Arsenal has continued to rework their backroom team at a rapid-fire pace. Wherever we’re heading, Edu and Arteta are moving there FAST.
The club moved on Freddie Ljungberg and there are rumours that they might be back-filling his role with Dennis Bergkamp (Mark Irwin). I am an absolute sucker for the Dutchman. I penned a 2000 word essay on him (and Thierry) for Mundial once, what a total dream of a player/human. I have no idea what he’s like as a coach, but he’s certainly done some of it at Ajax. I also don’t know what he’d be coming in as. Still, what we do know is the man is trained in Total Football, he boasted some of the best technique the Premier League has ever witnessed, and he’s an absolute winner that can speak many languages.
Sal Bibbo is out the door, good luck to him. Arteta brought Inaki with him from Brentford. Hard to deny his impact on the keepers, Martinez and Leno have been in electric form during the backend of this season. Notable that Andreas Georgeson (seems to be spelt with an ‘e’) has already started his role as the set-piece coach. His role might be a little broader than that, but according to the data nerds, his coaching saved Brentford about 6 goals from setpieces last season. Not bad if they were theoretically in games that turned losses into points. If you want further details, James Benge has a nice write-up here.
Also, as a side note, Arsenal moved on the coordinator that had a fight at the Palace game and ran a motivational speech for the language challenged Unai Emery. Not important in the grand scheme of things, but it’s great to see Arsenal are digging out bad eggs and starting afresh. It’ll be interesting to see how many of the ‘WHY ARE YOU THERE?’ folk are still there come the end of the summer. High-performance culture means making sure every cog in the machine is elite. Great to see that we’re taking that seriously.
It was quite startling to see that we just moved on Pat Rice and Stuart Houston from scouting roles. I didn’t know they were still on the payroll. I appreciate their service, but their presence certainly spoke to the nostalgia addiction we’ve had at Arsenal over the past decade.
A manager always wants to create the right energy in a high-intensity environment like a football club, bringing in fresh ideas and new faces is as exciting for the fans as it is for the players. If the manager sets out and says he wants to make you better, seeing him deliver on that by bringing in the right coaches is great validation.
… but, you know, bringing in actual players is probably THE most exciting thing you can do. Arsenal fans are taking things to the next level today. They tracked Gabriel’s flight into Luton today and even managed to find his car using cameras on the M25. Unbelievable dedication to the exclusive. Hopefully, the club can announce his arrival with Auba signing his new deal.
PSG were beaten last night. What that will hopefully mean is this: The French press point out that what is lacking is French players and staff that truly ‘get’ PSG. Out goes Tuchel, in comes Poch. Out go a lot of international players on big money. In comes a player like MATTEO GUENDOUZI THE FUTURE OF FRENCH FOOTBALL. The price? Big. Make it English premium big. L’Équipe say they are interested and that is probably the best news Edu has had all summer.
SkySports are reporting that Wolves are interested in bringing AMN to the West Midlands. I’m a bit off about this move. I really like the player and he added a lot of value to us when he was given a specific role. If he’s off, I hope we have a good plan to replace him. The money on offer is reportedly about £20m. Feels quite low considering he’s probably out most effective right back. Still, we have to trust the process and accept that some deals that go through might not sit well with us. Hey, we might even be angling for a deal coming the other way? Who knows…
There’s also some worrying news that Sam Greenwood is interesting Leeds United. It’d be a pretty miserable summer if we lost him and Balogun. It’s very problematic that we keep losing young talent, but hey, at least we’re creating it these days. Fingers crossed something can be done there.
Right, one week until the Community Shield. Let’s see what Arsenal can make happen!
See you in the comments. x
Please don’t compare valuation of AMN with Chilwell. Chilwell is a regular first team player at Leicester and amongst the best left backs in Europe. He is also an established full international with 11 senior caps. Moreover he is wanted by Chelsea and could probably move into the starting lineup of Man City and Man Utd as well not to mention the leading clubs in Europe. AMN is by contrast a squad player at Arsenal, a utility player with some potential, and a U21 International. He is wanted by lower level clubs who have more limited funds and transfer budget.… Read more »
Emirates
Godfather is forgetting that there has to be a buyer willing to pay more than 20 million, a buyer that acceptable to the player.
£20 million is an excellent fee for AMN, honestly Wolves are paying on the higher side of the range for him, maybe we started a bidding war between several clubs.
Rumors are saying at least it is around 25 mil. 20 mil upfront and the rest in add ons. Whichever way you look at it, Selling a player who hasn’t taken his chance and divides opinion for good money and Strengthening your first XI is a no brainer. Basically his fee can cover Gabriel’s transfer fee. If we were trying to sell the likes of Saka then we should be very upset. Those are the kind of talents we should keep. AMN is our equivalent to Liverpool’s harry Wilson, Man city’s Jack Harrison and Chelsea’s pasalic. Anyway I am glad… Read more »
AMN, Bellerin and Kola out would be a good start! Keep Greenwood FFS! Utilise the U/23 squad talent and then buy smart.
Arsenal being ranked 29th in world football does not surprise me. The last player we had in the PFA team of the year was Sanchez!
Arsenal’s priority once we have completed acquisition of Gabriel is to bring in a couple of Midfielders and that will cost us almost certainly in region of £60-70 Million based on current valuations. My guess is that Arsenal are aiming to raise £40-45 Million from sale of AMN and Guendouzi neither of whom will make the starting lineup. I am surprised that there were suggestions yesterdays that Arsenal had offered Bellerin for sale to PSG. That is illogical unless a] Bellerin is agitating for move or b] we have lined an upgrade first choice right back. Currently top class right… Read more »
35 mil for Amn for what exactly ? Being versatile? 23? Not having a fixed position ? Having lapses of concentration every game ? or putting 3 or 4 good performances at the end of last season ? And comparing him to Chilwell is just insane. If Amn was half as good as Chilwell he would be an automatic starter at RB. Even Aurier when he came to Spurs was a regular for PSG and is starting RB for his country. 20-25 mil is a very fair price for an inconsistent , rotational player who certainly has talent. And Wolves… Read more »
ET
I believe club will look to sign a new RB if the reports of Bellerin being offered to PSG are true.
If fans can see how weak our RB position is then certainly Arteta and Edu can see it too.
Maybe they are hoping to sell Bellerin for 25-35 mil and know PSG can dish out that amount easily. Then use some of that cash to buy someone like Aarons and use the remainder to upgrade our midfield.
Captain Tierney I am sorry, but I am in the minority who post on here. Bellerin was rated one of the best right wing backs in Europe and yes he had a very serious injury, which resulted in him being out of action for 12 months. However, he is only 25 and unlike others I saw some improvement in his performance at end of last season. If he is as bad as some suggest why on earth would PSG want to buy him? They could just as easily throw money at the cream of the crop. Arsenal have brought in… Read more »
To put it into perspective how good the Willian (5mil per season) and Gabriel (2-3mil per season) deals , remember that Chelsea are paying 6mil a year to Thiago Silva.
Gabriel’s agent -“Arsenal was nowhere near the best proposal [money wise]. Gabriel chose them over more lucrative offers because Edu convinced us of the project. It’s 100% because of Edu Gaspar and Arteta.”
Sauce and Sauce.
If we can’t afford to-keep AMN as a utility player to play specialised roles and cover for injuries/rotations, we should make sure we have first buy back option and sell on clauses.
Tony
Agreed.
ET I do remember Bellerin being very highly rated in his early 20s. But it was mostly down to having excellent physcial qualities and bursting on to the scene at a very young age. It was hoped that with time his on the ball skills and defending will improve but there is little evidence of any of those things happening. His crossing and defending is still average at best and he looks to have lost a yard after coming back from the ACL injury. Sure there were some improvements to his game in the final games of the season but… Read more »
https://arseblog.com/2020/08/arsenal-have-to-sell-and-the-market-knows-it/
This is a balanced article now. Should we have kept him if we are flushed with cash, Sure. But we need to raise funds and AMN is expendable.
Our RB should at a minimum be defensively very good Even better if can bomb forward and play a WB in a back 3 configuration. In that regard, Bellerin today is not consistent and would be a pass and score a credit from time to time. To me , selling Bellerin, or not , would also depend on the differential between fee and get say from PSG and what we pay the next starting RB Good money from PSG why not? But if we have not preferred target(s), ok to stay put for another couple of TWs, just because (and… Read more »
Btw, Covid market aside, the fee AMN may fetch could reference Iwobi though with pros and cons.
Whatever the fees, there’s always a buyer if we have good salespeople , agents or brokers.
Surely Lille wouldn’t have dreamed of a £70m+ price yah on Pepe! A bit extreme but that’s the idea.
CT
Silva reported wage is indeed 6 million but that’s € not £
https://thesportsrush.com/thiago-silva-wages-how-much-will-brazilian-defender-earn-at-chelsea/
Without somehow or the other transferring players that are currently injured then other players that are solid squad players, and that’s what AMN are going to have to be sold or other players who are considered to be deadwood are going to have to be sold for a fraction of what some believe these deadwood players are considered to be worth.
In effect AMN is being sacrificed to bring in Gabriel. So who next?
CT
Doesnt matter even if it is $ , its still very high for a 35 yo imo.
Terra*
Lets see if the Daily Mail add up all the Vat , bonuses , clauses , agent fees , etc etc to make it sound like Thiago Silva will earn 250k a week at Chelsea.
Or do they publish such trash to make Arsenal look bad?
only*
Let’s be honest, AMN has had plenty of opportunities to show us what he has got. Unfortunately all we have seen from the supposed 2nd fastest player is disinterest, lethargy, lack of drive/initiative, unwillingness to be a team player etc etc.
There are many kids that would bite your arm off to get half the chances he has had. Let’s not shed too many tears on his departure and look forward to players with drive, energy, a desire to win and a willingness to die for the club.
I can see both sides of the argument for selling ANN. Yes we need to start to bring in some cash, technically he isn’t a first eleven player. Etc etc. The problem I have is 20 million isn’t huge money in the scale of things. Bellerin according to reports is being touted to PSG. Which leaves us with an injured chambers or soares (still looks a strange transfer even for a free) at right back. So we’re going to have to spend more than 20 million to get someone better than bellerin, AMN or soares. When money’s tight that doesn’t… Read more »
Un,
Hope your well buddy.
I think you could be right about partey. There’s a buyout clause, we keep being linked but nothing definite and its only us linked, why nobody else?
Unless arteta throws a curveball and plays Luiz or chambers as a defensive midfielder? And hopes ceballos can be retained and solves the creativity problem. I’m not sure where he’s going with it. Midfield is a mess.
ES “””””20-25 mil is a very fair price for an inconsistent , rotational player who certainly has talent. And Wolves”””””” Cheerleading guff- typical ES. Arsenal , are selling a very talented and versatile young player to a team that are actually BETTER than themselves. Wolves are currently superior. We should not be selling our best players to them and certiainly not for a pittance.No way, he should be sold less than the £ 40 RELEGATED Bouremouth recieved for Ake. (we also paid £72 million for Pepe last season and he had never has played one game in the prem. AMN… Read more »
Reflecting on the Bellerin story there could be an alternative surprise possibility.
Mustafi was playing well before his recent injury and there were even rumours that Arteta wanted to extend his contract.
If my memory serves me right he played for Germany in the World Cup in the
right back position rather than CB. Could this be the surprise scenario.
Un,
Hoping that midfielder deals are being kept quiet, so no last minute teams trying to swoop in, maybe that’s why the links are so vocal about partey joining?
I though Gabriel was due to be announced yesterday and auba seems to be taking ages to find a pen to sign his new deal.
Typical arsenal transfer window!
Emirates,
Mustafi has looked slightly better under arteta,
And I think your correct he did play right back but he will get roasted by anyone with pace at right back or wing back if we play three at the back.
Just not good enough for an arsenal defence.
I wouldn’t mind keeping AMN as he’s a good squad player and home grown. But that’s all he is. He’s never been a starter and probably never will be.
We’ve got 2 right backs and I expect another left back to come in.
If AMN wasn’t English and didn’t graduate from hale end, we wouldn’t have this debate. We would say take the money and run. None of our other players are sellable assets for good money. And I think selling bellerin instead of AMN would have been stupid. We have made the right choice. More often than not these players end up a midtable player. Ibe, Solanke, Iwobi and so many more. There are exceptions like Gnabry and Zaha but AMN won’t be one.
UN
“””””CG Yeah I’m with you on that. It doesn’t make sense. This can’t he Arteta’s choice surely?”””””
Relegated and useless Bournemouth just sold their goalkeeper Ramsdale for £18.5 million to Sheffield United.
And we are selling our boy – who has been at the club since he was 7 for roughly the same amount?
the club continues to be totally clueless.
As for Arteta- if actually wants Willian IN and AMN OUT he ain’t going to be hanging around the club for too long.
I am pinning this one though on Edu.
At the moment we don’t have an attacking midfielder.
No guarantees that Ceballos and Coutinho will be coming and Partey is also not forthcoming.
Without midfield reinforcement we will not be top four contenders.
Didn’t Liverpool sell Solanke for over £20m? Arsenal need to up their game.
‘Yeah I’m with you on that. It doesn’t make sense. This can’t he Arteta’s choice surely?’
When people are agreeing with CG , then most of the time times they are in the wrong side of the argument 😜.
So I am supposed to believe Amn is one of our best players but cant get start over Bellerin and Soares at RB and Ceballos , Willock and Xhaka in midfield.
Mad this fanbase.
Season starts on Saturday, so are we combining Joke Friday this week with CG’s predictions (buy…)?
Got to say I’m underwhelmed over the Midas we are lookin* at signing
Partly
Sourmare
I like what he is doing but not jumping up now down at the links tbh
AMN, Started the cup final and had a run of games in defence the last few weeks of the season.
He isn’t a creative player like ceballos, and hasn’t had a run in midfield like others have.
But I’d still pick him over xhaka.
And is seems to me willock is in the same position as AMN.
If money’s tight and we don’t manage to raise some funds to reboot midfield (and we need more than 20 million to do that) I’d rather keep him and give him a run in there.
Is Lille sourmare any better than amn .?
“Just not good enough for an arsenal defence.”
Wrong. Mustafi is good enough for an Arsenal defence. How many of the defenders that finished in the top four are better than Mustafi?
You think Liverpool wouldn’t have won the league with Mustafi next to VVD?
Elmo
“”””””Season starts on Saturday, so are we combining Joke Friday this week with CG’s predictions (buy…)?”””””””
I am refraining with my predictions for the season ahead (unless specifically asked in writing)
Suffice to say. This one wont be ‘A season from Hell ‘like the last.
This season is all about the ‘Book Launch’. And the return of our Wenger at Arsenal in some capacity.
Un/CG “And we are selling our boy – who has been at the club since he was 7 for roughly the same amount?” That sentence says it all – been at the club for so long and failed to make an impact in a very ordinary Arsenal team! I really don’t know how you can’t see this. AMN has reached his ceiling – he won’t improve sufficiently to be more than a ‘jack of all trades’ at the very best. We do not need to retain more average players – we have a squad full of them and most of… Read more »
Captain Tierney
Spot on!
“So I am supposed to believe Amn is one of our best players but cant get start over Bellerin and Soares at RB and Ceballos , Willock and Xhaka in midfield.
Mad this fanbase.”
Chika,
Mustafi isn’t good enough.
Don’t look at the top four look at the seven teams that finished above arsenals defence.
He was a bad buy especially at 35 plus million.
He has only got worse over time. A few good games don’t make him sol Campbell. Same situation with xhaka.
Both need to be moved on.
I’m not fussed about selling AMN – he’s a squad player. Sure if we were in a better financial position we’d probably get more as we would be less desperate to offload. It is what it is but AMN ceiling has to be £25m tops.
And yes Soumare is a much better player than AMN and I have wondered for a while whether Partey was a ruse to get ether Soumare or Sangare at a lower price.
James Milner is a Jack of all trades. Sometimes players like this have there uses.
You need a squad not just a first eleven.
There’s six or seven players you can move on before looking at the lower end wage youngsters that may come good or be good squad players.
AMN is getting over rated on here. He’s currently not good enough for the starting 11. Maybe one day he will be but at the moment he’s a utility player. If selling him will help us improve the starting 11 then I’m all for it.
Arteta has already said publicly that he wanted to keep AMN. So I think that is is a combination of Edu decision reinforced by AMN being keen to leave. The reason AMN wants to leave is he knows that elsewhere he can get 1) a regular starting position in the position he wants to play 2) a better pay package (at all clubs not just Arsenal successful academy players tend to be underpaid compared to other players) So with good will, we could get AMN to commit for an extra year with the promise that Arteta will try him in… Read more »
People saying ‘AMN is such a good utility player’ forget one thing. Utility players need to be happy with being utility players. Phil Neville, Milner, Parlour etc all happy to jump in and fill in when possible and give their all in any position. By all accounts AMN does not want to be a utility player, he doesn’t want to be a full back. He wants to be first 11 and CM. He won’t get that at arsenal. It’s not arsenal selling him, it’s him wanting to leave. Also ask yourself this – as a prospective manager buying AMN would… Read more »
Up 4 grabs now
“Mustafi isn’t good enough.
Don’t look at the top four look at the seven teams that finished above arsenals defence.”
Please, go ahead and mention the defenders in the top seven sides that are significantly better than Mustafi and how these defenders would have taken us above 8th place last season.
Also, do you believe Liverpool wouldn’t have won the league with Mustafi playing next to VVD?
Partey isn’t a deflection for anything. If we don’t buy him it’s simply because we can’t raise the cash and as always resorted to a backup plan. Charles Watt said 100% Arsenal are interested in Partey and he hardly sticks his neck out on bs.
If Wolves pip Arsenal for 4th.
Arteta will be out of a job.
I doubt that Partey was used as deflection. Circumstances have just changed. Partey may have been Raul’s preferred option but now with the new reality he may not be the top option anymore. Too expensive and salary demand too high.
With regards to Bell ends poss replacement.Would prefer Denzel Dumphries of PSV whom were rumoured to be sniffing about as opposed to Max Aerons & the British premium we’d have to cough up.Plus Denzel is a BEAST.As for Partey.could be smoke & mirrors.Cheaper ,younger alternative rumoured to be Boubacar soumare.Now that’s interesting 🧐
Don Dry your tears, it’s embarrassing. AMN minimum a 6-7 whenever he plays? Bollocks, maybe in a few select games but he has had 10 times more terrible, and I mean absolutely terrible games for us than he has had good ones. He’s also one of the players that has benefitted by us playing all the defenders so any mistakes he makes is masked, just like Mustafi and Xhaka and why Luiz looks better in a back 3. With Gabriel and Saliba coming in and hopefully a competent DM/CM we’ll be moving to a back 4 asap so that won’t… Read more »
Reports we’re backing away from Partey because of the cost and immediately being linked to Soumare? Me likey very much.
Get Gabriel and Soumare in and anything else would be a bonus. That’s still a pretty good window, including Willian and if Auba signs a new contract.
Still think we’ll do more though judging by all the noise.
Yup, time to sell and suddenly AMN and Mustafi are good enough and should be kept.
Such sentimentality is maybe why we’re stuck where we are squad wise.
Osei-Tutu has gone on a season long loan to Cardiff so he won’t be back up next season. Not surprising honestly, he wasn’t trusted as RB in Bundesliga 2 so no way he was going to be considered for us now. Hope he can step up though.
Freddy don’t forget Aouar .But prob there might be the oilers?
Incredible that Emery is sending Osei-Tutu back out on loan instead of integrating him into the 1st team to the benefit of the club.
Wait, I mean Arteta.
This is precisely why emotional attachment serves little purpose in forwarding a big club that’s at a low ebb. You end up keeping overrated players because they’ve a history here and not using the finances they generate to actually develop a plan or improvement now and beyond. AMN will be gone, it’s looking like 22 mil plus add ons that could reach 28. We also 100% want Partey, he’s not a smokescreen for anything he’s our number one midfield target and it’s been an open secret for nearly two months. We literally have to raise cash to adhere to the… Read more »
Uwot?
Soumare is a CM/DM so more a Partey alternative.
Would love to get a Cam in, Aouar is on the expensive side and will have plenty of other options but not impossible maybe, especially if we back away from Partey and go for a cheaper younger player.
Still want to see us sign Szobozslai, Willian can and probably will play Cam a fair bit so we don’t need to buy someone there with immediate impact I think. Same applies if we buy Aouar btw, just that he would cost twice as much.
From what I’ve seen Dumfries is always in panick mode when he gets the ball a la Kolasinac.
Immense pace and power but not good enough technique and composure.
Freddie
‘ Reports we’re backing away from Partey because of the cost and immediately being linked to Soumare? Me likey very much’
Remember when I said Le-grove was more in love with Partey than Arsenal? There are cheaper and better alternatives around. Why pay 45 million for. A player demanding 200k weekly wages when you can pay less transfer fee for a Soumare who will accept one third of the wages Partey is asking for.
Arsenal friendly against MK Dons today which can be streamed live.
CC
Reports today Atletico refuses to budge on the buyout and we won’t stump up the cash.
Imagine we’d prefer more staggered payments so we can maximize our budget. If we play this window right, and it’s looking like we might be there won’t be need for much more than some tinkering in the following windows.
Freddie
Speculation of that, but every source worth a listen to on Arsenal has reiterated numerous times that Partey is our target. Talking Watts, Ornstein, Romano, Benge etc.
Soumare isn’t a Partey alternative, one is an established top class player and the other is a youth player with as many first team games as ESR.
Dissenter
Yeah, I’m very much in favour of that if it happens. Think Soumare will end up the better player too and he has 6 years on Partey. Or 16 depending on the sauce I guess.
Soumare apparently a humble guy who leads a quiet life outside the pitch despite being labelled the next Pogba.
Hmmmm.*Interesting times.*One thing for sure.Doesn’t look as if MA & Edu are f****ng about.So refreshing getting our ‘respect’ back amongst clubs.
Hmmmm.*Interesting times.*One thing for sure.Doesn’t look as if MA & Edu are f****ng about.So refreshing getting our ‘respect’ back amongst clubs.
Lol CG would probably have some sorta aneurism if it was Arsenal signing Thiago Silva at what 35 years old.
Don
Soy boy eh? Strong words there Bigot Mcbigotface.
Yeah, Tierney was chosen at left centerback because our alternatives are terrible, if they were not he would have played LB/Lwb and AMN would have been on the bench. So no, AMN wasn’t chosen over Tierney. He was chosen over Saka and Kolasinac though but no reason to lie
CC
I don’t deny that Partey was outr first choice, probably just ended up too expensive when Atletico wouldn’t budge.
Soumare would absolutely be seen as a Partey alternative if we went for him.
ESR has had a very different developing curve and been plagued with injuries, also played on a lower level and isn’t ready physically like Soumare is. Not really a good comparison.
Un na naii I do not understand your logic in wanting to keep AMN. He is not remotely a first team regular at Arsenal if they want to compete for top four place and he is frankly one of very few squad players likely to generate a decent transfer fee in current economic climate. As I have suggested very few clubs are able or willing to meet a transfer fee of £20 million for such a player. Most of the clubs on the Continent would offer a swap or loan. Arsenal are not short of youngsters with more potential talent… Read more »
“In comes a player like MATTEO GUENDOUZI THE FUTURE OF FRENCH FOOTBALL.”
Guendouzi’s diva mentality would perfectly fit with a club like Paris!!
Un Can I borrow your rose tinted glasses that you watch our games with? Perhaps I will then see the superstar that is AMN in action! And please don’t mention Ray Parlour in the same breath as AMN when talking about utility players. Parlour bled for the club, had a fantastic engine, played his heart out in any position he was placed and was not short on the skills front either. Enough of the AMN nonsense. We should all be concentrating on the players coming in that will enhance our starting 11, not worrying about journeymen that will never make… Read more »
Sell AMN and Bellerin and get a quality right back.
Both are well below the standards we need to challenge for the title.
Freddie You’re treating speculation from nothing verifiable as concrete because you like Soumare lol please stop. We haven’t moved on from Partey, and if we do eventually decide to for whatever reason then I bet my house it won’t be for a prospect. “Soumare would absolutely be seen as a Partey alternative if we went for him.“ No he wouldn’t, idk why you hunker down when it comes to youth players like him and that Hungarian teenager. They’re not ready to be starters for us next season, what is so hard to fathom about that? Thomas Partey has over 200… Read more »
AMN. I remember similar comments about the Ox, when we sold him to Liverpool. If Liverpool want him, he’s better than we think…we will regret letting him go…he was just starting to deliver…I hope we get a buyback clause…. We are a broke club needing serious rebalancing. Of course, we would rather see Mustafi, Chambers, Torreira leave first, but sometimes you have to take advantage of the market. We need to sell to buy, and we need to buy. The market knows it. If we can do some out trading then it puts us more in control of negotiations over… Read more »
It’s Arteta and Edu in charge of transfers now by the way so no reason to try and say Arteta doesn’t want to sell a player or that the decision is being made over his head.
Whatever outgoings this summer would expressly be approved by the current manager and thankful he doesn’t have rose tinted glasses on regarding certain players or at least i hope he doesn’t anyway.
We have to consider Gabriel to be a starter so long as he doesn’t show up for preseason drunk and wearing his underpants around his neck.
He wouldn’t have ditched his other choices to warm our bench.
Let’s be honest, AMN is a homegrown player which we all love and want to succeed at the club. However the reality is that at best, he is probably a 6-6.5 out of 10 and that is not going to take us where we want to go. He has strength and speed, even had a great game against Man Utd at Old Trafford with a Paul Pogba love in, but still couldn’t usurp LT, MG or GX from the starting line. No doubt each of us think that at least one of those 3 are not good enough for Arsenal… Read more »
CC “Soumare began his career at Paris-Saint German before moving to Lille in 2017 for first-team opportunities. Since his move to northern France three years ago, the midfielder has played 70 times in all competitions for Lille, scoring only once. He played 20 times for Les Dogues in a curtailed Ligue 1 season last term, helping his side secure a fourth-placed finish in the French top-flight, thereby qualifying for the Europa League.” Sounds a lot better than only 23 starts right? I’m not taking the reports as gospel but I can see the logic behind them. It’s a lot of… Read more »
Unai na
Give it up.
AMN is gone and rightly so. I think he’s better off in a setting where he he plays more often.
We can’t keep every good player we raise up from our academy.
CG
August 25, 2020 10:34:41
If Wolves pip Arsenal for 4th.
Arteta will be out of a job.
Like Watford pipped us to it?
“Sounds a lot better than only 23 starts right?“ Might sound better, but the reality of 23 starts is the important factor. Making nearly 50 substitute appearances doesn’t qualify you as ready to start 38 PL games for Arsenal. Partey started 29 la liga games this season alone, and that’s the established calibre we’re looking to add. Same way 19 year old Szoboszlai playing in the Austrian league isn’t comparable to what Coutinho would offer next season despite your preference. “We’re not going to catch up to City and Pool by stacking up expensive older players.“ We’ve got the second… Read more »
kolac trying a return to germany on loan!!
NO.
we want cash, no silly loans
kolac trying a return to germany on loan!!
NO.
we want cash, not silly loans
I see the potential in Soumare but he’s not a regular starter for Lille.
Partey for me would be an excellent signing. Experienced, good passer, wins the majority of his duels and he’s also a very good dribbler.
I wonder what type of player Arteta wants at the base of midfield.
Still no Gabriel, still no Auba and still no midfielder
Still no sales as well
Get a move on AFC…
“Prosecutors claim Maguire tried to get out of his arrest by saying: “Do you know who I am? I am the captain of Manchester United, I am very rich, I can give you money, I can pay you, please let us go.”
Priceless!
Kola on loan can happen if they pay all his wages for the duration of the loan AND there is an obligation to buy. He’s easily worth £15 million or so despite the consistent brainfarts. I agree with Un, in a sense that AMN is certainly more valuable than the £20 million + add on’s its looking we’ll get from Wolves. Unfortunately they know he wants out and that we are cash strapped so he’ll go for less than he’s worth. I would hope we have a clause inserted to get a bit more money should he move on again… Read more »
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As long as Kola goes I don’t care if we only get a loan fee. He will never make the grade and has very high wages!
T “”””If Wolves pip Arsenal for 4th. Arteta will be out of a job. Like Watford pipped us to it?””””” Watford was very rare observation/forecast that I got wrong. Even I could not predict, that they would got through 4 managers last season. ( their 3 zero win against Liverpool though – proved they could play) As for Wolverhampton Wanderers. If they keep Traore and add players like AMN to their armoury- they will finish ahead of Arsenal. They will be fresh throughout the next 12 months too ( No Loosers Cup to navigate) How do you get top 4-… Read more »
I disagree with regard to the Ox and Walcott. I thought that Wenger mismanaged Walcott career and that with better coaching he would have been able to become a striker a la Aguero. Trying to transform him in a striker a la TH14 when he does not have the physical presence to hold the ball was as stupid as using Arshavin as a striker with his back to goal. Despite all the bad opinion Arsenal fans have of him, Theo Walcott is a very efficient player. I was sad to see him leave, but I understood that it was time… Read more »
Aussie + Gooner
Maguire don’t believe everything you hear.?
hello where are the signings?
If all the transfers are done, Saliba back, Gabriel coming in, Partey joining – it would be interesting to see our line up for the first match.
Will Arteta start with fresh signings or the same team plays with new players settling in over a course of 10 matches?
A bad start is gonna ruin the motivation and either way it’s possible. What do you think le-grovers?
rare observation/forecast that I got wrong.
Alongside PSG and Mbappe goals?
Anyway, here’s my predictions…
Arsenal to finish higher in the Premiership than Wolves.
AMN not to be called up to the national side.
A few facts about the AMN situation. Arteta wanted to keep him but has been overruled by the board. That may have changed in recent days. One news
source mentioned stated he wanted to leave but it hasn’t been repeated. According to AMN, he never said he didn’t want to play RB.
Some of you guys believe everything the media throw out there or make up your own facts to suit your arguments.
I like AMN but to see him as a difference maker in achieving top four , whether at Arsenal or the Wolves, is some next level optimism,CG. And we all know what the next level is ,right? “Next level is……the next level” as Mr Wenger said correctly. Un Has anyone come in for Torreira or Guen yet? People keep saying we have a lot of equity ready to be unleashed with these two but I’m not so sure. Arteta is in the same boat Emery was once he realized he was faced with a Frankenstein type squad in a desperate… Read more »
For me a GREAT transfer window would be, Ins: 1. Willian (already done) 2. Aouar/Dominick Szo 3. Gabriel (almost done) 4. Max Aarons 5. Soumare 6. Sangore Outs: 1. Kolasanic 2. Mustafi 3. AMN 4. Guendouzi 5. Torriera 6. Holding I’ve said on here a few times already that I don’t rate AMN. He lacks a number of things including – concentration, awareness and positional sense. I don’t see us getting Thomas Partey, as our budget doesn’t allow us to. I think Aouar is also a long shot but Arteta and Edu could possibly work their magic and convince him… Read more »