I uhmmed and ahhed over whether to address the horrendous race riots in America. I don’t know how you say something that means anything when you write an inconsequential blog. Then I realised that my privilege allowed me to decide whether to say something. I’m living in the heart of the BK protests, I can watch safely from my window, this is not ok. Black lives matter. What is going on in America is absolutely horrendous. We should all stand united against hate, bigotry, and lies. I truly hope America votes with its conscious this November. One positive: Nothing warms my heart more than to see people of all races, gender, age, and sexual orientation peacefully protesting injustice.
Onto news of a more trivial nature.
There is a battle of PR going off in the media, BATTLE OF THE FEE, is how it shall be labelled.
You have Amy Lawrence saying £24m for Luiz, consisting of £6m in intermediary fees, £8m in transfer fee, and £10m in wages.
You have John Cross saying Arsenal didn’t give more than a £1m away in fee and we’re negotiating down from £130k a week, with Arteta hopeful of him agreeing to a new deal based on performance.
You have Kia saying on Talksport, “we have all the proof and have gone legal with them (The Athletic).”
I’d be super interested to see if Kia goes ahead with this threat. He’d have to prove that the story was untrue and in the process, he’d have to subject himself to some form of discovery which would mean allowing lawyers to explore bank accounts, contracts, interrogate clients, rifle through e-mails, put him on the stand, and it’d all be under oath. You’d have to be pretty offended by a story to go through that to make a point about something that could just be a simple correction. Also, who is he getting angry for here, because football agents are there for the fee, £6m is a lot, but in the grand scheme of BIG numbers, Raiola picked up £40 million for the Pogba deal… the number quoted in The Athletic would have him laughed out the room at the Super Agent Christmas party. Be interesting to see how that plays out.
Anyway, what to make of the noise on the wages, which weren’t disputed by Kia, but were by a few other club-friendly journos.
What do we actually know before the actual payslips and agent contracts are leaked?
- Luiz signed a 2-year deal 3 months before moving to Arsenal with Chelsea
- He moved to Arsenal on a 1-year deal, with an option to extend
- He moved to a club in a total mess, to play for a manager with a less than elite reputation
Does anyone, anywhere in the world, think that a 33-year-old footballer breaks a 2 year deal with a club in the Champions League, opts for a move to a club in disarray… for less money, and less security?
Whatever the lowered rate is, it’s too high for Benfica who said they couldn’t match it.
“He was in a car with businessman, preparing to renew his contract with Arsenal. He is someone who loves Benfica, is a great professional [but] has to earn money. What he earns [with Arsena] is unthinkable for Benfica to pay.
“If David Luiz one day decides ‘I want to leave here’, is 35 years old and in perfect condition, of course we would take him. [But] eight million [in wages] would have to be one million.
“But, as a father, I would say no. I’d say: ‘oh, David, you’re not coming, don’t be crazy.”
Is there a round two of intermediary fees associated with this renegotiation?
Also, just to clear something up.
I actually LOVE David Luiz. I do not want people thinking my critique of this deal is a slight on him. When he moved to us, the worry was age, suitability, and another ‘character’ signing from Chelsea. I wrote this at the time.
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.
I’d be delighted if he signed back on (which Kia seems to think is on the table). He’s a strong leader, he clicks with Arteta, and we know he has star power for the kids. However, you cannot tell me the investment we made in him was worth The Athletic numbers Kia is disputing. Even if you take out the agent fees, we paid £8m for someone on a 1-year deal. At the lower end of Arsenal freindly journos estimations, all in, we’d have paid £15,760,000 (£120k p/w (6.76m) + £600k Kia fee + £399k (Arsenal said less than a million in fees) + £8m transfer fee) for someone who we are currently renegotiating with so he doesn’t leave for nothing. That is terrible business, especially after the fuss we kicked up to earn a fee from a 9 year veteran of the club.
So for all the ‘THAT WASN’T THE FEE’ noise from Arsenal and Kia, the reality is, even without it, the deal was still an abomination.
Anyway, to refresh my point if it was lost yesterday.
Super agents should not lead or interfere in the process of player/manager identification. They are an unfortunate byproduct of elite scouting. They live for one thing only, the fee. Doesn’t matter who they support, it’s all about the fee.
The patterns are clear with Arsenal. We have too many favourable agents that sit front and centre at the table of our worst decisions. That has to stop if we’re going to be more efficient with our limited funds moving forward.
Caggigao should be bringing the names to the table. More Martinelli like talents. More Cesc’s. More players that have a long future at Arsenal.
Talking of our limited funds, according to Julien Laurens, we have not offered a new deal to Auba. For a Football CEO who said we’d never let a player run their deal down again, we’re in a moment where Auba, Saka, Mustafi, Sokratis and Ozil all have 1 year left. Our 2022 holdouts are Matteo, Lacazette, Eddie, Kola, Cal and Martinez. That’s 11 players with two years or less on their deals.
I think we should sell Auba. I love him, but I’m not sure I see the value in offering him a £300k a week deal heading into his 31st birthday. If our ability to manoeuvre this summer is going to be drastically limited, every penny counts, and there are positions we absolutely have to address. We need a powerhouse central midfielder, we need a centre back, we need a decent right back, and possibly a modern number 8 like player.
There is a lot to do. We have very few assets that are going to fetch mega-money, so we need to raise cash and make tough decisions. The club need to give our young players the best chance to thrive. We don’t need hacks, we don’t need whispers in the ear, we need players like Martinelli. That’s where the magic is at. You only get there by listening to the recommendations of the smartest scouts and analysts… not the slick-haired, pin-striped suited fee merchants in the executive box pretending they love The Arsenal.
Anyway, tomorrow, we talk about something else because we need to start getting excited about ACTUAL football coming in 3 weeks time.
Big love, stay safe, be kind x
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Fuck me Pedro
A reasoned piece!
Un
You’re only jealous!
“one thing licking Pedro”
Are you calling Pedro a pussy?
Marc, are you ok?
Pedro
Mate it’s just gone beer o’clock – I’m feeling good!
The scenes in the States are absolutely chaotic. One of my friends is a senior correspondent for CNN, was live outside the WH covering the protests when, actually live, the cops started shooting rubber bullets and the crowd/him. Madness.
As for the Luiz deal, absolute bonkers. £15m for a year of [average] service. Kroenke deserves to have his pockets picked for being such a passive and disinterested owner. Unfortunately for the supporters, we suffer too.
Absolutely tragic what’s been going on the past few days in the US. Every single person that’s appeared in front of a camera has been saying all the “right” things in local news and whatever, but not a hint of anything constructive that would actually instigate any proper progress. Up until last night I’d seen more police aggression toward peaceful protesters than toward looters ransacking businesses just a block or so away. Black state senators and politicians protesting at these events in plain clothes have been getting pepper sprayed directly in their faces. Yesterday on local news a reporter was… Read more »
Glad to hear it Marc, hope it’s not a ‘light’ beer
Pedro
You actually think you have to ask that?
Everyone knows what Trump is but with Biden’s recent “If you don’t vote for me you’re not black” comment really makes you wonder whether this is a Presidential Election or a national retard competition.
Out of a population of over 300 million are these two guys really the only options you’ve got? Bernie Sanders does not count.
Un reply to your 2 comments on the last article Un‘before.WasiCome now. Better than being in the top 4? Better than watching jack, Ramsey, ox, Theo, Sanchez, santi and giroud play beautiful football Not our finest but a damned sight better than what we’ve seen since?’ OFC id wan to watch Ramsey , Cazorla and Wilshere play beautiful football rather than the Chameleon football we have had to watch. I was talking about the upward trend in transfer dealings.The ins and out. Under Gazidis and Wenger would we get 30-35 mil for Iwobi?6 mil for Kos who was crying out… Read more »
Pedro If you didnt read it on your last article i posted it here again. Im not a big fan of super agents either but some of the things you have stated here and continue to state are far from true. – Raul hired Emery. Gazidis was the top man then. He owned the decision. It was a mutual decision at best. – Raul was Unai’s king If Raul was Unai’s king why would he attack him every chance he gets since after he was fired. By him I mean the recruitment on which Raul and Josh probably have the… Read more »
Un
Yeah just wait till he asks for your bank account detail!
Marc “Everyone knows what Trump is but with Biden’s recent “If you don’t vote for me you’re not black” comment really makes you wonder whether this is a Presidential Election or a national retard competition.Out of a population of over 300 million are these two guys really the only options you’ve got? Bernie Sanders does not count.” You’ve been saying this shite for so long. Old man Biden is a more desirable that the frat boy you voted into office in the UK. He beat out other candidates [including Sanders] in a vigorous primary process. That’s how it works over… Read more »
Dissenter
Of course it’ll be US voters – I’ve never said anything different but when you look at whats going on as an outsider I don’t look at Biden as being someone who’s anything other than a meh candidate.
Where’s the new dynamic candidate is all I’m asking?
Where’s the new dynamic candidate is all I’m asking?
He was too gay to win now, maybe in a few though. Also, not that dynamic asides from the gay part unfortunately.
Liberian President George Weah on Arsene Wenger. ( and talking about US racial tensions and riots)
“””””””He was a father figure and regarded me as his son. This was a man, when racism was at its peak, who showed me love. He wanted me to be on the pitch for him every day.””””‘
That was the calibre of man we had as Arsenal figurehead.
Nowadays we have men like Raul and Kia.
Be careful what you wish for.
Wasi,
If you trust all is well at Arsenal, good for you. Just don’t pretend that your feelings on the matter trump reality.
Here is the reality:
Arsenal is making bad decisions. We are using more super agents than ever before. This shift has not been good for the club. It is getting worse.
That is all I have said.
Raul brought in Emery. He oversaw the transfers. We are 9th in the league. He has not been unfairly judged.
Marc I didn’t hear you call Boris a “meh” candidate even though he’s been nothing more than a joke for most of his career? I actually want a ” meh” presdident I want one who reads from a teleprompter, relies on advisers, wont tweet at 3am and will respect the rule of law. I want one who wont try to dominate the media through daily outlandish comments. I want a boring president, one that keeps the governments out of my daily life, far away from me. That’s true conservatism. I mean you voted for Boris and now have the temerity… Read more »
“dynamic candidate”????
What in the world is that?
It’s an election for a leader, not a talk show host audition
You have your own version of “meh” in charge in the UK too, holster your condescension.
Wasi,
I think you would be a lot happier if you went and supported Chelsea.
They act on exactly what you want us to.
But we are The Arsenal.
We do things with class.( we certainly used to , anyway)
“I think you would be a lot happier if you went and supported Chelsea.”
Coming from the poster who vocally wants Arsenal to lose matches and slags off fans for going.
Good grief.
Sid
“A luta continua ✊!”
You do realize they won’t know what this means
Aluta continua
Victoria acerta
I think one of the biggest worries is Saka not being tied down to a contract…
Protect our goal
Provide the ball
Penetrate the other team
He pulled it down
Pedro
Did you just delete a comment?
Obviously a couple
“If black lives matter so much why did 18 get killed last week in the us by there own brothers
”
Here is another one, who probably says ” all lives matter”
Another one missing the point
Is it me or the summer’s gonna be hot as a muthafucka this year ?
karim! Welcome back, brother!
May was the hottest calendar month on record in the UK. Hotter than any August. Ever. If the rest of the summer continues in the same vein, we’re in for a scorcher.
All Lives Matter is as embarrassing as asking for a Straight Pride.
In other news, a French representative is trying to pass a bill forbidding one to film a police officer in his duties.
I love this world a little more every passing day
“All Lives Matter is as embarrassing as asking for a Straight Pride.”
Nailed it. Every day is straight pride.
Hi Jamie mate !
Why are people counting Luiz’s wages in his contract discussions? we paid 8 mil off set by the koscielny 6 mil deal. Koscielny was on 100k a week and Luiz on 120k a week. We have lost a couple of million in my eyes. Any player who we recruit worth his salt is going to be over 70k a week if he isn’t a youngster whose previous wages were below half that. And I think he is going to stay for another year. In this market It’s not the worst thing to ever happen. And I am glad the gave… Read more »
Luiz has to go.
WE cannot afford this type of player anymore.
Sell Auba, Laca,
Xhaka
Get something in…. our midfiled needs an overhaul completely.
Too bad Dani C is heading back.. I thought he was coming along well… and has a nasty streak too
Pedro I had today an interesting phonecall from a friend of mine who has recently retired from working as a Director of FTSE 100 Company. He is interestingly a Trustee of the PFA Pension Fund. He is not an Arsenal Supporter. He supports Spurs!! However, we had an interesting discussion about the state of Professional Football during and post CV outbreak. Interestingly he believe that Arsenal will be better off financially to cope with what is happening than most other clubs in EPL. Despite some of the comments posted on Le Grove he thinks that Arsenal will receive financial support… Read more »
Rich, I deleted your comment because I don’t give a fuck about your counter-point is to racism. Cheerio
Emirates, our main problem is finances.
We can’t sell season tickets, and gate receipts are essential to our business model
We aren’t in the top 4, despite have a top 4 wage bill and expenditure
Our squad need reshaping
We are in trouble money-wise. Stan won’t let us go broke, but he’s certainly not dropping Saudi money in to bail us out
I would like to hear which other CB from a top 6 EPL team would have come to arsenal at less than the luiz fee.
Maguire at 97m for 6 years, do the math per year
John stones?
Thats the market value for EPL proven CBs
With Koscie mutineering it was no time to experiment with paulistas, mustafinovs, squillacis
Im telling you for free!
ES
“”””I had today an interesting phonecall from a friend of mine who has recently retired from working as a Director of FTSE 100 Company. He is interestingly
a Trustee of the PFA Pension Fund””””
I hoped you asked him why is then -Arsenal are the only club to have asked for annual wage cuts?
I hoped you also asked him.
Why is it fat,little, tubby people like Gordon Taylor and Raul keep getting away with ripping their organisations off?
Or was you too subservient as usual?
Un Nai how do you have your name in red and also in black?
Pedro
I full well know that situation is bad at Arsenal.
But you seem to want to put it all on Raul.
Constantly putting it out wrong information.
Your favourite one being Unai was hired by Raul when it was clearly Ivan’s call.
Nobody likes the intervention of Super agents at their club and the same goes for me too.
CG
That’s a very thoughtful suggestion. Thank you.
You seem to put it all on Raul when it is the culmination of 15 years of mismanagement by Gazidis and co.*
Stroller, I agree with most of what you friend stated. Financially Arsenal may be in a better situation than most. If it navigates smartly through the recruitment of a new squad, they may even emerge ahead of the competition in a couple of years. The clubs that I consider financially the most at risk are Spurs and Liverpool. Spurs because they have committed for the long term to their stadium repayment, that will not generate any extra revenue for the foreseeable future. Mourinho is not the kind of manager who can work under severe financial constraint. Liverpool because despite their… Read more »
Wasi, we’re two years past Ivan, we’re in a worse situation. The football is poor. The recruitment is garbage. We are in 9th position.
Raul is the leader. It sits with him.
The hatred in America will never go away. When we abolished slavery in the 1850s we accepted it and moved on. In America they did not make slavery a federal law instead they left it up to each state to do what they wanted, so it went on until the 1970s . When Obama was president a lot of the Republican guys I played go with said some really bad stuff against him it wasn’t funny. There is a big divide in the US which won’t go away. Both sides could give a little ground but they won’t. Keep safe… Read more »
Gazidis wanted Arteta. He personally called him and asked him to apply for the job. In the meantime, Raul used his contact to get Emery to apply for the job at the eleventh hour while he was nearly instated as Real Sociedad new boss. Emery did not speak English, so Raul acted as interpreter. How is that fair and impartial to the other candidates! Gazidis was a snake oil salesman without a backbone. Rather than choosing Arteta, he decided to be better to choose by committee. Useful way to dilute any sense of accountability. Less chance for the bad decision… Read more »
Karim, all this covid bullshit will be used to destroy freedom. Already happening worldwide. Poland and Canada are two which I watch closely. Constitution is being bypassed/ changed without voting.
Rollen
Nice that we agree for once. France is slowly becoming a totalitarian democracy and no one bats an eyelid…
Un
Seriously fuck off. You’re like a little child crying about his rubber ducky failing to float during a warm bubble bath when the Titanic is going down next to you. Yes it would be better if your fucking toy floated. Shut the fuck up.
Pedro so much respect for the zero tolerance approach, thank you.
Un “Allow me to begin a fascinating debate Arsena Wenger is our greatest manager ever” Sadly, he was cheated out of producing a team that was potentially a better footballing side than the invincibles Arsenal fans were robbed of a midfield that had the potential to be up there with Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets. Jack Wilshere, Diaby and Cazorla I believe were as talented as the Barcelona trio. However , they were afforded little or no protection from the officials and the opposition were given licence to stop this talented 3 using any means possible. Wenger must have been heartbroken(… Read more »
“My mrs is fitter than Mark with a C’s mrsPROVE ME WRONG”
Mark with a C is too busy putting one on Mrs Un to have his own mrs!
Un
yeah right you’d be lost without her!
Not only Cazorla, Disney and Wilshere, but I wish the midfield of Fabregas, Helen and Rosicrucian, and later Nasri, has more time to grow together, some of the football from 07-09 was mesmerising. When Flamini left on a bowman, if onlyWenger had signed a power box to box player in the mood of Vieira (or Diaby if he hadn’t got badly injured, he was never truly the same) to compliment the above. Or even if we got the Xabi Alonso deal over the line., can’t remember which summer that was now. We had some players that were technically outstanding, the… Read more »
That should read as Fabregas, Hleb and Rosicky.
The FA’s Youtube channel is currently streaming the 2005 FA Cup final.
If you were to tell me in 2005 that we would go 15 years without a title I would have laughed in your face.
Wasi “”””Your favourite one being Unai was hired by Raul when it was clearly Ivan’s call.”””” So you reckon that Gazidas who had worked with the multi -lingual Wenger for a decade now wanted a coach who could not a muster of one word of English? How bizarre? If you think- The Clown was anything other than Rauls appointment – you should join Emery in the circus! After all, they were the only 2 in the room who could communicate with each other, You are a great and passionate fan Wasi- but don’t delude yourself, Raul’s a Wrong -Un! End… Read more »
“Nobody except Pedro thinks chips was a positive influence”
Did Pedro ever declare this prior to a couple of days ago?
If not why not after all he’s got contacts at the club?
Guys I know Raul bought Emery to the table. And ive never denied that. Just ask yourself these questions 1 – Who had the most power at the time of Emery’s appointment? 2- Even if it was a majority decision between Emery , Raul and Sven. At least 2 should have had to be in the favour of Emery. Some say Sven was in favour of Arteta , some say Gazidis was in favour of Arteta. Dont matter who it was, if it was a committee decision there was someone along with Raul who was vouching for Emery too. 3… Read more »
Pedro
Sorry you are wrong.
The guy who I spoke to was a Director in a leading FTSE 100 investment house.
He takes a contrary view.
Arsenal will cut costs, but Kroenke will in his opinion protect his investment.
Remember Kroenke is a long term investor.
Emirates Your guy has an opinion – it’s a reasonable opinion, but only an opinion and whilst anyone taking a reasonable view would say “we’ll see” or even put up a counter argument that’s not what Le Grove has become recently. Right now Pedro’s favourite poster is CG – someone who wants the club to go bust. If Pedro is not careful he’ll end up with nothing but a bunch of militant nut jobs posting, none of whom go to matches. Would you read a blog on car reviews written by a group where none of them has a driving… Read more »
Valentin We both think that Chelsea could be in serious trouble in future for following reasons: 1. We don’t think that Abramovich will continue investing in club. There is already some evidence of this so they are totally reliant on self financing. 2. The billion pound debt makes the club virtually unsaleable. Who will want to have to discharge that debt and then buy the club? 3. Chelsea unlike Arsenal and Spurs need to build a new Stadium. That is going cost a small fortune. 4.The Saudis backed by Reuben brothers are buying Newcastle for £300 million. The club will… Read more »
Emirates
Joe Lewis has been looking to sell the Spud’s for years, bordering on decades and hasn’t managed to.
Abramovich might just hit a point where the land Stamford Bridge is on is worth more to developers than the club is. It’d also be a massive up yours to the UK Government after pulling his residence status.
Marc
He was a Director of a major Investment House and specialised in overseas investments specifically in US and Americas.
The point which is forgotten is that Kroenke’s principal business is not sport but property. Anyone involved in property market knows that it is a longterm
investment.
Kroenke is not known for selling assets. Frankly he is not interested in being
popular. His main concern is to run a successful and profitable business.
He may be naive when it comes to football matters, but I am sure that he will
get matters right in due course.
Wasi I think pedro is setting up Raul to be the fall guy If arteta tanks. I sure hope he doesn’t but so far it won’t be because of last summer’s recruitment. Bad signings? I think he was saying we had the best summer in a while but now they are all of a sudden bad signings? Pedro is smart in a way. He writes something again and again and Hope’s it feels like the truth. We will judge arteta as we judged Emery. This Contacts signings narrative doesn’t bear fruit if he is saying it after Emery left and… Read more »
that is *
Emirates
My view is Kroenke isn’t the world’s greatest owner but he isn’t the worst either. He allows the club to spend what it earns and we’ve never done anything different to that anyway.
Problem is 99.9% of people (especially the younger generation) have no comprehension of what long term is.
“I think pedro is setting up Raul to be the fall guy If arteta tanks”
No think about it – Pedro is bricking it because Arteta’s decision making has been meh in certain areas – if an Elite coach can’t make a bold substitute decision then things look iffy.
Strange to see Pedro writing Arteta off before the guy’s who were prepared to give Emery a chance!
@ MArc
“My view is Kroenke isn’t the world’s greatest owner but he isn’t the worst either. He allows the club to spend what it earns and we’ve never done anything different to that anyway.”
I have only one issue with that. We were told that the club had to change ownership to allow us to compete. Kronke is probably a great business owner, but I am not sure he will ever endear himself to fans.
MGooner
“We were told that the club had to change ownership to allow us to compete”
Er when and who were told that – I wasn’t.
We were sold a lie that we needed to leave Highbury to compete…
All fraudulent lies.. there was no promise goal for fans
Just a shit stadium that now one would want to save in 90 years…
Unlike Highbury.
Ha ha
How could I forget Fabregas …the quality we had in midfield during that spell was UNF*CKINGBELIEVABLE …
So he’s available for 20m
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11766995/aubameyang-arsenal-contract-transfer-value/
Club needs cleansing fro top to bottom …
Washing out all dodgy board members
Overpaid rinsing the club players .
Youth . Is the way forwRd.
@ Marc
“Er when and who were told that – I wasn’t.”
David Dein when he introduced the Kronkes.
It was widely reported that time, luckily I did not miss it as I was not hibernating.
@ RSPCA
We need project youth 5.0
I was not a great fan of Wenger but recognise that he was instrumental in geyying those kids to outperform. He even made Bendtner believe he could win the Ballon D’Or.
Project youth also will not work this time unfortunately.
We either need top dollars or a heavy slice of luck.
Marc, certainly not writing off Arteta. Not sure how you landed on that. Don’t project your deepest hopes onto me.
M gooner
Club needs re birthing youth with a sprinkling of experience .
If we can get 25 for bellerin when wan basks goes for 55
Sell sell sell
As viv would say.,, oh wait or did she say spend.
Some itk I’m France saying psg is currently discussing bellerin transfer with arsenal. He goes on to say arsenal is willing to sell and bellerin is willing to go.
So be it. Bellerin should be sold asap.
Pierre
Like I used to say to you at the time, we should have brought Yaya Toure to add to that midfield. Toure, Fabregas and Nasri/Wilshere/Diaby would have been unstoppable.
True.
I wonder if Saka is waiting on a big money offer from Arsenal. I can imagine Arsenal offering him anything up to 50 grand a week.
Maybe he’s looked at other young English players and their contracts. Calum Hudson Odoi – 120k p/week, Marcus Rashford – 200k p/week.
Saka I would think is looking at 100k p/week, and rightly so.
“What’s it got to do with European lockdown?? Wake up
The whole thing is a scam”
Lol
Where’s my comment. Deleted for stating facts
The sideshows are an insurance for likely negative results when the EPL resumes, that much is clear.
You heard it here 1st!
Deleted because it was boring
With the Saka, Auba, Luiz contract situations, tension with Dozi, Ceb knows he is off squad motivation is low,
You heard it here 1st
People making boring comment should be made to walk down Harlem in their birthday suit with a bell ringing and residents chanting “shame, shame, shame……”
Protect, provide, penetrate
Where is the love Don?
Maybe boring to you but it’s true .just look at the prison population in the us and who dominates that .don’t comment on thing’s if you don’t want people to react to it stick to arsenal
David, don’t comment on the US prison system if you don’t understand it. Hugely ignorant comment. Stick to football.
🔔shame 🔔shame 🔔shame
This is my take on Arsenal’s Squad and Transfer Business for next season. RETAIN Both Luiz and Aubameyang will stay at club. Luiz will sign new contract and Aubameyang will stay on current contract and leave next summer on Bosman UNLESS we qualify for Champions League. DEPARTURES Mkhitaryan and Elneny will be offloaded to reduce wage bill even if it is on loan or free transfer. Macey will leave on Bosman. Ceballos will leave at end of loan. Likely departures are Mustafi, Sokratis, Holding and Maitland-Niles. Possible departures are Lacazette and Kolasinac, but only if we are offered realistic transfer… Read more »
Ah yes, Diaby, another one of those players whose reputation got bigger the more time he spent on the treatment table.
As for Jack he wasn’t crocked by opposition players or unprotected by officials, his injury problems started when Wenger massively over played him in his breakout season. But don’t take my word for that, it’s what Wenger admitted himself at the time.