Arsenal head into deadline day evening with quite a lot of things moving in the transfer window.
The biggest story yesterday was the botched PR of Ainsley Maitland-Niles. This is another superb example of what a lack of leadership does at a club.
Long and short. Mikel Arteta and Edu have fallen out, so there’s no clarity in the system. Ainsley complained last summer that no one talked to him, clearly, once again, he didn’t have a clue what was going on with his future… then he exploded the situation by telling the world he wasn’t wanted at Arsenal.
David Ornstein piled on by stating that Ainsley had told the club he was willing to fight for a full back position.
Arsenal fans blew a gasket, rightly so…
- Lack of communication
- Poor treatment of a young player we all like
- A young player not ‘developed’ because something isn’t perfect in his make-up
- An older, far worse player, given minutes over a player that won an FA Cup at right-back
- A player showing remorse and committing to full back, a coach not having it in him to forgive.
Arse&Nose, a longtime Grover, commented yesterday that Arteta is the type of character that is abundant in technical jobs. Supremely talented, but totally lacking in social EQ. Transactional people don’t last in business. All that bullshit you see on The Apprentice doesn’t fly IRL, unless you are really, really at the top of your game. If you are not liked, it’s hard to rally teams. If you can’t rally teams, it doesn’t matter how good you are, you are doomed to fail at leadership.
Ainsley will likely leave later today because we have totally botched how we treated him… and now he’s crossed a manager digitally and we know Arteta doesn’t have the maturity to let that fly.
Hector Bellerin did leave the club, he’s going to Real Betis. Good luck to him. He’s wanted an exit all summer. The player didn’t really kick on over the last few years. Injuries and maybe a lack of focus on his football led to a summer where no one really wanted him. I love him, I think he’s an incredible role model, but this is good for all parties.
The strongest likelihood is that we’re going to sign Takehiro Tomiyasu. Adam Voge, Head of Analytics at Le Grove, has this thread on him.
Takehiro Tomiyasu is a Gunner! Here’s what you need to know about the 22-year-old fullback/center back hybrid. (1/x) pic.twitter.com/TPMewavwcN
— Adam Rae Voge (@adamvoge) August 31, 2021
It reads like the choice of this right back is fully on Arteta, so we’ll see how that goes.
Topline, he’s very tall at 6ft 2. Suspect that’s strategic with Ben White lacking height. The player doesn’t really get beaten on one vs one’s. He’s a good passer of the ball, though his attacking numbers are bland, but that is probably more driven by the system he plays in. He’s good a pressing, he’s safe on the ball, he’s there to play that inverted RB position.
Who knows if he’ll be any good, but at 22, we’ve made a big bet… and can it be any worse than Soares? Hard to imagine that.
Willian also exited the club. This is another fascinating story. Mikel Arteta drove that transfer through and Kia is on the radio making sure everyone knows that. Why? He’s protecting Edu because he knows his client has his job being scrutinised. Also, he knows Arteta isn’t going to own that error because that’s not who he is.
We hoped the Kia commentary was going to stop this summer. Edu spent time with him on a yacht, now he’s letting him flame a manager he hired in the press. Very poor. I don’t expect Vinai to have any control over anything, but I hoped Tim Lewis was going to have some ability to influence the shambles at Arsenal. What have we seen for him? Where is the ruthlessness shown to Don Raul from last summer?
- There have been zero consequences for last season
- There have been no significant changes in the backroom, bar Arteta being afforded more power
- There have been no technical changes
Tim Lewis is supposed to be eyes and ears at the training ground… is he just watching and listening, because I see very little action?
You can’t imagine that KSE, with their hands-off approach, can allow this summer to pass without some sort of staffing implication. Everyone at Arsenal knows this is dire, they’re all leaking to sources based on which faction they are part of. It’s so shoddy.
We lack experience at every level. It’s time to change things up. There has to be some fresh ideas and we have to have people in the organisation that can reduce the factions and cliques and get a grip of the club.
That brings me to the final topic.
Michael Edwards, the brains behind the Liverpool rebirth, has handed in his resignation at Liverpool and will be leaving at the end of the season.
He is a top 5 Technical Director in the world. He’s from the south coast of England. He is likely a free agent, because if he had taken a job elsewhere, there’s just no way Liverpool would make him spend 8 months on notice.
If there is a chance, Arsenal should do absolutely everything in their power to bring him into the fold.
This is the guy that ran numbers on Klopp’s last season at Dortmund and ascertained he was the unluckiest manager in football that season, so Fenway hired him.
He sanctioned the Coutinho sale and all the signings that followed.
He’s the guy that sold Rhian Brewster for £18m.
He’s a data genius. He’s still pretty young. He absolutely tops anything we have internally. We should be making moves for him.
People are telling me he’s going to Real Madrid. I have no idea about that. But what I would say is this: why?
Florentino Perez is the Sporting Director and always will be.
You will NEVER how power when you work with a King, and if you start to accrue too much sway, you will lose your head.
How can you truly have an impact at Madrid? They’ve done it all.
Spain is a dead league. There’s no money there. All their superstars have left.
Arsenal, now there’s a project for an ambitious leader.
We are at rock bottom, literally, and metaphorically.
… but that’s only to the emotional eye.
We have a young vibrant squad of players that are far, far better than people give credit to.
We have an elite academy producing a steady flow of gems.
We are a sleeping GIANT of a club.
Our owners, love them or hate them, spray money at their biggest portfolio problem.
The leadership group is the youngest in the league and they are all tanking.
Imagine the power someone who could actually do things could amass in this system.
Michael Edwards is exiting Liverpool because there’s a king there now and he wants control over Liverpool’s impending rebuild. Edwards is ducking out at a perceived peak, just like Fergie did at United.
Arsenal should move on him. There’s nowhere else for him to go in London. We are the club with the lowest bar and the biggest opportunity. This is the biggest staffing opp since we passed on Klopp back in 2014. We cannot let this pass.
Put him above Edu. It’s clear he’s not ready to be the face of our Technical side, just search #BBQinstagram if need a proof point on that, but he has some qualities, because he’s pulled off deals this summer.
Put him above Arteta. Let him see what is going on at the training ground. Let him understand our problems, identify the strengths, then make a decision on what to do about the future direction of the club.
… because I repeat. Changing the manager does not change the systemic problems at Arsenal.
Southampton sacked Nigel Adkins for Pochettino because they recognised elite talent. Sometimes you have to make tough decisions because a huge opportunity comes your way. If we had proper leadership, we would have been having conversations about our Technical issues way before we started to leak stories to the press. Arsenal should be ruthless and fix the mess of this summer. There needs to be a change, because things are out of control at Arsenal and there is no experience that can be relied on. Edu has no power, Arteta has too much, Vinai is absent… this can’t go on forever.
Anyway, podcast later. See you in the comments.
Has Arteta been fired yet….no point signing players till he is
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Tr4phy
Oops
This narrative is so poor.
Of course Arteta holds most reponsibility in this mess.
Shuffling the deck chairs around him doesn’t alleviate still having poor novice Arteta around.
This is getting so silly now this who is sacked first and it’s because of former favourites and who was backed previously.
Sack them both.
hehe groveydaddy….hardluck
No worries, Max. I got the coveted 4th spot, even if it was by accident.
Interesting question for all of you. Who was the opposing keeper in Arteta’s first match as Arsenal manager?
This is Arteta’s first line-up a little more than 18 months ago:
Leno, Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Luiz, Saka (as LB), Torreira, Xhaka, Nelson, Ozil, Auba, Lacazette
Subs: Pepe, Mustafi, Martinez, Mavrapanos, Willock, Guendouzi, ESR
BBC Man of the Match: Torreira
The damage Arteta has done is immeasurable.
This is so transparent.
The Arteta fanboys or now former fanboys will get a sense of a pyrrhic victory in seeing Edu sacked before Arteta.
But everyone must note this would not happen at any other club.
At any other club the obviously failing manager is first in line to be shot against the wall.
CG You asked where Garlick is in all of this? My understanding based on his job description is that he’s basically the contract ‘closer’. He doesn’t identify the players or control the technical side but he’s responsible for negotiating the deals, working with agents and executives from other clubs. He also works with Per on the Academy side in a similar fashion. He was brought in to take over from Huss Fahmy after Fahmy got canned for the Saliba loan screw-up with St.Etienne. I wouldn’t be surprised if he attempts his own power grab soon. Would not be shocked if… Read more »
The Arsenal gravy train!
Pedro
You talk about making touch decisions, but sacking Arteta and Edu should not be considered tough decisions. At this point it seems to be the decisions that 99% of sane people would make were they in the position to do it.
I honestly do not feel that there is a club in world football that would allow things to get as fucked up as they are at Arsenal right now. Can you imagine City, United, Liverpool or Chelsea allowing the club to et anywhere near this state?
Pedro
Kia’s interview points to one thing. By saying every player signed in the last two years has been a disaster, he’s alleging that Arteta has controlled who he wants to bring in and not Edu. He’s defending his client. He made it explicit that Arteta repeatedly sold Willian on the project that ‘wasn’t there’ (or words to that effect).
All this fits with the ‘mini’Arsene’ jibes you referenced yesterday.
Arteta is largely responsible for this mess. Edu has been neutered and frankly there’s no need for either of them at this point.
PEDRO You have provided a long post with far too much to digest and discuss. Let’s focus for a minute on the transfers as the window closes tonight. We are recruiting a defender who according to his profile on transfermarkt is actually a Centre Back. The suggestion is that he is better defender than most of our other CBs and relatively better in air than most of our defence. He is not it would seem a “wing back” So my guess is that Arteta’s main focus will be to shore up our brittle defence rather than employing a wing back… Read more »
Peds.Excellent piece.please ,please send that off to Tim Lewis or whoever, so it gets to the krankies,urgently!
Perhaps your right here PEDRO..
Get Michael Edwards in.
Sack Edu / Arteta
And let Edwards steer the club forward.?
As it cannot be any worse.?
The only scenario where a failing manager should be spared above those around him including a technical director is if that failing manager has suddenly fallen on hard times after giving the club previously consistent and good output for the club.
Arteta is nowhere near that scenario.
Bacaryisgod
It was Ramsdale was not it and he saved a weak shot by Willock in added time when the latter should have scored.
Arteta has blamed Willock ever since and been convinced Ramsdale must be a super talent to separate a legend in his own mirror from the debut victory he was convinced his generational talent would bring.
Arteta might have too much power… but he sucks at his job. Giving him less power won’t change that. To me it matters not who we sack first… because any competent DOF will want to change the manager too. The timing of all this though is typical Arsenal….. Changing things at the start of the summer was the obvious thing to do. Now we have let people who are incompetent have great influence on our future into the next season and the next and spend a lot of money doing it.
””””’My understanding based on his job description is that he’s basically the contract ‘closer’. He doesn’t identify the players or control the technical side but he’s responsible for negotiating the deals, working with agents and executives from other clubs. He also works with Per on the Academy side in a similar fashion. He was brought in to take over from Huss Fahmy after Fahmy got canned for the Saliba loan screw-up with St.Etienne.””””’ Thank you BIG I forgot about Fahmy- another one that fell by the wayside. Another one who was supposed to be a contracts guru. (I see PedRo’s… Read more »
Pedro
As for Tim Lewis, how exactly was he supposed to be our eyes and ears on the training ground? He’s simply a lawyer at a high-powered firm who sits on the board. I doubt he has much interaction on the ground level especially as he was tied up on trying to drive through our participation in the ESL. That’s what he’s on the board and not to rescue the club’s playing side, surely?
Arteta is a mini-Wenger, Pedro wrote
But lets shop off his hands and let him serve under a new CEO under reduced powers
Why not just fire him and let the new gut bring someone in?
He’s been behind almost every major poor decision in his 21 months of service.
Graham
That’s correct-it was Ramsdale and it was Willian starring in Arteta’s first home game as manager. Let’s hope Ramsdale works out a little better.
*chop off his hands
Emiratesstroller
Good comment but you’re being optimistic on Kolasinac. Not only will there be no transfer fee but no club will take him on a free unless we pick up a major chunk of his salary.
There’s a PE job going at my sons secondary school. He’d be a perfect PE teacher
I remember when we were linked with a double signing of Praet and Anderson. Anderson hasn’t done anything, and Praet has officially failed at Leicester (going out on loan). Bullets dodged.
Edwards a very interesting proposition.
Curious if those above think the same and have the ability to lock him down if so.
Sounds like AMN staying on after throwing the instashade , have to think his agent pushed for this knowing this crews on borrowed time.
Before the divine inspiration forcing me to support Arsenal, my life was deadly boring; now it is not – permanent (melo)drama: the tragicomic pretender manager (evidently has taken some PR class), the billionaire loser, spin doctors, the impressive EPL table (the first and the last place), crazy salaries, dumb fashion icon (the former footballer who is still somehow allowed onto the pitch) Bellerín lecturing about politics, about how to live, what to eat, etc etc. I’m so happy.
Oh wow, Newcastle signed Santiago Munoz. The kid in the Goal movie was Santiago Munez. It’s like an April 1 joke.
Pedro, Excellent idea. That is why I like reading your blog: new ideas and info that I would never have thought of. Trouble is operationalization. Is Lewis the guy who is going to tell the Kroenke’s to go get Edwards? And somebody will have to go to facilitate the move and reduce this bloated management team. Who is feasibly going to get ousted? I see a protracted struggle until Josh, Lewis and maybe Garlick get together and decide to act. A clean sweep seems likely.So who goes? Vinai? Edu? Arteta? It looks like putting your hand in a bag and… Read more »
Pedro
Stop evading reality. ARTETA NEEDS TO GO. We can agree about Arsenal structure mess, but that wont fix Arteta. They guy is a extremely bad men management, he id tactical poor and doesnt have a clue about offense strategy, he has made Auba, one of the most deadly strikers in the world, a mere passenger.
Arteta must be fired immediately followed by Edu and Vinai.
I loved Goal.
Lithuanian
Haha indeed!
Some people pay good money for these levels of entertainment. Arsenal great value this summer.
Pedro
Tim Lewis is a “full time partner and corporate lawyer” at Clifford Chance one of the world’s
largest law practices. He is a “non executive” Board Member.
I doubt that he is the eyes and ears of the Kroenke’s at the training ground but I am 100% sure
that he is responsible for keeping an eye on how the club and management are functioning.
Lith/Sal-
Reminds me of that famous line from Gladiator….
“Are you not entertained?!!!’
Just saw nelson went on loan to holland. Weve got a shiny new 6’2 RB. Hoping ramsdale starts the next match. If this is what it is for now im ok w that. We won’t be bottom of the table much longer. In january we can get a new mf and cf if it makes sense, let eddie and elneny go hopefully. My mind has definitely been changed about arteta starting w brentford away. I really thought that preseason would be a chance to reset but instead everything hes doing he seems to hVe doubled down on. Im not unhappy… Read more »
bacaryisgod
Kolasinac will not be registered in the same way as both Sokratis and Ozil last season.
The club will also probably release him from his contract and reach a financial settlement. He wants to move to Turkey.
If he is a free agent I think that he can still join a club even after transfer window closes.
Tim Lewis is a highly respected corporate lawyer and AFC fan. Clifford Chance represented KSE several years ago. S & M still handle player contracts.
Tim Lewis was the advisor to Stan for the Super League and also some of the other clubs. Clifford Chance would have represented the Super League if it had been formed and operated.
Tim may have been consulted by Vinai or Josh regarding the current situation but I doubt he would have been involved with any scrutinising.
“Put him above Arteta. Let him see what is going on at the training ground. Let him understand our problems, identify the strengths, then make a decision on what to do about the future direction of the club. … because I repeat. Changing the manager does not change the systemic problems at Arsenal” I was kind of enjoying the post before the above You want to bring in someone to oversee the a narcissist who has wasted money on above average players and devalued players at the club by his handling of them. Let us not even begin to mention… Read more »
Apparently we are still keeping on AMN. WHY? WHY? WHY? He is the 4th choice RB and 5th choice CM. Arteta doesn’t rate him and it’s hard to see him getting minutes after embarrassing the club and the staff like that ( And he wasn’t even told to take that down !!). So why are we not loaning him out. Why are we not finding a move for him where he will get minutes. Where is Edu in this debacle? Can Vinai not overrule the dictator here? Wtf is going with leadership at Arsenal ? We want to keep an… Read more »
Question is, do we actually trust Pedro’s recommendations anymore based on his history with Gazidis and Arteta?
Pedro,
Sack Edu tonight straight after transfer deadline or as soon as Arsenal’s business is done and make an immediate contract offer to Edwards. LFC won’t want him going to a rival with their IP etc so will let him go straight away and then he can take his time and decide on the new AFC manager.
But wait, is there anyone at Arsenal capable or enabled to make that move? There is no leadership for such a scenario.
Raptora
Simple answer – no.
Do we know for a fact that edu n arteta have fallen out or is it just speciation …
Peter ?
I just can’t understand why AMN has not been played at RB since the season started. Why does Arteta keep shunning talented kids? He really is petulant and letting his ego ruin the club. Dino, Guen, Saliba and nw AMN. Needs to stop.
Sami Mokbel
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Ainsley Maitland-Niles has held clear the air talks with Mikel Arteta. He is staying at Arsenal and been assured he is part of Arteta’s plans this season. More on @MailSport
He is part of his plans?? That either means all this rumour of the Japanese kid is bullshit, or we are going to have 4 right backs on our books??
“Ainsley Maitland-Niles has held clear the air talks with Mikel Arteta. He is staying at Arsenal and been assured he is part of Arteta’s plans this season.”
Lol, we’ve heard that before. Why wasn’t AMN used till now when he actually made a scene? Do you think that quiet AMN doesn’t get chances but the moment he becomes loud and problematic, Arteta will start playing him? Let’s see it!
Arab media is reporting that lacazette and odegaard have been banging in the changing rooms
Or the title of this most recent blog is misleading and the Japanese guy is destined to be yet another CB and not RB and Arteta plans to play a back three for the foreseeable future.
This in relation to AMN staying.
The Japanese has after all played the vast majority of his career at CB and not RB.
Edu and Arteta fell out last summer too, if you believe the rumor mills
Edu was supposedly tired of the BS and just dropped the release clause.
Tomiyasu is 100% certain.
Fab Romano: Takehiro Tomiyasu has just successfully completed his medical as new Arsenal player. Deal agreed and signed with Bologna. Here-we-go confirmed. Final fee will be less than €20m.
Daneil Altos
“Arab media is reporting that lacazette and odegaard have been banging in the changing rooms”
What does “banging” mean
I’m thinking a tryst,
Dissenter
I’m thinking ‘troll’ not ‘tryst’
“Arab media is reporting that lacazette and odegaard have been banging in the changing rooms”
Whatever it takes to get that attack flowing.
Spudnik
I can’t imagine the ex-Liverpool DoF will be allowed to work in England for a while
There has to be some type of restrictive covenant in the same market.
RSPC Arsenal,
Valentin first broke the news about the rift between Edu and Arteta. His source for this scoop was Mavis the Tea Lady, who used to be the main source of Pedro’s previous scoops, but who then defected after meeting Valentin and falling for his Gallic charm and superior football tactical knowledge.
No takers for Renato and Auoar even on loan
I see this
_______Rams_____
____TT_White_Gab__
AMN__TP___Loko___KT
Saka/Pepe__Auba___ESR/ODE
3 at the back… just like uber defensive mike likes it
If we were going to play with 3 CBs, it is the one that makes sense the most looking at our team.
We could have bought differently but Arteta’s decisions lead us to here, where a back 3 makes the most sense.
Just can’t help but think that Dumfries would have been devastating as our right wing back.
Basically let’s keep a manager who doesn’t know what his best 11 is or have an actual style of play or tactics one can hold on to
Renato and Aouar
How sad… those were 2 that we truly needed
Personally I would play AMN instead of Elneny. Or Xhaka. I don’t think AMN has the correct skillset for a fullback.. Fullbacks have to be able to use the sideline much better so need quick feet and decision making and have to be able to pinpoint crosses. And in defense they have to have laser focus on stopping crosses. To me AMN is a good tackler…but not necessarily in wide positions. has a decent acceleration with the ball.. but needs to be able to have more space to pass left or right not limited by the sideline. and can shoot… Read more »
TR7
“No takers for Renato and Auoar even on loan”
Renato is off to join his Portuguese pals at Wolvea
Madrid are signing Auoar tonight.
Dissenter
Ranato to Wolves deal is off.
Daneil Altos
“Arab media is reporting that lacazette and odegaard have been banging in the changing rooms”What does “banging” mean
I’m thinking a tryst,
Dissenter haha…you know,that thing that involves penetration
Bati,
He doesn’t even know his best 6 let alone 11. Guy keeps changing and switching in the sole hope he’ll somehow land on the winning formula. It’s especially important that the CBs play together but Arteta has been changing them more often than his underwear. Another one landing today lol!
Fucking hell
Get Sanches in ASAP!!!
I dont trust TP will ever come good for us with his injuries.
Loko and Sanches in the middle gives us power and pace
ES
Timothy Julian Lewis was appointed a director of Arsenal Football Club PLC on 18th June 2020
The other directors of the PLC are Enos Stanley Kronke, Josh Walton Kronke & Lord Harris of Peckham
As I have pointed out before you are getting confused between the holding companies and the company 5ha5 actually trades as the football club
grooveydaddyAugust 31, 2021 16:51:50
No worries, Max. I got the coveted 4th spot, even if it was by accident.
Who actually covets it ?
It takes lot of managerial nous to know how to quickly incorporate so many new signings into a team. Wenger famously used to hate signing too many new players. because of this
It would have helped if we had a decent start to the season but how is a limited manager going to embed so many new faces into his squad?
Arteta wont survive October with all the new additions. His manager-brain isn’t hard-wired for this delicate a job whilst being under so much pressure.
Like Lampard, he will be gone pretty soon.
TR7
“DissenterRanato to Wolves deal is off.”
Ooooooh
Edu will pull something off.
Romano confirms Saul to Chelsea on loan plus option to buy at €40M – what a deal, little to no risk and great potential upside.
Why can’t we get Renato/Auoar on loan ? If they flop we will send them back.
Btw Renato is out with another injury and another surgery. He’s facing at least a month out from now.
Excellent player but fuck me, he injures waaay too much. Would be at home here though lol.
“… because I repeat. Changing the manager does not change the systemic problems at Arsenal.”
But it does change the systemic problems with Arsenal’s football. As good a place to start.
Wasn’t this your whole remit for hounding out Wenger and then Emery? Nice consistency.
Raps
“Another one landing today lol!”
lol another CB.
How many CB combinations has he had since he began at Arsenal.
The mind boggles.
Safety in numbers!
Mr Serge,
Coveting the 4th spot is so last year.
The true knowledgeable cognoscenti and fashionistas are all now going for 20th place.
Sorry fell for a fake Romano account, no Saul deal yet.
Wenger would have beasted this type of seller’s market
This is the type of old town bazaar that he loved dealing in.
He would have bought 7 midget midfielders to run rings around the center circle.
Edu fire up the fax machine you fuckin cunt
get a offer made for Sanches and Aouar you dumb shit
hurry!
Dissenter,
If players, managers and coaches can all join other clubs in the same league, I doubt there would be any obstacles to executives doing the same. Given that it appears he is ‘working out his notice’, it would seem unlikely that LFC would have any contractual obstacle to him joining another EPL club. If he were to announce he was joining AFC in 8 months, I would imagine lfc would march him out the door. They may however put him on gardening leave for his notice.
***”Wenger would have beasted this type of BUYER’S market
Hahhahaha Guns… Fax machine… I remember when those were a thing,
A lot of drama and guesswork in that post
or email the PDF offer right now!@@@
honestly a midfield of Sanches Aouar Loko would be good!
Yes there was no talk of structures when Wenger and Emery had to go.
Poor Emery had that Spanish hoover salesman along with him as well as Edu but this new found diligence in inspecting and wanting to focus on the surrounding structure around the manager himself happily coincides with Arteta now being the manager.
Spudnik
The DoF is privy to so many internal secrets and t=drafts inn the club. He knows the trade secrets. There’s no way there’s no rigid and enforceable restrictive contract in place.
When the Walsh guy at Leicester left, he didn’t work for about a year before he consulted for Everton. Emenalo moved to Monaco etc.
What’s to stop Liverpool from threatening litigation if he started buying up the elite U-15 talent for Arsenal that they claim was in their plans already?. Even if the civil litigation doesn’t stick they can make his life hellish.
MattAugust 31, 2021 16:58:23 I honestly do not feel that there is a club in world football that would allow things to get as fucked up as they are at Arsenal right now. Newcastle – since Ashley bought it Liverpool – pre Fenway/Edwards/Klopp, 6th or lower finish 6 of 7 years 2010-2016 It’s all cyclical, but I agree with the frustration. And I, like most on here, can’t make out what the answer is long-term. The rot has been slowly building for a decade or more and goes all the way up. Honestly don’t think it gets much better until… Read more »
From all descriptions I’ve read, the Japanese lad looks like a right-sided CB who can also play RB.
Does Arteta already hate Ben White ?
Moriba and Camavinga bought the last week of the window.
Edu needs out. We have bypassed such talent again.
This will never end as long as heckyl and jeckyl are working at Arsenal.
get out!
Kia Joorabchian,:” Willian went to Arsenal for the project and the project wasn’t there. I don’t think this is about WIllian. Which player has moved to Arsenal that has not been a disaster in the last couple of years?”
Kia is right…
I rate the graft, Pedro, but I can’t get past how gassed you are for this Edwards bloke. You need to chill.
He aint selling us Coutinho now.
lol
I read Barcelona are about drop a big 75m on Olmo. Make of that what you will lol.
Somewhere in a dream world, the idiots… I mean directors at Arsenal, sack Arteta in May 2021, call Conte and lure him into this total renovation that is about to happen in their club, they present him with a 200m war chest along with the profits from selling our current players and talks about giving him the power to hand pick the players he wants. Conte agrees and brings in Onana, Skriniar, Dumfries, Barella, Milinkovic-Savic and Calvert Lewin. In the first year we lock in a top 4 place and in a year from now, compete for the EPL. Oh… Read more »
WOAB,
No I made it all up.
😁🤐
Pedro has much better sources than me and they told him that Arteta and Edu are best buddies. The fallout never took place. Arteta never secretly briefed journals against Edu…
Also all rumours that Arteta is called Mini-Arsene as an injoke reference to Mini-Me of the Austin Power movies is completely untrue. It is because Arteta is slightly shorter than Wenger.
🙉🙈🙊
The Telegraph, the Independent, the Guardian, the Daily Mail are all lying about Arteta. OK, I’ll give you the Daily Mail lies most of the time.
Pedro\
When does your podcast start
Is Johnny on today.
Olmo is going nowhere.
Fabrizio Romano 4m
Saúl to Chelsea, HERE WE GO! Agreement reached for €5m loan from Atletico Madrid. Personal terms agreed. Saúl will be in London soon to sign the contract. Blue circleHandshake #CFC #DeadlineDay
Final details and the deal will be announced. Difficult deal but finally set to be completed.