RAGE AGAINST THE TRANSFER MACHINE

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Arsenal fans are absolutely raging on a 24/7 cycle at the moment. Matt on the podcast told me he thinks we’re nearing New York Knicks levels of consistent disappointment in the way things go for our club. I could not disagree.

Old Le Grove would double down and join the thomas party. New Le Grove needs some light this summer. So I’m going on the counter here.

First thing we need to remember: Nothing has happened yet.

Emi Buendia rumours are simply rumours. Remember, the world of ‘transfer gossip’ is now big business if you want to be famous for something utterly pointless.

‘Oh, what I’ve heard is Edu wore the wrong shirt on the zoom’

‘Arsenal were interested, but slow’

‘Arsenal offered up a payment structure unbefitting of their prestige’

‘There wasn’t a good plan from Arteta’

Come on people, all of these things can’t be true, so what’s the point in raging?

Here’s what happens with transfer rumour merchants.

One person says ‘ARSENAL TO BID FOR BUENDIA’

Others hopeful ITKs don’t want to miss out so will support the rumour with blend of ‘hearing the same’ and ‘they’ve scouted him’ or the ultimate copout ‘they like the player.’

This is an echo chamber used to protect reps, but it’s not grounded in reality, because most people don’t really have good sources on transfer deals.

When everyone is saying a similar shade of the same thing, fans take it as gospel, not realising there’s a whole world of hedging that goes on in this game. I can’t even feel sorry for people, I get sent tweets from smart people ‘@Joerbill698490000 ‘DEAL IS CLOSE ON X PLAYER’… like, honestly, these are the accounts that are riling you up? Every summer, 10 accounts hoping to get famous show up with fake rumours, every summer, people follow along and get angry when it falls through.

Next up.

Sometimes YOUR taste in players is absolutely terrible. Same here people, I’ve tied my reputation to some absolute shockers over the years. Where I’m going here is this: Last summer, Arsenal fans were tweeting ‘This club is FINISHED’ when Edu tried to move for Jorginho and John Stones. A season on, how are we feeling about those taste levels?

Reuben Neves might be an unsexy signing but that doesn’t mean he can’t fit the club as a whole. Do my loins moisten? No. But look, not many people have purred over Jorginho over the past few years, and it’s clear that every manager that works with him loves him, now he’s a Champions League winner. John Stones was a joke on this forum, I’ve had one guy tweet me every time he makes a mistake for years because I liked him, now he’s a league winner and one of the best defenders in the Premier League.

Pulling players out of underperforming clubs, if done with sharp data analysis, can be a winning move. Can’t imagine too many Arsenal fans were clamouring for Wijnaldum when he was bumming around at Newcastle, now he’s out at Liverpool and he’s joined PSG. Can you imagine if we’d gone for Choupo Moting after Stoke? He just signed a new deal with Bayern. We have to give this new scouting model a crack, if the sharp people on the laptops are recommending these players, then let’s see what’s what before crying that our club is over.

Everyone keen to jump on the Bissouma bandwagon, his agent is pushing his clients’ name towards Arsenal this summer, and it would make a lot of sense. Why are Arsenal fans excited about him? Because we’ve been starved of athletes for years. We’d take power and pace over a technician all day long (not that Bissouma is just P&P), but there has to be a balance. Again, I have no idea if we’re in for him, but he checks a lot of boxes and we have a make-weight with Eddie that would suit Brighton’s need for a proper finisher next season.

There’s also a lot of slander in the system for Martin Odegaard packaged with bad business ideas.

Here are the rules for Odegaard.

  1. He’s either good enough or he’s not. If the analysts at Arsenal have watched him at uncomfortably close quarters for 5 months and there’s still a ‘maybe’ about him, we shouldn’t go back for him. Reality? 5 months of intimate scouting will tell Arteta and Edu exactly what they need to do.
  2. You don’t loan a 22-year-old for a year if you are convinced he’s good enough. Creativity is a massive issue at Arsenal, he’s a big creator, if he’s the one, we need him on a perm deal. Developing other clubs talents is an absolute no-no, because we’re either pumping his price, or we’re bringing in an uncomitted duffer like Dani C and we’ll not move forward. There needs to be an answer.
  3. Football is bankrupt the world over. This summer will mark one of the most distressed markets in history. Odegaard is gettable this season for a good price because Madrid will likely have bigger targets elsewhere. Move on him now.
  4. Concerns about impact should be very much weighed against a few things. Firstly, he had only played 300 minutes prior to joining us in January. Secondly, the Premier League is really hard to adapt to. Thirdly, he came into a very broken squad. I think there is every chance that with a good preseason and a better understanding of the league… he could blow up.

Big club buy, they don’t rent.

The final rumour I want to talk about is the swap deal for Hector Bellerin and Aaron Ramsey.

I really hope we don’t go there. 65 appearances in 2 season, 6 goals, 6 assists. £400k a week deal. 30 years old. Injured all the time. He is not reliable, his numbers have cratered, and he’s been a superstar signing that has contributed to Juve falling off. Let him go to Everton.

The one joy I’ve taken from most of the transfer rumours this summer is the players all seem be sub 25 years old. That’s how it should be. We need a squad of sharp talent that we can develop and grow with. I don’t want to revisit old movies we know the ending of. How often has going back in time worked for Arsenal? Almost never. We are bad at signing older players, really bad.

The big lesson of last season is that the younger players respond better to the way of Mikel Arteta. Older players aren’t interested because they are at the stage of their careers where they don’t need to learn new tricks.

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Mr Serge

I would have Brendan in a heart beat

PhD2020

Champagne CharlieJune 7, 2021 19:37:15
Marko

You’ve already demonstrated your inability to grasp “smart” transfers.
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I think Arsenal as a club over the last decade have not really demonstrated smart transfers,if we are being honest.

Kante-£30 million vs Xhaka £35 million springs to mind..

Kroenkephobe

Wise advice Almunia. I might give Tony’s Alan Parsons Project clip a go tonight. I was the wrong age for prog rock at the time but like you say it’s all worth a listen. The thing about transfer windows and keeping our powder dry is right. In the past when we were inked in for CL qualification every year, summer was a time to relax but after this season and the general level of distrust in the management, the pressure is really on. No one has any idea of what’s going on behind the scenes (including Edu and Garlick!) so… Read more »

Dissenter

“Starting forrfana over soyuncu and Evans as a pair ultimately cost Leicester top 4”

Wasn’t Soynicu injured in the first half of the season
Fofana had an excellent season, he did as well as any of our “experienced” defenders

Lets forget that Madison was injured when it mattered, or that Harvey Barnes and Ndidi missed
big chinks of the season. .

Apparently, it’s all on Fofana,.

Ishola70

The only way Jorginho was going to be signed was to sell Xhaka at the time.

You can’t have two registas in the side. That is extreme.

The advantage Jorginho has over Xhaka is that he can come up into central areas in midfield and actually stay there for periods. Give “control” further up the pitch.

Mr Serge

Diss most of those players don’t defend apart from ndidi it is down to the CB s to stop the goals
No team plays teenage CBS

Mr Serge

Diss if you think you know better than Keown who am i to argue with you pal

alexanderhenry

Pedro I’m not expecting a massive clearout this window, as much as I think we need one. Post covid, the market will surely be deflated. It’s going to be a very similar squad next season with-hopefully- a couple of exciting, dynamic signings, but even that will be hard to pull off. Edu has hardly been an inspiration and even though Josh keeps saying arsenal fans should: ‘be excited’, I’m never quite sure what he’s referring to. Regarding Ramsay, I agree but right now, peak Aaron would be exactly what the current midfield needs. I think that’s gone though. Still, I’m… Read more »

Champagne Charlie

Val Nobody has called Willian a smart transfer, or Luiz a long-term transfer. Good that you can show up and immediately parade your ignorance though. Tom Reductive, but also true. Leicester’s short term gains for playing Fofana are dubious, and nobody denies he’s a good prospect. Fact of the matter is when Arsenal paid 30 mil for Saliba we were negotiating a transfer window looking to get back into the CL ASAP. That deal never had “next season” in mind at any stage because it came with a mandatory loan. Talking about Arteta’s “treatment” of the player is a complete… Read more »

andy1886

Curse, well if we did pull it off I’d be ecstatic. Grealish is one player who really would ‘move the needle’ as people like to say.

Guns of SF

https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/transfer-news/bissouma-arsenal-transfer-confirmed-hint-20700183

If only this is true- sorry for the click bait but its a little unusual

curse

Brendan? no thanks, the foxes get heralded a lot, well run club, great manager, smart signings etc… yet finished 5 points in front of us in our worst year.

caveat being covid of course but I like where we are as a club.

curse

Andy

hey, you never know, crazy things happen all the time. Emily Brenda was potentially brought in super early cos Jack has already made his mind up? we’ll see.

Martin seems more realistic though, can’t see how he is good enough to start for real.

Thorough

Rumor has it that the Sauceman is planning to loan Saliba out to an EPl side. I’m sure some nutters will still defend this. Or maybe Saliba is just another dick that nobody knows nothing about his crime except Arteta?

curse

Pedro

dreaming big, you think so?
we’re a big club, why else would we spend 72m on player? lol

Leftside

Saliba just needs to nod his head aggressively at Arteta’s mumbo jumbo instuctions in training and run around showing that pass hun the shit managers love then he’ll be right back in the good books

Soham

Get ready for the usual cycle…euros happen..players have a good tournament and their prices go up…arsenal submit a low bid on transfer deadline day which gets rejected..and the club then say we tried !

Leftside

And i know people have short memories but Willock will come back here and look exactly how he looked under Arteta before his loan.

Pedro

Curse, in this window? I’d be shocked

Almuniasaynomore

Kroenkephobe Any man who took Liz Hurley to bed the night she wore that dress deserves respect, even if he did go on to make an almighty mess of things. If Arteta could understand that, get a couple of big transfers right and a lot of the shite you’ve done gets erased rapidly. Honestly,GG and the bungs are irrelevant as far as I’m concerned, his legacy is what he achieved on the pitch. There’s a theory in golf that on each hole you’ll have a best shot. The closer to the hole you are when you play that shot the… Read more »

curse

Pedro

yup. Stan and son owe us one apparently.

Guns of SF

If we get Aouar and Bissouma, well done… 2 main targets

Guns of SF

Then there is this one….

https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/arsenal-fans-transfer-yves-bissouma-20675525

And his mate is Pepe! Praying we get him or Anguissa!

Dissenter

Leftside
“And i know people have short memories but Willock will come back here and look exactly how he looked under Arteta before his loan.”
…and then they will call the player is shit

Bertie Mee

Grealish is a wonderful player but he is not going to sign for a team not in the Champions League , not in contention for the title and with a lot of instability like Arsenal . Sorry to piss on some peoples’s chips but if you really think it’s a possibility you don’t understand football .
Lot of people like that on social media

Matt

Signing Grealish is absolutely pie in the sky, yet we are apparently still a massive club. So which is it??

Guns of SF

Jack will never come here. Period.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Pass the point of caring wtf happens at the club.
What will be will be..
I can see him making a right pugs ear of it tho.

All I will say is the point of sending youth out on loan is to gain experience to either take them to next level or window display.
Think Joe deserves a fair crack at the first team.

But to me it looks like arteta is a dithering dither

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

We would be better of focusing on Todd Cantwell and DCL

Danny S

If we sign bissouma, we are going to become a one dimensional team. Having 2 CM who offer little going forward will mean Arteta is planning on using the flanks. Good managers will squeeze us in and force the play through the middle and we will see a lot of possession and ‘control’ with very little end product again.

We need more creativity in our pivot otherwise it’s all plan A again.

Habesha Gooner

Rumors going around Xhaka to Roma is Advanced.

You know what that means right?

Party at Ishola’s place.

Colney Gooner

So, Edourd is off to Leicester for £18 million by the look of it.

Marko

Arsenal inquired “multiple times” for Brest’s Romain Perraud. Reports,

Oh shit we’re enquiring about a player who’s also being linked with Southampton and Leeds. Fingers crossed we can convince him

Tom

Just when you think you’ve seen it all there’s Andy being called arrogant and extreme.
Fucking hell !!!!

Habesha Gooner

We don’t need Edouard. What us the point of having Martinelli and Balogun then.

PhD2020

Bertie MeeJune 7, 2021 20:59:57
Grealish is a wonderful player but he is not going to sign for a team not in the Champions League , not in contention for the title and with a lot of instability like Arsenal .

Sorry to piss on some peoples’s chips but if you really think it’s a possibility you don’t understand football .

“Lot of people like that on social media”
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“Lot of people like that on social media”

Can you give some examples or elaborate somehow?

Really curious to hear your take.

Dream10

Marko

Looks like Southampton got themselves a good deal. 10m Euros for that Left back.

Mr Serge

How much is ward prowse worth ?

The Bard

Interesting post Pedro but unfortunately not all clubs are facing bankruptcy. Chelsea. Man U, Liverpool, City to name but a few are fine. Arsenal aren’t bankrupt but have owners who don’t want to spend what it takes so the thrust of your argent goes down the pan. Add in Arsenal’s terrible transfer record and it doesn’t look too promising. I’m more than happy to be proved wrong.

Dream10

Habesha

Interesting to see how we fare with progressing the ball up the field. Xhaka was the key man in doing that for the last few years. He’s available 95% of the time as well. Partey definitely has a broader skill set, but he needs to be consistent next season. If he misses chunks of time, then we’ll need to replace next summer

The Bard

Argument

Mr Serge

Songbird

Mr Serge

As the bard is throwing out random words

Dream10

Mr Serge

Don’t how much he is worth. But,. ward Prowse has Everton or West Ham written all over him. Can see them spending 30-40m on on him this or next summer

Mr Serge

Villa are chasing him which makes sense the amount of times Grealish is on the floor

Emiratesstroller

Alexander Henry I think that there will be a mass clearout this summer whether it is transfers, loans or even perhaps swaps. U23s Jeorge Bird has published today an analysis of our U23 squad. According to his report there are no fewer than 33 players at this level on our books + another 4 players like Okonkwo who are in queue for contracts. He highlights that the squad is completely over bloated with far too many older players with little prospect of making the grade at Arsenal. He makes also observations that Arsenal have far too many goalkeepers on the… Read more »

Elmo

Marko
Never heard of Perraud, but as he’s a LB, it’s clearly as cover for Tierney.

£8.5m to Leeds, so not expensive, and clearly will have an engine if Bielsa has chosen him. 23, so right age profile.

I don’t mind any links like that because they sound like reasonable punts for our situation (think about Kos for £10m and Giroud for £10m, though Giroud clearly higher profile after spear-heading the Montpellier title win).

You may well have seen him and know better than me, though!

Habesha Gooner

Dream 10
I think Arteta wants the same type of player with less limitations than Xhaka. That may be why we are after Ruben Neves. A much better version of the player xhaka thinks he is .

Anyway ozil, Mustafi, Xhaka and may be Kolasinac all gone in a year? I could cry tears of joy if Arteta wasn’t our manager.

Elmo

“ward Prowse has Everton or West Ham written all over him”

Basically a Sigurdsson, isn’t he?

Dream10

Elmo

More like a one third as good as Ray Parlour with a decent set oiece

Kaz

Willock will be as good for us as AMN was in the middle for us.

A great manager would get AMN to be a defensive midfielder he has the athleticism and ability for it. Arteta doesn’t have that in his locker.

A great manager see’s that Willock is a great runner for attacking the box but clumsy with the ball to his feet so would encourage him to surge into the box as much as possible. Arteta demands his midfield stay out the box so I don’t see the point in not selling Willock.

Elmo

Sounds about right, Dream.

At least we have the memories. Just watched back the Parlour ’02 Cup Final goal and the footage strangely doesn’t even look dated. Nearly 2 decades ago, but watching it back, it feels like yesterday.

CG

kas ””””’Willock will be as good for us as AMN was in the middle for us. A great manager would get AMN to be a defensive midfielder he has the athleticism and ability for it. Arteta doesn’t have that in his locker. A great manager see’s that Willock is a great runner for attacking the box but clumsy with the ball to his feet so would encourage him to surge into the box as much as possible. Arteta demands his midfield stay out the box so I don’t see the point in not selling Willock.”””” Sensational. And 100% accurate. Do… Read more »

englandsbest

emiratesstroller

I am inclined to agree: the Arsenal squad will be a lean machine come summer.

Several of the departees have not figured at Arsenal, others are loans, others are past their best or simply wretched, so it will be seen as a clean-out more than a clear-out.

I’d add Willian and maybe Auba and Leno to your list, and subtract maybe Nketiah and AMN, and I’d expect two major signings, a GK and a midfielder.

Bertie Mee

media”Can you give some examples or elaborate somehow?Really curious to hear your take.

A large number of the posts on here and most of the Twitterati .

Marko

Closer to Xhaka leaving…oh lordy what great news

salparadisenyc

Thoughts with a few on here, notably Ishola with this Xhaka news.
Scenes.

Mr Serge

I can’t wait for Xhaka to leave he has held us back for 5 years slow arse crap player

Dream10

Elmo

My favourite Arsenal team that one in ’02. And our best one in the PL era. That team played dynamic football, had technique and individual flair. More risky in style, so but so much fun
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Wolves want 40m pounds for Neves

Guns of SF

Interesting takes on BIssouma. how folks see it 2 ways. I see it as him sitting back allowing our CM’s finally room to roam forward and join the attack. WIth him acting as cover. TP is supposedly allowed to play more B2B, hence why he signed with us. However, with Xhaka it was he who had to sit back more. With Bissouma, we have TP moving more forward and another CM as well… If that is Aouar then great! Compliment them with a front line of Auba, Saka and Pepe Not too bad. Bissouma is the destroyer we all wish… Read more »

Mr Serge

Bisouma over neves all day

MD-Gunner

The media is having a field day with Arsenal missing out on Buendia and all kind of Articles appear now as click bait like: 1. 10 players Arsenal missed out on – and who they signed instead 2. Five players to sign instead of Buendia. I can see it already a raging debate here of which player is the better deal, since the prices for Buendia vs Neves are nearly the same There is a point to be made for Arsenal being attractive to a player and it is this. When Xhaka joined Arsenal he had a thousands of followers… Read more »

Guns of SF

MD, of course it depends on the player in question. Ronaldo is a once in a lifetime type player.
Great at branding himself and getting the most out of it.

Xhaka? not so much… but hey, I respect that Buendia was strong enough to join for his own convictions… last thing we would have needed is an unhappy player on our hands …

Lets see what he does at Aston Vila.

Guns of SF

Sporting and Portugal in general is a hot bed. Pedro Goncalves
This fella seems pretty nice… 25M on TM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSLfKwp0E40

Guns of SF

what we need in our 10 or CAM is someone similar to Fernandes.
what a revelation he has been for Manure…
A pure number 10- piling on the assists and goals. Highly technical…
I do hope we have scoured Portugal…. would love a player in the mould

Guns of SF

Some interesting other choices per this article I found. MD you might have been looking at this one too

https://paininthearsenal.com/2021/06/07/arsenal-8-emi-buendia-alternatives/

MD-Gunner

What has happened is the Arsenal faithful have been so disappointed for not getting Buendia that the media decided we are going to have people click on headlines that talk about alternatives because that makes money for us. However that should never be the case. If Arsenal had a decent scouting department, if they had a DOF with connections and footballing knowledge.we would have lined up the targets and get things out of the way early. But here we are hoping and a wishing because as earlier posted clowns on the left, jokers on the right and stuck in the… Read more »

Tony

just waiting for my son’s new driver to arrive my wife bought him as a surprise, so thoughts I’d have a go at silly lyrics – why let Almunia and Kroenke have all the fun? My Lady d’banville by Yusuf- Cat Stevens music My arsenal my Arsenal, why can’t you score goals? If I can find a striker who understands me who can find a cross, who can head at the goal My Arsenal my Arsenal, you must listen to me Dreary football for all to see If you can totally obey me, then I will let you be My… Read more »

Gentlebris

The three.musketeers can get Grealish if they want, if they don’t it’s because they don’t try harder than the competition. These players are intelligent pros who can analyze stuffs ahead. Arsenal are a sleeping giant but let’s put a dash on that; for all of City’s money and big players…Arsenal still command more global presence than they do. So while City have the pull of the prospect of winning trophies instantly and playing in the advanced stages of the UCL…Arsenal even up to some extent with global presence and solid history. As much as wailers would want you to believe,… Read more »

Guns of SF

Bris,
with another coach, maybe…thats my opinion. Arteta ball does not allow freedom or much creativity. Mostly give to the wings, cross, or someone cut in and shoot. basic stuff. Grealish would need to pass more, dribble less, shoot less too. Mike could not handle a player like that anyhow. Besides, seems a little bit of a punk too… you know how that goes.

Tony

Having read the Buendia saga, my take has always been this: Buendia is making a serious career move and in doing so has done his due diligence talking to his agent, Norwich manager, his family, Lucas T and Martinez plus his closest friends in football. Buendia is aware of the trauma caused by the caustic Arteta to most of our youth players and knows plenty about Arteta’s inexperience, his constant tinkering and many, many flaws, such as inability to be flexible with his tactics, selections and in-game management. Buendia probably took one look at Arteta while being told about the… Read more »

Guns of SF

Tony,
This was the worry this season. missing out on europe and finishing so poorly. Who would want to come to us?
Money certainly did not talk with Buendia and I respect him for his convictions.
How are we going to lure top talent in? London ? maybe… money… maybe but again, lots of teams have money.
A player around 24-25 will want a multi year contract with the ability to win something.We cannot offer that… right now

S Asoa

Regarding Buendía excuses :

Tch tch
It is just Arteta puppy love
Thank God not dementia.

Kroenkephobe

Hi Tony Not being totally au fait with Cat’s (Yusuf’s) material, I took a listen to Lady of D’Arbanville. Very beautiful simple tune. Would be great to hear him sing your version live to an expectant crowd at the E******s on opening day. Xhaka (who could still be with us by then) comes out and tells him to fuck off! A unsurpassable season highlight on day one. I remember when sky TV first started showing live games on Monday night and they had bands performing at half time. Must have been very early 90s. On one of the first ones,… Read more »

Tony

Guns
Agreed.

Just before closing my computers down my son came in and asked how Graylick, Edu and Arteta can sell Arsenal to the players we want?

I told him it’s a very good question i don’t have an answer to.

However, if Graylick was Compos, Rangnick or Overmars the job would be infinitely easier.

Graylick’s 8 years at WBA and time served with the FA does not inspire the same confidence feelings as the aforementioned names would.

Kroenkephobe

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://909originals.com/2019/01/02/the-shamen-havin-it-large-at-highbury-october-1992/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwjgj6-MmYfxAhUS4OAKHVDoDQYQFjABegQIGxAC&usg=AOvVaw2uYlwdUqqZkt2vbs4vJ3I7&ampcf=1

Just found a link. Wahey. Reassuring to know it did actually happen and it wasn’t a flashback from the preceding weekend. A really good night that one. I think we won as well which almost always was the case against City who were dire in those days.

Kroenkephobe

Anyone else there that night? It was the season with the mural as the video shows. Fucking great memories from that period.

DivineSherlock

Xhaka out yet ?

Tony

Kroenke
https://g.co/kgs/w4BCYu

Tea for the Tillerman was the first LP I bought.

Still play tracks from it often.

Dolly is an excellent song writer having penned “I will always love you’ the huge Whitney hit.

Her old style country doesn’t do much for me as any country tunes from the 70s,80s and 90s, but with Garth Brooks making the connection between country and rock with his music, that’s when I started to really like country music with Blake Shelton et al.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpwdwbO1uvM&list=PLskKWhn-

LBTh7YL_mSzDgI9hQ2uhPemlj&index=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdsJI8Wc2D4&list=PLskKWhn-

LBTh7YL_mSzDgI9hQ2uhPemlj&index=3

His live DVD set is worth the money especially live one man show in Vegas.

Gonsterous

Gentlebriss So while City have the pull of the prospect of winning trophies instantly and playing in the advanced stages of the UCL…Arsenal even up to some extent with global presence and solid history. Please lets stop with all this global presence b.s. evens up to winning trophies How does being popular even up to winning trophies? Sanchez and RVP would rather us challenging for the league that they left us than us being popular in Africa or Asia. Global presence may compete against the likes of derby and Bournemouth than city, pool or chelsea. It’s not this phenomenon that… Read more »

China1

Stop dreaming Sherlock

If it ain’t on the .com it ain’t nuthin!

Pierre

Michelle …..The Beatles

Mikel you bell(end)
These are words that go together well.

Mikel you bell(end)
Sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble , Tres bien ensemble .

I want you , I want you , I want you to leave now
That’s all I want to say.
Until I find a way
I will say the only words I know that you’ll understand

Adios Mikel.

DivineSherlock

China

A man can dream , The ruthlessness has begun .

Kroenkephobe

Pierre
Formidable mon ami. Notre copain Almunia a deja essaye la meme chanson il y a quelques semaines.

Hey Almunia – great minds think alike!

gnarleygeorge9

‘Victoria Concordia Crescit’

Has been replaced by

‘Coulda Shoulda Woulda’

Since the Kroenke Dynasty began!!!!

Leftside

Arteta and his controlled, robotic football will be off-putting to any player that wishes to play with any kind of freedom. The headmaster approach also will be off-putting to a lot of players, Arteta hasn’t earned enough credit in the bank to do that, mediocre as a player and poor as a manager. It will be a hard sell for any player to come and play under him unless a player is enticed by money or really wants to join Arsenal in 2021. Anyway, the megalomaniac cannot save himself from himself so we will probably be looking for a new… Read more »

Leftside

It’s also been mentioned on here the likes of Xhaka (Thank God), Guendouzi and Torreira leaving. I don’t see this as being realistic with this football club. For those players to leave, along with Ceballos who has returned to Real Madrid we will be woefully short of bodies in midfield. I can see one of Guendouzi or Torreira remaining for this reason.

Elneny, AMN and Willock won’t cut it next to Partey and I wouldn’t trust Edu, Arteta and the jokers to run a bath let alone recruit a few quality midfielders for this football club.

Sid

Xhakalsons bags are packed but the keys to the door are lost, lets hope the locksmith comes through

The Bard

Mr Serge my random word was in fact to correct a typo in my post. Just got delayed. If the rest of the fan base are as fed up as those on here the Emitates is going to be an interesting place next season. Talk about pressure. Unless Arteta waves a magic wand over this squad I cant see him surviving for long. We won’t compete while the Kroenke’s own the club

Mr Serge

Left side we will buy at least 2 midfielders I reckon it will be neves and bisouma or that Belgian kid

Mr Serge

The bard I agree with you with the kronkes in charge we are average at best

kjelli

M. Pereira is a better option than Ödegaard, who is a bit too dull for my taste. Get Tapsopa and
the Russian striker Dzyuba and were set for the Ch.leauge next season..

Captain Tierney

I did not know Fabrizio Romano and David Ornstein were just 12 year kids hyping up rumours behind their screens

Danny S

This Emi Beuendia fella actually played 48 of his last 50 games on the right wing for Norwich.

How the fuck is anyone concluding that he’d have worked as a no.10 for us? And why are we looking at right wingers?

I thought he was an AMC!

Terraloon

“These players are intelligent pros who can analyze stuffs ahead. Arsenal are a sleeping giant but let’s put a dash on that; for all of City’s money and big players…Arsenal still command more global presence than they do. So while City have the pull of the prospect of winning trophies instantly and playing in the advanced stages of the UCL…Arsenal even up to some extent with global presence and solid history. Dearie Dearie me This to me could almost be taken from the minutes of an Arsenal Board of Directors Meeting. The old sleeping giant thing. What like Sunderland, like… Read more »

Tony

Pierre
Good effort with the song.

Danny S

Shows again that instead of going fir a player that fits a position Arteta is looking to get another player he can shunt around the pitch as abs when.

Either that or he’s looking to replace Pepe.

Terraloon

which are

Sid

“””””This Emi Beuendia fella actually played 48 of his last 50 games on the right wing for Norwich. How the fuck is anyone concluding that he’d have worked as a no.10 for us?”””””””

Carzola played over 150 games on the wings for both Malaga and Villareal,
Firminho, Guardiola played on the wings
Pirlo started as a #10

Let that sink in