Listen, we have to talk.
You’ve all been ‘ooooh, Mesut has to go’, now he ‘might’ be going you are crying into your keyboard sharing 2016 GOALS AND ASSISTS comps?
Grow up.
If Mesut is leaving, it’s because it suits his back account (at last).
Chris Wheatley said there have been talks between DC United and Fenerbache. It seems like the lean is more towards Turkey.
I suspect if he goes this month, Arsenal will still carry a portion of his wedge until Maybe, but any help is better than nothing.
The rumblings I am hearing are that there are three major priorities at the club right now.
SELL PLAYERS
The squad is badly bloated. That hits the bank account, but it also affects the training camp. Big names, dropped for kids, feeling very embarrassed is not how you create a high performance culture.
Our squad needs a dramatic trimming. Losing Mesut would be a HUGE win, hopefully he’ll take the toxic fanboys with him. The next highest priority on the list has to be Sokratis, who is taking the fancy of Genoa. Then we have to pray someone can pick up Mustafi, who can be difficult.
David Luiz will take care of himself within 5 months and the kids seem to like him, but we still have big issues. Xhaka, Mo and Willian need to be shipped as well, but I think that seems less likely.
BACK UP KEEPER
This is an absolute necessity. The most dangerous miss in our squad. The club knows this. We’re about to move Matt Macey to Hibernian, but we’ll still be lumbered with the wholly unsuitable Runarsson.
Expect a loan deal here. It goes without saying, but the goalkeeping coach should be absolutely nowhere near this decision. Leave it with the analysts to pick the options. We need someone a bit older, that’s played at a top flight club in Europe, and ideally in the Premier League. Experience is absolutely key… no chances on the mates of someone at the club. Data driven, with an eye test as the confirmation.
At a basic level, look at keepers with 6 months on their deals: Fabianski, Sergio Romero, Gigi Buffon, Marko Dmitrovic, Tomáš Vaclík, Rui Silva, Begovic, Donnaruma and John bloody Ruddy. Nearly all of those names have extensive top level experience. None of them would crash us if the worst happened to Leno. They’d all be cut price right now.
CREATIVITY
The final priority is creativity, but this will only happen if there’s a really sexy opportunity. It seems fairly clear now that Arsenal has stumbled on a way forward. The obsession with short term fixes needs to end and we need to move forward. The biggest concern for the next 5 months is ESR and his fitness. Arteta went from ‘CANNOT COACH ATTACK’ to ‘THIS IS INTERESTING’ and most of that was because we added a competent #10. If we lose him to a hamstring, we’ll go back to being painfully bland again.
The rebuild now and in the summer needs to be heavily skewed in favour of fast players with the hunger to press for 90 minutes. The shape of the creative midfielder we find has to match that. There’s no use bringing in Eriksen… I’d even say that praying Isco wants to run of his gut seems a risk. I don’t know if Buendia is the answer, but at the very least, he matches the profile of player we should be taking a chance on.
So… an interesting month ahead. The right move is cull the squad before we grow. If we grow, let’s pray that we do it with a future facing mindset.
Right, I’m off to watch William Saliba run the defence over in Nice, a start right away, you love to see it.
See you in the comments. x
Hehe, this Trump thing looks serious.
Its a country with a nuclear arsenal 😉
2-0… That will probably end it… Pep loves him some Reindeer Cup matches.
Fernandinho still has it. What a goal.
I agree with Jamie a Salina loan is only good for the lad he is 19 how many 19 year olds are regulars at CB 1 maybe 2 ?
Salina lol
Wenger eagle
Hope Milan dust this off and pick it up again next match. With Juve’s squad depth expect them to go on a run of wins but I don’t want to see a tenth straight league title for the Old Lady.
For the consistency Milan have showed the last year I’d like them to win it even ahead of Inter.
Maldini, Chiesa, what is this the 90s?
Wow are trump supporters trying to take over the capital lol nutters
I still don’t see how Manc U is top of the table… They give teams so much space to play in… honestly I would want to play them every week.
Oh well.. Hopefully City smack down Mourinho and the Spuds in the final.
City not conceding goals with their strikerless formation. They’ve got to now be favourites for the league with Liverpool faltering away from home.
In terms of unpredictability this has to be the best Premier League season.
I like Peter Drury. Who still remembers that goal at the Bernabau.
“Its Thierry Henry, He scored, He scored for Arsenal in the Bernabau. Thierry Henry the Gunner Galactico.”
I still have goosebumps. Oh how I miss those days when we played for something that mattered.
Radio Haha, Marcus Thuram too another son of a 90’s legend in Lillian. Not to mention Giovanni Simeone, Kasper Schmeichel, Ianis Hagi, Timothy Weah, Justin Kluivert. Pretty nuts considering how incredibly difficult it must be to become a top level pro footballer that you AND your son could fulfil that dream. I still have Milan winning the league this season, they still have a nice gap on Juventus who I see as the only legitimate threat to last the distance because they’re full of star talent and have been there and done that already year in and out so nerves… Read more »
In terms of unpredictability this has to be the best Premier League season.
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Yep…. it’s frustrating that we were so shit to start the season, the wheels coming off so many teams and we were too busy circling the drain ourselves to take advantage.
Scenes in D.C. proper banana republic stuff.
Right wing crybabies can’t take the L. Disgraceful.
Pep
Absolute quality manager who has played this season to perfection after taking a beating from Leicester.
He battoned down the hatches, made City almost impossible to score against , wasn’t at all bothered about playing open expansive football , conceded 7 goals in 22 games and have reached another cup final..
The league is theirs this season, liverpool need to be worried as city are just getting into their stride , and that’s playing without a striker.
I can see klopp losing it big time before the end of the season..
‘In terms of unpredictability this has to be the best Premier League season.’
Agreed, 2015/16 wasn’t nearly as good because it was more case of all of the top teams massively underperforming than any discernable level-up from the smaller clubs.
Whereas this season in Everton, Aston Villa, Southampton, Leicester, West Ham, Leeds, Wolves you have legitimately stronger lower table clubs that are able to put it right up to the league’s best teams on any given day.
Damn Look at all those people protesting Ozil trying to transfer to DC United. Turkey it is then.. 😀
Guardiola has done the right thing in tightening up a bit. They would have won a champions league by now if he had done this earlier. I think they are the best of the bunch for me. Liverpool have come down a bit in terms of consistency. Lots of their players not hitting previous heights.
Wenger eagle
For the Maldinis this will the third generation straight. Bonkers.
Damn Look at all those people protesting Ozil trying to transfer to DC United. Turkey it is then.. 😀
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Hahaha
Yeah City have been sneaky good defensively this season.
Ruben Dias looks a great pick-up but John Stones has been outstanding too, credit to him.
And Cancelo is so much better than Benjamin Mendy at LB it’s not even funny.
Thing is I don’t City have ever been bad defensively. Last season think they had the second best defence after Liverpool, conceded two fewer goals. Have always been top 4 of fewest goals conceded under Pep.
Their problem has been their loss of concentration or simply bottling crucial (champions League) matches. That I’d argue comes from Pep.
“Damn Look at all those people protesting Ozil trying to transfer to DC United. Turkey it is then.. 😀”
Really?
Alex
Really! Don’t you watch the news?
Alex-
Sorry probably too soon…for jokes…. sad day for America really.. gallows humor is my specialty though.
US is very proud of their presidential election. The country won’t allow a bunch of losers destroying the heart of their political structure.
Where is Dissenter? He may be among those demonstrators in Washington D.C. I thought there is a lock down in the States isn’t?.
WengerEagle
“Yeah City have been sneaky good defensively this season”
Man City have conceded 13 goals after 15 games as opposed to 17 goals in 2019-20 season and 7 goals in 2018-19 season. So nothing sneaky good at all about it.
Nelson…
DC isn’t a state… they have their own rules. Constitutional writers didnt want any one state to control the Capital by virtue of it being in their boundaries.
Yep no laughing matter we need to send troops to liberate America.
If those protesters were mostly Arab looking or blacks I wonder if the police would have been more forceful in stopping them.
@Raheem,
I can’t see this stuff going away soon. The damage has been done, the country has been divided over the past 4 years. You’ll see more and more civil unrest there in the coming years.
Biden will have a lot to do.
MGooner
I’m glad there’ll be some reprieve from all the talk about covid the next 48 hours. I’m actually watching the news again 😃
@Raheem
The police actually let them in and were taking selfies with them. They delayed sending national guards too.
Turkey should send some troops to help 😉
Just heard the new rumor. Ozil will be on load to Fenerbahce and Arsenal will pay his salary. After that, Ozil will sign a contract with Fenerbahce.
If you didnt see the game Nice vs Brest then dont bring the stats If we based performances about stats,then, Xhaka is GOD. Saliba found a Gear when his team was ALREADY LOSING BY 2. Consecuense of a Shaky start. Im not saying thta Saliba is a bad Footballer, but the lad, if you still doesnt know, is arrogant as hell. He is not one of the working type. This boy with his attitude issues, needs to hit the pitch running. I dont know if how he will fare in Ligue 1, but dont be suprised if he end the… Read more »
#on loan
Trump supporters are no different to Johnson supporters, he threatened civil unrest when he defied the courts during the Brexit Election in 2019
https://youtu.be/u4lMbSr2ZYk
Pierre
Wenger’s a dinosaur, get over it.
Long term we might have to do away with these institutions like a national legislature and whittle things down to the level of city states. It’s what it was before.
In the UK we’ve seen deep divisions between the North of England and Westminster on their approach to dealing with covid.
People give Trump too much credit he’s more symptomatic of a changing order than its cause.
WE he played RB but cancelo is also a better right back than Walker.
To maintain a healthy mind in lockdown remember to exercise
https://youtu.be/rr4mc-xrdrU
Diss!
Stay safe man… I know you a little distance but damn..
Congrats to Warnock and Osoff and bless Georgia, wow
I think they saved the entire world!
Guns it was a solemn day, a day that will live in infamy It goes to show we aren’t that special a nation and we are just as prone to what happened to Germany in the ’30’s.There are too many empty and gullible people around ready to be used as props. I went to get my modern covid shot and saw a mile long convoy of MD state troopers and national guard proceeding to DC. It felt surreal, like a scene from a movie. The country will never be the same, an innocency was breached liker a hymen torn. Still… Read more »
Diss
Yes I was telling my wife the same thing, it shows how easily folks can get duped and easily led by a dictator and facist. This could easily be germany as well or any other country where the masses are duped and are blind followers. Its scary
2 weeks left, I hope nothing more happens. one person dead already.
This shit is unreal.
Guns
I do have sympathy for some of these Trump supporters.
The coastal city elites are partly responsible for the madness. that descended on rural blue collared America.
Trump is merely the agent that made them go over the rails. He certainly wasn’t the cause.
Pedro I have been suggesting for weeks that Arsenal’s priorities needed to be firstly a mass clearout in current and summer transfer window followed by recruitment of experienced second string goalkeeper and lastly a top class creative midfielder. Realistically Arsenal are not going to receive any transfer fees for players leaving in January. No-one is going to pay us for players like Ozil, Sokratis, Mustafi or Macey if they were leaving this month. At best you are taking these players off the payroll. However, the lesson which will be learned from last 4-5 months is that we should not recruit… Read more »
Dark what do you mean?
The coastal city elites are partly responsible for the madness. that descended on rural blue collared America.
How are people even judging saliba’s debut when he hasn’t kicked a ball in a competitive match for 8 months?
It was never his debut that was going to show arteta up.
Guns Peopler just chant shit Rural blue collared America weren’t ready for the emergence of better educated and resourceful people in other countries could do their work for a small fraction of what they used too be paid. It’s the impact of technology, the emergence of robotization in industry and now artificial intelligence that’s devastated “rural blue collared America”. There are people in India, Brazil, China, Vietnam, Russia, Korea and at least 40 other countries i who can do what “blue collared” America was doing. This 1945 when American industry was the only one left untouched. Nothing to do with… Read more »
DIss,
Education is key. Higher education…. better paying careers.
I know its not for everyone but a high quality education leading to college is the way for so many. it is a sure ticket overall.
Rural america needs more of this to get our workforce more educated and able to do those jobs that go overseas so often.
It is prioritizing education, which neither party really does well, the repubs pay literally no attention to it and wonder why we get dusted by all other countries
The slow descent into madness happened during the Obama era.
What the blue collared rural Americans were told is that they do not matter. The environment matter, globalization matters, minority rights matter but they, their jobs and their lifes don’t.
This all can be avoided if they were given some help. Or at least they perceive some consideration is given to them. Like Trump doing this stupid trade war with China. He is clearly exploiting the masses but lip service is better than no service and insults.
Guns
What Dissenter state is correct.
There are other countries that integrate their own blue collared workers into the new economy better. But that requires a lot of deliberate consideration.
It is a false argument that manufacturing in a modern economy is dead due to blah blah blah theories so we must all go China and the blue collared in US should just buck up or shut up.
China, as the namesake “China” can attest, isn’t a cheap place to manufacture. It is an efficient place and that is due to government intervention.
What’s happening in America? Americans are fucking gullible. ALL OF THEM. Even the educated ones; their arrogance betrays them. Biden didn’t win the election, Trump lost it by being an asshole and not focusing on the positive things he has done for this country (great economy, no new wars, told Xi to suckadick) over the last four years. He can’t help himself. Anyone who knows anything about how he came up in NYC knew this about him before he got elected. But of course no one wants to hear that about their boy because the ideologically consistent thing to do… Read more »
@ dark
Interested in how you mean China isn’t cheap place to manufacture?
I thought that’s why so many companies like Apple outsource to there? Way lower labour costs etc e.g https://www.sourcify.com/advantages-manufacturing-china-benefits-brings-business/
Unless by more efficient you mean USA should pay its workers less lol
Dark hei Actually No China’s rise is the result of efficient centralized planning, something western society are incapable of They trained millions of lower/mid-level technical workers in the 1980s/1990s, then facilitated another million or so Chinese youth to go get advanced degrees in the best western universities. China is indeed a cheaper place to manufacture because of centralized ownership and planning. Go check how much it cost for them to build a world leading bullet train infrastructure or airports. Go check the massive energy generation and grid they built in 15 years. It didn’t happen by chance, it was hard… Read more »
China is the cheapest place on the earth to manufacture stuff pretty much The world is dependent on China. Trump should have taken a position to work with China on trade but no, he was elected to take on our economic enemy… another ploy during his campaign for votes. He wont touch China. He knows that would end badly. Biden does have a lot of work to do. I agree with rural and middle america. they need to be brought into the fold again, given opportunities and jobs, and a strong emphasis should be put on education with the Biden… Read more »
Guns “Trump should have taken a position to work with China on trade but no, he was elected to take on our economic enemy… another ploy during his campaign for votes.” bravo China was never the enemy. They were just a potential partner that you have to keep at arms length ad set the riches of competition clearly. Instead he started a trade war that was unwinnable. The called his bluff and beat him up very badly. Good luck getting back the exclusive farming deals the US had with china. All those hogs and Soya beans have to go somewhere… Read more »
Is this House of Cards or the real America? It is kind of confusing.
Guns
“PS, what is up with Loeffler? She looks like Barbie”
C’mon she just lost a southern state to a black bible thumper.
She only had to stand up for Republican principles and would have easily won. College educated republicans in the suburbs stayed home because they were embarrassed about how she became Trump’s poodle.
*and set the rules of competition clearly.
God bless America . Karma is a bitch for the US
Diss,
I think Georgians had enough… what a turn around. Being a dem, I find it fascinating that a red state ( not even a purple state) turned blue… barely but enough in 2 elections to help Biden. Incredible.
I know Biden wasnt the best candidate that was out there . I was a Bernie man myself.
However Georgia really shocked me in a good way
Habesha
Reality is better than House of Cards .
Turmp bullying Raffensberger and then this today, its just unbelievable
Truly, The repubs have a criminal in the white house. I hope that he gets prosecuted when he leaves… there are too many lawsuits that will happen trust me
Honestly though this how Hitler came to pass. Some of these Republicans have no one’s best interests but their own should be ashamed of themselves. The guy in the White House is a Buffoon. But As long as someone in power corroborates his story then his followers will believe him. It is like watching a movie to be honest. It doesn’t seem real. But one take away from this is how much elected officials have been corrupted to the point that they don’t care if the foundations of their country are shaken.
Habesha
Spot on…the internet has not made matters easier. So much disinformation gets spread and the rise of these conspiracy theories are rampant. OF course, all you need is about 15000 lunatics to believe them and act on them. Hence today…
The amount of repubs that have sold their souls for personal gain by aligning to this fiend is remarkable. Also , how many jump ship when they know he is going down…. so many flip floppers
Romney is the only consistent one in their ranks…. dude at least seems to have some backbone
Guns of SF
Some of them are already starting to scatter like rats to save themselves. Only the likes of Ted Cruz are still objecting the results. The thing that is shocking is that it took a storming of the Capitol for some of them to change their tune. It is just corrupted self interests driving these decisions. It is quite shocking.
Well that was a crazy day. Hope Ozil goes!
Ted Cruz is the head rat. The nastiest one with rabies, dripping in shit and garbage.
Will do anything for personal gain. Will likely eat shit and drink piss if Trump told him to.
Matt Gaetz might have something to say about that Guns, hhahaha
Gaetz is a filthy rat, slightly smaller than Ted, but still stinky and full of shit coming out of it.
Those rats compete for who is the nastiest
OTOH,
Im reading some click baits about Bissouma. If we can get him it would be a coup that I like … not like the one today. A good coup.
What a player- and partnered with partey would be immense.
Haha agreed guns.
“The next highest priority on the list has to be Sokratis, who is taking the fancy of Genoa. Then we have to pray someone can pick up Mustafi, who can be difficult. David Luiz will take care of himself within 5 months and the kids seem to like him, but we still have big issues. Xhaka, Mo and Willian need to be shipped as well, but I think that seems less likely.” / This us kind of disingenuous. All these players contracts are up at the end of this season including Loans expiring luke Luiz. Arteta isn’t ‘getting rid’. They… Read more »
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Mark “Arteta wasn’t here when the contract was running down. That’s not an excuse for his actions whilst here. He could have done more IMHO if he wanted to ensure he stays.” Correct me if I’m wrong but it seems to me you are suggesting a 19 year old should be allowed to hold a gun to the club’s head while making demands. I think gaining Balognan’s signature is a major priority for us but only if he wants to be part of the club. No player (including a 19 yo with potential) is bigger than the club. If he… Read more »
There was some chatter yesterday that Arteta is considering bringing Douzi back from loan. May well be click bait, but maybe Arteta sees Douzi as a way of getting Saliba back on board and convince Bolagun to stay. The Saliba nonsense could well be Arteta’s Achilles heel, especially when results get bumpy again through Arteta’s incompetence/mistakes. Getting the kids fully bought into Arteta’s faux love and promises will take the immediate pressure off the rookie vindictive despot. Pierre Baiting and trolling at the same time what a …………………. Did you do all that and multitask further with your Ozil sock?… Read more »
Bojangles Mark is correct Arteta should have done more – at the very least shared game time with Eddie who was the wrong player for our needs with no hold up play etc. Not sure if you’ve noticed but Arteta has a problem with kids who stand up for themselves. The Saliba debacle ring any bells? How about Gwendouzi? That help jog your memory? You think Reis Nelson got a fair crack of the whip? If Arteta had the same thinking re youth as Emery had, we’d be in a better place now. There were other kids who could have… Read more »
Tony One should not judge Saliba on yesterday’s poor result. On the other hand there are serious questions to be asked about this player’s recruitment and for that matter some of the other transfers. We spent on transfers in Summer 2019 over £140 million and realistically only one of the four players recruited has turned out to be a success and that is Tierney. Messrs Pepe, Saliba and Luiz have offered poor value. Since then much of the scouting and management machinery at the club has been changed. One of the lessons learned from the last two financial years is… Read more »
Tony
You and Mark are entitled to your opinion. I disagree with Mark and it seems with you.
Morning all – great article on Tierney today in Arseblog – worth a read and probably underlines what we all think of him already.
Bojangles
So it would seem.
Whatever you and I think It’ll not change the way the incompetents run the club from Arteta upwards.
We talk about recruitment but If we play this summer right we have enormous room for getting a really good team. We shouldn’t be spending any money on forwards and Defenders. All the money must go to midfielders. We have assets to sell too. Along with expiring contracts from our wasters we have a massive chance to move forward. We just have to get the midfield recruitment right. Get Aouar, Buendia and Bissouma and we will have a team to really fear. We have assets like Chambers, Guendouzi, Torreira, Elneny, AMN and Lacazette to sell. With just adding a bit… Read more »
Dissenter I probably oversold the “cheap” aspect as it is a relative term. However China isn’t the cheapest. Vietnam, Myanmar and India etc are by far cheaper. Max There are many companies who are guilty of 100% outsourcing to China. What they do is that they take some Chinese product and slap their own brand on it. Apple isn’t one of them. They develop everything in-house including assembly instructions. A lot of the equipment required to assemble the Iphones are made in Europe or licensed to US companies. So are they 100% assembled in China? Yes. But that is only… Read more »
Tony Good morning. Just spent the last fifteen minutes de-icing the car. Bloody freezing outside. Something exhilarating though about this time of year when it’s minus temperatures outside and then coming back into a nice warm house. You hit the nail on the head in respect to Pierre. It’s always something I’ve never quite fathomed. How can we be called “entitled” or “obsessive “ just because we saw the rot setting in back in 2008. It says a lot about the mindset of an individual when they dwell on past glories and are prepared to accept embarrassment and failure as… Read more »
Aside the awesome Stat, Nice’s coach had this to say ‘When you have a young player of his age – almost 20 years old – who has just arrived into a new squad and who shows such personality in the middle of a defence that he has known for one day, I think it’s very encouraging for what is to come.”
THOSE saying he had a bad game definitely are agenda-driven.
Tony
I would say that it is the club owners who ran the club down by keeping Wenger in charge with zero plan to manage him whatsoever.
It is like the owner of a business who blames the CEO while keeping him 100% in charge.
The club was just woefully unprepared. But to be fair, our ex-Ceo, Ivan G wasn’t a shining light of competency either.
But what do I know. Maybe some American owners think this way. Just look at United.
Habesha – I don’t think we need 3 midfielders to progress. We should be keeping one eye always on our new talent coming through. Your ow logic is flawed anyway as you state no defenders but haven’t provided a solution for LB cover. That is why we need to keep AMN as he can provide cover as full back on either flank as well as cover in midfield (although it’s not a perfect solution for LB. I’m not convinced about RB either and think we need to upgrade there although we do have 4 or 5 prospects inc Osei-Tutu who… Read more »
“Belief, togetherness, desire, spirit, mental strength”.
The most embarrassing and nonsensical rhetoric that came out of Arsenal FC between 2006- 2018.
Maybe that should be the title of my autobiography.
Dark Hei
Our owners are clueless.
It’s the fans who are to blame.
Simple.
Gonna get hate on this comment but arsenal fan tv has really improved its content.
The stat analysis chat with the guy called James is very enlightening and puts evidence to a lot of the things I have been saying on this blog.
Graham
“Maybe that should be the title of my autobiography.”
Talking bollocks would be much more apt.
North banker I don’t think any of our CMs are good enough apart from Partey. We need Aouar and Bissouma to have 3 midfielders who are very good for two positions. The other spot could go to an academy player though. CAM is neccessary as you pointed out. About the left back spot, AMN could take a backup LB spot but it would be conter productive to keep a player that has no starting role that could fetch us really good money. He isn’t good enough for midfield either. I wanted us to give him a shot there but he… Read more »
what’s more concerning is that Balagon is apparently on the transfer list after Arteta previously claimed he wanted to keep him , seems very odd but I say that as I don’t rate Nketiah at all and based on the limited appearances of Balaogon he looks to be a more complete forward than Nketiah
Graham62
Actually think there is probably a market for such a book if written with humour and plenty of anecdotes to stir the imagination.
I feel for your frozen suffering.
Guess you’re going to have to ignore Pierre he just doesn’t know how to act around adults. I often think he has Tourette’s judging by the unintelligible noises he utters.
Pierre Four questions. 1. When we left Highbury in 2006, what were you hoping for as a fan? 2. When you sat and witnessed the visible and predictable weaknesses and failings, what were you thinking? 3. Excuses aside, because you tend to base everything post 2006 on excuses, do yo think that we would be in our present position if Wenger had left the club , as Tony highlighted, back in 2008? 4. You consider yourself a super fan, whereas I consider you an embarrassment. Bearing this in mind, when Arsenal were constantly embarrassed during Wenger Mark 2’s reign, did… Read more »
Tony
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
“ I don’t hate Wenger or Mesut Ozil, it’s just that I no longer have any respect for them.”
I’m sure neither Ozil or Wenger will sleep well tonite because of your proclaimed lack of respect 😭😭😭
Habesha – I get the point on AMN and yes if we can pick up a decent LB on the cheap then agreed although the sort of player we’d be looking for I’m not sure we’d make much of a turn on it. Aouar has been and gone – he’s priced himself out and doesn’t sound committed. Buendia should be cheaper and Prem ready, as is of course Bissouma. I’d still prefer to focus on those 2 – we have a number of decent prospects coming through – Azeez, Matt Smith, Catalin Cirjan who could all be pushing for places… Read more »