Woooof… what a summer.
I doubted the mighty David Ornstein earlier in the summer, I didn’t think we’d be leaning into Gabriel Jesus, I went HARD against the Small Boy Summer™️
But what did I know?
HOW DARE I?
The King Of Confirmation reckons Arsenal have put a deal in place to sign the Brazilian forward and we are indeed building our future around the 5 ft 9 MONSTER.
In the cold light of day, it’s clear that we’ve prioritized a winner here. A player that works incredibly hard and sets the tone for the press. The light gamble here is whether he can be a big man after playing second-fiddle at City for a few years.
We have purchased a top, top player. He has a monster work ethic, he’s fast, he presses with the best, and he has that sublime skill where he can create something out of nothing. The big win? He has end product. When he’s started, he has 76 goal contributions over 99 games. That is outrageous. Up there with the very best.
He has to improve his finishing. He misses a lot of big chances and he’s been missing them over quite a few seasons. That said, 25 is still young enough to BANG as a striker. Ian Wright didn’t join Arsenal until he was, what, 28 years old?
Bigger picture is what this signing says to the rest of the squad. For me, it says Arteta and Edu are not fucking around hoping to make top 4, they are building a side to win the league. There’s a bit of a myth that footballers get upset about top-quality signings coming into the club. That is wrong. The players will be electrified that they get to play with a Premier League winner. They’ll be thrilled that the squad has a bit of depth. They will start to understand the seriousness of which Arsenal is now moving.
Arsenal don’t appear to be stopping there.
The Raphinha rumours are spicier than a Margarita at an Edu Summer BBQ. The clubs are close on fee, which sounds like it’s pretty monstrous, and people around the deal think the player is closest to Arsenal.
Quite nuts.
How are the folk that shrieked ‘our summer is dead because we don’t have Champions League’ feeling in the back seats? How is that Conte pull looking? He’s taking Ls all over Europe, Spurs have been bombed off by Gabi Js people, and they aren’t getting any luck with Raphinha.
Very sexy.
You can have many opinions about Arteta, but one thing you cannot deny, the guy is creating a special project, he is reshaping Arsenal in ways no one thought possible, he has the fans singing again, he’s delivering us a blockbuster summer, and when he bangs the table… ownership listens. That is influence.
Attention will now focus on Lisandro Martinez, who I think will be a very good signing. He’s interesting because Arsenal seem to be ignoring the midfield at the moment. Lisandro can do all the bits Xhaka can, but he’s more defensive-minded, better going forward, and he has pace. It’s my understanding the club saw him as a left back, but who knows what is brewing.
Youri Tielemans feels like a signing that’ll be a bit of a war of attrition. My gut says he only wants Arsenal and that’s where the impasse is. Leicester are holding out for £35m that I don’t think will come. You can only be a baller negotiator if you have leverage, they don’t have it, so we’ll see how that plays out.
Sales will most certainly have to happen and I wonder if Arsenal are making all their moves helps because it shows we’re not desperate. A few seasons ago, everyone knew we were sell to buy, so everyone lowballed us. That’s not happening this season, so maybe we can be a bit more aggressive about our valuations.
Arsenal are crushing the summer so far. I wrote in January that we’d feel the benefits of discipline by waiting until the summer to do our deals. What have we learned?
- Better players are available in the summer
- Better prices are out there to be had
- More can be done because you are spending less
We put down £65m for Vlahovic, we missed out, now we have £20m extra to spend with is £5m short of what we’ll pay for Tielemans.
When all the folk were burning down the internet shouting ‘WE LACK AMBITION’ they were wrong. We lacked the gamblers mentality to spend big on players we might live to regret. Spurs went big, they made Top 4, but how will their decision look at the end of the summer? Two free transfers so far and a guy with a rain cloud over his career. They spent £75m in January, but how much of their progress was down to those two versus just getting Harry Kane and Son back into form?
Arsenal are moving forward with structure and brute force. Which squad looks most likely to challenge for the title in the next 5 years? It ain’t Spurs, I can tell you that, and I cannot wait for it to all unravel there.
Right, that’s me done. Podcast drops tomorrow. See you in the comments. Thank you for all the kind wishes on the baby. xx
We can now actually press from the front. Jesus Martinelli and saks pushing high with diehard in support.
This is how you box teams in. And people wanted a laca extension!!
For Saka etc to leave means finding a club that is capable of winning the league but they will be just part of the squad. No guaranteed place. That’s exactly where Arsenal are going now. So unless we are unable to match the financial deal (within reason) there’s no point leaving.
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First of, congrats on the family addition, Pedro!!
Overall , I’d say I’m happy with the Jesus signing. Really hope man pushes on. We get this right and play to his strength and I don’t see no reason why we can comfortably crack top 4.
You look at Chelsea and ultimately who’ll be their striker – Havertz or Broja, at this rate. And I can help but think, p4p we’re at the very least equal to that.
Not interested in Yuri T. And though I’m quite excited about The Raphina chat, it feel a little smokescreen-ish
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Un looks like your dreams have come true
It’s been 4 years since Wenger left and during these 4 years we have had 2 managers whos football philosophy is to play a high pressing game with energy and intensity. This transfer window it looks like we are buying offensive players who can press with energy and intensity, raphina and jesus ( possibly) , put them alongside Eddie who is excellent at implementing the high press and we should have a an offensive line up who can do what both Emery and Arteta needed to suit their football philosophy. My question is, why has it taken 4 years and… Read more »
But does this ‘source’ actually have any credibility?
Lisandro Martinez would be a fantastic addition, just the player we need to bypass the press with his long raking passes….could be a game changer.
Would be plain silly to dump ESR or Martinelli. If push comes to shove Ode needs to be binned or played in central midfield.
Anyway we really don’t know how good Viera will turn out to be and what position will he play, so it’s very early to right epitaph of any of our existing players.
Saka won’t sign a deal until he knows whatthe imcomings are being paid. He’d be daft to accept a contract only to find Tielemans or another were getting higher wages.
The fact these players are choosing Arsenal tells you everything. Sure, a tiny fraction of fans don’t get it but that’s because they don’t want to. I remember when Arteta first came in, the club was an absolute mess. He said we needed to change, Arsenalised the training ground and said players had to appreciate the history of the club and the honour to where our shirt. He also talked about us having immense pulling power. He was scoffed at. I remember this comment section ridiculing him, putting out great club down. Without CL football nobody would come here, they… Read more »
Transfer noises getting very exciting. Making me wonder about our Hale End talent hoping for a breakthrough season. Players like Patino, Hutchinson and Azeez all might need to go on loan to get enough football to maximise their development.
Occurred to me that KT will be getting a lovely mid season break during the WC. With the quality of our squad we’ll have loads going to the WC but a few get to recharge. Quite a few of our players will be going but won’t be starters – four Brazilians(?) for example, 3/4 Englishmen etc
I get some players split opinion, I was never Ozil’s biggest fan, he was a joy to watch on his day, he was brilliant without the ball in terms of creating space for himself + others But I always felt that in terms of his defensive work, and playing as part of a collective, he was a luxury we shouldn’t have been accommodating The best teams defend + attack as a unit/collective, impact players are going out like the dinosaurs, if players can’t or won’t do both sides of the game, then top managers flat aren’t interested, the games changed… Read more »
Pierre “Lisandro Martinez would be a fantastic addition, just the player we need to bypass the press with his long raking passes….could be a game changer” Yep, we saw how White improved us playing out & beating the press. Short, long passes and also capable of carrying the ball. Hybrid Players capable of playing as midfielders/DM’s out of possession. It’s very important to have players with that ability in the system we will be employing. Cancelo is one of City’s most important players,. Pep never rotates him because of his importance with the ball. When people call these players ‘defenders’… Read more »
Lisandro Martinez dribbling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_H-BoEfwjo
Rich “The best teams defend + attack as a unit/collective” From a coaching perspective the game has changed. The rule changes have helped that. There’s much more coaching today, defenders work with midfielders & forwards on combination drills. I’m lucky to have been involved in a good few, it’s like chalk and cheese. So much more tactical. The point about Ozil is an excellent one. Top player, his vision and technical quality up their with anyone. In possession a great player. Without the ball he ran around a lot but to little affect. In certain games he became a liability.… Read more »
*to win the ball high
Pierre My answer is that 4 years is NOT a long time for a manager to finally get the players that suit him. And hopefully Arteta will need only three years. And spending £500 mill to produce a top-ranking team is pretty much par for the course. It’s hard to name one who has spent less. Add to which the players he inherited, most of whom vastly overpaid and difficult to get rid off. Lastly Arteta was a rookie, learning on the job, listening to advice, embroiled in commitments he did not make. He was bound to make a few… Read more »
Rich “The best teams defend + attack as a unit/collective, impact players are going out like the dinosaurs, if players can’t or won’t do both sides of the game, then top managers flat aren’t interested, the games changed over the last 5-6 years,” Where do you think Fabio Vieira fits into the equation. Let’s suppose he is a fantastic playmaker who creates a multitude of chances for his team mates but is not so good at other aspects. What is more important for a playmaker , creating and scoring goals or defending, it could be a case that he doesn’t… Read more »
Pierre
I scratch my head at some of the nonsense you come out with. Don’t take Ozil criticism personally. It’s just opinion mate. We all get things right & wrong but you always take opinion badly. Ozil has gone, he can show everyone his medals but that doesn’t mean he had faults.
Ha ha *didn’t have faults!!!
How one word can make a difference!!
AFC
I would say that how we use fabio is a relevant question.
We have struggled to create big chances for our strikers over the past 2 years and i would imagine bringing in fabio is to specifically rectify that problem.
It could become a conundrum for the manager if he is a fantastic creator but not so good at the defensive side
Pierre Elite managers aren’t interested in players who don’t do both sides of the game, they focus of the collective The days of Mavericks + impact players are finished. Vieira looks like an elite technician, but I expect that we’re just trying to beat the market, he’s got less than 3,000 minutes as a professional Logic dictates that we’ll need to prepare him physically, and educate him on the positional + tactical side of the game. Hopefully in those 3,000 minutes, and at youth team for club + country, we’ve identified a player who can do both aspects of the… Read more »
Englandbest
“My answer is that 4 years is NOT a long time for a manager to finally get the players that suit him. And hopefully Arteta will need only three years. And spending £500 mill to produce a top-ranking team is pretty much par for the course”
3 years wasted if you ask me, should have gone for young , energetic, athletic players from day one to suit the manager’s philosophy .
Instead wasted years on buying players and renewing contracts of players who don’t suit the manager’s philosophy.
Englandsbest This is why sone fans are constantly whining. They don’t get it. Pierre is a great example of that. He’s still obsess on my on Ozil who was part of the problem. This naivety has created an unrealistic expectation. Add that to understandable frustration and you have triggered people who treat everything as a disaster even when they know it isn’t. That’s their bad. They expected miracles. This idea it takes time to rebuild is rejected by those who think all you have to do is change the manager. Man Utd & Spurs tried falling for the Mourinho, illusion.… Read more »
Rich
Not sure why you are waffling on about Saka , you’re preaching to the converted .
As for Fabio , i wouldn’t expect him to bulk up significantly, and to be honest i hope he doesnt, as he has a messi like physique who can hopefully ride the challenges …
Spot on AFC re the re build comment.. have said all along that manu, Spurs and ourselves need a rebuild and I think we are the furthest down that line..
our rebuild was always going to take 3 years
G
I find it quite amazing some people don’t understand that. It is utterly bizarre. This club was badly broken, yet they expected someone to come in and fix it overnight. This hire & fire bollocks do mes my head in G.
AFC this morning
“. Pierre is a great example of that. He’s still obsess on my on Ozil who was part of the problem. This naivety has created an unrealistic expectation”
“Don’t take Ozil criticism personally. It’s just opinion mate. We all get things right & wrong but you always take opinion badly. Ozil has gone, ”
“, it’s like chalk and cheese. So much more tactical. The point about Ozil is an excellent one”
And he thinks I’m obsessives….
*does my head in.
Lisandro Martínez has played more games as a DM than as a LB. On transfermarket he played almost half of his games as a DM in his first season at Ajax; for the last 2 seasons he has played LB less than 10 times. So unless he wants to be paired in midfield playing with Parety (in a position he has not played in very well in 2 seasons) why are people thinking he is a LB. Also, why not sign a specialist . This guy is primarily a CB. When Ben white was in Leeds he never played as… Read more »
Benkind
“ just hope we understand how we want to play”
Yep if not they can always ask someone in LeGrove.
I think it’s a fair question to ask why the powers at be didn’t look at the football philosophies of first Emery and then Arteta and devise a plan for the type of player they need to implement their philosophy . Both managers like their team to press and yet for the first 3 years we recruited players and renewed players contracts that were either not press resistant or unable to press from the front . No point in making excuses , we cocked it up and only now are we getting in press resistant players and forwards who can… Read more »
Come on AFCF, a bit OTT isn’t it? “I hate the type of fan who wants Arsenal to be a club that hires and fires. I invest hard earned cash and money travelling to games, I don’t want some keyboard warrior with a stream fucking me over.” There are plenty on here including me who spend their hard earned cash on ST’s, travel, merchandise, food and so on but don’t feel the need to tell others how to support the club. Nobody is ‘fucking you over’ by voicing an opinion on a blog. That’s paranoid. It’s a bit extreme to… Read more »
Rich
“Elite managers aren’t interested in players who don’t do both sides of the game, they focus of the collective”
I can’t remember Pep not being interested in playing Messi .
I don’t think I’ve seen messi track back or make a tackle in my life and yet an “elite manager” like Pep played him every week.
Sort of blows your theory out of the water doesnt it or is the “focus on the collective ” irrelevant for certain players
Andy All you lot do us whine. Endlessly. You’re like a childish gang who hate the thought you might be wrong. You’re poisonous fans, who talk the club down at every opportunity. You slag off all the players, new signings, linked players, you don’t like anything. It’s embarrassing being a gooner reading this blog which at times could be mistaken for a Spurs one. It’s a shame some of you have decided to make it personal, but that’s the suet of people you are. You lot may enjoy these Manager Out movements and slagging off the club but we don’t… Read more »
* hate so much about it.
“Chelsea have been the most successful side over the last decade outside of oil state City by employing the hire & fire model you slated” Are you really that nuts? Helluva of a difference coming into an oil funded club that already has top players due to outspending everyone. Arsenal, like Man Utd, was a broken club. Chelsea had strong foundations. Didn’t work for Man Utd and they are the biggest club in the world. The reason you lot are pissed is you have unrealistic expectations. You can’t see the foundations being a problem. Both Man Utd and Arsenal were… Read more »
Andy When fans said we won the transfer window in 2019/20, I was on the other side of the fence I argued that we’d likely struggle, I argued that sacking Emery wouldn’t really change anything in the immediate to medium term I was on the opposite side to the fence to Pedro and many others. My logic was we signed Tierney who was injured, we’d let go of Monreal who was one of our most consistent performers, and that left Kolasinac, which in the immediate left us weaker. Koscielny – Luiz One ageing centre back way past his best, in… Read more »
AFC Forever
I think Pierre (god bless him) is starting to cotton on, or perhaps HAS already, but won’t admit it. He has climbed off his weary old saddle-horse onto the ‘young and vigorous’ saddle recently.
Pierre try reading, I said football changed in the last 5-6 years Guardiola left Barcelona in 2012, 10 years ago….. Why do you think Liverpool are reluctant to renew Salah? Alongside De Bruyne he’s the best player in the league Salah is 30, the way Klopp plays, he needs his wide forwards to have elite athleticism, players usually dip physically in their early 30s We’ve seen it ourselves with Alexis, Aubameyang, Willian etc We’ve seen Messi struggle at PSG The wide positions now require tactical discipline combined with elite athleticism, players who don’t do both sides of the game, simply… Read more »
Englandbest
“I think Pierre (god bless him) is starting to cotton on, or perhaps HAS already, but won’t admit it. He has climbed off his weary old saddle-horse onto the ‘young and vigorous’ saddle recently.”
I think you will find that for the last 4 years i have been saying the same thing., wrong players for the manager’s philosophy = doomed to fail.
2 years I’ve ben calling for a front 4 consisting of young, energetic, talented players ….Eddie, saka, Martinelli and Smith Rowe
Rich
“Impact players are a thing of the past”
So you are saying messi in his prime wouldn’t get a look in these days .
Englandsbest
I admire people who move on. There’s not a single person on here who doesn’t make mistakes. I am able to put the past behind me because I can’t do anything to alter it. If I could, I would spend a bit more time with my Mum before she passed.
Judge Arsenal on today. Fuck me, how many depressing transfer windows have we had in the past! If you can’t start enjoying this then there really is something wrong with you. I’m really excited about the way we’re developing, it’s taken too long but it is what it is.
AFC forever.Great piece again.That’s what the bedwetters couldnt or wouldn’t understand.The club was broken & a quick fix( one season) was their response.Ridiculous.They hated the word “ process” seeing as it meant more than a season & therefore screamed it out that it was being used as an excuse to prolong the lack of success.Bizarre take if you could clearly see the issue.Who on gods earth was ever going to arrive & fix it all in a season? Yes mistakes have been made & something’s done better admittedly BUT the process ( word they hate) would still take 2/3 to… Read more »
Pierre “Rich, you are saying messi in his prime wouldn’t get a look in these days” You seem to misunderstand a lot of things Pierre. Messi was a supreme presser, not just an impact player as you suggest. What may surprise you is that Messi had a stat of around 75 % of successive tackles when recovering the ball. While pressing the player he is also covering the passing lanes (cover shadow) by slightly running across this lane. This is clever. Barcelona we’re superb at winning the ball high because of how M Sri pressed. “Messi wins the ball playing… Read more »
“Messi the best defender in the world”
Why would anyone believe a statement like that…pep was obviously on a wind up .
AFCF – Maybe you wouldn’t get such a negative response if you didn’t resort to insults (now who’s childish?) or come across as so arrogant. Guess what? You could be wrong on any number of issues. No need to slag off people who disagree with you, why is it the more ‘positive’ a poster is the more they feel the necessity to slate anyone they deem ‘negative’? None of us know if we’ll be proven right or wrong, sorry to disappoint you. By all means come back at the end of the season and if I’m wrong I’ll hold my… Read more »
Pierre
He was making a point mate. Jesus, you’re bloody hard work.
Andy
Of course I’m bound to be wrong on a few things, that’s something I get. However, I’m not wrong that Arsenal was broken and in need of a rebuild.
I’m not one of those Arsenal fans who uses this blog to slag off my players, manager and everything else because I’m pissed off I didn’t get my own way. I stand 100% behind my comment that I find that childish.
Fair enough AFCF, bar Xhaka I haven’t seen much slagging off of current players. I do seem to recall quite a few with an agenda against Auba for example who performed extremely well for most of his career with us so maybe those posters should have held their tongues too? One example where I know we disagree is the likely incoming Jesus. Personally I think that Eddie, a real Arsenal lad, would score as many if not more given the same opportunities. Why? Because Eddie is a better finisher IMO, whereas Jesus misses too many chances. True that Jesus will… Read more »
AFC Supercunt on fire with the cuntiness today.
I’ve never seen someone get so emboldened every time the tiniest thing he can latch onto breaks his way in terms of news or results. Don’t you have any lazily polished used Rolexes to show off in Economy Class? No doubt talking about how fancy the watch is loudly the whole time you’re pushing your luggage through the narrow aisles.
Andy I knew you wouldn’t rate Jesus, you don’t like anyone we get linked to or any signings we make. I have always been a Jesus fan, so that’s a long held opinion not based on anything else. His experience will be important. It’s a signing of intent and a real coo because we don’t have CL football. It’s massive. Surely you can see that? He has real ability proven at the highest level. He is tactically astute, presses well and is familiar with the role he will be given. He can play in most advanced positions. In his 99… Read more »
Luteo
Stay classy mate. Lots of kids read this blog.
And there’s the thing AFCF, we all latch onto the things that support our argument. I’d never seen a players goal record based on ‘starts’ rather than overall appearances up until now, but then there’s the old saying about statistics. We can all play that game, much is made of the idea that he plays as a striker for Brazil, not so much that he’s scored one goal for the Brazil NT in the last three years and 17 appearances. I haven’t been watching him too closely at City because I’m not a fan of City, their corrupt owners or… Read more »
“Lots of kids read this blog.”
You mean Tony’s gender confused son?
“Stay classy mate.”
This coming from someone who only post self-righteous bullshit whenever he feels brave and disappears meekly whenever he doesn’t is ridiculous.
Andy “I’d never seen a players goal record based on ‘starts’ rather than overall appearances up until now” If you want me to explain the difference between stats produced over 90 minutes to those over 20 minutes I can’t help you. If you want me to do the same about position played or role used, ditto. Do you think 53 goals and 23 assists in 99 Premier League starts for City is a good or bad record? This is 99 games so a fair number to use for statistical purposes. If you’re telling me these are poor numbers and his… Read more »
Luteo thats not classy who stole your dinner money lol
Isn’t describing the team as broken an example of slagging of the former players and/or managers?
I don’t mind the keys all say everything is great if it’s true or if it’s consistent but people do have a habit of picking and choosing which managers they are going to ‘back at all costs’ and which ones they will not.
“Do you think 53 goals and 23 assists in 99 Premier League starts for City is a good or bad record?”
Or a measly 4 goals in all of last season until 4 in a meaningless game against Watford. Which stat is more relevant? The tin hat is back on with a chinstrap today
Luteo that’s a really shitty comment about Tony’s son. Really pathetic
Twisting the discussion again ACLF. You can’t just dismiss sub appearances because it suits you. If you must goals per minute is a fair point but inventing a new metric like goals per start is just desperate. Again I’ll come back to my previous question, why so keen to spend so much effort on Jesus when he isn’t even an Arsenal player yet but no comment about our boy Eddie? Or why was it okay to slate Auba when he was here but not okay to say bad things about other players? We all have favourites and also players that… Read more »
China
Why is that shitty? There’s nothing wrong with being gender confused, the fact you make it out as something offensive says a lot about you. Or did I stir the passions of a woman inside you and it hit a little close to home? Talking about it is the first solution.
Plenty of activity at Arsenal – real or rumoured – on incoming players – but nothing much on outgoers. Fact is the transfer market for most clubs is yet to heat up. But when it does (next week?), we can expect a flurry of sales.
Leno and Pepe seem likely ones. And Bellerin and Torreira the next most likely. High offers might prise Holding or AMN away and Xhaka is a remote possible. If all of that happens, the total sales figure should reach circa £100 million. As for the rest, peanuts.
If the Lisandro rumors are true, then thank goodness we are Tierney-proof.
We aren’t going to base out season around chronically crocked players.
Now we need to sign someone to compete with Partey. Partey is going to struggle with injuries in this World Cup year.
Diss Martinez can play holder as well so,he covers 2 crocks, now let’s hope 1 we get him 2 partey and KT are not injured at the same time again
Mr Serge
Hope you’re keeping well.
Partey is going to the World Cup and I’ll get my last dime in him being crocked at some point.
It’s not if, but when.
That’s why I’m not a big fan of the Raphinha transfer, I’ll rather we got a central midfielder. Fabio Vierra needs at least one season to settle in.
RP7
I believe Fabio Vierra can also play in the left midfield, in addition to the second striker role.
Jesus done deal guys
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That’s works out to the £220k weekly reported earlier
Hope it works out well for Jesus and Arsenal
Good. Now let’s bring in a goal scoring striker (Tammy, Scamacca) or move Martinelli into the middle and take a look at central MF players. If Lakonga isn’t ready to fill Partey’s shoes, what are our options? Patino, Azeez not sure if they are there yet. Martinez may fit the bill.
Tielemans is a fiction and Raphinha ain’t coming . Progress made but until Xhaka goes we are stuffed
Am I the only one who feels this way but irrespective of how many new and top quality players we bring into the club, there are still huge doubts about how they will be coached and set up to play.
Yes, we’ll have to wait and see what transpires but my gut feeling is that we may not be liking what is forthcoming.
My positive vibes are consumed by this one persistent doubt in my mind.
Luteo you know damn well why it’s shitty
You bring it into an irrelevant conversation as a joke/insult
What is the reason to bring that into the comment except to have a dig?
It’s pathetic that you feel so weak as to do that about another person’s kid. I bet you’d love it if people started making not so sly digs are your own kids if you have any.
Honestly, shameless.
If you mentioned it as part of a normal valid conversation that’s one thing but nobody is dumb enough to think that’s what happened Luteo.
This was just you being a twat.
At least be man enough to own it when you are bagging on someone else’s kid…
I posted earlier this morning that Arsenal and Kroenke needed to demonstrate both ambition and performance and that explains why they have been investing heavily in the team. Arsenal’s status as a club has declined rapidly over last 10 years and we are ranked by Forbes now the 11th most valuable club in Europe and 6th in England behind Man Utd, Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea AND now Spurs. Part of the problem has been the lack of commercial activity in contrast to most of our English Competitors. Okay we have quite good deals with Adidas and Emirates, but other clubs… Read more »
correction sponsorship deals expire in 2024.