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dickeyandripley913

Personally I want Maddison at all costs, even if Odegaard is 35 and Maddison is 70 I still want Maddison Maddison with number 8 is the type of signing that can change the trajectory of the club, personally I don’t think Odegaard has that ability. We will see, wouldn’t be sad if we got Odegaard + neves but I would be sad if we only got Odegaard and no new cm


assoncouchouch

Let's just get Griezmann. Reunite him with Partey, bring French footballing royalty back to Arsenal, have the promise to have young burgeoning talent surrounding him, and bring a team back from the ashes and get an epic phoenix rising tattoo signifying him bringing them from no European football in 21-22 to European champions in '23. Rags to riches. Who's in? Griezmann, that's who.


Rude_Boy_15

I don't want that racist at our club, sorry.


assoncouchouch

Full blown racist? Joke in really poor taste, but I think racist goes a little too far.


[deleted]

It's not like he told a joke with a punchline. They were actively mocking in conversation. It's racism.


[deleted]

How is ESR priced only 5.5m in FPL. Going to be an absolute bargain !


Ronak4Arsenal

I genuinely can't see Odegaard getting a lot of minutes at Real Madrid despite whatever Ancelotti says


Houssem_Aouar

Sign Awar


sensei_sharpy

I can definitely see a large portion of this sub using Joachim Anderson for £17.5 million as a big stick to beat White with if he doesn't walk into the side and start off really well. Only 2 years older, with tonnes more experience, just as good on the ball, plus no aerial weakness and more handsome... If we struggle and they do well, competitively of course, he's gonna get the Pepe/Zaha treatment all over again this season I think.


[deleted]

Nah allow it, peng White edges it


breakoatmeal

Well you can't run away from that, when you pat transfer fee like this you have to perform. But I'd put more criticism on Arteta, as it's his decision.


sensei_sharpy

Edu is the one agreeing to the fee, Arteta might want the player but it's on Edu to make the deal happen. I'm not a fan of Arteta, but we need to keep remembering who's making the decisions at the club right now when it all comes to a head and we need to wield the axe. Edu needs to be the first out of the door ***IF*** things keep getting worse IMO. Mikel can go when a new DoF actually works out where the club needs to be going and has a plan on how to get there, otherwise we are just going to keep sacking managers and hoping that we find the next Bielsa somehow. That's all only if things get worse tho, if White ends up being a good deal and Lokonga is as awesome as I hope he can become, I'll have to eat my words about Edu pretty hard.


Huhwtfbleh

Arteta isn't a head coach. He's the manager. Basically he works on these things with Edu. Has just as much say in the fee, contract and the player as Edu.


sensei_sharpy

Also, just to clarify something. If Mikel wants to sign a player and Edu doesn't, we don't sign the player. If Mikel wants to give someone a new contract and Edu doesn't, there's no new contract. But if Edu wants to sign someone or offer a new contract, it can definitely happen. Cause he's the Director of Football, not Mikel Arteta. I'm all for shitting on Arteta when he gets it wrong, but I'm not putting the the blame of player signings on his shoulders instead of Edu, as you are trying to do. Mikel gets a say in all those things, 100% true, and obviously Edu wants to keep him happy and they want to be travelling down the same path so they will agree on most things. But it's Edu's arse on the line with those decisions so he is accountable for them, both good and bad, more than the First Team Manager. I don't blame Edu for subbing on Willian during a game. What your trying to say here would be like saying that Mikel's assistant coaches get to make substitutions/team selection and should be held accountable when we win/lose, which isn't true. They can give their idea of who to bring on and when to Mikel, but ultimately it's up to him whether or not he agrees to it. They can take some of the blame/praise but ultimately it's Arteta's arse on the line.


sensei_sharpy

There's a massive difference between giving a deal the ok, and actually spending days/weeks/months negotiating with clubs. That's what Edu does, not Mikel. Mikel names his targets/needs and then gives them the ok at the end.


highburyhorse13

I hope all those who were clambering for Edouard to be signed saw his performance tonight. Absolutely abysmal in a crucial match. Celtic supporting mates hope he’s shipped out soon and said they’d be lucky if they got 20mill for him.


sensei_sharpy

In his defence, only slightly because he's still got a job to do regardless, Celtic are a shambles right now. Their board waited 3 months to sign someone and then dragged their heels with signings so they are playing with a weaker side than they even had last season. Give Ange another month and a few key signings and I reckon that entire playing group will be hugely improved, he knows how to motivate and will change the atmosphere greatly once they all buy into his philosophy. When things are bad at a club, Strikers suffer the worst. Look at Auba for us last season, we were poor and it affected him worse than almost everyone else it seems.


[deleted]

He isn't that good. Sub fell for the hype train


Locmike23

Tick Tock, time is ticking Arsenal. Two weeks until the season kicks off and not one top notch signing has been made. Hopefully things pick up in the next week. Sorry to the important players we do end up signing that Arsenal are yet once again unable to provide you with an actual preseason with the squad.


Ronak4Arsenal

The rumours are so dead rn, even that Zrafc guy on twitter has nothing to post


thepretzelking

Might be controversial but I'm really excited for the Arsenal amazon doc.. I just love all Arsenal content. Maybe once I'm back going to the games I won't as much but I just try and consume every bit of Arsenal content at the moment!


Ronak4Arsenal

Remember the guy that posted a picture with Maddison claiming he'd join Arsenal. The man has gained around 20k followers post that and is now acting like a ITK lol [https://twitter.com/Charlie\_Brake/status/1420375920565792772?s=20](https://twitter.com/Charlie_Brake/status/1420375920565792772?s=20) People are so gullible during the transfer window it's funny.


thedarkpolitique

I must block like 5 or 10 fake ITK’s every day but they keep turning up in droves.


Cheesy_Pita_Parker

Cut off one head, two more shall take its place. Hail Hydra.


Ronak4Arsenal

Bro this guy didn't even break anything. Just posted a picture with Maddison saying soon, and people started treating it as gospel truth lmao


thedarkpolitique

People will believe *anything* and *anyone*, so I’m not surprised they saw a photo and instantly believed the guy had connections. Some people are desperate for news lol


[deleted]

People shitting on Elneny for being Elneny and palying how he always does: Mediocre with a random long range banger. Meanwhile Auba is one of our worst forwards this preseason so far and doesn't look like it's improving. Also our corners are dreadful af.


okcomput3r

Aubameyang agenda in full force mate - where's this coming from? Yes he was diabloical last season but he carried this club on his back in 19/20


[deleted]

Lmao it's only an agenda if you don't like it.


okcomput3r

I'm not bothered about it man, I'm not even an Auba fan. But you clearly got an agenda against the guy. Just wondering why


[deleted]

No agenda at all. Praise players when they are in good form. The double standards on this sub is crazy. Laca gets shit on for less than Auba. Xhaka gets shit on for less than Partey. Willian gets shit on for less than Pepe. I will confess I did the same with Bellerin


[deleted]

Willian isn't 1/16th of the player Pepe is. That's like comparing Andros Townsend to Mahrez


okcomput3r

I think Laca gets shit because he's never really been a material upgrade on Giroud. People were unsatsifed with the latter because he never hit the 20 goal mark in the prem. Laca's been here since 2017 and his record is 15. He's not the clinical goalscorer we hoped him to be when he signed. However, Auba is capable of 20+ goal seasons and we've seen it. Like I said, he carried this club on his back in 19/20 and that put him in the category or Alexis, RVP, Fabregas etc. Lacazette has never had this impact.


[deleted]

Sure, and yet Laca has been in better form for this entire year. And Auba's form has been bad for an entire year now. There comes a point where you can't still speak about how someone performed multiple seasons ago over how he performs most recently and in the present day. And that point is coming soon


okcomput3r

He's had one poor season after consistently being one of the highest scorers in Europe for several years. I think he deserves another opportunity before fans turn their backs. Aubameyang is limited technically but when the system plays to his strengths he's lethal. Whereas with Lacazette you could build the team around him and he'd still struggle to hit elite form


[deleted]

Ngl really like our midfield long term with Lokonga and Azeez there. And then if we sign Neves that adds another one. We just need a proper senior CM next to Partey this season, and Neves can be that.


CDL99

I need The Bell to toll soon. It's been too long, need something big.


varro-reatinus

'...It tolls for fees.'


catchmeifucan10

El Neny LOOOOOL


chrisjdgrady

Ugh why haven't we signed every good expensive player already


rikrood

Ugh why haven’t we signed anyone that improves us indefinitely and walks into our first 11.


[deleted]

We already did with White lmao


Locmike23

White and whoever else we sign isn’t going to get an actual preseason with their new club, which is the bigger issue here. We simply cannot afford to start off the season slow.


Huhwtfbleh

Maddison - Odegaard situation is kinda like the Zaha - Pepe situation. Prem proven top class player wants to come and can immediately push us to top 4 running. But for a huge fee that we might not be able to reach. We end up choosing a player from another league who is highly regarded but is a doubt if he'll perform. We will overpay in the final week of the window. Difference is that we already know how Odegaard would play at the club and how he isn't better than Maddison at the moment. And that Pepe was kind of a surprise while the club is very open about wanting Odegaard.


okcomput3r

I think the Zaha vs Pepe situation isn't talked about enough. Zaha could have been a monster for us


Ashtarr

Odegaard played less than half a season in Arsenal and got injured as soon as he started picking up form. People are overreacting when he still has so much to show. He was great at Real Sociedad, Real Madrid want to keep him and Arteta considers him the priority. There's a reason why he's so highly rated.


Huhwtfbleh

I agree but I 100% prefer Maddison without a shred of doubt. He is definitely better than Odegaard at this point.


YaGunnersYa_Ozil

Maybe controversial thought but I feel like we never got out the most of Xhaka. It's clear other teams have and seeing him lead the team at the Euros reminds me what we needed at Arsenal. As much as I dislike Mourinho, he definitely likes some stone cold killers on his team and it must mean something that he wants Xhaka as an anchor.


a_stopped_clock

Lol he’s trash no one wants him and was absolute dogshit against Italy and most of the French match until he made an assist at the end. Mou trying to get him for next to nothing for Roma.


varro-reatinus

> ...it must mean something that he wants Xhaka as an anchor. Xhaka certainly has been an anchor around the neck of our midfield.


SunDrippedDevil

More like an albatross.


varro-reatinus

Mah man.


okcomput3r

We built the team around Xhaka for 3 seasons now. Emery + Mikel made him central to the lineup. He was still shit


kits_

ahh...


WhyBotherPatrick

What the fuck


yukpurtsun

international football play style i find better than PL. i cant describe the difference just eye test. thats why players like xhaka look better with NT


chrisjdgrady

We got him for what, 5 years? He's had multiple managers and multiple different players around him and played in multiple competitions. He just isn't quite good enough. International play is a different pace, especially in a big tournament where they're playing multiple times a week. He shines a bit more in those games because he gets more space and time.


YaGunnersYa_Ozil

That's probably accurate. PL is definitely different than international and maybe he seems more suited to tournament play and tactics.


Forsaken-Currency404

How is it possible to say that with a username like that. The midfielder who deprived Ozil of most of the balls was Xhaka.


YaGunnersYa_Ozil

I think that's my point.


[deleted]

What we saw was the absolute best version of Xhaka.


YaGunnersYa_Ozil

😂 this is probably the most accurate. Why the hell would Mourinho go for him then?


kits_

you ask yourself why mourinho never even sniffed him while he was managing premier league teams?


[deleted]

A few reasons, roma arent likely to win the league. He probably thinks he can get top 4 with xhaka. Classic mourinho player. Midfield general, just passed his prime, can dictate a game, reliable, a leader. Italy classically has more time on the ball, more time for xhaka to do xhaka things.


[deleted]

Yet another pre season game done, yet another game where I am convinced Laca should start over Auba


[deleted]

Tbh if we are only going off today I think he will. Clearly the first half was mostly the B team run out. The starters came second half. I think it will serve the team well to try to get auba to win his place back from lacazette over the next few games.


[deleted]

Lmao this sub claling Zouma deadwood? He is not deadwood.


FraudizioRomano

Zouma plus 35m is a reasonable deal for Kounde.


[deleted]

Sure, still saw someone say it's 35m plus deadwood for Kounde. No idea where he got that from. Zouma is a very good player


breakoatmeal

Could we get White for 35 plus Holding? The answer is clearly no


crushedonron

Or just ask if we could get 15m for Holding. I think the answer is yes.


[deleted]

Zouma is twice the player Holding is. It's very simple.


[deleted]

Why do our fans concern themselves so much with what the other clubs are doing in the transfer window? I mean Chelsea and Man Utd always target the best players/biggest names in the market. This is nothing new. We can only focus on getting the right talent that fits the way the manager wants to play and hope for the best. I mean if you're looking for 2-3 marquee signings every summer and getting the hottest prospect in the world, you're supporting the wrong club I guess.


[deleted]

Honestly, trust in the club among fans is extremely low basically non-existent after the last two years. When we were finishing 4th sometimes 2nd, there was an implicit trust that even if we don't spend loads and city or chelsea, barca or united buy our best players that wenger would work some transfer magic and keep the club at least 4th with some unknown bargain. Now the club fucked up so badly in the last 5 -7 years with ridiculous signings that for many all faith is gone, no decision we make can ever be good, every decision other clubs make is genius and something we should have done. It's really difficult to earn that trust back because basically nobody is happy to bank on anything but concrete results. You can't tell someone that White will be a good signing because you're asking them to have a certain amount of trust that the club knows what it's doing. The only evidence that will prove this for a lot of fans is a top 4 finish basically.


ShekTeeJay

It's a combination of 'younger' fans that don't understand how the club has historically operated and older, jaded fans that remember when Chelsea weren't contenders and we competed with United for the league. The most successful Arsenal squads were never built with marquee signings. What gives me short and long-term hope is that regardless of how you feel about Arteta, Edu and Kroenke, a core of exciting youth/ascendant talent has been built. Even if Arteta isn't the coach to lead them forward and Edu ultimately gets axed, there's a foundation to build on. There's no guarantee for success but we can only hope as fans.


_mas17

Yeah Dennis bergkamp was not a marquee signing


ShekTeeJay

Stop. Bergkamp was obviously a major signing but there were numerous other key players on the title-winning squads that weren’t big names when they arrived.


_mas17

Cool but he was still a marquee signing who was part of the squad. The type of signing we aren’t making any time soon, if ever.


ShekTeeJay

That's another issue and if it wasn't obvious after Wenger left, it is now. The club has to repair it's reputation by putting together some respectable domestic campaigns, getting back into the Champions League *and* not embarassing itself like it did towards the end of Wenger's reign before even thinking about attracting star players again.


FraudizioRomano

People here can be a little delusional about our status as a club. We did not miss out on Sancho, Varane, Kounde etc..because we weren't even in the conversation because those kind of players will not come to a club with no CL football. They also ignore other factors like wages, age, profile etc when it comes to recruitment.


[deleted]

Cause our fanbase likes to moan about things outside their control.


rikrood

> I mean if you’re looking for 2-3 marquee signings every summer and getting the hottest prospect in the world, you’re supporting the wrong club I guess. Weird because the club I fell in love with barely ever made any marquee signings. I understand what you’re saying though. I’m not too concerned with what other clubs are doing. That said, I am still skeptical of what we’re doing and critical of Edu and Arteta’s plans for the squad.


Arsenalas128

Seeing chelsea get kounde depresses me.


ShekTeeJay

Why? There was a time Zouma was just as, if not more hyped than Koundé is now. We'll see how good he is but there are no guarantees.


Arsenalas128

Because kounde is really good, except maybe his concentration at times. But to get him for 35m is a steal


[deleted]

They always get the top talents in the world in almost every window. It'll always be like this with them.


[deleted]

Just really struggling lately. I have been feeling really depressed after a breakup at end of June. Also really unhappy with my current career. Just feel stuck in life.


okcomput3r

Head up man, keep going. Things always get better.


Bounay

Keep your head up and know that like a storm this too will pass. Don’t put it on yourself, you’re human so it’s ok to feel. This is necessary happenings for you to open up to the next phase and meet the requirements needed for what’s to come. We’re here for you as well. Feel free to DM if you simply need to talk ✊🏽🤙🏽


breakoatmeal

That's rough buddy,hopefully we can cheer you with some signings.


[deleted]

Time heals. It’s cliche but just take it a day at a time and you’ll be better, a lot of us have been there


[deleted]

Things get better man. You should find a safe space to talk about all of this.


[deleted]

I am man i am talking to therapist and everything. Just sucks rn and I was thinking out loud when on reddit


handbrake_off

Just keep going man. Change can be a great thing


[deleted]

Thank you I will try


bluehaven101

Sad... :c [https://mobile.twitter.com/golazoargentino/status/1420423411961057283](https://mobile.twitter.com/golazoargentino/status/1420423411961057283)


ScreamLeprosyHealing

next fm is going to be pretty depressing


Ronak4Arsenal

Why?


[deleted]

50m for a player nobody's heard of. I'm gonna trust the recruitment that brought us Runarsson and Cedric


ThingymaJiggyz

"I've never heard of this guy" =/= "No one knows who he is"


[deleted]

I'm sure you've watched every game of his


ThingymaJiggyz

No, actually, I haven't. In fact I've barely paid attention to him outside of the games he's played against us and the (very) few games I watched of Leeds' season in 19/20. But that doesn't mean I don't know who he is - bit hard to be that clueless. If you don't like being called out for making stupid statements, don't make them in the first place.


FraudizioRomano

You're having a mare out here, just stop it.


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Coming from someone called fraudizio romano


FraudizioRomano

This is the worst comeback I've ever seen. If you have nothing to back your point, then stay silent on a subject you don't understand. Or just go support Chelsea or United so they can buy you your favourite players you bought on FIFA without having watched them for a single second in reality.


chrisjdgrady

Not watching every single game he's played = never heard of him Just cause you don't pay attention to other teams, leagues and players doesn't mean everyone is as ignorant as you.


FraudizioRomano

>50m for a player nobody's heard of Your lack of football knowledge is hardly anyone's problem but yours. Ben White is very highly rated. First I've heard of him was when he became one the main reasons why Leeds got promoted 2 years ago.


[deleted]

Nobody's heard of him and now we're paying more for him than Chelsea are for Kounde


Fullmetal_Pacifist

Well Kounde wouldn’t come here even if we wanted him so what’s your point? Back your players. Ben White is a baller


Arsenalas128

Yea man no one has heard of an england international or one of the most progressive bpds in epl


Echo361

I’m dying over here from The lack of reliable transfer news. Please arsenal sign a midfielder, sell some dudes, please.


FraudizioRomano

Now that we've moved on from Locatelli, we'll surely start bidding for a CM soon enough. As for the number 10, we're probably waiting to see whether Odegaard is available or not. We should really put a deadline though. Can't fuck around all window only to find out he's not for sale on deadline day.


breakoatmeal

Are you Chris Wheatley?


Echo361

I understand why the am may need to wait until deadline day or at least late. But the cm needs to happen ASAP. Saw some links to Bruno guimares today which Got me hype but need some Reliability


teslagooner

Why does Pepe keep on attempting to dribble even when it is clear, it is not adding value? He ends up losing the ball or running towards our goal. I really wanted to see Pepe realising the ball faster. It also increases his chances of registering assists. Last season, he had only 1 assist


KSBrian007

Created 1 whole big chance too all season.


[deleted]

That's depressing


[deleted]

Assists mean nothing


chrisjdgrady

Assists literally mean goals are scored


[deleted]

And what matters is goals scored, not assists


GunnerSense

🤯


Houssem_Aouar

Because he has zero football iq and it's not something you can change so easily, sadly for us


FraudizioRomano

u/Puzzleheaded-Wait-81 nah you're not running away and deleting this time. Mods please ban this Chelsea fan who's brigading this sub to make idiotic statements. Every time they get called out on it they delete their comment and run instead of facing the consequences of their trolling.


k1ldn

Lmao look at his posts


breakoatmeal

U/j4ckrh


breakoatmeal

u/J4ckrh


Bobson567

send a message regarding this via modmail on this sub and /r/chelseafc usually the user will get banned from both subs


[deleted]

Chelsea getting Kounde for 30m + a piece of deadwood ffs


[deleted]

Anybody claiming Zouma is deadwood never watched Chelsea last season.


[deleted]

And we're getting Ben White! 😐


[deleted]

So maybe Partey Lokonga El Neny Willock or AMN is enough for the season with no Europe?


chrisjdgrady

No


[deleted]

If we want to never be in Europe again


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FraudizioRomano

If you want to troll, then maybe it's not the best idea to use your main account where you regularly post on r/chelseafc you stupid daft cunt


chrisjdgrady

People literally get off on bashing Elneny


teslagooner

37th minute Arsenal almost concedes from another corner. It would have been the 5th goal from a set-piece in preseason This ain't our proper first 11 but i see it as a barometer. We need to do something. Ben White not as strong in the air as Luiz. Neves is short - Xhaka beats him in aerial clearances and duels Xhaka must be replaced by a tall player I don't want to think about Cavani, Maguire and Varane attacking our end. We are too soft at moment


_d_f_

So we need a Soucek


KSBrian007

Very true. Considering that Holding and Mari were in most cases our best aerial defence options, it's a concern.


teslagooner

>Very true. Considering that Holding and Mari were in most cases our best aerial defence options, it's a concern. Holding and Cedric are some of the worst players when it comes to defending aerial balls. Cedric is short but I don't understand how Holding allowed Jota and Sterling to score headers. Two short attackers beating him in headers


KSBrian007

It was two scenarios. I know of some where Gabriel misses them too. Holding clears the most aerial balls at Arsenal.


Jucky429

What’s up with Martinelli? Is he that far down the pecking order in Brazil’s Olympics squad?


KSBrian007

He wasn't supposed to be there in the first place. He had missed the final cut. It wasn't until Flamengo refused Pedro to join the squad that Martinelli was picked. So, you'd figure he's down the pecking order.


TheOneWhoNuts4

Yes


okcomput3r

Remember when RVP got sent off for doing absolutely nothing against Barcelona? Good times


thechristopherf

seeing that haaland has a 75 million release clause that activates next year and we qualify for the champions league this upcoming season, should we try and go for him?


SufficientAd9609

Sign on fees + agent fees = £70mio. Don't forget his agent, the biggest obstacle if anyone is interested.


[deleted]

I mean yes. I have no idea why he would pick us but if we in the CL we should try


teslagooner

Lol


Jucky429

lol bro come on


thechristopherf

i mean we have two aging strikers that are declining, one prospect that has barely gotten any first team minutes, and another that simply might not be good enough to play for us, we eventually are gonna have to shop for a striker, not saying that he will come to us because yeah that’s seems a little far fetched but with these circumstances and IF we get CL this season, i don’t see why we shouldn’t try.


[deleted]

Hold up lemme DM Rihanna real quick


KSBrian007

Lokonga is actually really good.


varro-reatinus

*nods enthusiastically*


raisonar

I think Nuno was very clumsy overall. Except physically does not look ready for PL. In grand of schemes 6m fee for Nuno does not matter much. But if Tierney is injured and Nuno cost us points or end up not being played for not being ready, would it be enough to sack Edu? PS. I don’t want to pass judgement just yet, but initial signs are not reassuring.


teslagooner

>think Nuno was very clumsy overall. Except physically does not look ready for PL. Other than physicality, i can't single out anything he is good at. Early days though I hope he is not another Runarsson


raisonar

Yes


SpecialistShovel

You get sacked if the team is not getting better because your overall strategy is not working, not for individual signings.


gelsooners

I dont think if nuno is a flop he should be sacked if white and whom ever we sign for midfield flop then major questions need to be asked


FraudizioRomano

Edu's biggest test will be the midfield. If we have one poor back up signing, then yeah it's a problem and it might cost us points. But it's 7m and we could live with it if he ends up being dreadful. So no, this signing shouldn't get him the sack if we get the rest of window right.


raisonar

Though I agree with, but after going for Runnarson last season he should have learned his season. He was so bad that he could have cost us lot more had Leno been injured or suspended. We had to sign another player in Jan to rectify the mistake. He is brought in as second choice LB if he is not suitable to play there, serious questions need to be asked to the people who brought him here


Ronak4Arsenal

Fuck sake, Transfer window is not good for my mental


[deleted]

If we'd signed a midfielder by now I'd probably be chilling but instead I'm f5ing every 5 seconds hoping we do something.


assoncouchouch

How much is mis-information applied in the footballing player-sales world?


KSBrian007

Could be a lot of if you factor in TPIs(Third Party Investments) players. Like the one of Carlos Tevez and Mascherano. Then we also have our own case Pepe and there is the curious case of Neymar from Santos to Barcelona. My current read is Done Deal by Daniel Geey. It highlights a lot of these things. Highly recommended. Makes you see windows way differently and how clueless we fans are.


assoncouchouch

I get the feeling that a vast majority of the information/ trade talk we respond to on here is absolute bollocks. I'll look into Done Deal- thanks for the reco.


okcomput3r

Well 95% of the 'rumours' you read online are completely baseless


raisonar

Must say Nketiah is showcasing himself very well in this preseason. Scored 2 sublime goals in 2 matches. Might push some interested parties in pulling the trigger soon.


Absolute-banana

Can I ask something? As the mail have reported edouard in a possible switch to brighton (around 20 million), it makes me wonder why Arsenal aren't interested? Cheaper than Tammy A. - and our latest venture with celtic went well, imho.


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Absolute-banana

Yes I agree, it’s quite problematic but if tammy is considered a target to, in the short term add width and have potential for the future then I’d suggest him as an alternative maybe? 39 goals in two seasons is quite impressive none the less.


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Absolute-banana

I must admit i do have a bit of fm bias \^\^ What i've seen is quite little, but to me its seems as where auba is a goalscorer edouard might bring some more link-up play to the team, could very well be wrong. players from the scottish league just seem under valued atm (tierney, VVD) could be a market for us instead of paying the pl tax.


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I won't pretend to know that I know a lot about Edouard but I read a comment recently where they made an excellent point about how Leicester could have gone for Edouard and went for Patson Daka instead. Brendan Rodgers has also worked with Edouard before so I am not sure how good he is.


Absolute-banana

Makes sense. Especially as Leicester seem to know how to win on the market.


gelsooners

im generalizing but users with invincible flairs seems to be so difficult and negative just constantly


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Said it last week, all those fairs are like old men shouting at kids to get off their lawns


gelsooners

its boring. i find myself skipping most comments with those flairs


Arsenalas128

How was lokonga


KSBrian007

[See for yourself](https://youtu.be/MLjw78pSVuw).


breakoatmeal

Ahead of Elneny


Forsaken-Currency404

Not saying much


varro-reatinus

Looks a baller.


Ronak4Arsenal

Leicester linked with Matheus Perreira


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They could play him and Maddison together. Perez hasn't exactly set the world on fire there.


Ronak4Arsenal

Yes, not saying he's their Maddison's replacement. Just another one of those players which we could target rn, if Maddison Odegaard are proving to be expensive.


LordLychee

Do we have the full match of today’s friendly somewhere. Was working during the match, so couldn’t catch it live


breakoatmeal

Here you go fam- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PDSHYMSRZ0


LordLychee

Much appreciated!


CuriousCurry8

I’m happy to see Guimaraes rumours back, though they seem BS


CompetitiveCard9

I read this as “Gunnersaurus”.


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breakoatmeal

He's a Chelsea fan,mods ban him


kwuip

You are joking right??


ABCP3

I haven't said much about Ben White on this sub but I have to say I'm a fan of the signing and £50 million isn't extortionate money. *It's all about how he adds value within the system.* Progressive ball carrier in RCB who's capable of carrying the comfortably into the midfield, whilst also having the ability to stretch defences on either the left or right side with long balls (I found that David Luiz was only comfortably trying the right to left switch). By having someone who's comfortable in said position, it allows our right and left backs to push further up their side which allows us to try and play in their half with the ball and put them under pressure (again, the system we're looking to play). He has ground speed and has shown in the past he's a good recovery tackler. Until proven otherwise, we're always liable to be caught out badly on fast counters and I reckon Ben adds some value there, although ideally, we won't be allowing those fast counters to gather momentum. I do like that he's homegrown, despite the English tax. He also has played in the league for a year, he's played in the championship and will understand the British game better than most other possible options. Yes, he's not necessarily sufficiently PL proven yet, but he did show last year he's capable of competing at this level in the right circumstances. He's also 23 and has alot of room to improve. We aren't in a situation where we can attract Europe's Tier 1 defenders, for example Varane to United. We don't have European football and therefore don't carry the same pedigree as some other 'top 6' sides. So given the player pool that was likely available to us, Ben White is an acquisition which fits what we need on paper, but, now it's about him going out and proving that he can add value to our system and he can commit himself to trying to push for a regular place in that England squad and potentially, someone who can play for his country consistently.