And the latter has, in an ESPN report, spoken
about moving to a bigger club, just as he did in the summer before knuckling down and helping Southampton to their fantastic EPL start.
A Benitez / Klopp type doing well would become the story and there would be constant speculation
about a move to a bigger club.
Not exact matches
This is why he rejected
big club moves and stayed here where he knows the board is all
about making money, where he would never have
to face pressure
to win or be sacked
They are talking
about signing Arsenal players and mentioning how Ibra's a target of theirs too, all because he wants
to move to a
big club in London.
Perhaps if the star is worried
about his reputation stopping him from sealing a
move to one of the
biggest club's in the world he should learn
to keep his comments
to himself rather than fueling further speculation.
What
about all the tott players telling him that you only
move to big clubs for more money and better chances at winning stuff, then they'll say there is no point in
moving if you get that at Lei.
The sad truth is that we are just a couple of players away from having a very strong starting 11... Wenger's fixation with Walcott and mertesakher as starting players remains a mystery
to me... neither have the quality of a top team like arsenal... I am not a giroud hater but he is still too inconsistent and the
big question is whether welbeck can push him in a way Walcott won't... Campbell has done well and has
moved ahead of Walcott and, ox for sure but there is still a question
about how much more he can improve... Elneny is certainly an upgrade over arteta and flamini whether he will make it I don't know just hope that he does but arguably wenger could have been more ambitious... That leaves a top quality striking option... There is no doubt that wenger deluded himself over the summer and that needs
to be corrected ASAP... Draxler dybala aube and even griezman with a
big enough
big could have been prized in summer... january not a good time for this but it is not difficult
to find better options than Walcott ox or Campbell... All a question of whether wenger wants
to win EPL on his terms or wants
to win this for the
club
With the January transfer window now having opened,
clubs are not just able
to secure
big money arrivals for this month itself, but also talk
to players whose contracts expires at the end of the season
about the possibility of a bosman
move — even the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool have been linked with numerous free transfer
moves
I personally believe that Wenger didn't push
to have the contracts of Sanchez, Ozil, Ramsey and Ox renewed earlier because he was going
to use it as leverage when renegotiating his own deal... so far that tactic has backfired as we know little more
about this squad
moving forward than we did in May and Wenger clearly misjudged just how important his staying would be
to both Sanchez and Ox... I like Lacazette, but I liked him a lot more 2 years ago at 20 million less... Sead might come good but once again he wasn't a necessity buy, except that he was a free transfer and was signed early... another «wag the dog» tactic employed by the powers that be... as for the rest of the roster, very little has changed, except that it's way too
big and lacks the cutting edge
to take this
club to new heights.
The Italian has suggested that his player is happy
to stay with the Premier League champions, although reports have claimed that Mahrez is keen
to move on
to a
bigger club and now the player himself has spoke out
about the situation
to try
to clear things up, as The Sun reports.
OT if rumours are true
about Sanchez and Aguero swap then the
club should make it happen if Alexis doesn't want
to be at the
club move him on Arsenal is
bigger than Alexis and no player should hold the
club to ransom if his heart isn't in it his performances will only dip and the
club will suffer for it, he's always been a bit of a sulker anyway give him
to city get Aguero and lets
move on
there is no doubting that Arsene has helped
to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right
to decide when and how he should leave this
club... there have been numerous managers at each of the
biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed
to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective
clubs... of course that doesn't mean that
clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if
clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes
to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes
to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our
move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due
to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent
to «professional people»
to maintain a certain standard then does a complete
about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except
move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more
about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football
club it's not so easy
to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying
to find silver linings
to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark
After we reported in an earlier Just Arsenal post that while posting on social media
to dispel any further Arsenal transfer rumours
about his possible
move to Premier League rivals Liverpool, Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain appeared
to suggest that Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez would be staying with the
club, Metro reported that the Chilean himself had dropped the
biggest hint yet that his future was with the Gunners.
To be sincere, am kinda jealous about the Pato to liverpool rumour, bcos I remember when he was at Ac Milan he was sought after by many big clubs some of us even wanted him at Arsenal then... Buh seriously, I trust wenger's judgement on whoever he signs or fail to sign... We can not be blaming wenger whenever he dint sign the players we want, I could name some players that we have always wanted and they turn out to be flops... OT: The Telegraph is reporting that Rabiot is on the brink of 15m move Arsen
To be sincere, am kinda jealous
about the Pato
to liverpool rumour, bcos I remember when he was at Ac Milan he was sought after by many big clubs some of us even wanted him at Arsenal then... Buh seriously, I trust wenger's judgement on whoever he signs or fail to sign... We can not be blaming wenger whenever he dint sign the players we want, I could name some players that we have always wanted and they turn out to be flops... OT: The Telegraph is reporting that Rabiot is on the brink of 15m move Arsen
to liverpool rumour, bcos I remember when he was at Ac Milan he was sought after by many
big clubs some of us even wanted him at Arsenal then... Buh seriously, I trust wenger's judgement on whoever he signs or fail
to sign... We can not be blaming wenger whenever he dint sign the players we want, I could name some players that we have always wanted and they turn out to be flops... OT: The Telegraph is reporting that Rabiot is on the brink of 15m move Arsen
to sign... We can not be blaming wenger whenever he dint sign the players we want, I could name some players that we have always wanted and they turn out
to be flops... OT: The Telegraph is reporting that Rabiot is on the brink of 15m move Arsen
to be flops... OT: The Telegraph is reporting that Rabiot is on the brink of 15m
move Arsenal
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...
Xhaka was a
big money name
to move to the
club this summer and although he has mixed reviews
about him so far, I'm sure that he's going
to be a real dominant character for the
club.
They were horrible in the 1st half not
to end the game in 1st half... We have discussed lot
about Wenger's Leaving the
club today or tomorrow but who is the right candidate for this
club to move forward... That is
big question...
If i was him i would
move to a
bigger club if given the opportunity.At the moment he is the
big up & coming manager, he is the young manager everyone talks
about.But if Bournemouth have a struggle next year, which is by no means a given, but a possibility his stauts as one of the best younguns
about could wane.If they struggle he could be sacked, not that that is a given, but in this day & age could be a distinct possibilty.I just think maybe it would be a good time for him
to move on if he wants
to further his career before a possible season of struggle in the Prem takes the gloss off his growing reputation as a manager who does it the right way
«It's true, there are many options and we are talking
about some
big European
clubs,» Bicanic told a Croatian outlet recently, with links
about his potential
move to England going around.
now reports are ade has asked for a couple of days
to think
about the
move as man citeh are not
big in africa (surprise) I'm sure chelsea and arsenal are the
biggest epl
clubs in that part of the world I would be interested if some of our fellow african gooners could fill me in on this.