FULL SQUAD + WEIRD TRANSFER EXIT RUMOUR + SUPER JACK IS BACK

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HOW ARE WE ALL TODAY?

I’m feeling pretty damn fine.

The good news? We once again have a full squad of players to choose from. It now seems very likely that every player is going to head out to America tomorrow. That is good news.

Players transfers seem to be taking their sweet time, there’s not a lot of gossip running through the system, but rest assured, the club is working hard on new deals.

If we can get a left back and a midfielder in the next week, we’ll be a much better side than the one that ended the season.

Main concern is injuries and keeping players fit. Watching Harry Kane collapse on the floor during preseason isn’t the vibe I want to see in America this week, but it was a sharp reminder… these players get put through the wringer, our season crashed because we couldn’t maintain the fitness of our key players without Europe, what is being done to make things better now we have Europa League?

Well, for starters, we have a deeper squad of talent. We’ll start the season minus problematic low talent, low attitude players. That’s a really good place to be.

… but. The most important element comes from the coaching staff. They have to make sure Arteta rotates his players this season. Big Mo, Eddie, and Cedric all proved capable deputies last season. We do NOT have to beast our starting 13 every single game. If w do that again, things will go south in December and March again. We can’t afford for that to happen this season. The stakes are simply TOO high.

YOU WANT FEEL-GOOD VIBES?

Jack Wilshere retired from football. Sad.

Jack Wilshere is back at Arsenal as an U18 coach. Yay!

GROWN MAN WRITING YAY WHAT IS THIS?

You wait, when Arteta exits, the clamouring for Jack as the next first-team coach will be MASSIVE.

Good luck to him.

YOU WANT SOME SCHADENFREUDE?

Mesut Ozil, the most wronged footballer of all time… has had his contract cancelled by coach number two at Fenerbache.

Wow.

But I thought Emery, Freddie, and Arteta were the problem?

Johnny on the podcast cut a classy muted view on this that maybe the player is missing something in his life.

For me, cutting an unclassy tone, I think he has it ALL in his life and doesn’t need football.

He should have retired years ago. Passion is gone. He’ll find another club, do the same, and the cycle will repeat.

An outrageous visionary of the game who gave up.

YOU WANT A WEIRD RUMOR?

Using builder identification language, Big Gabriel as we’ll now call him (it’s usually too many Dave’s on a building site), is attracting sticky rumours from Juve.

The player is a fan fave, he’s had ups and downs, but he’s pure talent… but everyone has a price.

Is Don Pep G doing his underling a favor here? Is he buying De Ligt for £76m, so Mikel get take all that money to bolster his title dreams this summer?

Who knows, but if Juve took that money to Arsenal, I’m not sure what we’d do? We have to sell someone painful at some point, right?

Imagine the damage we could do with that money ON TOP of the money we’re already spending.

Right, short one today, I have a NEW podcast that I recorded with Johnny. I am VERY sorry we messed the sound up.

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TR7

I take it the deal is £25M cash plus Rabiot on a permanent deal and Melo on loan, not both Rabiot and Melo on loan.

Dissenter

What Florientina did to Torriera was a bit shady. I suspect they are waiting for the last minute to come back and try to sign him on the cheap. We are having problems seeking, partly because the Arsenal back room may have a lousy reputation based on all the effing stupid deals we have done over the last five years. How many players have we stupidly let go on the basis if mutually cancelling contracts a.k.a paying them off. I mean, how did we let Mykhi go for nothing when we it was obvious he had value in Serie A.… Read more »

WengerEagle

Ishola

He plays RW too but we have Saka and Vieira for RW now. That wouldn’t be enough of a reason for me to want him over Tielemans or Aouar albeit the latter does have attitude concerns I admit.

We seem to agree that while an interesting player that he would be veering into the luxury signing category if he is prioritised over a genuine CDM.

Ishola70

Freddie L is right.

Torreira needs to be in a double pivot with somebody else as holding midfielder.

Any combination of Torreira sitting on his own just isn’t going to be the correct way to go about it.

Mysticleaves

TR7 I said same thing with you re Torr without knowing you had posted such. Your 12:20 post.

Dissenter

Juve want to get rid of two big wages, get rid of a temperamental player [Rabiot] who has a birthday mama-agent … and move out a flawed signing. [Melo] to a shopping window.

….all the while they are getting one if the best young defenders in the world for £25 million.

They must think they are negotiating with retards.

That’s just as bad as a £40,000,001 transfer bid.

WengerEagle

Mystic

Yes mate, we have well and truly made our bed with the Elneny extension and with us doing everything in our power to keep Xhaka over the years sadly.

Lokonga as TR7 says needs a loan. Europa League alone won’t be enough for his development, he needs experience week in and out in a top 5 Euro league, preferably a lower PL club or even Championship.

Ishola70

Weagle
“He plays RW too but we have Saka and Vieira for RW now. That wouldn’t be enough of a reason for me to want him over Tielemans”

Weagle I’m not asking him to play RW. Or any wing. He has also played LW btw.

Me stating that he can play wings as well as central is just to signify that he is a more all rounded complete player than Tielemans.

raptora

Italian outlet CMW claim is Gabriel for Adrien Rabiot permanently and Arthur on loan, as well as a £25million fee.

I rate Gabriel so no, thank you. If Arteta likes Rabiot just get him in without selling our best CB.

WengerEagle

RP7

I rate Torreira ahead of all of our CMs not named Partey.

We have made our bed with the other two and LT doesn’t want to be here/isn’t fancied by Arteta. Simple as that really.

Dissenter

If Juve were serious about Gabriel
They should make a £65 million offer and give Arsenal something to think about.

Ishola70

lol AMN as DM?

I’d think I would prefer Granit.

Now that is something.

WengerEagle

Rabiot does have plenty of form for being a dickhead. If Arteta couldn’t stand Guendouzi then how long are we giving Rabiot before he breaches the NN? Lol.

Ishola70

Rabiot’s dickheadedness though trascends itself on the pitch.

Can be absolutely awful off the ball.

Just a big no.

WengerEagle

More versatile doesn’t neccesarily equate to more well-rounded Ishola.

AMN for example is an extremely versatile player that isn’t well-rounded. Partey on the other hand is a very well-rounded player (shooting aside and he had a great shot on him in Spain) that isn’t versatile.

For the record not saying that Paqueta isn’t well rounded. Just questioning whether he is any more suited or better defensively to play as an 8 for us than Tielemans would be.

WengerEagle

Rabiot has just x1 year left on his deal too so yeah, £25m and Rabiot is a joke offer for Gabriel.

If we wanted Rabiot just offer £15-20m for him and forget about selling Gabriel.

Ishola70

Weagle

“For the record not saying that Paqueta isn’t well rounded. Just questioning whether he is any more suited or better defensively to play as an 8 for us than Tielemans would be.”

lol you prefer Tielemans.

I prefer Paqueta between the two.

That’s the story.

Ishola70

Paqueta shows much more quality and maturity than AMN btw.

So of course it needs to be more than versatility on it’s own.

You need other attributes to go along with it.

raptora

With Torreira is more about, if we were going ham for a RW (Raphinha) AND a CB (Lisandro) for a combined close to £100m, and we’ve spent £100m for our current CB three in Saliba, Gabriel, White, then is it too much to ask for a better DM/CM than Torreira knowing that TP might not be available and we had the need to spend in midfield even before that? I don’t think so. If we start the season with literally 0 elite talent midfielders where the fuck are we even going, knowing that we have 3-4 elite potential forwards and… Read more »

WengerEagle

I probably would pick Tielemans over Paqueta yeah. If we didn’t already have Odegaard and just pay £35m for FV than I would prefer Paqueta.

I’d still take Aouar over both but that’s just me. I get the concerns over his attitude, we’ve seen this before though where a player needs a change of scenery.

TR7

I don’t really rate Gabriel as much as most others so for me £25M plus Rabiot (Melo on loan) is a good deal. But unlikely that such a deal goes through.

Ishola70

Weagle You obviously have it in your mind that Tielemans is better off the ball and better defensively than Paqueta just because his stated positions are more CM rather than more advanced positions like Paqueta. But this has been my argument against Tielemans from the off. Even if he is stated as a DM/CM/AM in his positions I have seen dodgy off the ball plays from him so I wouldn’t see Tielemans as being in any really significant way much better than Paqueta off the ball. Hardly anything in it. Then you add in Paqueta’s obvious advantages over Tielemans offensively… Read more »

Samesong

Has anyone actually watched Pancheta play?

Ishola70

TR7

“I don’t really rate Gabriel as much as most others so for me £25M plus Rabiot (Melo on loan) is a good deal.”

I think Gabriel is over-rated as well tbh but any deal bringing one of those two midfielders should be avoided.

Rabiot is yuck.

Mysticleaves

Tielemans for me. Underated, PL ready and cheap. Compared to Paqueta. What Paqueta brings that Tielemans can’t is flair. Tielemans is better defensively and can match his offensive output in a good system.

Ishola70

Samesong
“Has anyone actually watched Pancheta play?”

Paqueta? Yes that’s why I like him.

I never look at stat sites regarding players unless some poster throws some stats at me and I have to check.

Samesong

Ishola

Pancheta was a bit of banter.

I’ll have to do a bit of YouTube scouting.

Hows the weather in UK heard it really.hot?

Ishola70

Batistuta stated it right about Tielemans on here.

There is a “soft” element to Tielemans off the ball he said.

Nodded in agreement.

raptora

I know you guys are talking in a hypothetical way about Paqueta but I read they Lyon are holding out for £68m (€80m) and even if Arsenal believe that the deal could go through for a lower amount of money, how much lower could it be? £50-55m? That’s still a huge amount compared to what Tielemans is supposedly going for £30m. I don’t even rate the Belgian all that highly but if we are spending so much for Paqueta might as well buy SMS and watch us become a force again.

Ishola70

Samesong

“Hows the weather in UK heard it really.hot?”

Overcast in London today but humid.

But previous days even got a sun tan when up in Scotland.

raptora

Oh Tielemans is absolutely not my cup of tea. That being said, 2x cheaper than Paqueta should surely be in the conversation when we’re discussing one or the other. Same age too btw.

Ishola70

I don’t think Arsenal will stump up for Paqueta as Raptora says.

So it could be Tielemans. ho-hum.

WengerEagle

Ishola While Tielemans is anything but a sexy signing he at least has vast PL experience and has shown himself to be a good if not great CM for Leicester. Paqueta at club level has largely been a CAM/wide player. International football is played at a completely different pace and intensity to PL football so not sure that he would carry over impressive CM outings for Brazil to the PL. Especially in a side like ours where any defensive deficiencies will be laid bare and nothing will be hidden by a Partey/Bissouma type screening him You have to factor that… Read more »

Freddie Ljungberg

Henry on Paqueta: “It’s early but frankly what he’s doing… we talked about it after his match at the Parc des Princes.” He continued: “Yes, I like dribbling and blind passes, but what I like is his desire, his activity, his selflessness, his commitment. In general, this is not the case with all Brazilians. A player who is fine is a little harder to replace or he is less at the service of the team when he does not have the ball. “What impresses me with this player is that he does both with a smile. He defends and attacks… Read more »

WengerEagle

Even for Brazil, has he not had Casemiro mopping things up for him behind in CM? Casemiro who is widely considered to be the best CDM on the planet.

Far cry going from Casemiro sheltering you to Xhaka or Elneny, lol.

Ishola70

You see Henry recognises Paqueta’s off the ball attributes as well as on it.

Weagle

Tielemans is anything but a “CM anchor” That is my whole point.

But anyways as said I don’t think Arsenal will be paying out the sum required for Paqueta so we may have to fall back on “up and down” Tielemans who can be dodgy off the ball. He will score some goals though and assists so that will keep fans happy but I have my doubts that we will see a rounded midfielder consistently as his starting positions imply.

Ishola70

Weagle

You are talking now as if we are bringing Tielemans for the DM position.

He would be very questionable indeed as a DM on his own.

WengerEagle

Freddie

Have any concrete ITK’s mentioned Paqueta yet like Romano or Ornstein? Or is it still paper talk for now.

WengerEagle

Ishola

We seem to agree that neither would be put in a position to succeed without a serious anchor player next to them (presuming the worst case scenario and that we are without Partey).

I would sign a Sangare/Anguissa anchor type as a priority and then would add a Paqueta/Tielemans/Aouar type as a B2B. The only reason that Paqueta wouldn’t top that shortlist is because of price.

Ishola70

Yes agreed Weagle.

WengerEagle

For the price that Paqueta is being quoted at you could buy any x2 combo of Sangare/Anguissa and Tielemans/Aouar and you would be much better off.

Freddie Ljungberg

WE

Nah, think it’s just paper talk atm, nothing concrete, easy link because of Edu me thinks.

Sangare would be great, rumours Leicester wants to sell Tielemans so they’ll have the cash for Sangare, would be silly to give them that imo.

Spanishdave

The season starts in just over three weeks, there are matches coming thick and fast due to the World Cup.
We have a crap defensive midfield and nothings being done.
As usual we will start badly and then panic buy.
Arteta will do nothing to upset Xhaka it’s his glaring weakness.

Rewenger

Im sorry but the xhaka hate is a bit much. Yes he has had his weakness but last two seasons have been solid. He is not going to play as a lone dm, so stop worrying about him. Our biggest problem is the absents of partey. Elneny first choice? Thats the problem, not xhaka playing lm, and neither tieleman or paqueta will solve dm!

MidwestGun

No Xhaka is a deep lying playmaker that doesn’t make plays. 1 goal and 2 assists also leads the team in getting cards by a good margin… last season… 10 yellows and a red.. next closest was 6 yellows. Guess he is all about the itangibles though for some people.. which intangible is code for things that don’t exist.

raptora

Read that some Arsenal fans zoomed in a picture of a refridgerator that was posted in a house put up for sale in Quorn, Leicestershire. On the fridge were the names of the 2 daughters of Tielemans. It’s also known that he lives in that village. LOL

Investigating geniuses.

MidwestGun

Raps.. that just tells you how desperate everyone knows we are for a decent midfielder… grasping for any little tidbit of hope.

Rewenger

Midwest.. my point exactly. I try to say that dm problem is more urgent than xhaka and you continue talking about xhaka. I’ll give you that the cards are a problem, but again more so a few years ago. Now he just get them because of referees habits LOL.

raptora

Lmao Middy! It’s both funny and sad haha

MidwestGun

Rewenger .. the issue is you and I both know Xhaka is going to start in a double pivot.. as long as he is available in the vast majority of the games. The whole point of the transfer window is to upgrade your weakest link in the starting lineup.. he is the weakest link.. Partey is not.. granted there is injury issues..andpotentially other ones this season which is why a lot of people have been asking for 2 midfielder additons. But just reading the tea leaves it feels like Arteta is ok with Parety/Eleneny/Loko as the dm options as we… Read more »

raptora

Fabrizio Romano 16m
Lucas Torreira’s agent Bentancur: “We have reached an agreement with Valencia, Gattuso wants him. We are gonna discuss with Arsenal – Arteta wants to see him in the pre season”, tells 100% Deporte. 🔴🇺🇾 #AFC
“He had great numbers with AFC but we’ve pre agreement with Valencia”.

MidwestGun

Apologies for spelling… errors on names.. Don’t want to upset the typo police. 😀

raptora

This is the house btw if anyone would like to buy it.
https://www.leaders.co.uk/property-for-sale/LOU220131

MidwestGun

That makes sense.. No way is LT gonna play for us in the season again.. He has stated as much many times. I think people have a romanticized memory of him anyhow.. Last time I saw him play in the Copa America he was hot garbage got subbed off a lot. He did pick it up in Italy after that.. which good for him but i really don’t want to see him taking up a roster spot for us.

TheBayingMob

Why is anyone agreeing a deal with Barcelona when they have a ton of outstanding debts to both other clubs and players for wages? Mind boggling …

TheBayingMob

If Tielemens wants Arsenal and Arsenal want him, what in the fucking hell are we pissing around for?

TheBayingMob

I can only think there is more to this, the club are about to head to the US, surely Arteta would want him there, this must be more BS. I think bar a cheap LB signing, our summer is done guys.

China1

For the starting 11 our biggest weaknesses were CF and CM. LB if you consider Tierney not a starter due to his injuries We’ve got a CF who hopefully lives up to expectations. If we sign a CM but Partey is toast then our midfield is no better this season than last season. If he’s in trouble we need two CMs because if we get one good CM and partey is done then Xhaka defaults to the starting 11 again and there is no progress at all in what is our weakest part of the pitch. If arsenal go into… Read more »

Samesong

Rap

LT wants out. Why we keeping him?

raptora

Samesong,
No idea mate.. My only guess would be trying to play it cool like we’re not desperate to sell him at all cost… when in reality we want to sell him 100% but we’re maybe trying to earn the extra million or 2 by faking it as if he has a place in our team if we don’t get a higher offer.

He’s out imo. It’s just a matter of time. I’ve got no problem with that. His Arsenal career was sealed long time ago. No one to blame really if he didn’t feel right in England.

Tee

According to reports, Partey is on the team flight to USA

Le Sauce

Dissenter where did you read your Partey news from. It’s on arsenal.com that he’s part of the traveling contingent for the USA tour or is Arsenal gonna delete that moments later?

raptora

Fabrizio Romano
Thomas Partey, Berd Leno, Folarin Balogun all set to travel with Arsenal for pre-season tour in the USA – club statement confirms. 🛩🇺🇸 #AFC
Balogun will leave on loan right after the tour, while Fulham will push again in the negotiations for Leno.

Squad list is on the dot com: https://www.arsenal.com/news/squad-named-us-tour

Le Sauce

Also, it’s a good thing Torreira would get a look in at the pre season tour. A double Pivot of Xhaka/Elneny-Torreira is still better than a Lokonga lone six when the annual Partey injury happens

Dissenter

Le Sauce
I was going to say the Daily Star, then I lost my nerve

MidwestGun

Looks like pretty much the whole squad.. not many youth players though like in the last preseason match in Germany.

Crimson

Carney Chukwuemeka.. yes please
Reuell Walters must of impressed Arteta as he’s going on tour while Norton cuffy is still on holiday.
I’d take Maxwell Cornet from Burnley to cover at left back with his relegation release clause. No links tho.

Le Sauce

Ruell Walters seems to have been the one who got promoted from the academy and I can’t see Charlie Patino on that list. Pedro can you drop your two cents on the Walters kid

Dissenter

Looking forward to seeing the team in the charm city
Hope I make it through without catching a bullet in my gluteus

Le Sauce

From the pictures I can see Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus are forming a little bit of something there, I hope it translates to more goals and assists

Dissenter

Crimson
If we sign Carney Chukwuemeka, then we don’t need to sign another central midfielder
He’s that good. I think he may be as good or even better than June Bellingham.

MidwestGun

Good Luck Diss.. I’m a little jealous, not gonna lie.. Of the match.. not the dodging incoming rounds part. Would love to see Jesus first hand.

Dissenter

Midwest
The Baltimore game is a bit too early in the pre-season though, many key players only just joined the squad from holidays on Monday. I really want to see Saka but I doubt he’ll feature at all.
The Orlando games will be closer to the real deal

Leftside

Good news re Partey

Le Sauce

On the Juventus offer, Arsenal should only accept that cash + Chiesa (permanent) and Melo (loan) or make them our offer for Locatelli (£15.45M) + Mari (permanent) and AMN (loan).

MidwestGun

Diss-
Yep… Flo- rida swing might be a little more intense. You might get a 10 min Saka cameo though… who knows. Go early and watch the warmups maybe best bet. I like watching the drills anyhow.. you can learn a lot.

Dissenter

Juventus
“On the Juventus offer, Arsenal should only accept that cash + Chiesa (permanent) and Melo (loan) or make them our offer for Locatelli (£15.45M) + Mari (permanent) and AMN (loan).”

Maybe…
But why blow up a settled part of our squad? We’ve managed to gather some of the best young talents in the game under a young manager that many rate.
Why gather players we don’t need to make Juve’s life easier?
Chiesa is still mending from a major injury and we have Saka in that position.

Davey

Does this mean Partey is not the man if he is on the way to USA?

Le Sauce

I’m taking the piss Dissenter. Juve are never gonna include Chiesa in any deal, just put in a cheeky bid to test the waters. I expect us to pull a Smith Rowe on Villa with that Chukwuemeka kid, we need to be mean to some of this clubs

Mr Serge

Chuke is highly rated at villa but he has a year left on his contract that would be a good signing

Dissenter

This Frenkie De Jong transfer ios some of the funniest transfer business I have ever seen The player is said to be refusing to leave a club that no longer wants him…and he’s refusing a pay cut that Barcelona are asking for if he wants to stay? Frenkie De Jong has the Ozil disease If United has any sense they would walk away. What ever happened to pride? One ginimous club that’s being managed by your former manager is seeking to transfer you [and will match you ginormous wages] from the ginormous club that no longer wants you. … and… Read more »

Valentin

When he is on the ball, Paquetta is huge asset to club and country, but when he is not in the mood, he is a liability. At Lyon he had phases where he was the best player on the pitch and some where until he was being substituted you wouldn’t have spotted that he had been playing. On his day he would be a massive upgrade on Ødegaard, but we already have ESR in that position. Like many have written before, Arsenal needs a Partey alternative. Somebody who can defend/shield the defense but also move forward with and without the… Read more »

Dissenter

Mr Serge
It seems the situation with Chukwuemeka has deteriorated badly, they aren’t even taking him on tour.
We should just make them a really good offer and walk away with a fantastic player.
We should try to nickel and dime them, need to respect their pain.

If Villa request for 25 million, pay the damn money.

Dissenter

*We should NOT try to nickel and dime them, need to respect their pain.

Jim Lahey

“Frenkie De Jong has the Ozil disease”

What? He played 40+ games for Barca last season..

karim

DaveyJuly 13, 2022 15:42:26 Does this mean Partey is not the man if he is on the way to USA? I thought one couldn’t travel abroad if on bail ? Val I will concede Paqueta was a little disappointing ( given his standards ) in the second part of the season but I guess it’s more to do with Lyon being miles away from the European spots and also because both Bruno G and Juninho ( the man who signed him ) had left the boat in January. I have no doubts he would thrive in a project like ours… Read more »

Dissenter

Jim
““Frenkie De Jong has the Ozil disease”What? He played 40+ games for Barca last season..”

…and yet they’ve told him in no uncertain terms that he’s no longer needed
There’s another club managed by his former manager who’s desperate to have him

.and still yet he’s pulling an Ozil

Jim Lahey

“.and still yet he’s pulling an Ozil”

Because he does not want to join United? I am sure there are clubs he would willingly join. There was no way Mesut would have joined another club until his bumper contract was out.

Tee

Diss,
I read Barca owes him like £17M. He is damanding to he paid before leaving and not willing to reduce his wageif he is staying. It’s like he is telling them he isn’t for adjustment in the terms conditions of his contract.

Valentin

I bet that Frankie de Jing will stay at Barcelona this summer, but that next summer he will leave and be forced to accept a lower salary. Right now he is on guaranteed salary at a club where he has been playing regularly. From his perspective when the season will start Xavi will just reinstate him, the same way he did with Dembele. Personally I don’t think Xavi will defend him as much as he did Dembele. while De Jong is a good player, he does not bring that that elite game changer quality. So next summer after spending a… Read more »

China1

If partey is going to America I would assume that means he’s not the player who got charged?

Can anyone confirm?

Dissenter

Tee
I got you, that makes sense
Even then, they’ve told you you’re not needed, so what’s the drama about. Every one knows Barca came close to insolvency.
It’s United who are managed by a coach that’s friendly to him. They can easily match his wages.

Valentin

Karim,

Arteta is unlikely to bench Ødegaard so Paquetta would have to share times with ESR. I can’t see him being happy being a bit part player and that will demotivate him. A unmotived or unfocused Paquetta will fall foul of Arteta non negotiables.

He would then have a career a la Pepe under Arteta. Used as a last resort option with no chance at rehabilitation/redemption until an financially acceptable offer comes for him.

raptora

Speaking of Ozil he has apparently signed with another Turkish club – Istanbul Başakşehir.

Crimson

Uk laws on bail restrictions are pretty strict. Without going into detail it’s a good sign, as usually there passport is taken away. A sensitive subject obviously.

In unrelated news Partey will be on the plane. Otherwise arsenal will look silly. As he’s on the list to travel.

karim

Val

I think he’d be one of our best players. But I also thought Pepe would be successful here so…

Terraloon

Crimson

I believe there are two type of bail. Police bail and Court bail. As no charges have been laid the bail for the individual would be Police bail and whilst a passport may be taken off the individual it is far from a given that it will be.

The club concerned has confirmed that the individual can / has traveled so I wouldn’t read anything into any travel lists

Raulishuss

Val is pretty negative about everything. Wouldn’t accept any judgement from him regards any arsenal link. Dude wants a party replacement (dm) that can score 8 goals? Lol how do you please that? Lol

Zacharse

re LT i don’t see a huge issue in keeping him for a year. I’m not going to gush over his ability to pin a MF because i don’t fully agree, i think our overall setup under big unai made it an easier task than with more progressive mindded play- BUT, i don’t see the point in throwing the baby out w the bath. we need CMs he’s a CM and surely he understands how the final year of a contract will effect his ability to receive offers in a years time. not excited about the idea but we need… Read more »

Positive pete

Diss & serge.With you both on the Carney kid.A must.Seriously hope he’s being considered.A bit of payback for their ESR shannigans last summer.Karma I hope.