SORRY FOR NOT BEING THERE FOR YOU EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY. Sheesh, you lot are so needy when the transfer window is open. I was gone, like, 2 days.
Anyway, I’ve been well and truly talked off the ledge about the Edu moves and I’m now VERY excited about what the summer can bring.
Firstly, I was told that the idea of having scouts in 50 countries is a shitty old school idea that offers very little value to the club. The thinking is that Edu has a few centralised scouts that he trusts in London, the analysts lean on elite technology to pick out players, if the brain trust likes the players, then the club invests in watching them in the flesh.
That’s the loose process. The watch out on this is Arsenal has always been a tech-forward club, they just haven’t used it properly. Jason Rosenfeld of StatDNA recently quit to go to FIFA, he’s a world-class data nerd, if he thought he was getting job satisfaction at Arsenal, he’d still be here. The idea that Edu has had some sort of visionary eureka moment that the future of football is ACTUALLY about data is off the mark, we had that ability in 2013, the question is… can Edu unlock the power of metadata with the people he has left at the club? Or is it just a nice media soundbite?
All indicators suggest no at the moment, but if we’re cool with pretending Kia and the super-agents were just a phase while he focused on a youth system for a year, then I’m game to SHUT UP AND BACK EDU. I’m sure he’ll be thrilled a nobody blogger is giving him permission to do his job.
I’m also slapping myself into getting excited about Willian. Like, what’s the point in not enjoying a new signing? I quite like all the data stories that are doing the rounds in the papers. Yes, yes, I remember when everyone thought Emery was a genius last season for signing Luiz because he played penetrating balls from deep, but this signing is different because there’s no baggage, bar the agent.
The wages seem to land on the lower end of the scale at £100k a week, though The Mirror had £150k a week. I can live with £100k, that’s good value. A lot of the papers seem to indicate that the expectation is Willian will be moved to the middle as an attacking #8, or a more modern #10. Willian played there when he was at Shakhtar, Arteta is hoping to reacquaint him with his 2012 game. A #10 position might give him a little more longevity as well because the role isn’t quite as dependent on pace.
Also, if we’re playing Saka at #10 in training, maybe the succession plan post-Willian is to have the left-back pick up that role. I could live with that. We’re also keeping ESR at the club next season, he can play in those pockets as well, so the future is youth however we cut it.
It was interesting to read Julian Nagelsmann talk about blending youth and experience in his interview with Rapha Honigstein.
“There are players who make teams better actively, through their performances, and those who do that but also improve the team passively, if you will, through the force of their personality and their character. Buying such a player wouldn’t fit into the RB concept 110 per cent but he could improve us as a group, with all these young guns. He wouldn’t be an investment in the classic sense, but would offset that with the positive effects he would have on the development of others.”
Willian is certainly a top professional with a winning attitude. Probably a good foil for the kids who will be looking to takeover.
The transfer stories haven’t really progressed. I’m hoping that our #1 target is keeping quiet because he’s still in the Champions League playing for Atleti whilst doing TikTok dances.
There’s an Instagram Story doing the rounds that shows Willy Auba and his family having an Arsenal party, one would hope in the name of the new mega-deal their main breadwinner has just signed. That really would cap a good end to the season.
… and that’s why I’m excited. Frank Lampard finished in the Champions League, but the loss in the FA Cup Final to a better young coach and the subsequent spanking from Bayern has him getting the same treatment as Unai Emery. No coach has conceded more goals than him under Roman Abramovich. He’s being called tactically naive. There are doubts creeping in. Super unfair when you consider he made 4th after losing Hazard, but that is the nature of this beastly game.
Mikel Arteta is in a different boat. His xG was suspect, no doubt, but he did a few things that gave him credit with the fans. He made us a strong team unit. He did that with players that make errors, but overall, the impact was very positive. Fans could see the shape. He gave weak characters a mental toughness nearly all of us doubted could happen. He delivered wins against Liverpool, City, United, Wolves (a), and Chelsea. Those are progress wins. Then, of course, he won an FA Cup final.
The momentum is with him. The owners, the fans, the players all believe in the journey he’s taking them on. He now has more say over players, he has more confidence to implement his ideas, and he knows he’s on the right path.
There’s still a lot of work to do with the squad this summer, but I think the hope is that if the club can raise £100m in transfer revenue, they’ll invest it right back in. It’s great that PSG are sniffing around a £40m Matteo G, I’m sure someone will offer for LT, Holding is young and appealing, AMN is a £30m player now… most of our players improved since December, so we might find the transfer wheel is a little more greased this summer.
If Edu and Raul can make some deals that shift the profile of the squad, we’ll start the season in much better shape.
I think the Community Shield is going to be followed by an international break, then it’s straight into the league where it’ll be catch up mode with 3 games a week again. If we get off to a good start and keep the momentum of the FA Cup game going, we could be top 4 contenders next season. A lot still needs to go right, but hey, we can dream again.
The key is always a good start with these players. As we saw before the FA Cup, if there’s nothing to play for, it’s hard to get a game out of them. However, when there’s a reason to focus, it’s pretty clear that we have the ability to give anyone in the league a game on our day. We’ve not been in a position to say things like that in a very long time. We have a genuinely top coach running things now and that makes things very different for us.
I’m excited… let’s see where the business goes this summer!
I do think there is a blatant anti arsenal bias in most matches in terms of reffing and Utd get the run of the green suspiciously often But a part of it relates to how we play We spend the vast majority of the match very far from the opposition box. It’s not a coincidence that we’ve had bigger all creativity. Regardless of any ref BS, if you have players regularly touching the ball in the opposition box, you’ll get a lot more penalties – especially if said player is tricky Our trickiest player is Pepe and he’s spent half… Read more »
Backpass, I understand that Auba had fallen out with Dortmund and wanted to come to the PL. I also think that our French connections and PEA’s admiration for TH14 helped us too.
All I’ve heard regards Partey is the money angle, maybe he was a big Vieira and Arsenal fan as a boy but I’ve not heard anything like that mentioned.
If Pepe isn’t getting near the box, arsenal will continue to struggle for penalties Auba gets in the box but usually he just ghosts in for a tap in rather than bursting into the box and asking questions of his defender’s tackling ability Laca could probably get more penalties but he’s either isolated alone up front or dropping very deep to get involved. Neither are conducive (not his fault mind) Who else is going to win us a penalty? I think Nelson would win a lot if given a chance as he is our only player who regularly asks questions… Read more »
China
So what’s the excuse for the previous 14 years when we had more possession and created more chsnces than any other team and were always at the lower end for penalties awarded and at the higher end for penalties conceded.
China
“If Pepe isn’t getting near the box, arsenal will continue to struggle for penalties”
Will make no difference…Pepe should have gained at least 4 pens last season.
Nothing will change whilst Mike Riley is in charge of referees.
Nailed it Pierre .All about that c** t Riley.also…..why oh why does it always take an eternity to get an Arsenal transfer over the line.Its worse than pulling teeth.oh for the days a presser was suddenly called and a shiny new star announced!f*** k it’s torture these days……
Pierre yeah I agree we get cunted by refs but there’s two points to consider 1) how can we get more penalties if we can’t get in the box? Refs don’t need to try hard to deny us if we struggle to even get in the box 2) var makes it (just a little bit) harder for refs to deny you penalties. A problem arsenal have had recently is a lack of gamesmanship. Laca has been extremely honest and whenever he does get fouled is more focused on trying to carry on. When shit does happen the players don’t push… Read more »
We’re not going to get penalties if our players keep falling like superheroes.
We’re not gonna get more pens if our players refuse to commit players in the box.
I get irritated when we pass from inside the box outwards. And we do that everytime.
Andy
Partey grew up supporting arsenal moreso than auba who wanted to play for real madrid.
“2) var makes it (just a little bit) harder for refs to deny you penalties.”
Disagree….united don’t have that problem.
Just have to accept that it’s an Arsenal thing.
We are regularly given the short end of the stick. Pépé should have had penalties in both matches versus Sheffield United
Riley being around doesn’t help.
Arteta has been taking the high road with referees thinking it will help him out later on. Wenger called Jon Miss dishonest to his federation, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Arteta at some point will need to apply pressure thru the media in press conferences and during the match.
Grown men [allegedly] still whinging about how unfair the refs are to Arsenal.
PL Penalties received 19/20:
Liverpool 5
Arsenal 4
Doubt Liverpool supporters are crying about how many pens Utd have been awarded this season. Embarrassing.
Be prepared for a double dose of anti football next season, from the look of our signings
Luiz and Mustafi have more of the ball than anyone else in the team,
penalties are only awarded when in the opponents box not your own.
Another free info byte from yours truly!
Jamie, the home counties boy, who (allegedly) is Nigerian continues with his snide comments.
I’m Nigerian like you’re a 70 year old superfan.
Jamie
For your reference penalties awarded in all matches played are
Man Utd 21
Man City 16
Chelsea 12
Watford 8
Wolves 8
Leicester 7
Spurs 7
Liverpool 6
Southampton 5
Arsenal 5
West Ham 4
Bournemouth4
Aston Villa 3
C.Palace 3
Norwich 3
Burnley 2
Everton 2
Others 1
I was not complaining about number of Penalties, Red or Yellow Cards Arsenal
received.
However, it should be highlighted that Man Utd total penalties has only been
exceeded in Europe by Barcelona with 24 in 2015-16.
Sorry Pierre, conspiracy theories don’t wash.
It’s a combination of several things (most of which China has pointed out). We’re just crap at the so-called ‘dark arts’ and we’re not a team that spends much time in the opposition’s box.
Refereeing failings are down to incompetence rather than some bizarre plan to handicap Arsenal, remember the cup final and how we got the rub of the green that day?
There is at least one thing that Xhaka is good at ” a lack of gamesmanship.”. The way he got Chelsea a red card was expert performance.
Our last penalty (a nailed one due to barge into the back of Lacazette) in the league was not given by the on field referee. VAR is that context is helping Arsenal as even Mike Riley minions don’t want to be seen as incompetent or bias by pundits. If it is a lot easier to justify not giving a penalty when you have just one quick view of the incident, but when the world know that you can see the incident multiple times with multiple angles and in slow motion, it become problematic. Except for ManUtd, where a ManUtd player… Read more »
Andy
“Sorry Pierre, conspiracy theories don’t wash.”
Ok ..last ten years ..penalties awarded and conceded ..
City….for 80…against 28
United..for 68…against 34..
Chelsea…for 60….against 26
Liverpool..for 62….against 39
Spurs …for 47 …against 36
Arsenal…for 46 ..against 60
So basically, we have been awarded the fewest penalties and conceded the most in the last ten years.
Say no more.
Agents are making easy money. Just read that Arsenal pay £1m to Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s agent Mino Raiola to complete MIkki’s permanent move to Roma.
Watching Ever Banega’s yesterday’s performance, you have to admit that he is better than all our midfielders in the past 2-3 years.
This transfer gossip is absolutely doing my head in. I’m half tempted just to avoid all Arsenal sites and news articles about us because we all know how desperately disappointed we’ll all be once the window closes. Right now, a good window according to many would consist of Willian, Gabriel, Partey and Thiago. It’s never, ever going to happen people! I think last summer was a rare beast because the owners wanted to back Emery even though it was clear he had lost the team at the end of last season. Raul was desperate to make sure he didn’t look… Read more »
Just to confirm how difficult it has been for Arsenal in the premier league.
Red cards last 10 years.
Arsenal..37
City……..28
Chelsea……24
Spurs…..22
United….21
Liverpool…20.
Yep, top of the list for red cards..no surprise there then, because obviously we are the dirtiest team in the league.
Pierre
It could be our defenders and DM are the slowest in the league.
Where has this Thiago Alcantara news come from LOL?
Just the 55 days of Transfer gossip/rumours/Nonsense/BS to enjoy/endure!
Pierre I raised the issue published today in Telegraph not so much as a complaint about Arsenal’s treatment by referees, but rather the number of penalties that Man Utd and their potential impact on results. 18 of the 21 penalties taken resulted in a goal and in some of those league games Man Utd were struggling to win the game or secure draw. For example they won the game on Monday in Europa Cup against Copenhagen with a penalty resulting from a very soft foul on Martial. Similarly the first goal scored by Man Utd to beat Leicester in critical… Read more »
https://arseblog.news/2020/06/club-payments-to-agents-for-2019-20-revealed-by-the-fa/
Shedding a light on agent fees.
Nelson
“It could be our defenders and DM are the slowest in the league”
Or it could be that our defenders are punished more severely than the others.
Sounds about right …the disparity in the figures I’ve shown are alarming for any Arsenal supporter to digest.
Let’s take the cup final penalty in which the Chelsea defender escaped a red card for making exactly the same challenge as Luiz did v City and Chelsea in the league games, in which both times he was red carded.
Our defense and midfield has not been good enough for some time now and most of the pens we have conceded were warranted. Whats frustrating is seeing the refs and the Var deny us clear pens. And this has been going on for some time now. But tbh our players share a bit of blame too. They dont know how to put pressure on the referee or how to act when being bought down in the penalty box. Lacazette being the prime example. Sometimes he is bought down for a clear pen but instead of staying down he foolishly gets… Read more »
Should be remembered that any perspective signing from overseas will have to go into a two week isolation period so clubs need to get a move on if you want players ready for preseason and the beginning of next season.
Arteta has been captured on camera telling players to commit tactical fouls
The problem with that it works with if you have smart players like at man c. With Xhakalson, mustafinovs and Luiz it will work against us.
Jamie is bi racial
Tierney
Deaf referees is the answer, then they will only give what they see without any outside influences…
Alternately, give the refs ear plugs to shut out all noise from players and fans and just let them have an earpiece for communication to VAR and 4th official.
Sounds stupid but why not.
All I’m reading is that we should descend into the dark arts to influence decisions, anything is better than that…
It destroys the game as a viewing spectacle.
Gareth Bale. What a wasted talent.
Bon Jovi sometimes eats a cornetto
Flamingos aren’t pink
Pierre
Why not bring in ref’s from overseas? We bring in the best overseas talent in players, managers and coaches etc why not extend it the the refs.
“Sounds stupid but why not.”
Because it is a stupid idea made by an old man unclear about how technology works, and proven to be short on common sense.
Mesut Bale? Another absolute wanker only interested in sitting on that fat paycheck instead of playing football. Somebody should tell these braindead fucks that the career of a professional footballer is not that long and unless they’re really fucking stupid they’ll have plenty of money anyhow when they retire.
Anyway on to tonight fingers crossed for Atalanta. It’d be brilliant to see them win the thing a real boost in these times. And the sooner Atletico are knocked out the sooner Partey gets resolved one way or the other so here’s hoping Leipzig do us a favor
Pierre The circumstances weren’t the same. At no time in the FA cup final did PEA touch the ball which then means he did not have the ball under control. It was also said on the day that the VAR view was that the Chelsea player could well have intercepted the ball Whereas in the Man City game Mahrez had touched the ball, had the ball under control and would have got the attempt on goal away before any Arsenal player could have intercepted Now we could argue all day about players on the cover but they we’re different enough… Read more »
Deaf referees is the answer, then they will only give what they see without any outside influences…
What if someone writes something down on a piece of paper and hands it to them? Back to the drawing board
Marc
Didn’t we for the first time fast track a Australian/New Zealand ref to the Select group of refs this last season?
If my memory serves me correctly he was the VAR that ruled out an Arsenal goal
From what I’ve seen our refs are no better or no worse than other countries but it does seem to me that our TV coverage reflects on decisions far more than most non UK tv companies.
Pierre
In all honesty , appealing to the referee is no dark art.
Deaf refs from overseas then, who’s with me?
Alec cutter
“Because it is a stupid idea made by an old man unclear about how technology works, and proven to be short on common sense.”
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Actually, there would be no technology involved which would be a good thing…cotton wool will do it.
Personally, watching footballers surrounding referees is not for me.
They would soon stop doing it if there was no response.
I just dunno man. Hard to believe someone could be that stupid but sure enough
.Marko
“What if someone writes something down on a piece of paper and hands it to them? Back to the drawing board”
Yeah, can see it now , players running around with a pencil behind the ear and note pad down their shorts….
Imagine 4 or 5 players surrounding the ref shouting and screaming .
The ref will just shrug his shoulders and point to his ears…
Appealing to refs for pks is dumb, you’re likely to always get a booking for your troubles
Cunning them is the best way forward,call it dark arts or whatever that’s the only chance you can get something off these cheating refs, Arteta is absolutely coaching the lads to be the master’s of it and I love it
Marko
“I just dunno man. Hard to believe someone could be that stupid but sure enough”
Do you mean stupid enough to suggest that players would go on to the pitch with a note book and pen and write message to the referee ….now that is pretty stupid.
Vic
Arteta has learnt a lot from Pep, I’m happy to see us gain victories and trophies using those tactics in the short term ..
We have been naive on the pitch for a while now, it is all about winning but for me personally faking injuries, wasting time, getting opponents sent off etc , I find a little distasteful.
It is what it is I suppose .
I’d rather see us win cheating than lose being naive.
Reports from Spain we’re refusing to pay Ceballos’ full wages and £3.8m loan fee.
I hope we have our game plan tight for this window
Terraloon
“Now we could argue all day about players on the cover but they we’re different enough to see why one resulted in a red and one in a yellow”
Look at the number of red cards and penalty kicks awarded against us and I think you will find the answer.
Put it this way , if it was an Arsenal player who brought down a striker who would have been clean through on goal …history tells you that it would have been a red card.
Do you mean stupid enough to suggest that players would go on to the pitch with a note book and pen and write message to the referee ….now that is pretty stupid.
Don’t be silly. The players would have ready written notes secreted about their person to cover a variety of scenarios…
Do you mean stupid enough to suggest that players would go on to the pitch with a note book and pen and write message to the referee ….now that is pretty stupid. So originally I thought it was about not influencing refs on VAR but now that I see it’s about having deaf referees my point still stands. Also managers have been known to pass off the occasional instruction on pieces of paper but I’ll admit I read it wrong. Still though deaf refs is pretty fucking stupid. To combat a perceived bias by a minority in a particular fanbase… Read more »
Pierre
Nailed it at 15:43,exactly my point
The win against chavs was especially more lovely the way we accomplished it, never seen us put such street smart performance in a while, thats the Arteta effect
Teams will absolutely hate playing against an Arteta team,he likes to win no matter how
The silence in the transfer front is deafening, just old click baits been recycled by desperate journalists
We’re by far the most sluggish club in the world in completing deals whether in or out the club,just pathetic how the club is run these days
Vic
seems like we’ve done our non-champs league related biz. the rest has to wait…
seems like we’ve done our non-champs league related biz. the rest has to wait…
I mean what biz are you talking about exactly? We’ve done fvck all and we still have a truck load of deadwoods we should be offloading already
Karma
“Don’t be silly. The players would have ready written notes secreted about their person to cover a variety of scenarios…”
Of course they would …silly me.
Of course you are not being serious as the referee can choose whether to look at a note ….or not, probably not otherwise it would defeat the object, If there was an object.
Vic
“Teams will absolutely hate playing against an Arteta team,he likes to win no matter how”
It looks to me that winning is everything to Arteta, he has got a little bit of jose in the way he sets up teams for the big games.
Chavs have brought in what? like 3 players already,Dippers despite walking the league has a player signed already and some deadwoods offloaded, City is relentless and are signing anything that moves, United has Sancho locked in
We finished 8th and not a single player has left nor join the club up to now, Arteta is a good coach but he’ll remain limited as long as we still have jokers running the club
fuck julien laurens, that guy is an idiot. get rid of lacazette. immediately. never like him. said years ago he’d be the final nail in wengers coffin. too small too slow too weak in front of goal, good first touch just doesnt cut it in england
Nicolò Schira@NicoSchira
Advanced talks between #ASRoma and #Arsenal for a swap between Lucas #Torreira and Amadou #Diawara. For Diawara is ready 5-years contract, while Torreira’s agent has yet to agree. Both clubs would realize a significant capital gain with this deal. #transfers #AFC
Apparently Arteta too doesn’t think all he has to do is sit the midget in front of the back four and all is well
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11095/12037288/premier-league-ins-and-outs-the-2020-summer-transfer-window-moves
The ins and outs of the premier league so far to help Vic his customary early window meltdown he has every window. And no United don’t have locked in and just the two Chelsea signings made
No need to be impatient for transfers. The season has just ended, CL is still underway. Besides, our finances are tight. We need to offload players too before we commit transfer fees for new signings. This TW is a tight ropewalk. Covid-19 has made things worse. Still my guess is we are working on several transfers (both ins and outs).
Vic
Oh for the days of yore when Wenger strode across the transfer window like a Titan crushing all before him.
Wait, we were shit at transfers then and have been doing much better in the last 2 years, no bullshit and the only last day panic buy was Luiz because we lost Kos late.
Our season ended 10 days ago. Some teams are still playing, this is not a normal transfer window. As long as we get things done in time for pre season there’s no need to whine.
Vic
we signed willian. we’re negotiating for a portuguese child which will continue until we arent paying 40m. coutinho, partey are in champs league squads. juve, atl, and psg are looking to take our big ticket deadwood. are you crying because rob holding hasnt been sold yet?
maybe you should stick to discussing Christianity, British Engineering and African age fraud in football, all quite popular topics here lately
Would have preferred a potential swap for Pelligrini. But I’ll have to trust the guys making the decisions. I just hope we’re not swapping all of our more prized assets. Not sure a straight swap is totally fair given how much we paid for Torreira and they paid for Diawara.
“maybe you should stick to discussing Christianity, British Engineering and African age fraud in football, all quite popular topics here lately”
And deaf referees….
Oh for the days of yore when Wenger strode across the transfer window like a Titan crushing all before him.
Transfer window opened and closed the last week of August every summer for that fucker I swear.
Community shield is in 17 days.
I think we could do a lot worse than Cristian Romero if he’s available in a cash plus player deal for Lacazette.
“…. there’s no need to whine.“
FL
As if whining needed a legit reason on here.
All good points re transfers btw.
Also….Arsenal brass are probably trying to figure out a way to finance a £100m worth of in coming talent with £2.50 loose change the found buried in a sofa cushions, since no club seem to want to pay actual money for our high wage primadonnas.
Deaf refs from overseas but not Africa.
These guys will lie about their age so how can we bu sure they are truly deaf?
You can’t.
Marko It was ridiculous and so fucking annoying. Every summer was the same. top top qualidee, better than what we have, like a new signing. This is the era Vic wants back. Complaining how the club is run nowadays like it isn’t a million times better on the transfer front at least. Just need all the cobwebs around the club cleared out and we’ll start seeing improvements on the pitch too. Some of those cobwebs cling on harder than others though (cough cough Ozil) so it’ll take some time to get everything in order. Was always going to be the… Read more »
Would be fun to see Emery turn Coquelin into an attacking midfielder 😂
Tom
They’ll probably be old enough that they’ve gone deaf anyway.
Good point about our dross. We actually have to find buyers for them before we can go mental buying everyone we see. That’s a lot harder when we’re talking the kind of qualidee we’re offering on massive wages than it is selling someone like Werner or Ziyech.
How good is this Diawara guy?ive watched Roma severally and he doesn’t stand out one bit.
Theres nothing to discuss on British engineering, literally.
FL
I’d like to see how much we get for Guen or what kind of a hit we take with Torreira.
That’s the problem with selling players every one knows are either out of favor or want out.
On the flip side , we buy players other clubs don’t want to sell , or if they do, there’s a line of interested parties half a block long forcing us to overpay ( Pepe), or give better terms( Willian).
Thorough
That Diawara looks like a mini-Partey from what I’ve seen.
Any comparisons between Diawara and Holjberg? Anyone?
Tom
At least those 2 are on reasonable wages since they’re post Wenger signings so should be easier to shift. Think we’ll break even or thereabouts on Torreira but it’s going to be interesting to see what happens with Guen.
Yep nothing special about Diawarra.
Chambers will be like a new signing as DM.
You heard it here 1st!
Don’t fancy that Diawara/Torreira swap, seems a bit along the lines of ‘yea go on then let’s just have him and you have him’.
That and he’s 31 already, check google images. If you know, you know.
I believe in bias… sure. Everyone has bias based on where your born, parents, society, etc. But to think there is a blatant conspiracy to take down Arsenal? Umm no. I find that farcical.. I don’t think the head of the pgmol has a meeting and says ok lads.. what we gonna do this season? same as last… take down Arsenal .. ok then.. all on the same page.. dismissed. I very much doubt it has been verbalized like that year on year. If it was individual meetings then it would leak out and be a scandal. I think if… Read more »
FL
Torreira ,even on relatively modest by the PL standard wages, would be the second highest earner at Roma behind Dzeko who’s on €95k .
Diawara, whom I’ve not seen play, is roughly on half of Torreira’s wages so that swap ( probably clickbait) wouldn’t be so straight forward.
PSG play without Di Maria, Verratti and probably M’Bappe.
Cavani is gone.
There’s definitely room for Atalanta to create history.
Shame Ilicic won’t play either.
Karim score? Help a brother out.
Karim-
Scoreline?
3-2 Atalanta
Juve have the most insane wage bill that you can find. Douglas Costa on 190 k a week? Every player except may be one or two are on more than 100 k a week. They pick up freebies and pay them insane wages. It’s mental.
Oh that would be nice 26-1 odds.
Something dodgy going on at Juve. They pay insane wages and transfer fees yet they’re neither owned by a country nor are they manure.
“Oh that would be nice 26-1 odds.”
😳😳😋😋
Don’t fancy that Diawara/Torreira swap, seems a bit along the lines of ‘yea go on then let’s just have him and you have him’.That and he’s 31 already, check google images. If you know, you know.
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CC
I’ve heard from my extremely reliable sources that most European clubs require all African players to undergo carbon dating at their physical now ….. such is the scale of age cheating problem.
I think in general, Juventus strategy is to get players out of contract on a free and then pay insane wages. But yeah it doesn’t seem like it adds up.. although they are insanely popular worldwide.