It’s Pride weekend in London and Arsenal is going all-in on a float. There’s a very sweet video of all the players going to meet the LGBTQ fans and making a fuss of them. I recently had the pleasure of meeting Carl Fearn, who heads up the Gay Gooners, and all I can say is that he is a top, top guy. He was willing to help me on a project and my team absolutely loved him. Arsenal also led in this area, telling fans they’d give representation to the community if they set up a group. Now, I believe, it’s the biggest one of its kind in the world.
At the very core of initiatives like this is inclusivity in football. Arsenal aren’t going to change the world with activations like this, they’re not going to stop all the weirdos beneath the club tweets, but what they will do is make a statement that, at The Arsenal, everyone is welcome. Having players get involved is also great, there are only a handful of openly gay athletes on the planet, and part of that is because they fear what the fans will sing, part of that is they fear how the dressing room will react. I feel like we’re moving forward on all those fronts.
Arsenal is one of the most inclusive clubs on the planet. We have a diverse set of fans, people are accepting inside because that’s what London is all about, I think we’re a beacon to most clubs in the world, initiatives like this one just reinforce why I love Arsenal.
If you have your finger on the ‘I’M OK WITH THE GAYS, BUT…’ comment, hold it back today, no one gives a fuck.
Right, onto transfers!
The summer is getting messy. Some fans are spitting FURY.
You have to put away what you used to believe about Arsenal and accept our new reality.
- We’re competing at the upper end of the transfer market, we don’t have Champions League, and it is competitive
- Missing out on your main target doesn’t mean it’s over in 2022.
- Big clubs miss out on players. City missed out on Harry Mcguire, Jadon Sancho, Cristiano Ronaldo… how are they doing right now?
- Arsenal have a Plan A, B, and C. We are not coming out of this window without bodies.
What we know so far is this:
Lisandro Martinez is at a club that is run by the exlegendary United keeper Edwin Van Der Saar. I mentioned the other day that is was weird that we were the preference for Martinez because of the connection and the money on offer there and it looks like that might be the case.
Still, let’s be real here, there are other options, and if we ended the window with someone like Zinchenko, would you be sad? I’m not sure you would. Don’t fall in love with rumours, I did on this one now I’m 4 spoons deep in a B&Js mega tub. £35m for a left-back is HUGE cash in a market that has very little of it.
Raphinha is now more than likely going to push for a move to Barcelona. As Matt K said on the podcast, if he ends up in Spain, I won’t lose any sleep. Chelsea was the move I worried about. This transfer always felt a little ‘WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.’
There are light rumblings that we’ve put the feelers out for Wilfried Zaha like I suggested a few weeks ago. He gives you all the same bits you get with Raphinha, except he’s a little older and he’ll be way, way cheaper because he has one year left on his deal. I’d prefer we moved for someone younger, but when push comes to shove, if you had him on a 3 year deal, you’d guarantee goals and a bit of menace with an attitude we lack.
Youri Tielemans is also on the agenda, the club has apparently agreed terms, the players wants Arsenal, but we haven’t bid. I have no idea why, one would suspect Arsenal are playing the game and want to force Leicester into a tough situation where they don’t have options and have to accept a pitiful bid. But again, who knows, I just hope we know the players wants us and the rumors that Spurs want in on this deal aren’t true.
So when you see fans whine that our summer has been a disaster, remind them that part of joining elite is that it is competitive. You can’t win all the transfers. Chelsea don’t. City don’t. Madrid don’t. People have to grow up with the ‘THIS IS A DISASTER WINDOW’ because it’s not.
Look what we’ve done so far:
- Signed Eddie down to a 5-year deal
- Signed Gabriel Jesus over 6 clubs worth comp
- Brought William Saliba back into the mixer, he’s probably going to sign a new deal
- Signed USMNT #1 as our back-up keeper
- Signed a devastating final ball merchant in Fabio Vieira
- Rumours are Gabi Martinelli has committed
It’s July 2nd. Plenty more of this window to go. But all you need to know is there could be up to £200m spent this window (it won’t end there after sales).
Before I go, big shout out to our right-back superstar in waiting, BNC, for his HUGE U19 European Championship win with England. The player has been getting rave reviews for his standout performances, he’s basically a modern-day all action right back. I suspect he’ll get a more competitive loan this season, then he’ll be at Arsenal the season after to move on Cedric Soares.
Oh ffs
Please let there
A lurker
Anyone?
FML
2 minutes too late.
You could have stopped at 3 Chrispy….but it looks like you wanted the Tr4phy.
2 strikers that don’t score much, Steffan will be the #1 US goalie at the WC, and a small player that’s already injured from the Portuguese league. Saliba looks good, I’ll give you that. Contract extensions and handjobs all around lads. cracking business.
I’d actually prefer Zinchenko tbh. With Tielemans, cant he say he only wants us, forcing City’s hand and we get him for £25m early. I get frustrated with not having the players we need earlier, so they get their pre season and their role down , before the season actually starts. Palace away is a tough opener.
How very dare you, Mark.
Afternoon all…
One thing I’ve learned about being an Arsenal supporter is that there still would be people that would complain even if we signed prime Messi and Ronaldo along with VVD and Manuel Neuer…because we didn’t sign a Casemiro type player. This is the quickest we’ve done business since I don’t know when, and with a little over a month to go until we play Palace, things are on the right track.
@TH14
Hahahahaha now now
@Mark S
Bollocks, no one would complain if we signed prime Messi or Ronaldo
Well done Peter … Good post
Plan B’s don’t always happen.
It’s first choice targets or bust sometimes.
“There are light rumblings that we’ve put the feelers out for Wilfried Zaha like I suggested a few weeks ago. He gives you all the same bits you get with Raphinha, except he’s a little older and he’ll be way, way cheaper because he has one year left on his deal. I’d prefer we moved for someone younger, but when push comes to shove, if you had him on a 3 year deal, you’d guarantee goals and a bit of menace with an attitude we lack.” Said more or less the same thing a while back. When we need big… Read more »
How ironic if we dump Pepe for Zaha by the way. Emery was spot on!
Zaha is linked when the well is dry.
Think he’s a bit of a dickhead tbh and over-rated.
Zaha will not fit Arteta’s requirement for choir boys in his side you would think.
Andy, Emery was spot on with Nkunku as well
So hickey to Brentford, Martinez to united and Raphina to Barca……we still having the ‘ best ever’ transfer window?
I was also calling for Nkunku at the time.
Not in any way swayed by Emery.
Zaha? Naah.
Zaha Jesus Saka ?
I like the look of that. destabilize palace before we play them too, bonus.
Usually love the content but to say Zaha would be great and his petulant attitude (in some cases) would be great for our team, when you’re on the TL trashing Richarlison who has similar stats and attitude (not as skilful but definitely more of a fighter) and younger doesn’t make sense
Zaha is a step backwards – we should be aiming for a Saka understudy. The first team choice is already sorted and we just need to get his contract updated
CM – fingers crossed on Tielemans – we seem to be going slower than Jesus-speed on this one
LB – again let’s not lose sight that this is an understudy – Hickey would be perfect. Even we can compete with Brentford ffs
LB – if Martinez
Ignore last bit -would love Martinez as he could be a stand in or
Even replacement for Partey but it seems to have gone as a deal
Zaha is 30 in November…. If we could get him for £15-£20 million, on a 2yr contract, with a club option of a 3rd Then it wouldn’t be my top pick, but I wouldn’t turn my nose up at it either. I’m generally hesitant around wide players entering their 30s, who are reliant upon elite athleticism, attacking full backs + wingers, generally peak earlier, and then regress much early, and few play well into their 30s The wide areas are a young man’s game. Wenger’s policy of 12 month contracts only for outfield players over 30, was the right one.… Read more »
Arsenal 5-1 Ipswich today
Eddie hatrick
Nelson + Balogun got the other 2
Rich, do you think Liverpool were wrong to get the 30 year old Salah to sign up for three more years?
TH14, if it was sunny outside I bet you’d say ‘yeah but it’s going to cloud over in three days time’.
Bob
I hope you are not comparing Salah to Zaha.
dB 10 catastrophizing aren’t we?
Ishola, I am to the extent that they are both around 30 and play on the wing – see Rich’s Wenger contract comment!
Pierre, About Norton Cuffy, “He won’t make it at Arsenal, he was one of our (England’s) more average players during the tournament..” I heard he gave up a penalty or something, but otherwise heard that he wasn’t bad. His loan manager swears that he’ll be a monster of a player. Pierre you’ve been right all along about Nketiah, and I’m right there with you. Given enough minutes he can be the surprise of the season. In the case of Norton Cuffy, I hope you’re wrong, of course, but either way, maybe don’t write him off so harshly. You may say… Read more »
Arteta likes structured play.
I don’t even think Zaha would fit.
He is given free rein at Palace by and large.
Wouldn’t get that under Arteta at Arsenal.
It’s a no no and can’t see it happening at all.
Bob N16
“I am to the extent that they are both around 30 and play on the wing – see Rich’s Wenger contract comment!”
How very dare you!
The Zaha link is an interesting one.Gives us the cover & comp we need.On his day & playing with better players could be devastating.Has an attitude to win & a boyhood gooner.Gets his share of penalty’s too.Prem oven ready.Coukd be a very smart short term move for half the price.Hmmmmmm🤔
Goober
“Hahaha yeah b2b xhaka still makes me laugh”
Box to box maybe if its the same box.
Ian Wright signed at 28!
You have to put away what you used to believe about Arsenal and accept our new reality. * We’re competing at the upper end of the transfer market, we don’t have Champions League, and it is competitive * Missing out on your main target doesn’t mean it’s over in 2022. * Big clubs miss out on players. City missed out on Harry Mcguire, Jadon Sancho, Cristiano Ronaldo… how are they doing right now? * Arsenal have a Plan A, B, and C. We are not coming out of this window without bodies. ———————- It’s not even expectation management any more.… Read more »
Zaha over rated? Scored (PL goals only) 14 last season, one less than DeBruyne, Jota and Vardy and three more than any Arsenal player.
And we could do with more ‘dick heads’ and fewer choirboys tbh. Love the way he winds up opponents.
A bargain IMO.
But.. but.. What about the youngest team in the league trophy? Surely we’re not going to lose it by going for Zaha. Nuh, uh uh.
@Pedro, if we hadn’t had the Spanish Spiv Emery could have left us with some very decent players (and avoided our biggest transfer cock up).
Bob Time will tell, Salah alongside De Bruyne are currently the 2 best players in the league. Stylistically De Bruyne playing well into his 30s, is far less risky. It took a long time to do, I’m sure Salah would have wanted 4 years. Klopp demands a lot physically from his wide players, they’ve got to be able to get up and down the pitch Maybe dumping Mane this summer who’s also 30, negates some of that risk, because they don’t risk 2 forwards who are so influential, falling off the edge of the cliff physically at the same time.… Read more »
Zaha is the main boy at Palace. Most offensive moves go through him so he is going to have good offensive stats.
Am I comfortable with Zaha going to Arsenal and wanting to be the top boy there? No.
And this is where the problem lies with him.
Arteta will not want this sort of individualistic player.
Arteta is more about team ethic.
Arteta would never touch Zaha, yes. If he does he might change my mind about him. But he won’t.
Pedro.
Or maybe we have agreed terms with Leicester but the clubs are keeping it under wraps until Leicester get a replacement?
Wenger Eagle: “Patino is the same age as Jack was breaking through for context and the latter looked a men amongst boys while the former looked a boy against Forest.” I remember nothing he did wrong that game, but that his teammates seemed reticent to involve him in the game, avoiding passing to him. My guess is that the face of a 12 yr old affects how experienced teammates look at him. His slight build doesn’t help. He has some incredible technical quality that you can look up. He has to be worked in some time. I remember how Wenger… Read more »
Ishola, yes Zaha is arrogant but so are many top players. He’s also a Gooner and I’m sure he’d just be glad to play for us, never mind all this top man nonsense. Neither of us can read minds though so we may never know.
Point remains I’d rather get a decent but cheap short term solution as a wide forward than spunk £50m+ on a younger version and not get that CM we all need. Shades of last summer when we bought a £50m CB rather than sort out the MF.
Zaha is 30, not over the moon by that but if I had to put money on him or Martinels playing left forward and getting decent numbers it would be Zaha. for the price, if he falls off a cliff it won’t impact that hard given we have enough quality cover there.
If we got him that’s a front three that is devastating one on one. each of those players need doubling up on and there isn’t enough defenders in any team for that.
Weagle
Don’t compliment Jack like that, I’ll get jizz everywhere
Ishola
The worry is that Arteta is a creativity killer
He’s not proved that he can cultivate an attacking unit like Pep
Nigel
He didn’t do it with Jack cesc or paddy V (deeply then in the wing at first)
Just saying
Not too bothered if we lose out on Martinez tbh. I’m sure he’s a good player but the price tag always seemed a bit insane for a player from the Dutch league that no one had head of a few weeks ago, even if people are pretending otherwise. Would have loved Raphinha because the player is spectacular. I really hope we don’t go for Zaha. He’s too old and acts like a baby on the pitch. The club needs to accelerate the Tielemans deal. This whole wait and sniff around thing just reeks of Wenger’s Arsenal. This is a critical… Read more »
Zaha isn’t going to come to a club he supports with the players we have and think he is the top boy. He’ll be happy to have finally made it here and be playing in Europe.
Plus I’m sure Marquinhos was brought in to eventually understudy Saka.
How many 18yr olds play consistently in the PL?… We’ve had a few over the years, Wilshere, Cesc, Saka, but it’s the exceptional, not the general rule. Patino is expected to be promoted to the first team squad this summer, but there’s no rush to get him into the team. Mertesacker spoke about the different metrics they use before considering a youth player ready to play in the first team, they have to tick 4 boxes, which are physical, technical, tactical + mental Saka ticked all 4 boxes at just 18, and that’s why he was put into the first… Read more »
It’s becoming pretty clear that United had a little unwritten deal with Ajax and the player. He wants Ten Hag, and we forced them to move more quickly.
If we had bid higher, they would have made sure to delay for United to come in anyway.
They did that with our 2nd offer, not even knocking it back … just delaying.
I don’t blame the guy if he likes his manager.
The only problem is immature gunners blaming our club for trying. Plus, our valuation is what we thought was in the ballpark. I think it was fair.
Curse You can’t say that. It can just be in his overall character to want to be the main focal point in a team. He wasn’t at Man Utd and suffered as a result. I’ll be honest if he did come I would think he would be a major disruption in what Arteta is trying to build and would be too much for Arteta. There isn’t room in this project to bring in a 30yo who will want to dominate the side. Can’t see it happening and this fixation with Zaha has been going on for years and years and… Read more »
Nigel: “The only problem is immature gunners blaming our club for trying.”
It’s mostly gunners thinking we’re spending money in a position we don’t really need to drop 40m in. I’ll be very okay if we don’t bring him. A CB main player brought to play LB for 40m? When we have Xhaka starting every game? Fk that.
Raptora
He’s going to play lcb
Just you watch
Signing Martinez for £40 million would suggest Xhaka won’t be starting every game, and would possibly become surplus. Xhaka’s strengthens are ball progression, if our defenders are more equipped to progress the ball, we’ll no longer need Xhaka dropping deep to progress the ball…. If we’re no longer reliant upon Xhaka to progress the ball, we can play our left sided central midfielder further forward Since Xhaka’s strengths aren’t in the final third, I’d expect us to replace him with an a final third technician, who’s more suited to that role. If we don’t get Martinez, then go and sign… Read more »
InsideRight, don’t post here if you think I gaslight.
You’ve been whinging on that everything is terrible at Arsenal for a while and now it’s pretty clear this is going to be a great summer, you’re in a panic. You are gaslighting, it’s boring, give it a rest.
Ishola, I can say that, as it makes more sense than assuming this guy is a narcissist that is gonna come in from a lower level team and act like Mr big bollocks. At 30. The manure move clearly was too early for him, not because he fancied himself as the next Ronaldo. Too much for Mr Art? doubt it, he’s not a bigger player than Auba and Mikel handled that pretty well. Let’s be clear though, he only handled it well because he has the backing. Unlike Emery, who, if he had the backing would of brought Zaha, Partey,… Read more »
Let’s not forget here that the end of the season Eddie was playing for a new deal or a new club. That is probably the best version of him we will ever see and we have him for 5 years on 100k plus.
Let’s hope it does work out.
Danny, he just scored a hattrick today. He’s also 23 years old, has an unbelievable work ethic, and he’s not retiring. ‘We’ve seen the best of him’ is a shocking take.
I’d be gutted if we let Lisandro go to United
He also misses sitters on the regular.
I’d love for him to become a great player but I think he lacks that next level. And 100k for a back up striker is champs league cash.
Curse
“Too much for Mr Art? doubt it”
Well the proof of that will be if Arsenal sign him won’t it.
Call me shocked if he signs on.
And Ipswich town are probably under 21’s level which is where Eddie thrives so not exactly something g to prove a point with.
I remember when Sanogo scored 4 in apre season game.
Nigel.If that’s the case on Martinez.Then that’s Edus fault for NOT doing his homework/ background checks on Martinez & Manure.Or moved a dam site faster.At lead t would have established it was,is a non starter.
Pedro InsideRight, don’t post here if you think I gaslight. You’ve been whinging on that everything is terrible at Arsenal for a while and now it’s pretty clear this is going to be a great summer, you’re in a panic. You are gaslighting, it’s boring, give it a rest. ————— The only panic is that the club is going to fall short again due to poor planning and execution. Where is your evidence that this is going to be a great summer? It’s pretty pathetic to mischaracterise my comments over the months as saying “that everything is terrible at Arsenal”.… Read more »
Plus Van de Sarr ex Manure is their( Ajax) CEO. Manure would have the inside info on any deals all along.Perhaps should have avoided wasting time on a non starter.
Btw Zaha is 29, not 30 until November so a three year deal takes us to when he’s 32. Not that bad.
The idea that he wanted to be the ‘main man’ at United at 21 years old is not close to a serious one. The move was too early for him and the expectations too big. He was also signed by Ferguson and then had to actually play under Moyes in his short disastrous reign so hardly surprising it didn’t work out.
Of course he wasn’t going to be the main man at Man Utd but when they signed him from Palace at that time he was big part of Palace even then.
So he goes from being a big focus at Palace to just being another player at United.
The chances of Zaha joining Arsenal this summer would be about 10% I would think.
Just doesn’t fit in all we have seen from Arteta thus far.
At this point I think the Gabriel Jesus announcement video is going to be Jesus phoning Eddie to hold the plane, so he jumps on last minute Monday for our trip to Germany
Kind of like the last scene in The Bodyguard, they could even have Whitney Houston “I will always love you” playing in the background….
Danny, every striker misses sitters. He scored the same amount of goals as Richarlison in half the minutes and he didn’t cost £60m.
He’s a top young striker and he will be great for us this season.
InsideRight, do you speak to anyone at Arsenal? Do you have a shred of intel on anything? Or are you looking for someone to clap you for guessing how the summer is going to end and characterizing it as fact?
Inside right, I can only speak for myself but every time I read one of your posts the tone is that Arsenal are making a mess of things. It’s an opinion, it’s not factual. Not making CL undoubtedly puts a negative edge on our negotiations. That said it’s pretty clearJesus was our No 1 CF target. CM was the other key issue and that hasn’t been resolved; Viera, Turner and Marquinhos are all squad building; the success of those three is hard to predict but to suggest these four acquisitions exemplify poor planning and execution is difficult to argue. It’s… Read more »
Lovely finish by Eddie.
https://twitter.com/DailyAFC/status/1543268097854947329?s=20&t=qDLiQHmQ-fEbLRvG36usTQ
Nice one. The main thing now is to move for Tielesman before other clubs will go for him. Though he said he wanted Arsenal but if we delay in bidding for him his mind might be changed to go to another club. We need to be decisive on our decision making.
*Teilemans.
Pedro
“Brought William Saliba back into the mixer, he’s probably going to sign a new deal.”
Where did you get that information from? I have seen nothing to that effect. I’d be delighted if you are right but want some evidence to back the claim.
Same for the claim about Martinelli. Do you have a source that we don’t have?
Ishola
“Well the proof of that will be if Arsenal sign him won’t it.”
Actually no, it won’t. Think you may have missed the part where I said Mikel is being backed. The fly tried his best, how did that work out?
We’ve got to start getting players out the door:
Ramsdale, Leno, Okonkwo, Runarsson, Hein
Tomiyasu, Cedric, Bellerin
Tierney, Tavares
White, Saliba
Gabriel, Mari, Holding
Partey, Elneny, Torreira, Patino
Xhaka, Sambi, Niles
Odegaard, Vieira
Saka, Pepe
Martinelli, Smith Rowe, Nelson
Jesus, Nketiah, Balogun
That’s 32 players, we could lose Leno, Runarsson, Bellerin, Mari, Torreira, Niles, Nelson, Balogun
Without the need for any replacements from a numerical standpoint.
Then it’s about getting more players out, so we can get new ones in, and lift up the quality
curse
Do you actually watch Zaha play quite a lot?
Tell me how his individual style will fit in with what Arteta has been looking to build at Arsenal.
How will Zaha’s liking of dropping deep and receiving the ball and running at defenders from deep as well as more advanced fit with what we have seen with what Arteta is looking for from his side?
If he doesn’t sign then obviously he’s not fancied is he.
His price is now much more palatable so no excuses not to go in for him is there.
Pedro InsideRight, do you speak to anyone at Arsenal? Do you have a shred of intel on anything? Or are you looking for someone to clap you for guessing how the summer is going to end and characterizing it as fact? ——————- So I assume from your reply that you could not find any factual error with the things I’ve said. I simply comment on what is observed. As I’ve said many times, I hope things get turned around and we get outcomes we can celebrate. I want the club to succeed. When it doesn’t, I’m entitled like every other… Read more »
Insideright
I just read your long comment. Your view of everything surrounding Arsenal is just depressing.
Ishola
No I don’t watch Zaha a lot as I’m not a palace fan.
Individual style? he’s not a unicorn mate, he’s a wide scoring forward who will fit into this team as a wide scoring forward. If as you say that he like to drop deep and run at defenders then that’s a plus surely. As our wingers/wide forwards are asked to do just that.
If He doesn’t sign then it means we had better options like a Gnabry, Diaby etc…
Positive Pete, What homework? This is all known facts, including Van Der sar favoring his old club, Ten Hag, etc. Players preference for old coach is not unusual, but how would we know for sure if United was coming in for him or not? We had to bid to get the process going, and we bid at our valuation. If not for Ten Hag going to United, we could easily have got the player. Tell me….What did we do wrong? Also, what did we lose for trying, except for getting some fans hopes up. Me included. There’s always backup options,… Read more »
Wengers classic when we didn’t sign anyone and had a player coming back from injury. It’s like a new signing 🙄
I mean, apparently we have money for Lisandro and Raphinha, CB and RW or basically the 2 positions we have great quality in. Sure not much cover for Saka but what I’m saying is that if we have 100m for 2 positions we are in a decent state, then surely we can do better than Zaha who is a very good player that I like btw. Not saying we should. But if we want to invest in a winger just try to get the best available in Gnabry and Moussa Diaby. If not, then bring us some bad boy like… Read more »
NJ, Chris Wheatley said talks are going great and he’ll likely sign.
curse
“If as you say that he like to drop deep and run at defenders then that’s a plus surely”
Why is it a plus if this sort of play has not be seen in the overall game plan of Arteta thus far?
Pepe is the closest style of player we have had under Arteta to Zaha and we all know how that has worked out.
Anyway as said before I think the chances of him signing are major slim so nudge me when he signs up.
InsideRight, exactly as I thought. You have no insight into our window, you don’t know anyone at the club, so maybe you should stop peddling disaster on July 2nd as fact whilst calling the author of the website a gaslighter.
Come with facts if you want to make factual statements.
When Pepe signed he was actually great at 1v1s, I remember this game Vs Pool and he legit looked like the new Salah, he had a superb performance. Then slowly but surely he went into his shell and he had no swagger in his game when all dribblers need swagger and believe in themselves. Maybe Arteta has to do with it but I can’t be sure either. Current Pepe has not much similar with Zaha, a guy who relishes 1v1, who actually stops running to start messing with the opponent player and provoke the 1v1 and possibly a foul or… Read more »
belief**
Raptora
The point is there is a likelihood that Zaha will have his wings cut off if he comes to Arsenal in comparison to the freedom he gets to play with at Palace.
Zaha is not a great team player. He doesn’t gel great with his team mates.
He is very much an individual style player and can be very effective in this.
And of course I know many fans have a great liking for these individualistic type players.
Not for Arteta I would think and not for me either tbh.
Ishola “Why is it a plus if this sort of play has not be seen in the overall game plan of Arteta thus far?” I’ve seen it, as I’m sure many others have. Tbh I can’t say I’ve been a fan of it either but that’s modern football. wide players have to track back and help the fullbacks so they don’t get overloaded. If He has the engine and desire to do so then he’ll do well. Unlike Pepe (who I hoped would come good). Yes, similar players in terms of physical attributes but that’s where it ends. I’d be… Read more »