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Ozil won’t go.
We’ll have to take a hit on his contract.
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https://www.express.co.uk/sport/foot...Premier-League
Ozil won’t go.
We’ll have to take a hit on his contract.
Modric is 35 so it would make sense for them to keep Ceballos, unless they've got another replacement lined up.
I agree with daz though, everything I've read says that Zidane doesn't rate him and I doubt he'd change his opinion overnight. I think they'll let him go for the right fee, it's just a question of whether we're willing to pay it...
Personally do not see what the big deal is with Ceballos. He is no game changer. Good but not great.
I think he's made a huge difference in midfield, he can defend well and also attack with some nice creative work.
As for Madrid, they're probably making 'maybe we'll keep him' noises as a bargaining position
We could always just kill him :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
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Originally Posted by Aubameyang's Wang
'Good but not great' is an upgrade on a lot of the players we've had in midfield in the last few years. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Globalgunner
I like him, he improved a lot as the season went on. Good range of passing, tenacious off the ball and skillful enough to make space for himself when he's closely marked. There is a lot of room for improvement but unlike some other players, I think he's capable of making those improvements over time.
Also helps that he has already adapted to the PL and worked with Arteta so he can pick up where he left off and hit the ground running, whereas other players might need to be bedded in.
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Originally Posted by Aubameyang's Wang
I staunchly defended him for a while but honestly, he can do one now.
Three cliches in one sentence - well done :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Penguin
Mixed metaphors are the best! I remember an interview with Glenn Hoddle where he came out with some gem like "Sometimes, when your back's against the wall, all you can do is turn around and come out fighting..."Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
I haven't got the energy to get wound up by Özil any more. He's down to his last year, I've accepted it's going to cost us another £18.3m - just write it off and forget about him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Seriously, I don't even want to hear about it when he leaves! Just ring-fence that money and then we never have to think about him ever again.
He should never have been signed in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by I am invisible
He should never have been allowed to run his contract down.
He should NEVER EVER have been given a massive new contract.
Absolutely diabolical by everyone who made those decisions.
A more gutless, soulless, abilityless, pathetic player I have never seen.
He must have cost at least 100 million if you add it all up.
How do you get rid of a player who is so useless that nobody wants him and he gets a ton of money every week ?
Its impossible.
It would not have happened at ANY other club in the world.
Weeelll, that's very easy to say in retrospect but he was clearly a quality player, his stats before he came to us and even in his first season or two with us were outstanding.Quote:
Originally Posted by dostoy
To say he's useless is just obviously incorrect. He's just been badly mismanaged.
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He should NEVER EVER have been given a massive new contract.
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Originally Posted by Mac76
For the money that Arsenal have spent on him, the return has been pathetic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
He has not been any good for a long long time.
He should have been sold a year before his first contract ran out.
He IS useless now and has been for a few years.
Bet you weren't saying that at the time...Quote:
Originally Posted by dostoy
I was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penguin
I didn't think Arsenal needed him.
Ozil definitely has ability, I don’t think it’s fair to say he doesn’t. He is a very gifted player but for one reason or another he doesn’t seem to have the application to match.
He was very good during his first few seasons with us but as things got tougher in Wenger’s final years it was obvious he wasn’t the kind of player you wanted around in times of adversity. Emery didn’t fancy him which he took a lot of stick for but now Arteta has done the same, so there has to be something more to it. I mean, being relegated to the bench is one thing but to not even be deemed worthy of a place in every match day squad since the restart, tells you everything you need to know. I think the role of a number 10 in general is becoming more and more redundant now, even a club like Barca who were stacked with them are now more direct.
Shame how things have worked out, I was genuinely very excited when we signed him, he was our first big money signing in the modern era and he was a ready made superstar, the kind of signing we hadn’t seen for years.
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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Very well summed up, it's a real shame and others aren't blameless, least of all Gazidis et al for offering Ozil that ridiculous deal, but still it's hard not to think that the player really ought to have applied himself more
Juve are apparently interested in Lacazette.
Hopefully we can get a big fee out of them.
Money please - no swaps!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Bunch of cheapskates.
According to this Mess might go to Citeh - Messi playing in Emgland :bow:
He'll love playing against Bumley I'm sure...
Also says we're close to agreeing terms with Auba
...and spuds are trying to sign Joe Hart :haha:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/53799945
350k per week to sit at home playing fortnite. He’s damaged goods now, he probably still has the quality to play in any of the top European leagues, but this sitting out his contract will have damaged his rep beyond belief.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
He'll get nowhere near £350k a week anywhere else and he knows it. I don't think he cares about his rep anymore. He'll see out his contract then sell himself to the highest bidder.
Just break his leg and be done with it....
Not sure why we are going for that CB from Lille.. we have 250 CB's at our club and not one of them looks like they are going to be sold anytime soon!
It's beginning to concern me that's there no news of our having moved anyone on yet, all there's been is the Mavropanos loan?
Spuds signed Joe Hart. :haha:
No one is interested in our crapQuote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
That would make the spuds favorite's for the Quadruple next season :blink:Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
The window’s open until October - no need to panic just yet.
A lot of our players who are down to their final years will definitely have important decisions to make this summer - if I were someone like Sokratis, for example, I’d certainly be weighing up the pros and cons of seeing out my Arsenal contract from the bench / reserves and then trying to get a decent move next summer, after I’ve turned 33, vs maybe moving on from Arsenal now, while I’m a year younger and people still remember me?
I have a feeling the new currency for average footballers in the post-Covid world is going to be length of contract and long-term security, and they aren’t going to get that here - one more year and then you’re on your own. Plus who the fuck knows how much money anyone will have to spend next summer, after another year of overheads with no match day revenue? If they sit on their Arsenal contracts they might find there’s nothing out there for them in a year’s time? I reckon a lot of them will look to cut deals and will ask to leave early.
According to the Metro, United have hijacked our move for Gabriel and he may well have had his head turned. I don't think the Metro are reliable, but there is no smoke without fire I guess.
If we are honest, most players right now are going to choose United over us for obvious reasons...but lets just hope Gabriel chooses us because from the little i've seen of him he looks to have high potential if he continues to develop, he's had plenty of teams sniffing around him too so if we get this one over the line it's a decent signing IMO.
I'm not that confident anymore...and certainly not confident on Partey and Aouar. I get the feeling we are really keen on both but are trying to work out how to fund there moves, in Partey's case if we can get our bid accepted (release clause or whatever they want), then I'm confident he will be coming, Aouar I don't think we will sign, Lyon rightly want top dollar for him and I don't think we are a big enough pull considering the likes of Juve and City are looking at him too.
Well if it's in the Metro the chance of it being true is bullshit like most of the contents of it's rag.
PSG are also in the running!Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
That's that then :(
Sounds like the standard script that most papers follow on transfers - why just report a story when you can report a saga and get 10 days worth of clicks? Guess we’ve reached the ‘11th hour hijack‘ chapter.
Then again he might want to play in a superior league than the French... say the Scottish premiership :blink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chippy
Fwiw, I think Gabriel basically ours at this point - I’d be surprised if he ended up somewhere else now, especially given how long it’s been common knowledge that he’s up for sale and that rival offers have been made and accepted. These other clubs could have got involved way before now if their interest was genuine...
There are so many conflicting reports from all the various newspapers and 'ITK' journos on Gabriel, it's almost like they are all making it up as they go along.
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Originally Posted by Gooner23
That's a horrible thing to say about journos and ITKs!
But yeah, they're a bunch of c--ts.