via @Arsenal.com
Finally, Auba signed da ting.
I do NOT want to see a ⌛ emoji EVER again. NEVER.
This moment is huge for the project. Auba is one of the best sharpshooters in the world. He’s the de facto leader in the dressing room. Charismatic, swagger for days, the absolute embodiment of everything we love at Arsenal. An adopted North Londoner. We are VERY lucky he’s dedicated his prime to us.
It didn’t come cheap. £250k a week over 3 years plus all the trimmings. The total deal could be worth up to £55m. Wow, wow, wow.
Totally deserved though. There’s no debate over whether this deal is worth the money. He’s expanded his game, shown that he can push through the downtimes, and he’s proved that he is the BIG game player we’ve been desperately hunting for over the years.
There are many layers to why this signing is important, and look, I’ll be first to admit I wanted to cash in on him.
Firstly, the Arteta revolution would have taken a lot longer if we’d lost him this summer. Goalscorers are still the rarest of commodities in world football. More importantly, it’d be very hard to buy the sort of momentum his endorsement offers.
Secondly, we now become an even hotter project in the eyes of world football. Signing elite players just became a little easier. If you are Aouar (who took a red last night to speed his move to Arsenal), the thought of feeding balls to Auba must be exciting. If you’re a young player, imagine the prospect of sharing a dressing room with a global icon?
Thirdly, this has been a summer of carnage for football. We have no money, but our dear leaders have shuffled the pack to make this happen. That shows that we now have people in the backroom that can sell a big idea to the CEO. It also means – I hope – that we have a CEO that can sell to the KSE group in Delaware.
This is a good day to be an Arsenal fan. The dark clouds that have hung over the club for 10 years are starting to break. There’s light. The vision is clear. You can feel the energy behind the rocketship the club is trying to send into orbit.
There’s still a huge amount of work to do. Our squad is a long way from perfect. We need to shift on some of the problem players. We need to find consistency. The on-pitch execution needs to rapidly evolve into something that is pleasing.
That’ll come with time. Ups and downs will be part of that journey. Our faith will certainly be tested this season.
… but we’re on the right path.
The players, fans, and club believe we’re going places. When was the last time you felt this way about Arsenal?
Just a short one today. I have a fresh Auba podcast I recorded with Dom. Enjoy!
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Super podcast. Good feels all round.
I especially liked the part where Pedro dismissed the Auba/Ozil contract comparison made by the resident 5x banned ‘new comer’.
From what I can see the diff between Partey & Sangare ( other than price) is that Partey is “ oven ready” while sangare is frozen but needs thawing.which as an alternative if AM keep f** ng about in negotiations.As for ooh aaagh not sure who would be ideal as a cheaper alternative this summer?
Given that Balogan had that same emoji as Auba recently and now he’s being linked with a loan to Sheffield United it’s likely he signs a new deal with us and then goes out on loan. Which is great news I think
CG would moan if miss world was giving him a blow job chill out ffs what kind of fan are you that you can’t rejoice that we tied down our best player ???
TR7 – also loan money £5 million fo Holding,Possible £8/10 million for Balogun,BellEnd- £25 million ,Gwen Dozy – anyone’s guess.
I like the look of Bissouma of Brighton as a cheap option for a holding/defensive centre mid. He is technically good , composed on the ball , reads the game well, rarely gives the ball away and he has an edge to his game which was obvious when Brighton beat Arsenal last season. If we can’t afford these 50 mil players then we have to buy smarter and Bissouma is more than capable of playing at a higher level in a team with better quality players.. Le Grove appears to be stuck on Partey and Aouar who are bother quality… Read more »
On a funny note Everton looking to move on iwobi what a great fee we got for that bag of shite
“Useless cunt cost us big time on that one”
lol only on that one ??
Agree with Marko – extending and loaning out Balogun would be the smartest move for both Arsenal and the player. He keep him on the books, he gets the game time he wants on loan.
He improves and comes back in a season or two, or we maintain his value and sell if he doesn’t pull up trees. It’s worked for Chelsea for years.
We* keep him on the books
I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that if the club is looking at the likes of Partey and Aouar instead of cheaper options it’s for a reason. Difference between getting these two in and getting in lesser players could be champions league football.
Rumours says that Bale wants to come back at tottenshit.
It would be priceless… lol
If Liverpool could sell Brewster, a player without a single first team appearance, for £25m – more than we are asking for Torreira – then we must be doing something wrong. I guess that ‘Pool don’t have to sell but everyone knows we’re desperate.
Jaime I imagine they would like to keep him on given his potential but I also imagine that they would absolutely hate to lose both him and Greenwood in the same summer.
Wow… Bale’s agent has confirmed that a return to the spuds is close!!
LOL
Marko –
Exactly.
Pierre
I think the comments section is stuck on Partey and Aouar because the club seems to be focused on them. Either the club have something up their sleeve / a plan or are completely delusional.
We’ll find out in the next couple of weeks.
I was doing Bissouma a disservice in labelling him as a just a defensive mid..
He has much more a out his game though I would say he probably needs to move to a higher level than Brighton to reach his full potential.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dk08Y8QVo-yE&ved=2ahUKEwjSy7XT0u3rAhVWThUIHQPXDjoQwqsBMAB6BAgEEAQ&usg=AOvVaw2yYcWE41RN3RNML6wLeHs6
We really dont need both aourar and partey right now. Midfield of xhaka, partey and ceballos is not ideal but partey, aouorar, ceballos is not working at all, aourar is much more suited to left wing where we are doing well Lets wait till next season when we are back in Ucl and get propee Ozil replacement..For now –
IN: Partey, Edouard, 2nd GK. OUT:Chambers, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Sokratis, Torrira, Ozil, Guendouzi
Do people realize that Balogun hasn’t trained with the senior squad in eons .
Why on earth would he want to hang around a club that isn’t giving him opportunities to get ahead.
Even when we took a bunch of academy players on pre-season tour to the US in 2019, Balogun wasn’t considered worthy.
If we fancy him then we have a very strange way of showing it.. H should have gotten a few minutes here and there, some of what’s given to Nkettiah.
Sell the lad and be done. One year and all we get is a lousy compensation.
Agree with Karaul, Partey is enough.
Ozil… what a true genius!!
(And a pathetic cunt, as well…)
“Sell the lad and be done. One year and all we get is a lousy compensation.”
Or extend and loan him out. Nketiah is 2 years older than Balogun. Was loaned out to Leeds last season..
Just ignore the precedent I guess.
Do people realize that Balogun hasn’t trained with the senior squad in eons .
Pretty sure there’s pictures of him training with the first team this past preseason but don’t let that get in the way of a “good” point from dissenter
I get Balogun though he’s 19 now and he sees other 18/19 year olds out there impressing and he wants to do the same. It’s just very unfortunate for him that he happens to be coming through Arsenal just as we are well stacked up at CF position. But I think a new contract and a loan is ideal after which he either gets us a decent fee or comes back to replace Nketiah.
The only problem with that is Balogun doesn’t want to sign.
I thought Balogun had made it clear he was leaving? Why accept a low fee when we’re guaranteed a low fee as an academy player – at least and get some money where we can.
Arsenal would have finished just two points off relegation zone in 16th without Aubameyang’s goals last season
But hopefully we have others who can fit in some goals, so would not have been so dire.
I guess it all hinges on the transfer fee.. Anything less than 10 mill, and I’d try hard to extend and send him out on loan.
Can we send Wrighty to his dad’s gaff?
left testicle
regarding that article all I can say is, don’t hate the player, hate the game.
I’m a fan of the dark arts I must admit.
Marc aware of that I’m just saying that he had the same emoji as Auba and is being linked with a loan move to Sheffield United. That loan move seems like an indication of something to me. I mean otherwise united could get him for cheap since he’s got a year left and is refusing to sign a new deal.
Marko
Hadn’t heard he was being linked with a loan move – that is odd. Why loan a player in that situation?
few sales pending should be enough to become amortization fc. 20-25 for an aouar partey should be sufficient.
would love an odsonne eduoard, though can’t see where he would fit unless laca goes. something I’m not opposed to.
There’s a nice video doing the rounds from the Arsenal official account and it has all of Aubameyang’s 72 goals for Arsenal and it’s fascinating to see how few tap ins he does. I mean I was led to believe that he’s some sort of tap in merchant but no he’s not
Also spare a thought for Barcelona. You think we were fucked with having to sell to buy it’s worst at Barcelona given the aging squad they have. Can’t even afford Depay who’s going for a black friday like price.
“CG would moan if miss world was giving him a blow job “
Who wouldn’t?
“Arsenal buy Mpbabe for £200 million.
Arsenal become League Champions
Arsenal become European Champions
Arsenal increase revenues in all areas
Arsenal sell to Real Madrid for £300 million”
CG ,
You missed one item in your detailed pitch to Stan: Arsenal win the treble.
That should get him on board for sure.
Oh, just out of curiosity, would the open top bus parade be held on Mars or the Moon?
Omg! The Emi interview. Absolutely love the guy… Gutted.
Emi Martinez has left Arsenal after his £20 million ($25m) transfer to Aston Villa was confirmed on Wednesday. Source-Goal.com
“Oh, just out of curiosity, would the open top bus parade be held on Mars or the Moon?”
lol
@Major : awesome scoop, thanks.
Finally finished cumming in my pants over the Auba signing. Whatever the trolls think its great business for us. He has only missed a handful of games cause of injury since he joined, still has pace, power and agile as a 25 year old. Can see him still being an asset even after the 3 years cause of his natural fitness. Great in the dressing room and with that infectious smile can be a teacher to our relatively young squad. On the pitch his goals speak for themselves and could be nudging Henry’s record by the time he is finished.… Read more »
CG – yes i don’t know why i hadn’t looked at it like that before.
Of course we will win the Champions league and Mbappe will do that for us almost single-handedly.
Just like he has for PSG these last 3 years in that multi billionaire assembled team that also included Neymar as his co-striker.
During the 2019-20 league season, 348 players attempted 50+ take-ons in Europe’s top five divisions:
⬢ Thomas Partey
⬡ Mateo Kovačić
⬡ Thiago Alcântara
These three players had the highest success rate.
Good company. But I thought that Partey just gave the ball to Saul and he did all the work
I think due to all the rumours we knew Auba would sign on but it is such a relief to see it announced officially, and the video with Wrighty was great to watch. Ian should oughtt to have some kind of role within the club, for teaching and inspiring youngsters about the history and traditions of the Arsenal, and maybe even closing out deals with that special player who needs the last bit of convincing!
Jamie wow. Thanks for the explanation of how a loan works and can be beneficial for the club and a player.
Brilliant.
Someone is obsessed with CG having fellacio
Im telling you for free!
I just sat through the auba goal compilation video
10 mins. 55 goals. 6’1 CF with a decent frame. 0 headers 😂😂😂😂
He really was cut from the same cloth as TH14 on that front!
Auba has scored about 4 more bicycle kicks for arsenal than he has headers
Auba has scored about 4 more bicycle kicks for arsenal than he has headers.
……………………
0 x 4 = 0 ?
We have to be the worst club at selling players, lmao.
But with emi we made the right decision.
Chelsea can buy him for 50m if he does well this season.
Any news on when ozil is leaving the building?
I think it was about this time last year that. I was feeling deeply depressed about Arsenal. A feeling that just got worse for a couple of months. I couldn’t even bear to read this site. The disastrous end of the previous season combined with that Europa Cup Final humiliation was now really sinking in, as the team looked completely dishevelled, and playing hapless football (how much slower and more ineffective could playing out from the back be??). Now a year on, whether we sign more midfielders or not (a triangle of Elneny, Ceballos and Saka or Willian could work… Read more »
Chuba Akpom moving to Middlesbrough from Greece. Another 1 million quid to put in to transfer kitty because of the 40% sell on fee. Looks like we have already got our number 2 keeper. The beejam International from Dijon (no mustard jokes please) looks to be signing for 1.5 million and already passed medical. Surprised if anyone has seen him actually play but as our goalkeeping coach has coached him before you would want to think he is talented. Well done to Trae Coyle scoring the winning penalty for Gillingham last night and Matt Smith (won more than Harry Kane)… Read more »
I just sat through the auba goal compilation video. 10 mins. 55 goals. 6’1 CF with a decent frame. 0 headers
It’s 72 goals and he’s scored 3 or 4 headers. Where are you getting 55 goals from someone’s lying to you
Nice points picked up on there Crimson.
Just finished with the podcast Pedro, thanks very much, very informative. Had no idea the average age in the backroom has dropped so low. Could be innovative or disastrous but if it echoes most things in life, it will be the former and not the latter. Also, I would dampen my expectations of Mo Elneny if I was you, he’s still the same Elneny he’s always been and his current “form” should only be seen as a positive if it means someone out there is willing to pay us a decent transfer fee to take him off our hands. A… Read more »
What donkey kept suggesting we should’ve kept broken Wilshere for another 4 years?
Ah yeah.
Only Wenger could have kept a broken Wheelchair.
Wikipedia says auba has 86 appearances and 55 goals at arsenal
DBob – i think Elneny looks to now be a decent back up as a DM and I’d see the real pairing being him and Ceballos. Obviously if we get a decent offer for him then we would need to sell. Of course I hope we sign a DM (I may be the only person left using that term!) but if not……
“Wikipedia says auba has 86 appearances and 55 goals at arsenal”
Think that’s PL goals.
Really? Doesn’t specify
Here you go:
https://www.premierleague.com/players/5110/Pierre-Emerick-Aubameyang/overview
Doesn’t include cups. Goes up to 72 if you include all appearances.
Nice!
Lethal!
How many strikers have scored over 70 goals in 2.5 seasons without a midfield?
Credit to Martinez, he did a very decent thank you video to the club and the fans.
Emi, I wish you weren’t going. I would like to think your chance as Arsenal no.1 was just around the corner… but I understand why you thought you couldn’t wait anymore.
Please go with the best wishes to you and your family from Gooners everywhere!
No Partey, no Party!!
“How many strikers have scored over 70 goals in 2.5 seasons without a midfield?”
Not bad for a ‘tap-in marchant’ [allegedly]!
merchant*
£55m for a 31 year old. Five years? Sweet baby Joseph. Also, those fucking trousers. Punchable.
Wikipedia says auba has 86 appearances and 55 goals at arsenal
Broaden your sources China. It’s 72 in 111 games.
Auba is a good scorer against the relegation threatened teams. Can’t hit a cows arse with a banjo against a decent side.
We didn’t learn from Ozil. This will come back and bite us.
Guns, it’s 3 years.
The trousers are real.
@Leeds : nice to see that kind of message regarding Emi, not enough of “thank you to him” on Le Grove, imo…
Jamie, okay. Peter states 5 years.
Either way, it’s a lot of money for a 30+ forward.
The trousers tell me this guy is a cunt at a party.
“We didn’t learn from Ozil. This will come back and bite us.”
It is a possibility…. but please, time to stop moaning and being a bit more optimistic!! lol
How many strikers have scored over 70 goals in 2.5 seasons without a midfield?
Not just without a consistent functioning midfield but without proper wingers (until recently) or a CAM. We’ve struggled creatively speaking and yet he still guarantees you 25-30 goals a season. Imagine what he’d be like if not only we got in a Aouar or a Coutinho on loan but with a better second season from the likes of Pepe.
It’s a case of the emperors new clothes. All that money, so little style.
“””””Auba is a good scorer against the relegation threatened teams. Can’t hit a cows arse with a banjo against a decent side.”””””
I laid all the data out in forensic minuatie, this morning G of H
In 14 away games against the best- he has scored 1 solitary goal.
At Old Trafford.
We indeed ,have not learned from the Ozil contract debacle.
And we dont seem to want to either.
HL
It’s a massive deal for a guy who literally wake up shit and every day of his age. I hope I’m wrong but the truth is, it took £250k to make him sign. He says he wants to be an Arsenal legend…I say, he’s a greedy bastard who no one else fancied.
Arsenal couldn’t manage a corner shop.
Guns, think Pete just made a type. It’s 3 years on Arsenal.com
If his output remains consistent for even 2 of the 3 years, I say it’s worth it. It isn’t easy finding a 25 goal a season striker these days for under £20m a year all in.
The trousers are something else for sure.
CG
Sorry mate, I missed this morning…those stats aren’t very good for a £55m player. Or is it a £120m player if you include the few we paid for him originally.
As long as the Kroenke are paying…. lol
Typo^. Ironic..
I think Arsenal are like a mistreated spouse. Let’s hope Auba has Ronaldo levels of fitness.
GoH
I was saying similar on here a few days ago.
In a few years we’re going to have Auba, Willian and Soares on big wages approaching their mid 30s. The same people lauding the signing will be whinging that we can’t buy decent players due to the fact that we’ll have big wages sitting on the subs bench or not even in the squad.
I’m pleased he’s signed, but not for £250,000 PER WEEK for 3 years. He’ll be 34 and still raking in £250,000 EACH AND EVERY WEEK.
“Let’s hope Auba has Ronaldo levels of fitness.”
Which one ? The real, or the false ?
For comparison, Giroud signed for Chelsea for £18m on roughly £6m a year wages and has 28 career goals for them in , Auba scored more last season alone.
.@FabrizioRomano: “We have to say that in the list, Arsenal want to try to sign one between Thomas [Partey] & [Houssem] Aouar, so they are the targets for Arsenal. It’s impossible to buy both at the moment if Arsenal are not going to sell any players.” .@FabrizioRomano on Partey: “The player is also waiting because if Arsenal will not sign him this summer, he’s going to extend his contract with Atletico, the bid is ready from Atletico. Also Thomas is waiting to understand what Arsenal are going to do in the next [few] weeks.” I think we need a CM… Read more »
in all comps*
“He’ll be 34 and still raking in £250,000 EACH AND EVERY WEEK.”
He has received a congratulation tweet from Mesut.
Bris, you can come back. First sign of any talk that goes against the rule, you go back to the bin.
LT
Exactly. We used to roast Chelsea/city/man yoo for buying mercs and here we are. Staying classy.
HL
The fake one! The real one got sweaty tying his boots up.
Guns despite admitting to rarely watching Arsenal these days sure does have an opinion on everything Arsenal. Shame it’s just so dim
@Pedro : any thought about those complaints, about Auba wage ?
G of H
“””CG Sorry mate, I missed this morning…””””
I ve had a stressful morning, fighting off the cheerleaders and the deplorables suggesting that signing ageing players on very very generous terms is not really the way for Arsenal to go.
Arduous at times, even.
But i have made my point. And we now wait for his natural decline- and watch a great asset turn into potential liablility.
*Auba’s wage
Northbanker – He is a serviceable backup, but that would only be an acceptable scenario for me if we already had our first choice DM. We don’t and are still in the realms of having a “meh” midfield. In an ideal summer for us our midfield would have Ceballos and Xhaka as 3rd and 4th choice with Aouar and Partey as 1st and 2nd. Lets not forget Willock and ESR(Played a lot deeper last season) need midfield minutes as well. Plus if we already offered £25 million + Guendouzi it shows we are not far off having enough for one… Read more »
It’s impossible to buy both at the moment if Arsenal are not going to sell any players.
True
Marko
Pack it in. My comments are 100% valid.
If you don’t like what I have to say, don’t respond.