Manchester City do hold an interest in Omar Marmoush, but a January deal is not yet advanced.
#MCFC have not made an approach to Frankfurt as of now. There are doubts Frankfurt will consider a mid-season sale given they are in the mix to qualify for #UCL. Marmoush is understood to keen on a Premier League move, but his contract has no release clause.🇪🇬
They have targets in positions they need, and they know will bang and they go get them. Remember Mahrez, or KDB, or Bernardo Silva? Every one knew these players would be hits.
They are going to get rid of Grealish in the summer. And they are going to get a top performing player in there. We have needed a striker that bags for years. Remember keeping Holding for years? we don't solve issues quickly.
Bro Man City are finished. You're just talking nonsense. Pep should do the honorable thing and leave that dusted club. They're never beating all the allegations. Money aside, no smart footballer would be joining up there.
Lol, They still have a core of treble winners. Foden, Savio, Haaland, Gvardiol, Doku, Rico Lewis are all under 25. Ruben Dias, Ake and Akanji, Rodri are all under 30 and still in their prime too. 5 to 7 quality players and they will be back competing for the league again next season. They have made mad money in recent years from sales. They will start recruiting this January.
Since this is the same team sans Gundogan that won the title a mere six or seven months ago, why the need for 6 or 7 quality players? Always buy, buy, buy. Guardiola can use the TREBLE WINNERS squad he currently has - but this time he has to set his sights lower. Those charges are not going away any time soon, either.
I'm sure they think they will win the title just because they beat Leicester after thirteen forgettable games. Not gonna happen.
Their era has ended. KDB and Bernardo leaving is the deathnail while they both are regressing physically. You literally named players mostly made up of defenders. Foden is rubbish, and Haaland can't wait to turn up at Madrid or Barca. Doku? You can't be serious. Savio? Meh. They are finished. No one in ttheir right mind would be running to join that outfit. There are many other rich clubs around to launch your career than City.
Everyone makes mistakes though. Last summer they falsely believed their dominance would continue. But you will see how they will move this Jan and in the summer.
Wolves position on Matheus Cunha remains the same. No intention to sell the Brazilian, and the intent is to tie him down to a new deal. #AFC among those who admire Cunha, but Wolves haven't received bids to date, and if any come in January they are expected to be turned down.🐺
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Well this is over anyway. I am guessing they will put a release clause around £60m for a summer transfer now.
There is value out there. We have to find it. But it is not Cunha at £70m. Buy smart not necessarily big.
He'll obviously be sold if they get relegated. And if they survive, probably a gentleman's agreement or a release clause if he still wants to leave in the summer. Similar to Caicedo.
Selling him lowers the chances of them staying up. You think they'd rather get 70m now and higher the chances of getting relegated? Than keeping him there and see what the future holds? Okay.
We remember how it worked with Caicedo and Brighton. It's the exact same thing. Brighton even renewed Caicedo, kept him that winter and sold him for a PL record fee 6 months later. Wolves lose nothing by keeping Cunha there.
Still, some credit, for January buys like Trossard and Jorginho. Plan B difference makers who came in, did the job asked of them-- and left Arsenal some flexibility in the next transfer window(s).
I don't see Wolves selling us Cunha at any price. They cannot sell their best player when they are a fart away from relegation places (1 point). He's literally their one hope of surviving. Even if the player is aware that Arsenal will not wait for him, it's now or never and he pushes for a move, there's no way Wolves sell him. It's an impossible deal.
I think Rice would better at right back than Partey. He has great crossing abilities, he can run a lot along the wing and is pretty strong in the duels.
But that isn't good longterm. Spurs signed Solanke for £65m. Now he is going to be good for them now. But Jackson at £30m is looking like a similar level despite being half the price.
It isn't just a €15m fee though. Higher wages, and it would be our 3rd record signing ever. It is £70m. You are talking as if Cunha would come in and make us win the PL.
There are no guarantees with signing from the PL unless they are players that have performed for years like Rice. Cunha has had a good season and half at Wolves now.
Newcastle signed Isak for £60m when we signed Jesus for £45m. We missed out on Bruno Guimaraes for £35m.
There is value on the continent. Those unproven players might become a 100m players in a year.
We need an attacker but we need to think about how it affects us longterm too. Signing Cunha for £70m now would mean we wouldn't go for Isak in the summer. That is why I wouldn't go big. Get me marmoush for under £50m than Cunha at £70m.
But they’re not “ Oven ready”.Cunha is.And can play multiple positions,which we know Soecial sauce loves.Whatever occurs,we’re going to get stiffed on the January premium,can’t be avoided unless you’re in loan land.
White was 23, is English when we signed him. Now he is 27. We will recoup some of the fee when we eventually sell him. Even if we don't we would have gotten a decade worth of service by then.
Cunha is 26 in may. 70m would be our 3rd record fee. We will barely get a fee when he leaves in 5 years unless he is like Salah with longevity. I want an attacker that is a level raiser. And if we have to spend that kind of dough it also has to be a guarantee. The profile is also awkward with Cunha. He is basically a Jesus type of player that scores more. Do we need that for 70m? 50m and I would get him. But we need a pure striker and a pure winger more than a false 9 type of player. And if we get that type of player the price has to make sense.
Even Havertz at 65m was overpriced despite his contributions. He was 45m max. We want the same thing but paying way over the market value is not the way to go.
Give me Marmoush at 50m rather than Cunha at 70. Bynoe Gittens is 20 and looks like a talent at Dortmund.
I barely see any attackers who are value for money above 60m. Isak to Newcastle 60m. Madrids brazillian forwards are all under 50m. The flops are all at inflated prices. Antony, Pepe, Hoijlund, Lukaku, Sancho, Mudryk to name a few.
The big deal of being English is, you will get better fees from English clubs who are rich unless it is ridiculous wages and they aren't performing like Rashford. That is the deal. We got 25m for Nketiah. Doesn't that prove something? 40m for Chamberlain, 20m for Walcott, 25m for willock, 30m for Iwobi, 30m for ESR.. Most of our biggest sales are English who are wanted by English clubs.
If we had to sell White today, we would get 40m at least.
And Cunha isn't 22 like when we got Big Gabi. And certainly not 18 like whe we got Saliba. He is 4 months away from 26. That means no resale value for a 70m signing. And he won't serve you for 10 years like a 22 year old would. Plus he isn't at the level we need for that fee even if he is 22. That is why it is completely different. That is why the fee matters so much. 40m to 50m would be a different conversation.
I have watched Kubo a few times. He looks good in comps and is clearly a talented player. When Madrid signed him there was a lot of talk.
But I saw enough to suggest he might struggle in the PL at first. He is a player that can do everything but mess up the final bit. And he isn't a level raiser as soon as he comes in. He is a player that will need time to deliver. Even then the money is a lot. I would hope we we would aim higher. Plus is he is primarily a RW and nothing else. We need someone more leftsided.
It's tough finding the next Salah. Right on the verge of becoming a top player so the fee isn't insanity. I doubt anyone at Pool, even the guys that pushed and made the deal expected how massive he'd become for their club.
Now, I feel like anyone who scores 15-20 goals like he did in his 1 season playing for Roma, the spotlight shines on them so fast, their price goes to the moon instantly the moment even 1 tweet gets shared.
This Marmoush fella is similar. Within 1 year in Frankfurt, his value according to transfermarkt has moved from €6m to €60m and raising.
It's not easy knowing if a player can stay at the solid level they are showing, if they aren't a one season wonder, and if they can develop even further and become top class.
I would honestly prefer Marmoush over Kubo. He is playing a striker as 2 when he is a natural left sided forward. He has take ons, free kicks, creativity and finishing. Watch him play and you will get why his value has risen so much.
You are right that we should avoid spending stupid money unless the player is nailed on a superstar.
But we need players that will raise the level in attack. The money is irrelevant. It doesn't have to big money.
We need a Mane or a Salah £35 m gem if we can find it but there are few players like that. The price is £50m now. But you shouldn't go above that. That is where the value is.
The guy looks fantastic. I would get involved to be honest. He is a bit like Cunha and is playing central. But he looks like a left winger in a 433 the few games I have watched him.
I’ve also flagged Williams low output this season as a concern same as you but a few things
1) hard to know if we’re really interested or if it’s just paper talk
2) maybe there’s something to his low output that I’m not aware of like playing through an injury, team playing a deep block all season etc. tho I checked and Bilbao are 4th and 4th for goals scored so without having watched them I doubt that’s the case
I read Arsenal likes Takefusa Kubo and he has a release clause. The player wants to join us supposedly. The release clause is not that cheap - £50m, 50% goes to Real Madrid, 50% to Sociedad.
His main position is right winger but he's versatile. The dribbling type, 23 yo. I'm not a huge fan of his twerking celebration. Not huge output yet. And the fee is quite large...
I'm not suggesting anything other than Arteta has the biggest say, but making out that Arteta will not listen to opposing views to his own, I find difficult to accept.
The anti Arteta posse have always tried to betray him as an egotistical, control freak. I see no evidence of a coaching team that is supplicant to him. All managers are 'in charge' to a great extent or lesser extent.
Negotiations underway for Kieran Tierney to return to Celtic from Arsenal, discussions are taking place. 27 year old fullback keen on the move, talks continue to reach full agreement.
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With 6 months left on his contract, we'll either get a minimal fee or straight up gift him to Celtic and save on his wages. When he arrived in 2019, we thought our LB position will be set for the next 10 years. His name was in the conversation for the next captain of the club. Instead, he'll be gone barely leaving a mark in our history. Sad stuff...
His injury vulnerability was widely discussed here a lot whilst we were signing him.
Same way many people here freely expressed their concerns about Tomiyasu, Vierra and Calafiori’s injury records.
KT had a chronic hip problem that was irreversible when we signed him. He was even crocked and couldn’t play from the get go. Same way Vierra was crocked when he was signed.
You love pretending that some of the commentary has no basis of fact.
Like disputing that. Saka was overplayed when Pedro [one of Arteta/s biggest supporters] repeated wrote about Arteta’s dated and stubborn attitudes of over reliance on the same players.
Now you’re trying to pretend that KT wasn’t a crock when we bought him. He was crocked when he was signed and it took him a considerable time to be fit to play, after his signing.
Despite being in massive financial hole, they spent 50m on Dani olmo in the summer. Due to their financial mire they could only register him for the first half of the season and now he’s technically available to leave on a free unless Barca and La liga can resolve the situation.
whoever sanctioned signing him in the first place when they can’t afford him at all should be sacked.
God I hate Barca, such a dislikeable club and a total shit show
I’m enjoying the shitshow.As arrogant as f** k .Like a spoilt child.They wanted him.We are Barca bollocks & that was it.Now the shit has hit the fan.lovely.
With Real Madrid operating in usual fashion and destabilising players that they want to recruit
Arsenal need to sort out quickly contracts with the following players whose contracts expire
in June 2027 without extension.
SALIBA
GABRIEL
SAKA
We know already that Real have their beady eyes on Saliba. In normal circumstances I would not be concerned about Saka, but his agent is Elite Project and we should be concerned about their "modus operandi". They have engineered a lot of departures including Obi Martin.
The San Marino FA are the troll kings! Check online for what they have tweeted recently about Manchester City and Manchester United!
We’ve see this Arsenal move for a player that they know won’t agree to come at that particular time
We did the same for Sesko last summer then Leipzig promptly extended his contract
Now we are supposedly trying to sign Cunha when it’s obvious he’s Wolves best hope of avoiding relegation. Again, his contract is being extended
Are we doing this to satiate the fan base.
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Manchester City do hold an interest in Omar Marmoush, but a January deal is not yet advanced.
#MCFC have not made an approach to Frankfurt as of now. There are doubts Frankfurt will consider a mid-season sale given they are in the mix to qualify for #UCL. Marmoush is understood to keen on a Premier League move, but his contract has no release clause.🇪🇬
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City operate surgically sometimes.
They have targets in positions they need, and they know will bang and they go get them. Remember Mahrez, or KDB, or Bernardo Silva? Every one knew these players would be hits.
They are going to get rid of Grealish in the summer. And they are going to get a top performing player in there. We have needed a striker that bags for years. Remember keeping Holding for years? we don't solve issues quickly.
Bro Man City are finished. You're just talking nonsense. Pep should do the honorable thing and leave that dusted club. They're never beating all the allegations. Money aside, no smart footballer would be joining up there.
Lol, They still have a core of treble winners. Foden, Savio, Haaland, Gvardiol, Doku, Rico Lewis are all under 25. Ruben Dias, Ake and Akanji, Rodri are all under 30 and still in their prime too. 5 to 7 quality players and they will be back competing for the league again next season. They have made mad money in recent years from sales. They will start recruiting this January.
Since this is the same team sans Gundogan that won the title a mere six or seven months ago, why the need for 6 or 7 quality players? Always buy, buy, buy. Guardiola can use the TREBLE WINNERS squad he currently has - but this time he has to set his sights lower. Those charges are not going away any time soon, either.
I'm sure they think they will win the title just because they beat Leicester after thirteen forgettable games. Not gonna happen.
Their era has ended. KDB and Bernardo leaving is the deathnail while they both are regressing physically. You literally named players mostly made up of defenders. Foden is rubbish, and Haaland can't wait to turn up at Madrid or Barca. Doku? You can't be serious. Savio? Meh. They are finished. No one in ttheir right mind would be running to join that outfit. There are many other rich clubs around to launch your career than City.
Everyone makes mistakes though. Last summer they falsely believed their dominance would continue. But you will see how they will move this Jan and in the summer.
Evan Ferguson stories ramping up. I like him but not pushing the needle.
Nah, leave that. We don't need just anyone. He can't get games at Brighton.
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Wolves position on Matheus Cunha remains the same. No intention to sell the Brazilian, and the intent is to tie him down to a new deal. #AFC among those who admire Cunha, but Wolves haven't received bids to date, and if any come in January they are expected to be turned down.🐺
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Well this is over anyway. I am guessing they will put a release clause around £60m for a summer transfer now.
There is value out there. We have to find it. But it is not Cunha at £70m. Buy smart not necessarily big.
He'll obviously be sold if they get relegated. And if they survive, probably a gentleman's agreement or a release clause if he still wants to leave in the summer. Similar to Caicedo.
Selling him lowers the chances of them staying up. You think they'd rather get 70m now and higher the chances of getting relegated? Than keeping him there and see what the future holds? Okay.
We remember how it worked with Caicedo and Brighton. It's the exact same thing. Brighton even renewed Caicedo, kept him that winter and sold him for a PL record fee 6 months later. Wolves lose nothing by keeping Cunha there.
One thing I’ve always liked about Arteta he’d spend every last penny Kroenke allowed spending.
Wenger’s player valuations were mad
Still, some credit, for January buys like Trossard and Jorginho. Plan B difference makers who came in, did the job asked of them-- and left Arsenal some flexibility in the next transfer window(s).
I don't see Wolves selling us Cunha at any price. They cannot sell their best player when they are a fart away from relegation places (1 point). He's literally their one hope of surviving. Even if the player is aware that Arsenal will not wait for him, it's now or never and he pushes for a move, there's no way Wolves sell him. It's an impossible deal.
I wonder if Arteta will consider starting Declan Rice as the right FB and playing Partey in the 6 role.
The team is more balanced when Partey in in the middle
If Partey can play in right back then Rice can do it too.
I think Rice would better at right back than Partey. He has great crossing abilities, he can run a lot along the wing and is pretty strong in the duels.
Didn't Partey have experience of playing right back at Atletico.
I wouldn't mind that either if Partey can handle the defensive transitions like he did at Brentford. That is the only issue.
We all know he is better than Rice on the ball.
Cunha for £70m???
Nah that would be stupid. He is a really good player but that money is stupid. We shouldn't spend more than £50 to £55m on him.
That could be a Kvara money. There isn't value in spending that on a Cunha. There is a lot of value out there under or around £50m.
That Alex Balena guy at Villareal, Marmoush at Frankfurt are both exciting players. I would bet they will be under £50m.
Cunha for £70m would be a good deal for us. I can't see it happening though.
It's impossible Wolves sell him to us. At any price. And I doubt we wait until the summer for him. He's not coming.
It wouldn't be a good deal for us. He is a good player but that is a mad fee.
Winter is cruel. It is what it is. I doubt he's cheaper than that even in the summer though. It's kind of a market price for me.
But that isn't good longterm. Spurs signed Solanke for £65m. Now he is going to be good for them now. But Jackson at £30m is looking like a similar level despite being half the price.
So you’d risk spending €50m on an ‘exciting’ player unproven in the league, but €15m over your Cunha valuation is ‘stupid’ money territory ?!
Wolves paid €50m for Cunha and his contract runs through May2027.
They have no need to sell their star player at even money while in relegation fight.
It isn't just a €15m fee though. Higher wages, and it would be our 3rd record signing ever. It is £70m. You are talking as if Cunha would come in and make us win the PL.
There are no guarantees with signing from the PL unless they are players that have performed for years like Rice. Cunha has had a good season and half at Wolves now.
Newcastle signed Isak for £60m when we signed Jesus for £45m. We missed out on Bruno Guimaraes for £35m.
There is value on the continent. Those unproven players might become a 100m players in a year.
We need an attacker but we need to think about how it affects us longterm too. Signing Cunha for £70m now would mean we wouldn't go for Isak in the summer. That is why I wouldn't go big. Get me marmoush for under £50m than Cunha at £70m.
Cunha is on 60kpw.
Arsenal could easily double his wages and still make him an attractive option to sell if things don’t work out.
We are in the title fight and our star attacker is out for two ( at best) months and you want sit on funds( if available) until next season.
Cool.
I don't want to sit on funds. I just don't want to over spend on a player that we would regret in a year and half.
Having watched Wolves more than I'd like to admit-- Mattheus Cunha is the player we were promised when we signed Gabriel Jesus.
If anything, it'll be Jesus who'll be departing in a year-and-a-half-- because of Cunha.
He'd fit right in up top in the press too.
But they’re not “ Oven ready”.Cunha is.And can play multiple positions,which we know Soecial sauce loves.Whatever occurs,we’re going to get stiffed on the January premium,can’t be avoided unless you’re in loan land.
PP talking sense for once.
Taking his meds on time has its benefits
No, January premiums from the PL are stupid. Elsewhere, you might over pay, but you can still get value.
Say Arsenal pay ‘stupid’ money circa 70m for cunha and he helps us to a league double, or even one better.
How’s that extra 15m looking now?
If you can guarantee me that, I would. But it wouldn't.
I honestly don't want any mega fee player when the likes of Mbuemo can't be more than 45-50 million
I don't mind a mega fee if the player is worth it. No one talks about Rice being a 100m player. I wouldn't mind spending that on Isak.
And Mbuemo wouldn't be sold in January . That is the problem. We need a forward right now. And he is right sided more than left sided.
Based on the Cunha links, I assume we rightfully are looking for left sided attackers.
The Cunha links are BS though
Wolves aren't gonna sell their best player in January and risk going down in June.
I would never spend that much on Isak [100-125 million] or Kudus [85 million] because either those transfers can buy two players of comparable class.
The links are NOT bullshit though.He is Oven ready.Makes a lot of sense.
Comparable class 😂😂😂. I know you don't like spending money.
We could have gotten Kudus for £40m.
But Isak, a player who is delivering right now? No, we wouldn't.
Mbuemo and Mamoush can be gotten [on paper] for less than Newcastle will want for Isak
We have at least four critical areas of need in the squad
White was 23, is English when we signed him. Now he is 27. We will recoup some of the fee when we eventually sell him. Even if we don't we would have gotten a decade worth of service by then.
Cunha is 26 in may. 70m would be our 3rd record fee. We will barely get a fee when he leaves in 5 years unless he is like Salah with longevity. I want an attacker that is a level raiser. And if we have to spend that kind of dough it also has to be a guarantee. The profile is also awkward with Cunha. He is basically a Jesus type of player that scores more. Do we need that for 70m? 50m and I would get him. But we need a pure striker and a pure winger more than a false 9 type of player. And if we get that type of player the price has to make sense.
Even Havertz at 65m was overpriced despite his contributions. He was 45m max. We want the same thing but paying way over the market value is not the way to go.
Give me Marmoush at 50m rather than Cunha at 70. Bynoe Gittens is 20 and looks like a talent at Dortmund.
I barely see any attackers who are value for money above 60m. Isak to Newcastle 60m. Madrids brazillian forwards are all under 50m. The flops are all at inflated prices. Antony, Pepe, Hoijlund, Lukaku, Sancho, Mudryk to name a few.
The big deal of being English is, you will get better fees from English clubs who are rich unless it is ridiculous wages and they aren't performing like Rashford. That is the deal. We got 25m for Nketiah. Doesn't that prove something? 40m for Chamberlain, 20m for Walcott, 25m for willock, 30m for Iwobi, 30m for ESR.. Most of our biggest sales are English who are wanted by English clubs.
If we had to sell White today, we would get 40m at least.
And Cunha isn't 22 like when we got Big Gabi. And certainly not 18 like whe we got Saliba. He is 4 months away from 26. That means no resale value for a 70m signing. And he won't serve you for 10 years like a 22 year old would. Plus he isn't at the level we need for that fee even if he is 22. That is why it is completely different. That is why the fee matters so much. 40m to 50m would be a different conversation.
Cunha - 'terms agreed' not sure the source can be trusted
Bellingham the Younger - might be worth a punt!
Jobe looks quite cumbersome. Not sure his technical level is even close to what's required in an Arsenal player.
To be honest I've never seen Junior Bellingham play!
Tyler Dibling has impressed me whenever I've seen him.
I have watched Kubo a few times. He looks good in comps and is clearly a talented player. When Madrid signed him there was a lot of talk.
But I saw enough to suggest he might struggle in the PL at first. He is a player that can do everything but mess up the final bit. And he isn't a level raiser as soon as he comes in. He is a player that will need time to deliver. Even then the money is a lot. I would hope we we would aim higher. Plus is he is primarily a RW and nothing else. We need someone more leftsided.
He would do well for a Newcastle though.
It's tough finding the next Salah. Right on the verge of becoming a top player so the fee isn't insanity. I doubt anyone at Pool, even the guys that pushed and made the deal expected how massive he'd become for their club.
Now, I feel like anyone who scores 15-20 goals like he did in his 1 season playing for Roma, the spotlight shines on them so fast, their price goes to the moon instantly the moment even 1 tweet gets shared.
This Marmoush fella is similar. Within 1 year in Frankfurt, his value according to transfermarkt has moved from €6m to €60m and raising.
It's not easy knowing if a player can stay at the solid level they are showing, if they aren't a one season wonder, and if they can develop even further and become top class.
See the precious metals and the base metals.
Is Kubo worth it? Was Mudryk worth it?
Get the next Salah. Avoid the next Mudryk.
It's so tough.
I would honestly prefer Marmoush over Kubo. He is playing a striker as 2 when he is a natural left sided forward. He has take ons, free kicks, creativity and finishing. Watch him play and you will get why his value has risen so much.
You are right that we should avoid spending stupid money unless the player is nailed on a superstar.
But we need players that will raise the level in attack. The money is irrelevant. It doesn't have to big money.
We need a Mane or a Salah £35 m gem if we can find it but there are few players like that. The price is £50m now. But you shouldn't go above that. That is where the value is.
Mamoush is bound for city, that's what Egyptian journos are saying anyways.
The guy looks fantastic. I would get involved to be honest. He is a bit like Cunha and is playing central. But he looks like a left winger in a 433 the few games I have watched him.
This Kubo guy isn't bad. If he'll adapt to EPL quickly, and if we are genuinely interested
I don’t understand this Mikel fascination with Niko Williams
His output is very paltry, 1 goal and 3 assists in 17 games is nothing to write hime about
But if Mikel-wants-him, that’s the end of the story at Arsenal.
I’ve also flagged Williams low output this season as a concern same as you but a few things
1) hard to know if we’re really interested or if it’s just paper talk
2) maybe there’s something to his low output that I’m not aware of like playing through an injury, team playing a deep block all season etc. tho I checked and Bilbao are 4th and 4th for goals scored so without having watched them I doubt that’s the case
I read Arsenal likes Takefusa Kubo and he has a release clause. The player wants to join us supposedly. The release clause is not that cheap - £50m, 50% goes to Real Madrid, 50% to Sociedad.
His main position is right winger but he's versatile. The dribbling type, 23 yo. I'm not a huge fan of his twerking celebration. Not huge output yet. And the fee is quite large...
Never heard of him, rap
I won’t lie
Key question is ….does Arteta-want-him?
😀😀 That was for Bob’s pleasure
Have you now officially called it a dictatorship. The scouts, the coaches, KSE and the board have no influence- it's a one man band!
Don’t be obtuse, if Mikel wants him that fantastic set up you eloquently describe will be deployed to make it happen.
There’s no one to check him; he’s the last man standing of the core that signed him [Vinai, Edu, Raul and Huss Fahmy]
Mikel has got direct comms with the owners and they have set him like they did Wenger.
I'm not suggesting anything other than Arteta has the biggest say, but making out that Arteta will not listen to opposing views to his own, I find difficult to accept.
The anti Arteta posse have always tried to betray him as an egotistical, control freak. I see no evidence of a coaching team that is supplicant to him. All managers are 'in charge' to a great extent or lesser extent.
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Negotiations underway for Kieran Tierney to return to Celtic from Arsenal, discussions are taking place. 27 year old fullback keen on the move, talks continue to reach full agreement.
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With 6 months left on his contract, we'll either get a minimal fee or straight up gift him to Celtic and save on his wages. When he arrived in 2019, we thought our LB position will be set for the next 10 years. His name was in the conversation for the next captain of the club. Instead, he'll be gone barely leaving a mark in our history. Sad stuff...
A pint of heavy & a Glasgow kiss is all you can expect from those whining cheapskates.
Hahaha
Sad, just like Wilshere and Diaby et al. They'll always be the 'what ifs' attached to players who were susceptible to injuries.
KT’s injury record was poor at Celtic
This was foreseeable and was heavily commented upon on legrove when we were trying to sign him.
Do you think Arsenal believed that they were signing a player in KT who would have the injury record that he has subsequently had?
His injury vulnerability was widely discussed here a lot whilst we were signing him.
Same way many people here freely expressed their concerns about Tomiyasu, Vierra and Calafiori’s injury records.
KT had a chronic hip problem that was irreversible when we signed him. He was even crocked and couldn’t play from the get go. Same way Vierra was crocked when he was signed.
You love playing this pretender role.
'Pretender role' ?
You love pretending that some of the commentary has no basis of fact.
Like disputing that. Saka was overplayed when Pedro [one of Arteta/s biggest supporters] repeated wrote about Arteta’s dated and stubborn attitudes of over reliance on the same players.
Now you’re trying to pretend that KT wasn’t a crock when we bought him. He was crocked when he was signed and it took him a considerable time to be fit to play, after his signing.
This Barca situation is so dumb it’s unreal
Despite being in massive financial hole, they spent 50m on Dani olmo in the summer. Due to their financial mire they could only register him for the first half of the season and now he’s technically available to leave on a free unless Barca and La liga can resolve the situation.
whoever sanctioned signing him in the first place when they can’t afford him at all should be sacked.
God I hate Barca, such a dislikeable club and a total shit show
I’m enjoying the shitshow.As arrogant as f** k .Like a spoilt child.They wanted him.We are Barca bollocks & that was it.Now the shit has hit the fan.lovely.
With Real Madrid operating in usual fashion and destabilising players that they want to recruit
Arsenal need to sort out quickly contracts with the following players whose contracts expire
in June 2027 without extension.
SALIBA
GABRIEL
SAKA
We know already that Real have their beady eyes on Saliba. In normal circumstances I would not be concerned about Saka, but his agent is Elite Project and we should be concerned about their "modus operandi". They have engineered a lot of departures including Obi Martin.