 17:00:30 is 👌. Emery is on a hiding to nothing now. No excuses. Fuck up and fuck off.

So spuds buy Ndombele, a player that won’t make a difference for them for 65m and what do we do? Get 2 players that will completely change our game for just 11m more. Banter

Pepe over priced sha but am taking it all day lol.

Freddie Ljungberg

Really liking the reported wages our new signings are coming in on, no one over 100k a week. If we can get rid of the biggest wasters like Ozil, Mikhi and Mustafi, Xhaka within the next year our wage bill will look much healthier and would free up more funds to complete the squad.

Un na naai

Freddie

Blandland clearly not enough to contain your eccentric sexual preferences. Take your Sadomasochistism elsewhere.

I’m talking about football

Guns of Brixton

F A C K

Imagine who we could target if we managed to sell of Ramsey and Ozil for some luxurious fee.

My word. 😫😫

Marc

Brixton

No use crying over what we can’t change now – what you need to do is to think what will Sanllehi be able to do next summer with CL football to offer as well as extra cash?

Mysticleaves

Have always liked Sweden. I still wish to visit the Scandinavians one day. Norway too. I was watching a documentary one day and it struck me how there’s very very low crime rate and their prisons are like living apartments. Inmates have a normal life and move around within the premises without restrictions. Except they were trolling me.

One of my company’s clients also had only good things to say to me about Romania. Ancient and all but a very lovely place, esp the weather… according to him. Foreign integration seemed to be the only problem.

Danny
Mysticleaves

Marc, you mean Edu?

Mysticleaves

Shit Danny that’s gross. How can you love that?

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

CG

You are a miserable man….

I bet you read the local obituary’s and get a semi….

True in it

Loosen up fella … no point being the moaniest man in the graveyard. Everything done for a reason…

This could be turning point.

CG

Walt “””“Zaha Is the most influential player in The Prem.”What a complete wanker.””””” Without a Shadow of a Doubt. Wilf Zaha is the most influential player in the Prem….( not saying he is the best) just the most INFLUENTIAL In other words….his individual performance affects his team the most. No Zaha- Palace will get Relegated Not Signing Zaha this Window is a strategic error. He is a totally unique soccer player. (That’s Why Fergie bought him…) If he goes To Everton – Everton will finish higher than AFC next season. 100% Guaranteed Pepe The Mercenary will have his moments But… Read more »

Freddie Ljungberg

Un na naaiJuly 27, 2019 15:06:40

Freddie loves to lick bum hole”

Ah, so this completely unprovoked post was you talking football? That explains it, it’s on the same level as your understanding of the game, clueless.

Anyway, carry on being a dickhead, Pedro seems fine with the comments section being overrun by spud trolls, CG and his dementia and you raving and ranting, being a cunt on here every day.

jwl

I read transcript of Raul and Vinai q/a from other day and there was interesting section about how 45 million quid transfer budget is bullshit and we have more to spend than that. Vinai also said that pot of cash we have just sitting there , and that we argue incessantly about here, is special fund for when Arsenal want to buy world class player and we need some extra dosh to close deal. That rumour about Lemar bid two seasons ago might not be bollocks and presumably we use some cash from special fund to finance Pepe. I was… Read more »

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Un

Not yet will have a glass with supper..

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Be nice to hear what the stroller makes of this.

As long as it don’t stunt the youth coming through

Marc

Mystic

They’ll both be involved. You want to side line Sanllehi after this summer?

Un na naai

Mystic

Norwegians a better bunch
Swedes have had their brains melted

Hadba lovely Norwegian gf back in Oz
Anna. Met at a hostel. Hands down the 3rd most beautiful girl I ever met 😂

Marc

Danny

It’s even better that he did it to himself.

I hope the ambulance broke down on the way to the hospital.

Un na naai

RSPCA

Supper
😂 😂

Marc

Pedro

Go on tell me you love Sanllehi’s little book of contacts!

Mysticleaves

Not really Marc. Am sure his presence was a major reason we will be getting Pepe; if he comes eventually. So amen to his contacts and mafia skills mixed with Edu’s vision

Pierre

The question is……does Pepe track back ?

DUIFG

Obviously great that we are signing players despite this limited budget, but Vinnai and Rahul are not financial geniuses for setting up instalments.

It’s basically a play to get back into cl otherwise next year we will basically be paying down this years payments. It’s also highly likely that we are over paying somewhat as compensation to the selling clubs for backloading the fees.

Marc

Pierre

We won’t expect him to – special talents get special treatment.

Mr Serge

You can’t celebrate a player snapping his ankle like that even if he did break our Ramsey

Marc

Mr Serge

Yeah I can – the Ramsey incident wasn’t a one off with Shawcross. Guy’s a thug with a number on his shirt.

CG

Big money should always and only be Spent on PROVEN Performers…

Like Zaha

We have spent over £100 000 000 on 2 players who are Unproven ( albeit players with talent) because they have played well in France for a season

That’s not good husbandry.
In fact its utterly financially reckless.

We will be paying for these players – when The Spiv and His Clown have been Sacked…

Raul The Spiv master of The Dark Arts?
Raul the Spanish Peter Risdale, more like.

Tick
O
C
K
!

Pierre

Before the likes of Marc and dissenter get their knickers in a twist ….I don’t give a toss whether he tracks back or not , as long has he does the business in the final third .

Receding Hairline

Players also defend from the front Pierre, press players. You only have to track back when you failed to defend up field in the first place. You have watched City and see how they play,the amount of work players with better offensive outputs than Ozil put off the ball.

Now post a YouTube link

China1

Emery must be mad excited to say good ebening to pepe

Guns of Brixton

Tick
O
C
K
!

Ure beginning to sound like a batman villain with the frequency u keep doing that.

Clock King an inspiration?

Un na naai

Me serge is right
It bollocks and nasty to celebrate that

Sorry mark with c but it’s nay cricket

Paul Kelly

Just been pointed out that the last player we signed from Lille was Gervinho.
Calm down everyone

Freddie Ljungberg

“Norwegians a better bunch
Swedes have had their brains melted”

Don

How very you to bunch everyone together based on nationality, like you always do, hmm, what group of people tend to do that?

Oh yeah, racists and bigots, nothing new there then.

I do agree that Norwegian girls are hotter than Swedish in general though.

Seems you prefer ladyboys though, nothing wrong with that, we leave in a free society after all. I’m not judging.

Marc

Un na

I don’t have a problem with people I view as scum getting hurt in fact I think the world would be a better place if more scum were in pain or dead.

I don’t wish it on average normal people but as they say what goes around comes around.

Marc

Pierre

I was winding you up.

I expect all players to work hard for the team and put themselves out there.

Marc

Attwood is getting desperate in his attacks on Sanllehi. I’ve heard a rumour that the AST are going to start a petition to put a statue of him up outside the ground after the Pepe deal.

Shame Wenger will never get one.

Mark

Great news today about Pepe, I thought it was a wind up initially. Just want to see this deal over the line before I can really relax.
I’d like to see us get Tierney, a CB and Everton as well for the left wing. If that happened …. Fuck me we’ve really turned shit around.

Please make it happen, cos we Arsenal fans have suffered enough over the years with shit transfer windows.
This would be the best ever.

Thomas

DannyJuly 27, 2019 17:43:06
Lovin’ this!

_____

Stay classy.

Cesc Appeal

It looks as if Tierney is getting closer and closer.

Pepe meant to have his medical towards the end of the week.

Guns of SF

Aloha from Waikiki

Great news this morning about Pépé
Now Tierney and this was a good window fo sho

Guns of SF

Just hope Tierney is fully fit
Have a lingering feeling he might have some Ramseyitis

Freddie Ljungberg

Guns

He’s recovering from a hernia operation, not a football related injury so should be fine.

WengerEagle

Thomas

Why do you prefer Zaha?

Freddie Ljungberg

Says we’re interested in bringing in Khedira on a free.

At 32 how is he? Haven’t seen him play in a while, better alternative in the midfield than Xhaka?

If he’s still serviceable and we get him, Tierney and Pepe I’ll be happy. Add a CB to that I’ll be ecstatic.

Need some outgoings now.

Marc

Freddie

Where did you hear that.

Bob N16

Mark, ‘Everton as well’ ….wishful!

WengerEagle

Khedira is a cadaver at this stage, hope we go nowhere near him.

Bob N16

Khedira, newsnow Express click bait. Absolutely no substance in the story in the way it’s written.

Marc

“‘Everton as well’ ”

Is actually a bit daft if we get Pepe. How many attackers do we need? I do expect some outgoings but I can’t see Ozil leaving and I’m 50-50 on Miki.

We’re trying to get the wage bill under control – having Auba, Laca, Pepe, Ozil and Everton is a bit excessive when we could use the money to strengthen elsewhere. That’s without Iwobi and the other youngsters.

Freddie Ljungberg

Marc

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1158655/Arsenal-Sami-Khedira-Transfer-News-Unai-Emery-Juventus-Champions-League

Not the most reliable source and a tenous link at that, guess I’m just desperate to see us replace at least one of Mustafi and Xhaka, not looking likely atm.

WE

He’s that bad now? Oh well, we already have 2 cadavers in midfield, no need to add another then.

Valentin

Khedira would be another Lichsteiner level of stupidity. When a defensive player is deemed to slow and too old to be effective in the slow Serie A, he has no chance to be anything else than a car crash in the faster, more aggressive, more relentless EPL.

What would be the point of bringing experience if the only experience he could impart is how to sit on the bench.

WengerEagle

Like Valentin says Freddie, he would be Lichtsteiner 2.0.

Bob N16

SSN ‘Arsenal increasingly confident about signing Tiernay’….here’s hoping!

Bob N16

£2.25m for Amaechi swelling the coffers…

Marc

WE

I think you mean Lich 0.2!

Freddie Ljungberg

WE

Yeah, I don’t really take anything he says seriously but if you say so I hope we avoid him then.

Oh well, if we get Tierney and Bellerin comes back at least we can play with a back 4, that should help somewhat but we’re still screwed at the back if any of our starters are not available, the drop off in quality to our backups are enormous.

Can’t see that getting addressed this window unfortunately. Hope to be proven wrong.

TR7

Replace Xhaka with Docoure and we are flying.

Zoran

@CG
Big mistake not to stick on Zaha, specially after his excellent cameo at Old Toilett

Freddie Ljungberg

Bob

“Hamburg will pay a fee in excess of 2.5m euros (£2.25m), plus several million in performance-related add-ons, while Arsenal have a sell-on clause but no buy-back option.”

Sounds like an ok deal for someone with no clear path to our first team anyway. Let’s hope he earns a big money move in a season or 2.

TR7

That would be ideal, can’t see it happening though

CG

30 000 000 Tierney
30 000 000 Saliba
72 000 000 Pepe
—–
£132 000 000 Total

Dont we have Scouts anymore?

I always thought the name of The Game was to buy them cheap and at the beginning of their careers.( eg. £ 6 million on Martinelli)

How do we sell players on for a PROFIT if you you spend so much on them in the first place?
( especially adding into the exorbitant agents fees)

Reckless
Aimless
Scattergun
Exhoribitant.
Agents Doing Well as Usual

Guns of SF

Forget Zaha now

Pépé is the future

WengerEagle

Freddie There is a lot riding on Bellerin coming back the same player which is far from a given for a player that’s suffered an ACL. Find it strange that people are penciling him back in to take from where he left off before the injury. If there’s any kind of complication re Bellerin be it injury set-back or returning a yard or two slower, the alternative is AMN who’s absolutely shocking defensively. Dani Alves on a free is a pipe dream but wonder if there’s a decent RB out there that we could take on loan or on free… Read more »

Guns of SF

I’d take Alves

Nothing like licht

A winner and a freak of nature plays like someone younger than his age

A winner all around

Marc

CG was referring to Levy as the master and how he’d gotten one over on Sanllehi a couple of weeks ago when the Spud’s were linked to him.

We sign him and he’s not very good – what a surprise.

Freddie Ljungberg

CG

Getting hot and bothered about us not signing Zaha, complains we don’t do scouting. Dementia is a bitch.

Also your numbers are wrong, no surprise there.

it’s 25m Tierney and 27m Saliba.

Saliba is 18, just had his first season as a senior, we should have signed him as a toddler.

Bob N16

WengerE…maybe a CB who can cover RB?

Freddie Ljungberg

WE Yeah, it’s a lot of hoping and praying going on with regards to our defense, and yes, AMN is shocking defensively, I’m surprised he’s gotten off so lightly here and is still highly rated after that abysmal performance against Chelsea. We were briefly linked to some league one or championship 21 year old right back a couple of weeks ago, but other than that and Meunier before the window opened it’s been very quiet. Building the team from the front worked for Liverpool so we can only hope we’re doing it as well as them, the signs are encouraging… Read more »

China1

Don’t mean to shit on the excitement but our excitement is premature

Pepe is not currently an arsenal player and there’s a grand total of zero stopping another club coming in with a better offer before he signs for us

Same for Tierney. Let’s have some closure to the deals before we commit too much excitement

Dissenter

TR7
About to switch off my phone for takeoff, then I remembered you arguing very eloquently with numbers and figures that the transfer budget is right about £45 million
Do you still think the transfer budget is 45 million ?

Ha ha today is comeuppance day for some.

China1

If we do sign Pepe I don’t think we will sign Tierney *and* a cb. Tierney is presumably still on regardless but I don’t see us finding money for a CB on top. That’s probably just chambers for this season and we can review the CB position again next summer The khedive a talk is interesting. Not sure if he’s up to the job but *if* he was signed on a free for one season with an option to extend and without astronomical wages he could be a valuable squad player. But I’ll save judgment on him for those who… Read more »

Dr nelmab

If pepe deal clicks,that will be a huge boost for the arsenal attack.

However,I would have preferred a tested and trusted playmaker in the person of Hakim Ziyech,who will be available at a relatively cheaper price,giving toon for the remaining funds to strengthen the porous defence.

Also,giving the youngsters like saka,reiss nelson,amaechi ample playing times will add depth to the team rather than being depleted when injuries ravage at any point in time along the busy schedule of the EPL seasons.

Hitman

Usual caveats about Utube clips and there will be less time and space in Prem/ better defenders etc
BUT Pepe looks like a superstar in the making. Surprised none of the euro big boys after him.
If only Ozil had a bit of mojo. Could see Mesit supplying some ammo to Pepe’s runs.

Freddie Ljungberg

“Freddie daring to discuss being a bitchYour whole country is bet over
As evidenced by the facts I gave you last night You’ve got no room blandland”

What the fuck are you rambling on about now you demented cunt?

Still going on about Sweden? How predictable.

You need to find a new schtick, finding out where posters are from and then trying to use that against them is getting so stale and boring.

Just because you are a cunt doesn’t mean that all englishmen are cunts, see how that works? No, probably not, you’re too dense.

TR7

Dissenter ‘TR7 About to switch off my phone for takeoff, then I remembered you arguing very eloquently with numbers and figures that the transfer budget is right about £45 million.Do you still think the transfer budget is 45 million ?Ha ha today is comeuppance day for some.’ Yes, I said and I maintain as on date we should have close to £100-110M of cash balance and Arsenal is unlikely to spend more than £50M (net). Not because we can’t but because we traditionally play it safe and spending £70-80M plus is going to put us in a precarious position. Expecting… Read more »

CG

Hitman

“””” Surprised none of the euro big boys after him”””””

Maybe its because you are just dense OR more likely that,

These Big Boys are no so Daft to spend £72 million on a player and agents fees who has one great season in an average league.?

No.
You are probably just dense*

*With the Greatest respect

Mysticleaves

China, am saying it in the best, most friendly and seriously no harm intended way but you are crazy. Lol. If these people sign Khedira even for 2 months cover loan it will spoil all they work (and talk) they have done this summer. Where’s Guen and Willock’s game time?

Mysticleaves

“Unai Emery being the greatest leader of our times.”

This sounds like politics

Alexanderhenry

Pedro

Yes, we’re paying in installments which is how we’re managing to splash £72 million on a single player.
From what I’ve read, most of the deals the club is involved with are quite complex–add ons, loans etc.

It’s a convoluted way of going about things. I hope it works.

Marc

Alexander

If we get the player why wouldn’t it work?

I’d say that if we do the deal the method has already worked.

Freddie Ljungberg

Hitman

Man U, Liverpool, Psg and Napoli also interested, 3 other clubs agreed fees with Lille according to their manager so there was plenty of interest.

Mysticleaves

Salibas 27m fee include add-ons too. Am guessing 5-10m. But I expect him to meet all the clauses in the deal.

Marc

“These Big Boys are no so Daft to spend £72 million on a player ”

Nah they prefer to play over £140 million for Coutinho.

Tobs

Who or why or what is CG? He’s ruining the comments section.

Freddie Ljungberg

AH

It’s about time we took some chances and pushed to get our CL status back, that’s needed to make the final step to start competing at the top again. If back loading of player deals gets us there it’s absolutely the right way to go. Being conservative will get us nowhere fast and might see us slip down further in the table with several teams below us consistently outspending us.

Marc

Tobs

He’s a troll that for some unknown reason Pedro allows to pollute the site.

Jamie

Don’t worry, Tobs. CG will no longer be posting here on Jan 2nd assuming Emery hasn’t been sacked by then. He gave us his word.

Tick tock truth hurts

Champagne charlie

“Ha ha today is comeuppance day for some.“

Got to feel for the lad. Waiting to go on a cruise, he’s necked a Bacardi Breezer, and that’s him spilling absolute shite on here about some imaginary comeuppance.

Struggling to see who loses with us signing Pepe. Throwing haymakers at shadows bless him.