It would be wise to assume that Younes Kaboul and Vlad Chiriches won't
be at the club next season which would push Wimmer closer to a starting place.
Not exact matches
Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players begin their latest Champions League campaign
next week and everyone connected with the
club is hoping that this
season sees the Gunners go
at least one better than recent years
which have seen us finish second in the group and then exit the competition
at the first knockout stage.
Admittedly, he
's impressing many and the 19 - year - old has
been labelled the «new Dino Zoff» by certain sections of the Italian media
which in turn should earn him a starting berth
at parent
club Udinese
next season.
How many assists did Ozil have last
season?If Arsenal had a clinical striker last
season we would've won the league.But of course our so called super sub and Mr. Stamina passed with flying colours.It
's funny how people only look
at his laziness yet forget about his other qualities.You need to look
at which outweighs the other.Some
are also saying he
's staying because no one
is interested in him.That
's funny.He could even go to Madrid
next season and would even
be their highest assist for consecutive seasons.It
's funny how we talk of him like he
's nothing.How I wish he left last
season to a top
club with clinical finishers.He
's even wasting his talents here honestly speaking.
And as that
was the player's third booking in Europe's premier
club competition this
season, it meant a suspension from Madrid's
next Champions League fixture,
which sadly for Alonso, just happens to
be the final
at the Estadio Dragao on May 24.
It now seems likely that Arsene Wenger will remain
at the Emirates as speculation has linked the
club with various transfer targets,
which suggests that the Frenchman
is making plans for
next season even though his current deal expires in the summer.
I think only barca real or Bayern can tempt those players away from leicester, they would give
at least a year to the
club, but
season after that they will move onto other
club depending on their form
next season.As for arsenal transfer i wouldn't want to listen to rumours as most of the times these rumours
are just utter garbage.i want a certain rumour about Wolfsburg signing giroud to
be true.Anyways if our idiotic manager has some sense left in him after an embarrassing
season he should get a premium striker
which the
club needed for past 4 years.He need to put his ego aside and his old philosophy of waiting for players to develop.We need already established players in every department of our team.Penny pinching has cost us just pay the damn money get the players.I get the feeling
next season is going to
be harder and we have less chance of winning cause man city have had 2
seasons without premier league and guardiola
is gonna bring more quality and hunger to that team.
Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez
is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by
season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never
been more on display than in North London, but the
club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have
been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only
be as good as the players and system around him,
which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have
been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have
been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither
are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both
are below average first - touch players,
which should
be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have
been played wide left or never purchased
at all; what a huge waste of time and money,
which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had
been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey
is a direct indictment of this
club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the
next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average,
at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it
is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always
be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off
At the same time there
is the question of
which club Wenger could
be managing himself
next season after he declared that he
was not quite ready to hang up the zippy coat.
Yes we owe the banks around 230 million it
's a long term loan we pay back around 25 million a year, this
season 2014/15 we ar going to turn ower around 330 + million And our outgoing
is going to
be around 220 million or less, this
season and the
next 5
seasons we will
be malikng around 110 million profit a year, we had 170million in the bank in April
which was confirmed by the
club we have spent some money on players 70 + million leaves you with 100 million in the bank then in June we recived 3 new sponsership deal worth around 130 million (wether or not it
was paid lump sump or spread across the
season to lower profit margin that I haven't looked
at) all in all we can spend ready cash ower 200 milion if we realy want we can spend double and more of that sum and we still
be within the FFP rules becouse they look
at accounts 3 years acumalation
Ozil wants to run down his contract and move for free
at the end of
next season,
which means that he will
be able to negotiate terms with any
club from outside of the UK, when there
's 6 months left on his contract.
In contrast, it
's claimed that the Reds owner
are apprehensive about the figures involved in the deal,
which in turn could open the door for Chelsea to swoop as Antonio Conte looks to add firepower to his squad, with or without Diego Costa
at the
club next season.
arsenal as a big and rich
club they didn't spent so much money to buy best players in the past years like the other big
clubs so this time it
is a must that arsenal buys best defender, midfielder and striker and as well keep Sanchez valuing the service that he will
be giving
next season mote than # 50
m which will also protect him not to play against arsenal
at least for the coming
season, and who knows after wards..
which is the opposite of Spanish big 2
clubs where they do have inexperience managers but their supporting them with players recruitment and they always wins something big within 2 years.The only hope i have
is behind the scene changes towards
next season i mean sven and Sanllehi and wenger to leave Arsenal
at the end of this
season otherwise
is not gonna work because of chemistry
After the disappointments of the current campaign and with the
club seemingly determined to keep Wenger in charge for
at least one more year there
is talk of a big shake - up
at the
club this summer and I think that the
next few weeks could have a big say on
which players the boss really trusts to give what
is required to fight for the title
next season.
Faced with this situation there
is little point in fans exerting pressure on Wenger and the Board as the
next two
seasons will see the
club slide into mid table mediocrity
at best One can only hope that AW and the Board have the decency to step down when his current contract expires by
which time it will
be increasingly difficult to attract quality players to the
club
The Red Devils will surely
be looking
at defending their unbeaten run,
which is currently a
club record 25 league games, but Mourinho claims his eyes
are on the prize of Europa League glory,
which would assure Champions League football for
next season also.
Wilshere, who spent last
season on loan
at fellow Premier League side Bournemouth, return to training this week following the leg fracture he suffered whilst on loan
at the Cherries as reported the Telegraph, with the England international still believing that he as a future
at the
club beyond
next summer,
which is when his current Gunners deal expires.
Read on to see the three strikers United
are looking
at, and
which one
club captain Rooney would most like to
be playing alongside
next season...
All of
which now places a big question mark over the future of Sherwood
at the
club next season, despite the fact that the ex-Spurs midfielder
was only handed a permanent 18 - month contract to manage the
club in December.
Apart of Lucas Perez who looks to want to leave this window, the on the fringe Gunners such as: Gibbs, Wilshere, Jenkinson, Debuchy who
are looking to
be the crust of the surplus to requirements
at Arsenal this summer
are all playing hardball with Arsenal preferring to see out the last year of their deals
at Arsenal
which for Debuchy, expired
next season, so that theyll continue to earn the big salaries they
are earning currently
at Arsenal
which they
are not ready to lower to transfer to any
club that want to sign any of them this summer.
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...
It
's the fans that keep sacrificing because this team can't get their head out of their own ass... please give me some examples when a top
club ever let their best player leave for free
at the end of a
season... Wenger needs to go to PSG and get some money and talent for Sanchez so that we can end this nonsense once and for all... then he needs to publicly apologize for the way in
which they handled the whole situation... if they allow Sanchez to go for free there
is no way this
club, under the tutelage of Kroenke and Wenger, will ever layout the necessary coin to replace such a talented player, especially considering that Wenger will
be a lame - duck manager once again in the final year of his contract and we know how well that went last year... open your eyes people, Wenger has spoken publicly about how he hopes that the
next manager can take this
club to the
next level... WHAT?!?... he then went on to speak about leaving them in the perfect position to
be successful,
which is one of the reasons why several pundits felt Wenger would leave after last
season based on the financials and the fact that so many players had only one year left on their respective contracts... who says this shit??? If you believe you
're leaving things in the best possible shape for your potential successor to achieve greatness it raises a couple of serious questions: Why can't you take things to the
next level if everything
is as great as you say?
Wojciech Szczesny may not have
been at Arsenal for the past year but he
is certainly not a forgotten man around the Emirates, with many wondering
which club the Polish shot - stopper will
be at next season.
That blase answer makes me think that he
is willing to keep them both
at the
club next season whether they sign an extension or not,
which would
be a massive waste of resources as they will then have the risk that they may leave for free the following summer.
all of
which bring me to the role of the fans
at this critical juncture in our team's history,
which is to look
at the facts with a rational eye, make sure that the fat cats take responsibility for their decisions and to speak out when the
club is failing to pursue only the highest goals, especially when you
're one of the riches
clubs in the world... so enjoy the victory, but temper those celebrations with the knowledge that one victory doesn't make a
season and that to win this marathon you need the prepare accordingly with the proper players, tactics and determined play... so the
next two weeks
are absolutely crucial if we intend to
be contenders and not pretenders
While there will
be a small rise in prices for
next season, the Hammers» last
at Upton Park, they will fall significantly with the move to the
club's new 54,000 - capacity home -
which coincides with the start of the Premier League's lucrative new television deal.
Come
next season, the Irons will
be tenants
at the Olympic Stadium, down the road from their traditional digs close to where their predecessors Thames Ironworks originally played; a now defunct
club from
which they still draw much of the imagery and heraldry that surrounds the modern side.
It
's been a difficult last few months for Liverpool and everyone involved
at the
club, after a terrible run of results, but their victory in the Merseyside Derby, one
which heated and did have it
's controversial moments, may just have lifted the mood in the camp and perhaps by the time May does come around
next year the Liverpool players can look upon this part of the
season as the pinnacle point in the
season, the point where their
season changed for the good...
at long last!
Following on from the announcement that Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres would leave the
club at the end of the
season, bookmakers have released the odds for
which club could
be his
next destination.
Everton have
been thee class act in recent weeks, with David Moyes» men not only producing the sort of form
which is likely to bring welcomed attention to the
club for a change — the Toffees
are now top of the form table for the past six games — but also many an eye - catching performance
which should provide concerned supporters, who
are all too aware of the financial state of the
club and that big - named targets
are unlikely to
be arriving
at Goodison in the summer without fresh investment, with encouragement ahead of
next season's exploits.
The
club will make no moves one way or the other until the
club know
which level they
are playing
at next season and, should it
be the Premier League, David Moyes will
be handed the gig.
Conte
is unlikely to
be the manager of the
club at the start of
next season,
which is a worry for Chelsea, as he may not care about finishing in the Champions League places.
Lifting the trophy in Sweden in a week and a half will
be United's main aim, also booking a place in the elite European competition
next season, saving a cut in their adidas deal,
which will also see United's players not have their wages cut, the ones that remain
at the
club after the summer,
at least.
«If you want to ask me directly,
which I suppose you want, if I see myself
next season in Manchester United, I say I see myself [here] and, as I told you when I arrived, I
am going to leave when the
club wants me to leave because I have no intention to leave
at all.
Next up
is a trip to Blackpool and Bloomfield Road,
which is where so many big named
clubs have struggled this
season, including United, who
were 2 - 0 down
at one stage but somehow found a way to ground out 3 - 2 victory; Liverpool and Tottenham have also
been beaten there this
season.
The 28 year old,
is out of contract with Arsenal
at the end of the
season as reported by Daily Mail, with the German
being free to megotiate transfer with foreign
clubs in the winter of
Next year,
which has alerted Inter Milan president Erick Thohir.
Yesterday, he finally revealed his retirement from Barcelona that he would not
be the coach of this Spanish giant
next season which means he will leave the
club at the end of the
season.
But if Le Prof does allows Sanchez to remain
at Arsenal beyond this summer window without having him to extend his stay and will not cash in on a very big cash deal to sell him to a
club that
's want him and he too wants to go there, wouldn't Le Prof
be embarking on a huge gamble that could payoff if Arsenal win the PL title
next season which will then justifies keeping him?
United will
be a changed side this weekend with Jose Mourinho having an eye on Wednesday's clash with Hull in the Premier League
at Old Trafford, a match in
which they need the win to keep their chances of a top - four finish in with a chance
at the end of the
season,
which will
be required to play in the UEFA Champions League
next season, or the
club will face a reduction in revenue and players will suffer pay cuts.
The Premier League will
be using goal - line technology
at all
clubs in the top tier of English football
next season and has chosen the Sony - owned Hawk Eye to provide it.Unlike world football governing body FIFA,
which will
be using German firm GoalControl... Read more