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
Also if we lose Balogun (for no fee) then putting aside the utter negligence of letting that happen , we need to find a younger cutting edge CF to play with Gabby and Saka as a front 3.
Apart from a decent GK, it would not surprise me if there were no incoming players in Jan. Nor would it disappoint me. The big treat would be the departure of Ozil, that alone would make a great window.
Second on my list of wished-for departures would be Bellerin. IMO his negatives out-weigh his positives.
As for the rest, Luiz, serves Arteta’s purpose in the sdressing-room, Willian may yet come good, Xhaka does his best
To not give Balogun the game time he deserves could prove a monumental mistake if he decides to leave the club.
One would have thought that the best way to convince a young player that the club wants him to stay is to play him.
what’s more concerning is that Balagon is apparently on the transfer list
Arteta reported today as saying that Balagun’s agent is the stumbling block and Balagun is definitely wanted at Arsenal.
Tony
“Guess you’re going to have to ignore Pierre he just doesn’t know how to act around adults. ”
Says he who refers to wanking socks on a daily basis…
Englandsbest – ‘Xhaka, he does his best.’ Damning praise I reckon!
Tierney is now such an important player for us and seems to keep his fitness, would spending a decent amount of money on a back up left back be wise?
Perhaps we should think about giving Joel Lopez some minutes in the first team when appropriate? He has been part of the squad for the EL games I believe. He could be a free solution for that area.
Also to add that AMN can do a good job at next back also if needed.
Tony “Not sure if you’ve noticed but Arteta has a problem with kids who stand up for themselves.” Good observation. My guess is that Arteta is a rookie manager. He doesn’t have a history of past success like Mou or Ancelotti, etc. He needs a strong hand to keep the kids in line. But I believe that his man management will improve once he has gained more experience. I admire his fighting spirit. Emery couldn’t come out of the decline. Arteta was in a much worse situation with the long losing street. A lot of fans were all over him.… Read more »
Nelson
Arteta is 38 years of age, not 22.
He should have an empathy for the youngsters at his age.
He obviously doesn’t.
That’s a flaw in his character.
No ifs or buts.
Graham I will humour you.. Q1). When we left Highbury in 2006, what were you hoping for as a fan?.. A)To continue to enjoy watching the quality football that we had enjoyed for the previous 8 years. Q2) When you sat and witnessed the visible and predictable weaknesses and failings, what were you thinking? A) that wenger was doing an excellent job in keeping us competitive whilst playing open expansive football and repaying the debt for the Emirates without the bottomless pit of money of. city , United and chelsea Q3) . Excuses aside, because you tend to base everything… Read more »
Habesha Gooner
Would agree with the need to strengthening the MF as suggested however it’s not going to happen with Edu and Arteta in charge.
Aeteta is fast alienating most of our kids while jeopardizing future deals on young talent. Our competition will remind the players and agents of how our young prospects have been mistreated and / or mismanaged under Arteta. Saliba would be used as a prime example you bet.
Unless and until Arteta isn’t in charge anymore and could adversely impact the development of young prospects, we’d be unable to rebuild, both on field and our reputation..
It took 7 months to agree Baloguns first pro deal, the one players generally sign the day they turn 17. I just don’t believe it was his decision to stall that long, and I don’t this time either.
Plus giving what Arteta said re his agent… well let what will be just be
Bob N16
Agreed, and a decent offer and adequate replacement would not come amiss. But in the meantime
he shows leadership quality on the pitch and tries his hardest.
The Balogun story is beginning to look like the concern I suggested. Apparently, Club, Arteta and player want him to remain at Arsenal. The comment is ‘that we are not sure what the agent wants” I expressed concern last year that this agent represents 4 players who are currently registered at Arsenal. These include Saka! My suspicion looking at the number of young players on their list including Sancho is that the agents allow contracts to run down and their project is to secure for agency a large commission whether from current employer or transferee. One needs to ask the… Read more »
Looks like we are about to lose Balogun. I hope he doesn’t turn into another Gnabry!
I expressed concern last year that this agent represents 4 players who are currently registered at Arsenal. These include Saka!
At least Saka signed. Here’s hoping the agent is just holding out for the best deal Arsenal will offer.
The player wants to stay. The club wants him to stay. Sounds like it’s his agent who are driving this….
“Gunners hand Liverpool Balogun boost
Liverpool could be in line for a surprise deal to sign Folarin Balogun from Arsenal for free.
Arteta is keen to offload players this January, and The Independent claims Balogun has been deemed surplus to requirements – along with eight other players.”
If this is true then it is shocking. One of the best thought of academy players allowed to run his contract down and leave for free to another EPL team – scandalous! How can a club of Arsenal’s stature still allow this kind of situation occur?
Nelson
Don’t see Arteta’s apparent inability to engaging with the kids a problem of lacking experience.
Its in his blood and DNA, and more about his characters , social skills etc. So not going to genuinely change for the better anytime soon, unless his hands are forced.
The Balogun debacle is a direct result of having people like Vinai, Edu and Arteta running Arteta Plc.
As a collective, the trio simply lacks the wherewithal to get the right things done right!
Will not be the last case either, especially if Balogun walks for free in the end.
*Arsenal*
But lol, might as well be Arteta Plc for all KSE knows
Emirates stroller blaming the agent as usual
Some things will just never change.
I have been heavily critical of Arteta in recent weeks and very concerned about his overall judgement, as so many have here. However, we are all outsiders whatever some might think. There was quite obviously a massive discipline issue going on at this club prior to his appointment with player power refusing to turn up for Emery and this quickly overwhelmed Freddie when he took over a caretaker. Perhaps another more experienced manager might have tackled this issue differently. But it cannot be dismissed as Arteta probably felt he had to be tough. That was probably a huge issue with… Read more »
Stroller
“One needs to ask the question why Balogun does not change agent if he wants to stay at
Arsenal.”
At the end of the day, his agent knows he has Arsenal by the short and curlies , he is holding all of the cards.
His agent has probably assured Balogun that if he really wants to stay at Arsenal that will happen , but first he will try and get the best deal possible.
*his agents are
Balogun is better than Nketiah in every facet of his game.
Based my observations on seeing him play for just a few minutes.
Arteta is totally clueless if he lets him go.
Hope this is fake news.
The agent isn’t just dealing with Balogun. He’s dealing with Balogun’s advisers which has to include his family.
It’s a bit condescending to think that the agent is to blame and not the self determination of a young man as well as his family.
Have you considered that maybe Arsenal hasn’t served him well enough and he’s better off elsewhere?
Balogun has to do the best thing for himself. It has nothing to do with the agent. The agent will give him options, he makes the final decision.
*somewhere else?
Just a quick observation on the carnage in the US.
Trump should not only be impeached but imprisoned or institutionalised.
All those Republican members of Congress who supported Trump, should be stripped of office.
The thugs who got arrested at the Capitol, should get life.
Simple.
Will be disappointed if Balogun leaves. However, good luck to him.
Nothing surprises me with Arsenal anymore. Seems the majority of big decisions they make are the wrong ones.
Graham62,
Not going to happen.
I am willing to bet that those 7 self serving senators who voted to overturn the election will be campaigning for the presidential election in 2024. They will use the same tricks than Trump and will try to rally his base to their candidacy.
More and more rumours that Arteta tried to sell most of the youngsters to raise funds but that Edu puts his foot down.
Arteta wanted to sell Saliba for £15~20 millions to buy a ready made replacement, but Edu vetoed that and made clear to all interested parties that the only deal available was a six months loan without an option to buy.
Norwich wanting Nelson and Willock plus £20 millions for Buendia, but Edu only willing to go for free six months loan with Arsenal paying the salary of the two youngsters and again no option to buy.
Balogun probably has come to the realization he’s got zero to no chances of making it as a first or second choice CF for Arsenal in the foreseeable future and has thus made the decision to move along,
Aside the fact he’s got no chance of starting ahead of Laca or Auba, he’s also below the likes of Martinelli and Eddie in the pecking order.
I’ll be surprised if he ends up at Liverpool though, he’ll probably join a midtable bottom PL club or Championshop level imo
Valentin
Those rumours sound like a load of rubbish.
Those rumours sound like a load of rubbish”
Absolutely
The TV just showed how the offices inside the Capital Hill was destroyed. That was not a demonstration. That was a mob.
The way Trump raised this fight reminded me of Chairman Mao Zedong’s red army. You can fool people if you keep repeating the lie. “The election was stolen from me”
What rumours? Links?
“They will use the same tricks than Trump and will try to rally his base to their candidacy.”
I hope they’re genuinely stupid enough to pursue this fool’s errand. All this will serve to do is split the Republican vote, as was played out in Georgia.
Mainstream Trumpism is dead.
The American Constitution has to be amended or rewritten.
Looking at the stats regarding the premier league goalkeeper, it is now clear that Arsenal needs an upgrade on Leno as well.
Extrapolating from the stats of the athletic, Leno made two avoidable mistakes. Those two mistakes resulted in defeat by the odd goal, so Leno has cost us overall 4 PTS. At the end of the season, he may cost us 8pts. That could be the difference between no European competition and top 4.
https://theathletic.com/2303208/2021/01/06/chelsea-lampard-tactics-werner
Valentin
We’ve had this argument before.
Don’t need to look at stats.
Leno is not good enough.
Simple.
Leno made two avoidable mistakes.
Was there any goalkeepers who made no avoidable mistakes?
You would have to take the points from other teams too to make a judgement.
Pierre
Many thanks for your detailed response.
Don’t agree with most of it but kudos to you for giving it a go.
“ Arsenal forward Folarin Balogun is on the verge of signing a pre-contract agreement with an overseas club, according to reports. The 19-year-old will be out of contract at the end of the season and is already able to negotiate with teams outside of the Premier League. According to The Athletic, Balogun is now close to signing a pre-contract with a foreign side, which would see him leave Arsenal at the end of the season. The report also claims that there are concerns from Balogun’s camp over the amount of playing time he has received this season. The forward is… Read more »
Jamie, The US is a two parties system. Unless the republicans split into two parties: a conservative and nationalist one, people who viewed themselves will always end up voting for the republican candidates. If they have to choose between an honest decent democrat and a crook, demagogue republican, blind loyal republicans will hold their nose doing it, but they will still vote Republican. Primaries tend to favour the more active and more vocal candidates, Trump candidates will be selected in the republican primaries. Do you think that Ted Cruz, a spineless opportunist will suddenly grow a conscience? He knows that… Read more »
Karsa,
The stats are two more avoidable goals. Outstanding saves are offsetting avoidable mistakes that lead to goals.
Has anyone on here seen Balogun play at youth level.
Having only seen him play for a few minutes here and there in the Europa League, I would say he is a special talent.
Opinions please.
The stats are two more avoidable goals. Outstanding saves are offsetting avoidable mistakes that lead to goals.
Indeed. But you can’t deduct points from one team without doing the same to all the rest before you can dispute league positions.
Karsa
Leno makes numerous mistakes in all games.
Can I suggest you watch closely next time.
The only reason why Balogun looks a talent is because Nketiah is dreadful so the bar is very low.
Haven’t seen anything from him to merit a first team action for a club like arsenal
Conspiracy theory: I was wondering why all of a sudden is Eddie getting so much game time. Ahead of even Lacazette in many games. Well it seems to me the club were making their move regarding balogun early. If Eddie is older and getting game time. This will give the club the excuse as to why they can’t give balogun any gauruntees. The agent must be making demands or looking for guarantees for his client. Instead of bending to balos agent, the club put their eggs in eddies basket as he still has about 2 years. If he works out.… Read more »
Guarantees*
I am with Pierre on this. If you play Eddie alone, he is weak. I would like to see him playing with ESR, Saka and Martinelli in a four men attack. Eddie should play much better in a unit.
I think at this point trump will end up in prison it will take a very long court case but he is fucked.
According to Fabrizio 15 clubs have interest in balogun. You heard that right, 15! At this point we should try and negotiate a short term deal like three years and promise he will get his chance. Nketiah might be the under 21 English record holder but he has struggled at this level and he will do so in the future. There aren’t edges to his game. He is a poacher. I think we need to sell. At the end of this summer he too will have a year left if I read it correctly. Interests from this many teams suggests… Read more »
Maybe the team were playing eddie to increase his value (clutching at straws) but hoping this is the case.
Just listening to Arteta’s press conference and he is talking very positively about the Balgun situation, similar to the way he was discussing Saka’s new contract begore he signed..
Balogun needs to show patience, Arsenal is the club for him.
Lacazette will be gone in the summer and it could be a choice between Balogun and Eddie for the striker’s role.
Both offer different things to the team but both are prolific in front of goal..
I think Balogun will stay .
Do we get some sort of development fee if the inevitable happens and Balogun leaves on a free?
Is this now some Yank website??
Its bad enough hearing these skeptics talk about spuds and calling players ballers!!
But now it’s some political soundbar all about Trump.
This is Arsenal fuck America there all mental always have been
Go back to baseball, shooting bears and eating hot dogs and leave football alone
Nelson “I am with Pierre on this. If you play Eddie alone, he is weak. I would like to see him playing with ESR, Saka and Martinelli in a four men attack. Eddie should play much better in a unit.” I have been saying for a while now that it is a collective thing with our kids coming through. Even Saka’s game has gone up a level with the introduction of Smith Rowe, and Smith rowe would not have had such an impact without Martinelli and Saka alongside him. How good would it be to see Balogun, Martinelli, Smith Rowe,… Read more »
https://tbrfootball.com/arsenal-fans-react-on-twitter-to-william-salibas-debut/
Some fan reactions. Seem pretty positive..
Paddy
“This is Arsenal fuck America there all mental always have been
Go back to baseball, shooting bears and eating hot dogs and leave football alone”
Ha ha …. at least jamie has a some knowledge when the subject is trump, football is not really his thing is it.
Pierre
Lacca is playing very well I get the criticism against him but arteta has every right to keep playing him until/if his form drops. (Doesn’t mean we can’t rotate though as laca knackers himself out after 70 mins)
Pierre
I think Eddie has had enough chances for us to make the right call about him.
He’s not good enough for the first team right now. He needs to be sent out on loan again.
There may still be good footballer lurking somewhere in him but that good player is still far off.
Karsa, Of the 6 goalkeepers ahead of Leno with a negative impact: 1 plays for Southampton that we have not yet faced. 3 plays for team that we beat, so even if they were to make a mistake that would not change the final result: 3pts for us and 0 for them. 2 plays for team that beat us, but against which our xG was less than our xGA. So unless you are arguing that they could have accidentally thrown the ball in their net, those two losses were expected. Leicester and Everton defeats were not flukes. The oppositions did… Read more »
A small section from the article I posted; ” The 19-year-old certainly enjoyed a prominent role in the fixture. As shown by Whoscored.com, he completed more passes than any other player on the pitch. He also made two successful tackles and two clearances for Nice. And that prompted plenty of fans to suggest that they saw plenty of positives from Saliba’s debut performance. Admittedly, there were some who felt that his display vindicated Mikel Arteta’s decision to not use him in the first-half of the season. But others claimed that some of the problems with his contribution could be put… Read more »
LG
Lacazette will be gone in the summer but I agree , keep starting him atm as he is on form .
“people who viewed themselves will always end up voting for the republican candidates.” This simply isn’t the case, as evidenced in the Georgia senate run-off yesterday. A historically red state turned blue because Trump split the Republican vote by both alienating certain conservative demographics and delegitimising the election process. Biden also flipped Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Wisconsin in the general. The election wasn’t even close, and Trump lost all three branches of government in one election. If Trump can’t win with Trumpism, no one can. It’s over. Ted Cruz will pivot back to anti-abortion, anti-immigration, and 2nd Amendment rights rhetoric… Read more »
Very interesting jamie ..
I have to say Jamie is quite informed about American politics, in a very nuanced way
Have my differences with the king of snide 🙂 atill but his knowledge base is superb.
Is £18m for 26 year old Haller (West Ham) worth a punt?
Ajax think so. What say you?
Raheem
“Is £18m for 26 year old Haller (West Ham) worth a punt?”
Haven’t you seen enough of him at Westham?
Jamie, Both loser incumbent senators have received record number of votes. The reason why they lost is that their opponents were able to increase the number of people to vote. As the guy in charge of Georgia election explained, the voting campaign that are mostly democrat were able to convince 100,000 EXTRA people to vote. That’s 100,000 people who did not participate to the presidential election but vote for a runoff. The same with Trump. Despite his atrocious presidency, he still got more votes (6.5 millions) in 2020 than in 2016. People hold up their nose, but still voted for… Read more »
Ted Cruz, Trump Jnr, Ivanka will just spend the next 4 years to be the acceptable face of Trumpism.
I fully expect them to continue with the rhetoric that they are the true voice of real America that others are trying to silence.
Diss
“I think Eddie has had enough chances for us to make the right call about him.”
Up to now, Eddie was deployed in Arteta’s 3 4 3 formation with Auba and Willian playing as part of the front three. Sometimes Pepe replaced Willian on the right. With this setup, even Auba and Laca looked like shit in the striker role. I still think we should give Eddie a chance to play with the other kids. If he still fails, then we’ll make a proper call.
“More and more rumours that Arteta tried to sell most of the youngsters to raise funds but that Edu puts his foot down”
Can we have links to these rumours or they are just the usual personal made-up bullshit?
Val – Voter turnout was huge, no doubt. Like I said, Trump failed to galvanise enough of the base to vote Republican. His base either didn’t vote or voted for the Dem candidate for reasons I already mentioned – thereby splitting the Republican vote. Dems (even the far-left acquiesced) united around their candidate(s) and voted in droves – the opposite of splitting a party vote. Getting a record number of votes as an incumbent is a lovely booby prize, but the other guy got way more in the popular and the Electoral College was a blowout. Anyway, we’ll go around… Read more »
“More and more rumours that Arteta tried to sell most of the youngsters to raise funds but that Edu puts his foot down”
I mean look at the above and you wonder why Arsenal fans are always been laughed at. Spreading bullshit just to fit his weird agenda. Shocked!
Nelson
The problem with persisting with the likes of Eddie is that you’ll be taking away opportunities for other youngsters like Balogun.
We’ve seen enough of Eddie to reasonably assess him. I’m not even advocating that we ditch him, let him go and prove himself on loan.
Wenger spouting more bollocks – maybe he’d be better off being a social worker (from F365): Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he is “not sure” he would’ve signed Sol Campbell from Spurs if he could go back in time. Despite Tottenham reportedly offering Campbell a contract that would’ve made him the highest paid player at the time, he chose to leave on a free transfer in 2001 to arch-rivals Arsenal. The former England international was labelled ‘Judas’ by some Spurs fans at the time, while he suffered from the backlash for many years after. And Wenger, who brought Campbell… Read more »
“I mean look at the above and you wonder why Arsenal fans are always been laughed at. Spreading bullshit just to fit his weird agenda. Shocked!”
I thought I was the only one that read the bullshit.
Arteta stated so clearly that the club want Balogun to stay, even Auba said he told the kids to be patient and that their time will surely come. But here we have someone saying Arteta wanted to sell all the kids but edu objected.
Ask him for the links and you will be surprised by the usual summersault of comments that will follow
Jamie, I agree with you that Trump himself is finished, as he is now a red flag for most Americans. But my point is that Trumpism itself is not dead. Trump lost because he rallied more people AGAINST him, but he still rallied most of his base. His base in limited in size but large enough and vocal enough to highjack the republican primary. Those who are chasing that base are counting on that. Remove him from the ballot and those people who felt that they had to go vote and oust Trump may not, meanwhile people who support him… Read more »
Found Dissenter on twitter, i’m w/ you man.
https://twitter.com/good/status/1346954540554145793?s=20
“Wenger spouting more bollocks – maybe he’d be better off being a social worker (from F365):”
Where is the bollock if I may ask?
He said what really happened about big Sol to Arsenal but you are quick to call them bollocks because you are one them who prefer to dwell on his downfalls than his success
Tee, it’s very simple, Wenger was employed to do the best for Arsenal, not to play mother to his players. The idea that he would not sign Campbell if he had his time again because the player got so much grief is ridiculous, he’s there to win football matches (no invincibles without Sol). What next, get someone from he Samaritans in? If he says he didn’t know how much abuse Sol would get he’s either incredibly niave or a liar. Everyone knew what would happen, death threats, all sorts of vile abuse. I expect that this is just more headline… Read more »
Sal
Amen to that
The capitol police opened the barricades to the insurrectionists and took selfies with them.
One guy was dressed a Viking, another broke into the speakers office and beamed himself live…”scratching his balls” as his legs were on her table.
Arsenal have confirmed that they’ve borrowed £120m from the government’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF).
It’s a short term loan to help cash flow and not a transfer warchest.
From Chris Wheatley
Samir
Is that where the Partey money came from?
Only Arsenal (120M) and Spurs (175M) have taken loans from the Government.
So according to some Arteta is not trying to clear the squad at the expense of Willock, Nelson, Balogun… https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/arsenal/transfer-news-rumours-gossip-ozil-arteta-b1783200.html Arteta is a master of saying something in public and doing something that clearly contradict what he is saying. Non negotiable anyone? William went straight back into the team without having to perform a public apology tour. Same with Xhaka. Meanwhile Pepe… Last summer Arteta said that he wanted Balogun to stay, yet after he had been brought in by Freddie he was send back to train with the U23. I can’t even name all the BS excuses, Arteta came… Read more »
Dissenter
Insanity been watching it all, colleague of mine was down shooting pictures.
Imagery he’s landed is generational.
25th Amendment needs to happen.
It’s on Arsenal.com as well.
“As a result, we are taking a short-term £120 million loan through this facility to partially assist in managing the impact of the revenue losses attributable to the pandemic. This is a similar approach to that taken by a wide variety of major organisations across many industries including sport, and is repayable in May 2021.”
very short term.
Dissenter
No, they’ve only just taken the loan recently. Maybe to pay off players now rather than waiting until the summers TV money?
Expect the club to use the funds to pay off wages of players such as Sokratis, Ozil etc. to hasten their departure from the club.
“Having only seen him play for a few minutes here and there in the Europa League, I would say he is a special talent.”
I had to laugh at this. We can now judge greatness from a few minute cameo….
@TR7 – I hope so, better use of funds than making speculative signings while we maintain a bloated squad.
TT
That was me.
Only need to see GX play for a few seconds to see he’s not so special.
It doesn’t take that long to give an honest appraisal of a player.
TT
At the level we’re talking about, spotting a special talent is quite easy.
Remember the first time you saw Saka and Martinelli play.
Graham 62
Exactly.! You can tell if a player has something about him in an instant. Just by the way they move, awareness and pass and more importantly as a forward finishing.
I agree with Graham we’ve seen more than enough to know he’s a real talent.
People seem to be confusing not being given a chance as not being good enough 🤔