This blog has been inactive for 34 days because the author was last seen running around the neighbourhood screaming, “IT’S FINALLY HAPPENED.” He has now been safely returned to his keyboard. Normal Arsenal-induced emotional instability will resume immediately.
Berta is super active. Trossard is most likely leaving to Besiktas, and we are fetching 17m for him. A good business overall, he has been a fantastic servant and helped us to win a title after so long. We have also been interested in Bruno Guimaraes, I hate that cunt and frankly, I would have been happier if we have gone for an attacking midfielder instead of a DM. But, Declan Rice need the luxury of rest and with the amount of games he has played / playing, we need someone to rotate with him. We will be playing for 4 different trophies again, so yeah that would help a bit.
If rumours are to be believed, we are also trying to bring Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa. They are demanding 130m for him, which is bonkers and I would have laughed for a good 12 minutes before leaving their office had they said that to me. I don’t watch Villa ever since that cunt Emi Martinez started shitting about us, so I have not much idea about him but hey, if someone values him at 100m+, he must be good enough.
We are also trying to rob Villa for Ezri Konsa. Ben White days are numbered in Arsenal shirt and we need a RB who should be able to rotate with Timber without a drop in quality. I won’t mind him, Villa are asking for 60m I think, we paid 50m, 5 years ago for Ben White, so this one’s look the most probable out of all transfer targets we are pursuing.
We are the league winners. We already have a team that won the title. We can go again with the same 24 players and we will still challenge for it this season. However, we surely can use some of that prize money to improve and there are a lot of places we do need improvement.
Midfield has always been a worry to me. Is asking for a CF too much? A left winger after Trossard leaves, and he must be at least better than Martinelli? A right back of course, Ben White looked nervous whatever amount of games he got. There are a lot of things we can improve, and we must. I don’t care of KSE goes bankrupt in doing so.
Right, that’s all for today. I am still rusty but it will improve. I would love to hear what you think about the rumours, what your expectations are and which places we should (and must) improve on.
See you in the comments.
“Arsenal have already moved with intent in this window, securing Piero Hincapie on a permanent deal from Bayer Leverkusen and bringing in Illan Meslier to add competition in goal”
this is what happens when you surround yourself with paid media hacks
btw not a single tv ticker on this side of the globe was tracking Tzolis’s signing, yet I knew the minute Modric re-upped and that Barca signed Adeyemi etc…now that doesn’t mean he won’t come good, but it’s clear that most view this as a bit of a nothing burger…personally I hope he’s a revelation…that said, I’m certainly not rushing out to lay a futures bet
You simply can’t waltz into a post-WC window looking for bargain basement deals for high-priced talent, which isn’t a commentary based on missing out on Rogers, who likely wasn’t worth the price of admission as a left-winger…everyone and their brother knew that prices would be artificailly inflated, so why does it seem like we were the only ones who didn’t get the fucking memo…furthermore our slick Jimmy flirt with everyone in the room recruitment model might have made sense in some previous age when everything was kept in-house, but when you have every fucking platform speaking about our underwhelming bids it’s no wonder that our former number one target was quick to offer up a few post-coital jabs…of course if you’re more than willing to accept your 8th fucking option or whatever scraps are left on the table after the feeding frenzy then this is definitely the way to go
on the other hand those who aren’t willing to settle for anything short of greatness will simply identify their top targets then do everything within their power to bring them into the fold…I guess when you have a manager-centric system in place getting the best talent is pretty fucking low on your list of priorities, which begs the question why the fuck did we bring Berta in…that’s a lot of money to shell out for a human fucking shield…please prove me wrong suit
TRVL
Our targets should have been identified with background approaches made months ago.
It really is amateur hour – again.
As per usual we have the know nothings getting their knickers in a twist over the transfer window, at least we won’t have a season of Vera stressing over Rogers being “shoehorned” out to the left wing..
Vinicius jr would be an interesting signing , he certainly has had his elite moments over the years but we shall see as it looks far from a done deal .
I’d still like Alvarez or failing that kroupie is a striker in the Ian wright mould who looks like he has a bright future.
Guimaraes will probably happen though I wouldn’t think he moves the needle and is not the type of signing that adds a lot to the squad,
Tzolis is a like for like replacement for Trossard.
The disappointment for Arsenal fans would be if we repeat last years summer window by bringing in squad fillers instead of pushing the boat out for elite attackers.