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Pound for pound we have alot of second rate players per position compared to other rival clubs so really who would miss this lot if they went?

Not exact matches

And from what i hear, Chelsea are gonna guarantee him first team football for some games so i wouldn't really blame him for considering, The fault i with Arsenal, we shouldn't have let all these players contracts run down coz now the Club is in an impossible position of either selling the players now or risk losing them for free next season and possibly to rival clubs.

It saddens me when our rivals are so fast to hijack out targets, but we never even try hijack theirs (coz we know with our penny pinching & lack of ambition will make good players accept the rivals), of the 6 top teams in England, which club is going after the Nigerian kid we are after?

Our rivals have all done extensive strengthening so far this window, with the likes of Ilkay Gundogan, Nolito, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, N'Golo Kante and Vincent Jansson having joined rival clubs, while Granit Xhaka is our only signing thus far.

We can only hope that the teams leading the way so far in the Premier League drop points before our match, but with Man City going to bottom club Crystal Palace who have yet to pick up a point or even score a goal, while their local rivals United play Southampton the chances are not good for us.

He is only just 26 and it would be stupid beyond belief not to offer him a new contact, since we are already in Jan, when he can talk, if he wants to - but clearly is reluctant to do so - to rival clubs.

Another player in this sort of mould is the Barcelona and Turkey international star Arda Turan, who did so well for his current club's La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid for four seasons.

I'm absolutely gutted that Arsenal are currently owned by a tycoon that employs a manager that I wouldn't employ as my cleaner, but I am more gutted that we have so called supporters and fans that would praise our rivals, rather than get behind their own club.

So even without the relaxing of the FFP rules, Arsene Wenger is still likely to have a smaller transfer budget than our big Premier League rivals and with Chelsea and the Manchester clubs also able to offer the lure of Champions League football, our manager will be hoping that his transfer targets are not the same.

The Scot suggested that Arsenal are being left behind by the likes of his former team, Chelsea, the Manchester clubs and our north London rivals Tottenham, so perhaps Wenger should use this to make sure the Gunners go to Watford and prove Dalglish wrong by going back above Liverpool on Saturday evening.

As already noted, with City so far clear at the top of the Premier League and with almost all their rivals in disarray, it could mean Guardiola can really focus on this competition like few other managers of English clubs have had the luxury of being able to do in recent times.

The problem there is that both of the clubs being linked with the 24 - year old are direct Premier League rivals, so which of Liverpool and Chelsea would we prefer to sell to?

The two clubs are based in rival shipping towns, so their rivalry is based on over a century of hate.

So there is more bad news today for Arsenal fans hoping that Arsene Wenger is still going to come up with the goods in the last few days of the summer transfer window, according to the Evening Standard, which is reporting that Jose Mourinho is not going to allow the Manchester United defender Phil Jones to sign for the club managed by his rival manager.

So possibly the purpose of this is to scared of potential rival, kind of like «We are no longer the «poor» Arsenal, we have resources to outbid most clubs, so don't even think about starting a bidding war with us»So possibly the purpose of this is to scared of potential rival, kind of like «We are no longer the «poor» Arsenal, we have resources to outbid most clubs, so don't even think about starting a bidding war with us»so don't even think about starting a bidding war with us».

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

Apart of Ozil and Sanchez, one could say Arsenal are still gribpling with the terms of to regularly be buying top class players as they have not been able to match or undo their 3 main title rivals of the 2 Manchester clubs and Chelsea when it comes to be buying world class players regularly in the transfer market to overhaul their teams which have seen Arsenal failed to win the PL and Ucl titles for more ten years or so even after they've repaid to a large extend the loans they took to build the Ems Stadium.

So it still seems that Arsene Wenger is unable or unwilling to match the money offered by rival clubs for our transfer targets.

Despite AFC being one of the richest and most profitable clubs in the world, silent Stan won't spend like our direct rivals so Simeone could be the man to make the most of our current squad.

Clearly, top clubs and managers see something in Barkley, so Chelsea will be happy to beat rivals Spurs to his signature.

So it has been good to see the Frenchman so far be resolute in his determination not to sell players to rival Premier League clubs, especially our star striker Alexis Sanchez who has been linked with both Chelsea and Man CitSo it has been good to see the Frenchman so far be resolute in his determination not to sell players to rival Premier League clubs, especially our star striker Alexis Sanchez who has been linked with both Chelsea and Man Citso far be resolute in his determination not to sell players to rival Premier League clubs, especially our star striker Alexis Sanchez who has been linked with both Chelsea and Man City.

Arsenal fans are well aware of this and to be fair we are often the first to criticise Arsene Wenger, our club and our players for any perceived flaw, so I would not be surprised to hear some Gooners as well as the fans of our Premier League rivals being negative about the signing of Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon for what looks like being an Arsenal transfer record of around # 50 million.

this man is so self - absorbed... does he really think that we should feel so honored that he chose to stay with little old us... does he not understand that many of us would have literally driven him to the ends of the earth if he promised never to return... has anyone noticed that the only teams he says are interested in him are some of the biggest clubs in the world whose managers spend freely, follow through on their promises or are terminated, listen to their fan - bases, have a lot of strong personalities within their squads, rarely play their top players out of position, win against their top rivals or suffer the wrath, don't blame the ref after every loss and embrace their former stars... even if his stories had any truth to them, he would last but a cup of coffee

Trap shooting is doing so both figuratively and literally as student - athletes are increasingly hitting the range at local shooting clubs to hone their craft and compete against students of rival high schools.

Mourinho, who has already brought in Victor Lindelof, Nemanja Matic and Romelu Lukaku to the club this summer, is eager to spend more in order to improve his squad before the window shuts on August 31st, with United being second only to local rivals Manchester City in terms of money spent so far this summer, as per the Express.

All very honourable from the Prof, except that there are now rumours that plenty of other clubs, including our big Premier League rivals like Chelsea, are not so hesitant about taking advantage of the situation in east London.

This season looks like being a tighter title race than usual with as many as six different clubs having the potential to win it, so doing well against those mai8n rivals could be vital.

This is the same club that refused to sanction the transfer of any of their players in the other direction, so do they really think that a direct rival should just roll over for them because they have more money, if a lot less history and class?

Furthermore, Wenger will be desperate to avoid losing him to a domestic rival, and so the Frenchman faces a tough time in the coming months not only to keep his current group of stars in tact, but to also significantly strengthen and ensure that the disappointment at the club doesn't go on.

But do big clubs let their best player head off to their rivals for free without so much as a penny.

You won't expect the club or management to come out and say Sanchez is for sale, or more specifically to a rival so perhaps he is a good scapegoat.

So while some Arsenal fans have complained about the big centre forward not being good enough ever since he joined us from the French club Montpellier some years ago, a lot of us and most rival fans think he is pretty good and Giroud feels pretty happy about the credit and respect he gets at club level.

Yes I know that it might be a little bit petty and small minded for Arsenal fans to take some pleasure from the suffering of others, but Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain is a former player who showed our club no love or respect when forcing his transfer to our Premier League rivals Liverpool during the summer transfer window, so that makes him fair game in my book.

As a so called ex Arsenal legend, naively Merson doesn't seem to recognise the gravitas his words are held in and used as ammunition by those who support rival clubs.

Yes i totally agree with Ramsey we're now started to see some positive players players that have an ambition to bring back our invisible Gunners out of darkness we tired of being laughing @ from other football club fans around the world we tired of being aiming higher and end up be to button of our rivals Afc is a very outstanding world class fc for God sake we have all the potential to take our club to the highest level so come on Wenger let's do it also glad to see the way Wenger treated Morenho on Sunday & I'll love to see Wenger do the same every time they meet in public place until Morenho realize his arrogant behavior towards Wenger.

The Real Madrid star insists that his club and their rivals in La Liga, Barcelona, are above and beyond any other club in the world and so it would make no sense for him to want to leave, especially as the talk about the new Madrid manager Rafa Benitez not planning to have him as a regular starter have proved to be wide of the mark.

So why wouldn't you be endeared to him if you support a rival club?

Arsenal fans are fed up with it and rightly so, but just where does the blame really lie for the club's failure to compete with all of our Premier League rivals in the transfer market?

Arsenal fans do not want to see our players sold to rival clubs in the English Premier League at the best of times, so on the face of it the transfer this week of Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain to Liverpool fresh on the back of our 4 - 0 humbling at Anfield by the same club does not sit well.

At Real Madrid, he exiled and shamed club legend Iker Casillas so much that even players from their eternal rivals Barcelona were sending their sympathies.

We are sorry if we seem ungrateful sometimes Admin, you are really doing a GREAT job making me especially happy and i don't know about any other person cause i might not comment very often but i visit this site every single day of my life to read comments from everyone and it really makes my day... So thank you very much and nevertheless, i personally am tired of reading articles of Alexis Sanchez now... I must admit i personally thought Sanchez was holding Arsenal to ransom before, until Wenger came out to say he has never asked for a transfer request and i think the club has made there intentions known that they don't want to sell him, not even to a title rival and i think that is why city are now going after mbappe, seems they are desperately in need of a striker and if they are that desperate they should fork out 80m for Sanchez if they really need him, I LIKE THE RISK ARSENAL IS TAKING AS REGARDS SANCHEZ..

And when a club says u can go but not to a rival it's fair coz it's not like alexis is a life long Man City fan like cesc was for barca so it's simple!

After what Sanches said about «he wants champions league footbal next season» that's defenaitly saying he wants to leave and just put the price up of every player we are after and worst deferred from joining us, he should of kept his mouth shut until we finished our deal, so let's do what clubs like Man - U do with players, don't sell him to rivals teams let them train with youth team, players are becoming bigger then clubs they need reminding who pays their wages, if you want to leave do it like a gentelman and not some ungrateful shi7 no one is against you if you go to Bayern who have more chance of wining the CL then City any day of the week

If he stays it be better part of valour as selling to a rival club would be a cruel blow and Hand them the advantage, so keeping him at the emirates is best option and he play a major part and give him a new contract as well

There is still a real chance that some big spending club will make them am offer they can not refuse for the 18 - year old striker Kylian Mbappe, so it could well be that our two Premier League rivals and their signing of players from Monaco has wrecked Arsenal transfer hopes of Lemar.

Tired of the unappreciative arsenal fans being negative about wenger here we have a club legend one that your luckily alive to witness in your lifetime and man who actually loves the club with heart on sleeve remember the growth the consistency the beauty in our football style and being awed at by clubs around the about the joy of watching an arsenal wenger side play yea soon enough he will be gone hes 68 and uh oh there gos the guy who constantly over the years beat spurs made champions league the invincibles put your belief in the team and him relish what we have and in his tenure we get to be one of the few who get to worry oh maybe we wont finish this year but wait will be top five and probably win a cup or make to or near the final for 21 22 years straight phew wow that could be of been worse had me there for a moment thats all i had to worry about as a fan glad im witnessing a club legend real cub passion not a paid fake smile who will go to another club maybe a rival jose mourinho so stop being a silly nanny negative easy to be worse and it will be after he leaves will go up and down for a bit

I cant see jack Wilshere getting back into the side as we play a different formation now and Xhaka and Ramsey are the two key players there so sell him and bring in a top quality midfielder, As for Alexis Sanchez well it only speculation and the press saying he leave, though no club is bigger than him, so if he doesn't sign the contract then sell him abroad not to a rival club and bring a player in mahrez from Leicester into the side

I don't want to live in a world where we can not sell players to so called rival clubs.

So it was a huge blow to read in the Daily Star today that Hummels has declared that he would only join a club in another country if it was our Premier League rivals Manchester United.What a kick in the teeth!

Danny Rose the Spurs and England left back is the player in question and he was talking about the prof after our manager was linked with the England job, so Rose clearly had other reasons for his comments but the fact is that he has ended up heaping praise on his club's biggest rivals.