Winter Transfer Despair and Bafflement.

Jose sucks cock now, his teams are pretty shit since he was sacked at the chavs.

He’s got some decent players and they have been keeping him afloat rather than the other way around imo.

miki will be fine here I reckon, but of course they is no comparison between the two - they are completely different players.

It’s only the media that have decided he is sanchez’s replacement.

I'm probably in the minority here but considering the bad circumstances I actually think the club, and presumably Gazidis & Sven, have done well.

We've managed to get a £50 million player in today's market (Utd got him on the cheap cos he pulled an Alexis on Dortmund) for a player that was going to leave on a free in less than six months.

Obviously the larger point is that it should really never have got to this situation in the first place, with us preferably either getting rid of Alexis last summer or the one before when he refused to commit or better still, getting shot of Wenger and hiring a competent, ambitious manager in to make players like Alexis want to commit in the first place but compartmentalising this deal from all that ....... it's actually a good piece of business.

This is Sven's first real work for the club and seemingly part of the new "less Wenger influenced" management system set up by Gazidis and if this is a harbinger of things to come then I'm actually quite optimistic for the future.

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Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico

I'm probably in the minority here but considering the bad circumstances I actually think the club, and presumably Gazidis & Sven, have done well.

We've managed to get a £50 million player in today's market (Utd got him on the cheap cos he pulled an Alexis on Dortmund) for a player that was going to leave on a free in less than six months.

Obviously the larger point is that it should really never have got to this situation in the first place, with us preferably either getting rid of Alexis last summer or the one before when he refused to commit or better still, getting shot of Wenger and hiring a competent, ambitious manager in to make players like Alexis want to commit in the first place but compartmentalising this deal from all that ....... it's actually a good piece of business.

This is Sven's first real work for the club and seemingly part of the new "less Wenger influenced" management system set up by Gazidis and if this is a harbinger of things to come then I'm actually quite optimistic for the future.

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I happen to agree with you there.

Also:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/footb...deo-yo-pierre/

I'm not personally understanding how they have deciphered him saying "yo Pierre, do you want to come here?" as 'the Aubameyang transfer is done and dusted and will be announced shortly' but still.

I prefer to see Mkhitaryan as Walcott's replacement and Aubameyang as Sanchez. That's the only way the situation is acceptable......if we sign Aubameyang.

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Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico

I'm probably in the minority here but considering the bad circumstances I actually think the club, and presumably Gazidis & Sven, have done well.

We've managed to get a £50 million player in today's market (Utd got him on the cheap cos he pulled an Alexis on Dortmund) for a player that was going to leave on a free in less than six months.

Obviously the larger point is that it should really never have got to this situation in the first place, with us preferably either getting rid of Alexis last summer or the one before when he refused to commit or better still, getting shot of Wenger and hiring a competent, ambitious manager in to make players like Alexis want to commit in the first place but compartmentalising this deal from all that ....... it's actually a good piece of business.

This is Sven's first real work for the club and seemingly part of the new "less Wenger influenced" management system set up by Gazidis and if this is a harbinger of things to come then I'm actually quite optimistic for the future.

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It's been suggested that Alexis agreed a new deal and promised to sign only to change his mind later on.

I guess half a million a week will turn heads.

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Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice

I prefer to see Mkhitaryan as Walcott's replacement and Aubameyang as Sanchez. That's the only way the situation is acceptable......if we sign Aubameyang.

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Agreed.

If we switched to a back 4, could you accomodate Auba, Laca and Mhiki in a front three with Ozil behind?

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Originally Posted by GP

It's been suggested that Alexis agreed a new deal and promised to sign only to change his mind later on.

I guess half a million a week will turn heads.

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So Arsenal trolled the gypos in the summer and Alexis did them in January? Excellent.

Pep should try sticking his chequebook in the false prophet role, in the hole Alexis left.

It's starting to sound like Alexis never played for us. So perhaps allegedly losing him is a storm in a teacup. I checked the newspapers and Fergie almost signed him, mainly because Alexis used to dress up in Utd tracksuits. And Alexis always wanted to play for them since he was a newborn. So it just doesn't make any sense he'd have signed for us. Far more likely is he's always been a Utd player. Maybe the truth will never come out.

Who?

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Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne is 'excited about the future' as he signs a new contract until 2023

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Hardly ideal. Though I think Wenger will ultimately be proved right about all the top clubs letting their players leave on frees.