The State of the Arsenal is such that I am over the moon we aren’t playing for another 12 days cause there’s only so much of disappointment I can take.
I hope the break gives this team and managing staff some much needed time to work on our issues and I hope we come out on the other side renewed with fresh ideas, tactics and lots of goals.
What a depressing start to the New Year. Dark and cold days + Arsenal having lost 3 in a row. Now that feeling will last until we play Palace in 2 weeks.
Only a week into January and we only have two games left for the whole month
Exactly the way i’ve been thinking lately. Nearly sacked and missing champions league (1 back) to nearly league winning (2 forward). This season, less time at the top and fighting for top four (1 back)…
Addressing the transfer business. Some people point to havertz as a bit of a waste of money, but I think the rice deal has made more of a deficit. Although there are conditions to the purchase, I don’t think the club expected to pay 100mil for a player with 12 months left on his contract. I think this set the ffp back greatly.
With that said, I will be annoyed if it is true the club haven’t budgeted for 30 or 40mil this winter. It would be irresponsible bordering on arrogant.
It’s quiet possible the club is working on deals behind the scenes but I think if that were the case, there would have been strong indications by now. I don’t expect any signings this window apart a loan or two. And realistically, there isn’t any player we can get that’ll win us the league.
What we need desperately is to tweak our tactics and find a way to become the lethal team we were last season. Individual players too need attention. If we do that, we’ll be alright, and then the return of Partey and maybe Timber would only help.
Consequences are a different discussion. I’m merely pointing out that there’s either very little in the bank or they’re borderline ffp limit, which seems wrong. It’s the situation Everton and wolves were in.
I don’t think they’d be prepping on our summer window if there is little in the bank. Toney, Neto, Zubimendi, Hato/Gutierrez are some of the names mentioned and none of them would come in for cheap.
If you look around, FFP has hamstrung a lot of teams, it’s not just Arsenal.
The most expensive transfer this window has been Dragusin to Spurs for 25m and with Spurs we know they got a big payday from Kane in the summer.
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They all better gtfo
Eddie n Nelson.
ESR will stay.
If ESR stays we’ll have him walk on a free. Another year of him in the treatment room won’t really boost his transfer value.
Do you think he’ll prove useful again and we’ll retain him or is this because you don’t think there will be takers?
I think he’ll just be given another chance, of the 3 we know he has the most quality but the injuries are the problem. Not sure he’ll really strengthen his case during the rest of this season but would be shocked if all 3 go.
Smith Rowe will retire before the age of 30. Renewing him would be insane so any money would be a positive.
All 3 are below the standards needed at a club like Arsenal, for one reason or another, all they all should go but we know that won’t happen. I can see Mikel hanging on to Eddie and letting ESR and Reiss leave.
All 3 will leave within 12 months. And should.
My feelings when they go: 
Our balance sheets: 
Yeah because nobody’s taking Eddie on 100k/wk.
I doubt those wages are enough to scare away potential suitors. It certainly hasn’t so far given most reports from the likes of Romano, Ornstein and Mokbel suggest there is a lot of interest in Nketiah.