A QUICK POST FROM ME TODAY.
I know we’ve been here before, but anyone dropping HOUSSEM SIGNS exclusives that is a random twitter handle or someone that has NEVER had a story in their life… is lying… or taking the weird guy at the end of the bar a little too seriously.
No intermediaries are calling up a random Twitter handle called @GOONERTVLEGIT to update him on the deal. Watching these outright liars correct each other on their stories is twilight zone stuff.
No one from Arsenal calls up a new website with logistics of a player deal.
My questions is this: Why do fans engage with it every year?
It is a game of hedging. You feel out where the wind is blowing, then you make a bet. If it lands, everyone thinks you are legitimate. If you don’t, no one forgets you told a big lie.
I’d like to see the study of young men around the globe that pretend to be transfer savants. What is the driving force? Clearly, it’s not being attractive to prospective partners. How much of it do they believe themselves? Is it a disorder?
Maybe it’s so attractive because it’s an easy thing to be good at? Like, making a name in football analysis or scouting is really tough. It’s a lot of effort. It takes time for people to care. Being an ‘ITK’ is as simple as setting up a twitter handle called @ARSENALTRANSFERSPY and firing out a rumour or two.
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Nothing really seemed to move that hard through official channels yesterday.
The most exciting rumblings circled around players exiting Arsenal. Bild reckon Leverkusen has struck an 11m euro deal for Kola. That is outrageous money if you ask me, I can’t believe they’ll pay that, but it’s huge regardless. That’s another £120k a week off the wage bill.
Maitland-Niles has been linked with United, who are desperate for anyone to join them. I’d deal with them if they wanted to pay their customary £50m, not sure £22m to strengthen a rival makes sense (again).
Fabrizio, the transfer god all the kids want to be in 2020, reckons Torreira is in Madrid today to nail down his move there. Arsenal hoping for a perm deal, I suspect Edu is suggesting Partey as a way to make that a little easier. I truly hope Arsenal have gone this far for Partey with a fairly strong inkling we’ll land the Ghanaian. We’re certainly cutting our midfield reinforcement recruitment fine if not.
Houssem Auoar is getting so much fake DONE DEAL news because everyone senses this one is close. Aulas is in a bit of a frenzy in the media as he tries to humiliate Arsenal into paying more money for his star. What seems fairly clear is that he can’t shake the giants of Europe into the battle for his star man. That leaves our £40m on the table… which in a global pandemic, probably looks quite good.
Interesting that Aulas cited the Pepe deal as proof we can go higher… no mate, that’s the reason we can’t go higher. What a waste of cash that is looking right now.
Talking of wasted cash… will Soares become a thing at some point, or are we just accepting that was the last gasps of a falling regime? He’s back in training, so let’s see.
I was also pondering Arteta and his ‘project’ mentality with players. He’s a little like the teen romance flicks where a girl takes on a ‘geek’ and makes him a total stud. When he was at City, his projects were Sane and Sterling. Donald Glover and Michael B Gordan in spectacles. He was coaching raw talent to greatness. Now his projects are a little uglier but he’s still gunning for them. He’s making players like Mo Elneny better, but the ceiling is low. Is his luxurious upbringing blurring his reality with some of these players?
I don’t know.
I think his coaching has made great improvements. The players want to win, they are holding each other and themselves accountable, and they fight until the bitter end. What it can’t do is stamp out the mistakes. We have the same collection of players as we did last year, those issues won’t go away that easily.
Also, our creativity and shot production is painfully low because the starting 11 hasn’t really changed. If we don’t create, does there come a point where we look at the system again? Lacazette is a weak link. Saka has been a chance creation kind of player. Will there be a moment in time when we try something new with the front three to unlock more?
These two midfielders that we’ll hopefully sign will make a big difference. Not just because they’ll be great as a pair, but because they offer us up a variety of different combinations that’ll give us more as a squad. Hopefully, those two unlock more creativity, give more variety in our shape, and make teams see us in a different light.
We don’t have them yet and we have another round with Liverpool FC at Anfield tomorrow evening. This game might be a little fairer. We’ll play a blend of youth and senior players and so will Liverpool. The game was 5-5 last year, so it’ll be interesting to see who has the better kids.
Eddie should lead the line. I expect to see Joe Willock back in that double pivot again. We’ll get to see what all the fuss about Saliba is, maybe next to Gabriel who has been impressive so far this season. Will we see some of the other kids? Azeez? Patino? BALOGUN? RUNAR?
What I’m hoping is there is some kid that is going to act as an understudy to Aouar this season. Surely, just one creative player for the season isn’t the plan?
So many possibilities.
Let’s hope we put on a show. I’ll join you for a podcast tomorrow. See you in the comments.
Castagne is tearing it up so far
Why didn’t we consider signing Doucoure from Watford? He looks a useful player – big, powerful and always seems to be at the right place at the right time.
Calvert-Lewin on fire.
Zach, I think we’ll exit Matteo. They really don’t want him around. U21, has a lot of potential, would not be shocked to see him at Lyon or Marseille.
Ancelottis Everton 19th goal scored in their last 5 fixtures.
Calvert Lewis, Richardson and co. entertaining the Everton fans with some swashbuckling stuff.
Handbrake fully off with Carlo.
Pedro
Guendouzi linked with a loan to Marseille today
Kolasinac + Niles out?
Zinchenko in?
I like Niles, he can do a job, but on the ,left he’s a bit like a square peg, in a round hole.
I’d be gutted to lose him, but buying a more functional player with PL experience, who’s much more accomplished in possession would make a lot of sense.
When I said we should sell Lacazette + Aubameyang, and punt the lot on Richarlison, I was accused of being Richarlison’s agent.
By the end of this season, he’ll be way out f our league and price range, he’s a brilliant football.
How can Everton manage to sign James Rodríguez? They don’t even have European football. Today, he plays as an ACM and looks pretty good.
Wengereagle
“”””Calvert-Lewin on fire.”””””
These are the types we should be persuing.
Imagine Arsenal having Zaha and Calvert Lewis up front in tandem.
If Calvert-Lewin stays hot, Everton can challenge for top4.
Nelson
‘How can Everton manage to sign James Rodríguez? They don’t even have European football. Today, he plays as an ACM and looks pretty good.”
They signed him on a free transfer but I bet the sign on bonus would have been HUGE, maybe in the 7-figures.
Why Everton plays most of their starting 11 in a cup game, except Iwobi? They don’t have academy players?
Everton have a lot of cash to spend. They have a quality manager in Ancelloti. He’s a bit behind in terms of the modern stuff like pressing, but he puts players in their right positions and does not overcomplicate things. Picks teams according to the strength of his players.
He isn’t trying to be the star of the show. Let’s see if they can continue the upward trend
Dream10
I don’t like Everton’s GK. The last two games, Leon didn’t look good too. Hope he settles down and recovers his last year’s form.
Nelson
Yep. Pickford is a liability. They should have gone for Martinez. Back four needs some work as well. They have consistently been linked to Todibo and Zouma.
Dream10
Zouma
Sorry?
Ishola70
He was on loan at Everton a few seasons back. Decent defender but they can do better if they go for a young prospect
Dream 10
He’s a bit behind in terms of the modern stuff like pressing….
Have a look at yourself eh?
Who are you in terms of coaching/managing?…just a commentator on a blog…Jesus.
Are you aware of what that man’s won in his career?….are you some spotty 20 year old in your bedroom playing ‘Football Manager’ on your PlayStation?
What a Chimp.
But Everton didn’t do high pressing like what the Pools did. But this requires a lot of energy. I don’t know whether Everton squad is deep enough. They even play most of their starting 11 today.
Nelson
They have a small squad. Lost Allan tonight to injury.
Digne at CB too.
If Everton get Zaha they’ll be a contender for top4 .
Jonny, he was beaten by Emery in the Europa League by Emery, he regressed Napoli, and the Bayern player found his training boring and his management too relaxed. His coaching is not what it was.
This is a boss lil stat: Dominic Calvert-Lewin is the first player to score hat-tricks in consecutive home games under Carlo Ancelotti since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2014. James Rodriguez played in all four matches.
Pedro,
The Bayern players may have found his training routine boring, but then they’re used to champagne and caviar.
Before Ancelotti, Everton players had Marco Silva and Sam Allardyce.. Carlo must feel like a refreshing change to them!
Everton look better than i can remember, won’t last depth wise but Don Carlo’s having a lil renaissance its seems.
http://backpagefootball.com/why-liverpool-wont-win-the-premier-league-this-season/126313/
In the absence of any news on transfers, I’ve posted the above.
Very conspiratorial, but still pretty interesting.
According to the writer, 63% of Liverpool’s squad are classified as having asthma; the U.K. average is 12%. Interesting, because, if you have asthma as an athlete, you are allowed to take a small number of performance enhancing drugs that other athletes are not allowed to have….so when you see Liverpool’s players running around like maniacs pressing ferociously, could it be the inhalers that keep them going?
Carlo’s been a fantastic manager over his career, has had success in Italy, England, France, Spain and Germany. [Shame they missed out on the league when he was at Real Madrid, would have been the only gaffer ever to have won every top 5 league in Europe]. 3 CL titles, really should have been 4. Jury is out on whether or not that he still has it though, still very early days at Everton as good as they look at the moment. Really struggled at Napoli and completely lost the dressing room and he also lost the players at Bayern… Read more »
A loan with an obligation to buy is also a possible outcome for this transfer and might satisfy both parties
Canal+ in reference to us and Aouar. That would be incredible as it would make a difference in us possibly getting Partey.
No Partey, No Party.
Wenger Eagle
To go back to the point I was making about the relative weakness of the Bundesliga to put Sancho’s numbers in perspective.
Note that Andrej Kramaric was dross at Leicester, goes over to German – gets inured for one season and now can’t stop scoring for Hoffenheim.
Th Bundesliga is filled with very technical teams but their defenses aren’t up to par. That’s why the likes of Xhaka and Kola can make team of he year.
*goes over to Germany – gets injured for one season and now can’t stop scoring for Hoffenheim.
Peak Carlo was AC Milan, he had the San Siro rocking. build the side around Pirlo, Gattuso and Seedorf patrolling. Maldini partnering Nesta with Kaka and peak Sheva slaying.
Unbeatable until Istanbul.
Forgot to add that payback must of been pretty sweet in 2007.
WE
I can only agree. 🙂
I am willing this to happen.
My football bible is open at this crucial page:
O great DB10, god of footballing,
Please allow us to have the Midfielder of our dreams.
The man who will pull the strings,
To enable us to have consecutive wins.
Partey is the man to make this team cream.
Nesta and Seedorf were particular favs of mine in that Milan side. Kaka was the titties as well
It’s going to be hilarious when MG and Ozil are announced as “like new signings” on Tuesday morning. Edu inexperienced is clearly on display. Why is he even entertaining AM if they aren’t willing to accept LT as part of the Partey deal. Probably Raul who has more clout than these novice would already get these deals done.
Dissenter Kramaric only played 600 mins of PL football, equivalent of 6.5 matches. He barely got a chance to show what he can do before Leicester gave up on him and shipped him off to Germany. And his stats pale in comparison to Sancho’s in the Bundesliga, he also takes a lot of penalties to prop up his goalscoring stats unlike Sancho who doesn’t take pens. Sancho is LEVELS ahead of Kramaric in literally every other metric of football stats cover. You probably still didn’t rate Gnabry this time last year such is your contempt for the Bundesliga. It’s not… Read more »
Lets get Zaha, Aouar, Coutinho and Partey all on loan.
With winning the EPL and CL money we can sign them all next year.
I still can’t understand how Carlo’s Milan side only won Serie A once during their prime stretch, really bizarre. Had s litany of greats in Shevchenko, Kaka, Pirlo, Seedorf, Nesta, Maldini, Cafu.
Juventus and Inter Milan were cleaning house in the league while Milan dominated Europe. As great a side as they were, they were much better suited to knockout football as they could beat literally anybody in Europe on their night, just struggled to maintain that consistency over a season.
Guns of SF
I have been a firm believer that if Zaha came to The Arsenal, his love for the club would carry and push him to do his best at every single game.
The kind of player that we need to try and push the ball into the final 3rd and create goals/ opportunities for himself others (like Auba) to score.
and others …
Yea I agree DB10
Zaha would be living his dream.
I said yesterday, I wish the team had a soul, and came for a life long gooner, ( who has himself tried to make a move to us)…..
Would show some real class
I mean a lot of footballers are gooners fan wise, but Zaha actually ticks the boxes we need and can help the team…
Talking of wasted cash… will Soares become a thing at some point, or are we just accepting that was the last gasps of a falling regime?
How cute, considering arteta was a major driving force behind this, he isn’t gone, is he? Nor is edu, so how could this be the last gasp?
I really agree with your term “soul”. We’ve been missing this ever since AW removed all remnants of the Invincibles.
We really need to have some bug character to pull this team upwards.
(I am not sure if Zaha is that big character but he will have the guile to move us forward)
It’s going to be hilarious when MG and Ozil are announced as “like new signings” on Tuesday morning.
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As a fan of the team .. what part of that scenario would be “hilarious’?
Must have missed the punch line.
If asthmatics can get to take performance enhancing drugs and Messi was allowed to take potentially performance enhancing steroids and growth hormones because he’s naturally a midget, does this mean from now on arsenals recruitment should focus entirely on midgets and asthmatics???
China
“….does this mean from now on arsenals recruitment should focus entirely on midgets and asthmatics???”
I thought it already did!!!!!!
Gunns SF
“Anyone with some good transfer news please post! 5 days to go!”
Good transfer news about Arsenal… hold the ‘phone I’ll be right back………………………………………………………………………………………your call if very important to us…….etc etc….
China1
The problem is that we have no money to buy enhancing steroids and growth hormones if no body wants to buy our doss players.
CC
“What kind of logic is this? You earn the right to play several games in a row at most clubs, but not here?”
Martinez….cough …cough….
TEN CLUBS in EPL have spent sofar more money in transfer window than ourselves. Indeed our current spend is only marginally more than Fulham!!!
What is blindingly obvious is that transfer mismanagement and inflated wages in recent years has impacted seriously on our ability to “control’ the way that the club is now able to offload players and recruit new ones.
Everyone on the planet knows very well our situation including unfortunately both Lyon and Athletico Madrid.
Haha Aussie not much good if we didn’t give them inhalers tho!
ES
100% correct.
Remind me again, who is to blame for this “ mismanagement and inflated wages” culture.
Oh yes, that’s right, it’s that French gentleman and his slimy sidekick who bailed ship a couple of years back.
Let’s not forget the real reason for all of this.
I realise for some though, this is hard to accept.
As I’ve said on numerous occasions, I’m really looking forward to that book coming out. Pretty sure though it won’t be worded in such a way.to tarnish his image.
Graham
Ivan and Kroenkes are the biggest guilty parties for our decline imo.
Wenger comes 3rd.
From ‘Liverpool Offside’ “Whoever starts for Arsenal, though, the bigger question may be over their approach. Arteta is looking to build a side that is comfortable playing out from the back, that can draw a high press side like Liverpool up the pitch and then beat that press, springing the break against what would then be an isolated backline. In Monday’s league game, though, his dogmatic approach—as well as an insistence on playing three at the back against Liverpool’s attacking trio and deadly fullbacks, something that has rarely worked for opponents—proved Arsenal’s undoing and only helped a well-drilled Liverpool to… Read more »
Captain Tierney
Not in my book.
It’s coming out next year.
“My life as a disgruntled Arsenal supporter between 2008-2018”
On my final chapter now.
Sorry Graham but that may just be your first volume, plenty more heartbreak to come I fear!
Graham
Sounds like a depressing read.
Volume 2 about Emery might be even worse. 😆
I’ll continue with Volume 3, the new dawn…
With the TW ending fast Arsenal managed to sell Martinez. Anyone else we’d rid of however possible?? Macy Sok Kolac Mustafi Holding Chambers Bellerin Ozil Guendouzi Elneny Torreira In an ideal world the following should be upgraded as well. Mari – should never have bought Soares – should never have bought Xhara AMN Nelson Willock Eddie LacaSad. – countdown last two year of contract and club could lose all Nelson, Willock and Eddie should at least go on loan if Arteta really wanted to keep them. As it is, the situation is pathetic. Money is being spent so it’s not… Read more »
@graham62.
Obviously agree.
Wenger altered the DNA of the club with help from the money-adoring kroenke.
We lost our tony Adams never say die mentality along the way as the club focused on its cash building business.
Wenger, the economist by trade and nature steered arsenal to a succession of qualifying positions for the lucrative champions league which became its identity.
Compare that to Liverpool and their obsession with winning that coveted premier Ieague.
Wanker
‘ Compare that to Liverpool and their obsession with winning that coveted premier Ieague.’
They‘ve won it once in 30 years you buffoon.
Graham
Pierre is right you really have an obsession with our greatest ever manager. It’s not healthy to be so bitter. As an older chap yourself you should find a relaxing hobbie that doesn’t involve mentioning AW every single post.
Funny how every t, d, h blames K, G, W and forgets their own role. When our player wages was capped at 100k, there was a clamour to raise salaries. Because our players were easy picks. When we did not spend big on players, there was a clamour to SSFM. As big clubs do. We did both. Didn’t work out well, did it? But none of the people here is willing to remember that they were saying exactly these two things from 2006 to 2016. Don’t believe me? Go back and check your own posts. I’ve been here since 2009… Read more »
Wengaball
What a BS argument. The whole issue is that we spent money BADLY (very badly in some cases). The people you mention, especially Gazidis and Wenger were paid tens of millions to spend it WISELY and they failed miserably. So don’t blame the fans, they didn’t buy Gervinho rather than Hazard, they didn’t tell Wenger to give Bendtner £52,000 a week, or to hire the likes of Mustafi, Perez, or Sanogo.
The fall out from poor judgement in recent years is squarely on Wenger and Gazidis.
Can’t imagine too much will get done between now and end of the window. This club is a meme.
I know that this is only regurgitating what many have already said, but this transfer window has been a complete and utter farce, just like most transfer windows for arsenal in the last 10 + years. The fact that chambers, holding, tor, gendouzi, kolasinac and most of all Ozil are still in the squad is criminal. Does any other club continuously have long drawn out saga’s to sign players as we are doing yet again with Partey and Aouar. It’s like the club thought that everyone would Be so relieved that Auba signed an extension that we wouldn’t care about… Read more »
Looking forward to tonight. I do like the competition Arteta has created in the squad and really look forward to seeing what sort of a stake Eddie can claim against Laca. I agree wholeheartdly that Lacas notdoing the business and belive not only is Auba “played out of Position” but its also making teams easier to conteract his skillset . Liverpool keept overloading our left, Fabinho , tooked in Gomez stayed solid and Trent stayed back with Auba . This is the attention he will get . If he was played central and Saka/ Willian were allowed drifted from LWF… Read more »
I think in fairness Mari purchase was linked with the role Tierney is currently playing and playing so well .
Its just with Maris injury and Tierney playing so well there that its almost forgoteen just how good of a LWB Tierney is and upon Maris return from injury then Tierney can go LWB and hopefully Mari is as good as Tiernry at LCB
Mustafi, mari, Luiz, holding, sokratis, saliba , gabriel.
We have 7 centre backs (plus chambers) and only one being linked with a move.
Rosapirescastlesaka – Gabriel is a left foot CB so will most likely play that role, Mari would be a back up.
No problem having second string players but if/when we do move to a 4-3-3 we have far too many CB’s on the books.
Matt, you forgot Chambers, we also have Mavropanos out on loan.
Andy
I put chambers in brackets! 😊
Okay, you didn’t forget Chambers (my bad, missed that somehow).
D’Oh!!
That smile emoji didn’t look anywhere near as effeminate on my phone!!!
Bless, so sweet…lol
Matt “””””The signings of Mari and Soares are also borderline criminal.””””” I agree, Everyone knows these 2 wallies ain’t good enough- but to give them 4 year deals when they are permanently crocked as well and the wage bill needs reducing because of falling revenues is indeed criminal.( imagine the furore if Our Wenger had did these deals???) PedRo can farm it off as the ‘Old Regime’s legacy, But, I will remind him and all- Edu and Arteta were the drivers for these deals, Like they were with Willian and his ridiculous contract and the sale of Martinez over Leno.… Read more »
Ya Andy I agree but Gabriel started the first day centrally and barring Luiz playing that role none of the rest are really cut out for the central role . If we shake of Sok, Musti and Kola we will have a sufficent number of CBs I think yes they are not Kolo, Sol, Keown quality that you can have only 3/4 but they might actaully improve under the pressures of competition and good coaching and for that reason I would be willing to give Holding, Chambers and Mari a chance as understudies to Saliba,Luiz Gabriel . Fairness Holding is… Read more »
Wengaball the fans wanted arsenal to raise salaries to keep our elite talent and stop losing them to Barca, city, Chelsea and utd. We gave increased salaries to everyone instead. A horrible misuse of our funds The fans wanted arsenal to spend some fucking money on world class players. In amongst some genuine quality signings like auba and Sanchez, we spent a fortune on players who haven’t justified the price tags. Mustafi, xhaka, ozil, Laca and Pepe alone will have cost us 230m in transfer fees. Let this sink in. A quarter of a billion quid on 5 players of… Read more »
Captain Tierney
Emery was a mere blip on the landscape compared to Wenger.
Your right Graham.. Emery had 1 shit season our Wenger had about 20..ok he was our most successful manager in that time but so what..
Xhaka’s contract doesn’t expire until 2023.
I will punch a hole through my TV if we give him a contract extension.
@G – Wenger was indeed our most successful manager if you measure just the first decade. After that, not so much.
Sadly if you look at it in terms of trophies per season he falls behind George Graham on that count. And of course in terms of European success…..
Sadly if you look at it in terms of trophies per season he falls behind George Graham on that count. And of course in terms of European success…..
………………………..
…and bland football.
@LT – Falling for the lazy old stereotype there LT. Were you there? I doubt it given that you’ve failed to notice that during the period 86/87 to 91/92 Graham’s Arsenal were generally a very entertaining side. Rocky, Merson, Limpar, Davis, all great players. Winning the league twice in three years with Smiffy winning the Golden boot both times, goal difference of plus 56 in 09/91, losing only ONE games in that season. Sure, from ’92 onwards we were a cup side somewhat like we are now. Didn’t stop us celebrating a cup double followed by a CWC win in… Read more »
Afraid if we get in just Auorar, then not a lot will change this season. I’d have been happy with Partey and then finding a way to integrate Ozil back in least till January maybe. Just not entirely convinced that just Auorar moves the needle so much for us
People blame Wenger for signing those players. I know that Wenger made the final decision. I would say that our scouting department should carry most of the blame.
@Bat
Right?
Again we leave the dominant DM position open. It’s no coincidence that the top sides have had an exceptional dDM barring Barca who had a prime goat instead.
It’s no coincidence we’ve looked vulnerable since Gilberto went. Probably the most underrated Arsenal player ever.
@Nelson, apparently the scouts didn’t recommend Mustafi (quite the opposite) but Wenger went for him based on stats and ignored the scouts. And then there is the extensive list of ‘I almost signed’ most of whom could have been bought if Wenger wasn’t so fixated on his discredited socialist wage structure.
Kaz
Watched Partey last night, he’s so much more than even a DM and he plays with such ease and confidence and also has a very good forward pass to. He’d have been my primary target to be honest
Andy,
I was talking about the bland football (and signings) of Wengers later years.
… and the Stepanovs debacle.
https://talksport.com/football/687738/ray-parlour-book-martin-keown-arsenal-igors-stepanovs/
Yeah Wenger really did fall for that one! Classic old school stuff. No real harm done though.
“I was talking about the bland football (and signings) of Wengers later years.”
Lol, went over my head there. Let’s hope that Mikel follows the early Graham and Wenger model and turns around a very functional and tired squad into a dynamic and successful team of winners. Then leaves before it starts to go pear shaped.
Andy,
Wenger took on too much work in his later years. I couldn’t believe that he still had time to study those stats in detail. He could be misled by those stats guy. Also, he was disturbed everyday by many noisy fans. It was a difficult job to manage a big football club like Arsenal alone.
@Bat
I’m not disagreeing, his game has really evolved and he is a fantastic player. But once again our beloved club will brainfart this.
It’s such a simple choice that it is truly maddening.
DEPARTURES 1. KOLASINAC. Bayer Leverkusen want to buy him. The only issue is whether they will pay a transfer fee of £9-10 million. 2. SOKRATIS. This player is in final year of contract with 9 months unexpired and is 32 years old. Napoli are interested. They want him on freebie. If there is no transfer fee on offer by Sunday. Offload and save on wages. 3. MUSTAFI. This player also in final year of contract. Does have potential resale value and therefore club should aim to sell for £10 million. If no takers then I would keep him on books.… Read more »
The biggest anticlimax come Monday evening would be still having the following players on the books: Papa, Mustafi, Kola, Chambers, Guen, Torr. There are others I’d try to cash in on too, but those 6 at the start of the summer didn’t seem to me to be a crazy unrealistic list of outs (assuming Mustafi and Chambers are fit enough to sell). We’re obviously stuck with that fucking bum Ozil until June. We sell that lot and we can get both Aouar and Partey. Our midfield improves massively and we’d have a real shot at a good season. All those… Read more »