However, the 27 - year - old himself believes that he will
still be at the club next season: «I have just finished my first season playing for Manchester United,» Di Maria began, speaking to the Mirror.
There had been worries over whether Alexis Sanchez would
still be at the club next season, but those worries should be drowned out following the latest news.
Brentford chief executive Mark Devlin has told Sky Sports HQ that he expects Jota to
still be at the club next season.
Not exact matches
My advice to wenger, he should simply resign
at the end of the
season, either quietly or openly, because I don't see us competing in anything
next season having him and Stan
still working together, with the very low mentality in the
club, listen to wenger's press conferences, he seems to have one excuse after each poor game, yet he can't correct it there on the field of play before the game ends, I have never heard the players saying he shouted
at them or he
was angry with their first half performance, he doesn't have a winning mentality.
First of all there
is the concern that we will not
be able to continue the brilliant start to the
season and could rop some valuable Premier League points over the
next few weeks and secondly there
is the concern that the underlying injury problems
at the
club are still there.
His future
at the
club would come under even further scrutiny if the Gunners
were to lose
at Wembley, and although picking up the trophy would
still not
be enough to convince the «Wenger Out» brigade that he
is the man to
be at the helm
next season, FA Cup glory would
at least give the fans something to cheer and maybe an element of hope that things will get better.
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
The news will surely go down badly with Arsenal fans who will see the
club miss out on another long - time target, and with question marks
still hanging over Wenger's future
at the Emirates, they will want to see some serious moves made in the summer to ensure that they
're competing for major honours
next season.
But, the Ivorian revealed to the Manchester Evening News on Sunday night that he will
still be a City player
at the start of
next season and went as far to outline his intentions to lead the
club to success in the Premier League and in Europe.
I view Sir Keswick statement on the debate of Le Prof leaving Arsenal
at the end of this
season as a conditional statement to appease the Wenger Out Arsenal fans to
be calm as the Arsenal board who for his prudent financial management skill in managing the
club finances doesn't want him to go now to try to buy time for him to use Arsenal success of a win of the FA Cup and a 4th place table finish this
season as a ploy to convince the Wenger Out Arsenal fans he can
still be kept
at the
club as manager for another 2 — 3 years to achieve the titles they've
been craving after in the
next 2 — 3
season..
His contract runs until the end of
next season and Wenger has already spoken out about that situation, stating that he does not know whether he will
still be at the
club after
next season and that it will
be up to the
club officials, players and fans to decide whether he will remain after 2017.
If the move does not work out and Benzema
is still a Real Madrid after the transfer window closes, Benzema will
be at the mercy of the fans all
next season... like the son of an Elephant washer did
at the Emirates after having his head turned by Barcelona all Summer and the Player himself throwing himself
at the
club, saying «come and get me».
why
was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he
was too injured to play to start the
season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured
at all... so why play him... they can't say it
was to appease the fans because when
was that ever a factor
at this
club except when «panic buys»
were in the offing... I believe that this
was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this
was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez
is, or
was, our best player, so obviously he
's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't
been truly in it for quite some time... even
at the end of last
season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that
being said, 70 % of Sanchez
is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame on you Arsene and shame on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the
next level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you
were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this
club, on the outside looking in
contract to keep him
at the
club for the
next three
seasons, but did Wenger have to promise him that he would
still be his first - choice centre - forward this
season?
Owner Roman Abramovich
is reportedly looking to freshen up the Blues squad and Carlo Ancelotti, if he
is still at the
club next season, will welcome the funds to do so.
You'll probably find that all of the fantasy managers that you would have preferred will
still be managing the same teams
next season that they
were managing when the gullible
were convinced by paper talk that they
were either available to replace Wenger or
were unhappy
at their current
clubs.
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
With Danny Ings set to officially join the
club on July 1, the Reds
are still in need of
at least another forward if they
are to challenge for Champions League qualification
next season.
After a record breaking eight
seasons at Arsenal Henry eased himself speedily into things in La Liga and after 45 goals in his first two
seasons he had managed to help the
club to the treble last term and whilst he
still has the motivation to succeed he may naturally
be thinking of this
next, and possibly, last footballing transfer.
Unfortunately for the Chilean, however, it does not look as though he will
still be in charge of the mega rich
club next season and that could confirm the player's de4cision not to sign an extension to the contract that
is due to run out
at the end of the
season.
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.
Wenger himself has already stated that he will
still be managing somewhere
next season, even if it isn't
at Arsenal, but can anyone really see him going to another
club after 21 years
at Highbury and the Emirates?
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...
Arsene Wenger's decision to stay
at Arsenal and sign a new two - year deal brings to the end a
season - long saga over whether he would
still be at the
club next year.
I personally think that the
club still has little chance of retaining our 2 world class players despite the rumours but it will obviously come
at a cost and
be difficult: 1 - Pay them more than anybody else but, and unfortunately they will probably have to insert some type of release clause for
next summer if the right
club and offer arrives to let them go in case of an ultimate painful underachieving
season.
Le Prof
still has two more
seasons left on his current contract and very few Gooners would
be surprised if he remained
at the
club much longer than that, even though some would prefer him to leave as soon as possible... There have
been many ex-Arsenal legends that
are candidates to become Arsenal's
next boss, with Tony Adams, Steve Bould, Dennis Bergkamp and others already much further advanced in their management training, but even those big names hardly know the
club better than Henry.
Szczesny Arsenal future depends on whether Ospina
is still at the
club next season, if so, then I can't see Szczesny returning just yet, maybe another loan spell awaits him.
So
next season it
is fully possible that our present back three
are either retired or slowing down with age, and Mustafi, Holding and Chambers could
be our first choice back three (if Mustafi
is even
still at the
club).
To add a further twist to this tale, the unhappy the Brazil international reportedly favours a return to Barcelona - who he spent four
seasons at before joining PSG last summer - but either way, he will
still be at the Ligue 1
club next season, according to Balague.
Weak and wasteful on the ball, with a head clearly not in the right place, I'd
be very surprised if Hall
was still at the
club next season.
I read somewhere that some said we
're not clinical enough that
is a culture
at wenger has become too friendly with the players
at Arsenal the players position
are seldom under treat you play poorly for two weeks and you
still make the team you missed a look
at almunia retrospectively don't understand that hey if i get a chance to score i must take it the first time cause i may not get a
next one and you want the players to
be clinical it must start from the top good work or none As
was said on a website to day Arsenal should parade through the streets of london in an open top Bus
at the end of the
season the accountants of the
club and i will through wenger in there too cause to most of you he can do no wrong I love this
club with all my heart and i can support no other
club in football but to see for 5
seasons we can't show any vast improvement and keep making the same mistakes every year
is hard to swallow it makes me sick but as wenger says judge me
at the end i wonder what end he meant the end of the
season or the end of his contract GO ARSENAL......................
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.
I think if you look
at this objectively it
is a pretty easy decision and with the frequent injury problems, I would
be surprised if Craig Davies
is still at the
club next season.
The last thing Chelsea need
is some long running saga with Costa, with Conte and
club officials seemingly well aware of the potential danger his continued presence
at the
club will cause ahead of
next season if he
is still around when summer training begins
next month.