So, the club that has the player that is being accused of a terrible crime has issued an anonymized statement that the player in question will not be suspended pending charges.
This is the correct decision to make in a functioning society.
Let’s see where it goes.
The Arsenal squad heading to America is literally every player we could lay out hands on.
We took 5 keepers.
Every player we want to sell.
Every player we want to loan.
It’s like a little summer holiday adventure.
Thomas Partey is in the mixer.
Everyone is fit or nearing fitness.
The start of the season should have a very, very competitive starting 11.
Lisandro Martinez, who is totally rubbish by the way, is going to United.
The left-backs in the conversation seem to be Zinchenko, Grimaldo, and the Shaktar kid Ajax wants to replace Martinez (Matyvienko).
I have no idea where we’re going to go here.
If we get Paqueta, that might mean we need to go for a cheaper left-back. Or, it could mean we might need to spend bigger on a Premier-League-proven player like Zinchenko.
Matyvienko is interesting because he is a left-back that can play centrally. We liked that swiss-army knife on the right, why not the left?
Whatever the decision, we need the pace to kick up. What is going on? Has Edu relapsed on the ol’ BBQ front? Has he run out of blue shirts? Have we run out of money?
What is quite interesting is the papers this morning got it totally wrong on who was on the plane to Arsenal, it seems like Arteta has the club on lockdown these days.
Fabrizio Romano commented that Edu likes to work in silence on players.
As I’ve said a few times this season, details of transfers mostly come from the selling clubs, or agents agitating for a bidding war on wages.
Spurs fans don’t want to admit it, but Daniel Levey is most certainly planting the fees he’s getting fro players to make him looking like a top business administrator.
Stevey B for £28M? Do me a favor. Ajax buy cheap and sell high. No way they are putting big money into a player that has lost half his value. Spurs bought the player for £28m in a distressed January market. The total fee might reach £28m if he scores 100 goals, wins 3 World Cups, and breaks into theatre… but there is no way that sort of money is going to ever reach Ajax.
Selling clubs leak the stories to placate their fans and make sure the headlines are positive around them.
Arsenal know how the use the big journos and they are more than capable of doing a deal in silence if the selling party keeps quiet.
So maybe we don’t need to be that panicked.
The big worry on the silence is there’s next to no news on who is exiting.
‘LUCAS TORREIRA AGREES TERMS’ means nothing to me… unless there’s a fee. But again, amusing that Arsenal can’t get a fee for Torreira or a German international keeper, but Spurs can get £25m for Harry Winks. PLEASE.
Let’s hope GOOD biz picks ups this week.
In OTHER news.
Liverpool were absolutely TANKED by a United side that pressed.
Darwin Nunez looked AWFUL.
Never read too much into preseason unless you do well imo.
It’s quite interesting that the two best clubs in England have gone through a bit of a refurb.
City have lost Fernandinho, Jesus, Sterling and maybe Zinchenko.
Liverpool have lost Sane.
The gap is still large, but maybe there’s some hope they won’t be as strong?
Who knows.
This season, however you cut it, is going to be really exciting.
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Martinelli
Bit of a shit comment considering this is an arsenal blog. Fuck chelsea
Hope they crumble this year and we spank them
If the Rhino considers Torreira of sufficient quality to underpin his midfield (and he would know) then why would any armchair gooner doubt him at arsenal as a second choice to partey?
Not happy about Martinez going to United
With them and Newcastle coming up this year I’d be a little worried.
Also doubt that we are in for Paquetta, more paper bullshit. Said this earlier in the week
Clearly we need to offload some players before signing anyone. Considering we seem incapable of this, there will be a delay before any exciting signings walk through the door.
Un
The new owner of Chelsea wants to set his stall in the market. That’s no problem for me.
He has chosen to buy Sterling who is of course a very good player. However Sterling will be
28 when the season starts and is demanding a huge financial package.
Also I don’t think that Arsenal were remotely interested or concerned about any of the players that Spurs have recruited. I would choose Jesus any day over Richarlison. If Arteta
was interested in Bissouma he could/would have bid for him in last 2 summer transfer windows.
Stroller
I’m not concerned with chelsea or spurs and I’m perfectly content with what we’ve done thus far this summer.
I don’t rate Sterling. He is very similar to Aubameyang for me. Useless outside of the box. Just a less prolific far
Post tap in merchant in my book. Hugely frustrating player and Chelsea fans will end up turning on him, again
Man u will only get better if they get rid of ronaldo, until they do that i don’t see them as a problem to arsenal even with the addition of martinez.
I think alot of fans have to realise the only 2 players in the peak years at the moment in our first 11 are Partey and Xhaka. The rest are 25 or younger. We’re going to improve naturally as well as new additions
I think its difficult to get rid of shote players. Teams think they can get them for nothing as the sellers are desperate. Also there is the diffiu kt issue of wages. Who’s going to accept a significant wage cut. Better to sit tight until your contract expires
Why would you say it’s a shit comment? Did people say Chelsea will not be able to recruit properly? Yes. Are Chelsea doing the opposite? Yes.
Q.Is pointing this out on the blog a sin?
Martinelli Looks like you’re trying to rub noses in chelsea spending money Who cares? That’s what they do. I think Sterling is a dud and they still have nearly £300m of fairly uselss attacking talent to ship on. Lukaku and Havertz didn’t kick on. Pulisic and Werner underwhelmed. Ziyech too. Their midfield is fucked and their defence needs money If chilwell doesn’t recover properly from his injury troubles then they are 3 full backs down and a couple of centre haves short They’ve got HUGE money to spend to fix this unless their youth team products really go for it… Read more »
Un, my issue here is not Chelsea spending & I don’t care who they buy. All I’m saying is people assumed that they’d struggle to sign players once Roman left.
We deride the competition, assume and underestimate a lot of what other clubs do.
Nothing we would have done in this window will move the needle that much if we don’t fix that CM position. The options there with even more games to play will let us down again next season
The Bard
Yea and also maybe we stop overpaying in wages too for a start. Stop giving average players stupid contracts that in turn makes it difficult to sell them
TM
We deride the competition, assume and underestimate a lot of what other clubs do.
Been saying this for a while.
Uns comment about Chelsea for instance
Their midfield is fucked and their defence needs money.
Not quite sure Chelsea’s midfield is anywhere near “ fucked” and as for their defence needs money I thought that was exactly what they are doing.
But it’s how the likes Of Jesus is being viewed. Before his name started to be mentioned I can’t recall anyone on here suggesting he would be the answer
Without the (mostly mythical) transfer sagas, off-season would be deadly dull – and with the media with little to say. So hooray for the rumours. But, heck! how many players have we been linked to the Club – fifty? And how many newcomers have arrived. Four – one already signed, two unlinked, one linked.
IMO the only link to take seriously is the Belgian midfielder at Leicester City. The rest? Well, stick a pin in any player, and he is just as unlikely.
United fans are legitimately the worst, delusional lot. They haven’t been in contention for a title since Ferguson and yet still think they are some behemoth on the world stage. I put this down to the sheer number of casuals supporting the club, and dip their toes in and out of football.
Spurs fans are becoming a close second, they’ve finished above us for 6 seasons in the midst of our transition lining up with their golden ear and that is all they can boast about 🤣. Once Son and Kane are gone, it’s back to midtable obscurity.
The chavs new owners are doing a bit of Dick waving to placate their fans that nothing has changed after their fairy godfather left.That will soon cease & not be the norm as it was under Abramovich,once they get their feet under the table.Reality will bite.
I really hope there some truth in our supposed interest of Carney.Would be a superb bit of business.
Yeah Jim.agreed re Manure “ fans” ( tourists,housewives etc)It’s been nearly a decade since they last won the prem & still have delusions of grandeur.Can’t seem to grasp that the amount of titles they won over a period of 18 years or so was generational,same applied to Liverpools domination of late 70s & 80s.As is the oilers current domination.It doesn’t last forever.No matter what they think.
Love how media say Martinez rejects Arsenal to join Man U but don’t mention that Man U were only ones to match Ajax’s valuation. The Torreria noise for me is just Arsenal saying they want to keep him to get half decent fee. If the player isn’t happy in England etc but I would not be giving him away, keep him if we have to but we need to start showing we won’t give players away. I’d like to see a decent LB bought in as Tierney cannot play a full season plus the RB is a worry for me… Read more »
Pretty bizarre that De Jong has no desire to go to Utd and wants to stay at Barca and as per Romano a €75m fee has been agreed between the clubs.
Shows you how far Utd have fallen off, can never remember a prospective Utd signing openly begging not to be sold to them.
At some point, I hope the Arteta project involves elevating the academy.
How do you take 33 players on tour to the US and have only one U-21 player, Reuell Walter on the plane
That’s not exactly looking towards the future, is it?
We are taking so many players that EVERYONE knows won’t be here next season and can’t even give 5-8 academy players a life altering experience?
We even took Runnarson. Who needs 5 keepers for a preseason tour?
I hope someone has a word with the people who come up with these bizarre decisions.
Wenger Eagle
Re Frenkie De Jong
Also bizarre that United have waited on the sidelines waiting for that shitfest to resolve
When you offer wages said to be about £395k weekly and a 75 million transfer fee, your name shouldn’t be anywhere near a player who’s foot dragging to fight his current club for owed money.
I can’t imagine Fergie would have waited around for any player. Frenkie needs to decide what is more important for him, at some point.
Pablo Mari’s wages are said to be about 75k weekl
This is a player that no European club would give a contract. He had to go to Brazil to reset and I don’t recall him proving himself before having his contract made permanent.
He got injured and his season ended prematurely.
Just mentioning this because some still love to smash Wenger and pretend that we aren’t repeating the Wenger approach of overpaying players.
No other club in the world will match the wages Mari is on so we will struggle to sell him.
Same as the other chronic loanees.
Mari is deadwood, agreed.
We also need to move on Pepe, Bellerin, Nelson, Leno, AMN and one of Torreira/Xhaka.
Lokonga, Balogun and Tavares all need loans. I am sceptical that aby of the 3 will make it here tbh but they will get a fairer crack out on loan than playing the odd Cup game here.
So still a lot if work to be done on the Outs side.
Frenkie wants his cash. Rightly so. Clubs want players to take pay cuts and then go to spend 100m in the transfer market. If is nonsense. Arsenal did the same and did not get enough criticism for it imo
The Gabriel to Juventus links are not going away
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/gabriel-juventus-arsenal-transfer-news-b2123015.html
With you on that Dream.
They really were a shambles of an operation under Bartomeu handing out insane contracts to any and every player. Sticking De Jong who was probably on 20-50k a week at Ajax on 300k a week+ as an example.
Now they want the likes of Pique, Umtiti and FDJ to write off 10s of millions of euros in salary that they are owed.
We have 32 registered senior players atm, stupidly bloated squad.
And we still need 2-3 additions minimum so that means we need to clear the deck of 8-10 bodies.
Wenger Eagle
Spot on. Especially for a player like Umtiti who is physically unable to be a top player anymore
Most of the deadwood won’t be going anywhere until the last few days of the window.
Teams will be hanging on to get the best last minute deals possible.
You only act quickly for real talents.
Being linked with Matvienko.
Is this the same Matvenko who sang ‘Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed’ in the 80’s?
As regards the deadwood that’s left.Expect offers to all be loan deals till their contracts are up or a year left & buyers can offer two packets of crisps & a pint.Ots not even a fire sale worth talking about.
As things stand, arsenal will finish between 8th-6th positions.
Barca are depending so heavily on the prestige of their name these days. Because that club is such a car crash man, Jesus
Winordie we’ve added 3 good players to our squad (counting Saliba) so I’m not sure why you think we’re getting worse
China ‘we’ve added 3 good players to our squad (counting Saliba) so I’m not sure why you think we’re getting worse’ true but our competitors have also strengthened and you can even argue that they have focused on fixing their weak areas unlike us who are yet to fix xhaka’s liabilities and (Partey and Tierney) possible injuries
Orny just said we’re after Zinchenko… Sign da ting brudah!!!
Please not Zinchenko he looks so underwhelming when I’ve seen him. Jack of all trades master of none comes to mind
Ornstein saying Zinchenko talks have started.. VERY GOOD NEWS INDEED
Also we’ll pay for Zinchenko you better believe we’ll pay for him
What do you propose Marko, another year of Tavares?. We’re getting a winner about to enter his prime not only as backup to Tierney but a starting quality player. Tell me the other options in this market that are better than him and don’t say Grimaldo because I get Telles 2.0 vibes from the little I’ve seen
Not a fan of a Zinchenko signing. Decent technique but not the greatest defensively.
Would not be surprised if the lure for him is playing in midfield with a shot at the captaincy. Such a meh signing
With Partey, Tomiyasu and Tierney all injury prone we may role out a back six of
Cedric White Gabriel Zinchenko
Elneny Xhaka
for close to ten matches. Not a defensive structure that fills you with confidence
Zinchenko is a good player but I hope we’re not overpaying for him.
He is a very solid LB option albeit not the most adventurous. Neither is Tomiyasu so will be interesting to see where our outlet comes from.
Wenger Eagle
What I don’t like about signing Zinchenko is despite being a 7/10 type of player, because of our status as a non CL side he will be put on a pedestal two rungs above his station and be proclaimed as the winner the club needs. Can’t stand that shyt
Agree Dream, he was a squad player for City and far from important.
Whereas Jesus was key for them imo over the past 5 years.
I think for £20-25m he is a solid signing though.
Dependable at LB and can deputise in CM. PL tried and tested, 26.
Just hope that he isn’t going to be proclaimed as the answer to our CM issue. Very underwhelmed if that is the case.
Knowing us though we’ll offer City £40m for him. 🤣
WEagle – Yep dependable LB that can step in if Tierney’s injury’s once again keep him out for extended periods. Also might make Tierney think twice about his international obligations in the future and playing full 90’s in meaningless friendlies if he knows his position is consistently under threat. Zinchenko plays in the middle for Ukraine so we know he can slot in here if needed, I think as long as the price is right then its another astute signing this summer. £20-£25 seems fair, anything closed to £40M would be silly so lets see. If this is a goer… Read more »
Man City even after paying big sums to get their players,used them for years and still sell them for a very good fee (Jesus, Sterling,Ake etc)
Arsenal buy and put those average players on interesting wage,then seldom used them letting the world knows the players are rubbish and then struggle to sell (Bellerin, Pepe,Toreira,Mari etc)
This club needs to change this style especially in the aspect of making not too good players relevant so buying clubs don’t plead poverty when buying them
I dunno I see grimaldo linked for pittance Ajax signing that Wijndal lad for pittance and I can’t help but feel like if we pay a lot for Zinchenko it’ll be because Arteta wants to help out his mate pep
Why the fuck have we not addressed central midfield ?… what’s happened to all the ITK about youri or savic
Zinchenko would be a great idea for us… and provide actual competition for Tierney.
Really hope while we’re signing our 3rd LB, we have an actual plan for CM. Got to get that position right this time
Winordie Every single summer without fail everyone says that our rivals have gotten stronger and every single season without fail at least two of the big 6 shit the bed. Virtually every season the league is dominated by 1-3 good teams. If it’s only 1 then second is normally comfortably ahead of third. Then third and fourth scrap it out with 5th and 6th has a horrible season It’s the same every year just with rotation on which teams in which positions But there’s no way in hell that all the big 6 have great seasons. It’s never happened once… Read more »
Some impatient people on here today eh!
‘I want him’…’I don’t him’.
Grown ups FIFA 😂😂
Case in point Chelsea last summer bought the final piece in the jigsaw lukaku and had a pretty bad season. Lukaku was crap and they only came third because 4th 5th and 6th were poor.
It’s bought Ronaldo Sancho and more and had the worst season since forever
Spurs were extremely average last season.
We improved on the previous season but were still shat the bed on top 4.
Liverpool and city were the only big 6 teams which will look back on last season and say they were quality
C’mon lads, none of us have any control over who comes or goes. And it really doesn’t matter what the Club spend either- its not our problem,the money men will make sure it gets sorted out.
Just relax and enjoy the ride.
Bob
Also might make Tierney think twice about his international obligations in the future and playing full 90’s in meaningless friendlies if he knows his position is consistently under threat.
If Steve Clark calls Tierney up for International duty then he really hasn’t a lot of choice but to go .
Like most professionals Tierney probably wants to play international football
The Daily Mirror [for all it’s worth] is reporting that Torriera had reached a deal with Valencia before the US tour
I hope he doesn’t get a major injury during the tour in proper Arsenal tradition to scuttle that move
Zinchenko will also be on big money, which will be very Arsenal.
Terraloon – It’s not the international duty that’s the issue, its playing full 90 minutes in two meaningless friendlies for a player that has had injury issues in the past. I love KT, great player and is an asset I would rather not be sold, but he also has a responsibility to Arsenal and that for me means he tells his international manager in regards to two upcoming friendlies, “I’ll play in this one but maybe not the next” or “just a couple 1st half’s for me please gaffer”, it’s a crucial time for my club so I need to… Read more »
Why do I love Zinchenko? Because Ihe would be a clear upgrade on Xhaka in that midfield role. and can also fit in as an emergency LB if Tierney gets injured. However, like Saka, I’m convinced Zinchenko will ultimately become too important in central midfield for us to even think about moving him to left back.
Perfect signing if it happens.
I’m all for zinchenko. Quality player. No complains from me.
I though Grimaldo was at her training ground though? Papers just talk absolute bollocks
The training ground*
Clearly the papers aren’t the only ones talking bollocks 🙈
Asides overpaying wages it’s funny how Arsenal fans turn their noses up at players. We just got rejected by Raphinha and Lisandro which shows the level were at currently signing a Zinchenko profile on decent wages is a huge plus. Fuck all that defending shit y’all are on we literally have 3 defenders in Tomi, White and Gabriel in the back four so we don’t need a prime Baresi for our Backup leftback
Sterling was linked, we had people here who said he’s not worth it, same with Gabriel Jesus and now Zinchenko. These are players that have been part of the most dominant team in the PL for about five years, they can’t be waste men and stay in a Guardiola team for that long. We were literally linked with Hickey for crying out loud till we saw how shit he was when he played for Scotland last month or so. As long as we don’t overpay in transfer fee and wages we need this mentality shift players all day, players used… Read more »
*Plus as you all know Zinchenko plays regularly in midfield…
Zinchencko definitely better than Tavares and Lokonga and perhaps even Xhaka. So if the fee is between £20-£25M range then a good signing.
Anyone know about the Sergio Gomez guy from Anderlecht. Is he really good?
“Zinchencko definitely better than Tavares and Lokonga and perhaps even Xhaka. So if the fee is between £20-£25M range then a good signing.”
City are not going to sell Zinchenko for 20-25 million, based on their recent outward transfers. He has 2 years left on his contract.
They are going to make us fund their Marc Cucurella business, that’s what’s going to happen.
Bob
Maybe you can see it but I just can’t see a player telling his manager at International level that they wont or don’t want to play in a game where they will get a cap.
The Scottish talent pool is limited and unlike England there aren’t two or three possibilities for each position .
Most players play for their country for prestige whereas they play for their clubs because of money. Money which they will get even if they are injured.
China1, I don’t disagree but things may be different this year. When before everybody knew that there were 3 teams with either managerial or squad deficiencies. Last summer, nobody expect Nuno to get Spurs in the EPL position. ManUtd had OGS. Both clubs hastily replaced their manager. One with success, the other with less so. This year, I don’t foresee that same level of doubt and potentially upheaval in the big 6. ManCity and Liverpool should still maintain level of performance and results out of our reach. The only doubt is whether they have refreshed their squad too deep and… Read more »
Surprised slightly that Marko and Weagle would be lukewarm to a winner in Zinchenko joining but want us to sign some weird fake flashy players from other leagues in Europe who are used to playing at snail pace and against championship/league one level opposition. Most of these players will have to adapt to the pace and even long ball play of our league/even the language and new surroundings. You think Zinchenko in the league right now isn’t better than your list of players??? You guys need to relax and be happy we’re signing a winner just like Jesus. Its better… Read more »
Diss,
His transfer market value is £22.5M and I bet a deal can be done around that figure. If City decides to pull an Ajax on us then tell em off and look for another target. No harm done
Zinchenko would be an incredible signing. Please oh please oh please.
Le Sauce
We won’t pay 50m euros for Lisandro. He doesn’t deserve that. Let United pay and have him. Its not rejection, it was a bidding war and United won. Same applied to Rafingha but it was Chelsea who got rejected because they bidded more than everyone and yet Rafingha chose Barca. That was a rejection.
Martinez is not PL proven and cost United close to 50M. Zinchencko is more value for money.
Howard
Color it anyhow you want, we were not the first choice of both players according to reliable sources. Tielemans on the other hand really wants to come here and that won’t give Leicester the leverage to ask for too much. I’m not criticizing the club for it, they made the right choice not to overpay but the journos said we were Raphinhas third choice and just yesterday that Lisandro picked United over us, this is from the players side/preference and not club negotiations
Dissenter
I would be surprised if we paid more than £25M for Zinchencko.
Lisandro will fail and won’t be a starting spot at United. He’s already behind oaf Maguire and Varane. PL striker and wingers will eat him alive. 5ft9 CB in Dutch league does not translate to dominant CB in PL football. He’ll get his cash sitting on their bench. Again I cant take any player wanting to join United seriously. Frenkie De Jong will be a waste there as well he clearly wants to stay at Barca. United want to sign a player that doesn’t want them. Whatever! Finished club. Ronaldo will tank them again if he stays and if he… Read more »
I have a real feeling that Lisandro is gonna blow up at United
He’s playing CB for them. He’s definitely gonna blow up their defense alright. He’ll be better if he played in midfield but Ten Hag plays him as a CB.
Zinchenko is quality as others have said a swiss army knife of sorts, I rate him and fully back that action. Have to feel for E Stroller (I think) if it goes down whose made a big stink about not being able to sign 2x players from 1 side earlier this summer. As if theres some written rule.
All about the numbers and what else can get done.
Lisandro is going to be a premier league king eventually, shame we got priced out on that one but it was never a Goer once his former manager entered the fray with Van De Saar on the other end.
Lisandro is more of a LCB with good defensive capabilities whereas Zinchenko is more of a left back who can occupy the positions Xhaka takes on the field apart from covering for Tierney and contribute more in final third. I am not saying Zinchenko is better than Lisandro but in my view he suits our needs better. We don’t need an out and out LCB for £50M when we have Saliba, Gabriel, White and Holding as CB options. Besides Zinchenko is cheaper and PL ready.
Zinchenko gets a ‘yes’ from me.
And from me. Good signing and potential Xhaka replacement.
Said before if it’s a case of Tielemans or Zinchenko for CM then for me Zinchenko is the more astute signing.
Zinchenko would be a very good addition to the squad optimal age, experienced in the league and can cover two positions to a pretty high level. I can see him actually being signed to be used more in midfield then LB but with Tierney’s injury history no doubt he will play minutes there if we sign him. At LB he isn’t the safest defensively imo but great on the ball,very good passing range and crossing with a great engine. I would think around 30m will be the price if we can do a deal certainly 25m minimum. It’s a signing… Read more »
The Athletic has an interesting article about our passing pattern. Their main point is that Arteta is trying to replicate what Pep is doing at ManCity but with inferior players. The two points that jump to me is the fact Ramsdale overwhelmingly favour passing to Gabriel who also happen to be the one with the most long diagonal passes. The article does not specify or speculate whether this is by design or the result of external factors. Is Ramsdale under instruction to pass to Gabriel who can either passbto the left side or make a long cross diagonal passes to… Read more »
Terraloon – Maybe wishful thinking on my part but as they were friendlies and not in anyway related to any tournament (I can’t remember if Scotland were already eliminated from the world cup qualifiers at the time), logically it doesn’t make sense for KT to play 90 minutes in both games, despite the prestige that comes with national team selection.
He’s a certain starter for the national team anyway should he decide to rest over a friendly international break, I really hope next season this is managed better.
It’s seems we’re only interested in Brazilians (Edu’s contacts) or Manchester City players (Arteta’s contacts). The easy options?
Or MLS players (Kroenke’s contacts). Why limit ourselves? All this data analytic driven shit and we buy players who we can contact easily.
Worse places than Man City to buy players from.
Should be seen as a positive regarding Arteta if he can get a few from there.
Yes please to zinchenko we should buy as many city players we can get our hands on and brazzil national team is one of the best around
. Bags of talent
Izzo
Not lukewarm towards Zinchenko, think he is a very good signing if for £20-25m and primarily to be used at LB and for CM cover.
Only said I would be underwhelmed if no CM follows.
Utd are overpaying for Martinez at £46m. That is crazy money imo considering how weak the Eredivisie is and how strong Ajax are.
Zinchenko is just another tidy player. A rich man’s Elneny in the midfield. Why can’t we just look for a LB and CM instead of this Swiss army knife nonsense?
Agree Martinelli regarding Zinchenko swiss army abilities, it would really blow having a player who can take over for an injured Tierney/challenge for starting birth or play Xhaka’s role in the mid.
Seems the Zinchenko deal is on a fast track, per the Athletic