Here we are people, welcome to Friday. It’s been a fun week.
There’s not a lot of news doing the rounds. David Ornstein set tongues wagging when he suggested Arsenal might not have the funds to finance a Maddison deal. Honestly, that sounds about right… Arsenal dropping £70m on a creative midfielder felt a little bit wild to me. If we went to £35-40m for Buendia, that seems closer to the number you would expect. That said, odd that there are so many strong stories that the player wants Arsenal. Surely Edu wouldn’t harass a player without knowing the costs?
There’s a lot of general angst in system about how we’re spending money we haven’t spent.
I don’t think Arsenal will pay £32m for a backup keeper if Bernd Leno stays this summer, that would be a wild amount of cash to send to a club that has just been relegated… who cares what they paid for him in the first place. There can’t be a recession in football with the only club not benefitting from it being Arsenal.
There are still plenty of bargains to be had around Europe, Houssem Auoar scored a cracking volley for Lyon last night, and we know they are looking to move on talent to raise funds.
Quite incredible how slow transfer business everywhere seems to be dragging.
Granit Xhaka still hasn’t moved. This Roma negotiation is painfully boring considering the hype started before the Euros. I can’t blame Edu for standing firm on a decent fee. The Swiss was in the team of the tournament and he’s only 28 years old. He’s literally at the peak of his powers and we can only squeeze £20m for him.
Ralph Hassenhutl made a point that seems to be very on point.
“At the moment, in the transfer market, it’s always the same,”
“Everybody wants players; nobody has money.
“Everybody wants to have the most money for his players when he wants to sell it and that keeps everything on hold.
“Therefore, a lot of players are running down their contracts and finally leaving for free. This money is what smaller clubs are missing then.
If Stan K hadn’t tried his luck at the super league, we’d be in the same boat this summer, because there’s no way we’d be raising enough capital to splash properly
The interesting thing is that no one is accepting the deflationary realities of the game for almost everyone. If all clubs just operated at a lower level, things would move, but it seems like no one wants to blink first just in case other clubs are hoarding pots of gold.
Arteta has been talking about what he wants from players at Arsenal and I like it.
“Absolutely there is another character in this dressing room that transmits every value that I would like to transmit to the club and our fans [and it is Kieran],”
“Again, it is young, hungry, talented, and people with huge desire and again he has all four ingredients – and he didn’t want to talk about anything other than staying here.
“That character, I think it shows on the pitch – when anything happens that is not going for us, you don’t give up, you just raise your level, try to be better and transmit that to the rest of the team so they all believe.
“Kieran has this capacity, and Emile as well, to lift the crowd with an action, Gabi Martinelli has this capacity – and this is something you either have or you don’t have.”
The vision is coming out piecemeal, but this is something I think most of us wanted to hear heading into the new season.
- Clarification on what sort of players Arteta wants to take us to the next level.
- Confirmation that there’s a type of player he loves.
- Some certainty that young/hungry players are the future of the club.
Well, it’s all there. We’ll see more Gabi next season, ESR won’t be a bit part player replaced by a clogger, and KT is probably in the running to be our next captain at some point.
There’s still plenty to do this summer, but tying down the future is an achievement, and signing players at a lower age profile is exactly where we want to see things head.
Right, see you in the comments. Watch the additional content below. Have a GREAT Friday night.
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PhD
His cronies have all take the fall. Some of them for him… its remarkable he is like some cult leader that they owe ultimate allegiance- or perhaps a big pay day?
Its all about finding that money trail- the DA finds it and there is your smoking gun…
It is remarkable how he is allowed to roam scott free
Werent there like hundreds of lawsuits to hit him as soon as he left office? What is coming of all that
Guns of SFJuly 23, 2021 23:46:59
Werent there like hundreds of lawsuits to hit him as soon as he left office? What is coming of all that
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This is what I was asking myself…
He’s like Teflon Don..
Everyone associated or connected to him-getting picked off.
Meanwhile he’s strutting around like with no care for the world.
It’s a cabal.
Words, not sure that’s what I did.
ESR said in an interview he wants to be a legend here and sounds so so happy to have signed
That makes me happy it really does. I think the new contract + being #10 is going to help him really kick on. He has loads of ability and his attitude is flawless, the only other thing he needs is a bit of luck with his fitness and we can sit back and watch him and saka do great things
‘ A gilet and the teeth. He’s like that teacher you had in school that always came by and leaned over to see your work and had massive coffee breath. I always wondered why teachers breathe smelled the same way of course until I became a coffee drinker.SMH’
Haha guns
I have worn a gillet. It was actually a very nice winter coat that was reversible AND you could take the arms off to make it a gillet on demand
To anyone who has a problem with that, suck on my home made oatmilk latte
China, first step is owning up
To be fair the Beijing 2008 Olympics opening ceremony was pretty cool.
But I guess that was the PRC announcing their presence on the international stage.
Did not get to see Rio’s 2016 Olympic opening ceremony.
London 2012 was ok.
But the 2008 Beijing Olympics was unfortunately tainted by the doping scandals.
Culprits being the CCP athletes..
Win at all costs-I guess.
The Benz has caught Covid
Now I am big fan of his. Wish Wenger brought him to us.
But Benz should have really got vaccinated. Some of these footballers have rocks for brains man.
PHD It’s hard to look at Olympians the same after watching ‘Icarus’, amazing documentary if you have the time. It’s near impossible that Usain Bolt wasn’t a steroid abuser, the entire field including his running mate Yohan Blake, Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin have all popped on multiple occasions. I just don’t see how it would have been possible for a clean Bolt to have beaten all of these world class sprinters who were juiced to the gills unless he himself was also on the stuff. Are there footballers that abuse steroids? Of doubt there’s no doubt, how… Read more »
https://youtu.be/cgk93ecRHD8
Can’t understand why we’re not all over this guy. He has the right profile, great shot, he can dribble and he prem ready. Could be had at a good price too.
Pereira went down with West Brom, we loaned them Amn, you’d think we’d nurture that relationship and pinch him 🤔🤔 Pereira, Aouar and Bissouma all for around the price of a Maddison.
WengerEagleJuly 24, 2021 00:54:03 PHD It’s hard to look at Olympians the same after watching ‘Icarus’, amazing documentary if you have the time.It’s near impossible that Usain Bolt wasn’t a steroid abuser, the entire field including his running mate Yohan Blake, Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin have all popped on multiple occasions.I just don’t see how it would have been possible for a clean Bolt to have beaten all of these world class sprinters who were juiced to the gills unless he himself was also on the stuff. Are there footballers that abuse steroids? Of doubt there’s no… Read more »
Guns
@Pedro ‘Guns, no excuse not to have gum on you at all times.’
Pedro on the gummies?
Would explain a lot.
Iirc that Spanish doping doctor had blood from nadal and the Barca squad but it all got ignored because reasons It’s so rife in elite cycling that I don’t think you can even call it cheating anymore. It’s a level playing field when they’re all cheats Football is definitely rife but has been protected from acknowledging it imo I even had suspicions at arsenal once. In the CL final we were a man down and chasing shadows for almost the whole match and I recall Freddie just sprinting for the entire game without ever slowing down or letting up. I… Read more »
PHD you are aware that roping at the olympics has been rife by virtually all successful countries right?
Anyone who wins shit at the olympics is probably doping. The whole event is just a parade of cheating
Except for there’s always some poor bastard turning in times of 11:50 in the 100m sprint and you can safely guess he didn’t 😅
My biggest issue with the olympics is it has way too many events to the extent that the value of 1 goal medal is now next to fuck all for a competitive nation Countries are getting like 200 medals and not even coming first in the rankings. Imo it’s hard to care about each event when they contribute such a tiny fraction to the whole, tho I get why people who care about the individual events like it – it’s not for me I’d find the olympics way more exciting if it was just 12 events or something really restrained… Read more »
If any of you guys remember International Track and Field on the PS1 from circa 1997 that is where I’d draw the limit at event numbers and diversity haha
“Arsenal dropping £70m on a creative midfielder felt a little bit wild
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We desperately needed a top top player especially one who also scores. Would be the difference between top 4 and the top 8, even if means securing it next season.
Why’s Elneny still around ?
Arsenal allegedly dropping £50m on a one year PL center back felt a little bit wild…
Arsenal dropping £30m+ after 2 reported failed bids on a relegated goalkeeper felt a little bit stupid…
Arsenal rumoured to be dropping £40m on a Chelsea striker reject felt a little bit retard…
isnt there an attacking mid somewhere out there aged 20-23 that is a complete unknown that is a gem in the making, that no one knows of, that we can get….
30plus M
what happened to those days when Wenger would pull these gems???
lol good point
*retarded*
Guns
Trouble is, they are also unknown to Arteta, and Edu….
Wenger used 3 attackers at all times. Played a high line,
We dominated possession, shots, and usually dusted the weaker opposition
Now that we have a good defense, we could use 3 attackers/ creators … I miss those days when it was a symphony of destruction.. we were such a great team to watch. Played glorious football.
I do hope this season we play more attractive football. Arteta ball is a bore and that needs to change
Pedro
For what it’s worth, I think you were correct in removing the bit about UE from your original post.
Not only we haven’t great creators, the forwards are so static these days as tho they had strings attached and being pulled from the sideline.
So if we do end up buying a top creator, the forwards must start to making runs, even roam around final third, to take advantage, or would be more money wasted.
…also start to taking more shot and hone their shooting skills too
Why can’t AFC go for Bernardo Silva now that he is on sale to fund the Harry Kane purchase?
Bernardo 5.7
Ruben 5.10?
I’m kinda surprised, always thought Ruben was small for some reason. it’s a no from me, don’t care how much skill Silva has, never liked players that are easily bullied.
I still think it’s gonna be Ruben, something tells me diet Pep wants to live vicariously through him. I loved Mikel at DM, insane reading of the game and master of the dark arts.
@Charlie
“When you have to quote teenage Cesc Fabregas it makes the point for me. Obviously there’s exceptions”
Do without giving Saliba a chance how do we know he’s not exceptional?
Are we to just accept Arteta’s judgement? It’s not been very good so far. He couldn’t see Emi was the better keeper, kept offering Mustafi extensions, championed an continuously played Willian , wouldn’t play Martinelli…etc
That’s not a record I can just ignore and take confidence that’s it’s based on sound judgement..
There are new Rumors linking us with Bernardo Silva. City want to sell and they have alerted us if the rumors are to be believed. Atletico Madrid are also interested too. He would come at a premium wage packet though. 200k a week to be exact. And we would have to convince him to come to us. He is still a gem of a player. And he is still 26. We wouldn’t get any resale value at the end of his contract of we signed him just like Partey. but he would instantly improve our fortunes in the near future.… Read more »
Two articles
The first shows every signing in the PL era over £20 million
https://www.football365.com/news/every-20m-signing-ever-made-by-a-premier-league-club-4
The second every sell over £20 million
https://www.football365.com/news/every-20m-sale-ever-made-by-a-premier-league-club-chelsea-man-city-liverpool-man-utd
Quite revealing
Lakonga at 18 mil is just about worth the risk, although it’s difficult to assess a player’s quality when he has been playing in the Belgium league, which is probably at Europa league group stages or possibly a lower level than that. We already know that our academy players plus Martinelli and Guendouzi are far superior than Europa group level as we have qualified with ease for the past 3 seasons using these players. The question is , is Lakonga better than the players who we already have who would undoubtedly shine in the inferior Belgium league… We know Saka,… Read more »
Pierre, ‘ no fault of their own’ – Guendouzi has to take some responsibility for his actions.
Yeah, China – remember the button bashing days of International Track & Field with my siblings as kids! Up there with California Games (Mega Drive port), which is the most addictive game ever imo! Good times.
Pierre is guen was not such a wanker maybe he would still be here
I never really rated him saw him play many times just found him a headless chicken just chasing the ball. Not sure what the fuss was about to be honest
Also tielmans and Lukaku came from the Belgium league they never had an issue adapting to the prem
Guen was busy and looked for the ball but as Serge says he was a headless chicken and his real impact was therefore poor. His lack of football brain perfectly accompanied his lack of mental stability. He went on loan and that club, Hertha, didn’t want him either. Tells you everything.
Willock is an entirely different player to Lakonga as you, Pierre, have already analysed so not really sure why you need to compare.
Willock is a No8, or a wide player, he’s not a deep lying midfielder
Our issue is that Aubameyang, Martinelli, Willock, Pepe, are all impact players who aren’t hugely involved in games, and need to be surrounded by technicians, particularly at home when teams are happy to cede possession
We can only get away with playing 2 impact players at once in around 10% of our league games
I really like Willock, but managing that dynamic with no European football, will be difficult
All I see in willock is a variance of Ramsey which means he will be there to score the goal while the midfield pays heavily for it.
From the video compilations I watched, Lokonga is more skillful than willock – he holds and move with the ball well and a great passer of the ball.
Willock is all about strength and sprint
* We can only get away with playing “more” than 2 impact players at once in around 10% of our league games
It struck me that Arteta sees ALL his midfield as ‘creative’ in the sense of players who bring the ball forward, and not simply as sprayers of passes. Willock fits the pattern very well, and AMN might.
“Guen was busy and looked for the ball but as Serge says he was a headless chicken and his real impact was therefore poor. His lack of football brain perfectly accompanied his lack of mental stability. He went on loan and that club, Hertha, didn’t want him either. Tells you everything.”
Guendouzi lacks football brain?
He was the second best player at Hertha, and the sporting director said they couldn’t afford him.
OGS signs new 3yr contract at Manchester United
‘Tottenham ‘agree deal for veteran defender Toby Alderweireld to join Qatar side Al-Duhail for £13m’ which would see the Belgian centre-back leave the club after a six-year spell”
That former Juventus director of football is paying off for Spurs already.
So if the rumours are correct, we are pulling away from Maddison since we don’t have enough funds after dropping 50m on White?
Presumably since Edu and Vinai weren’t able to go to court and kiss wiggy,’s ring this summer there may not be the warchest we had planned. Where are Edu’s agent friends when we need to sell our dross rather than overpay to buy theirs?
“Also tielmans and Lukaku came from the Belgium league they never had an issue adapting to the prem”
Tieleman went to Monaco before Leicester city.
Berge and Trossard came from Belgium and quite frankly haven’t lived up to their previous heights.
Dissenter
I guess that’s why players generally push for transfers for more money. Alderweireld was at one point rated the best CB in the PL, was constantly pushing for a better contract, but never forced his way out, so never earned more than £80k pw. Now he feels compelled to make the early move to Qatar for money, when if he’d forced a better contract in his peak years, he could have stuck around at good clubs in Europe, and finished with a year in Belgium. .
Tee
“From the video compilations I watched, Lokonga is more skillful than willock – he holds and move with the ball well and a great passer of the ball.”
Do yourself a favour and watch this link and watch a player who can do it in the Premier league in just a small sample of games …..very impressive..
https://youtu.be/l-YZhuu3Heo
Pierre
Where would you play Willock in this current team?
Do you think it could work with Willock + Smith Rowe as 2 No8s ahead of Partey?
“Do yourself a favour and watch this link and watch a player who can do it in the Premier league in just a small sample of games …..very impressive..https://youtu.be/l-YZhuu3Heo”
I don’t need to waste my data on that. I have watched willock enough to know he is all about strength and sprint. Though, he is young and enough room for development but he will have to do what he did at Newcastle again to prove it’s not just a purple patch.
Lokonga plays 6 and 8. I don’t think Willock has ever played as a deep lying midfielder neither do I think he has the skill-set for it.
“Lokonga plays 6 and 8. I don’t think Willock has ever played as a deep lying midfielder neither do I think he has the skill-set for it.”
Exactly, willock could become a good no.8 but if he lacks the ability to win the ball back then it will ultimately affect our midfield. Also obvious he isn’t built for the no.6 role.
They are not even comparable skill-wise.
He should be sold if a good offer comes in or loaned if another cm comes in which could reduce his number of appearances.
Chika “Lokonga plays 6 and 8. I don’t think Willock has ever played as a deep lying midfielder neither do I think he has the skill-set for it.” Do yourself a favour and watch the link and you will see that 90% of his actions came from deep areas. It’s just that he can get from a deep lying position to the final 3rd in a blink of an eye. As i have said many times , Willock just needs to get himself involved in the build up more, which he will do as his confidence grows, and we will… Read more »
‘4th place, let’s hope Arsenal can do the same.’
WE,
But 4th place places Arsenal as the banter club?
The things time does!
Willock is an off the ball player whereas Lokonga likes to keep and run with the ball. Not passing a verdict on either of the two but Arsenal need a player who likes to be on the ball and can help in possession and transition.
TR7, what you thinking on Bernado links?
To let willock leave would be criminal…he is a potential game changer. Lakonga is making runs from deep against Europa level ( or below) teams in the Belguim league, Willock is doing ot FROM DEEP in the premier league …a world of difference. If anyone thinks that Lakonga has the body strength to play his way in the premier league , they are in fo a rude awakening. You can already see that he goes to ground easy(Guendouzi like) at the mearest touch, whereas Willock has the strength and power to brush them off and never looks to go to… Read more »
The ability to dictate play from deep is the hallmark of a DLP, Willock is nothing close to such.
TR7
It is wrong to think that Willock is just an off the ball player when you look at what he can do on the ball.
I can’t think of another midfield player in the premier league who can turn defence into attack when he breaks the opposition midfield line, he just needs to do it more often
If Willock were a Liverpool player there’d be a handful of PL clubs trying to buy him right now for £20-25m after the season he had with Newcastle.
And if his name was Willongakembe and he spoke French people would be wanking themselves over his 10 minute you tube reel.
Pedro
Bernardo is a highly technical player but he is one paced and doesn’t score goals. He holds on to the ball a tad too much. Very easy on the eye but his output is not great. Plays in the same position as Saka too. We shouldn’t spend 60M on him.
I don’t watch Arsenal academy players but I remember vividly posters who do claiming just two seasons ago that Arsenal academy was in tatters and producing nothing of value.
Pierre
Who do you think Willock can play alongside with in our midfield ?
Chika
“The ability to dictate play from deep is the hallmark of a DLP, Willock is nothing close to such.”
Tell me something new, i said a high percentage of Willock’s actions come from deep position.
Some just don’t want to believe what they see with their own eyes..
They made up their mind that he will never be good enough for the premier league , championship level is always aimed at him.
The evidence is there for all to see….he is a very talented lad who just needed to be trusted by his manager and he will deliver…
I think we should just go ahead and sign Neves as the Xhaka replacement. Seem like a player Arteta would like.
An analysis video I saw on lokonga suggested his big skill was his passing ability; he’s apparently really good at finding openings to hit the forwards quickly, rather than simply trying to keep it with easy/sideways passes (a common criticism of most of our midfielders).
Willock has always been known for getting into goalscoring positions, he’s fast, strong and pretty skillful, and I could see him becoming decent defensively, but it’s always felt like there’s something missing in his build up play? Not sure.
It’s great news that all our young players are signing but how is Arteta going to play them all? Unless our new formation is 5 1 5 I can’t see them all getting enough game time to develop and progress, especially with no Europe. Even if we play 4 2 3 1 that’s four forward positions for Saka, ESR, Pepe, Auba, Laca, Balogun, Martinelli and the fabled number 10 we’re buying to make us great again. And I forgot last year’s saviour, Willian. This is if we manage to offload Reiss Nelson and Eddie who are actually great prospects if… Read more »
It sounded like Lokonga would be a Carrick-type player, actually.
Pierre bagged endlessly on Ramsey but has all the time in the world for Joey Willock.
Go figure
Pierre
“Tell me something new, i said a high percentage of Willock’s actions come from deep position.”
You mean making constantly runs from deep into opposition box like other renowned DLPs?
*constantly making
TR7 I wouldn’t play Willock too high up the pitch as he does more damage coming from deep areas , i don’t see him as a CAM/no.10. A 4-3-3 would suit him with either Partey sitting with 2 either side , maybe willock and lakonga. This will give the team great energy in midfield as both are ball carriers. Alternately, play lakonga alongside Partey and allow Willock to break the opposition midfield line with his pace . Wing backs is an option with willock in the side or a Christmas tree formation ( 4-3-2-1) with willock one of the 3.… Read more »
If we were truly challenging for top four I could understand the hesitancy to play people like AMN and Willock but given that we’re supposed to be building for the long term and no one really believes we have any realistic chance of top four it’s criminal that we’re buying in young talent instead of playing the ample young talent we have.
If we can accept mediocrity for a couple of years (which we have already) then giving AMN, Willock and Reiss a chance is not going to make us any worse than we already have been.
Chika
“You mean making constantly runs from deep into opposition box like other renowned DLPs?”
Obviously you are being deliberately stupid ..so I’ll leave it there .
IQ, so just give up and play kids you don’t think good enough?
Pedro, I do think they are good enough given time but not right now. And I don’t think we’re realistically going to be able to spend enough to improve the squad to get into top four right now. You’re a fan of RBL and such but they give their youth s game time and allow them to grow and develop and I think we should do the same. Give up on the pipe dream of getting into the top four this year or even the next but look to build a young team that will grow and mature in a… Read more »
Pedro
Nothing wrong buying young players , they just need to be better than the one’s that we have sent out on loan in the last 6 months
IQ ” Give up on the pipe dream of getting into the top four this year or even the next but look to build a young team that will grow and mature in a few years to really challenge.” This is what i would like to see , the fans will show more patience with the manager and players if players like Martinelli, Willock , Nketiah, Saliba were given the chance to play and develop. Let’s face it , we cant do amy worse than the first 3 months of last season with the experienced players , thankfully youth hot… Read more »
Talk at Metro Sports that Arsenal is putting up Lacazete for 15 million to make funds available to get Tammy Abraham for 40.
Strictly sounds like our frustrated manager is set loose in a brothel with the Club assets or other wives in his knapsack. Similar irresponsible behaviour
Pierre
“Obviously you are being deliberately stupid ..so I’ll leave it there.”
lol says the eternal dense cunt. Cry all you want, Willock and his hanging lips should be shipped out for 20 – 25M. Next to be flogged is Nketiah!
What is crazy is that we are apparently looking to offer Abraham a delta of some 45k per week to sign.
This is a player who is not wanted by his own manager and is desperate to get out (and no doubt to stay in london). Is he really worth over 100k?
Of course sell Laca, but we have better player, Balogun, a natural No 9., currently being Artetized to shoehorn into a winger , where we have plenty and Martineli a natural.
Pastime
But , in case of perverted minds it assumes a different dimension
Pierre My idea of an ideal midfield is having a Busquest or Carrick type player sitting deep who can recycle the ball playing alongside a box to box midfielder like Partey. If Partey could play in a deep position Willock could have been tried as a box to box mid alongside him. But I am not sure about Partey as a deep lying mid as he loses the ball too much for my liking. All said and done I am fine with Willock being kept as a squad player and see whether he can really kick on. I think out… Read more »
What happened exactly during the infamous 40 million +1 £ for Suarez
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/luis-suarez-arsenal-40m1-bid-24587009
Willock is a brilliant player with a very high ceiling, but football is often about styles of play We can fit Willock into our system if we put the right players around him, but he’s certainly more suited to a counter attacking team than a possession based one Nelson is another youngster who’s development we’ve handled badly, could easily become another Gnabry situation People say he lacks mental strength and all this nonsense, but Henry told Wenger he couldn’t play as a No9 when he arrive from Juventus So many people have gone so much further than they ever thought… Read more »
Chika
“lol says the eternal dense cunt. Cry all you want, Willock and his hanging lips should be shipped out for 20 – 25M.”
That’s a little harsh on Willock, you would get more respect if you talked about his football ability than his facial features
Arsenal apparently beat Millwall 4-1 at London Colney this afternoon, goals from Chambers, Lacazette, Pepe & Balogun.
Chika
You’re out of order with your nasty little dig “Willock and his hanging lips should be shipped out”.
Keep to football and lay off the shit talk.
Pierre
Here here
Bit worried that we ain’t sold sold owt yet
Pierre
Selling Willock for me would be up there with the sale of Martinez for major cock ups inthe last 12 months.
And guendouzi as well
No club in the world will play 15m for laca…
Realistically were talking 8m at a push, will probably end up paying him off.
Jay
Martinez sale still annoys me.
Arsenal are streaming today’s friendly against Millwall for free at 16.00
“Also tielmans and Lukaku came from the Belgium league they never had an issue adapting to the prem” For every player that comes from Belgium and done ok that number is trumped and them some Remember Wesley at Villa. Worth every £1 of the £22 million they paid in 2019. In two seasons scored 6 goals . Or what about Matz Sels at Newcastle cost £6.6 million in 2016 lasted 14 games before being shipped out on loan. Or how about the memorable career Dodi Lukebakio had at Watford. Signed a four and half year contract in Jan 2018 filling… Read more »