Dani Ceballos, what is he good for? Top knots and revealing too much in interviews.
“We are going to start a week late with respect to what is being talked about in Spain, which is June 12, and we are going to start the league on the 20th.”
You bloody doughnut, but the good news? Football is coming home in a month. Just in time for my birthday. Written in the stars that my gift this year is an Arsenal top 4.
In the ‘Thomas Partey Linked To Arsenal’ latest, there are some weird stories going around, mostly driven by Ghanaian media, who all seem to want him to go to the Premier League and emulate midfield powerhouse Michael Essien (gutted we missed out on him back in the day). I like that we have a nation-state pushing this deal.
There are also ITK like rumours that Arsenal are negotiating with Partey’s entourage. This is all starting to smell a little bit like the Nicolas Pepe story. No one wanted to touch the Ivorian because he was overpriced and had a group of people asking for huge fees. I can’t imagine we’re not in a similar situation of murkiness here, hangers-on around the world are shitting their pants that Wenger is going to come down on their fees like a ton of bricks. I have my doubts Raul and Edu are in any rush to rein it in, but hey, they’ll get less outrage if it’s for Thomas Partey than they would if they threw bones to Kia on someone like Willian.
Partey would be a huge missing link for Arsenal. He’s at the perfect age as well. He’d have the experience to drive the team forward, the absolute best work ethic to inspire kids around him, and he’d be a good guidepost for some of the talented midfielders we have at the club.
Again, this is all speculative, I don’t know how we get out of our current situation in good shape, let alone consider the notion we’re going to be splurging for elite players.
Auba still hasn’t signed a deal. One of his insta stories sounded like he was waiting for something to happen there. There are stories today that PSG are waiting to pounce, having not pulled the trigger on the Icardi purchase yet. You start to wonder if Auba is going to be a victim of the pandemic. Arsenal maybe reluctant to spend big, other clubs feeling the same? Who knows. I’d love him to stay.
Right, short one today. But we have had a good week so far. 4 on the bounce. Traffic rising. FOOTBALL IS COMING BACK!
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ES
Wasting our time with these cowboys in charge.
Been here for 10 years- we have gone from 2nd to 10th.
And all the majority of fans do is blame our greatest ever manager.
THE ONLY PRO-ACTIVE THING THEY HAVE DONE IN 10 YEARS- IS BE THE FIRST CLUB OUT OF THE TRAPS WITH THE ANNUAL WAGE CUTS!
Have you not noticed , whoever is in charge under KSE we just stumble from one crisis to the next?
Its just an investment vehicle to them and probably Arsenal has some tax saving benefits too I am sure.
Wally
“””””Right now, we are an in a transitional period. Hopefully before long we’ll be CL regulars again and that will obviously help.”””””
we were Cl regulars for 20 years and you still were not happy!
Unless you are a club like city , chelsea and united , who can pay extortionate wages to fend off other clubs, then I’m afraid that clubs like Arsenal , Tottenham and Liverpool ( Suarez, Coutinho) will always struggle to keep their best players. Tottenham, at this present time, are now going through a similar phase to us when we lost all those players to city and Barca . They have lost Walker, Eriksen and Trippier and that is only the start, the trickle soon becomes a flood. Liverpool( similar to Arsenal’s invincibles) are in the enviable position of having… Read more »
I don’t think that Liverpool is in a stable financial situation. Their success on the pitch has allowed them to hide their financial poverty. They have no financial reserve. Their big luck contrarily to Spurs is that they have not spend a fortune on building a new non-revenue generating stadium. However they have spend a lot of money to buy on the cheap land and houses around the stadium in the view to expand. Now that money is tied in real estate whose values will go down further without any realistic way to build and fund their expansion. If they… Read more »
You really are a dicksplash CG. I’ve told you to disregard my posts. ‘You were still not happy’ – You don’t have a f*cking clue. I’ve had numerous moments of happiness following Arsenal, not least during the Wenger years. Your tiresome, repetitive agenda means that you consistently litter this blog with your one point view. I know you can’t help displaying your narrow mindedness and lack of intelligence. You must have a seriously f*cked up life coming on here and repeatedly spewing your poisonous view of the world. Scroll down if you see a post from me, it doesn’t involve… Read more »
CG
I know, it’s painful isn’t it.
🙏🍺
Graham 62 Most of the major stars left Arsenal long before Kroenke became a Director and took control of club. Since Kroenke became owner we have not sold a major player to date. For the record the departure of Sanchez in January 2018 was as everyone agrees a poor business decision, but it should not be forgotten that we bought Aubameyang in the same transfer window in my view a significantly better and more consistent player. Last Summer we spent £140 million on new players. Most of those players are considerably better than the departures apart from perhaps Ramsey. We… Read more »
According to Sempre Milan, AC Milan are looking at offering 10 mil for Mustafi.
Oxford vaccine looks dodgy…
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/doubts-oxford-vaccine-fails-stop-coronavirus-animal-trials/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiB7oz-pMfpAhXwzDgGHe0wCUcQFjAFegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw33mC1JRMHDmJuYqMzOF7DH
Pierre, ManUtd, Spurs are in financial difficulties and will not be able to spend their way out of trouble. Liverpool will fade away, because their squad relies on two key players and I can see them losing one or two soon. ManCity will fight the ban and because of the threat of Qatar stopping financing football, UEFA will back down. A compromise will be reach where they will be banned for 1 year that will happen to be the year where the money will be pitiful anyway. Chelsea will struggle a little bit but ultimately Abramovitch will still finance them.… Read more »
Pierre
The Spud’s have always been the biggest whores in the PL – the only thing Daniel Levy has ever been any good at is squeezing a good fee out of the buying club. Something he’s completely destroyed by fucking up the stadium build.
Even off of the top of my head the list of players they’ve lost going back before they had the stadium cost to deal with is shocking:
Carrick
Bale
Berbatov
Sheringham
Modric
And of course Sol Campbell!
“According to Sempre Milan, AC Milan are looking at offering 10 mil for Mustafi.”
10 million what? Because if it’s any form of currency bite their hands off!
Bojangles
Gazidis trying to redeem himself in the eyes of Arsenal fans?
It’s a good start, now for a 25m bid for Xhaka and taking Ozil off our hands too and all is forgiven.
Groovy, I am not surprised that the Oxford vaccine does not seem to be successful. There were reports that German scientists recommended against the German government investing or in German labs using their approach. There may have been self interest from the part of the German scientists, but I still hope that if they had genuinely believe that there was a strong possibility of success they would have recommended it. My fear is that the first vaccine is developped in the US and that Trump then charge the rest of world extortionate amount to be able to use it. Macron… Read more »
ES “”””CG keeps on repeating that Arsenal should have recruited a better and more experienced Coach than Arteta. Why?””””” Because you massively increase your chances of being successful perhaps? I always go back to Ranieri and Leicester City. (genius man management got them the title not coaching!) And Klopp is in essence is man- managing and motivating Liverpool to glory, not coaching. Arteta is a great addition to Arsenal But he is a coach. In England- its all about man – management. Continental Europe – its more about coaching. Eg, How does Arteta manage the Laca and Balloon gate? He… Read more »
Valentin
I agree 100% with what you have just posted.
Arsenal will spend money in this transfer window and Arteta will improve the
team.
There are a lot of other clubs in far worse condition than is being suggested by
media pundits and people like CG who post on here.
Of course it will take probably 2 years to reach our potential. We have a very young squad.
“CG keeps on repeating that Arsenal should have recruited a better and more
experienced Coach than Arteta. ”
That is not an unreasonable statement to make – Arteta was a risk but what CG has to do when he says that is offer a credible alternative. What he actually does is suggest Sean Dyche.
CG
You’ve just had a rant about man management vs coaching in the UK and managed to miss out Man City and Guardiola.
You really do make yourself look ridiculous on here so very very often.
“10 million what? Because if it’s any form of currency bite their hands off!”
10 million Italian Lira, so roughly £7.5.
Still a good deal for us if you ask me.
Jamie
I still reckon they’ve got the decimal point in the wrong place!
Joke Friday: A teenage boy is getting ready to take his girlfriend to the prom. First he goes to rent a tux, but there’s a long line at the shop and it takes forever to get his suit. Next, he has to get some flowers, so he heads over to the florist and there’s a huge flower line there. He waits forever but eventually gets the flowers. Then he heads out to rent a limo. Unfortunately, there’s a large limo line at the rental office, but he’s patient and gets the job done. Finally, the day of the prom comes.… Read more »
Marc –
We should move quickly before they realise their accounting error.
Remember when Wenger pissed £230 million up the wall on Mustafi, Xhaka, and Ozil’s transfer fees and wages? Half the cost of the Emirates right there.
But we beat Hull and smashed Aston Villa in FA Cup Finals the season before they were relegated, so clearly a quarter of a billion well spent.
Walt
“””You’ve just had a rant about man management vs coaching in the UK and managed to miss out Man City and Guardiola.””””
Man City would win the league if you were in charge
Their previous managers won it as well.
in summary
Klopps management skills defeat Peps coaching skills,
Quality Management in England will always be more important than quality coaching.
just look at Fergie
13 league titles and not one coaching course ever taken!
Walt
“””””What he actually does is suggest Sean Dyche”””””””
Do you think Arteta could get Burnley promoted twice and get them playing in Europe with their meagre resources?
or would he be too self absorbed with left sided center backs and rhythmical pressing?
the irony of Arteta learning from Pep -is that Pep and the teams he manages have unlimited budgets and an array of world class players to coach.
Slighty Different ball game at the Arsenal.
City buy £50 million fullbacks for fun we buy crooks from Saints and Celtic.
Pedro
Sorry but that joke by jwl has got to be a red card offence – that’s terrible.
Jamie
On a serious note it could be a great opportunity to get him off the wage bill. Milan still carries a lot of history and is not a bad place to live.
“Eg, How does Arteta manage the Laca and Balloon gate?
He has no experience of these situations?”
Er fine him 2 weeks wages for being a dickhead (that’s 1 week’s for doing it and another for filming it) and then sell him in the summer?
I’ve never managed a team but I seem to have found a solution.
“”””Er fine him 2 weeks wages for being a dickhead (that’s 1 week’s for doing it and another for filming it) and then sell him in the summer?””””
What if he does not want to leave?
“What if he does not want to leave?”
Then we’ll lock him in a room with you for 15 minutes – he’ll join Kathmandu Utd after that.
With regards to the vaccine.Its just been announced this AM that they’re now rolling out vaccine trials stage 2 to a further 10,000 plus age 5 & over & 56 yrs plus.If stage one was a failure how have they arrived at second stage?would have thought its back to square one.? Could any of our scientists enlighten us😀
Uwot
At a guess I’d say with potentially billions at stake just maybe there’s a little bit of industrial “espionage” being attempted.
If the vaccine is a failure some scientists in Oxford are going to look pretty stupid after the claims they’ve made.
Agree Marc.who to believe? As you say Oxford sticking their necks out on this one.Doesnt seem like the kind of institution that would go gung ho on this .even if the prize is enormous……..
Jaime
“But we beat Hull and smashed Aston Villa in FA Cup Finals the season before they were relegated, so clearly a quarter of a billion well spent.”
To be in a position to beat teams like villa and Hull in an FA cup final , you first have to beat teams such as Manchester United, Manchester city, liverpool, Tottenham, Everton .
‘Be yourself as a coach. If you want to look great, then wonderful. I’m just not made for this. It’s important you do what is right for you because whatever role model you have, you can never do the same things.’
-Jurgen Klopp.
Was he talking about Mikel dressing like Pep?
Peirre
Villa beat Liverpool to get to the final. Where are they now?
Marc
“10 million what? Because if it’s any form of currency bite their hands off!”
Currency? I would let Mustafi go for 10 million grains of sand!
Aussie G
There is a global shortage of construction / industrial sand – Mustafi isn’t worth that much.
You guys don’t like clean, jwl jokes? Try this one then. There’s a soirée at one of Moscow’s embassies and a group of international diplomats brag about their sexual prowess and how they drive their mistresses crazy with different acts of romantic behavior. A French diplomat goes: “ I pour hot honey all over my mistress’ body and I lick it off slowly……and that drives her crazy. An Italian diplomat says: “ Hmm, that’s good” nodding his head and then adds “ I spread rose petals all over my mistress’ naked body and kiss them off one by one………and that… Read more »
NEEG
We have plenty of sand down under – I would gladly have it shipped over!
“Currency? I would let Mustafi go for 10 million grains of sand!”
As long as I don’t have to count them!
Aussie G
Most of the demand is in China – not your favourite export destination just at the moment.
Rabiot incomming? The future of the Arsenal midfield with Guendouzi?
Dear God! What ever next? We are once again about to sign 200 players according to the media!
“The report claims both clubs are in discussions over a summer deal and Arsenal have identified the France international as a dream midfield partner for fellow countryman Matteo Guendouzi. Mikel Arteta is convinced Guendouzi is the future of Arsenal’s midfield and the Spaniard believes Rabiot could be the final piece of the puzzle.”
https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/21/arsenal-begin-discussions-juventus-sign-adrien-rabiot-12739108/?ito=cbshare
Aussie
I wouldn’t get too excited it’s just the papers starting silly season. The Metro also has a story about us going for another LB.
Arsenal have now confirmed that season ticket holders will receive refund credit for this season’s games.
This is for 4 EPL and 2 Cup Games.
A full list of refunds for all seats in stadium is included in email.
I think that it works out around 25% of annual season ticket.
There is no additional information about next season which remains under
review.
Rabiot is crap but if his mama will be at games thats reason enough to sign him