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Bernd Leno told Arsenal he's leaving in the summer. They went from having 2 starting calibre goalkeepers to zero in 2 years.

 

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You really don't. It would be unbearable. Especially since the club did this to themselves by sacking the golden goose.

On an unrelated note. I have the broad strokes of the glazers' takeover and our finances. What do you recon their endgame is? For me, if they were planning to keep the club long term, wouldn't it have made sense at some point to just pay off the ********ing debt? Like have net spending of zero for 3 seasons and pay off the loans so that you aren't bleeding money every month? I always assumed them keeping the club in debt was about taxes but sure, they don't need to keep this level of debt to keep the taxman at bay?

 

Right so if they intended to keep the club as a long term investment (16 years is long, but you know what I mean) wouldn't it make sense to stop paying interest? Like, the money is cheap but it isn't free. I guess what I'm asking is there some reason other than passing it on to the next guy, to keep the debt? I know it isn't crippling for the business but why would you keep paying interest? Like why would I keep refinancing rather than paying off the mortgage? Is there something I'm missing?


I guess what I'm reaching for is, I've always assumed keeping the debt meant they were taking the short term view and would sell at some point. No point paying off 600M if you don't have to. I'm looking for a light at the end of this ********ing tunnel.

 

UEFA confirm Euro 2020 squads increased from 23 players to 26.

— Simon Stone (@sistoney67) May 4, 2021

Interesting development: will at least give coaches some much needed wiggle room when making up their squads.

 

Couple thoughts From a lay person point of view,

because debt is so cheap, you wouldn't jump to pay it off* as in theory you should be able to get a higher return investing it elsewhere.

look at glazer and the club as two separate entities. The glazers are able to get money/ get money out from/of the club as it is. The club isn't necessarily hurting from having the debt. Paying off the debt reduces cash available for investing presumably at a higher rate/club operations/buying players (ha!)/returning to shareholders/pilfering.

*Unless you think rates are going to go up beyond an acceptable rate in the short term.

 

I understand the value of cheap debt, it just boggles my mind that a 'good' solution by anyone's reconing is 1 billion in interest and loan repayments. ********ing pay it off man. I ********ing hate them.

 

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The club are delighted to announce an agreement has been reached with Jose Mourinho for him to become our new head coach ahead of the 2021-22 season.
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— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) May 4, 2021

 

Woof. Poor Smalling & Henrikh. My gosh. Oooh, maybe we can sell them Scott?

 

That is an elite move from Roma. They are more patient than a top team which could work in Jose's favor. If he does win the league, a big achievement.

on a side note, I am a big fan of Galtier and Rudi Garcia, I think both of them should move to the EPL at some stage. I could see Rudi at Arsenal.

 

I need to go look at the financial stuff on this to ascertain total debt but if they are paying 1b in debt service on 600m total debt then yeah I agree with you.

Ps. *Reckoning? (You did that twice)

 

Chris smalling:

 

Tonight, Kylian #Mbappe will be on the bench against Manchester City.

— Mohamed Bouhafsi (@mohamedbouhafsi) May 4, 2021

Neymar is going to have to step up big for PSG today, if they are to make it thru. The others will have to as well of course, but Ney has to lead the charge.
It's what he failed to do consistently for me since he went to France (ironic, since it's the reason he left). Even more so since he did do it at time with Barca, despite the presence of Messi et al, the last season won the CL.
With no Mbappe to start, PSG's task is that much more difficult but with the talent they have, it's not entirely impossible either.

 

Talking about leadership, stepping to the fore as a genuine superstar player in any team sport is expected to do. That is what PSG will require from Ney today...

 

A Keane/juve type performance. He has to both do it and inspire the team to elevate all at the same time.

Don't think he is the character to pull this off though.

 

He has to be put in an optimal chance to succeed but as the superstar on the team, he must be ready to do his part to lead his teammates to victory, in spite of that. It means being sharp and make the most of any opportunity that presents itself to him. It means doing everything he can, even if it falls outside of what he is kind of expected to do (whether it's extra defensive work or dropping deeper in order to get the ball and get plays going). In short, doing whatever it takes.
Not sure what you're being so thick about here that you don't know what it means to lead in a do or die situation...