It is WILD that the season starts this Saturday. Fulham (A), West Ham (H), followed up by Liverpool (A) in the league, with a delightful EFL game against Leicester wedged in between. 4 games in 16 days, you can’t beat it.
One thing seems certain, we’ll not have our transfer business complete by the time the season kicks off. It’s a shame, but when you remember that Don Raul spent this summers money last season, you can’t really complain.
We’ve already managed to land ourselves some injury news. David Luiz is out of the Fulham game with a neck injury (wtf?). That leaves us with Rob Holding to pick up the centre of defence. The boy from Bolton is back in favour, even without the injury according to reports… which does seem to point to a bit of hoarding in central defence from Arteta and his staff. It’ll be very interesting to see how long it takes Gabriel and Saliba to edge their way into contention.
There’s been quite a bit of buzz about who is and is not at training at the moment. There were stories that Xhaka came in on his day off. We’ve seen Mesut and Matteo training with the first team. There’s a whole load of youngsters that have been given a chance to train with the first team. I don’t think any of it means much. I think the coach, particularly with the players that had been ostracised, is just hedging his bets for the coming season and trying to avoid drama.
Of particular interest is Matteo. The club were keen to move him on as a bit of a star. Well, that hasn’t amounted to much. Juninho of Lyon had this to say.
‘I get along very well with the (Arsenal) sports director. We spoke on the blower. Houssem Aouar is really appreciated by Arteta. There have been some discussions for Matteo Guendouzi who is also a good player. He was mentioned during the discussion, but this is not the profile we need, we were very clear. If it is like that, it does not interest us at all – it is, and we stopped.’
That’s quite adamant from a club that were strongly linked earlier in the window. Is this because they don’t like what he offers as a midfielder or more linked to his ways that are now widely known? If the problem shifting Matteo is that everyone knows he’s a bit of a whopper, then the player has two choices, he either knuckles down, or he’ll be earning less money than Neil Maupay by the time he ends his contract with Arsenal.
Hector Bellerin, our vegan club owning fashion-forward man-beast on the right… is attracting interest from Barcelona. They’re pulling 2011 transfer tactics.
‘Hey Edu, we like that socially conscious right back of yours’
‘We have no money though, is this still a possibility?’
Hopefully, we tell them no. The same goes for PSG who think that £25m is ok for a top player in his prime. If Brentford can land £28m for a striker from Villa, we can go a little harder at these fees. The price we’re rumoured to be looking for is £35m, which would be a lot better, and hopefully give us the funds to bring Hossem Aouar to the club.
There’s been very little noise around Alex Lacazette, which is surprising, but the hint may have been from the Juninho interview.
‘That is not our level in terms of contract. For the majority of these players… In January I called Alexandre Lacazette to chat a bit with him because he was having problems at Arsenal and I said to myself: “Why not do a loan for 6 months with us where you will enjoy yourself, play all the games and score the goals like you know how to? And then you go back to Arsenal or somewhere else.” But from the moment that you start looking at the level of the contract of these players, like with Juventus and Barcelona, it is not possible for us today.’
It’s reported that Mr Lacazette earns about £180k a week. There aren’t many clubs looking to shell out that sort of money combined with a big fee at the moment. So you’re in a situation where you either have to take an L on the fee, which doesn’t help our midfield dreams, or you have to hope a club like Atleti really are desperate for goals and see value.
Other players, that don’t have a profile, are literally ripping up their deals to get the Bosman. We’ve already lost Mikhi for nothing to shake off his £180k a week deal. Sokratis is playing the same game as we try and free ourselves of his £90k a week. I can’t imagine that Schalke are going to drop a massive fee for Kola who is on £120k a week. What is a club to do? We know these players are more than happy to sit on longterm deals and pick up the cheque. It’s better that you just move them on and try your hardest to sign players that can at least play to the value of their contract.
I’m half wondering if a few Arsenal players are waiting to see if they are going to be included in the squad for the opening game of the season before they decide to move. We’ll also see some panic moves when teams lose their opening two games (pray it ain’t us), when inevitable injuries mount, or clubs start to bring in fees from late spenders.
Composure level: 💯
Another #YoungLions goal for @EddieNketiah9! pic.twitter.com/j6ZfjjwFw9
— England (@England) September 8, 2020
Eddie, cold as ice, 4 goals in 2 games, he now sits one goal from Franny Jeffers and Alan Shearers record. Hopefully, this is his breakout season. He needs to carry some of that swagger into the Arsenal games. It’s clear he has all the raw ingredients. He’s the fox in the box that Wenger spoke about all those years ago and he has a Bielsa workrate. I think he just needs a bit of luck to fall his way for things to click this season. Fingers crossed.
On that high note, let’s call it a day, and pray for some deals to drop. See you in the comments. x
P.S. WELL PLAYED AMN. England debutant. Hopefully the first of many.
I think we’re an attacker short with Aouar added because I’m of the view Lacazette will move.
Oh in that case then we absolutely don’t need Draxler. If your idea of us needing Draxler is him replacing a striker then I dunno what to tell you that’s pretty stupid. Thankfully though there’s links to Eduoard so the people running Arsenal have some sense
Marko
Love that you exist on this place to tell folk how things are “pretty simple” before spilling literally just your opinion. Or how what others have to say is “stupid”, again on your say so.
Pretty blessed that you’re here to inform everyone of the status quo while the rest of us wrestle with mere opinions and musings.
Churlish
“How many points relative to their 66 points of this past season?”
I don’t really think of things that way, but I guess I see both teams improving on this season by 7-9 points, finishing with somewhere between 73 and 75 points. If Chelsea don’t solve their defensive weaknesses, they could fall short of that 7-9 point improvement. If United don’t solve the problems they have when facing teams that sit deep, they could fall short of that 7-9 point improvement as well.
September 9, 2020 22:33:36
Would love to see Spurs really crash this season
Amen to that .
At what cost to arsenal tho ??
Chill out with the season predictions! This is Mikel first season let’s see how he handles himself. The two first games are pivotal, bad results and suddenly we in problems. Arsenal will not be in the top 4 anytime soon, so let’s get that out the way. Irrespective of who we sign top 6 or lower is more realistic if we talking about predictions. It’s all about the Cups! Arsenal Twitter don’t want to believe it buts it’s facts. Spurs, Arsenal, Everton, Leicester, Wolves and the 20/21 surprise team are in a mini league competing against each other. That’s where… Read more »
Sorry to say but our strikers are only strikers in name only. Lacazette and/or Eddie use up so much energy closing down the keeper and the opposition back 4 that I’m surprised they have any energy left to make runs into the box. Kaz is right in saying that Lacazette does a mountain of good work for the team, tackling back into midfield and basically putting himself about. Unfortunately we didn’t spend 53 million on him to be a work horse, we spent 53 million on him to score 20 + goals a season. As I can’t see our main… Read more »
Would draxler be that bad an addition ?
Serious ?
Is he injury prone.. he’s at the age to do something with his football life.
It will be tighter at the top this season.
As little as 80 points could win the league which could bring many teams , including Arsenal, into the equation, especially if we get off to a decent start.
Pierre
Auba. Has to be played down the middle.
Pepe can push but for long periods of time no.
Saks martinellli will push on the left.
We lack major creativity in the middle prob why art is looking to play ozil.
For all his many faults he can play. When he wants.
It is getting the want out of him
This ‘Bamford” vs “Churlish’ conversation is interesting It’s hard to predict where we finish this season, the FA cup gave the squad needed confidence in the manager. They look like they are ready to walking on burning members for him. We are definitely going into this season, with a better squad…even as it is. Adding a midfielder just makes it better. There are so many intangibles that will determine where we finish; -If we steal a march on our rivals with a very strong start [like Chelsea did last season], anything is possible -Will the banished players from last season… Read more »
Banford
Couldn’t be more splintered straddling that fence, so both United and Chelsea could improve by 7-9 points but at the same time NOT if they don’t improve their weaknesses?
Cheers for that
Who do you rate as having the best manager of the sides mentioned? We know OGS is “excellent”, how do Lamps and Arteta feature in the scale?.
Pierre going VERY bold.
William and Pepe key to anything good Arsenal doing this season. All new signings will need months to settle, so I can’t understand how Arsenal is going to jump from 8th-4th. Jack Grealish would’ve been a good addition if he wasn’t that expensive instead of that kid coming from France. Can never go wrong with PL tested players. Most fans are of the thinking that new transfers will hit the ground running but the PL is just different. The time players get on the ball in other leagues is not afforded in the PL.
Once upon a time I too rated Draxler but that time is long gone. I recall seeing him play for Germany when they played the US in 2013 summer. His pace and power was breathtaking, he seemed to have the world at his feet. Once Draxler decided to warm the beach behind Di Maria and Neymar, it was clear his ambition.was limited.
I don’t want him anywhere near Arsenal. Willian can do everything we would have wanted him for.
Could not resist after being a reader for a few years. Don’t really agree with Pierre on anything but do have to agree with putting us in the mix for the league. Even if we don’t get aouar, if we get drax and partey or any decent defensive cm, we will be in the mix. That’s same formula as Leicester, great defense and a lethal striker. We can win a lot of matches with that.
Willian and Pepe either side’ of Auba definitely makes the most sense. Actually a rather exciting trio, to be honest!
3 in MF is anyone’s guess…
Dissenter
I’m not sure how moving to PSG from Wolfsburg can be deemed lacking ambition, not what i’d criticise him for anyway. Think stubbornness and being unwilling to see the writing on the wall is more what I’d lay at his feet.
Poor Draxler was unfortunate to join PSG under Emery though so hardly much of a surprise he lost all sense of himself playing centre half and occasionally in goal.
RSPC For me Draxler seems a back up plan to Aouar, and i’m pleased we have one if that the case although it could just be a pile of noise coming from PSG as they clearly know what were in market for. It’s all weird hypotheticals at this moment as Willian could be filling that space and Partey could be the target but i’m hoping its Aouar with more flair, and I love a bit of Joe Strummer flair. It won’t be both Aouar and Partey, unless lighting strikes. Step up people I’m going for 2021 Man City 91 Liverpool… Read more »
Arsenal will finish 3rd or 4th depending on injuries.
CC
I’m pleasantly calm for some reason.
I think it’s the togetherness Arteta has generated in the squad and entire club that’s making me somewhat giddy. Maybe this is what you folks were calling sauce all along but it feels like there’s an X-favor with us- an intangible I can’t quite define.
We will add a quality central midfielder, probably Partey and we should be fine.
Like azed just wrote, injuries will be a key factor how far we go.
I dint want to poopoo Draxler too much but getting him instead of our desired targets is reminiscent of getting Mykhi just to get rid of Sanchez.
We have Willian and maybe Mesut Ozil [who has to play well to show prospective suitors he’s not done yet.] that can play his role.
Arsenal will not spend much more money until we get rid of the dead weight off the payroll. None of these players will be easy to shift as they are paid way too much. And: Aouar – If City are in for him, we have no chance, too expensive for us anyway Partey – doesn’t want to come, his club doesn’t want to lose him, move on Draxler – the nearly man, don’t go there unless he is very cheap or swap for Guendouzi. Martinez – must stay, pay him as much as Leno and let them battle it out… Read more »
I mean I dunno why you’re getting so menstrual about it charles you’re justifying bringing in Draxler because Lacazette might leave… which is kinda dumb. I mean you get this way when it’s a personal favorite of yours like you’ve been attacked or something. Relax it’s okay
“ I like the players they’ve signed, just not sure how convinced I am of Frank yet.” And that remains the X-Factor with Lampard, Pedro. He failed to get more out of an otherwise decent Derby team two years ago as they went hot and cold too often and, guess what – he did it again with Chelsea last season. If Lampard cant get 3rd or better this season then the common denominator will indeed be Lampard as he has been provided decent teams in his short managerial career. Bold prediction – Pep is shown the door at Man City… Read more »
Love the new layout, very crisp!
“ESPN report that Arsenal should finally announce a new contract for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the ‘next few days’. It’s even possible we get the announcement before the Premier League kicks off this weekend, according to the report.”
I know a number of posters here rate Sancho (as do I) but for me I don’t see value in £100+ mil and £250,000 week.
“I’m pleasantly calm for some reason.”
You must be drinking Pedro’s oat milk.
Bojangles
The Bundesliga ain’t exactly the strongest. I recall people were gushing about Ousmane Dembélé too when he left Dortmund. Injuries aside, he couldn’t translate the same form to a stronger league.
Sancho would be a 50-60 million signing if he wasn’t English. For me. Sterling is the best English footballer, Sancho still has some ways to go before he gets as good as Sterling.
Tony
Actually, I’m suckling from Pedro’s mammary glands. He’s dripping with that oat milk stuff.
Feel free to join the panic corner.
No Thanks to Draxler.. One of Ozil’s BFF’s from the German team. Also, looking at his injury history .. knee problems, foot injuries, mysterious flu viruses, etc. Actually his injury history reads like a Diaby rap sheet.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/julian-draxler/verletzungen/spieler/85148
Anyhow.. maybe 5 years ago.. but not interested in him now, for me. That ship has sailed, imo.
If we sell laca, I don’t think eddie is his replacement.
Laca scored 15 goals last season in all comp along with 4 assists.
Eddie on the other hand had 3 goals, 0 assists.
Martinelli is the obvious replacement. But because Eddie is English, we have to give him more time than a Brazilian I guess. Unless Martinelli is a LW. Then we need a new CF altogether.
Dissenter
Thanks I prefer Thai herbal remedies from the Doi Mae Salong mountain region.
It’s generally part of the preferred route for my MC brothers annual northern 7 to 10 day ride where we stock up.
Did some great filming of the ride up there with multiple cameras including the excellent Inspire drone.
https://www.google.com/search?q=doi+mae+salong&client=safari&rls=en&sxsrf=ALeKk01Ff8LBs63NBciSpL_mcAjKQiCr_g:1599706271227&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=YS67zWZKEEet7M%252CQMF1ChrVIccP2M%252C%252Fm%252F0s8v11y&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kQNlf0NwyJcgDyKgFIHBiPYqmfyzQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitjaqgyt3rAhWBguYKHVvtAyAQ_B16BAgOEAM#imgrc=YS67zWZKEEet7M
Apparently Spurs are negotiating for Bale. Real paying a chunk of his wages is the plan. If he joins, his end product will win them extra points.
Covid-19 reasons aside, we always seem to have problems or hiccups selling players at decent fees relatively to PL and other European leagues. Are we paying way above market wages?? Some mediocre players from other clubs changed hands for very decent fees. What’s wrong with outs, even if they are not top performers, nor glamorous stars… The club needs to bloody learn from this and setting player wages sensibly. It’s not only the transfer fees. I recall Manure paying their first team newbies from reserves, U23 etc. around 5k pw and go from there, whereas we seem to routinely start… Read more »
Bellerin being a top player in his prime is more than a bit of a stretch Pedro
He was a better player 4 years ago. It’s hard to even recall a single match where he got a load of praise for his performance spanning a good few years now
Tierney gets it on the regular. Saka got it on the regular. Even AMN started getting it. Bellerin hasn’t for yonks now
Draxler huh ? Seems to me he should only be brought if Aouar goes to City. I maybe in the minority who thinks Partey should be the utmost priority , everything else should come later. Ofcourse assuming Aubameyang signs the contract. Partey’s addition with Ceballos and Willian Or ESR/ Saka in midfield should massively improve us.
China
Bellerin in the FA cup final man , he was great. If he works on his fitness , he will be back to his best in no time.
Great new look Pedro. Happy 13th to the blog. Been reading alot of gems (and utter tripe too). Le grove has never been better. I believe we will rue Guen if he was sold. Has all the ingredients to make a superb footballer. I would have thought y’all load be licking lips at what Arteta could turn him into. He came into a team that really was lacking direction and played too much while still green. If he learns tactical and systematic play he’d be awesome. That being said, if psg bids 35m, take and run! I remember Arteta talking… Read more »
‘Partey – doesn’t want to come, his club doesn’t want to lose him, move on‘’
Always interesting seeing people type their opinions as if its factual.
I’d rather use the partey money to get soumare, or if you want an English flair, get Declan rice (PL proven)
Partey is another alex song, good in small doses, but over time, he’ll be another xhaka.
No Rice for me.
Useroz
There is a reason.
Think of how difficult it was to move on Carl Jenkinson.
Wasn’t he on £45k a week.
I mean, who in their right mind would want to fork out that sort of money?
This has always been the case. Handing out extortionate contracts to substandard players.
Who do we blame?
By the way, it ain’t the Ghostbusters!👻👻
Cc Agree that there might still be a player in Draxler yet and maybe a right move and he can finally start fulfilling his potential. Arsenal tho is not a right move for him rn. He is predominantly a LW now similar to Coutinho. If he comes here He’ll have Auba, Willian and potentially Saka ahead of him in that position. So to rejuvenate his career he will go from bench warmer to bench warmer. Right now I think he should look to join a team like Leverkusen, Munchengladbach or just a top 6/7 Bundesliga team promising him a starting… Read more »
Champagne Chelsea’s weakness in defence masked their true weakness and that was finishing teams off. They dropped significant number of points where they were top in terms of every statistic that is bar the final score. For instance they drew both their first two home games last season from winning positions.Those games against Leicester and Sheffield Utd they made chance after chance but could not just see the game out . Then look at the likes of WHU , Southampton and Bournemouth at home. Games they lost one nil. At the start of last season on here we were rightly… Read more »
No to Draxler, even if we miss out on Aouar, hes injury prone and on big money. Douzi to PSG makes a lot of sense, add that £35 million with what ever we get for Torreira and we have Anour, thats if Pep does Mikel a solid and bows out. In regards to Eddie, this is an incredibly important season for him. He has to make the leap from lower level prolific goalscorer to a proven top level threat. He’s already displaced a striker the calibre of Lacazette but its not enough, he really needs to kick on in league… Read more »
Glad to see all are starting to see better alternative to partly .
Auoar yes tho.
Sal agree.
A top 5 finish is about what we could be
Both partlet n auoar in same summer is as likely as nandos dishing out black cards with every purchase of persil.
I’m all for a rock midfield .
Funnily enough when I saw first pic of shaven head Mattie I thought he looked like a young Mick Jones.. (top man)
.@FabrizioRomano on Guendouzi to PSG & Draxler to Arsenal: “Yes, it’s true but as [a] negotiation. Not a done deal at the moment.” #afc
Ornstein confirms Auba Extension…
Reportedly Auba will be our highest paid player.
Scenes.
I don’t think Chelsea will perform that well. I know for a fact that Frank will want his new toys in the first eleven. And that will be his undoing. The pace, physicality of EPL will be a shock to that front three of Ziyech, Werner and Kai. That’s is three players playing with ze handbrake on. Am sure Frank won’t take time to bed them in, and having them all starting games will unbalance Chelsea greatly.
Draxler, seriously? Did we just go back to 2015!?
Loving the optimism from some on here for the new season. I just don’t see it myself when the only attacking addition we have is Willian!!
Plenty of time left, everyone needs to calm down, the market hasn’t started moving yet etc…
Leftside It is called evidence! And on the balance of probability it would appear that Partey is not exactly busting a gut to get to Arsenal. August 2018 Partey signs a new contract with Atletico until 2023 despite interest from Arsenal and other clubs. “I’m thrilled to renew my contract with the club of my life,” Partey told the club’s website. “I hope to continue here for many more years and help the club.” A product of their youth set up. April 2019 with extensive overtures from Arsenal “I’ve grown up in Atleti and I am sure I will stay… Read more »
@David_Ornstein
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to end speculation over Arsenal future by signing new 3yr contract, which will enable him to become best-paid #AFC player. Arteta intervention key & relations with 31yo + father fundamental to getting deal over line£250,000 PER WEEK. Will we never learn?
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£250,000 PER WEEK! Will we never learn?
Arsenal need to adopt a “two formation” strategy this season. The first is one of “containment” against opposition such as Man City. Liverpool, Man Utd and Chelsea who have better squads than us and would in normal circumstances be expected to beat us. The 3-4-3 format which we played towards end of last season seemed to work very well and hopefully we have beefed up our defence this summer. The arrival of Partey would improve further our midfield department. However, such a formation is not frankly well designed to break down weaker opposition as we saw against Brighton and Aston… Read more »
Clubs with bigger squads will do much better. Liverpool won’t blow teams away this time around not with that genre press with no new additions. They have played like that for two seasons now and it’s gonna catch up with them. I expect players to burn out really early into to the season and clubs are going to see loads of injuries,because of the obvious reasons. Smart managers with large squads will benefit massively from squad rotation.
Lampard would be a more positive influence on Saka, Nketiah and the youngsters than diet Pep
Sid
Why the constant disparaging of Arteta with your ‘diet Pep’ refrain?
Sid is a pathetic troll
I’m telling you that for free!
Draxler would be a couple of years too late in my opinion and also aren’t we a bit heavy on the position he prefers to play the most. No point if we’re also integrating Ozil back in the squad
The tone of the statement may not be right but the message would be hard to argue against
With the type of football the team is playing by the end of season more fans will sound like me, i just see through the facade earlier than most.
Jorginho is as awful as Xhakalson or more but their manager plays more positive football
How can Aubameyang become the best paid player on £250kpw when Özil is on £350kpw. Sorry my bad, should I have read best paid playing player, bench warmer not included.
Jorginho is not a bad player, but I am not sure that he is suited for the type of football Fat Frank is trying to play. Mind you, I am not sure that even Frank Lampard knows what style of football he wants to play.
As a manager, like OGS at ManUtd because they have worked under great managers they have assimilated some of the mentors’ good, but they are far from the finished article. They are like a singer who vaguely remember the tune, but can’t really remember the lyrics.
No to Dracula from PSG.let them cough up the £30 million for Belle end or Gwen Dozy or whoever the f** k they want.They’re minted.can afford it..stop all this f*** ng about & get these deals done.We’re running around like we’re f*** ng paupers.Oh .sorry ,forgot.we are.
Val
Think the idea is the new contract will “enable” Auba to “become” our highest paid player, aka when Ozil finally goes he’s clear of the rest and that’ll be the new norm.
Sid
I’ll say this for free.
What the fudge on you on about?
Explain in detail your perceptions on the style of play and then try and compare it to where we were under Emery and,to a degree, Wenger.
250,000 is about the going rate for one of the most consistent and best strikers in European football considering that the likes of Suarez is on 400,000 a week Lewandowski is on 275,000 a week for example.
PSG are signing florenzi the RB and fiorentina it seems are dropping out of signing Torreira.
“As a manager, like OGS at ManUtd because they have worked under great managers they have assimilated some of the mentors’ good, but they are far from the finished article. They are like a singer who vaguely remember the tune, but can’t really remember the lyrics.” I’ve got to agree with the gist of Valentin’s comment. We’ve got a click of managers at top PL clubs including Arsenal who have limited experience in the hot seat. The career progress a manager would usually go through is where they form their identity etc we’ve now got managers learning on the job.… Read more »
Fr9m Twitter
Borussia Dortmund Vs Arsenal 2014 – Arteta and Mertesacker playing for us. Aubameyang for BvB. Bellerin making his Arsenal debut. 6 years later, Arteta, Arsenal head coach, Mertesacker academy manager and Auba, club captain. Bellerin is now established at this level. Funny game.
Marc
Yes, Arteta is learning on the job.. It shows that there’s an x-factor about him.
He’s shown he can inspire a team to do big stuff with the FA cup victory and the path we took to winning it. We had to go through City and Chelsea under considerable pressure.
I just wish we had a more consistent second striker. Laca has been more huff wnd pub than anything else. We rely too much on Auba.
We don’t pay him 180k weekly for his hustle
Maybe Pepe can take off in his second season.
Dissenter
That wasn’t criticism, it was an observation. I’d also say that chances are under the circumstances not all 3 will be a success. Fat Frank will be under considerable pressure with the signings Chelsea have made and my guess is that he won’t be Chelsea manager at the start of the 21/22 season.
Marc why are you predicting the downfall of fat Frank one season after making top 4 and a cup final in his first year as well?
Fully expecting to see the coach,s worth and ability come into play this season so for me even with the squad he has now he should be fighting for forth sport, add Partey and I think we should be getting fourth .we could have one of the best back lines we have seen in twenty years if Arteta is gonna convince AMN to be the right full back , the two mobile beasts in the middle and Tierny at LB . Once Arteta gets the back line sorted we are going to be really hard to beat that is why… Read more »
A cheap alternative for CAM would be critian Erickson.
Inter wants to offload him and maybe it’s time he came back to England. Cost around 20-25m. Perfect age, pl experience, and we know he has talent.
Looks like auba is signing at last
Marc
True talk
Lampard has no excuses now, Chelsea have spent too much to be satisfied with fourth best.
He’s lucky though, the sheer quality of elite footballers they have at the moment will beat most of the smaller teams. They have too many players who are capable of individual moments brilliance to win games. They will win the 1 vs 1 battles all over the field.
It’s facing the top 6-8 clubs that may prove more difficult since that’s where a manager’s touch will matter more.
Sorry forget about erickson, I was reading an old report. Lol.
Left Testicle “””””£250,000 PER WEEK! Will we never learn?””””” (No We never ever learn.) If Arsene Wenger sanctioned a £250k- £300 k 3 week deal for an ageing 31 year old- I would demand his head on a plate. I have seen some wretched and nonsensical deals in my time- but this one- when the world is dripping with the Corona virus and no supporters are able to attend games – and pay cuts have been agreed by the rest of the playing squad takes the biscuit. Its another shocker- off course, the cheerleaders will be out in full force… Read more »
I think we have…
Willian who will be 35 when his deal expires. Aubameyang will be 34 and Soares will be 33? We’ve just cleared out a load of average/old players.
… and at the same time we’re looking down the back of the sofa to see if we can afford Aouar.
Gonsterous
Inter want £35m for Eriksen. If Aouar is not possible, do people think Eriksen is worth thinking about? If we had Eriksen, we could play Willian wide left, Pepe wide right and Aubameyang through the center. What do people think?
https://www.teamtalk.com/news/christian-eriksen-transfer-listed-by-inter-milan-35m
In the last one or two years of their contracts Willian, Auba and Soares won’t be any where near the first team. Not there thought. It’s the way the club is run.
*their
Look
Amn don’t wanna be a RB
Give him a shot at DM.
Has pace, enough game time to impose himself..
Try it out or flog him.
Charlie
You say you see us finishing five points off of 4th this season. Is that what you see regardless of what we do b/t now and October 5th, or is that contingent upon our signing additional first XI players? That is, do you see the current squad finishing five points off of 4th or an improved version of the current squad doing that?
We’re gonna end up panic buying and selling come Oct 4 ain’t we.
If I remember correctly Aouar is interested only by a move to Juventus.
Can’t remember where I’ve read that…
@RSPC : old habits die hard!!
(especially at Arsenal)
(lol)
35 mil for 28 year old Christian Eriksen would be a terrible, terrible transfer.
Doesn’t suit us whatsoever, he’s not dynamic at all, and he’s a former Spud. Have a word.
Unless Arsenal signs Aour and Partey, i don’t see how they can get into Top 4 Considering Chelsea and Man Utd are increasingly strengthening their squads both in quality and depth. Though Arteta is far a better coach than Lampard and Ole and that is a fact.
Hefty fucking no with big brass bollox to bringing in erikson
Oh and by the way, Aouar is a priority for City.
Edu needs to do his job as the TD and tell Mikel to focus on his. It’s noticeable how every major decisions happening at the Club now comes with “If Mikel didn’t intervene” it wouldn’t happened. Hopefully it ends well. Too much bakers fcuk the cake up!
“35 mil for 28 year old Christian Eriksen would be a terrible, terrible transfer.”
And he’s fuck ugly.
Apparently PSG still want Gwen Dozy. As do Athletico. Who also want Laca.so do Juventus who also want Bell end.Also Fiorentina have dropped out for Torreirra because Torino now want him. Napoli can’t afford Sokratis so apparently Roma now interested.Aston Villa still want Martinez.