Some in the Italian media are reporting that Arsenal have moved to official bid stage when it comes to Dusan Vlahovic.
Here is what I don’t understand: If AFC knew who they were targeting in October, why does it take until Jan 17 to place a bid?
I am just asking that, it’s not a criticism, I’m still in the ‘don’t know what you’re talking about’ dog house after thinking the Arsenal press release was too naive. We might not have even placed a bid here.
What does seem clear from factual evidence sourced in the FT is the agents of Dusan are the worst kind. They tried to extract £6.69m in fees from Fiorentina just to keep the player there. I read one random thread that stated there could be as many as 15 parties trying to extract fees from this transfer. Edu is more than comfortable running in those circles, the guy was shameless enough to put Willian, his agents player, on £250k a week and do the signing at the Kia’s house. Not sure he’s getting that sort of long leash these days. Certain clubs might indulge mega agents, but I don’t think Arsenal are rich enough to be adding 10-15% on top of a big fee… did I say rich? Stupid.
This is another total guess out here, but I’d imagine part of the push from Arsenal to the player will be, ‘fuck your agent, do what you need to do to go to the next level in your career.’ I really don’t understand why so many players are happy to let their agents extract so much cash from their deals. If I were the star and I knew 15 parties were leaching onto my deal, I’d put a stop to it. If an agent is slowing you down, creating a bad rep for you, and cratering your options, then you have the wrong agent. There’s a story doing the rounds in Spain that Ousmane Dembélé was set to sign with Xavi; his agent Moussa Sissokho held a meeting with the club, was very rude, demanded 200m euros over 4 years for the player, and 40m euros for himself. It’s amusing because who doesn’t like to see Barca getting rolled like that, but it does speak to a wider issue… some agents are poison. Going back to Fiorentina, their owner basically confirmed that Gattuso joined and told him which players to sign, and at what fees. The owner told him to go fuck himself and that was the end of that.
There will be a reckoning at some point, the money made around the edges of football is often far from clean, and no one ever seems to pay a price for wrongdoing. I suspect Italy will drop the first show with the price fixing scandal that’s engulfed a load of clubs, then we’ll see if the UK or Spain decide to move on it. No doubt an ex-Arsenal person is sweating about that somewhere in the French Riviera right now.
Arsenal fans took the banter to new levels yesterday, we’re all united online, which makes a nice change, and the misguided pundits looking for retweets and likes at our expense took a battering yesterday. There was a common feature amongst them all. Those that took jabs at Arsenal for postponing the game had NOTHING to say when Liverpool postponed in scandalous fashion. Absolutely zip.
Now, this is a kind of bias, and I won’t have anyone pretend it isn’t so. Jurgen Klopp is the new Alex Ferguson in the media. He has a lot of love from fans, he’s a winner, so journalists don’t want to cross him. They don’t want to lose access, get spanked by him in front of their friends, and it seems there’s a bit of an unwritten rule about criticising him. All is not well at camp Liverpool, but no one writes about it. The German rockstar drew 11 false positives, there was no Martin Lipton hit piece about it, the big journo Twitter accounts didn’t debate the moral bankruptcy of it all, no one questioned their sporting intent. Even when the EFL investigated, the story was written in an almost apologetic manner. Why? Because he has the power.
Arsenal are the whipping boys in the media still. Arteta doesn’t have enough credibility yet. In most lines of business, your reputation doesn’t update in real time, it takes a bit longer. Arsenal should be getting more respect, but we don’t, because we’re still seen as easy prey. Our time will come though, I think Arteta is doing a good job in his press conferences, and there will be a time when he has a bit more edge to him, and journalists have to think twice about whether they want to cross an Arsenal manager that might be around for a long time (or at another fancy club).
Arsene Wenger had the power in the media. Everyone wanted him to answer their question. The big journalists didn’t want to write about his clear demise or ask him tough questions. Every time our season crashed, they all ran to his defence with ‘the warchest is coming’ and ‘there have been internal meetings and Arsene really took this season’s failings hard, he’s going to fix it.’
We are all bias at heart. In our jobs, there is always an element of self-preservation. So when big names ignore bigger names doing bad things, it’s not an accident, it’s because no one wants to damage their career writing things that piss off the biggest names.
Onto other stories. The Arthur Melo story seems to have died a death. The player was subbed at halftime versus Juventus last night and the press in Italy is reporting the loan is off. I cannot say I will miss this rumour, it’s emergency cover at best, so if we have to look elsewhere, then that will work for me.
Miguel Azeez has been recalled from his loan with Portsmouth under the guidance of Dan Cowley. He had this to say.
“There are some areas of his game that are beyond this level and other areas that he needs to keep working at, as with any young player.”
“I have absolutely no doubt that he’ll go on to become a top player..” “We’ve been impressed with his focus and commitment to improve.
I’m not sure if we’ve recalled because we need him in our midfield or Ben Knapper has another loan move up his sleeve.
Auba is going to come back to Arsenal for further treatment. The Gabonese star has rumoured heart lesions. I have no idea what that’s related to, but there’s been a stint of athletes with heart issue post-covid. Good luck to the player, I hope whatever the problem is, it can be fixed.
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Bacary, his agents don’t sound too sharp, but proper reps help pick clubs based on how good they’d be for their players. The way Raiola is managing the career of Haaland has been exceptional. Vlahovic should look at the things we’re not doing at the moment, that we would with him in the side. Imagine the crosses he could dine off?
Dude, I can’t help but it gets me really hyped up when players celebrate goals in an epic way. Vlahovic’s fist in the air is such a cool warrior celebration. Consider me excited.
https://twitter.com/AFCAMDEN/status/1483187512600313856
raptors
“Pepe has scored 15 out of 15 in his career.”
Pepe missed a penalty in pre-season v Hibernian.
“Looks like he’s saying goodbyehttps
://twitter.com/AFCAMDEN/status/1483192665101549575?s=20”
It certainly does.
Pedro-totally agree.
I can understand him wanting to play Champions League but you would think a responsible agent would sit him down and show him the first half of the Man City game and the last 65 plus minutes of the Liverpool game after the Xhaka red. That should be convince him that we’re a great fit. Don’t show him the Forest footage though!
raptora*
Gorgeous goal that
Stuart Robson reporting Vlahovic was hugging his team mates at half time before going out, as if it was his last half of football with them His manager came over to hug him after he scored, they were 4-0 up already, didn’t go to hug any of the other players after they scored, and he either waved goodbye, or apologised for his penalty miss. There can only be 4 logical explanations: 1. He’s trolling us 2. He’s really eccentric 3. He’s practicing his Great Cornholio impression 4. He’s coming to the carpet I hope it’s No4, but No3 would be… Read more »
Rich,
Love the Great Cornholio reference. He didn’t pull the shirt over his head though. Or maybe he’s just saving “the full Cornholio” for his first game at the Emirates. Could become as iconic as the TH14 knee slide.
LS
I had a good laugh the way he lifted his hands up, the only way it could have been any better was if he’d lifted the back of his T-Shirt over his head. and started mouthing “Ahh Bunghole” ….
Odds on who Vlahovic will be playing for after the January window according to OddsChecker:
Fiorentina: 2/5
Arsenal: 8/5
No other club in serious consideration.
Those odds sound about right when you factor in all the complications to getting a deal for Vlahovic over the line.
There was certainly a lot of smoke on the internet the last 24 hours even before todays match regarding the deal being done pending his approval on personal terms., from the Italian media. Couple that with his waving bye – bye in a lopsided match.. it seems likely.
He could just be trolling us .. I suppose. But seems like a weird way …waving bye to the fans. Because the following match they would be like.. wait… didn’t he wave good bye last match? Is he confused or just really lonely and needs the attention.
Naija,
I will definitely look him up. I’m afraid I might fall in love though!
Looks like he was just celebrating scoring a good goal/performance …., not waving bye to the fans.
Lots of gooners reading the tea leaves with this player but I guess there’s no smoke without fire.
Rich,
I’ve always felt Cornholio did get the cultural recognition and longevity he deserved. Can’t tell you how happy I am to see that there are still a few connoisseurs out there who appreciate a good thing.
Jokes aside though, that looked like a real goodbye. I’m getting my hopes again.
*didn’t get
I didn’t realize that Samuel Etoo is the Cameroonian FA President ….until today.
He was already loaded with money so won’t need to prettily filch money. Good times for Cameroonian football.
Dissenter you’ve missed an open goal with that observation. Apologising and saying goodbye to the fans is how everyone celebrates a good performance or goal.
Dissenter
If you watched the game you would have seen it. I would be amazed if that was not his last game for them (hone game at least).
He was apologising for the earlier penalty miss.
Oh sh1t Pedro now you got my hopes up! I’ve been trying to stay cool.
‘It’s also worth noting that Covid-19 is more likely to cause myocarditis than the vaccine is’
Not my words. The words of the British Heart Foundation.
Roaaary,
Heart problems are one of the implications of so called long covid. You might try reading up on things before spreading antivax BS online.
Roaaary, it’s not politics. It’s being an adult and accepting that vaccines are good for society and anyone who takes a ‘personal choice’ to not having one because they read something on facebook is a fucking idiot.
Covid, for a fact, causes more heart issues than vaccines. Let’s not keep it to football if people think otherwise.
Bacary,
Maybe it’s a sign of self confidence. The player that chooses Man City or PSG… I have no real respect for them. That’s the easy way.
Especially PSG. Pay me to come hold a trophy. At least Man City has some competition every season, even if they sometimes run away with it.
Dissenter,
That goal celebration didn’t look strange to you?
You could almost feel his teammates were saying goodbye.
I’m gonna be really sick if we’re wrong. That’s why I tried not to get my hopes up.
Please be true… so we can tease the spuds that we postponed to add him for the derby.
That would be the icing on the cake.
Nigel
We’ve been in a dark place for so long, the idea we bring in a striker to add to the quality we’ve already got, is a really exciting one
I’m not sure if he’s even any good… but I’ve convinced myself that he is, and there can be no other reason for him waving, other than he’s attempting a Great Cornholio impression…
Confirmation bias well and truly kicking in here
John Cross going after us in The Express. Didn’t realise he’d left The Mirror. What a decline.
The way the media is going after us on behalf of Tottenham, it really makes you wonder who runs western media and what their connection is to Tottenham and a guy like Levy.
?
I wonder what it could be……
Pedro,
I don’t mind. It just makes the whole thing more funny. The last piece will be when we roll into WHL with a full strength team and make them our b*tches. I can’t wait.
https://www.teamtalk.com/arsenal/mikel-arteta-forced-early-decision-controversy-over-arsenal-strikers-aubameyang-shock-return
So apparently cardiac lesions are the new false positive as basically the doctors are saying the readings weren’t necessarily accurate..as he passed the PCR tests I did think it was weird that 3 players would have the same readings.
Cardiac “residue” from Covid? never heard of that before.. new one on me.
Well, the trolls came out in force yesterday because I talked the truth about their love and master: Arteta. Such soft sensibilities with perhaps Don and his multi monikers leading the charge. Here’s me thinking that Pedro said Don wouldn’t be allowed back after the way he went after Ernest when he was last banned. Perhaps, it’s his brown nosing you Pedro with his love of Arteta. Like I could give a F**k. It’s when Pedro uses one of his ‘unequivocal no’ monikers to troll or tells everyone that he gets his info from inside the club to tow the… Read more »
Tony,
Seems like a kind of an unhealthy obsession with Arteta.
What else is going on in life? Maybe try and find something positive to focus on?
I’m really not joking this time.
Tony The issue you and Jamie are having is who you are referring to as Don and who Pedro is referring to as Don are not the same person.. Y’all refer to Don many times as Unanai,, Alita battle Angel once, and now Unoni.. He has only had a few names on here.. comparitively And while he has some controversial views he really isn’t that abusive to other posters perhaps groups of readers at times. And he didnt head Pedro’s warning about no politics and social justice issues etc.. Hence we he spent time in the sin bin.. Pedro is… Read more »
A stint of players w heart problems
Thats a ruff pun man
Zacharse
A stint of players w heart problems Thats a ruff pun man
___________
Zach that was almost a Haiku… let me see…
Cardiac Lesions
Stint of players with heart woes
Thats a rough pun , man.
See I’m ready for Haiku Thursday… hahaha
Tony
You need help. What a sad cunt.
Tony…. you dont upset people with your views….. not me anyway. I’ve never read your exceedingly long posts to get upset.
Basically anyone with an unfamiliar moniker that acts like an asshole is suspected to be Don. Mid did such a good job of clearing up all confusion.
Unoni is definitely Un Na Nai though. Evidence is the same childish way he tries to argue about really insignificant things for pages on end. Can’t fake that kind of foolishness.
Tony your self awareness is very lacking. Your football views and outdated opinion on Arteta is weak as piss but you’re more than entitled to have. The issue is your jackanory story telling. Nobody gives a toss about Keeping up with the Tonys.
I’m with Chrispy .. I don’t mind long posts …or Tony’s views. it’s basically the middle of the night for most people so.. If I don’t feel like reading it I don’t. As for calling somebody a sad cunt.. to me that just makes you a sadder cunt. but anyhow.. Just the way I was raised. Although I will admit to not following my own advice at times, like just now. In other news… talk of the second leg .. getting postponed on Thursday.. Having trouble fielding a team I guess. Not sure how to feel about that… Think we… Read more »
I think when you’re assessing a manager you have to update those views and try to cut through all the BS that’s out there. Arteta was far too inexperienced to be offered the Arsenal job and you have to ask what were the Board thinking? That said, he did have some progressive views on coaching and these are finally coming to fruition. Personally, I am staggered how the new signings have now gone from absolutely dreadful to incredibly perceptive. It is perhaps due to that that for me the time to criticise and moan about Arteta has gone. We are… Read more »
Omicron causes cardiac lesions. Also persistent stomach problems since it attaches to the gur mucosa,. Fortunately, largely the cardiac lesions heal
We’re just giving the media ammunition calling for games to be called off whilst simultaneously loaning out Pablo Mari
*full stop
dividual to choose what they put in their body?”My wife’s been saying that for over 30 years mate. So I let her get on with it just as long as she promises not to keep me awake.”
Err.. might get a silencer to be attached to the thingamajig on Amazon.
– and blissful sleep…. and both lived happily ever after “
Unai and Aubergine are the same person. Hope that clears things up.
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Who will not Vaccinate
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OF THE SYRINGE
you loud cowards
Jamie
No they are not. Fact
I’d guess there’s a chance both Liverpool and Burnley are off and we’ve played our last match until Wolves away on 10th Feb. Burnley have had their game this week called off due to lack of players. Trying not to get too excited by Vlahovic signing. I have no real insight on whether he’s the missing link but have enough residual confidence in Edu/Arteta after the last window to believe that he’d be a good fit. Most of the negatives surrounding his possible transfer are caused by his agents after all! This will be our big chance to get him,… Read more »
“No they are not. Fact”
Yes you are. And it’s the saddest shit.
Attacking Arsenal is just lazy journalism. The fact that Mari has essentially not played for us all season means that a move away makes sense for him and us. We’re overloaded in that position. Are people really expecting us to deny him an opportunity to further his career just so we can make up the numbers for one or two games – games which might be called off regardless of whether he stays? Slow news day in the media makes editors desperate for a story, ‘ ok, let’s have an attack on Arsenal’. The criticism if deserved, should be levelled… Read more »
Dušan Vlahović is demanding €8m and his agent wants a €10m commission fee along with the 20% of a future sale. Those are the problems that are present right now. Reports, @SkyItalia.
Di Marzio saying deal is off until summer.
Arsenal and Fiorentina are in agreement but the agent is costing the player.
Sorry jamie , you are wrong
Unoni is Don …i like his take on football
Aubergine is someone completely different….I also like his take on football .
You yourself jamie is just a snide and you are doing your very best to get Unoni binned again and i hope Pedro has the sense to see this..
Maybe cos am a bibliophile, I like reading other people’s views, whether funny,boring,serious or otherwise….. everybody has d right to post on here about anything he or she likes (she!it has crossed my mind that there is a possibility some posters here are females….and why not, I personally have met ladies who have great passion for football)…. but since nobody can force you to read,what you don’t like, just scroll down.myself I enjoy the colourful characters here,ONLY Pedro can draw the line,if he permits,then post away.
Pierre,
I’m not wrong.
Arsenal and Fiorentina are in agreement but the agent is costing the player.
Forget summer He will be wanted by every tom dick and harry and will cost alot more.
Jamie
No. 100% wrong. I was thinking there must have been a mix up and it only dawned on me whe I saw Pedro talking about it the other day. I have never given Ernest Reed any shit. Especially not with what he’s gone through.
I know now you think I’m aubergine and the other names that have been mentioned. Ain’t me.
I understand now though.
I’m not Auabergine. I’m not Don. I’m not Lego hair
I’m Un. You’ve got me mixed up.
Midwest is correct. Pedro is correct
I’m not Auabergine. I’m not Don.
We believe you D.O.N. Lol
The Vlahovic goodbye wave seems to be attracting a lot attention in the media this morning. Hope it’s the real deal. With de Jong coming in the summer please god. That would take our first 11 to the next level with the likes of Pepe ESR Lacazette Balogun patino xakha lakonga Tavares chambers holding and Saliba on the bench. Not city/chelsea levels of depth but a huge step towards it
Vaccines are generally a great thing for society. It would be crazy to suggest otherwise. The issue is mandatory vaccination. This is why people are angry. A side note worth mentioning is that people against mandatory vaccinations are being framed as anti-vaccine. This is factually dishonest and shows how little the authorities actually care. If the media want to prove that the vaccine is harmless, then stop silencing medical professionals who disagree with it. And if the world’s governments want to prove it is harmless, then allow people to sue if their vaccination goes wrong. The actions of those in… Read more »
Ffs He was obviously apologising for the penalty miss
“I think when you’re assessing a manager you have to update those views and try to cut through all the BS that’s out there. Arteta was far too inexperienced to be offered the Arsenal job and you have to ask what were the Board thinking? That said, he did have some progressive views on coaching and these are finally coming to fruition. Personally, I am staggered how the new signings have now gone from absolutely dreadful to incredibly perceptive. It is perhaps due to that that for me the time to criticise and moan about Arteta has gone.” yep sounds… Read more »
Buzzy
No he wasn’t. If you watched the game live, you would have seen for yourself.
Gooner Dave
Listen to the Joe Rogan podcast with Dr Robert Malone if you get a chance
The Vlahovic story is becoming ridiculous. If as being suggested Arsenal have made an offer which has been accepted by Fiorentina and the player plus his representatives have shown no interest in moving to us then why pursue it? Frankly there is no point in trying to recruit a player who does not want to come to us. All that will be achieved is more trouble down the line. At the moment I would be more inclined in keeping my powder dry until the summer and recruit a “short term loan replacement’ for AMN. Let’s be clear there is not… Read more »
Bob N16 “Slow news day in the media makes editors desperate for a story, ‘ ok, let’s have an attack on Arsenal’. This has been going on for as long as I can remember. Just this week we had Neville and Carragher blitzing us and the rest of the media following, despite the fact 19 other games had been postponed. Not heard anyone attacking Burnley? As you say it’s the PL rules, same for all. I remember back in the day my Granddad telling me the Arsenal jealousy all started with the bank of England club insult. In the 80’s/90’s… Read more »
Rich
https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/jan/06/who-robert-malone-joe-rogans-guest-was-vaccine-sci/
Let’s be clear there is not exactly a queue of clubs rushing to buy this player, which is hardly
surprising considering the toxic reputation of his representatives.
I think in the summer if he keeps up his scoring there will be a few looking at him. But agree generally they are using Arsenal to get a enormous deal.
Emiraratestroller “If as being suggested Arsenal have made an offer which has been accepted by Fiorentina and the player plus his representatives have shown no interest in moving to us then why pursue it?Frankly there is no point in trying to recruit a player who does not want to come to us. All that will be achieved is more trouble down the line.” Mate, do you honestly believe that shit you read? Seriously this is why the click baiters get away with this crap, we all react. We have to start acknowledging the fact these guys in a very competitive… Read more »
AFC Forever
Football journalists thrive on rumour, speculation, outright lies. Okay, they have a page to fill, and sometimes there’s no honest news to report. And the way I see it, false news is better than no news – provided you swalliow what you read with a pinch of salt.
Yes, the target is most often Arsenal. But I take that as a compliment: Arsenal is the most newsworthy Club. It’s not ANY Club, it’s still THE Club.
Interesting stuff about PGMOL referee Darren England and his massive Manchester United tattoo that he hides by buttoning up his shirt. Hope we don’t get him as VAR official in any of our games, Liverpool fans probably feel the same. Can’t see how you mitigate risk like that, he’s a fan like any of us.
eb
Yes, the target is most often Arsenal. But I take that as a compliment: Arsenal is the most newsworthy Club. It’s not ANY Club, it’s still THE Club.”
Excellent comment!
“Dross” is a word often used on Le grove. In the wenger days it was the Walcott’s, ox, Bellerin, Wilshire and Giroud. Next it was torreira, Ozil , Mhkitarayan, mustafi Guendouzi etc Now it’s Aubamayang, kolasinac , Mari , Cedric , Elneny, Chambers , Nketiah , etc Many of the above players were welcomed into the club with open arms by the fans, many began their Arsenal careers very positively but for one reason or another have gradually fell by the wayside. Changes of manager have had the biggest impact on the players performances, next would probably come injuries ,… Read more »
AFC Forever
I don’t believe the bulk of transfer rumours for the reasons you suggest.
However, I do think that there is an element of truth in the case of this player, because of the
Torreira linkage.
Fiorentina are like most clubs in Italy short of money and would like to keep Torreira. They
know also that their centre forward will be leaving having rejected a new contract.
It suits probably both clubs to do a deal.
I hope Vlahovic is coming, but it was said that he doesn’t fancy coming here on more than one occasion.
We didn’t hear a similar noise with Partey or White, or Tomi, or Auba, or Ramsdale. We heard similar noise with Locatelli in the Summer, and lo and behold, the transfer didn’t happen.
So chances are that Vlahovic is waiting for a bigger move. And he has the right to do so, just stupid that someone between club and agent haven’t been clear enough.
extremely nothing and boring post by pierre again. Can’t seem to let wenger or ozil go ehn pierrine
Pierre
Once again you’ve smashed it out of the park.
Little harsh on Ramsdale for me but another 10/10 comment
Good Post Pierre
Emirates
It’s all noise really and the big deals usually have those surrounding them.
The player hasn’t been quoted or otherwise as saying he doesn’t want to come here which is why the noise is surrounding the agent asking for more money.
Local outlets in Florence seem to think the deal will go through so maybe don’t pay so much attention to everything else and see what happens like everyone else rather than making comments based on journos or outlets that really have no clue
Considering Arteta has talked about players coming here who want to be here and loyalty e.t.c., if at all he and Edu felt there wasn’t a deal to be done or they were told no by the player then the deal wouldn’t have been a starter at all so the fact that negotiations are taking place points to the fact that there’s a deal to be done there.
Let’s just wait and see really. Of he comes then that’ll be great and if he doesn’t then no harm done too
Batistuta making too much sense but the internet doesn’t work that way
‘le grovellers’ need their outrage fuel
In general I agree with Pierre – some of the players have found themselves playing for the wrong manager. However, most of the mentioned players as dross from the last crop were not really that good or considered first 11 players. Out of the ones Pierre mentions “Now it’s Aubamayang, kolasinac , Mari , Cedric , Elneny, Chambers , Nketiah , etc” only Auba is/was a main player and the rest are squadies. Auba looks spent and maybe we can replace the reserve players with younger blood as all of the above mentioned, bar Nketiah, are over 25 and some,… Read more »
Just Another Customer
It’s incredible really, the journos need their share of traffic as do their websites. That there is noise around it points to the fact that there’s negotiations going on plus it’s a big player and a big deal so every tom and harry is going to have some kinda ”hint” or ”clue” when in reality none of us do but yea like you said, it’s outrage season
Per the Daily Mail –
Arsenal dealt huge blow in pursuit of Dusan Vlahovic with Juventus ‘the only club the Serbian wants to join’ with ‘terms already agreed’ between player and club… as he ‘waves goodbye’ to Fiorentina fans during win over Genoa
Batistuta
What do you think of the referee who manned the AC Milan vs Spezia game
He was horrible in the last minutes of the game, he put up his hands to say sorry after prematurely blowing the whistle just before Milan scored the goal that should have won the game
That said Milan shouldn’t have dropped their concentration to allow Spezia go on to win the game
It’s said the ref will get a lengthy supsension which is refreshing.
Serie A is probably the most interesting contested league this season.
It seems Vlahivic was apologizing to the fans for the casual miss of the penalty
We’ll wait and see though.
From when a player don’t want to come to your team that’s alarm bells ringing to me.
If Vlahovic somehow joins Juve in this winter, it will probably be with some shenanigan payment process including loans, some under-market price and swaps. It’s absolutely stunning the monopoly that Juventus have in Italy and how other clubs bend to their every wish, excluding a few ofc.
Similar to Bayern, forgot to add.
Apparently Auba & Lemina Broke protocols during the build up to the Afcon. It is alleged that the two players and a coach went off camp to party, turned their phones off and returned drunk with women in tow. An argument ensued after security refused the women entry and reported the players/coach to the authorities. The Gabon FA put out a statement talking about Covid but apparently it was more of a precaution to protect the other players whom stayed within the Gabon ‘bubble’ I have no idea if this is true or not, but i do think there is… Read more »
Dissenter
He was absolutely atrocious yesterday but we really shouldn’t have been trailing to Spezia at all considering they had recently won away at Napoli. We were poor and payed the price for it.
Tomori being out is a huge blow for us in defense too
Raptora
Guendouzi as being integrated by starters but his petulant behaviour and refusal to apologise ended his integration
He was getting game time.
I say good riddance
Shame If Vlahovic goes to juve
I was beginning to get excited
I’m still to see links to Saka’s injury or quotes from Vlahovic saying he doesn’t want Arsenal.
Karsa,
how often do you hear a player say in plain text he doesn’t want to join a club interested in him? Like for real.
Raptora.
Not as often as I see posters on here saying he has said he doesn’t want Arsenal.
Can’t see Dusan coming to us, I’d be massively surprised if he did. Why would be want to come to us, when he knows in the summer he can probably have his pick of clubs. Don’t get me wrong would love it if he came, but we’re not as big a pull as we were years ago for players. We can kid ourselves we are, but we’re not.