I think we’re heading into a week of action.
Some teams have had shockers and lost.
Some teams have had shockers and clearly showcased their weaknesses (hello, Arsenal).
Some teams just need to make some moves.
Arsenal hasn’t done much of a job moving on the problem players this summer, but I suspect things are going to come to a head as Arteta gets real with his intentions.
Lacazette isn’t getting a new deal, so it doesn’t matter how much quality the manager thinks he has, we need to move him on before we get into a Rambo like situation. This is Arteta.
“At the moment, we haven’t started any negotiations,”
“We have a lot of things still to do in this market and at the moment we are focusing on those things.”
“He’s a player I’m really happy with. I think we’ve shown him a lot of faith since I arrived here.”
“But we cannot start any speculation. We know that any player who is under two years of their contract is always going to be talked about.”
It’s clear from the above that he’s not a priority from a contract perspective. He’s a goal scorer, he might be expensive, but he can be a difference-maker, so let’s hope someone is feeling generous. Also, let’s hope Edouard is being benched for Arsenal, not Spurs.
We need to move on some of our centre backs this week. We are stocked heavily and there is just no way any of them are getting games. Sokratis and Cal Chambers seem the most likely to be moved on, with West Ham and Fulham looking likely destinations for the Englishman. Rumours are also quite strong that Lazio is interested in Mustafi.
The two players that have been notably absent with very little movement are Matteo G and Lucas Torreira. No one wants a piece of the Frenchman, something I suspect the player didn’t expect. He must be in panic mode because he was literally the move valued teenager of all time this January, now the best he can do is a phone call from Unai Emery.
Torreira is a different story, he’s attracted a lot of average interest from Italy… but Spanish media is moving on the idea that Simeone wants to pull the trigger and make a deal happen. He’s apparently spoken to the player and the obvious deal is he leaves with Partey coming the other way. It’s a face-saving swap for the Spaniards and it leaves both parties with decent players.
The clearest issue we have in our squad though is the lack of creativity in the final third. Willian put in a duff performance against West Ham, making it quite clear that we need a real specialist in the area of unlocking deep and medium blocks. I think we’ll make it happen for Aouar, but Aulas won’t make it easy for Arsenal… but, they dind’t make it easy for Alex Lacazette back in the day.
BIG GARY NEVILLE SAID SOMETHING WE ALL AGREE WITH:
“I think Mikel Arteta is punching above his weight,” said Neville on his podcast. “He is going above and beyond the players he has. The shape and the organisation, things we have criticised Arsenal for in the past, is good.
“They are not finishing in the top four like Arsene Wenger used to get criticised for but they look like a team which is more cohesive. It has continued from the end of last season and he is doing a great job.
“I just think Mikel Arteta would love that £150 million that Frank Lampard has got this summer.”
The Nuggets are doing well at the minute, let’s see if Stan and Josh feel like they can unlock some of their cash and make this summer a Christmas miracle.
Short post today, see you in the comments!
“””””Are the same people calling Bale a great signing for the Spud’s the same people criticising Arsenal for taking Willian on a free or extending Auba’s contract?””””””
Has Bale got a 3 year contract?
I can’t see how recycling the ball and turning over short passes with the occasional long ball is so revered.
Surely there are midfielders around who could also do this but also give better off the ball attributes.
Honestly some of you need to step away from the Arsenal if they make you this miserable. The club literally cannot do anything right. What gives? I’ve criticised the club plenty in the past but I’ve given credit where I think it is due. Arteta has the lads playing as a team and fearless of the other big sides for the first time in forever… let’s give him a chance before we write the whole project off. Martinez wanted to go… I personally would have kept him and sold Leno but Arteta prefers the German, I’m happy to trust his… Read more »
Leeds
You think the EPL title is on? This season?
I think West Ham deserve credit they were teak tough in CM in Rice and Soechuk and defensively well organised . They worked hard and with a similar system to our own shut us down , it was a good lesson for us nad hopefully one we will learn from . Mitigation circumstance for us is 1 Early in season nobody on purple patch form yet 2 Tierney was a big blow to original plan 3 thin system needs teaking for attacking option, on a front three vs a flat 5 I think you are bteer going with a No.10… Read more »
LG
“”””For the first time in years, I feel like we have a manager who is willing to compete for the title, and not just make up the numbers.””””””
that’s what I felt too, but,
Page 1 to win a league title
Get a bloody big goalkeeper who fills the goal.And who can calm the crowd and gives reassurance to his defenders.
eg, Shilton, Allison, Seaman, Lehmann, Schmiechal, Cech etc
Martinez in time , could have won a league title for Arsenal.
I know it’s a long long long shot but mentally Arteta is not phased by Klopp, Pep or Frank… and that’s half the battle.
Our lack of depth will more than likely derail us but Arteta is this game to win… you can see it in his eyes. He means business. I hope the club back him in the transfer market.
Even for Wenger, in his last years at the club, when he spoke of winning the title, you knew he was just saying the words without really believing it himself.
*is in this game…
I can understand why so many people are miserable.
In our last 14 games, we’ve won just twice, drawn once and lost 11 times.
How Arteta’s kept his job is a mystery,
lol it’s not misery is it it’s just calling it as it is regarding the West Ham match and realising we need a few additions in certain areas going forward.
I mean the atmosphere about the club is unrecognisable from what it was from the start of last season so everyone should be very happy with that.
bac
What matches are you talking about?
Mark
It’s funny (and sad) to be 2nd by a point when one of your select returns -1 point.
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Cheers!
Its the Mark from Holy Divers 😬
People are making way too much out of this west ham game In our last 13 games in all comps, We’ve beaten Liverpool twice, city, Chelsea, wolves, Norwich, Watford, Southampton as well as ofc West ham and Fulham. We also drew with Leicester. We lost to villa and spurs. Thats a win % of 77% across all comps, including a cup win and a mini cup win for the charity shield. You guys need to realize that no club, including the league winners plays well every game or wins every week. Even the invincibles put in some pretty drab draws… Read more »
@Ishola : why didn’t’ he kept the same team, with the same tactics, than the games vs Chelsea and Liverpool, THAT is the real mystery!!
*didn’t
“If people think we can sign edouard, Aouar and partey and never struggle against a poor team again you lot are in for a very rude awakening.”
Don’t worry about me, I don’t think we will sign any of them. lol
For everyone’s reference if we matched our form from the last 13 games across all comps through the whole PL season we’d end up on 87 points and probably win the league.
I’m not expecting it to happen but my point is we have a lot more to be positive about right now. If we maintain our current levels without even improving we’ll be doing absolutely great quite frankly. So we struggled against west ham. It happens
Ishola70 The West Ham was awful, I agree. I think we might have come in a little over-confident and West Ham were up for it after getting turned over the week before. Because Fulham were so poor, it masked the fact that players like Gabriel and Willian still have to sync with the rest of the team. Willian and Bellerin weren’t on the same page, for example. That will improve over the next few weeks. With Tierney out, it meant our fluency on both sides was really lacking. Let’s not forget that this was effectively Leno’s first serious game back… Read more »
Actually if we maintained this form we’d break 90 points because I didn’t add points from draws to the 87 from wins
China
It’s about consistency levels and apart from the cup games there were too many draws in the EPL all round since Arteta took over.
This team still has a lot to prove and a few are getting ahead of themselves here.
The line is still that Arsenal must prove themselves to be more than a cup team this season.
Have to say that Bale coming in on loan will make our matches with them even spicier. A frontline of Kane-Son-Bale against a likely back 3 of Holding-Luiz-Gabriel is a pretty terrifying thought.
https://readarsenal.com/2020/09/22/lazio-close-to-agreeing-deal-for-shkodran-mustafi/ “Calciomercato claims Lazio have identified Mustafi as a priority for the centre of their defence, with Arsenal willing to sell for around £13million. The report states that asking price could even drop to £11million.” Yes please. Just have to sell another player or 2 to afford 1 midfielder. This is the problem when you have so many ageing, underperforming and overpaid players still on the books, you have to sell 3-4 players to afford one of your targets. Was the same last summer too. Hopefully after next summer we don’t have to deal with that shit anymore and can… Read more »
However, it’ll be interesting to see how many games Bale, Kane and Son play together. They all have recent injury issues.
I agree ishola I just think the mood swings way too fast here
Our current form is excellent. If we dropped quite significantly down to a 60% win record for the rest of the season and drew a good handful of games, we’d comfortably break 70 points and probably be in the CL next year
We don’t need miracles to achieve our goals this season.
About creativity issues We had 6 shots right? On creativity issues, it was actually encouraging. In the first half, Saka and Auba made great runs in behind which Xhaka and Ceballos just didn’t take advantage of. Xhaka is gradually recovering from all the abuse he received but he is not fully recovered yet. He misplaced a pass to Saka at 2:30 mins and after that he ignored all passes to Saka BTL for a while because he was scared of losing the ball. Eventually for the first goal,he does find Saka BTL and the move goes ahead and we score.… Read more »
Ishola Obviously Martinez is better than Leno at commanding the box and handling crosses Never disputed that. Its a point everyone says so why repeat that. I meant Martinez’s flaws in positioning and sweeping and Leno’s flaws in handling crosses cancel each other out. Distribution is where the gap is.. Its quite possible for Leno to have a Kepa moment against liverpool. I wanted Martinez as our no 1. Secondly,our performance was not good upto 50 mins and I have given reasons for that in a different comments. But our intensity clearly died down post 50 mins and that is… Read more »
Captain
Ilaria recommended our new #2/3 GK. Also recommended Brentford GK. Hope his coaching skills are superior to his knowledge of gk’s. Sure not batting a hundred so far.
“Xhaka is gradually recovering from all the abuse he received but he is not fully recovered yet.”
Well that just confirms we have to sell him because once fans are back in the ground the abuse will be back.
Congrats for the longest comment ever in Le Grove history!!
*Inaki Cara
“Ilaria recommended our new #2/3 GK. Also recommended Brentford GK. ”
Reeks of contact scouting to me.
* to @leftfootcurler
Marc
It reeks of an unreliable coach to me.
Bojangles
Where’s the data driven scouting?
Maybe there is a plan B (or maybe it’s plan bs.) It has been suggested that if we can’t get Aouar or Partey we may go in for Amadou Diawara.
Left Foot
“saying Arsenal are a “cup team” is just lazy.”
So what term would you use to describe this team at this time?
Are you another that is getting ahead of themselves here?
And why take umbrage at that term anyway. It was a very good achievement from Arteta to land the FA Cup so early in his tenure.
The main point is that Arsenal need to show that they can improve on consistency in the league.
Marc
It appears to still be wrapped up in the unopened cd box.
I’m not sure it’s a good thing, but I don’t see much of a gap between us and Tottenham’s squads. There’s a lot of cancelling each other out (Kane/Auba, Lloris/Leno,and misfits Ozil/Ali).
The only player we can’t match up with is Son, assuming that Bale won’t be the same man of his peak years..Martinelli is similar in style but even if fit he needs a lot more development to get close to the Korean.
Maybe this keeper is an absolute beast in all the stats we aren’t looking at… like hair growth speed, number of cream eggs he can fit in his mouth or tik tok followers
All perfectly valid criteria to judge a keeper I might add
I’ll reserve judgment for now away
Left Foot
When a term like cup team is mentioned that is because Arsenal have won the domestic cup most recently but have disappointed in the league for several seasons.
Until that is remedied hopefully this season that is how it currently stands.
I said above if you win 60% of your league games and draw a handful you break 70 points and probably get top 4
So I’m gonna start the countdown today!
60% of 38 is 23, games we need to win! 2 down, 21 left! You heard it here first! They should employ me in the stats department
For all the referee fans out there, Craig Pawson will be in charge of the Arsenal/Pool game.
Kaz
We’ll talk on the 6th of October
I am pretty sure we’re getting at least 1 of Partey and Aoaur.
Both in the ideal situation.
And believe it or not both of those players improve us considerably.
Seems Sheffield U are coming back for Balogun with the same £3 mil offer even though that offer had reportedly been turned down by Arsenal previously.
Emirates Stroller I’m late to congratulate on your post criticising the yabbering, idiotic CG Calling probably one of the hottest current strikers in Europe yesterday’s man is ridiculous but the man spouts garbage continuously. That’s ok but it’s always negative about the club ( one he predicted would win the league this season !) If you’re an Arsenal fan you wish the best for the club. Of course things need to be analysed and continually criticised but CG and his ilk never have a positive agenda . They are waiting for Arsenal to fail. What sort of supporter is that… Read more »
It was a mistake selling Emi. He exuded big alpha confidence which made the whole back 4 have a sense of security which we haven’t experienced since Jens. It almost felt like he was the catalyst to the start of the real Arteta era, and us winning two trophies. I had forgotten what it’s like to have faith in our keeper – what a rare joy it was. That, to me, is worth more than chipping in some money to unproven midfielders. I would have made Emi no.1 and made Leno work for his place – easy decision. Leno has… Read more »
Who the fuck do you believe. Yesterday or the day before it was reported that Guendouzi had handed in a transfer request. Today, no such request has been proffered.
Leftfootcurler
‘There is no issue with the 343. We don’t even play with 343 in possession.In possession its 433 in the build up play.2-3-5/ 3-2-5 when we have the ball in the final 3rd.
We are not lacking numbers in attack.Nor are we defensively exposed.
Our settled shape is 5-4-1.We are quite complete tactically. We mainly have personnel issues.’
Great post and well explained to those who can’t see the game in front of them with their own eyes.
Yes banford that’s you and your bullshit 7am comment.
7am (Tim Stillman) is pretty reliable in his analysis. Haven’t read his latest offering but I trust him generally.
Bojnagles “””””””Seems Sheffield U are coming back for Balogun with the same £3 mil offer even though that offer had reportedly been turned down by Arsenal previously.”””””” Thats is. Sell more of the talented youngsters coming through like him and Greenwood. ( and even Martinez) We can use these funds to give Edus’ chums Willian, Cedric, Luiz and Marys blockbusting contracts they patently do not deserve instead. If Balogun and Greenwood are good enough for Wilder and Bielsa – they are good enough for Arsenal and Arteta. Arsenal selling the future for ageing Brazilian speaking mercenaries ain’t what this club… Read more »
Even if he is American.
Bojangles it wasn’t Tim Stillman (I agree he’s very good and normally on point) it was a comment pasted from the comment section that Banford strangely though was worth sharing and informative.
It wasn’t.
Sell more of the talented youngsters coming through like him and Greenwood. ( and even Martinez)
Martinez coming through at 28 it seems.
Maybe that’s the problem with a lot of people they still see Martinez as this young talented keeper who was waiting to make the breakthrough and not this 27/28 year old who never convinced over nearly 10 years.
Red Army
Sorry about that. I scroll past Bamfords posts so didn’t see it was a comment.
Marko
Would you agree that it comes down to a difference of opinion rather than it having to be someone is right and others are wrong. (Re Martinez)
Marko
“”””Martinez coming through at 28 it seems.””””
Its young in goalkeeping terms.In fact its the perfect age.
As we witnessed at Villa Park, where Martinez stayed perfectly still on his goal-line and made a magnificent save from the penalty kick on his home debut. No nerves, just class.
Three points for Villa and a significant part of his fee already paid for.
I’m just pleased Chelsea didn’t come in for Martinez, that would of been a tough one to take on board.
Martinez has impressed from his first game. Could not have matured overnight at 28.
Just asking , are there prejudices which prevent trying out and assessing personnel ?
AFC being such a dictatorial caucus makes such discoveries difficult
ES You are spot on with a lot of things but this I just can’t agree with: “Clearly we need to recruit Partey to provide more solidity in central midfield than Ceballos is able to offer. Ceballos is in my view better suited for cup games than in league where the opponents are more likely to play an “open” game.” Even if he isn’t creating sparks in midfield and driving us forward, he keeps things ticking (just like xhaka) but can also cover ground and put in a proper shift defensively (unlike xhaka). How often do you see xhaka get… Read more »
So, chances are fans are not getting into stadiums this side of Christmas. Will this push for clubs to get their own TV packages up and running ? We won’t be able to see all of Arsenal’s games via Sky and BT Sport (UK), correct me if I’m wrong. I’m sure it’s very complex with TV rights and all but we as fans want to watch all our clubs games and as discussed before, would be willing to pay for it.
Would you agree that it comes down to a difference of opinion rather than it having to be someone is right and others are wrong.
You need to direct that to the people who think Martinez is better than Leno and who think we made a mistake selling him
Three points for Villa and a significant part of his fee already paid for.
You are so fucking stupid it’s unreal. But fair enough if 3 points with him in goal represents part of his transfer fee paid for then Leno paid for himself a very long time ago. In fact I think we might owe him money…
When we have a defence (including a solid midfield that opposition players can’t just stroll through) that can actually defend balls into the box and set pieces, we won’t have to be as reliant on Leno coming out off his line.
Leaving him to do what he does best, stop shots.
That is surely more important than a lot of people seem to believe at the moment.
He does need to improve around the 6 yard box but still a better defence will also make Leno look better, works both ways.
How can anyone argue about Martinez vs Leno situation? It’s perhaps as big a mistake as selling RVP to Utd. Here it’s not about strengthening a rival but shooting ourselves in the foot by dropping all those potential points Emi could have saved due to him being a superior keeper. One of the key aspects of being a world class keeper is the frame and height. That allows the keeper to catch the ball easily over the other players, no rocket science that. Leno literally never comes out to collect crosses. That weakeness itself will see us concede goals from… Read more »
Buzzy our defence or lack of it over the last few seasons is also supposed to clear balls out of the box you know
Awfully quiet out there in the transfer ether.
And whether it was the right or wrong decision, it’s done.
And our backline is slowly looking better on paper, we will see the influence that has on Leno when they start gelling on the pitch.
I’d say there are times where Leno second guesses coming out; and subsequently flapping or punching, because he backs himself to be able to make a reflex save but doesn’t back the defender to win the aerial ball.
He can definitely improve on that. And so can our CBS.
Yeah maybe making excuses but ah well. They’ve all been made for Martinez.
Goobergooner
Fair enough. Only time will tell.
Buzzy I hope so, cause it’s what we’re stuck with for the season !😂
Xhaka has improved, but he is a horrible “quarterback” style midfielder. Not good in the tackle, not mobile enough, always looking for the Hollywood pass. Doesn’t assist enough, doesn’t score and He doesn’t provide any balance there. We wouldn’t be after a DM and an AM of that prick was any good.
Wonder how divided that locker room is over the sake of Martinez. Really short sighted and stupid decision by Arteta and Edu. Martinez was raised and dipped in Arsenal colors and brought so much confidence and embodied the new spirit of Arteta and Arsenal. Sorry but Leno isn’t Oblack.
How many games has he actually won for Arsenal?
With Emi in goal on the run he had to close the season, I actually believed that with him we had a chance regardless of opposition.
Anyway nough said. Only Arsenal could ruin something so easy and logical …, Stupid club
Buzzy
“”””””How can anyone argue about Martinez vs Leno situation? It’s perhaps as big a mistake as selling RVP to Utd.”””””
this is worse.
RVP had two years maximum at the top level when our Wenger flogged him for £25 million( painful although it was)
Martinez has 8-10 years maximum,
As The G, rightly stated.at some time at some stage he will need to be replaced eventually- because the replacements will have to be replaced as they will not be up to the Martinez gold standard.
Old fashioned incompetence.
Goober, you say it’s done then you continue to analyze the keepers In your next post. It may well turn out to be a bad decision, but we have to move on. Arsenal fans are experts at punishing ourselves over poor decisions, but the fact is we now have a management at the club who are comfortable making the big and quick decisions. Some will be right and some will turn out wrong, but at least we know they’re for the right reasons. Ostensibly we’ve sold a good and improving second keeper to get funds to fill a position we’ve… Read more »
Godfather, he was refusing to sign a contract extension without guarantees of first team football. I don’t think Martinez bleeds red and white. I also don’t think either of them are good enough to be guaranteeing first team football. Wrong decision it might have been, but it’s a decision and we need that as a football club and as a business. If your ex girlfriend starts going out with Brad Pitt, of course you’re going to feel bad for losing her and question what could have been, but eventually you’ll be glad she’s ruining some other mugs life rather than… Read more »
Chelsea look like they’re about to sign up a goalkeeper with similarities to Martinez (price, age, career appearances overall) but then you look at his clean sheets and appearances at a higher level and the similarities between them end.
FOR FUCKS SAKE MARTINEZ WANTED TO LEAVE – HE SAID FUCK YOU AND FUCK ARSENAL.
When are people going to get this through their skulls?
Walt
“”””FOR FUCKS SAKE MARTINEZ WANTED TO LEAVE – HE SAID FUCK YOU AND FUCK ARSENAL.””””
Only because Arteta said he was back on the bench,
(I Would have done the same) if I had performed his heroics.
What about his performance at home against Liverpool?
Leno is good- but not at Martinez’s level.
As usual, you are wrong.
Moron
I am not wrong, you actually say I’m right:
“!Only because Arteta said he was back on the bench,”
Fucking retard contradicts himself in a comment that only has half a dozen or so lines.
“”””””How can anyone argue about Martinez vs Leno situation? It’s perhaps as big a mistake as selling RVP to Utd.”””””
Like I said I wanted Emi to stay but how do you come to this conclusion exactly? Based on how he did over 15 top flight games?
Drama and hyperbole in the extreme. I just hope we don’t waste the Martinez sales funds and invest it in the squad!! Put the money into the first team!!!
Actually Edouard Mendy is the definition of a late bloomer. He’s only popped off the last 3 years. He seems to have been brilliant at Reims with a lot of clean sheets in ligue two and it carried over into ligue Un and then he got his move to Rennes where he continued to impress and now he’s got his move to Chelsea. His sample size with which to judge his quality is clearly far bigger than Martinez’s 10-12 games. Did Chelsea underpay for him or did we just happen to get a great deal for Emi.
Emi is quality and his reputation will only grow with time. Marko, you are judging him on his CV alone and not focusing on his attributes, not a holistic way of judging players.
The dead horse continues to take a beating.
The dead horse continues to take a beating.
CG
I agree.
Martinez did not want to leave. He loved the club.
He knew he was better than Leno but wasn’t prepared to except playing second fiddle to a substandard keeper. When you’ve played second fiddle to the likes of Almunia, Fabianski, Ospina and past his sell by date Cech, you have to re-evaluate your future.
We cocked up…………BIG TIME!!
It doesn’t take an Einstein to see that Leno is not a top keeper.
For me, this is as significant as not sorting out our creative department.
Having a top keeper is essential if you want to progress.
Leno is not a top keeper.
Sorry folks.
This Blasé attitude of some fans to losing Martinez is typical Arsenal.
I’m sorry but Arteta has taken a step backwards with this decision.
Marc
You are wrong.
If Wenger has made this decision I would have been just as annoyed.
Says it all really.
The Martinez argument goes on. Good he saved a penalty yesterday but never remember him saving one at the community shield. When you are miserable, you are miserable. The way people go about it you will think it’s a puzzle that requires clairvoyance gift to solve. He wasn’t ready to fight it out with Leno which only him can give a reason for. He made himself available for transfer and even appreciate the club for respecting his wish. Good luck to him over there. Once beaten twice shy. We can’t continue to hoard players when we have cogent areas to… Read more »
you are judging him on his CV alone and not focusing on his attributes
I am am very much focusing on his attributes since it’s his attributes that have led him to have the career that he’s had so far.
Graham
“””””For me, this is as significant as not sorting out our creative department.””””””
off course it is.
A midfielder can make x 10 mistakes a game and it might not cost you a goal
A keeper makes x 1 clanger and you can blow the season and cost your club £100 million.
Ask the Brentford keeper whose clanger cost them the game against Fulham.
Thats right, the one Arsenal want to spend £10 million on!
Losing martinez is bad but saying things like leno is not a top keeper beggars belief. Best player behind auba till his injury last season. But most arsenal fans need to go star in memento cause they have the memory of a goldfish. Aruar and partey are looking like a waste of time. Same old arsenal. No plan B. A player not available, okay, get in the back up. Done and dusted. But of course we get dragged around and still end up paying big money for dross that we will find very hard to move on in 2 years… Read more »
“I’m sorry but Arteta has taken a step backwards with this decision”
Is this supposed to be a fact or mere opinion?
“The dead horse continues to take a beating.”
Sal
We have to make sure the horse is truly dead.
andy1886September 22, 2020 09:47:10
“I see that spectating at organised sports has been postponed – so no fans at games in October as originally planned. Anyone who got a ticket in the ballot must be so disappointed.“
Andy, did I hear correctly there might be another lockdown in the works for you guys?
Wasn’t there an infectious disease expert on here predicting 10k Covid deaths was the upper limit for the UK ?
I’d like to hear from that guy again, he seemed pretty sure of himself some three or four months ago.
Can we just end the Martinez vs Leno debate?
What’s done is done and Martinez sealed his fate with that interview.
Really hope we don’t go swapping players with Chelsea, we always come off worse.
If they want a player they can pay top dollar just like anyone else.
I don’t think they have a player (they are willing to swap) that could improve us.
Jim
Im quite excited by the prospect of swapping Douzi for Kante, i’m sure Lampard is as well.
Azed
Let me know when you can verify true death.