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
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And after reading the post
Everyone is busy in samba party
Tr4phy
Trophy go Jesus
I’ve shifted all over in the last couple of weeks with matters G Jesus. At one point I was shouting we can get him, then I told myself we can’t coz we can’t convince a player of his pedigree to come play vs Young boys in Europa. Glad to see it all worked out.
Bring in the rest Edu
First 10
Very exciting and underlines that the owners aren’t restricting our spending but why Raphinha.? We can get cover / competition for Saka for much less than £65m. Tielemans is a much bigger priority than Raphinha. . Xhaka MUST not start next season
Wonder what’s happening with Auston Trusty? Another loan I guess?
Top 10
If we get all our targets , will the comments section still be misery island?
How come I feel like with all of the excitement this summer is bringing that there’s a “Breaking News-Saka requests transfer to City or Liverpool” just simmering somewhere? Oh wait…it’s because I’m an Arsenal fan. At the same time, maybe these moves will convince the man to sign up long term. 🤞🏻
No way we sell saka don’t be silly
Our Pastor tells us that everything is possible with Jesus
Spurs borrowed 150m for transfers but they have to pay for the CB Romero £40m and Kula is 28m this summer of 39m next summer so that’s 68m they have to pay for players they already have. Leaves them circa 80 m to spend 30m was bisouma they got richalason money left
What a summer indeed Pedro.The other HUGE news is that our old friend Mike Riley is stepping down from the PGMOL ( woo hoooo!) along with Kevin Friend,Mike Dean,Jon Moss & Martin Atkinson.That in itself ought to give us an extra 10 plus points per season.That lot over the last decade are responsible for a hell of a lot of our misfortune.Glad no.Absolutely over the moon to see the back of em.Particularly Riley.
On the other hand if we bought Guimares in January, we wouldn’t have to worry about Xhaka starting another season for us, we would most likely be in the CL, and that 30m he cost would have been offset and more with CL money. We probably wouldn’t have to overpay on players and salaries to convince them to come either. There is no scenario where not strengthening in January is a positive. Kudos for trying though Pedro. And I mean actually buying superior players to what we had at the time which would have been easy especially in midfield. Not… Read more »
PP
Riley is stepping down? To his rightful place as lord of hell I’m assuming?
Great news, hate that fucker.
“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.’
I like the fact there will be more accountability and pressure on him to deliver next season. With the potential signings my expectations are at least one trophy and a CL place.
I was definitely feeling like no CL was gonna have a yuge impact on the summer but looks like the pro athlete community is even more PRO ARTETA than the arsenal fanbase hahah
Tottenham Tom – please ignore Pedro’s statement of intent . Do not linger over thoughts that your Wig Wearing winner is being blown out the water by a mere novice.
You’ve got Ivan Perisic. The guys the fittest, fastest most technically adept player who’s ever graced your WHL.
Glory , Glory eh Tom
Perfect signings so far……Jesus, Marqhuino, Turner, with Rafhina and Martinez next, not forgetting Teileman and Hicky. Done, meaning perfect summer transfers. COYG.
Hope Spurs continue with Richarlison and we get Raphinia .. someone in another post mentioned Arteta being a cheque book manager .. pathetic.. the guy wants his own players and that will cost..
He’s confident enough to want his own players and am sure will succeed with them..
On another note Arteta may want Lisandro primarily as a defensive midfielder..
On another note 5 subs next year so the more quality players the better… This notion of we don’t really need Raphina because we have Saka or Esr doesn’t make sense
Obviously not all the transfers we’re anticipating have happened yet but I think we are fortunate in that very few clubs in Europe have much money. The PL’s financial clout is really apparent, to the extent that top 6 PL teams almost have to sell to each other to find buyers. Italy has.no money, Barca owes a million, even PSG having splashed so much on Mbappe are not that active. Chelsea are just adjusting to new owners, Spuds have limited funds and are Spurs, City have already signed Haaland, Phillips and Alvarez and Liverpool have splashed on Nunez. Our owners… Read more »
Eduardo Hagn from twitter:
🚨 @thirfernandes from @GoalBR tells me that Raphinha’s first choice option has always been Barcelona, but as they’re most likely ruled out, it will be between Arsenal and Tottenham. Raphinha would like to work under Arteta, so Arsenal are above Spurs right now.
Arteta and Arsenal more pull than Conte and champions league.
Gabriel Jesus will also attract more people to the project.
Enjoy that.
Nigel, when you call people haters on every post, it makes them go at you. Please stop with the aggression. You don’t like it when the tables are turned.
Chelsea fans are in for a rude awakening. Things will never be the same as under Abramovich. Never.
They’re attempting swap deals right now to offload Werner and fix the defense. Good luck with that.
They’ll be good for a couple more years on all the talent they stockpiled, but eventually will fall to earth.
I think we can beat them to this coming season. We weren’t even that far off them this past season.
Bob As Warren Buffet once said: “You should be fearful when others are being greedy, and greedy when others are being fearful” Got to love Big Josh Kroenke finally acting like a billionaires son, throwing around the wonga, and capitalising off other clubs financial struggles…. This is exactly what billionaires are supposed to do during an economic downturn…. Raphinha would be an unbelievable signing We should challenge Chelsea for Declan Rice while we’re at it, the way our governments are throwing money around like confetti, £100 million will be the equivalent of about 50 pence in about 4 years time,… Read more »
Rich, we may be kicking the financial can down the road but I’m hoping our owners are sufficiently well off to suck it up. Have you seen what Barcelona are trying to do, selling a percentage of future tv and commercial income for cash now? Unbelievable!
If we have a net spend of say £120m we’ll have a squad to properly compete even if the likliehood of Liverpool and City dropping off that much is improbable. Expectations will rightly be really high. I love it!
I’m still worried about Jesus with the frontline looking like it could get bullied by opposing defences. Martinelli is the only one who puts himself about a bit, but if we get Raphinha that should definitely help.
Jesus will score his fair share of goals, then you have 3-4 players (with Raphinia) who can get double figures..
Bob I’m not so sure about Liverpool, Salah has one year left on his deal, Liverpool seem reluctant to give a mega deal to a 30 yr old , which I can understand Talk Madrid want him, and Liverpool open to a sale Mane to Bayern. Milner, Henderson, Ox, Firminho, are all getting on. They’ve been unlucky with the cycle of the current team, finish 2nd with 90+ points to an excellent Man City team But the current team cycle looks done, no doubt Klopp will build another special team, but they could potentially be on somewhat of a transition,… Read more »
This summer Arsenal are the go-to Club. The downbeats on here said we’d miss out because we hadn’t qualified for CL. Not true. Go ask Conte. People scoffed at my belief our gross spend might be circa £215 million. Still scoffing, Tom? No, I don’t have a crystal ball, it’s just that I couldn’t see Josh holding back having come this far. But I am surprised at Arteta’s pursuit of Gabriel J and Raphina, I expected a heavyweight centre forward and controlling central midfielder as prime targets – but then I’m old-fashioned. Arteta is way ahead. A picture is emerging… Read more »
Arteta is really following the City model……not overly worried about a striker because it looks like he thinks most of the goals will come from midfield…..Saka, Vieira, Raphinha, ESR, Gaby with maybe 15-20 from Jesus too?
fwiw, I just noticed Andy Carroll is available on a free. Just for those times when we resort to all those nice lofted crosses into the box. Or maybe not…..But I’ll never forget that cracking header against Sweden!
Pedro talks about Jesus scoring 76 goals out of 99 starts. In the EPL? His goal scoring performances in the EPL is not impressive.
Aren’t we repeating Lacazette scenario.
Howard, he’s talking about being directly involved in goals, scoring or an assist. He is in the top 6 all time PL strikers for goals vs minutes played
Like your positivity Rich. Liverpool have to address their midfield and we can always hope for a VVD injury. Of your City list only Bernardo Silva would be a big loss, their squad is so strong and I’d expect they’ll bring in a player or two, at LB for example.
Howard
it’s not 76 goals, it’s 76 goal involvements, goals + assists. Still very good.
Not a huge Jesus fan but he’s one of the better options out there that we can get so I’m happy, as lomg as we get a CM in a well it’s all good.
Think about how many Mane and Jota scored from headers. It’s not because they’re big, because obviously they’re not….It’s because Liverpool attack with such pace that they are in plenty of space when the ball’s crossed in. If you have space, height doesn’t matter, technique does.
Quite an exciting summer that we have lined up. What I want though is that we don’t forget to sign a CM. That is one of our biggest weaknesses in the team. If we sign Jesus, the priority becomes CM, LB and RW in that order. If we sign Raphinha and we forget the CM though we will be a top heavy team that can be stopped from deeper midfield positions. I have no problems with us spending a shit ton of money. What I have problems is spending a shit ton of money without addressing our biggest weaknesses. What… Read more »
Bom Dia bitches!
Gabriel Jesus’s 99 starts in the Premier League broken down by game position:
CF: 78 starts, 40 goals, 14 assists.
RW: 15 starts, 9 goals, 8 assists.
LW: 6 starts, 4 goals, 1 assist.
Are you not entertained???? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAIND!!!!!
Well Twitter has never been more fun when it comes to Arsenal. Rival fans are scared and I am loving it 😂😂😂. They are quoting FFP. They are saying “where is Arsenal getting this money from?”.
Get Raphinha, Tielemans and Martinez on top of Jesus and we are sending a statement that we aren’t fucking around anymore. No more banter era. We will be getting in to the heads of most teams just by the thought of our transfer business..
Come on Arsenal.
We have the biggest match day revenue in the world and our season tickets are also the most expensive that helps a lot, plus josh is actually putting his money where his mouth is, their other franchises are all competing for the biggest trophies, makes sense their best one does.
Mr Serge
Match revenue in the world?
I read somewhere it’s Spurs
They don’t even fill their ground Howard
I’ll believe it when I see a photograph of Jesus in Arsenal shirt that hasn’t been photoshopped.
The links to Raphinha has got everyone rattled!!!!
The media are rattled because they hate us making big signings
Rival clubs are rattled because we’re spending like we finished 4th last season
Rival fans are rattled because because they can feel our summer vibe
Even some of our fans are rattled regarding this move in relation to Saka.
Raph the Rattler
Vintage
Can you imagine having Saka and Raphinha on either wings for Arsenal coming at our opponents. It would be like having 2 chilli peppers in both their nostrils.
Naija
Imagine that , Saka on the left , who would have thought.
Raphinha Jesus Saka
Tielemans Odegaard is a shit load of goals.
If Tielemans and Raphinha can press anywhere near as good as the other three, it’s gonna be a madness.
I pray to Jesus we get Martinez also, elite level of cover, Tierney and Partey.
standing ovation if they get them all.
I suspect Arteta isn’t expecting Gabriel to be a striker that delivers more than delivers more than 15 goals per season. He’s bringing him in for his goal contributions. He works so hard and will bring joy for the players around him.
There are going to be lots of games with the so called false-9
Tom must really be living rent free in certain posters heads when they’re preemptively replying to comments he hasn’t yet made in this post. Also nice to see one of the blog police finally getting reined in.
@Naija+soccer
A Raphinha Jesus Saka frontline with Martinelli Eddie & ESR pushing them is a very good look heading into the new season.
Plus with Odegaard Vieria & possibly Tielemans tasked with providing behind them how can we not be looking forward to the seasons start.
This summer feels different. Our intent is clear serious.
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.
Very similar to Walcott during his arsenal years 2/3 GA/Starts
Ken agreed Nigel needs to reign in his opinions on certain posters we do not need a police officer on the blog, opinions is what makes this blog so good, well most of the time
All I want is for the club to confirm if vieira is going to be used as an 8 lol
I just wanna know!!!
Imagine we get all our targets and saliba and saka sign new contracts next season is going to be amazing
Is he supposed to be our new Santi?
CANT SOMEONE PLS TELL ME????
If these two transfers go in then with the signing of a good LB and CM we literally have a *complete* squad. As in every position on the pitch with the required quality AND depth to be an elite team.
That’s exciting.
But don’t get your hopes up because arsenal are pros at letting us down lol
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Serge,
There’s no doubt Saka will extend, though we are so busy now with transfers, it might take a while into the season to get it done.
I have a little worry about Saliba, because there’s something I’m not sure I like about his personality.
If he behaves like a real team player, rather than a special France wonderkid, I’ll be happy to have him.
This has been a very tight squad, and I’m sure other new guys will blend in nicely.
Finally fixing our attack. I have to admit i am elated with our summer transfer. This is what i wanted and its happening. Getting 4th or better is now easier.
If Salah leave Pool think we should push for 3rd place. The media don’t understand how fucked Pool are losing Mane and if its both then Klopp will be lucky to stay in CL places come end of season. Fuck LiVARpoo!!!
Yeah this window is shaping up to be incredible.
If we pull off the signings being touted, the Kroenkes have really stepped it up a gear since taking full control.
Edu is earning his coin so far then it’s over to tets and the boys to put it all together on the pitch.
I cannot wait to get this season underway!
And China. I’m not sure when our pre season games are, but certainly they will give us that glimmer of hope that Vieira is capable of displacing xhaka or not.
And also G.
My comment on Arteta being a cheque book manager was tongue in cheek.
Over exaggerating purely because it was over exaggerated how much artetas coaching ability was meant to take us up many more notches.
Of course our squad needed signings to improve. I may seem a dimwit but I do understand that
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Arsenal and edu starting the Brazilian revolution.
Jesus, marquihnos, raphina…
Add to the fact we already have Gabriel and martinelli.
Anyone else feel Vieira looks a bit weak physically. Hope he gets on a good diet. This isn’t the Portuguese league where Porto win every week.
Gons, I’m hoping he can be like our Bernardo Silva.
The pl is a step up physically from most leagues, and Vieira has already acknowledged he needs to bulk up a bit.
I’m very excited about his potential though
It’s pretty clear that Stan didn’t invest or speculate while A. He was building the rams stadium and B. He only owned half the club. Dein stiffed him by selling to usmanov. Since he’s got the rams thing finished and gets all the spoils at arsenal – he’s been a good owner – transfers wise. Btw. He now owns the super bowl and Stanley cup champs. Also – Odegaard will be captain next year and he will orchestrate the press. And he will have Jesus raphinha Saka. And Martinelli. Basically a pack of hyenas. Gonna be fun to watch. If… Read more »
Raphina is a straight up dream player , I have been watching him since he came to Leeds . Unreal . Make it happen ! Loving the Brazilian flavour.
Also a bit too early to call out Liverpool demise . Even if they lose Salah , they have just signed Darwin Nunez . They have Jota , Diaz Firmino . Harvey Elliot , Curtis Jones will have gained experience . Fabinho , Naby Keita and Thiago in midfield . Konate Joel Matip and Joe Gomez + Trent and Robertson . Joel Matip had a better season than VVD last year . Not that I dont want Arsenal to outperform them , its still a very hard task .
If we get Raphina and Tielesman, ca we already challenge Liverpool? Or am I dreaming too much? City are still leagues ahead though specially now that they added Haaland.
I hope Lisandro will come, if so the attackers will be afraid of us not the other way around !!
we need Xhaka as he never gets injured and always does what is expected, hopefully Sambi
will find his mojo next season
It is good news that Arsenal are showing ambition in this transfer window and hopefully recruiting some top class talent. However, I am concerned that Arsenal have not finalised the contract extension of both Saka and Martinelli before they go out and try to sign Raphinha. Both Saka and Martinelli have contracts which expire in 2024. Martinelli’s contract is slightly less critical, because there is a 1 year extension option. However, Saka’s new contract needs to be finalised as soon as possible. It makes absolutely no sense recruiting expensive overseas players if you were to lose such valuable home grown… Read more »
I would be very be disappointed if we don’t get someone to compete with xhaka in the middle say like youri or lisandro
Stroller Remember when we lost our best players because they felt we couldn’t complete? Because they wanted to play with the best and win? Well maybe Saka is making similar noises and that’s part of why the club are putting the cart before the horse? Maybe once Marquinhos, Jesus, Raphinha, Lisando, Tielemans, Vieira and Saliba start bossing it on the training pitch this summer, Saka and martinelli think “fuck, we mean business. This is a top draw team and I’d be stupid to go anywhere else right now. Honestly I wouldn’t be against selling martinellli. I’m fond of the kid… Read more »
Un, that is how I see it. What a statement indeed if we do pull all our moves off this summer to then extend Saka and martinellis contracts to top it off.
That will absolutely blow me away
Ultimately if Saka wanted to go and started running down the contract . Then with sadness, get absolutely top dollar for him and sell him on . I’d actually be more gutted over ESR.
Hopefully contract will be signed though
No need to worry about the Saka contract…
He is going to extend. It probably won’t be in the summer because you see how busy the club is with transfers…
But contact will have been made and the road paved ahead. It will get done during the season. It will be announced whenever they feel like announcing it.
Eddie’s extension was signed in mid – May. It was announced a couple weeks ago.
Goober
Same but I have a feeling at least one of these deals won’t happen.
If we don’t get Tielemans now, I’d live with it so long as lisandro came in. If you pick him up on a bowman next season along with another “cherry on top” pure class central midfielder (like Savic, de Jong or Bellingham) then I think we’d have as close to world class squad as we could get, outside of that world class goal scorer, which jesus could yet prove to be.
Stroller They won’t be guaranteed starters in any team that is considered an upgrade on Arsenal. That for me is a non issue. I feel it actually shows them massive ambition from the club, and that we can grow with them. It also actually puts us in a better bargaining position because that agent who keeps getting the better of us will know that we are no longer totally dependent on Saka. It weakens his position. My sense is once we have hopefully wrapped up Raphinha and Martinez, we can turn our attention to Saka and Saliba. That will then… Read more »
You’re not the only one Un, have seen a few now suggesting to sell Martinelli.
Bizarre take imo, how many just turned 21 year old forwards or younger in the PL can you name that is better than Marti? I’ll wait.
12 G/A in about 20 apps worth of 90 min football last season in the PL. The lad is going to go on to be a top player.
New contract for saliba would settle me down.
Daphnia transfer is huge , look esque weapons up front.
Still need tielmans but if all this drops best summer we have had, ever…
As much as I want Pepe to pop I can’t knock daphnia being better. How would the front line looks I don’t know.
Saka is core, would he stay rw? He’s so good could play anywhere but he needs to feel like the man in any case.
Martinelli won’t be sold, currently esr is risked but new contract last year stil time. Exits will be interesting, need xacka gone .
un I agree with what you say, but I would be sorry if Saka and Martinelli become unsettled. What is evident however is that Arsenal are no longer a soft touch in the transfer market when it comes to buying players. That has become increasingly evident since we bought Partey despite all the obstacles placed then by Athletics Madrid at the time. I think that we can now compete in the market place with almost every major club apart from perhaps Man City and PSG. The other day Jamie O’Hara the stupid mouthpiece of Spuds suggested that they were now… Read more »
Saka, ESR and Gabi – the untouchables for me.
They may be benched when in poor form but these 3 should form the core of our attack for years to come. They are so young and still so impressive.
Eagle
Maybe I didn’t explain my position as well as I could have
I don’t want to sell him but if one of the three had to go I’d prefer to be him
Stroller There still exists a prestige in playing for arsenal for players who saw those wenger teams strut their stuff. RvP cesc Henry bergkamp et al. We are still linked to that era of attractive attacking football, trophies and big big wins scoring some of the best goals in history. Arteta really needs to continue that tradition going forward to ensure the trend continues with the next generation. The worlds best flair players don’t go to Chelsea for the excitement of playing the best football. They go because of the money and the high likelihood of trophies. We aren’t that… Read more »
Eagle
If we have Saka vieira Odegaard Smith Rowe Raphinha Marquinhos and martinelli (7 players for 3-4 starting spots) one or two of those isn’t going to last.
If one of our original 3 must be sold to facilitate the next phase of our evolution then who pups you sell?
WW
I don’t see Saka leaving either. It would be an incredibly poor career choice at his age. He’s sky rocketed at arsenal, he is the main man and he is adored. Why would he risk that at 21 when the down sides are huge. Look at Sancho and Grealish.
I’m very confident he will sign a 3 year extension
Un
I don’t think that there is any risk of Saka leaving this summer, but the point I made is that he
could be unsettled by arrival of both Jesus and Raphinha.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-transfer-martinelli-saliba-arteta-27316104.amp
Saliba and martinelli count as homegrown now
Esr is most risked, but can’t see him leaving this season.
Stroller
I doubt it
I expect it will make him want to sign, if anything
Un The way we’re evolving the squad points to inverted full backs, this will allow us to play with 2 x No8s, and lineup with 5 forwards To do this we need exceptional quality defenders, there’s a reason why Pep has a squad littered with £50 million + defenders, City play with 5 attacking players every game The narrative around Klopp originally was that he was defensively poor, he then signed Fabinho, Van Dijk + Alisson, had time to work with his full backs, and turned Liverpool into one of the best defensive outfits in world football, and the defensively… Read more »
The club should try and renew Saka’s contract on the quiet, and then on the Friday morning before the season opener, they should announce it without leaking it first,
That would get the whole fan base absolutely rocking going not the game at Palace, would be a huge lift to the squad as well
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j184sfbxVSk
Just a little bit of blanco’s abailty to turn defence into attack with one pass