There’s a story in The Daily Mail today stating that Arteta is not happy at our slow start to the transfer window. Could that be true? Likely. I mean, there were similar stories that he was pissed about how we ran the window last summer. He was raging before the Brentford game and you could kind of understand why.
Though I must say, it does feel a little early to be getting upset about deals. Not a lot of action has been had by other clubs and I think our reality transfers-wise is that we’re trying to play in a higher tier without having higher tier money. That means we’re competing for the dregs of the upper echelon and that might mean waiting.
The only thing that gets me is Dortmund do their business early every summer with no drama and they sign some pretty decent players. They’ve dropped £60m already and brought 7 new players to the club. We have Marquinhos, someone we paid money for despite them having 3 months to go on their deal.
Still, the rumours are giving us a pretty clear indication of where Arteta is regarding talent.
We’re signing a midfielder. It’ll likely be Youri Tielemans.
We’re signing a striker, the big question is whether Jesus is that striker, or is it someone like Scamacca, who fits the profile of what we’ve been trying to do for the last year.
We’re going to replace Nico. Today, we’re being linked with Jarrod Bowen. People scoff at him because he’s from Dagenham, but his numbers tell the story, he scored 18 goals in all competitions and landed 12 assists. He’s very impressive, he scores in big games, and he’s absolutely relentless. He looks like the sort of player Liverpool give a career to.
Raphinha, with the fancier name, is obviously going to excite people more. The 25-year-old scored 11 goals and landed 3 assists for a struggling Leeds side. Again, he has output, he’s played in a system that demands a relentless workrate, and he’d be a huge upgrade on Nico.
The story here is the players, it’s the profile. The big money is going to go on players that can put the ball in the net. Then the rest of the squad upgrades are going to have to come out of a smaller budget. Ainsley seems to be attracting interest from Nottingham Forest, so it seems like there’s a limited chance of him getting invited back in. Nuno is going out on loan.
The dreams of replacing Cedric are just that, he’s on a long-term deal that massively overvalues him, he ain’t going nowhere. The other thing we have to consider is BNC who will probably get a loan in the Championship next season, which, if successful will see him competing for Arsenal the season after.
Arsenal are going to need to spend cash on fullbacks this summer, but I think they are going to have play in the riskier tier 3 bucket because we are not flush with Zinchenko money for back-up.
I said at the end of the season that you shouldn’t be shocked if Granit Xhaka exits the building this summer, I don’t think it’s an urgent move, but if there’s a deal to be had, I think the players and the club would take it. Well, the player has been linked with Bayer L. They have Champions League money this season, so a move for Granit isn’t unrealistic. Keeping him is absolutely fine, but he’s 29 years old now, we know that there’s a tax (mistakes/refs) with him, and we need to do better if we want to win the league in the future. If we upgraded him with a Neves or… in dreamland, someone like Savic, we’d come out the summer really strong.
Finally, Bernd Leno might be moving to Fulham this summer. The German wants to stay in London, he clearly wants to be in the running for the World Cup, so I expect this move makes a lot of sense.
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A bit early to be worried about players they Re not back until the end of the month
lol Leno to Fulham?
How the once mighty have fallen.
Ish it’s about his level to be fair
I don’t understand the interest in Tielemans. Let’s understand what we need. We need someone who can go box to box when partey is fit, and who can sit back and dictate when partey is injured. The only guy who fits that profile is Nevas. YT will occupy a lot of spaces that ESR and MO will, so I can’t see how that will overall improve our play. Could someone please shed some light into this by maybe expanding on his playing style….
Are spurs gonna overhaul is next season?
Us*
lol Leno to Fulham?
Probably wants to stay in London
some might scoff at the Leno to Fulham rumors, but if that were the case would anyone really be surprised if they managed to take some points from us due to our piss-poor shooting and his propensity to make some big saves…fact is this was another totally mismanaged asset…deja vu anyone?
Either Conte sees Kane as no 10 and Richarlison as a target man with Son and Kulusevski on the flanks or the Brazilian is signed as a back up to Kane.
Kilroy is the only person I see panicking and excitedly believing every negative rumour, as usual.
The rest of us know that this is just a guessing game on our part, and we give opinions on who we’d like to sign or not. Just speculation.
Trusting newsnow clickbait is silly at this point.
I’m not going to be disturbed by other teams acquisitions until I see ours, and when the window is closed.
god i hate the fucking kroenke family.
if we’d put up dough for a CM in january- we’re in the CL right now
like I’ve reiterated on numerous occasions, until we remove our tactical albatross, Xhaka, from our collective necks this little experiment will continue to struggle for consistency at both ends of the pitch…not sure, I’m convinced that our MIT has the requisite onions to go cold turkey when it comes to our Swiss miss, as it would require him to actually think outside his little tactical box
Leno to Fulham? Wow lol If only he wasn’t so average with the ball at his feet. He is actually a better shot stopper than Ramsdale otherwise.
@Pedro “Killroy, if you continue to post like you are on a crypto Reddit board, you will go in the bin.” I get it and will respect your decisions, hopefully you will likewise apply the same to posters who use abusive names on other posters as I assume you didn’t like my name calling of Edu and Arteta. It just is a reflection that many here share, namely their lack of experience in running a club and having a TW that brings in value for money and not pay over value only to realize they need to go out on… Read more »
A thoughtful and reflective post Pedro. I agree with most of it, I certainly don’t see us in for big fish this summer. What is strange is that the club surely knew the outcome if they didn’t go hard in the Jan window. A couple of loan signings and we might be in the CL instead of the Spuds. I dont get the thinking. The decision may cost Arteta his jib.
@H & G
“We need to make examples of Torreira and Bellerin this summer. No matter the financial cost.”
from your previous post, that is exactly what clubs are hoping for as they know we have no ruthless contract negotiators and since they are in the last year and young enough they may take the gamble to get them on a free next summer. The inexperience of Edu dealing in the European market really shows and clubs know it.
What’s the point in sending Nuno out on loan just to buy another tier 3 full back. Nuno is tier 3 so why not just keep him? He does need a loan though and we do need a tier 2 full back. It’s an obvious weakness in the squad.
Also, Nunez going to Liverpool…what happened to Arsenal being interested?
it’s important to make a distinction between being upset and being disappointed by our perceived recruitment pursuits….of course, I wouldn’t be upset if we replaced Xhaka with TIelemans and likewise acquired Jesus, but I would be disappointed if we could have pursued a SMS or a Nkunku and a more befitting Striker, with some size and pace, yet didn’t simply due to monetary reasons, especially considering how our monies were spent last off-season…this team desperately needs an injection of some players with world-class performance potential in order to get over our current tactical deficiencies
Unfortunately Tets and Edu just do not have the skills to replicate what Dortmund do in the transfer market so we will probably end up with a couple of overpriced OK players just like we did last year.
Arteta can rant but in the end he screwed up on bringing in the likes of Willian on overpriced deals, trashed the value of Guendouzi etc. and blowing almost gift wrapped CL football for next season..
I was thinking this yesterday, not after I heard the rumors re spuds and Richarlison, but:
Raphinha > Richarlison I say and Richarlison blows as CF.
Raphinha is better than almost any winger I can think of that we could get minus Gnabry.
It’s very close between Sterling and Raphinha as both are excellent players.
Other than that, I don’t think that winger is a SUPER priority.
CF + CM are #1 priority.
Best to ignore transfer rumours in the media, they are invariably 95% wrong. But it’s an addiction and, like any other, hard to break. Commonsense tells me that Edu/Arteta have known targets in mind and well-laid plans to sign them. So I see no reason to change my expectations. They are: 6-10 incomers (prob 8), inc a top-ranked striker and midfielder. Saliba, the yankee GK, back-up at RB and LB, and a gross outlay of circa £200 mill.
La rams.
Cooper kupp
Aaron Donald
Matt Stafford
Jalen Ramsey
Kroenke is dodging the pay cap on these players in the nfl
$995 Mill
He is leveraging
Oops
Let’s face it the new contract was issued when KSE was convinced we would be in the CL. When that didn’t happen and an implosion took place at the end of the season, KSE will now want to protect their investment and do so by requiring their approval for any purchase.’ Looks like they also realize the player movements are amateurish at best. Edu’s statement to ESPN Brazil is telling when he said: ““Maybe next season we can go to one or two players. Today we find a much more balanced squad. Our planning has already been done; it has… Read more »
If I was Stan or Josh I would tell Tets and Edu that they can spend double what they bring in in transfer fees this window. Might focus the minds on maximising player value for a change.
Where did all the arsenal pr spin go about the kroenkes willing to bankroll Arteta in making arsenal a force again. The same nonsense we always hear after another collapse. Seems like the expectations of Pedro has dramatically dropped in what we will do in which will be another underwhelming transfer window with the kroenke parasites. Never mind I’m sure we will be told about how they will back him big in January.
The Daily Mail is just stirring trouble. KSE has just given him a new contract I doubt he’ll be kicking anything in frustration.
On the contrary, I fully expect Arteta to be backed with funds so that he can acquire his primary targets.
Why did they give him a new contract if they were not prepared to back him?
Ignore all the chitter chatter about how unhappy or frustrated Arteta must be. The reality I suspect, is the opposite. Such stories are nothing but click bait.
“They are: 6-10 incomers (prob 8), inc a top-ranked striker and midfielder. Saliba, the yankee GK, back-up at RB and LB, and a gross outlay of circa £200 mill.”
Rather than ignoring TW speculations it is better to ignore delusional statements such as that one when we know now that 6-10 incoming players can only be delivered by someone who believes in Santa Claus.
Aren’t Fulham back in the Prem?
How is Leno starting (assuming) for Fulham a step down from sitting on the bench at Arsenal in the WC year?
I suppose when Van der Sar when from Juve to Fulham many also said how the mighty have fallen, but then United got him for peanuts and he turned out to be one of the best keepers for them, ever.
Its all about timing and opportunities with keepers.
Kilroy.. not sure why you keep going on about Edu’s statement..where does he suggest he’s not interested in buying anyone this summer..
Never listen to the daily mail!.. Mr Leeds.
Ohh wait Never listen to “sources”
Be clever with what you read.
Killjoy
Contradicting yourself again?
No matter who we sign, there will be curmudgeons here who will list who we should have signed instead. I’ll probably agree with the players they name, though we won’t know if those were realistic, especially without champions league.. We all have our preferences though.
It’s just that I’ll likely get behind our new players, instead of whinging. I think Pedro will do the same because our club is on a nice trajectory.
Even today people are complaining about rumoured targets. That’s just a waste of effort at this point.
It’s funny how people are getting wound up already about what they think Arteta/Edu will or won’t do. It’s fun to speculate, but getting emotional about it? It seems to me the two best times to pass judgement are first day of the season, and day after window closes. Even then, we can only guess at how successful the transfers will be. As long as we get upgrades on Laca, Xhaka and Pepe, and we have Saliba augmenting our defence, we should be much stronger next season, especially given our relative youth, which should see us show outsized improvement next… Read more »
Willy 🙃
Say £10m to Roma for Torreira? I reckon they’ll go for it. Cheaper and young than Xhaka whom they were chasing last year.
Fiorentina can do one.
They had an agreed price when they took on Lucas last year on loan. All payable in instalments… and they are trying to lower a very because they know Lucas is desperate to play there.
They were paid a mountain of cash by Juventus for Vlahović, it’s not like they can’t afford Lucas!
Nice post Pedro, pretty clear media going with dart board approach to Arsenal thus far as we’ve yet to show any really cards. Now reporting Arteta irritated, with who we’ve shed on the wages Auba and Laca were on no doubt Arsenal going hard in the attack. Edu going to finally show if he can sell a player with Pepe, bit of an acid test that one. Very curious to see where that goes. Agree with Tom on Leno, Fulham a good move for him. 1st choice in the premier league is wholly better than not playing and collecting the… Read more »
“As long as we get upgrades on Laca, Xhaka and Pepe, and we have Saliba augmenting our defence, we should be much stronger next season, especially given our relative youth, which should see us show outsized improvement next next season.”
Willy to the point, and not unrealistic.
Our best player is a left footed right winger. Yet, we have been linked with two players with a similar profile over the last week. Have the club received bad news on the Saka deal?
#9, wide forward and CM are the priority positions in that order. Don’t spend money on backups. Maitland Niles is perfectly capable of covering as a utility player. Look at Lokonga. 20m on him and yet he cannot dislodge Elneny during the business end of the season.
Going in to another season with Ramsdale, Ben White, Odegaard being pillars of the team does not fill me with confidence
Raphinha is better than almost any winger I can think of that we could get minus Gnabry. It’s very close between Sterling and Raphinha as both are excellent players. Raptora 🤦🏻♂️ Sterling is really not a great winger. He’s brain dead on the ball. Constantly giving it away in key positions. He killed city’s semi ve Real Madrid and he does the same for England in tournaments. He scores goals but the negatives outweigh the positives or Pep wouldn’t keep bringing in new olayers and dropping him t 4/5th choice as wide man. No thank you There are scores of… Read more »
Englandsbest. I love you’re posts mate they cheer me up no end. You’re certain we’re in for 8 players or maybe 10 including a top striker all for £200m. You’re the Boris Johnson of the site, 30 more hospitals will be built in the flash, trust me. !!!! The only thing you havent given us an insight into is when we will be in the CL. I think personally think you should change your moniker to Mystic Meg
Willy has a point!
Don’t overthink stuff. Transfers will happen
Un,
People were dissing on Bernardo last season as well when there were links connecting us to him.
Sterling is excellent.
Dream
We need quality cover for Saka, he won’t always be so invincible, and as our best performer we need someone who can do more than simply fill a gap. Test wants two good players in every position. No harm in that
I have faith in Brook
Wicked Willy
The priority should be a right footed wide forward with end product. One that starts ahead of Martinelli and Smith Rowe. When Saka needs a rest or is out of form the new signing, Martinelli and Smith Rowe can share wide duties
Dream
I’m down with that. However, I’m ok with Gnabry and Raphinha because of their obvious quality. Leao would have been nice but feels like that ship might be sailing to a different port. Gakpo looks promising but in no way guaranteed to be an improvement. Who are you thinking?
Also, if we have quality LB all season and a Cf who distributed to his left and not just his right like Laca did, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Martinelli smash it.
Great save by Rammo
Yeah as much as I like Raphinha he plays in Saka’s position and Saka is better.
I do not want to see Saka plonked back on the left to accommodate a new signing.
No shortage of Raphinha equivalents that are right-footed and play LF.
Gouri, Cunha, Guedes, Brandt, Nkunku can play there, Depay who is probably out the door given Barca are getting Lewandowski in.
Darwin Nunez to Pool official. 100m potentially, pretty silly money for a player totally unproven outside of Portugal albeit he has looked decent in CL cameos.
Pool rarely break the bank like that and have been near flawless in their business up until now so you have to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Mane > Nunez though so I do not expect Pool to be as strong next season.
englandsbest – “Commonsense tells me that Edu/Arteta have known targets in mind and well-laid plans to sign them. So I see no reason to change my expectations. They are: 6-10 incomers (prob 8), inc a top-ranked striker and midfielder. Saliba, the yankee GK, back-up at RB and LB, and a gross outlay of circa £200 mill.”
Commonsense? Do you keep a straight face when you write such unmitigated bollocks? It doesn’t seem to matter how much evidence there is to the contrary, you continue to delude yourself.
Means that Jota will play wide more often too and he is far better as the CF.
Lol at us spending £200m. It will not be close to that, more like £100m.
We are not a CL club.
WE
Agree £200m undesirable. Here’s how I’m hoping it will roll (not necessarily expecting)
£25m Tielemans
£37m Jesus / Scamacca
£33m WF
£25m Zinchenko
£20m LCB
Aim should be to raise £100m+ in sales.
Given how low our wages will be next season, the above is eminently feasible. Let’s see how it pans out.
*unfeasible
WengerEagle
Raphinha isn’t coming in to take Saka’s spot. He is there to provide competition and help in the other wing too. I think we need more of a right sided forward that can help Saka and that can play on the left too. And Raphinha guts that bill. We have Martinelli and ESR (ir he isn’t playing a N10 role) on the left. But we have no one else besides Saka.
Maguire is just shambolic.
Tottenham will have a scary attack if they sign Richarlison. Conte did wonders with an inferior player like Lautaro Martinez and he will ne dangerous with Richarlison. Kane, Son, Kulusevski, Richarlison and Moura would be an attack primed for a top 4 race.
“Lol at us spending £200m.”
Does this mean were not getting Lautaro?
Darwin Nunez has cost Liverpool an arm and a leg. But it seems they will recover that money by selling Mane, Minamino and Ox. And they have replaced Mane for the next 5 years at least. He is a perfect klopp player. A player with running power, which can dribble and play in a high intensity team. Regarding Leno, he is far too good for Fulham. But whoever can take our fringe players at decent prices is welcome. And Leno is apparently keen on staying in London. So it is anwin win for all of us. Now to AMN, Bellerin,… Read more »
Means that Jota will play wide more often too and he is far better as the CF.
They got Diaz think Jota will be super sub off the bench.
But WE your right
I like Richarlson, spicy player would be shame to see him at Spurs but let’s not get carried away Habesha and call Lautaro inferior. Granted they occupy different space but scoring 21 in 35 Serie A goals 3rd most in league, 6 of which were pens doesn’t exude inferiority. Deadlier with right but decent left foot, incredible movement and use of head. Mentality matches nickname El Toro. Would love to see him lead our line but his new deal will kill any notion of that in this window. Hefty fee for Richarlson have to think Spurs would be near done… Read more »
RP7 I love the Raphinha rumours.I’d love to see these front 4:—————-new striker—————- Martinelli——-ESR———–RaphinhaI know, I know, Saka is great, but I prefer something different. A good obedient boy who is smart about his future, kisses his mommy goodnight before he goes to sleep. Great for Saka, but when I see Raphinha, you got that whole favela energy about him, like he would cut your throat if you dared to foul him. Anyway, Odegaard is preferred to ESR, but Martinelli + ESR + Raphinha behind the striker would be ELECTRIC. (Of course, this way Saka could also play LW sometimes… Read more »
Martinez is Inferior to who, Richarlison?!
WE Lol at us spending £200m. It will not be close to that, more like £100m.We are not a CL club. AST estimated that in cash term ( not accounting) KSE would have had to put another £100 million into the Arsenal coffers in 21/22 just to make ends meet. Losses were likely to be circa £90 million. I personally can’t see how the 22/23 year even with EL football will address the cash at bank position and whilst the expectation is that the wage bill will have reduced AST are suggesting that the 21/22 wage numbers will be around… Read more »
Habesha
Richardson joining them looks a scary prospect for sure but it’s not like they will be playing Kane, Son and Richarlison together.
WW
Love the optimism mate but the same club that got a combined £12.5m put of sales of Guendouzi and Marvopanos raising £100m in sales?
Must be smoking that good shit haha. We would have to sell Saka and ESR to raise £100m.
unrealistic
Couldn’t really care less that Spurs are signing Richarlison tbh.
Bizarrely overrated player going for £120m in transfer fees. Everton (pre this season) was/is his level.
Habesha
ESR and Martinelli are both not natural widemen.
Saka is so the priority should be a LF opposite of him, not unnecessary back-up. Raphinha is very left foot dominant and not suited to LW.
Gnonto again looking very dangerous for Italy on the right flank.
Is Conte messing around the system or something?
How do you accommodate Kane, Son, Kulusevski, Perisic, Richarlison in a 3-5-2?
WE
It’s called a squad and with 5 subs next season ambitious clubs need real strength in depth
Is it really?
Thanks for that Terraloon, never crossed my mind that idea… Very efficient way of spending when your midfield is midtable standard.
WE
Very efficient way of spending when your midfield is midtable standard.
Yet that mid table standard achieved 4th!
Conte is absolutely no fool and he will have identified further targets to strengthen all areas
Terraloon
They finished 4th mainly because of Son, Kane and Kulusevski.
£80m spent on Richarlison and Spence doesn’t leave them much for the CM unless we are assuming that they will spend the guts of £150m + which knowing Levy the tightwad I would be amazed at.
Anyways point being Richarlison is overrated.
I like Raphinha but I don’t see why we would go after him. I hope this isn’t another TW where we do everything but address the actual gaps in our squad. It doesn’t look like we’ll spend more than 100M tops this summer. We need to wrap up Tielemans, a defensive midfielder, and a striker (or two, depending on what happens with Eddie).
WE
Anyways point being Richarlison is overrated.
Is he ? He equaled in league Saka who was top scorer and that was playing in less games . As it happens I don’t see it with him but others and I guess Conte is one do rate him.
As for £51 million a lot of money for a player in the last year of his contract but from that you sort of get where the values are in respect of forwards that will be available in their window.
Player (90) Pos. Avg. Salary
Matthew Stafford QB $40,000,000
Jalen Ramsey CB $20,000,000
Aaron Donald DT $31,666,667
Cooper Kupp WR $26,700,000
Yeah it’s what I said earlier.
I rate Raphinha above Richarlison. In fact, I’d be fuming if we went for Richarlison. Not a consistent player really. No idea how he gets to play so often for Brazil, for me he should be way behind the pecking order. Like Selecao have Vini, Jesus, Coutinho, Cunha, Martinelli (who subbed Vini in their previous game), Paqueta and so on. He shouldn’t get much sniff of game play even if he is a better player than Marti at the moment, it won’t be for too long.
We are being pacified by the not so dynamic duo. No signings was made in January, because the plan was to wait for the summer. We were being told targets have been identified and now waiting for the window to open. Now that the window is open we want to see actions not words. FFS, we don’t want to hear plans are being affected because we didn’t qualify for CL.
Imagine being a forward/second striker/not help in defence with anything and score an average of 10 goals and 4 assists per season. It’s not like he’s a playmaker or anything, he’s a consumer with shit end product and a lot of bad temper. Overrated as it gets.
Crimson
‘ Player (90) Pos. Avg. Salary
Matthew Stafford QB $40,000,000
Jalen Ramsey CB $20,000,000
Aaron Donald DT $31,666,667
Cooper Kupp WR $26,700,’
I’m not sure you know what you’re talking about
American professional sports operate with tight caps and allotted wages for every club.
Every NFL team has players earning those r-million, 20 million,31.6 million, 26.7 million etc slots.
The NFL is stupidly profitable and unlike the premier leagues, even the wretched franchises are guaranteed profit from just TV revenue alone.
Kroenke’s NFL business isn’t taking a dime away from Arsenal.
I think the club operates transfers just in the notion of Arteta-likes-X, so get X
Such is the power of Arteta
Edu May operate on the margins to get cheapos like Marquinous but the big signings are Arteta’s preferences
Only time will tell whether this manager-centric model is the right approach.
Richarlison is an interesting and somewhat confounding player, as it appears as if he brings more to the equation than his stats would suggest…maybe it’s more reflective of the team and/or the tactics on offer, or maybe it’s because he’s a bit of an agitator/problem child on the pitch, so it simply seems like he’s playing a bigger role than he actually is…regardless, I do rate him, as I like his inventiveness and the fact that he plays with a definitive edge, but not for the fee that was paid and the wages he surely demanded…that said, I would suspect… Read more »
Saka is a 20 year old kid whereas Richarlison is in his prime.
Saka is already a clear better player too. £60m for Richarlison is pissing money up the wall but by all means.
The problem with the downbeat on here – the honest ones, that is – is that they make their judgements taking only foottball factors into account, a cardinal error. I have long realised that the worst mistakes made have nothing to do with the game itself. I could list a catalogue of classic examples but I’ll mention only a coulple: Arsene staying on too long, Stan not investing in the team early on… A more realistic way of assessing what is likely to happen is to examine the mindset of the owners and management. For example there was no doubting… Read more »
Since a CF and CAM are a priority this summer almost every media outlet has the following click bait phrase: Arsenal identify alternative with Gunners considering a bid of ‘more than Sums also up the idea that our number 1 target is unobtainable therefore to keep the fan base happy there is a cheaper alternative. It is the plan B operation and we know how good the powers to be at AFC are with contingencies. It will be interesting to see where AFC will end up in the London club hierarchy, atm 3rd, will though others be successful in climbing… Read more »
I’m among one of the positive crowd but the only way we’re going to raise £100m plus in sales is either if we get paid in Monopoly money or if we sell Saka and Saliba…
Despite the long list of fringe players we have at the club with clubs refusing to pay quite modest fees for Bellerin and Torreira- I think we might struggle to raise £60m plus all in.
Oh well better than a kick in the teeth!
Leeds, we don’t need to raise £100m.
Englandsworst
you simply must be on a trolling expedition, either that or you’re a glutton for punishment…I too wanted Wenger to go gently into that good night, long before he actually did, but there’s no way I would ever try to compare our MIT and his Brazilian sidekick to the likes of the DD/Wenger tandem…nice try, but even you can’t be that GD delusional…btw trying to suggest that you’re the cerebral giant in the room is such an off-putting and farcical notion that when I first read your post, I threw up a little in my mouth
Pedro
“Leeds, we don’t need to raise £100m.’
You don’t know that for certain, unless you’re Kroenke’s accountant
Missing out on the CL would have changed the outlook of the transfers.
Why is Arsenal exempt from selling to offset incomings?
Pedro
I’m not saying we need to raise £100m plus. I’m just responding to previous comments saying that we will.
For at least 12 years we have been really poor at selling our fringe players.
We need to learn how Liverpool and Chelsea sell their superfluous players do well, even those who have contracts running out.
Perhaps we need to have a dedicated disposals manager…
Diss,
2 things:
1. Remember, you have zero insight into the club, and I do
2. You did this last summer when you couldn’t fathom that we’d spend money, and we did
You are not close to the truth, you never are, so sit this out.
Normally I would say any signing of Spurs is overrated, but in Richarlisson they have in reality, something worse….. a spotty player, who is much more frequently off than on. Also a superb athlete, but not really a footballer. Disappointing usually.
I would not want him at any price.
Leeds, I think the selling of fringe players will get better as we get better with contracts and as a team.
Nico Pepe is the last of the players we’ll have to take an L on I suspect.
The Real Vieira Lynn, EnglandsBest has been far closer to the truth than most people on here this season, show a bit of respect, your views need further scrutiny, not his.