EDU LOOKS TO CONCLUDE PERM DEAL FOR ØDEGAARD

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Ok, I took a day off and I’m ready to rev back up into belief mode and pray that we can extract something from this miserable start to the season.

What better way to do that than to land one of the hottest young creative talents in Europe for a rumoured £30m.

That is a steal.

He’s the captain of a national team that contains Erling Haaland.

He’s an aggressive progressive passer of the ball.

He has that eye for a cutting pass no one in this current lineup has.

He ranks highly for progressive carries, so we have someone that can dribble the ball effectively.

We know he has goals in his game from his Sociedad days.

We know he’ll make us a better team.

At the very least, it’ll be good for the squad to see fresh blood.

James Maddison would have been lovely, no doubt, but if we can get him for half the price, then why not. Also, Sam Dean of The Telegraph pointed out, we’ve basically spent £5m to replace Joe Willock.

I’ve read all sorts of embarrassing anti-Odegaard talk online.

‘Why wasn’t anyone else in for him?’

No one else was in for Sancho. No one else was in for Romero. No one else was in for Lukaku. If the barometer for success with a new signing is whether or not Manchester City are in for him, I think you need a new test.

‘He doesn’t move the needle’

I love this sort of comment from people that have no clue. Think it’s born of Liverpool signing Allison and VVD then winning the league. Well my friends, we are not Liverpool, we can’t afford those sorts of players, so we have to play in the world of high-potential. Odegaard does move the needle for us creatively, that’s not in doubt, he also has a very high ceiling and he will get better whether it’s under Arteta or a new coach.

‘He’s average’

Honestly, leave the room, you are embarrassing yourself.

There are three types of signing we could have made here.

A mega star within our budget, like Maddison.

We could have gone for a player like Coutinho, 28 years old, a fallen star, in need of rehab… no resale value.

Or we could sign players we could craft into a superstar.

Plenty of examples of players that didn’t make the cut at big clubs, that went on to blow up with some love. Lukaku booted from Chelsea. KDB, booted from Chelsea. Mo Salah, booted from Chelsea. They all did ok. Failing to make it at Madrid isn’t the end.

I am all in on signing players that can grow with the club. White, Tavares, Lokonga, and Odegaard all represent a profile of players with very specific skills we need, with plenty of room to grow. Bringing in players like that ensures the next manager won’t need to spend £400m to rebuild, because we have the makings of a good squad.

Next up is Aaron Ramsdale. I honestly have no idea what is going on here. He seems like a very weird signing. My hope is that there’s some sort of mega data angle I’m not seeing, my absolute fear is the keeping coach that is somehow still hanging around has made a ‘boss, look at this boy’ recommendation and we’re heading for Runarsson MKII. The only hope I’m taking from this transfer is his distro game looks good. He’s brave with his passing and his long kicks are aggressive. He also ranks really high for catching crosses, small thing, but Leno either doesn’t come for them, or he punches. If you have a keeper that can catch and distribute fast, you have improved Arsenal. Also, at 22, Emi Martinez was cleaning boots at Rotherham. Hopefully, Rams-bo is a rough diamond we can smooth off rapidly before Bernd Leno goes on strike.

There’s still business to be done.

We need a right-back, desperately.

We need to sell more than one player.

We need our manager to get his shit together and start playing the part. He needs a rocket performance at the weekend and he’ll not get that if he’s crying like a baby all week. This squad is good now, there are no excuses, I want to see fast football, I want to see our players pressing, and I want us to move swiftly away from dreary donut football as fast as possible.

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salparadisenyc

Such a bizarre window we’ve had overall. Ideal summer with max effect on starting XI for me would of been: MF: Guimarães Aouar and one of: De Paul, Olmo or Ødegaard (at his price great deal for me). Once Don Simeone stepped in for Rodrigo all was lost. Sabitzter for price bouncing around seemed very smart as well. Full Back Mazraoui or Mukiele Taveres looks a solid back up to Tierney at price. Center back: Akanji or Bottman, If we we’re going to splurge heavy Skriniar with skint Inter (pre Lukaku) was path. Honestly didn’t have White on radar. Keeper… Read more »

InsideRight

Many people will be bookmarking this post to throw back at Pedro when his balls-deep doubling down of the supposed brilliance of Odegaard comes back to bite him on the arse.

China1

Alien and aliens are good horror movies! All of the ones after were shite action movies The thing is another classic horror It’s not really ‘horror’ but the original wicker man was excellent too Speaking of horror I used to be a proper pussy and easily bothered by horror movies but in my late teens got into a habit of watching the b horror movies on zone horror channel with my brother every few days for a laugh and it entirely desensitized me to the genre. Now I long for a feeling of genuine fear as it’s all but gone… Read more »

Zacharse

After brentford, i’d be happy if ramsdale starts sat.
No worse feeling than having yr GK clearly
Not give a fuck like leno on that 2nd goal. Still mystified by that fucking play. Leno is a bitch on set pieces. Send him to the championship thats where he belongs after his efforts the other day. How are we supposed to win games w a GK who lets himself be fucked around! Even little ospina fought harder than this lug

shaun

just add Maddison and Bissouma , sack Lego head and get in Conte and I am good .By the way ES throwing down some show stoppers today
“but I have to ask the question now whether his man management skills are up to scratch.” really what makes you think that ?

Zacharse

China
You watch the remake of the invisble man? Not horror but i saw it in theatres the day before lockdown started last year and ive never jumped around more during a film

China1

The shining remains a classic

China1

Zach I haven’t tho I’m not partial to jumps

I like cinema that just makes you feel thoroughly uncomfortable. Just really unsettled. That’s why when I was a teenager I liked the Blair witch project. Nothing even happened but it just felt thoroughly unpleasant to watch haha

Words on a blog

China,

“Nothing even happened but it felt thoroughly unpleasant to watch”.

I thought for a moment that you were talking about Arteta’s Arsenal style of play!

Almuniasaynomore

China,
Sunday, 4.30, sky sports premier, genuine fear!

Austin Powers was very funny at the time, might revisit that with the kids,little bit of censoring prob needed. I have always loved the Johnny English films myself, Atkinson is class.

gunnernet

Almunuia,

that was hilarious 👏

Zacharse

China
Guarantee you’ll dig the invisible man remake

gunnernet

Impostor will stay though. He is not favored by senior players, so he alienates them and brings new blood to convert them to his followers. we are doomed.

China1

That’s why for me the original wicker man is an all time classic

It didn’t just takes you somewhere you really don’t wanna be for a couple of hours. A place full of self doubt, concern

Now the only thing that gives me that feeling is watching arsenal but with arsenal it’s too real to enjoy the experience lol

MidwestGun

Almunia –
Another excellent one….. Wenger did not see that… haha classic. Very funny.

Sal- Yep this window is so disappointing… could have been epic and just fizzled to what we have now. The thing is we spent the money like a bachelor in a Vegas strip Club…..making it rain on whatever … dancer caught our eye when it wasn’t necessary. Could have got better quality for less money.

And I hate to say it again… but I will… Freakin Xhaka retirement contract.

Northbanker

Zach – after watching Leno look worse than ever last week, I’d agree – I’m warming rapidly to a keeper that can grow into the role and has many of the attributes it seems that Leno doesn’t – the ability to distribute and catch the ball. If it means we stop the suicidal distribution at the back then that could be worth 20 points a season by itself. Very happy with Ode coming in permanently.- just hope RM have dropped the buy back clause which for me is a complete non-starter. Ode came in to the team having barely played… Read more »

China1

The strip club analogy is apt with Mikel

He’s that guy who guys to a strip club. The first girl who walks past him he can’t hide his tent and screams MAKE IT RAIN whilst throwing his entire wallet at the poor girls face

Then for the next 2 hours he’s got fuck all cash for drinks or a lap dance

MidwestGun

Haha China ..Ramsdale must have some impressive pole dance moves is all I got to say.

China1

I haven’t seen much of ramsdale, no opinion on his level

My concern has primarily been his price. Now sure why Martinez cost 20m and he is 30m. Is he really better? Seems like there’s no rhyme or reason in the valuations we are willing to pay

But is he a decent player? I hope so

China1

With Mikel you don’t even need moves on the pole. Just walk past him in a string bikini and he will launch his wallet at the back of your head so hard it will concuss you if it hits clean

Samesong

ES is Edu 😆

G

‘’ My main concern re Oordegaard is he looks like another skilful late Wenger era lightweight who looks great when we are on the front foot but disappears when we are under the cosh.‘’

Yeh like when we we played west ham away last season

bacaryisgod

Pedro You make good points why we should dismiss a number of the criticisms of the Odegaard signing. However, the one question mark remains why neither Zidane nor Ancelotti rated him. After all, this is a a 22 year old captain of a not awful national team who showed real potential at both Real Sociedad and with us last seasons. By all accounts, he’s an excellent worker and has a good attitude on and off the pitch. Is it just that neither of these managers didn’t see how he fit into their plans? Could he possibly be Real Madrid’s version… Read more »

MidwestGun

We definitely went out of our way to pay the English premium on players. Like you say I haven’t seen Ramsdale play or even White very much for that matter.. Ill give them the same chance I give all our players. Have had my initial opinion changed on players plenty of times, Nacho Monreal for example. Wasn’t impressed initially, but he won me over.

But damn did we throw some money at those Clubs they must have thought they hit the lottery. . The price is always the issue when you have limited funds and lots of problems to fix.

zacharse

Bacary
why is it that whenever it gets mentioned that ode has been cast off by zidane and ancellotti, it never gets mentioned the level of MFs RM have had ahead of him the whole time he’s been there. If we had more than xhaka and elneny in our squad it might be different, but for us he is a hige improvement. For them, it could have been as simple as fiorentino telling them to cut the wage bill immediately

Mr Serge

Really hope we don’t get humiliated on Sunday they have not beaten us in ,4 games so we may have a chance

Mr Serge

Ode was a real cast off
PV4 Milan cast off
DB10 inter cast off
Th14 juve cast off
Salah, Lukaku kdb Chelsea cast offs
Sancho city cast off
Gnabry Arsenal cast off
The list is endless
Being called a cast off is wrong every team makes mistakes or do not wait for the player to prove their worth
Many world class players have been dealt with like this

bacaryisgod

Ultimately, we all know that this transfer window is a gamble on the future. The immediate benefits won’t be too apparent because we haven’t really strenghtened much from last season. Ramsdale might turn out to be an asset for us but he’s clearly coming in this season as Leno’s back-up. Not a lot of change. Tavares is hopefully going to add little to the team this season because Tierney is STAYING HEALTHY, RIGHT?!!! White gives us some pros and cons versus David Luiz. Aerially-challenged but less prone to make dumb mistakes (we hope). At least for this season, it could… Read more »

Nelson

“Now sure why Martinez cost 20m and he is 30m”
______________________________________________

Because Ramsdale is British.

Mr Serge

Bacary odd has played less than 100 professional games his ceiling Is high he will benefit hugely from game time reckon by the end of the season everyone will have no doubt to how good he will be

bacaryisgod

Zacharse I can’t agree with you there. Your argument explains why he was sent out on loan to us and Real Sociedad but not why he’s being let go. This is not a great Madrid team by any stretch of the imagination and players like Modric won’t be around too much longer at their current levels. Like I said, this could be more of a playing style issue as with Willock’s departure. Odegaard is a possession-based asset and Madrid love to counter-attack at great speed. Madrid definitely have the majority of possession against La Liga opponents but in Europe maybe… Read more »

bacaryisgod

Mr. Serge

I hope Odegaard proves to be a good signing. I like him.

It’s still a fair question why Madrid were willing to let him go when they have an ageing squad. My best guess is he doesn’t fit into the way they want to play or like Zacharse said they need to balance the books and Odegaard is a much more valuable asset than someone like Ceballos.

Karsa

Maybe Madrid are in such financial straits that they’ll sell anyone there’s a decent offer for.

Might see a few more leave before the window closes.

bacaryisgod

Mr. Serge

If you want to make your point about cast-offs, be more careful with your examples. Neither Sancho or Gnabry were cast-offs.

salparadisenyc

There is plenty of sticks to beat Arsenal with in this transfer window, Ødegaard for that price isn’t one of them.

Kroenkephobe

Chris
In my view, Aliens definitely counts. Good call. Your other four?

Sid

Only a fool would expect Odegaard, Partey and ESR to stay fit
The fanboys will soon be claiming our season was derailed by injuries

You can take this to the bank!

Graham62

“Right age, right price”.

Martinez became who he is now at 27. Does that mean we’ve got to wait 4 years for Ramsdale to reach his peak?

How can paying £30m on a keeper be justified when we had a chance to get Matt Ryan on a free? Ryan is still only 29.

It is rank poor planning as far as I’m concerned and please don’t insult me by telling me that Ramsdale is the better keeper.

He isn’t.

salparadisenyc

Sid what fanboys you speaking of?

Most of this space wondering why Aouar not an Arsenal man to add that extra bit, if clubs not cozy with his supposed ‘renegade’ behaviour loan him in with option.

zacharse

bacary agree w the second part but not the first. its not just kroos and modric, though they are on high wages, and not going anywhere (hence wage cut) also valverde and casemiro- all 4 have been playing together for multiple seasons now and i disagree-they are a strong MF, esp for la liga. it makes perfect sense to let ode go especially as they need the damn money and nobodys buying. to say that coaches like zidane and ancellotti prefer a settled MF of strong vets over youngsters like odegaard who may have little chemistry w the existing mf,… Read more »

zacharse

it’s a brutal insult to sling around sid
fanboys on a fanblog
repulsive

Graham62

Some folk on here have always been very good at justifying ludicrous actions by the club. I can’t do that because, as far as I’m concerned, the decisions being made by the hierarchy and Arteta in particular, don’t make any sense whatsoever.

It’s like a group of novices are running the show.

Oops sorry, I forgot, that’s the case anyway.

Positive pete

The question is Will Arteta make a play for Aouar.Who by all accounts wants to come? Will he make a move on Bissouma who by all accounts wants to come? Are we still active inthis window or is that it? This & more questions need answering.Anyone?

zacharse

graham
what else is new
just look at a photo of josh kroenke and you get a feel for the level of ability behind the scenes. a bit judgmental perhaps, but the results since he’s been involved speak for themselves

MidwestGun

I wouldn’t take Sid too seriously he throws a lot of stuff at the banter wall… after copious amount of bongs hits, no doubt, to see what sticks. spent one whole week on penis……. hot takes.

Occasionally, he hits something funny or accurate. though.

Tom

Sheffield starting Ramsdale negotiations by setting his price at £40million has to go down as the biggest piss take in football transfers history.

They must’ve heard the interview White’s agent gave on Arsenal’s approach to his clients deal.

China1

Nelson Martinez is home grown so there is no genuine additional value to ransdale’s nationality

Matt

Anyone notice how much Odegaard looks like a young Aled Jones??

MidwestGun

I still think Ode looks like a young Dolph Lundgren.

Matt

I think he is more choir boy than Russian heavyweight!!

MidwestGun

Ha. was just going by looks … not so much attitude. Can only hope … he plays like he is trying to knockout Rocky.

salparadisenyc

Middy

Ivan Drago ” If he dies, he dies.” with Apollo Creed on the matt
Arsenal could use a bit of that.

You can take this to the bank!

salparadisenyc

Pedro moving from Roma to Lazio with me thinking he was going to hang them up.
TBF he had a decent season under Fonseca, now Sarri brining him over.

That should certainly spice up that local derby.

MidwestGun

Yep… we could use a little nastiness…. cut to Xhaka..our Captain, back-slapping and joking with dudes after we get our asses handed to us.

Sid

I smoked them out with that truth bomb!

Tom

I know this may come as a shocking news to some but it is possible Odegaard was deemed not good enough for RM and that’s why they let him go. Their goals each season are the la Liga and CL title no matter who the manager is, and any season when they win Copa del Rey only is considered a failure. Meanwhile at Arsenal, winning the FA cup gave Arteta a get out of jail card for the next three seasons, apparently. And losing to Olympiacos and Villarreal was dismissed simply as a learning curve. All this to say that… Read more »

Northbanker

Graham you can carry on your wish list as much as you want to – problem is you can’t make any more decisions than I can. Do I wish Martinez stayed – of course! and for that matter I was probably more vocal than most on that very subject .I’d also like us to go for Onana even despite the absences that will take place this season. Right now however we’re faced with a choice of persevering with Liability Leno or buying / using. Ramsdale – it may or may not be the solution. What I am certain of though… Read more »

Chris

Almunia/China/Kroenkephobe Good to see some other fans of Aliens films! I’m something of an Alien (and Predator, so by extension AvP) fanboy, stemming from watching the films at far too early an age and then getting caught up in the comics, novels and video games. I could probably write an essay about my disappointment with the way they did not only anything after Alien 3 (which I’m actually fond of) but also how they handled the Prometheus films. I love the concept of the engineers and how they ‘created us’ and would have loved the sequels to mainly be just… Read more »

Graham62

Northbanker

Where have a highlighted a “wish list”? ………………..…Oh, yeah!

I wish we’d got Ancelotti instead of Emery.
I wish Martinez had stayed and was our number 1.
I wish Ryan had stayed (for free) and been our number 1.
I wish we hadn’t gone out and blown £30m on Ramsdale.
I wish Arteta wasn’t our manager.

Never mind..

Foxy

Arteta cant be blind to Leno’s woeful form so I would expect Ramsdale to be no.1 by Xmas if not before. Leno may even leave in this window now that we have secured a replacement.

Valentin

Ødegaard is not the RM equivalent of Willock. Willock scores goals, so with a coach who help him refine his game can become a really good goal scoring midfielder. In a few years time He may well be bought by a Champion’s League club. His is starting to shine. On the other hand, Ødegaard star is decreasing. He went from Real Madrid to Arsenal. He is a tidy, clean player. Once in a while he will make a brilliant pass, but most of the time he will just recycle the ball. He lacks the dynamism, quick change of pace and… Read more »

MidwestGun

Hmmm Horror flicks.. Top 3 in no particular order.
Halloween…. Jamie Lee Curtis.
Shining… Jack Nicholas
Exorcist… Linda Blair.

Actors that made those films, interesting and scary.

G

So after selling willock we paid 5-10 mill for Ode..
After selling a reserve keeper with 1 year left on his contract we spend 5-10 mill on ramsdale 5 years younger and time will tell whether a success..

MidwestGun

Rosemary’s Baby always gave me the willies, too..

Guns of SF

Sal

RDP and Aour/ Guimares would be great

In fact, Olmo and RDP would have set us up. 85M outlay…
50 Olmo
35 RDP

Our mid would have been TURBO charged immediately.

instead we get one trick pony softy boy Ode, and ? Resign xhaka

Arteta gets what he deserves. This is a very bizarre window

Mr Serge

bacaryisgodAugust 19, 2021 15:55:30
Mr. SergeIf you want to make your point about cast-offs, be more careful with your examples. Neither Sancho or Gnabry were cast-offs

True they were major fuck ups

Mr Serge

salparadisenycAugust 19, 2021 16:09:39
Sid what fanboys you speaking of?Most of this space wondering why Aouar not an Arsenal man to add that extra bit, if clubs not cozy with his supposed ‘renegade’ behaviour loan him in with option

Sid calls everyone including his partner s fan boy if you don’t agree with seed you are a fan boy
The fact he hardly ever makes sense makes it all the more weird

Sid

Laca likes to act as a pivot but that what it is ‘acting’, theres a reason Giroud is the prefered Les Blues pivot

Guns of SF

RDP for 35 was a steal for Atleti

Dude is a f ing baller….
The copa final made me a believer. 10x over

Sid

Thats not true, i dont call everyone a fanboy, there are flip floppers too

CG

V “””Ødegaard is not the RM equivalent of Willock. Willock scores goals, so with a coach who help him refine his game can become a really good goal scoring midfielder.”””” (Well said. Willock has a heigher ceiling than Westminster Abbey. And we know what Odegaard can and can’t do.) Odegaard is a neat and tidy type but predictable and easy to read for resolute packed defences .Eg.Villarreal. ( Like 95 % of Arsenal players lacks dynamism.) Willock is the polar opposite , very dynamic and thats why he is more dangerous and was absolutely absurd to sell ,when you cant… Read more »

Mr Serge

Valentin ode star is decreasing because he went from real to Arsenal but willocks is not because he went from us to Newcastle

How do you work that out then ?

Valentin

I see Alien as an horror movie. Aliens as an action war movie in an horror setting. Predator as a psychological action movie with an hint of SF. Crawl has the same feel without the DF component. Predator 2 is more like an action movie. The rest of both franchises are not very good movies. Alien 3 has some good scene, but overall is disappointing. It was supposed to be very medieval and survivalist. I would love to see Vincent Ward and Fasano script turned into a movie. I love his movie The Last Samouraï. Predators is just not a… Read more »

Sid

But Sal is ok

KAY Boss

Le Grove, where everything is discussed.
All things arsenal, to rival clubs. Also other sports.
Moved on to politics (west vs east).
Moved on to entertainment.
Moved on to food(which I really enjoyed)
Even talking about sex and the best
position to enjoy it.
Arguments, trolling, banter, humour and anger. (CC, SID, CG MARKO etc oh where the f### is REDTRUTH?)
Don’t you love this blog?

MidwestGun

The bizarre aspect for me… is we were determined to sign homegrown players… come hell or highwater, and truckloads of money. When the value and quality players were in Europe.. due to Covid, they were available as Clubs needed to cut costs and make money. Instead we paid the premium plus some with very few competitors for the signings. Seems like we had a list set in stone.. and do whatever it takes to get them… other options be damned. Seems like the time to put a large outlay on Homegrown is after seasons you have done well… then nobody… Read more »

Valentin

Mr Serge,

Look at the curve of the career rather than just the name of the club.

Martinez went from No2 at Arsenal to No1 at Aston Villa and then winning the Copa America. I would say that his star increased.

Willock is moving from untrusted, fringe player at Arsenal to central stalwart at Newcastle. His career is on the up.

Ødegaard went from precocious genius to discarded player. It is on the slide.

I am willing to bet that in 4 years time, Willock will be worth a lot more than Ødegaard.

Mr Serge

Kay yeah it’s good man I also see aliens as an action movie it’s not scary not s massive fan of the horror genre although I have seen my fair share The original pet cemetery was scary my mate had watched it before I did and he knew where the Jump bit was he pushed me and shouted at just the right time I jumped so high I hit the ceiling and landed and fell through the sofa I was stuck there with my arms and legs in the air and my body through the sofa into the floor The… Read more »

Mr Serge

Valentin but ode started 11 games in 6 years there coming here he will on the up too

Bertie Mee

Sid,
Isn’t everyone on here an Arsenal fanboy …or girl? Surely there are no trolls here or people who enjoy Arsenal failing so they can say I told you so?

Valentin

Mr Serge,

He may start more games at Arsenal, but if Arsenal lose more games, then it does not look good for him especially if in the meantime, Willock scores goals for fun…

Contribution to the team is more important than just be involved. David Luiz was involved in a lot of games, yet he was deemed replaceable.

Radio Raheem

So let’s get this right, after watching Arsenal last season Arteta and Edu decided we really needed to overpay for a CB and a cover goalie to make us better. Muy bien.

Omozuafo Frank

Odegaard with good coaching can turn out to be a good signing. The question is, is Arteta good enough to bring him to the level expected?
The earlier Arsenal gets a new coach the better.

Dissenter

I can’t believe we just spent over £100million in a depressed market ….and haven’t moved the needle at all.
How do you spend so much to stay in the same spot.

You just know Spurs will sign Aouar on the cheap.

Venga, Dani

hope Im wrong but Ramsdale is shocking business considering we sold Emi because we preferred Leno just a year ago.

Sid

@Bertie Mee, there are Diet Pep fanboys, then there are Arsenal fans

WengerEagle

Easily my favourite 3 OG Horror films in no particular order:

Original Omen.
Exorcist.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

As far as recent ones go, Sinister was pretty good in large parts although the last leg of the film it fizzles out with a whimper.

For pure gore, can’t beat the original Saw. Actually a good overall film too before the series descended into torture porn.

Wolf Creek and Hostel are both up there too.

For straight up disturbing shit, look no further than Japanese horror.

Venga, Dani

If we’re spending 24 million on a backup GK, we better have some serious cash for a RB. Hopefully clubs start to move for the dross soon: Kola, Cedric, Chambers, Bellerin, AMN, Nketiah, Elneny, Torreira, Reiss Nelson, Willian, good lord so much dross

Dissenter

The club is disconnected from a vast portion of its fan base right
I’m not sure whether there are game attending fans or internet champions froM Kalamazoo or Timbuktu
I heard Ramsdale had to deactivate his comments on Twitter yesterday, maybe it’s Sheffield fans giving him a rousing exit or disgruntled gooners telling him to stay away, who knows?

There a sense of disenchantment, like people don’t recognize this club anymore.

Venga, Dani

I’m probably late but top class spu*s trolling from Pacos Ferreira

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H_Ayq4QJiM

Sid

How does an Arsenal fan defend signing a CB thats aerially poor?
It was so obvious that thats the 1st weakness Brentford exploited. How does someone who cares for the club defend that unless theres something else motivating them?

salparadisenyc

Dissenter

If Spurs sign Aouar for that price, with Edu’s and Juninho’s relationship.
We deserve every bit of the banter label when he shreds us in the NLD.

Dissenter

Ramsdale was bought into to be number one at some point , so his transfer is £30 million
Let’s stop reporting It as £24 million FFS.

Dissenter

Leno ought to have told Arteta bros he was planning to leave
Maybe that would have guided whatever decision they took about Emi.

Guns of SF

Dissenter With Josh, Edu etc. Fan morale seems to be low on the list or not at all. At least uncle Raul got us fired up… knew he would over pay someone, but at least get us someone good, fast. We are back to Wenger negotiations. slow, wrong players, overpaying, etc The folks running the club should be alarmed. We used to be a team that the young generation recognized and supported. Now we are falling into the unknown abyss. Most of our fans, are older- the ones who have stuck with the team during the glory years, Wenger, and… Read more »

WengerEagle

Sal

The backtracking on here in some quarters on Aouar would be hilarious to witness if the Spuddies snagged him.

‘Problem child’, ‘Shit defensively’, ‘midget’, ‘Diva’, etc.

He is an absolutely brilliant player and for the prices being quoted, you don’t even blink if you have any football nous.

Valentin

Omozuafo, I believe Arteta is a great individual coach. So when he is tasked to improve a player on specific aspects of their games like he was at ManCity he is very good. But the role of a manager is completely different. It is not about well you can coach player individually, but how well you arrange them in a coherent team. Also on a day to day basis, it is mostly about managing people. Some managers still do a lot of their own coaching, but some delegate that to others. For example toward the end of his tenure, Sir… Read more »

salparadisenyc

Eagle

Said it last night, if you can’t manage a “renegade player (as some were labelling) with Aouar talent and able to harness it you shouldn’t be managing at this level.

Dissenter

Sal
It seems Aouar was doomed the moment they recalled Xhaka from his Italian lessons.
No one gets between Arteta and his Xhaka and Ode.

Dissenter

Yea, the best players tend to be temperamental Mavericks.

We all love to praise Messi but behind the scenes he played a major role in Barca’s transfer policies. Many players were moved of from Barca purely because they didn’t get on with Messi.