Arteta gives updates on the squad, transfers, and the BIG game

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Good evening my darlings, it’s a pleasure to be talking with you.

Mikel Arteta dropped his first press conference of the new season.

Weird right? Like, wtf is going on here? It feels like the Champions League final was only last week. Now we’re back in the mixer for the Community Shield.

Still, I can’t say I’m sad about it. BRING ON THE FOOTBALL.

The manager had a lot of interesting things to say. It looks like Matteo G is in out of the cold, which was a bit of a surprise.

‘Everybody starts from zero in football. What you did two weeks ago doesn’t matter. Everyone will have the same opportunities.’

‘Yes. (on chatting the player). He deserves to be treated exactly the same as the others.’

I’m not sure how much of this is just a rehash of what he’s been saying for months, or whether something has changed. We know Matteo has the potential to be an outrageously talented starter, he just needs to behave and apply himself.

The manager was pretty open about the Gabriel deal. It hasn’t been inked yet. He’s hoping to make it happen.

‘Regarding Gabriel we cannot announce the deal yet, it’s not finalised,’

‘You all know he’s a player we like.’

‘Everything is okay when both parties sign’

‘Sometimes that in the last stages isn’t easy but we are pretty positive we can do it.’

Arsenal fans are getting a little angry about this one. I understand the frustration, but at least we know we’re in for him. Let’s hope we can get the deal over the line. It’s the same thing with Dani Ceballos. I think we’ve all forgotten that he’s not available for the weekend as things stand. He’d be a huge loss to a fairly immobile midfield that has had no bolstering so far this summer.

Mikel was also pretty animated when it came to his two keepers.

‘I’d love to have two keepers of the quality of Bernd and Emi. They both know you fight for your place. I don’t want them to keep them both happy, I want the one that is not playing to be upset and fight for his place. I see goalkeepers like full-backs, hopefully they can make themselves and the team better.’

‘Bernd is fit. He was almost fit for the FA Cup final. He’s trained throughout the summer and he’s in perfect condition.’

My Youtube fave, Statman Dave, had the above piece about how Mikel could setup this season. Check out the stats on Emi Martinez. His keeping xG and passing has been better than Leno. It’ll be VERY interesting who we go with as #1. I can’t see past Emi, he was fucking majestic last season.

There was also a bit of chat about the transfer window.

‘Let’s see how we look at the end of the transfer window. It just started, everything looks slow at the moment, not many teams moving aggressively so a lot of things are going to happen from now to October 6. It doesn’t matter the squad we have, we will challenge for the top 100%.’

Firstly, I love that Arteta is unequivocal on challenging for the top 4 this season. Secondly, I think he’s bang on about the transfer market. There are some teams going balls out like Chelsea, but nearly everyone else is very quiet. Even United. It’ll be a slow one, I just hope we pull through with some smart buys. Lots of talk that the interest in Aouar is real and that we’re keen to do a deal. Though I love Ferrari’s, but I’m no threat in a showroom.

Finally, we all LOVE Saliba with his elite hair trim and clever defending against MK. The manager is in on him.

‘He’s been training really hard. He stayed here in London to do a better preparation and you can tell he looks ready. There are a lot of things that are new for him and he will need to adapt but certainly, he has the right qualities for this football club and the right attitude to keep improving and showing the player he can be for our future.’

I know he’s young, I know it’ll take a while for him to settle, but that will not stop me being INCREDIBLY excited about him joining Arsenal. Gabriel and Saliba is the future. It’s great that at the very least, we’ve addressed our defence moving forward. Now we need to sort that midfield.

There’s some good news brewing on the viewing front.

According to the Times, ‘top-level’ talks are taking place between the Premier League and the British government about fans being able to view games while they continue to be played behind closed doors or with restricted access.

Sky and BT Sport are also reportedly preparing to expand their coverage in case they are asked to do so, but the government will not push for any games to be available free-to-air (FTA) as it did previously.

Get in. The Premier League clearly read my post the other day hyping the potential of the virtual season ticket. Once this door is opened, there’s no going back. It’s about time the TV deals started to work harder for the fans.

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Smo

First!!

Smo

Second

Boomslang

Boom

Smo

Fourth??

Boomslang

Trofee

grooveydaddy

Tr4phy

Smo

What an achievement, making the top four!!

Pedro, good post. It would be something if mikel actually brings Guen in from the cold a changed player. I think it’s dark assets to get his price up, but maybe in this market, guen realising his contract at AFC and living in London ain’t that bad!

Little+Mozart

Top ten??

Marc

Andy

From previous post – thanks mate.

andy1886

Clubs always give us the old ‘it’s early days in the window’ waffle but truth is points lost in the first few games are just as damaging as points lost in the last few games. Good job we’ve got an easy start then……..oh.

Marc

“Get in. The Premier League clearly read my post the other day hyping the potential of the virtual season ticket. Once this door is opened, there’s no going back. It’s about time the TV deals started to work harder for the fans.”

That’s a real can of worms – make all matches available too cheaply and you’ll see a drop off in attendances a real no no, make it too expensive and it won’t generate any income.

It’s one thing to do during lock down – something entirely different when fans are allowed back in the stadium.

Marc

andy

The point I was making in the previous post – we have no CM. I’m not sure bringing Guendozi back is the right thing if we want him out – at minimum it undermines Arteta.

Valentin

We may be slow in recruiting players but with the exception of Chelsea who are buying players like it’s going out of fashion, most other clubs are in the same boat.

We are skint so I don’t expect any big move until the last week of the transfer window. Until then it will be about containment and incremental progress rather than huge leap. I doubt that Arteta expect us to make top 4 with a midfield 2 of Xhaka and Elneny.

Marc

Valentin

If we don’t make any “big” moves until the last week of the TW and with a 2 week quarantine being a condition for most source countries we’re looking at City being the first match these players would be available for and that would be with out any time training with the squad.

It’s not an attractive idea.

Marko

Marc most of our new signings will be given 3/4/5 year contracts you know long term not with the literal opening games of the season in mind. Thankfully

Pierre

Said it before, we could be missing a trick with our lack of preparation for the new premier league season. One friendly, with hardly any of our starting 11( whatever that is) involved means we are going into the season lacking match fitness, which is a concern. The players had a few months off during covid, so I see no reason why they had to take more time off after the cup final (a week at the most). we could have stolen a march on our rivals with a quick start to the season with a super fit squad. Instead,… Read more »

Marc

Marko

Yeah – but I’d really prefer to not have to set the hibernation alarm for 2024 before I can enjoy watching us again.

Those opening games could see us 6 points off the pace before things even get going.

Champagne Charlie

Atletico Madrid apparently after Marc Roca, I wonder why….

Just have some patience lads, this is a major summer for the football club and if we end the window with the guys we want then we’ve made unbelievable moves to shape a better squad for now and beyond.

Gabriel, Partey, Aouar, Willian and Ceballos again is fantastic stuff. Add Saliba, Mari, Cedric and further development from Tierney, Saka, Martinelli and that’s a big, big shift from a muddied identity of the last few years.

Marko

Those opening games could see us 6 points off the pace before things even get going.

Ah yes of course 6 whole points we’ll never be champions if we’re 6 points off come Oct 3rd when the window closes

Pierre

“Marc most of our new signings will be given 3/4/5 year contracts you know long term not with the literal opening games of the season in mind. Thankfully”

Oh, so that’s ok then..obviously we don’t need the 20 0dd players already at the club to be fit and ready for the new season.

We will just sit around and wait for new signings to arrive and hit the ground running.

Problem is, we will be playing catch up for the rest of the season if we are more careful.

Marc

Marko

Who’s talking about us being Champions? We finished 10 points off 4th last season let’s not give anyone a head start?

Marko

You said 6 points off the pace I assumed that you were talking about a title push where 6 points and a slow start could be pivotal. I’m not sure it’s that vital with top 4 in mind. But anyway yeah I agree with you I’d much prefer we had all our signings in and ready for the opening game of the season in fact I’d love it if we had them all signed up inside the first week of the window but fact is that it doesn’t always work out that way the window is open until Oct 3… Read more »

China1

I never really understood why covid was blamed for players not being fit anyway

Unless they caught the virus, what was stopping them following strict fitness plans at home?

Marko

China I don’t think training at home is in any way the same as training at Colney

Overmars

Aubameyang contract as well as Partey and Gabriel would be massive signings for the club, but I think we’re still suffering and rebuilding from poor decisions at the top over the last few years; – The handling of Ramsey, Sanchez and Ozil contracts. Between Sanchez and Ramsey had they a couple of years left, we could have easily received around 100 million. – The uncertainty and lack of direction in the board room i.e Gazidis, Mislintat, Dick Law, Raul Sanllehi all coming and going. – The summer of 2016 when we brought Xhaka, Mustafi and Perez for a combined 90… Read more »

Pierre

Marc
You will be waiting a long time if you want to hear Marko or Charlie agree with anyone who utters a slight concern about Arteta or the new regime , however much its warranted.

Champagne Charlie

Pierre

Still *not* making remarks about other posters and then behaving like everyone else is an obsessive of some description?

Thought so.

CaliGooner

Gabriel, Partey, Aouar, Willian and Ceballos again is fantastic stuff. Add Saliba, Mari, Cedric and further development from Tierney, Saka, Martinelli and that’s a big, big shift from a muddied identity of the last few years.

This!! If it happens. Never put it past the arsenal to fuck it up though.

MidwestGun

Liverpool Started their training on Aug. 15th.. We started ours on Aug. 23rd due to having to play the FA Cup.. So I have no idea what your talking about Pierre.. Last I checked we had a preseason match and are training… nobody is sitting around waiting for signings to start. You want the players running through walls year round? Or you upset about that extra week of training for Pool? Regardless, no idea what the hell you are talking about? We should have signed all our transfers in a week by Aug. 8th? so we could quarantine them for… Read more »

CaliGooner

Liverpool can beat us 10-0 and it won’t bother me too much, assuming Liverpool start a strong side. There is still so much that is going to happen before the start of the season. The shield is meaningless as a barometer for the season especially this year.

CaliGooner

Szobozlai says he staying in Salzburg next season so we would have to wait a year to be able to sign him. Bums.

Bojangles

“The shield is meaningless as a barometer for the season especially this year.”

True. I’d go further and state it’s a meaningless peice of silverware period. Maybe to a team like Spuds it has value but they are not likely to participate anytime soon.

Bojangles

according to Mundo Deportivo, Ceballos has his heart set on a return to Betis.

Dark Hei

“True. I’d go further and state it’s a meaningless peice of silverware period.’

Would love to hear how meaningless it is from Pool fans if we do win it.

MidwestGun

No chance we win it.. because we didn’t play all our starters against MK Dons and bust ass for an extra 7 days of training. Ask Pierre. We are under prepared.

Tony

Midwest “So I have no idea what your talking about Pierre” Par for the course with Pierre’s trolling posts/obsessive ramblings. Don’t feel bad about that Middy once Pierre gets his meds he’s more docile, but still doesn’t make sense. He’s going senile with Ozil/Wenger PTSD. For a long time I thought it was PMT because he was often referred to as a cnut! Maguire I find it odd that Maguire now says he thought he was being kidnapped and had his legs bashed by undercover police. Anyone seen pictures of related bruises? Even odder that that no Albanians have given… Read more »

Sid

I see what you did there horny, sorry i meant tony

CHEN

Why do I feel like Arteta is talking about Guendouzi like there is a way back to the team (as clearly he is not liked by arteta) cos if we see him as someone we are trying to sell , the value for the player decreases

All in all i feel like arteta didnt handle the guendouzi thing wisely ( I back arteta but everyone makes mistakes) as not only is his value decreased significantly but due to his treatment from to club, he has a bad reputation which makes the buyers repel from him.

Guns of SF

Bojangles

Money talks… Dani is doing some gamesmanship here…. Making Madrid sell him… as he says he loves Betis, but also wants to go to Arsenal….

Its a show….. he will follow the money

Guns of SF

We need to sell Guen… that type of stubborn attitude will not help long term.
In a few months I doubt this hard headed young man has changed his ways.
My guess is that he put in a transfer request and Arteta is now playing nice, to show other teams all is good… he is forgiven.
Smart- no buyer wants a head case… so keep it up… but he needs to go.
Never rated him

MidwestGun

Tony-

As Allan Iverson… said, “we talkin about practice”. How anyone can read deep meaning into 7 days of practice and a preseason match … I have no idea but apparently now we are screwed for the next 2 months and are behind the curve because we aren’t moving heaven and earth to win the Community Shield. Anything for a moan , I suppose.

Overmars

A lot of people talking up Chelsea but if I was to compare there potential first 11 to ours, then I would say we look better, apart from the midfield.

Leno Kepa

Bellerin Azpilicueta
Saliba Sarr
Gabriel Silva
Tierney Chilwell

Ceballos Jorginho
Partey Kante
Xhaka Havertz

Pepe Pulisic
Aubameyang Werner
Willian Zyech

Compare those first teams and I would only swap Chelsea’s midfield for ours.

We ain’t a million miles off the top 4 that’s for sure

AC

It will be interesting to see emi vs leno stats during arteta’s time as manager. Leno’s stats are worse because he was our keeper during our worst period of the season and naturally his confidence would have been marginally down as well.

Elmo

Has Tets brought Guendouzi in from the cold because he’s realised he has no better options for this season (i.e. Partey fee unrealistic without sales, which haven’t materialised, and Ceballos having returned to Madrid and allegedly requesting a move to Betis)?

I’d like him sold, but perhaps Tets The Pragmatist has reached the conclusion he has no choice but to try and re-integrate Guendouzi and build his game and character, because he offers a better starting canvas than the alternatives at the club.

Tony

Midwest
Some folk aren’t happy unless they’re moaning – usually it’s pertaining to and from wives and even more so ex wives.

No mention then of C-19 infections to the Chav’s players and no doubt other that’ll follow, right?

It’s just Arteta and Edu that have it all wrong.

Same shit different day from the usual suspects.

Tony

Pedro
Now you’ve given Marc and Marko time off for good behaviour and early release from the dreaded bin, and chance of commuting RedTruth’s sentence?

Emiratestroller really misses him.

Tony

Dissenter
Agree with your Sonos post and I’ve thought about getting Sonos Move for outside get togethers during our winter when the temperatures are comfortable to sit out in.

Other than the family room I’ll look to B&W for the future in other rooms.

Better not say any more or grumpy Graham62 will go all Victor Mildrew on us again like yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqLT3PmOKtQ

shad

Can’t see Guendouzi being re-intergrated into the squad. Arteta and by extension the players have been equivocal about the “non-negotiables”.

My wager is he is polishing a turd so that some unwitting club takes him off our books and we get some change to bring in our preferred players (Aour, Partey or Diawara)

Tony

Shad can you be more specific about an ‘unwitting’ club and give examples of such clubs that would pay £20+million for Guen?

You only have to look on the Internet to get Guen’s past histrionics.

So I guess a club that is based in a country with no Internet or contacts to the Internet through any such third party.

DivineSherlock

I just love Arteta’s press conferences , so refreshing to hear when he speaks on every subject with clarity.

Aussie+Gooner

Overmars

Nice line up! Only 3 of them are not yet ours! Why do other teams manage to get transfers over the line post haste but we appear to drag it out? Are our ‘targets’ hanging out for a better offer? I find it quite demoralising that even the Spuds are parading their new signings complete with shirts for all to see! As usual we are very under prepared going in to the start of the season.

NB I would start with Martinez over Leno just to stir it up a bit!

Northbanker

Martinez is in quarantine and only expires tomorrow so no prep

China1

Yo new midfielders, where guys at bro????

Bojangles

“Bojangles. Money talks… Dani is doing some gamesmanship here…. Making Madrid sell him… as he says he loves Betis, but also wants to go to Arsenal….Its a show….. he will follow the money”

Then we’re fucked, he’s off to Betis if that’s the case.

China1

I really doubt we’re signing Partey soar and Ceballos let’s get real guys We can’t afford any of them right now, let alone two of them + a loan fee. Sure if we sell all our dross or get some really high fees for a couple of fringe players it might be an outside bet, but we’re currently being lowballed 15m for AMN and no one has seriously tried buying any of our other dross so far Aouar + Partey is surely a 80m+ investment. I will honestly be surprised if we can manage £50m in total after sales this… Read more »

SpanishDave

Starting the season with no midfield just great we will be 10 points behind before we start our engines.
We always play catch up these days.

The backpass

As it stands we have 17 non homegrown players now, so we have to sell before we buy, or we might end up not registering everybody.

Also, the upcoming season might not be completed if 50% of the matches are played, so the more points we gain early the better.

Tony

We’ve had Wenger, Gazidis, Emery and Raul who have greatly stunted our growth. Now in a toxic and crippling Covid environment we should count ourselves lucky we have Edu and Arteta to steer us through harsh and uncertain financials in acquiring quality young players who have many suitors with the waters infested with shark agents. Arteta and subsequently Edu have a vision that appears to be attracting players, it’s just going to take time to get the most important needed players in. The new season timing isn’t something we can control for too many adverse reasons. Let’s see what Arteta… Read more »

Captain Tierney

A must watch interview with Steve Round.
Great insights into elite coaching and how it has changed over the hears.

https://youtu.be/h56RPkIUlUM

Marc, welcome back.
Why were you banned tho?

Dream10

Eberechi Eze to Palace. Done deal. Top player. Fantastic signing

DivineSherlock

While I think Chelsea have made some eyepopping signings , it doesnt address their main weakness yet defence. Having Chilwell doesnt improve them considerably. Plus their Goalkeeping situation . Thiago Silva at 36 can he adapt to PL ?

Karsa

All the years we made top four under Wenger we regularly brought in players after the start of the season.

CG

DS “”””While I think Chelsea have made some eyepopping signings , it doesnt address their main weakness yet defence.””””” They remind me of Arsenal last year when we won the 2019/2020 Transfer Window Trophy. They clearly have won it this year. Hands down. We can hand it over now. We purchased an awful lot of overpriced dross- and they seem to be going the same way. How Leicester City kept a straight face when they quoted £50 million for Chilwell and Chelsea paid it is beyond me? No idea – who the Executives are at Filbert Street- but they are… Read more »

alex cutter

Tony — missed you the other day. Your posts read like a real life “The Most Interesting Man in the World”, and someone who would be real fun to hang with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxgiTeXKOOc

Take care.

CG

Dream 10

“”””Eberechi Eze to Palace. Done deal. Top player. Fantastic signing”””

Concur.

Just youtubed him. He can play.
Better value and better than Partey.

Gonsterous

If Chelsea sort their defense and goalie, they will give pool and city a run for their money.

Regarding guen, we have to sell him now. There should be no way back for a player has been frozen out or else it’s, guen 1- 0 arteta.
Same regarding ozil

englandsbest

Slow transfer market is likely to accelerate as the new season starts up. There are Clubs desperate to offload players because they simply cannot afford them.

Hard to believe Arteta wants to keep chronically undisciplined Gendozy, such behaviour can be contagious.

Emiratesstroller

Yesterday I was informed by someone with historical close links with club that Aubameyang has signed and the only reason that Gabriel’s contract was either not completed or announced was problems in the PR Department of the Club. In the case of Aubameyang he asked the club to delay the official announcement until he went and returned from holiday. Whether this is true or not I find it difficult to understand any logical reason why both events have taken so long to complete and announce. The Guendouzi story is also mystifying. It suggests to me that Arsenal have had difficulty… Read more »

Rich

Chelsea are apparently looking for a keeper?

I’d sell them Leno for £35-£40mill, providing we’re confident of picking up decent competition for Martinez for a decent price, and on decent wages.

Not a priority, but I’d also sell Bellerin, providing we keep Niles and go and get Aarons.

Martinez, ?
Aarons, Soares
Tierney, Niles

Would bring the wage bill down, and give us money to splash on our midfield.
Just watched a 16 minute YouTube video of Aouar, I’ve convinced myself he’s the second coming of Zidane.

CG

“”””Just watched a 16 minute YouTube video of Aouar, I’ve convinced myself he’s the second coming of Zidane.”””””

You dont need 16 minutes, Rich.
just 2.

This one can play. He is exactly the type of player our Wenger would be all over.
So thats what we should endeavour to do.

Forget this Partey nonsense. He is a middleweight boxer masquerading as a soccer player.

Have you seen the number of yellow cards he accumulates? And he is old crustie in his real life too.

Valentin

Arteta has come out and stated that the slate has been wiped clean for everybody. When asked specifically about Guendouzi he confirmed that he will be brought back into the team.

I think that it was never about the non-negotiable but more a clash of personality. Now that times have passed, and everybody has calmed down, the situation resolved itself.
On top of that Guendouzi may be sold, but if we can’t get an upgrade on him there is no benefit in ostracizing him.

At last Common sense prevailing.

Karsa

ES

The Guendouzi story is also mystifying. It suggests to me that Arsenal have had difficulty in offloading the player and are now attempting to make the best of a difficult situation with the prospect that the player may be still at the
club next season.

I suspect this is merely Arteta maintaining Guendouzi’s transfer value as much as possible.

If he comes out and says he’s not wanted at Arsenal his value becomes zilch.

Emiratesstroller

Karsa

That may be the case.

I am pretty sure that Arsenal want to sell Guendouzi, but whether that is achievable in the current economic climate is debatable.

Arsenal will not want to sell him for peanuts.

Karsa

Even if deals are done I doubt there will be any announcements made before the Community Shield.

Some good news on a Monday always goes down well.

Rich

CG YouTube videos can be deceiving.

90% of what Mustafi does is excellent, but it’s the regularity of his brain farts that’s the problem.

YouTube videos of Draxler and Quaresma would point to players who should have had careers like Ronaldo.

Marc

Emirates

I don’t think we’ve got a problem selling Guendozi – I think we’ve got a problem getting someone to pay what we want for him.

It’s a strange one his “quoted value” and what he’s achieved don’t really match.

Jamie

Chelsea sign 68 year old Thiago Silva.

Steveyg87

If we don’t get a destroyer I would be happy with Guen… obviously has a lot of question marks around his attitude but the skill level is def there. This is where Arteta has to earn his keep

Marc

Jamie

Fuck me what’s the zimmer frame insurance going to cost them?

Victorious

Chavs are so ruthless with transfers honestly whether old or young,they seem to be operating in a different level to us entirely

We’re sadly the complete antithesis in terms of how transfers should be conducted

We’re moving at snail pace like we have it all figure out,history suggest not

At this rate they’ll leave us in their wake when next season commence

Jamie

Marc –

Many millions. Add signing-on bonus, agent’s fee, wages, national insurance, pension…

This deal has Raul and Kia’s fingerprints all over it. Somehow.

Jamie

p.s. welcome back

Marc

Jamie

Thanks mate

crimson

CG Says
“We have Vinny and Edu , selling Greenwood and AMN for £20 million combined
Ineptitude of the highest order.”

As is this comment. Totally wrong apart from selling Greenwood for about a million. Negative comment just for the sake of it. ❤️

Guns of Hackney

How did Merson keep his job while the others lost theirs?

This…this is the question I want answered.

Champagne+charlie

“Chavs are so ruthless with transfers honestly whether old or young,they seem to be operating in a different level to us entirely“

They’re cash-rich after a transfer ban last season, and that’s the golden ticket in this market.

Idk how comparisons can be made without taking into account the most significant factors associated with making actual transfers – money. They’re not fucking special in their operations, they have mountains of cash and we don’t. If we did we’d have wrapped up Gabriel, Partey, and be balls deep in Aouar already.

China1

I think the problem is the club convinced itself guen is worth a lot but he’s actually achieved very little since he joined He played a lot and is occasionally really good but his average level is absolutely unremarkable. All this talk of PSG or Barca or whatever is kinda ridiculous – how many games has he looked like a player of their level? 5-10 maybe over a whole 2 years. Doesn’t mean a lot. Not even factoring in any attitude issues, I just think he hasn’t done enough to warrant the kind of stature that seems to get tagged… Read more »

Freddie Ljungberg

C+C I was going to make the same comment earlier but then I realised it was Vic so it would be pointless. He’s just here for a whine anyway. Moronic to slate Edu because you’re comparing our transfer dealings and the speed of them with clubs funded by sugar daddies and are playing CL football. Easy for Chelsea and Man C,Man U etc to sign players if they really want them, they just keep chucking money at them until they sign, we don’t have that option. As long as we’re active in the market and we try to get the… Read more »

Marc

Hackney

Sky are racist cunts!

englandsbest

Never rated Gendozy highly. His work-rate shone in an uninspiring Emery context. Now, under Mikel with everybody at max revs, he has nothing special to offer.

Marc

Hackney

On a serious note if you want to see what I mean if you’ve got access to Sky Cinema find Aliens The Directors Cut and read the blurb.

crimson

What CG has just commented about Eze
“Just youtubed him. He can play.
Better value and better than Partey”

Totally different players. Eze is more of a winger /forward, Partey is a dm. One has never played beyond the championship, the other has multiple years at the top level of European football. Wrong again CG. ❤️

Marc

China

Agree 100% – he’s not a bad player but just doesn’t have a particular quality (other than runs round a lot) that stands out and says “I’m worth £40 million”.

China1

The truth is Ceballos contributed 50% more in the final 10 games of the season than Guen did in the last 2 years

And Real Madrid still likely won’t be keeping Ceballos because he’s very good but not world class (currently)

I will be quite surprised if guen has a long career at the top of the game. I can see him blagging one solid move to a decent Italian or Spanish team then the penny will drop that his level is more mid table

Pierre

Fred
“Easy for Chelsea and Man C,Man U etc to sign players if they really want them, they just keep chucking money at them until they sign, we don’t have that option.”

I could of sworn I was saying exactly that for the last 10/15 years when Wenger was trying to compete in the transfer market with clubs who had a bottomless pit of money…

And now it has turned full circle and we have the Wenger obsessives defending our transfer policy after all those years of criticising Wenger.

Seems I was right all along

China1

Alex song was a better CM when we sold him to Barca and many of us thought song wasn’t good enough

Graham62

Aussie Gooner

This is a cultural issue that has existed at the club for well over a decade.

This has nothing to do with the likes of Chelski and MC and their financial clout, this is all down to the fact that there has been a stubborn refusal to accept our structural shortcomings and an arrogant belief that we are a cut above the rest when it comes to running our club.

Dithering, both on and off the pitch, has been an Arsenal trait for far too long.

Graham62

See, Pierre blames Chelski and MC.

What a surprise.

GunnerDNA

Irrespective of how many excuses fans want to come up with, Arsenal transfer dealings historically are just embarrassing so this window is no different. Mari and Soares deals was pointless if Gabriel was a priority and he wanted to keep AMN. For a Club who’s always crying about poverty to be wasting wages on Luiz, Mari and Soares shows that whoever is in charge of transfers and contracts at AFC is just incompetent. Its in Arsenal DNA to be terrible with transfers. The lack of midfield signings is worrying but its seems that irrespective of what happen this season with… Read more »

Marc

DNA

I’m not so sure – I think Arteta’s KPI will be top 4. If he misses out by a decent margin he’ll be on thin ice, if he doesn’t make it in season 2 he’ll be sacked.

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