Benik Afobe has returned to
Arsenal following a loan spell with Wanderers.
Not exact matches
The
Arsenal youth product is spending the season on
loan with Bournemouth City, in order to get his career back on track
following a number of injuries and fitness issues, and has been able to complete the full 90 minutes in each of his last three outings.
Danish striker Bendtner, who has spent recent spells on
loan at Birmingham and Sunderland, appears to have no future at
Arsenal following the summer arrivals of Oliver Giroud and Lukas Podolski.
Arsene Wenger has seen Francis Coquelin go from strength to strength
following his return to the first team, having been out on
loan at Charlton Athletic, but the
Arsenal manager may well still deem it necessary to bring in a stronger option to help provide some much needed steel in the centre of the park.
He stayed with
Arsenal for the
following season, but after only 37 minutes of league football in the first half of the campaign, opted to leave on another
loan to join Villareal until the end of the term.
Arsene Wenger opted to trust to Francis Coquelin
following the French utility man's fine displays over the course of the second half of 2014/15, however in doing so the
Arsenal manager has placed far too much of a risk on the player, who he was after all happy to
loan out to Championship side Charlton Athletic last term.
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and
loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to
Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to
follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...
BigGun i agree that he should stay until end of season, if he is leaving then he should only
loan players in January and leave the bulk of the money to the next manager, i personally would like to see Pep Guardiola to stand in for AW because
Arsenal modeled (our play) on his way of play when he was at Barca possession (tiki taca) also he has a huge
following of top players he can bring to our club.
Is Nwakali going to turn out to be the next
Arsenal starlet in the youth team, or is he going to
follow so many youngsters down the sorry trail of being
loaned until their correct expires?
Off topic but if you guys are as interested as I am about how our youngsters fare on
loan,
follow this guy on YouTube (no, it's not me lol but to his credit he puts a lot of effort making these
Arsenal videos)
There has been a lot of talk recently in regards to the future of the
Arsenal forward Joel Campbell, who has found first - team opportunities hard to come by
following his return to the Emirates after three successful
loan spells at Lorient, Real Betis and most recently, Olympiakos.
Following the arrival of Petr Cech from Chelsea this summer,
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger decided to
loan out controversial goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
So will Carl Jenkinson, in his first
Arsenal appearance since May 2014,
following two
loan spells at West Ham United.
It has been reported that
Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski is set for talks with Galatasaray on Wednesday
following a
loan spell with Inter Milan.
Wenger also revealed
Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is close to signing a new contract, capping an unexpected return to the line - up
following a
loan spell at Bournemouth last season that seemed to spell the end of his time in north London.
Current Joe Hart odds with SkyBet, to sign with before end of transfer window in September 2017: Liverpool 2/1 Torino 3/1 Everton 6/1 West Ham 7/1
Arsenal 7/1 Napoli 16/1 Sunderland 20/1 AC Milan 33/1 Sevilla 33/1 Dortmund 33/1 PSG 33/1 To Stay at Manchester City (Does not include returning on
loan following a permanent deal elsewhere) 33/1
Unfortunately, Francis Jeffers was unable to live up to his «Fox in the Box» tag, finding the net just eight times in 39 games for
Arsenal before returning to Everton on
loan in 2003 and then Charlton Athletic permanently the
following year.
I think the situation is worse now on two fronts — one was that 10 years ago
Arsenal were not competing for the very top players because of the lack of money
following the stadium
loans, and when the club started coming into the market again for Alexis and Ozil, it was felt this was a new start that could lift
Arsenal up the table to challenge for the league.
When asked about the deal
following Arsenal's 2 - 2 draw with Chelsea on Wednesday, Wenger said: «Yes but he's not ready to play for us, we'll give him out on
loan.»
Official confirmation
followed shortlu afterwards around 9.15 pm confirming «West Ham United are delighted to announce the arrival of defender Carl Jenkinson on a season - long
loan from
Arsenal.»
The World Cup winning German International, who joined the Gunners in 2012 from Bundesliga side FC Koln for # 11m, spent the second half of last season on
loan to Inter Milan in the Italian Serie A
following limited playing time at
Arsenal.