🚨 Riccardo Calafiori has set NEW Records at Arsenal’s Sobha Realty Training Centre. ✅ Aerobic lung capacity ✅ 40 metre sprintHe has also tied Gabriel Magalhães and William Saliba’s leg press and chess press at the maximum setting. 🤝 [via @Arsenal23Wenger]. pic.twitter.com/X3GHXOyVBl— Connor Humm (@TikiTakaConnor) August 2, 2024
A midfield 3 of Rice, Ode and Bruno, with Merino rotating through would do absolutely awful things physically to the rest of the league. We would run midfields into the ground and press into oblivion. And Partey has to go. Absolutely zero faith he doesn't get injured, and the fact he looks spent in preseason is a really bad sign.
Partey’s injury record is there for all to see, so other teams probably have zero faith he wouldn’t get injured, greatly reducing the market for him. So unless Arsenal revert to the policy of buying players out of the last year of their contract, we’re probably stuck with him.
When I think about who Merino is actually replacing in the squad - it's quite a big upgrade Like the uparmoured, upgunned 1944 Panzer IV vs the 1941 version The problem is the downgrades on Partey and Jorgy
🔴⚪️ Understand Arsenal want at least €35m plus sell-on clause for Eddie Nketiah.That's why Arsenal decided to reject €27m proposal from Olympique Marseille, as revealed on Friday.No agreement between clubs so far and OM could now start to look also at new options. pic.twitter.com/6usueJwSv9— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 3, 2024 🚨⚪️🔵 EXCLUSIVE: Youssoufa Moukoko has decided to join Olympique Marseille!Despite bids from more than 5 clubs around Europe, Moukoko wants OM project; personal terms agreed.Negotiations underway between OM and BVB on loan deal with buy option clause.Here we go, soon ⏳🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/w0pE1lIsKx— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 3, 2024 ℹ️ Fin du dossier Nketiah 🏴 ❌▫️L’OM abandonne le dossier Eddie Nketiah.▫️Par ailleurs, l’OM n’a pas formulé d’offre au montant de 27M€, le club ne voulait pas surenchérir à des montants excessivement élevés.▫️Youssoupha Moukoko est désormais l’attaquant le plus proche de… pic.twitter.com/jrGsC9qUSQ— La Minute OM (@LaMinuteOM_) August 3, 2024 Last one claims the €27m euro offer never happened
🚨 Arsenal are really confident in closing Merino deal in next few days. Agreement close with Sociedad in a 30m euro package. Talks going on about structure of deal. Player has stopped talking to Spanish clubs as he wants Arsenal(@FabrizioRomano on Youtube) pic.twitter.com/wr3pkVq1WL— Doc (@karthikadhaigal) August 3, 2024
Merino is cheap enough that with Eddie and esr outgoing we can still buy another couple of class players
The Marseille move for Eddie appears to have collapsed, so assuming Merino joins, counting Tierney, Arsenal have 25 senior players. They will have to move players out to make room for new recruits. The snails pace of Arsenal’s incoming. business may be, at least in part, the result of wanting to insure they can move players on before committing to new transfers. One out before one In.
Bruno isn't coming here. The person that started the latest rumor "quoted" Team News and Ticks. The latter then responded to that tweet saying something along the lines of "Interesting, now tell me when I ever said this?"
Not leaving. I'm very happy to be starting another season with this club that has done so much for me since my first day here. I'm glad to be back and more prepared than ever to have a brilliant season and to help Newcastle reach the highest possible position! Another dream has come true!… pic.twitter.com/aEmrwC4qa9— Bruno Guimarães (@brunoog97) August 3, 2024
What’s with that NUFC badge. Something new? Or retro? Either way it’s pretty awful. ps. I’m happy for him to stay there
I prefer we keep the number of punchable on the roster to a minimum so I'm glad he's not coming here.
I'm trying to think if we've ever bought a player who I truly despised before he put on our shirt, and I can't. The closest I can think of is Gallas. But I didn't loathe him. Wasn't fond of him before he swapped with Cole, but I didn't detest him. Actually became less enamored with him during his time with us.
Oh I don't think he was coming here, and as others have said I am glad he isn't because he is a prick, but theres no doubt that IF we ever had a midfield of Ode, Rice and Bruno it would be insane with the physicality, pressing and technique.
There's been some smoke recently about Arsenal switching gears from Gyokeres to Julian Alvarez due to him not being happy with his playing time at City. Does anyone think there's anything to this? Alvarez would be a great signing as he's premier league proven,can play across the top 4 positions and would seamlessly fit into Arteta's system. I think it's more likely just smoke as I'm not sure he gets any more minutes with us than at City.
I assume its agent talk, haven't seen any credible reports of us being in for Alvarez. I would take him, but I am not sure if he would come to us. I seriously doubt City sell him to us. But he would improve our squad. His issue at City isn't getting minutes, he gets those, he wants to leave because Haaland starts all the big games not him.
I would take him over osihmen or another massive money player. He works in our system and is a good player but not for anything more than 50
City saw how important it was to our development when they sold us Zinny and Jesus I can't see them making that stupid a mistake again.