A very quick post from me today because I have just finished up a pitch and I have zero mental strength to give.
Arsenal signed Icelandic keeper, Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson from Dijon. He’s been given the number 13 which would indicate to me he’ll be the number two this season. I can’t say I’ve been thrilled by his numbers. I’m no expert, but conceding two a game with the second-lowest save percentage in the league doesn’t exactly reek of sauce… but, we’re living in a world where Mustafi was our most important defender this year. So we’ll see.
I’ve seen a few people saying that the keeping coach making these reccos is doing what Raul did with players. Big fat NO here. Our keeping coach is an actual expert. His rep is on the line with this signing, so you’d expect if he’s going big on this name, there’s something we don’t know about… or he just likes handsome blonde boys?
He’d better be good. No one likes to see their majestic ex save a penalty on his debut and keep a clean sheet. MISS YOU EMI.
Arsenal head to Leicester in our first cup game of the year. I’m surprised they kept the tournament going this season if I’m honest. Is the schedule not beastly enough? I have no idea how Mikel is going to treat it. Does he do a Jose and gun for it? Or does he treat it like Arsene would… give it to the kids to shine. I think we’d all love it if we went the junior route with a bit of experience. It’d be nice to see Balogun, even if he is going. Patino, Azeez, Saliba, Kido Taylor-Hart, Ozil… plenty of potential that could excite.
The main thing I’d like to come away with is a win, then ZERO injuries. It’d also be nice to see a performance after our clunky 90 against West Ham.
Dave Ornstein reaffirmed our intention to sign both Aouar and Partey. It feels a long way off right now, but these things can rapidly change as you know. He also confirmed what I’ve been telling you for a while, Reiss could be loaned (I was told sold).
A clunky old week. I am tired. Need to beer. See you tomorrow. xxx
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Suck on it, grooveydaddy 🙂 . It’s US time post. I rule those.
Should have sold Leno and kept Martinez. Martinez is the more reliable keeper. Leno nearly cost us the game with his poor handling of the crosses against West Ham.
“I’m surprised they kept the tournament going this season”
That’s what I like about the FA. They take care of the lower league teams, who will share some TV money and also gain some experiences playing against better teams.
Saladin
Not happy we sold Emi as well. And we probably could’ve gotten more money for Leno. Runar on 40k a week for 4 years makes no sense. Karius would be a better and cheaper option… and I’m only half joking.
Sitting on the bench.
Upstate
True. This might be an exaggeration but Martinez is the first keeper since Seamen who makes me feel comfortable. Somebody you can trust with your box. As great as Jens was, he had that madness about him where he could do something goofy out of the blue.
Jesus Christ this place is amazing. I’m a little embarrassed by how much I’ve laughed catching up with the comments I missed.
I was busy boozing in Laos. Wait, that’s not right. Lagos, I was out with my pals in Lagos.
Martinez vs Leno…
Ahhhh crap… Here we go again.
I knew Jamie was a World Citizen, the best are.
Apparently David Moyes,Issa Diop,David Cullen have caught Covid19 virus.
All football should be called off.
Regarding GK, we were raising cash to buy midfielders.
Rather than getting the best possible GK,club’s target probably was to get the best possible GK in the least amount of money.
So Probability of getting a good GK was always low.
They want to use the money from Martinez sale to fund Partey+Aouar.
Well Rúnar has as much experience as Chelsea’s new Ligue one addition, apparently thats enough for some on here. And we bagged him for a 20th the cost. Slam dunk Edu.
Pedro
I do not see the maths of recruiting both Partey and Gabriel in this transfer window.
1. I don’t see Arsenal spending £95 Million on these 2 players. Even if we offload players we
are unlikely to generate more than £25-30 Million in transfer fees on current evidence.
2. Arsenal need to offload at least 5-6 players to meet current squad rules. I suspect that we
will be successful in offloading Sokratis, Kolasinac, Torreira but it is unclear who else will
go. Obviously both Guendouzi and Ozil are persona non grata but how do you offload
them?
Runar. can’t be on 40k weekly. That’s an easily spottable lie.
I meant Aouar not Gabriel.
Multiple sources posted the same numbers
https://dailycannon.com/2020/09/runarsson-deal-details-fee-contract-length-wages/
“That’s what I like about the FA. They take care of the lower league teams, who will share some TV money and also gain some experiences playing against better teams.”
@Nelson, Or else they are grabbing for all the money they can…?
Don’t see us signing both but it could easily be true if Arteta joined us in assurances of spending next season. He got us European football which would have been his target when he joined. Lyon do want to sell but are trying to arm twist us into paying a lot of money considering current financial climate. Id personally be happier if we signed only Partey as I’m not convinced about 4-3-3. We need a completely dominant back 4 for that, and i don’t see that right now with Bellerin. Also Tierney is best suited to the LCB role. He… Read more »
Well Rúnar has as much experience as Chelsea’s new Ligue one addition, apparently thats enough for some on here. And we bagged him for a 20th the cost. Slam dunk Edu.
Not much experience as a number one. Statistically speaking Chelsea are getting a good one
Upstate
Thanks for that link
We haven’t learned our lessons properly yet.
Dijon paid him £6000 weekly, if you believe the internet https://salarysport.com/football/ligue-1/dijon/
How do we ramp up his wages from 6k weekly to 40k weekly?
Aaagh,.. still question that 40k weekly. Even Saka is on 25k weekly.
Didn’t Saka get a new and improved contract?
I can guarantee if one of our rivals sold their no.2 keeper for £20m and bought his replacement for £1.5m, it would be hailed as good business.
Emi, regrettably has gone. We must move on. If we are serious about improving our midfield someone had to go… and yes I would have preferred if Elneny, Sokratis, Chambers and Holding went before Martinez but who said life was fair?
Plus has anyone seen how Villa treat their keepers? Martinez, I believe, is their 3rd keeper purchased in 5 years… to be honest… surprising that Emiliano chose them…
In other news, Cedric, is again injured. What an absolute pointless signing. A younger Lichtensteiner… and no… that is not meant as an compliment.
The question is who thought it was a good decision to give Cedric and Mari 4 year contracts?
Emi was excellent. But it was 13 games. Not a large sample. Plus – Leno being sold would require him agreeing to leave – which likely depends on who wanted him. Given he is number 1 at a club that is still in the top 15 -20 in Europe – and that most clubs outside England are broke – who is on his list ? PSG maybe Dortmund – maybe – but a pay cut Chelsea Man utd – maybe Inter – but a pay cut Can’t think of another that could afford the fee, the wages and needs a… Read more »
The clowns at arsenal have changed but the circus is still the same.
Im telling you for free!
Thiago Silva is also injured I dont see any Chelsea fans moaning . Its only Arsenal fans that have a lot of bs opinions , Martinez shouldnt have been sold , Cedric is a disaster , Arteta is stupid . Get a grip guys. Let the man do his mfking job .
Thirteen games isn’t a large sample but it’s more than you get to judge a player on at a World Cup for example where Everton’s James made his name and subsequent went for huge money (and anyone who tells you they knew all about him prior to that screamer is a liar).
Incase you havent noticed, Chelsea are in the CL and have made solid signings,
Arsenal are 8th with thomson and thompson in midfield.
Arsenal need to make a decision shortly which of Partey and Aouar they will buy. Realistically they are not going to buy both in this window. The simple fact is that Arsenal are struggling to sell both Guendouzi and Torreira. None of the clubs willing to recruit either player is going to buy them. All the offers coming in are loans or loans with option to buy, which is frankly worthless apart from taking the players off the payroll. Of real concern is that we have got ourselves in a mess with both players plus Ozil, because the three know… Read more »
Molasses FC.
It’s like Arsenal operates in a parallel universe where a day is constructed of 72 hours.
Shad
Yes we are treading treacle at the moment.
However, I am fairly confident that we will offload several unwanted players albeit probably
on loan or freebie basis. I don’t see us making any significant sales in this window apart from
Martinez.
Wondering why the owners cannot pump some investment into this midfield. We are so excruciatingly slow in the transfer market I genuinely cannot wait until it is over.
And in a window where we are struggling to offload players to further invest you can see why Martinez was sold. He gathered interest and wanted guarantee over playing time which nobody should demand. He also wanted to go because those assurances couldn’t be offered.
You can’t want these shiny new midfielders and then continually complain at the only decent ish money we have got from sales so far.
Hopefully there is some action and soon, can’t see it being before the Liverpool game.
The oracle said it all depends on the kroenkes to do the needful.
Kroenkes needs to at least avail some fund in form of loan to get our major targets
We are still waiting for qualidee
I think Nelson loan is a win-win for both the player and the club. He doesn’t yet have the mentality to start for us but he certainly has lots if talent. It isn’t a coincidence that he was compared with Sancho in all his developing years and even rated higher than him. We have seen that in flashes in in the Australia pre-season where he outshone Malen, at Hoffenheim during his early season purple patch and at Arsenal too. I reckon the club find him a Championship club challenging for the top 6 where he will be a key player.… Read more »
I believe he is *NOT* ready to play out a …
Guys, no need to talk about Emi anymore. He is no longer a gunner
Meanwhile, I think we might get either Partey or Aouar but not both. I would put my money on Partey.
Pedro
“So we’ll see”
What a strange state of affairs that we rid ourselves of one of our best players of recent months, who was pivotal in our defensive improvements, then have to 🙏🙏 that the incoming player is up to scratch.
I will not continue with the Martinez/Leno debate.but what I will add is that, from the teams perspective, we have taken a major step back.
A rookie as your #2 and a liability as your #1.
I find it unbelievable.
40k for 4 years for the shittest keeper in La Liga last season, you couldn’t make this shit up
On top of that you sell the best keeper we have had in 15 years for next to nothing
Is Wenger back at the club??
“Guys, no need to talk about Emi anymore. He is no longer a gunner”
Its not that simple, the deal makes no sense! Somebody dropped the ball massively
“I will not continue with the Martinez/Leno debate.but what I will add is that, from the teams perspective, we have taken a major step back.”
This is a fact
The fact that our transfer window has gone to shit since Raul left is worrying
Pedders
“No one likes to see their majestic ex save a penalty on his debut and keep a clean sheet. MISS YOU EMI.”
Steady now.
You’ll get them going again.
“major step back.A rookie as your #2 and a liability as your #1.”
Calling Leno a liability because of your weird love for that goner shows clearly you POV and agenda.
Moaning is allowed
“The fact that our transfer window has gone to shit since Raul left is worrying”
Yes, like spending mammoth 75M on pepe which we are still suffering couples with the covid-19 effect.
Steveyg87 – if someone dropped the ball massively it was Leno!
In other news yesterday Guendozy put in a formal transfer request…..like we’d have been blocking people from buying the curly haired f**kwit!
Stevie
“”””40k for 4 years for the shittest keeper in La Liga last season, you couldn’t make this shit up”””””
Martinez was supposedly on half of that!!!
Never complained once, never rocked the boat.
True professional throughout his 10 year Arsenal tenure.
Seven loans, moving from pillar to post.
A magnificent example to all the other Arsenal trainees.
One, a monumental own goal in selling him.
Two ,in selling him for buttons.
Three, in replacing him with this flimsy looking thing.
Martinez should been an Arsenal 20 year stalwart..
Very sad.
@CG –
“Never complained once, never rocked the boat.”
Asked to leave the club but never mind that.
Worrying thing?
DO ARSENAL HAVE A BACK UP PLAN IF THE AOUAR /PARTEY DEALS
GO TITS UP?.
Partey seems pretty well nailed on ?
But the AOUAR deal the more important
to me deal is still worrying.
Saladin
“True. This might be an exaggeration but Martinez is the first keeper since Seamen who makes me feel comfortable. Somebody you can trust with your box. As great as Jens was, he had that madness about him where he could do something goofy out of the blue.”
Saladin you naughty little girl!🤭
Jim
“””Asked to leave the club but never mind that.””””
I see your point…( i was referring to his 10 year overall conduct)
But the club ultimately forced his hand.
I cant think another club that would have chosen this outcome.
What happems if Leno gets red carded or injured tonight?
Who is in goal at Anfield?
“DO ARSENAL HAVE A BACK UP PLAN IF THE AOUAR /PARTEY DEALS”
The oracle actually tweeted that we have alternatives for the two but my worry is the time factor.
So, Martinez is better than Jens lehmann?
Over how many matches?
“Asked to leave the club but never mind that.”
Jim
This was obviously after he was informed that he would be no.2 keeper, cant fault him for wanting to be a starter. He’s 28, prime keeper age, been called up for Argentina. What else does he need to do to be number 1?
“So, Martinez is better than Jens lehmann?”
You twisting words mate
Emi, on corners, reminded me of Van Der Sar, you can bet your house he’s collecting the ball.
It is interesting to note that all top six clubs in EPL are struggling to make sales of unwanted players in this transfer window. Arsenal are not alone in this pursuit. The only significant sale was Sane by Man City to Bayern Munich. The second largest sale is Martinez from Arsenal to Aston Villa. One suspects that most of the secondary clubs in EPL and clubs in Europe know that the top 6 need to offload some of their unwanted players to meet registration quota. They are hoping to recruit these players either on loans or swaps. Arsenal need to… Read more »
Obafemi N’Golo Jamie
Welcome back, your minor absence hurt the pride of a few famed Le Grovians yesterday. Also, had my sides splitting but that’s besides the point haha
Big mistakes made with the keeper situation. Whichever way you look at it, the new guy looks distinctly average and that being kind. If we come to rely on him for any prolonged period this season and it costs us as many suspect it will, that decision will have to go down as one of the worst ever and for a club like Arsenal, that takes some doing! Also, another week gone and another week of no movement. I wish I shared the optimism of some who point out that ‘there are still 12 days left before the window closes’.… Read more »
CC –
So funny!
They were like “Let’s settle this once and for all, Jamie – where are you from?”
“You twisting words mate”
Only an idiot won’t get what you were implying.
I rest my case on this goner ‘s saga.
The Rúnarsson interview was a tough watch. He always looks like he is about to burst into tears.
Patino, Azeez, Saliba, Kido Taylor-Hart, Ozil… plenty of potential that could excite.
………………………….
Ozil? Potential?
Seriously, why is it that no matter who is dealing with our negotiations Dick Law, Huss, Edu, Mr blobby we take an absolute age with it! Honestly, it’s getting to the stage now that if we do sign Aouar and/or Partey that the excitement will have been well and truly sucked out of it, similar to the auba contract extension 😒
I remember when you used to look in the morning paper and find out that X player had signed for a team and it was a genuine surprise. Now every Tom , Dick and Harry knows whats going on.
Barcelona agreed to sell Suarez to Atlatico Madrid
Tee
All he said was the Jens had that madness about him, this is true. I think we have all seen enough of Martinez to have an opinion on his keeping abilities. Anyways, he’s gone now and some of us will take longer to process this. People ranted for years after we sold Cesc and RVP, Selling Emi was just as bad for the club
AS stating Torreira due for a medical at Atletico today.
Jamie
I know, so caught up in irony on the matter when told they took themselves/and here too seriously. Oh to be that stiff, guess the written word means some miss the subtle? Idk, only glimmer of redemption I can offer for something like that lol
Mari and Cedric 4 years deals look dodgier everyday!
Criminal in fact!
G8 Athletico Madrid have not bought Suarez. They are taking him on a free transfer just like Roma have negotiated with us for Mhitaryan and Everton have secured for Rodriguez from Real Madrid. That is why I have suggested that Arsenal will land up releasing Sokratis on a free transfer. No-one is going to pay a transfer fee for a player in his final year aged 30+ and earning almost £100 K pw. This is the current market reality. We will also land up having to loan players such as Torreira and Guendouzi in order to offload these players and… Read more »
Yes ES it’s less than 4 million nominal fee
Koeman wants to bring Depay to Barca
Emirates
Arsenal are not,going to release PapSok in the cheap.
He’s still here because his exit to Napoli is contingent on Napoli accepting a suitable bid for Koulibaly.
Koulibaly;s exit will go to the wire because the club are trying g to extract a maximum fee from city.
“Patino, Azeez, Saliba, Kido Taylor-Hart, Ozil… plenty of potential that could excite.”
There’s one player put by mistake in this list, by pierre ? Nope, by Pedro.
Would you be able to find who it is ? lol
“Seriously, why is it that no matter who is dealing with our negotiations Dick Law, Huss, Edu, Mr blobby we take an absolute age with it! Honestly, it’s getting to the stage now that if we do sign Aouar and/or Partey that the excitement will have been well and truly sucked out of it, similar to the auba contract extension 😒”
Things will improve when the cash comes in. It’s not too difficult to decipher
Charlie
” Oh to be that stiff, guess the written word means some miss the subtle? Idk, only glimmer of redemption I can offer for something like that lol
Charlie in full Shakespeare mode….
Dissenter I will put money on Arsenal releasing Sokratis on a freebie before end of transfer window unless someone comes in with a transfer bid. Napoli are not going to pay a transfer fee for a 32 year old in final year of contract earning almost £100K pw. You need to look around the market at the calibre of players now on offer on freebies or bosmans who are considerably better than Sokratis. Arsenal will let him go, because they need to offload centre back[s] and they will also get his wages off the books. He has in my view… Read more »
‘Arsenal’s French midfielder Matteo Guendouzi, 21, has handed in a transfer request’
It’s getting interesting. There must be a transfer offer for the player to be putting in a transfer request.
I’ve got to disagree with the people saying the Martinez transfer makes no sense. You may not agree with it, but you can see the logic behind it: – Midfield is the area shortest on quality – You need to raise cash to fix that priority – In goal, you have two good keepers. One’s contract doesn’t have long to go and he’s attracting solid cash bids. The other isn’t. – So sell to improve the midfield. You might be slightly weaker in goal, but that’s balanced by being much better further up the pitch. I’m sure if Leno was… Read more »
Tee Arsenal hoped to generate some transfers in this window apart from selling Martinez and that seems increasingly unlikely. We may make some small sales such as Balogun who is in final year of contract or perhaps some loan fees, and that looks increasingly outcome. I have always believed that Arsenal will buy Partey, but only at last minute when all potential sales have been exhausted. The club knows already that they will have to spend the money and AM are probably confident that we are going to do just that. If Torreira goes in other direction on loan it… Read more »
Emirates
If and when Napoli receive a transfer record fee for Koulibaly, they would have to replace him with a veteran who’s ready from day one. They’ve dropped out of CL spaces for the first time in 6 years and the competition is tight in Serie A.
There’s a market for tested veteran defenders. Don’t forget we sold Laurent Koschielny [on similar wages] for about 5 million to Rennes in 2019.
Stroller “That is why I have suggested that Arsenal will land up releasing Sokratis on a free transfer. No-one is going to pay a transfer fee for a player in his final year aged 30+ and earning almost £100 K pw.This is the current market reality. We will also land up having to loan players such as Torreira and Guendouzi in order to offload these players and meet our registration quota.” What you are basically saying is that our transfer strategy has been a total cock up since Wenger left. Guendouzi, Torreira, Sokratis, lichsteiner all players leaving for nothing. Leno… Read more »
2 and half years since Wenger left the club and despite spending 300 odd million on players, don’t be surprised to see a starting line up v liverpool consist of 8 or 9 players from the Wenger era.
Bellerin, Holding Xhaka , Elneny ,Saka ,Aubameyang, Lacazette, Kolasinac along with Martinez ( who should have been starting.) Will make up the bulk of the starting line up v Liverpool.
G8
“”””””Mari and Cedric 4 years deals look dodgier everyday!
Criminal in fact!”””””””
Presumably . these 2 journeymen were bought to play in these type of fixtures this evening but
off course, they are out injured.
8 years contract combined at £50 000 week =£21 million in salaries.
All happening under Arteta’s watch.
he clearly is a great defensive coach but his management of players contracts is something else.
Welcome Ole Runar !! lol
Pierre “Bellerin, Holding Xhaka , Elneny ,Saka ,Aubameyang, Lacazette, Kolasinac along with Martinez ( who should have been starting.) Will make up the bulk of the starting line up v Liverpool.” Don’t know why you put Martinez in there when he has left. Aubameyang who has turned out an excellent signing was brought in by Mislintat rather than Wenger. Wenger didn’t even hide this fact in the way he was several times churlish when asked about Aubameyang. So for those left over from your list how many top european clubs are champing at the bit to sign them? Dribbling over… Read more »
Pierre
Not read much Shakespeare obviously…
Lacazette, Saka and Bellerin would have some bigger clubs interested.
As for the rest you listed they are a big part why Arsenal have been in the Europa League wilderness.
Unbelievable that some still pine for Wenger even now in 2020.
Why is the market dead for Upamecano ? Legrove’s favorite defender not moving anywhere? Guy just dropped off the news completely
Nice to see other EPL clubs know how to spend!
“Wolves have completed the signing of Barcelona right-back Nelson Semedo for a fee that could rise to £37million.”
“The move takes Wolves’ summer spending to the £84m mark, after the arrivals of Fabio Silva, Fernando Marcal and Ki-Jana Hoever. The 20-year-old midfielder Vitinha has also joined on a season-long loan.”
Pierre What I am saying is that the combination of age + final year of contract + size of wages is a major factor with most unwanted players in top 6 clubs in EPL and elsewhere. I am not going to discuss history, because we know very well that the club has paid ridiculous transfer fees and wages for second rate players. However we are not alone in that situation. I think that both Torreira and Guendouzi are fair value for what Arsenal are attempting to sell them for. Unfortunately the current market conditions preclude that happening compounded by the… Read more »
Ishola
My point was / is , after spending fortunes we have basically the same team as Wenger left 2 and half years ago
Whether they are good enough is /was not my point.
This was supposed to be the new Arsenal that would put all the supposed failings of Wenger behind us.