Lie back, take out an extra light cigarette attached to one of those extender things, spark up, and ask yourself how good that ride was.
Newsnow, we’ve never gone harder and we’ve never both finished a window satisfied.
Arsenal, I was thinking about you the whole time.
Ok, I am DONE with the sexy talk.
Arsenal capped off a mental window with a mad trolley dash for David Luiz (hopefully) and Kieran Tierney.
Tierney gives us outrageous pace and delivery on the left. He can defend. He has played in an invincible side. He is the full package. Celtic fans are devastated because he matters and they know he’s worth more than we paid for him.
I loved this from the .com.
I was actually down the park with my friends training. They play with their local team so I was down watching them and I got a phone call that I needed to go. I got to the airport and the flight was delayed two-and-a-half hours, with another hour’s drive for a hotel and I probably got zero sleep, so I was back up at half five today.
David Luiz is a real fence sitter.
Is he better than what we have? Absolutely.
Does his ability to play out of the back change the dynamic of our play and reduce the onus on Xhaka? Absolutely.
Has he won trophies everywhere? Yes.
Can he score against us and torment us this season? No.
He’s an up and down player. He has errors in him. But he can do more of the things Emery needs of him than Mustafi.
He’s also a bit of a c*nt.
What I’m saying is this… don’t turn your nose up at someone that isn’t Mustafi. I’d hire you mum if the chance arose. Let’s just keep our fingers crossed that one of these last-ditch ‘character’ signings from Chelsea (or anywhere) finally pays off at some point.
Remember, we just need to get through this season… next year we can go big for someone younger and hopefully Saliba will come back into the fold.
There are also very strong rumours that Iwobi is going to exit the club to Everton for £40m.
Rave-wobi has many positive attributes, but at this level and at his age, you need to be contributing more than sometimes solid dribbling and moving the ball between the lines. He doesn’t give many assists, he doesn’t score many goals, and his ability to strike the ball cleanly seems to a disappeared. He’s just not good enough for where we need to be.
I know the African Grovers will be furious, but it’s true.
A solid pro, and he’ll leave our most expensive ever sale at £40m.
Unreal biz from Raul.
I’ll be back with another blog a little later when everything is fully confirmed.
… but overall, as Matt pointed out earlier, Raul has moved the club further in 2 weeks than Ivan G did in 10 years.
What a great summer. x
That won’t be an issue, especially as we’re playing on Sunday.
Andy Carroll is so slow he plays Sunday matches on a Monday
If we pay 20m upfront what is stopping everton paying us 7m upfront? Please answer this one for me
Still time for Elneny and Mhk to leave this window?
I mean, Pepe is Mhk/ Iwobi’s replacement
And the fact Elneny is a non-entity, he should be able to bring in 10m at the very least
If Chelsea get a result on Sunday the ManU fans are gonna riot.
I’m watching both matches in the pub but I think I’ll record them to get Gary Neville’s view on ManU’s summer.
Can’t see it being positive.
kristoman
Nothing – chances are it won’t all be in one hit. What’s you’re point?
Mustafi, Elneny and Mhyki simply have to go.Make no mistake!
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Ozil, Chambers and Xhaka needs to go as well.
It just feels right having Edu back.
… and Wenger didn’t know what a Director of Football does!
Marc
No worries…
He does seem to turn up against us…
Nut the confidence will be sky high on Sunday…
Iwobi official, fee between 35 and 40m depending on the sources, either way a great deal for us. Could make a big difference if we need to add some quality in January. No more tire kicking going hat in hand begging for a loan if we want a player.
3 weeks to get rid of a few more wasters so no rest for the wicked yet.
I’m calling it Edu brings Vieira back next summer. Vieira brings with him Atal. AMN is sold to West Ham or Palace
Marko
The way we seem to be moving you do wonder if Emery is sexy enough for Sanllehi.
Not bad at all.
this is what happens when you have pros in charge rather than yankees or some tinkerer from Germany.
Well done Arsenal!
Surely Mkhi, Mustafi and Elneny know they’re done. £30m for the lot and Emery has spent £15m net this summer, finished a place higher in the table than when he took over, reduced the wage bill, and improved our flanks in a little over a year. Not bad at all.
My point is stop acting like we spend wisely why everton or any other club out spend us. It is false marc. We buy pepe for 72m this year, everton spend 28m for iwobi so what. We still outspend because while we are paying 20m upfront saying it didn’t affect our 45m transfer budget so is everton is paying 7m upfront so that it doesn’t affect theirs also. In simple terms what goes for ARSENAL goes for EVERTON too.
Neglect midfield and sign defenders thus encouraging more offensive attacks on our inept defence…makes sense…lol
Jamie
” £30m for the lot ”
Haven’t you learnt anything from this summer? Why not get £40 – £50 million for them? Remember every penny we earn now doesn’t go into cash reserves it turns into shiny new players.
Marc
Have you ever visited Luiz’s restaurant, Babbo, in Mayfair? Angry Chelsea fans are trying to damage the restaurant’s reputation.
Marc it’s not that he’s not a good fit I just think next summer they have a decision to make whether they let him go finish his final year or offer him a new deal. Edu might want to bring in his own guy too you know. Plus I can see Emery being targeted by Barcelona or possibly Valencia (maybe Marcelino goes to Barca) next summer. He’s actually well thought of in Spain
We turned down 30m for iwobi the deal is 40m with add ons
Marc I think the point is , and I may be wrong , but when adding and subtracting our spend this window , some on here only mention staggered payments for players we have bought and not what we have sold . I have to say that this is the first time in my memory that staggered payments are worthy of a mention . When we bought players like Aubamayang and Lacazette, sanchez, Ozil ,xhaka,Mustafi ,the only figures quoted were the price of the player , never were staggered payments ever mentioned by all the know nothing’s on here .… Read more »
Also Andy Carroll is not on the bench on Sunday he is two weeks away from match fitness
We still have Xhaka to fck up our season like he single-handedly did last season,
ground zero as long as he enter the pitch!!
Willock and Guen SHOULD be far ahead of him
Our shit defence would concede less in a Man City or Liverpool team..for obvious reasons..
Pierre
Exactly I got mates telling me how broke we are that are plastics and we only spent 45m no one said that when Liverpool spent 60m and 75m for Alison and VVd
What am saying is that everton didnt spend 100m in this window because a lot of the payment will be in installment also like we did
Marko
“I’m calling it Edu brings Vieira back next summer. Vieira brings with him Atal. AMN is sold to West Ham or Palace”
Shameless hairy twat 🙂
You would be all over me is I or Valentin made any predictions.
What is this based upon? …your gut flora?
kristoman
Oh dear – people saying we have spent wisely are basing it on who we’ve brought in on a limited budget.
Would you swap Everton’s buys for ours?
kristoman
“What am saying is that everton didnt spend 100m in this window because a lot of the payment will be in installment also like we did”
It’s how every team does it. What’s your problem.
Pierre spot on
that is what am trying to tell marc
Convinced Pedro and CG are personal friends, in any event the tosser little G is clearly here to stay. I just wish you could filter posters and keywords and then that would sort it.
Some degenerate forgot Cellabos is a loan deal
I think every Arsenal fan absolutely love installments at this time.
just bring them!!!
We didn’t spend anywhere near any 15m on Ceballos Pierre, you know that so stop lying, I know it’s a habit of yours but just give it a rest.
All other reports have said 3-5m which is more believable? Yeah, thought so.
Pepe…72
Salibas..26
Tierney….27
Martinelli…7
Ceballos….15 or so
Luiz ……..8
Tierney is 25 million and Ceballos loan fee is about 4/5 million you dishonest cretin
Pierre and kristoman getting hot under the collar because we’re staggering payments. Dry those tears, boys. It’s been a great window.
Pierre
What bullshit have I come out with. All I’ve done is praised the deals Sanllehi’s done. How the deals are set up – we’re not the only ones who stagger payments it happens all the time.
The difference this summer is it was widely reported that we only had £45 million to spend and yet bought a £70 million player.
Marko “””””Plus I can see Emery being targeted by Barcelona “”””””” Mmmmmmm. Not so sure about that somehow. Remind me again BARCA 6 PSG 1 BARCELONA ain’t got where they have today- by recruiting the likes of Emery This is as good it gets for The Clown. Over and Out by Nov. Back in work in Andalucia by Easter If Andy Caroll makes his debut the same time as Louise – it could be even over before then. What’s Unai got up his sleeve this weekend? 442 352 433 (Pepe struggling to get up to speed!) Louise as Captain? Maybe… Read more »
Red
Lets focus on this season!!
Come on you reds!!
So Pedro…. you were saying about contact based business and super Sven?? :p
I’m not gonna get too excited yet but very happy with the way the new guys are running the club, hopefully Emery will get the boys on form this year, hes not impressed me as of yet but would be very pleased if he earnt his 3rd year with CL and some sexy football.
Kristoman / James wood 21.10 & 21.12.
You will have to help me out here K 28 million with add ons I don’t see that any where.
All I see is the 8 million and undisclosed wages.
Ivan Gazidis was a cancer and am glad he is out of our club. Raul has shown us how it’s done.
Goonah
“We still have Xhaka to fck up our season like he single-handedly did last season’
xhaka ?…who selected him week in week out.
Emery is not.getting too much of a mention on Le Grove at the moment, and he is the most important person at the club because he is the one who will select the players, he is the one who will.decide the tactics , he is the one who will choose the formations , and he is the one who will probably fuck it up.
Dissenter there’s a bit of logic and I’ll admit wishful thinking on my prediction whereas your predictions usually stem from a place of stupidity. Anyway good news about Tierney right plucked from the grasp of Brendan Rodgers and Leicester City. Luckily the Chilwell to City transfer fell through… still though top 4 is on for the foxes
Everton is my new favourite team, first they take Walcott off our hands for more than he’s worth and now Iwobi, love those guys. Not sure their fans feel the same though.
In
Nicolas Pepe (Lille) £72m
Gabriel Martinelli (Ituano) £6m
William Saliba (Saint-Etienne) £27m
Dani Ceballos (Real Madrid) Loan
Kieran Tierney (Celtic) £25m
David Luiz (Chelsea) £8m
Total: £138m
All this because Emery doesnt look at Ozil the way you do Pierre. he doesnt appreciate his bulging calves like that other weirdo CG does.
You really are a bitter, strange old man.
“xhaka ?…who selected him week in week out.”
Who fucking bought him.
Just imagine if you took Mustafi and Xhaka out of our squad and replaced them with a £35 million CB who can defend and a £35 million CM who isn’t a fucking liability.
https://www.caughtoffside.com/2019/07/26/how-much-dani-ceballos-loan-move-from-real-madrid-will-cost-arsenal/
So HighburyLegend – when you took the piss because I said I thought we have had a better window than Spurs – want to revisit?
We got £34million for Iwobi (who wont be missed) absolutely killer.
Loving the new regime 🙂
CG,
Best to take a break from posting for a while. Your narratives have unravelled.
This is really, really not your time.
Come back again when Emery loses his first match, if you must.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9584251/dani-ceballos-arsenal-real-madrid-15m-loan/
Pierre tapping into Valentin’s special sources.
Marc we didnt spend according to our budget but actually spend over 150m in this window just like everton spend 100m in this window. Forget how we pay for it. We are not the only who can do business that way
Pierre
If Emery persist with Xhaka I’m very much in the Emery out camp. Blind and clueless.
coyg..right red?
The Arsenal negatives are trying to bring down the mood as usual. Ignore them.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbymcmahon/2019/07/25/what-you-need-to-know-about-arsenals-new-signings-dani-ceballos-and-william-saliba/#b1d62de26d0f
https://tribuna.com/en/arsenal/news/3423694/
The 15m fee comes from The Sun. Have a word Pierre.
There’s no way we’re paying that for a 1 year loan and you know it.
Loving the fresh, salty AKB air at the moment and I’m not even by the sea.
Who gives a fuck how or what we paid for who, what matters is the players on the pitch, its football not investment banking.
Also, can we stop the Viera or Arteta talk now, if we change manager, can we talk about upgrades?
iwobi finally confirmed
I couldn’t be happier that we have spent 150 + million in this window…
Not sure why the know nothing’s are so defensive about it .
Other clubs have spent fortunes over the years ( staggered payments or not ) and now it’s our turn …why not celebrate the fact …
It says could cost and then it cites the sun. Pierre you devious little turd
Out Aaron Ramsey (Juventus) Free Petr Cech (Retired) Danny Welbeck (Released) Cohen Bramall (Released) Charlie Gilmour (Released) Stephan Lichtsteiner (Released) Julio Pleguezuelo (Released) Jordi Osei-Tutu (VfL Bochum) Loan Daniel Ballard (Swindon Town) Loan David Ospina (Napoli) £3.1m Vontae Daley-Campbell (Leicester) Undisclosed Ben Sheaf (Doncaster Rovers) Loan William Saliba (Saint-Etienne) Loan Xavier Amaechi (Hamburg) £2.25m Krtstian Bielik (Derby County) £9.5m Takuma Asano (Partizan Belgrade) Laurent Koscielny (Bordeaux) Undisclosed Carl Jenkinson (Nottingham Forest) £2m Dominic Thompson (Brentford) £3m Eddie Nketiah (Leeds) loan Alex Iwobi (Everton) £40m Total: £60m roughly Someone can’t do their maths. Offloading the dress has saved money to spend… Read more »
They lie to us we only have 45m in this window to spend. And all of a sudden arsenal stumble on instalment payment plan as if that is not the way we’ve paying for players before. Only this window we started paying instalmentally. What babies
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/794196/Arsenal-transfer-news-Dani-Ceballos-William-Saliba/amp
Daily Star reckons 12 million
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.managingmadrid.com/platform/amp/2019/7/26/8931760/arsenal-real-madrid-ceballos-fee-2019
SBnation thinks 17 million
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/Gunners/comments/chmq1q/ceballos_loan_fee_is_in_the_region_of_4m_and_the/
Others say 4 million
In other news, the internet is full of shit that cannot be trusted, a bit like you, Pierre
Unai
“Who gives a fuck how or what we paid for who, what matters is the players on the pitch, its football not investment banking.”
Absolutely.
We didn’t spend 150m either. We spent 138 all in all but since Saliba isn’t arriving until next season and that deal is heavily backloaded it’s more like 118m.
We’ve sold players for around 60-65m depending on what Iwobis fee actually is and we can still get some more coming in the next 3 weeks. We have also reduced the wage bill and overall our team is much younger, faster and more dynamic. But sure, keep whining.
21.59.47.
Kristoman.???
What’s your point kris?
Do you walk into a car dealers and declare how much cash you have before a test drive??
I wish Iwobi well at Everton. I couldn’t stand him (as a player for us), but he always gave it his all, and you gotta give him credit for that. But jeez, that boy’s end product is just non-existent. The best analogy I can think of for him is, you know in maths exams when they tell you to show your working out? It’s like someone shows all the working out for every question, and gets all that stuff perfect, but then gets the actual answer wrong, like every single time. It gets to the point when you’re like, it’s… Read more »
What is the point this Kristoman is trying to make?!?!
The reason Pierre and kristoman are trying to pad the numbers is so that they have a stick with which to beat the new regime when we don’t win the treble. Transparent as fuck.
Wenger’s gone, kids. Time to move on.
Just remember
Emery is the most important person at the club because he is the one who will select the players, he is the one who will decide the tactics , he is the one who will choose the formations , and he is the one who will probably fuck it up.
Pierre makes a relevant point. The transfer window has all been about Sanhelli and to a lesser extent Edu. Emery may had some influence over Ceballos but his work starts now. We have invested properly in new players and although we’ll not be at our best until possibly October, Emery has nowhere to hide. I hope he can convince, we’ll have to see. But he can’t hide behind ‘Wenger’s squad’ now.
Pierre the mega AKB who defended his lord to the bitter end (despite his claims to the contrary that he wanted him out for ages) now getting salty that Arsenal is actually operating like an ambitious football club now, unlike when Wenger and his muppet side kick were in charge.
I’m feeling so positive now I’m even thinking that Ozil could have a reboot and apply his talent properly…too much?
The video of the fan thanking Sanllehi, great stuff. Sanllehi seems to genuinely enjoy it.
Arsenal.have spent £80m net plus saved paying huge embarrassing wages to Ramsey…
Regardless of the precise number of the transfer “war chest”, it’s clear that Raul and co we’re operating under quite severe constraints – constraints that under Gazidis and Wenger would have caused us to be super cautious and done nothing but one or two transfers out and in.
What Raul, Fahmy, Edu and co have achieved, given our failure to qualify for Champions League, is just short of miraculous, and inconceivable under the old regime.
Now all we can do is applaud Raul and say, over to you Unai.
This is not a negetive rather call a spade a spade. Look am very happy we’ve spend some fucking money at last, this is what i have been crying out for ages. We spend over 150m in one window and not 45m a lot you saying. For once arsenal spend some ££££
If Emery manages to get a tune from Pierres crush maybe we wont have to read him on here crying so much. Picture Ozil being the apple of your eye.
Kristo
I think the vast majority of Arsenal fans are extremely happy and excited for the season ahead apart from the Emery obsessive(s) who can’t wait to see him fail, if indeed he does.
Freddie
Don’t forget the pool
They took ox for 35 as well…
Chris
“Pierre the mega AKB who defended his lord to the bitter end (despite his claims to the contrary that he wanted him out for ages) ”
I wanted pep 5/6 years ago .
Strangely enough, if pep had been hired by kronke then Wenger would have left the club .
Bob N16
Özil to DC United is still on the cards hopefully
“Cesc AppealAugust 8, 2019 22:22:03
The video of the fan thanking Sanllehi, great stuff. Sanllehi seems to genuinely enjoy it.”
Have ye a link to this?
Blinkered Bob
“”””I’m feeling so positive now I’m even thinking that Ozil could have a reboot and apply his talent properly…too much?””””
Ozil dont rate the coach,Bob
What did he say in Baku?
None of the experienced players can stand him or RATE HIM!!
They will down tools as soon as the moment arises.
You are a Grown man- dont you actually follow soccer?
E.g Claude Puel at Leicester last season
Koeman at Everton
Buffoon!
Pierre
USA USA USA
Red
Iwobi 34
Belik 10 ish
Bennacer 5m
Kos 5m
Thompson. 2m
Ospina 3m
Have I missed anyone
About 60m coming in…
Plus out goings on instalments …
Well financed
The only sad part for me today is I would like to have seen Ramsey in amongst this squad – totally respect the way he behaved in his final season (unlike Sanchez) but I bet he would have loved being part of Emery’s Arsenal v 2.0!
Kristoman
“This is not a negetive rather call a spade a spade. Look am very happy we’ve spend some fucking money at last, this is what i have been crying out for ages. We spend over 150m in one window and not 45m a lot you saying. For once arsenal spend some ££££”
Exactly
Don’t even try reasoning with the know nothing’s…soon as they are shown up.to be ignorant they revert back to the AKB /Ozil jibes .
Goonah, I was reading that they have a very tight budget in the MLS which would likely mean that we would have to subsidise Ozil’s wages. I would prefer to see him give it a go this season and then sell him when he only has one year left on his contract.
Has the troll typed something?
Have to take with the usual ITK pinch of salt but worth a read
https://mobile.twitter.com/cfcalex98/status/1159388587798028288?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Chris
my gripe is not with emery but some of this fans who have these holier than thou attitude by say oh look we spene 45m to get most of our target and everton shed 100m for 3 players. Am saying for once arseanal realise to get the best you have to spend top dollar to competete. We over 150m in one window let that sink in
Who was the young 16 year old we signed from Barca yoot last year. . ..?
Can’t remember his name ?
Kristoman
At least learn to count, it’s not over 150m, it’s under 140m total with 1 signing not coming until next year. No need to lie intentionally to make a point, lesson well learned from Pierre I guess.
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Any suggestions on what the plaque on Rauls statue should say?
my vote is on Spivtacular
TT
https://twitter.com/afcstuff/status/1159549637700833280
Kristo Yeah sure Arsenal have committed to paying 73 million to Pepe and 4 million to Saliba, whatever amounts for whoever etc to be paid in full. And it’s great as we are finally acting like the big club we were told we were going to be. The truth is who actually knows for sure how deals are structured. Only the clubs and people involved truly know. Wasn’t talking about you by the way, there are two main Emery obsessive no nothings on here who can’t seem to understand that if the man fails we won’t be precious about him… Read more »
R.S.P.C
dont ask me ask valentin he knows best about the unders’
Lopez
The young lad Lopez…