I’m really struggling to keep my emotions in check with regards to this summer because all the noises are positive. In fact, even the noises that aren’t positive are positive.
There’s a story doing the rounds that Ryan Bertrand is going to take the Leicester offer over Arsenal. I find it odd that a guy who grew up in Gillingham would head to Leicester (I’ve lived there, it’s nice, but it’s no London), but hey, who knows if our offer was real in the first place. He’d have been a very solid back-up left-back, but I don’t think there will be many tears shed on that one.
Granit Xhaka is top of the list for Jose Mourinho’s rebuild. Shows how rated he is. A managers player, one that baffles the fans, but over and over he gets the nod. I’m a bit surprised about this move, I’m not sure he’d have been an expected exit this summer, but fuck it… good for him. He’s 28 years old, the Italian league will suit him down to the ground, and we have to be honest… Arsenal has to be doing better if we want to go back to the top.
There’s a bit if fear about how we replace him. A lot of detractors don’t understand that Granit Xhaka does a hard job very well. He’s a server, he moves the ball between the lines better than anyone in our side at the moment. Sure, he’s one-paced and slow, but he’s very effective and our midfield without him not as good.
The rumblings that I’ve heard is that this summer will see a focus on Premier League players, so clubs like Wolves and Brighton will be attracting interest. I hope our Premier League hunger is not at the expense of the deals that’ll be available in more financially fucked leagues, but I suspect the logic is pretty simple here: We need a good start next season. If we’re shipping major names in our team, our fans will not tolerate a rough opening.
There’s a bit of fear in the system we’ll be going after Reuben Neves. A player that isn’t exactly a mobile monster in the midfield. I have absolutely no idea who we will go for. I think we’re more likely to move on someone like Bissouma, knowing that Brighton are going to be in the hunt for Eddie Nkeitiah. Remember, we have replace more than one central midfielder. Bissouma is an excellent party crasher that has done really well in Brighton’s midfield, he could do the dirty work next to Partey and give us that athletic bite next season. You still need a midfielder that can be an outlet though, fastballs through the lines with absolute efficiency. We’re looking for a rare breed, but hey, that’s what scouts and analysts are paid to be good at.
Sorry, we have to interrupt this blog to see a SAUCY SHIRT.
Damn. That’s my Klaxons reunion gig outfit set. Neon face paint. Dusted down bright blue skinny jeans. New rave is back baby. Gonna be magic. WHAT A SHIRT THAT IS. Love it. Adidas brings me so much damn joy.
The word on the street is that KSE is absolutely going to try and buy our love this summer. We’re not in a sell before you buy mindset, we’ll be making moves, there is cash to spend and we will spend it. Arsenal lost 22% value according to Deloitte. Honestly, it means fuck all, because no one is bidding for Arsenal based on a pricing, but it’s important because it does show that if KSE don’t get a grip on their prized asset, it’s going to get more and more expensive to fix it longterm. The money injection isn’t just to appease fans, it’s to reduce noise in their lives, and it’s to make sure their star asset is healthy.
That’s not to say we won’t be selling players, we absolutely will. We have plenty of opportunities to make the summer even bigger. Willock, Reiss, Hector, Guendouzi, Cedric, Kola, Torreira, and maybe one of our centre backs will bring in at least £80m. But we’re not in the mess we were last year where we had to run the clock down because everyone was low-balling us.
The market is deflated though. Roma offering £10m for Xhaka is going to be par the course this summer. It’s so amusing to watch fans turn their nose up at getting any fee for an expensive player that will be 29 in September. Move on players that aren’t good enough, find younger models that don’t need galaxy brain systems to protect their weaknesses, do all of the business as fast as you can so we don’t get off to a clunky start next season.
Also, I swear down, if Edu fucks up moving on Willian because he sought out a big fee, I will go to London myself to hand-deliver a stern letter of disapproval. Let him go on a free, don’t top up his salary, move on from this absolute debacle.
There’s a real opportunity to move to the next level this summer, every signing has to be perfect, but if we can manage that, next season could be a major surprise to the league.
I’m excited.
See you in the comments.
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Wouldn’t touch Mahrez, rubbish 1v1
Rich
I know I’m like a broken record but I always go back to GG buying Seaman when we had Lukic. Seemed like an unnecessary extravagance at the time,why would we pay such a fee for a player in a position that didn’t need strengthening? But GG was thinking long term, if I don’t buy this guy now I might never get him. That’s what I think the position with Rice is right now.
We are going to sell so many players at a loss; Xhaka, Laca, Torriera, Guendouzi
Which suggest that we have to sell several academy players to make up the balance; AMN, Nelson, Eddie and possibly Willock.
This has to be the summer we stop doing stupid deals.
Guns
No sarcasm here
Mahrez is 30, Pepe Is a similar type of player, and I think he’ll be better next season, Saka is also a similar type of player
Sterling looks like a player who’s stagnating, he performed at a very high level for a few years, there’d be a reason Pep is allowing a 26yr old who should be coming into the peak of his powers to leave
And that reason is Sterling is now regressing rather than progressing
Serious red flags
Pep is an astute operator, he knows when to let a player go
Charlie
I watch a lot of Celtic, Edouard fell off a cliff this season. You think it was a one off season,in fairness the entire club fell off a cliff. Might actually get him a little cheaper?
Champagne Charlie
“Wouldn’t touch Mahrez, rubbish 1v1”
lol it would be funny if Pepe did dump him though wouldn’t it after you saying he was an absolute elite player.
Maybe Pep gets a little annoyed with him as well when he decides to dribble from deep areas and gets bottled up.
Of course he is happy enough with him further up with his dribbling.
Rich is not interested in “elite” Mahrez.
What’s going on here?
I remember when everyone said Sterling was the elite of the elitist as well.
A footballing god he was.
Ishola70
Investing big wages in experience has been a disaster policy
We want young + hungry players on the way up, not players on the way down, who are looking for a cushy retirement home to pick up one last payday
Rich,
Those fellas are still class. No doubt… Its City man, they can afford to dump talent.
Might have to do with cost cutting also, and getting younger, I can see that, but both of them are in their primes… Sterling a little off this season but still….
Rich That reason is money. Refreshing a title winning team isn’t easy, Sterling would cost a good amount of cash and Grealish would more than handily replace him. Mahrez is at an age where he’s an easy sell. All very convenient timing of the report though, day before the CL final? Almunia I’m not disagreeing there, he’s been pretty mediocre this year and I’ve noted that previously to Weagle. My feelings are that he’s a good profile and talent for the relatively modest fee you’d be talking for a 23 year old. When you consider names like Abraham at Chelsea,… Read more »
“lol it would be funny if Pepe did dump him though wouldn’t it after you saying he was an absolute elite player.“
Mahrez is 30, what would be funnier is if you tried to make out that he wasn’t rated because they choose to cash in and buy younger players like Grealish and Kane.
Some parts of football are really simple, seems even they evade you.
Charlie
Yes,I’m hoping it was a perfect storm, sulking because of failed transfer(seemingly), injured,loss of form, team capitulation around him. Defo worth a punt. Wonder what Tierney would advise Arteta?
I’m absolutely done with older players on extortionate wages and no resale value
I want players who are hungry for success, not over the hill mercenaries who no longer have the hunger
Sterling looks like he’s on the slide, and I have no interest in another 30yr old who’s due to start regressing over the next 24 months
Charlie
If he is elite he can go on for a couple more years at City.
That’s if he is absolutely “elite” of course.
As Rich said Pep astute in knowing when to move on players.
Rich
“I’m absolutely done with older players on extortionate wages and no resale value”
Here here Rich.
Others of course salivate at the thought of taking on older big name cast offs from big name clubs.
Rich What makes you think Sterling is on the slide? He’s had a poor season by his recent standards, but still delivered more goal contributions than anyone at Arsenal. Debatable that he’s gone stale at City after 6 years, but regressing? Don’t think so. Almunia Agree, just been a real wash of a season at Celtic this season. They created nothing, and he was double marked and kicked through most matches. Him and Morelos spent the first half of the season a bit peeved they never got granted their moves. Think he’s chomping at the bit to move on, see… Read more »
Ishola
Can always count on you to start reworking the metric for what constitutes elite. Now it’s whether Mahrez stays at City another two seasons haha that’s not arbitrary at all.
CC He’s had a poor season, and Pep is looking to dump him, and Pep is a shrewd operator These players are earning so much money, that once the passion is gone, and they’re no longer motivated by success They’re finished at the top level, and their fall from grace is never pretty The last thing we need to is be tied to Sterling for £50+ million, earning £10-£15 million p/a for 5yrs, if he’s more interested in things outside of football I want us to target players 22-25, good amount of experience, just starting to find consistency, and have… Read more »
Rich
I’d normally agree in principle, but more when you’re talking about a guy later in his career.
I don’t agree when it comes to a 26 year old with Sterling’s mentality. He’s more likely to rally against any notion he’s surplus, or a spent force should he be sold.
26 G/A in 48 apps is nothing to turn your nose up at at the highest level tbh.
I rate Sterling highly but i don’t think we should be in for him due to
Cost- Mad dough/wage
Hunger- Lets be honest we’re a step down
Character- We need strong characters
Baby Foot- A lot of his efforts lack power (maybe he’s a size 2 shoe)
Very good player but i’ll pass
Hakimi and Onana are world class players that some clubs might look down upon due to African Cup. However the points they offer when available probably enough to take Arsenal to the top four.
Re Eduaord
Re Edouard, a relatively unproven entity coming from SPL compared to Abraham who , for 23, has 2 years as an EPL player is the reason for the premium. I think he could be had for less than $40 Mil considering Chelsea haven’t made it a secret that he doesn’t fit into their plans.
Brownie
Abraham is a good player, but he’s not ‘premium price tag’ good for Arsenal in our current state imo. We should be making moves more similar to the 25 mil spent on Tierney, and leave the bigger money to guys that will move the needle quite a bit.
Abraham would be an option in our current team, whereas someone like Buendia, or even Sterling following these links, would be starters.
Imagine if we’d got mahrez and kante
Man what a different it could’ve made for wenger’s final years. They would’ve had us at least quite close to the top
I don’t see any sources saying xhaka is out except a few rumours. What reliable source is saying it? I’ll believe it only when I see it (drinks and BBQ round ishola’s place if it ever becomes official!!) But just to correct some earlier comments, his original price was apparently 40m. If we’re selling him for 15m when he’s in his prime at a time when we were being offered 20m for a utility RB just 12 months ago in AMN, then I don’t know what to say. On the one hand I’d take that. On the other hand you… Read more »
Put it this way, had our mids scored more, their sell on price goes up.
Xhaka is one of the least offensive mids out there… passes nice and sideways but rarely offers anything else.
The lack of goals from our mids is hurting us in other ways.
It doesnt help that Xhaka also wants out… Roma knows this and there you have it. His reps should have met with Edu and should ahve been told to keep it quiet as we want more $$, but agreeing to sell him. WOrks for both parties.
To be clear I don’t think xhaka is the worst player, but he represents something which I resent – which is tolerance of a player nowhere near good enough in the starting 11 for the vast majority of games of a whole 5 years He is to CM what Chamakh was to CF. When you’re used to having Henry, Bergkamp, Anelka, RVP and even Adebayor, Chamakh was just not acceptable. He was a good professional, he had a few strengths and scored a few goals, but it was never going to be enough. If he’d just been 3rd choice CF,… Read more »
Sterling. No thanks, unless it’s a bargain but that’s doubtful. He does look like a player in decline as someone mentioned earlier
Bruno from Lyon is way better than Bissouma.
https://fbref.com/en/players/82518f62/scout/365_euro/Bruno-Guimaraes-Scouting-Report
As things stand Willock is likely to get Arsenal a better transfer fee than Xhakalson.
Let that sink in
Replacing Xhaka, Willian, Ceballos will be difficult not too many quality players available to contribute at their level. Maybe get Sancho for the lot.
Shedding the dead wood and keeping the team manageable will be key. Promote Azeez. Spend the money on really good players. Anguissa, Hakimi, Buendia, etc. impact players now…. martinelli gets LW, Saka can take RW wing
Bring back Willock, sell El Neny.
CM’s- Willock, Azeez, (Anguissa, TP, Buendia)
Kegunner Lyon are crazy good at negotiating. If he’s good he’ll cost a fortune
If we do sell xhaka and we obviously lose Ceballos. It leaves us in a position numerically TP is nailed on We need a partner for him of a similar standard + 1 good stand in +1 squaddies +1 kid Azeez can be the kid If he stays, el neny will be the squaddie That leaves the good stand in spot vacant. Options are a new signing, willock, guen, torreira. Willock has talent for sure, tho is rough around the edges. Guen has some talent but is also a bit of a difficult character and his contract situation is not… Read more »
Almunia You’ve rumbled me – that’s my life in a nutshell! I thought it was a bit esoteric going for a link to musical theatre (after all, that kind of stuff isn’t my personal cup of tea). I’m not sure about Edouard. I mean I like the idea of a player like that, it’s just that I don’t rate him based on the very few games I’ve seen him play. Celtic were terrible this year weren’t they? Whither Xhaka is interesting for a lot of reasons. I buy the idea that Tets sees a little of himself in GX, albeit… Read more »
Look at this
__________Leno__________
Hakimi__Saliba__Gabriel__KT
______Anguissa____TP________
_________Buendia_________
Saka____Auba________Martinelli
4-3-3- Buendia is more advanced role. TP and Anguissa have the athletic ability to run the midfield behind him. This would be a sick line up. Hope its can happen
China
I think it needs to be Guen. Someone needs to explain to Tets that he has to see this as a challenge and a test of his management skills , ie to bring Guendouzi back into the fold and to ensure that he henceforth acts like a professional. Firm but fair with an explanation that this is his last chance. That’s not weakness – it’s about resetting the relationship and getting the balance of power established.
Guns, that’s a decent team, though young, and a good step up overall from where we are now. Also important next year will be our back up and squad players. We may lose several outgoing and they will need replaced. Also, I can’t think of another club in world football that is so good at destroying the value of its players. We are likely to be selling two of our four most expensive signings for pennies on the pound this season, and the other two are worth fractions of their cost to us. As for Xhaka, I hate the guy… Read more »
Don’t want mahrez or sterling. Not the right profile of player. No more “step down” players. Can’t see pep selling mahrez anyway he absolutely loves him. Xhaka can definitely go for me. Might have had his best season but a horribly limited footballer that’s contributed to our stagnation. Move him on
I would take Bissuma Topsopa and Walker Peters from Southhamton.. And then there is
J. Mouthiniho from Wolves .. he can share a position with someone from the youth
team.. ? Azeez, Willock, Patino ?
Ruben Neves is better than Bissouma defensively and Jorge Mendez should make this deal happen
Brozovic is being mentioned as replacement for Xhaka.
In the last year of his contract at Inter.
Some of the crap you read on line..
Gaberial has been decent at the back hasn’t he?
Bearing in mind he had a bad virus.
It’s all just arsenal jabbing online.
Pedro
It it’s true, Xhaka’s exit is excellent news.
I’m not sure where you get the idea that he’s been good for us in any way other than not making a dreadful error in a game.
This season he’s made fewer cock ups than last season. That’s all you can say.
He is slow and offers no penetration, goal or assist threat and he can’t tackle properly.
Good riddance.
If there’s one thing arsenal really need right now is goals from midfield.
Kroenkephobe
I totally agree regarding Guen. The lad has a real fire and he has the raw talent. If tets wanted to really test his skills at coaching there is no better way. And perhaps now guen has seen that big clubs arnt clambering over themselves to sign him he will be a little more humble.
Going into the season with TP, a new CM, Guen and willock challenging fir the CM spots wouldn’t be terrible. Especially as there will be minimal games.
@gunnerblog
“Arsenal would ideally like to add a second choice goalkeeper, RB, LB, CB, CM & 10. It’s a huge amount of work in a window containing a tournament, and there’s an acceptance it may not all be possible. More depth on the summer plans in the piece”
Expect a long summer guys
Can we please fast forward 6 weeks? I’m already bored senseless with no games to look forward to. Sign some players and start the new season already ffs!
I would definitely prioritise a striker over a CB. We need one that fits the system better.
Laca lacks the physical attributes and Auba lacks the ability.
Never rated Guendozi – a Grealish-type without the finish. Don’t see Clubs queueing up for him. Does not fit the bill. at Arsenal. I expect by now Arteta (and Edu) have earmarked the midfielder needed. Who? I don’t know – but for sure he will prove to be exceptional.
Guen would be a decent rotation option (not first choice) IF he can stop doing that god annoying habit of drawing in fouls and going down every time he gets the ball.
If he’s can’t stop doing that then sell sell sell.
Being told Guendouzi was a £70m player who deserved a ‘double your wages’ deal after his first season under Emery has to go down as some of the dumbest commentary we’ve had here.
Englandsbest
Not sure anyone is saying Guen should be 1st choice. But to be in the squad and earn some starts? I think so. Grealash (apart from the fact he’s a different position) is also 4 years older. Was he tearing up the league at 21? No
Guen would be a good squad player and he’d want to push to play so he’d try hard. Plus Guen next to partey would be an interesting experiment.
Just because Willock scores goals , doesn’t mean he cannot play a disciplined role in centre midfield. It is more difficult to be a prolific goalscorer from midfield than to be a disciplined centre mid. It’s all about a state of mind and how a player approaches the game, and good coaching. Ramsey took too long to learn the discipline element of the game, partly his fault, partly Wenger’s fault. In his last season at Arsenal under Emery , he was just starting to play the midfield role as it should be played instead of vacating the midfield area all… Read more »
Danny striker and Cb are both way down the priority areas when we have so many positions that genuinely need filling
If we go into the season with a good new striker but bellerin at RB or Xhaka at CM etc then any gains will be heavily offset by their remaining averageness
China
You misunderstand me.
I was talking about my priority between a CB or striker. I’d rather sign a striker if we are looking to sign a CB.
100% we need a RB, CM, AM and spare left back as priority.
Although I’d also argue that a striker comes above an AM.
Imagine If we’d had a better finisher up front this year? Cavani for example.
Pierre I agree I am not certain if willock will make it at this level but I’ve always agreed on the point that he has some very useful attributes and definitely has very good potential. Converting potential to a real career at this level is the real test. He’s one to watch at arsenal or otherwise. My gut feeling is he won’t make it at a CL level team but he will have a very decent PL career. Would be very happy to be wrong about that and I’d like to be proved wrong with him at arsenal because he… Read more »
China, I object to your Xhaka/Chamakh analogy.
Xhaka’s hair is world class.
Danny I agree on that point but I don’t think our resources are going to stretch that far. 3 first team quality players would be a job well done imo. I don’t think we will manage more than that tho we might get some bargains to fill in lesser priority gaps
Willock will be greater than Lampard
You heard it here 1st!
“Willock will be greater than LampardYou heard it here 1st!“
Lampard the player or the coach?
China
Laca needs to sign or be sold. Auba might want to play in Europe.
After last season I think both can be replaced easily. Striker could become a top priority.
Thankfully the Euros is around the corner, I find the off season so mind numbingly boring.
Sid,
So AMN will be better than Wijnaldum, and Willock will be better than Lampard………..
any suggestions what manager might make that happen?
I’d say let’s get that guy in immediately.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l-YZhuu3Heo Knowing willocks reputation and history as a promising kid who has a great eye for goal. Watch the compilation above (I know it’s only YouTube but give it a watch). Now imagine you were told this player was being signed by us on a 2 year contract as a free transfer. Would you be happy with that? I think most people would say he looks like he’d be a very decent addition to the squad even if he’s not expected to be starting 11 most games. Also notice how well he runs under pressure without constantly going to ground… Read more »
China
I’d rather keep both.
Both have the talent there. They just need coaching and we do after all have a generational coach.
Tom
Nice one. He had various problems did Chamakh, and you’re absolutely right to suggest that his coiffure was one of them. There were oily glutinous strands going everywhere. Trump with brylcreem.
He looked like hot shit at Bordeaux banging goals in from everywhere. Christ only knows what Wenger did to reduce him to what he became.
Danny we could keep both as 3rd and 4th choice and sell Xhaka el neny and torreira. Then buy a first choice CM and promote azeez
I’d be good with that
I’m shocked people don’t see Auba as a big problem – he looks finished right now; even when the team picked up in the last few games he was anonymous. I wouldn’t bank on him suddenly returning to his old self next season – that would be a huge risk. I honestly think he carried us to a large degree in preceding seasons and his decline might even be the No1 reason this season was so poor by comparison. To me the two big areas that need addressing are CM and CF. Other areas of the pitch need improving as… Read more »
Fabrizio Romano just tweeted this:
“Arsenal are working to sell players in the next days. OM are in advanced talks to sign Mattéo Guendouzi who’s coming back from Hertha Berlin loan spell. AS Roma are pushing to complete Granit Xhaka deal soon. Arsenal are open to sell Lucas Torreira too.”
Davi
I’d love to sell Auba and Laca and sign a better CF with Balogun as second choice. The money in wages freed up alone plus any fees would pay for someone good surely.
Just imagine if we’d gone in hard for suarez or cavani last season instead of Willian.
Danny/China I’m a bit at odds with that. I’d sell Auba and keep try to keep Laca on a shorter contract. If we continue with this u-bend system, I think the cf’s pace is secondary to his positional play and willingness to be physical. In that regard, a player like Abraham could be a good alternative to Auba if the price is right and he and Laca could rotate this season. And then there’s the questions of attitude, link up play with others and flexibility, not to mention supporting young players and keeping up morale. Laca beats Auba in all… Read more »
Wow. Fabrizio Romano really has his finger on the pulse! Does he know Liverpool are looking to sign Konate as well?
Kreoenke
If laca agrees a 1 year extension on current wages, we should def go for it. No more of these 3 year double the wages deals tho.
I’d sell Auba in a heartbeat.
Danny – yeah, but if we had to sell one or the other, it would be Auba all day for me. At least you know you’ll get a shift with Laca and he’ll help the team make chances, even if he misses too many of them. Yeah it’s tough, I don’t think many thought Willian would be so bad, but the next time a Cavani or Suarez becomes available nobody’s going to trust it because we’ve been burned too many times on older players who were already successful elsewhere. I guess it’s not easy to know a player’s motivations at… Read more »
China
”””””””I’m already bored senseless with no games to look forward to”””””””””””””
The BIGGEST of the lot , this evening.
The Champions League Final. Just imagine that………
Chelsea could have 2 or Man City getting their 1st.
(Chelsea without William and Luiz and Man City without Arteta doing fine thank you very much.)
But don’t worry forget them – we have a process to follow. And we have a plan
And we have the Christmas Tree Table Trophy in the cabinet too.
These clubs that win don’t know nothing,
Also Rans forever under KSE.
Davi I’ve never been a huge fan of Aubameyang, we’re probably stuck with him though, he’s almost 32, and apparently earning extortionate wages I think we’ll sell Lacazette if we get any offers, then move Aubameyang central, strikers are all about confidence, hopefully he’ll get a couple of goals, pick up some confidence, and we can try and extract some value from our considerable investment in him I’m not convinced by Aubameyang’s all around game, but if we can’t get rid of him, we have to try and create the type of chances for him, that can get the best… Read more »
And we have the Christmas Tree Table Trophy in the cabinet too.
Have to give it to you CG. You come up with some gems sometimes 😂
”””””And we have the Christmas Tree Table Trophy in the cabinet too.””””””
Still more than what Spurs have Danny, at least.
CG
They have the
‘We finished above arsenal again’ trophy unfortunately.
“I’d love to sell Auba and Laca and sign a better CF”
——————————————————————
Since Arteta likes false 9, I might even sign Jack Grealish. LOL!
“Although I’d also argue that a striker comes above an AM
magine If we’d had a better finisher up front this year? Cavani for example.”
Wouldn’t’ have made much difference People forget that we struggled to create chances this season. Key word being CREATE (Especially the first half of the season)
Cavani isn’t a creator. He’ a marksman and marksmen ain’t shite without bullets.
CM AM and RB surely have to be our priority positions to fill in the starting XI. After that we can see whats up elsewhere.
But not since Xmas obviously. Which is where it counts.
JamieMay 29, 2021 10:15:32 Being told Guendouzi was a £70m player who deserved a ‘double your wages’ deal after his first season under Emery has to go down as some of the dumbest commentary we’ve had here. I guess that the multiple journalists nominating him for multiple awards were also dumb – Golden Boy Award, Kopa Trophy, London Football Awards, 2 times Arsenal Player of the Month. That Transfermarkt had him valued at €50m in Dec 2019 right before Arteta’s arrival was also dumb. That he started in 95% of the games he was available at Hertha is also dumb.… Read more »
I’m just hoping folks haven’t forgot this season already. It was mind crushingly awful
Kroenkephobe
I’m not sure how prolific Chamakh was before his free transfer to Arsenal but he was a major step down in quality from what most Arsenal fans were used to seeing.
He had an average first season and then just fell off a cliff probably too depressed about his hair situation.
His and Gervinho’s were two of the worst Arsenal players haircuts of the modern era,
Auba’s recent efforts notwithstanding.
Sterling would be a disaster signing, another albatross with a fat contract, bad attitude, and nothing to prove. In other words, it has Arsenal written all over it.
Sterling would never come to Arsenal.
From the best club in the country, to a club on decline. Ya all saying no to Sterling, don’t seem to realize that we are nowhere near as attractive to players who’ve been winning trophy after trophy.
The madafaka has over a 100 goals and 100 assists for Man City in 6 seasons and they think he’s not good enough for us. LOL???
Kroenkephobe I’m more cynical about laca, I’m suspicious his energy rates directly correspond with the length remaining in his contract. Any extension reduces his value if he even has any by the time his new contract would be up. I get the idea of a one year extension but when was the last time Arsenal gave a short term contract like that? Sell him and take a gamble on a young forward, if it fails the young forward will still have a sell on value, if laca deal fails he wont have a sell on value. And that’s before wage… Read more »
Why does legrove take so long to load these days?
“If Arsenal get less than €25m for Guendouzi, every single one of the responsible people should be sacked on the spot.”
Because of Arteta’s behaviour we’ll get closer to 5 million euros than 25 million.
Some people are living 15 years in the past.
‘ If Arsenal get less than €25m for Guendouzi, every single one of the responsible people should be sacked on the spot’
That valuation is bonkers
He has only one year on his contract and everyone knows his part club don’t want him.
We ail be very fortunate to get €8 million for him.
“I guess that the multiple journalists nominating him for multiple awards were also dumb – Golden Boy Award, Kopa Trophy, London Football Awards, 2 times Arsenal Player of the Month.
That Transfermarkt had him valued at €50m in Dec 2019 right before Arteta’s arrival was also dumb.
That he started in 95% of the games he was available at Hertha is also dumb.”
2 times Arsenal Player of the Month Jesus Christ man.
“But not since Xmas obviously. Which is where it counts.”
Actually Danny’s raised a serious point – When should I start to pay attention to Arsenal results next season mid August or late December?
Rich – I get why we were desperate to keep him, whatever his faults, it was his goals that kept us reasonably competitive over the few preceding years, including in the fa cup last season. He was a top level goalscorer. I think Arteta has been trying to play that confidence back into him all season and it hasn’t worked (he didn’t earn his starting spot back from Laca), which is why I’m doubtful he still has anything of significance to offer. Looking at it realistically as you are: if we have to keep Auba I think the best bet… Read more »
AMN will be as good as Wijnaldum, Not better, get the difference, Mr Ekstraklasa mascot
CG,
Both Chelsea and City can go fuck themselves with their business model.
What is it exactly now, over 1,5 billion each pumped in to revive one that was near bankruptcy, and the other that oscillated between relegation and mid table with an occasional drop?
Some achievement.
*Parent club