The Arsenal FC - Related News and Devts for 2023-24 Season

[Waffiman]

A huge percentage of Arsenal signings are built on players costing £50m and below. These sorts of signings given players prices when they were bought takes good scouting.

Yes, there are signings that have gone wrong, like Mari, and Vieira is not a success yet in my eyes.

There have been mistakes but credit where it is due. We must also be grateful to Francis Gagigao for shouting, Gabriel and Martinelli.

Raya - £3m
Nelli - £6m
Jorginho - £8m
Kiwior - £17m
Gabriel - £23m
Saliba - £27m
Trossard - £27m
Zinchenko - £30m
Ramsdale - £30m
Odegaard - £30m
Vieira - £30m
Timber - £34m
Partey - £45m
Jesus - £45m
White - £50m

Oh! Rice £105M and Havertz £65M, are the £50m plus deals.

[Waffiman]

[ohenhen1]

Jorginho is staying. Patino going out on loan to Swansea.


Players that might be on the way out

Okonkwo
Hein
Runnarsen
Thierney
Tavares
Holding
Tomiyasu if the right offer comes in
Cedric
Sambi
Marquinhos
Balogun
Nkettiah
Pepe

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The Guardian
Folarin Balogun is the answer to US prayers. It’s a different story at Arsenal
Tom Kludt
Thu, August 10, 2023 at 4:00 AM EDT
<span>Photograph: Amber Searls/USA Today Sports</span>
Photograph: Amber Searls/USA Today Sports
It took less than a week for Folarin Balogun to do what no other United States player has done.

In a late season clash against Angers, Balogun collected his 20th goal in Ligue 1 for Reims, where he spent the previous campaign on loan from Arsenal. Coming only five days after his mid-May announcement that he was switching international allegiance from England to the US, the goal suddenly packed historic import: it made Balogun the first American player to score 20 or more goals in one of Europe’s top five leagues, an achievement the US Soccer Federation was eager to trumpet.

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Never mind that Balogun had yet to kick a ball for the US men’s national team – or that some may question whether the French competition even still qualifies as one of Europe’s big five – the milestone was illustrative of what the USMNT has been starved of: clinical and prolific goalscoring at the center-forward position. At 22, Balogun represents a potential long-term solution to the team’s striker deficiency, a dependable No 9 who will bury the chances that many of his American predecessors have squandered.

He offered a glimpse of that promise in only his second match for the US, scoring a goal against Canada in June to help his new side win the Concacaf Nations League. American fans are banking on much more of that, hoping that Balogun elevates a talented young attack led by Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna and Timothy Weah, and propels the team to a deep run in the 2026 World Cup held in the US, Canada and Mexico. But the three years leading up to that will be a critical professional stretch for Balogun both at the international and club level.

Balogun was born in Brooklyn and raised by Nigerian parents in London, a biography that made him eligible for a trio of national teams. He played for the US at the Under-18 level, represented England Under-21s and, as recently as last fall, said he was “open” to a call-up for Nigeria. Balogun’s club career, however, has always been tethered to Arsenal, where he joined the academy at the age of 10 and burnished his reputation as one of the Gunners’ brightest young prospects. His loan spell with Reims last season provided evidence that he can do it in the senior ranks, too. He finished tied for fourth in France’s top division with 21 league goals, a tally padded by six penalties and a trove of close-range efforts. Balogun’s highlight reel may not boast many worldies, but it does showcase a classy finisher with a poacher’s knack for being in the right place at the right time.

That is precisely the type of player the USMNT need but it is not, apparently, what Arsenal are looking for. Balogun accompanied the Gunners on their preseason summer tour of America, but he trained separately from the squad in Los Angeles last month as rumors of an impending transfer began to mount.

Playing with Reims in Ligue 1, Folarin Balogun became the first American player to score 20 or more goals in a season in one of Europe’s top five leagues.
Playing with Reims in Ligue 1, Folarin Balogun became the first American player to score 20 or more goals in a season in one of Europe’s top five leagues. Photograph: François Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty ImagesMore
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said last week that the club’s plan for Balogun “doesn’t change at all” following the injury to first-choice striker Gabriel Jesus, a seeming indication that a sale is still in the offing. But with the new Premier League season due to kick off on Friday, Balogun remains in limbo. Arsenal reportedly value Balogun at around £50m to £60m ($66m to $76m), a price tag that suitors have thus far balked at meeting. The club rejected a bid from Monaco earlier this week, while Internazionale have also seen an offer rebuffed. West Ham have reportedly expressed interest in a move, as well.



Balogun was sanguine about his murky future while on Arsenal’s preseason tour last month. “I think it’s more a decision that’s not with me. It’s with the people higher up and they’ll make that decision,” Balogun told CBS Sports. “Whatever happens, I’m cool with it.” But his patience may be wearing thin. Reports circulated last week that Balogun has urged Arsenal to lower their asking price in order to facilitate a transfer.

A move to Serie A or to another Premier League club would be preferable for his development, with both offering more formidable competition than in France. But equally important is that Balogun lands at a club where he will be an integral part of the plans. He needs consistent match time, and a coach who will give him a fair chance to earn it. To put it another way: his next stop needs to go more smoothly than Pulisic’s four-season stint at Chelsea, which included a Champions League triumph in 2021 but was also typified by how much time he spent on the bench. Pulisic, who completed a move to Milan this summer, said after reporting to the US national team in June that he was looking forward to getting “some minutes on the field”.

Wherever he plays next, Balogun may never be as warmly embraced as he has been by the United States. The USMNT’s years-long courtship of Balogun intensified in March, when he visited the team in Orlando during the international break. While in Florida, he met with US interim coach Anthony Hudson, who succeeded the recently rehired Gregg Berhalter at the beginning of the year. American soccer sleuths online deduced Balogun’s whereabouts from his posts on social media, energizing a fanbase still reeling from a disappointing exit at the World Cup in Qatar and an unsavory feud between Reyna and Berhalter that spilled into public view.

Balogun said later that he felt “overwhelmed” by the response from US supporters, and that the outpouring of support influenced his decision to switch allegiances. In an interview with Arsenal’s official website, he described the introduction to his new national team as “the best month of my life and my career.”



The US and its supporters hope Balogun renders the same verdict in July 2026 at the conclusion of the World Cup in North America.

By then, the sense of anticipation that presently defines his career will be replaced with something close to clarity: on whether expectations were fulfilled, and if other milestones were attained

Always been a big big fan of Fola B.
Dunno which party will eventually
look back at the divorce with regret
but only time will tell. I think Lique 1 would
be a great launch pad for his career as he has already
shown he belongs. Hope he gets the same support that he received at Reims where the coach, who was more like a football Harry Potter, embraced and built the team around him as the top of the spear.

[azuka]

The Guardian
Folarin Balogun is the answer to US prayers. It’s a different story at Arsenal
Tom Kludt
Thu, August 10, 2023 at 4:00 AM EDT
<span>Photograph: Amber Searls/USA Today Sports</span>
Photograph: Amber Searls/USA Today Sports
It took less than a week for Folarin Balogun to do what no other United States player has done.

In a late season clash against Angers, Balogun collected his 20th goal in Ligue 1 for Reims, where he spent the previous campaign on loan from Arsenal. Coming only five days after his mid-May announcement that he was switching international allegiance from England to the US, the goal suddenly packed historic import: it made Balogun the first American player to score 20 or more goals in one of Europe’s top five leagues, an achievement the US Soccer Federation was eager to trumpet.

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Never mind that Balogun had yet to kick a ball for the US men’s national team – or that some may question whether the French competition even still qualifies as one of Europe’s big five – the milestone was illustrative of what the USMNT has been starved of: clinical and prolific goalscoring at the center-forward position. At 22, Balogun represents a potential long-term solution to the team’s striker deficiency, a dependable No 9 who will bury the chances that many of his American predecessors have squandered.

He offered a glimpse of that promise in only his second match for the US, scoring a goal against Canada in June to help his new side win the Concacaf Nations League. American fans are banking on much more of that, hoping that Balogun elevates a talented young attack led by Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna and Timothy Weah, and propels the team to a deep run in the 2026 World Cup held in the US, Canada and Mexico. But the three years leading up to that will be a critical professional stretch for Balogun both at the international and club level.

Balogun was born in Brooklyn and raised by Nigerian parents in London, a biography that made him eligible for a trio of national teams. He played for the US at the Under-18 level, represented England Under-21s and, as recently as last fall, said he was “open” to a call-up for Nigeria. Balogun’s club career, however, has always been tethered to Arsenal, where he joined the academy at the age of 10 and burnished his reputation as one of the Gunners’ brightest young prospects. His loan spell with Reims last season provided evidence that he can do it in the senior ranks, too. He finished tied for fourth in France’s top division with 21 league goals, a tally padded by six penalties and a trove of close-range efforts. Balogun’s highlight reel may not boast many worldies, but it does showcase a classy finisher with a poacher’s knack for being in the right place at the right time.

That is precisely the type of player the USMNT need but it is not, apparently, what Arsenal are looking for. Balogun accompanied the Gunners on their preseason summer tour of America, but he trained separately from the squad in Los Angeles last month as rumors of an impending transfer began to mount.

Playing with Reims in Ligue 1, Folarin Balogun became the first American player to score 20 or more goals in a season in one of Europe’s top five leagues.
Playing with Reims in Ligue 1, Folarin Balogun became the first American player to score 20 or more goals in a season in one of Europe’s top five leagues. Photograph: François Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty ImagesMore
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said last week that the club’s plan for Balogun “doesn’t change at all” following the injury to first-choice striker Gabriel Jesus, a seeming indication that a sale is still in the offing. But with the new Premier League season due to kick off on Friday, Balogun remains in limbo. Arsenal reportedly value Balogun at around £50m to £60m ($66m to $76m), a price tag that suitors have thus far balked at meeting. The club rejected a bid from Monaco earlier this week, while Internazionale have also seen an offer rebuffed. West Ham have reportedly expressed interest in a move, as well.



Balogun was sanguine about his murky future while on Arsenal’s preseason tour last month. “I think it’s more a decision that’s not with me. It’s with the people higher up and they’ll make that decision,” Balogun told CBS Sports. “Whatever happens, I’m cool with it.” But his patience may be wearing thin. Reports circulated last week that Balogun has urged Arsenal to lower their asking price in order to facilitate a transfer.

A move to Serie A or to another Premier League club would be preferable for his development, with both offering more formidable competition than in France. But equally important is that Balogun lands at a club where he will be an integral part of the plans. He needs consistent match time, and a coach who will give him a fair chance to earn it. To put it another way: his next stop needs to go more smoothly than Pulisic’s four-season stint at Chelsea, which included a Champions League triumph in 2021 but was also typified by how much time he spent on the bench. Pulisic, who completed a move to Milan this summer, said after reporting to the US national team in June that he was looking forward to getting “some minutes on the field”.

Wherever he plays next, Balogun may never be as warmly embraced as he has been by the United States. The USMNT’s years-long courtship of Balogun intensified in March, when he visited the team in Orlando during the international break. While in Florida, he met with US interim coach Anthony Hudson, who succeeded the recently rehired Gregg Berhalter at the beginning of the year. American soccer sleuths online deduced Balogun’s whereabouts from his posts on social media, energizing a fanbase still reeling from a disappointing exit at the World Cup in Qatar and an unsavory feud between Reyna and Berhalter that spilled into public view.

Balogun said later that he felt “overwhelmed” by the response from US supporters, and that the outpouring of support influenced his decision to switch allegiances. In an interview with Arsenal’s official website, he described the introduction to his new national team as “the best month of my life and my career.”



The US and its supporters hope Balogun renders the same verdict in July 2026 at the conclusion of the World Cup in North America.

By then, the sense of anticipation that presently defines his career will be replaced with something close to clarity: on whether expectations were fulfilled, and if other milestones were attained

Always been a big big fan of Fola B.
Dunno which party will eventually
look back at the divorce with regret
but only time will tell. I think Lique 1 would
be a great launch pad for his career as he has already
shown he belongs. Hope he gets the same support that he received at Reims where the coach, who was more like a football Harry Potter, embraced and built the team around him as the top of the spear.

Me too.
I hope when he gets sold there's a buy-back clause included at a fixed rate. Arteta won't be in Arsenal for ever. Another coach may come in and find him useful.

[Sleaky72]

The Guardian
Folarin Balogun is the answer to US prayers. It’s a different story at Arsenal
Tom Kludt
Thu, August 10, 2023 at 4:00 AM EDT
<span>Photograph: Amber Searls/USA Today Sports</span>
Photograph: Amber Searls/USA Today Sports
It took less than a week for Folarin Balogun to do what no other United States player has done.

In a late season clash against Angers, Balogun collected his 20th goal in Ligue 1 for Reims, where he spent the previous campaign on loan from Arsenal. Coming only five days after his mid-May announcement that he was switching international allegiance from England to the US, the goal suddenly packed historic import: it made Balogun the first American player to score 20 or more goals in one of Europe’s top five leagues, an achievement the US Soccer Federation was eager to trumpet.

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Never mind that Balogun had yet to kick a ball for the US men’s national team – or that some may question whether the French competition even still qualifies as one of Europe’s big five – the milestone was illustrative of what the USMNT has been starved of: clinical and prolific goalscoring at the center-forward position. At 22, Balogun represents a potential long-term solution to the team’s striker deficiency, a dependable No 9 who will bury the chances that many of his American predecessors have squandered.

He offered a glimpse of that promise in only his second match for the US, scoring a goal against Canada in June to help his new side win the Concacaf Nations League. American fans are banking on much more of that, hoping that Balogun elevates a talented young attack led by Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna and Timothy Weah, and propels the team to a deep run in the 2026 World Cup held in the US, Canada and Mexico. But the three years leading up to that will be a critical professional stretch for Balogun both at the international and club level.

Balogun was born in Brooklyn and raised by Nigerian parents in London, a biography that made him eligible for a trio of national teams. He played for the US at the Under-18 level, represented England Under-21s and, as recently as last fall, said he was “open” to a call-up for Nigeria. Balogun’s club career, however, has always been tethered to Arsenal, where he joined the academy at the age of 10 and burnished his reputation as one of the Gunners’ brightest young prospects. His loan spell with Reims last season provided evidence that he can do it in the senior ranks, too. He finished tied for fourth in France’s top division with 21 league goals, a tally padded by six penalties and a trove of close-range efforts. Balogun’s highlight reel may not boast many worldies, but it does showcase a classy finisher with a poacher’s knack for being in the right place at the right time.

That is precisely the type of player the USMNT need but it is not, apparently, what Arsenal are looking for. Balogun accompanied the Gunners on their preseason summer tour of America, but he trained separately from the squad in Los Angeles last month as rumors of an impending transfer began to mount.

Playing with Reims in Ligue 1, Folarin Balogun became the first American player to score 20 or more goals in a season in one of Europe’s top five leagues.
Playing with Reims in Ligue 1, Folarin Balogun became the first American player to score 20 or more goals in a season in one of Europe’s top five leagues. Photograph: François Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty ImagesMore
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said last week that the club’s plan for Balogun “doesn’t change at all” following the injury to first-choice striker Gabriel Jesus, a seeming indication that a sale is still in the offing. But with the new Premier League season due to kick off on Friday, Balogun remains in limbo. Arsenal reportedly value Balogun at around £50m to £60m ($66m to $76m), a price tag that suitors have thus far balked at meeting. The club rejected a bid from Monaco earlier this week, while Internazionale have also seen an offer rebuffed. West Ham have reportedly expressed interest in a move, as well.



Balogun was sanguine about his murky future while on Arsenal’s preseason tour last month. “I think it’s more a decision that’s not with me. It’s with the people higher up and they’ll make that decision,” Balogun told CBS Sports. “Whatever happens, I’m cool with it.” But his patience may be wearing thin. Reports circulated last week that Balogun has urged Arsenal to lower their asking price in order to facilitate a transfer.

A move to Serie A or to another Premier League club would be preferable for his development, with both offering more formidable competition than in France. But equally important is that Balogun lands at a club where he will be an integral part of the plans. He needs consistent match time, and a coach who will give him a fair chance to earn it. To put it another way: his next stop needs to go more smoothly than Pulisic’s four-season stint at Chelsea, which included a Champions League triumph in 2021 but was also typified by how much time he spent on the bench. Pulisic, who completed a move to Milan this summer, said after reporting to the US national team in June that he was looking forward to getting “some minutes on the field”.

Wherever he plays next, Balogun may never be as warmly embraced as he has been by the United States. The USMNT’s years-long courtship of Balogun intensified in March, when he visited the team in Orlando during the international break. While in Florida, he met with US interim coach Anthony Hudson, who succeeded the recently rehired Gregg Berhalter at the beginning of the year. American soccer sleuths online deduced Balogun’s whereabouts from his posts on social media, energizing a fanbase still reeling from a disappointing exit at the World Cup in Qatar and an unsavory feud between Reyna and Berhalter that spilled into public view.

Balogun said later that he felt “overwhelmed” by the response from US supporters, and that the outpouring of support influenced his decision to switch allegiances. In an interview with Arsenal’s official website, he described the introduction to his new national team as “the best month of my life and my career.”



The US and its supporters hope Balogun renders the same verdict in July 2026 at the conclusion of the World Cup in North America.

By then, the sense of anticipation that presently defines his career will be replaced with something close to clarity: on whether expectations were fulfilled, and if other milestones were attained

Always been a big big fan of Fola B.
Dunno which party will eventually
look back at the divorce with regret
but only time will tell. I think Lique 1 would
be a great launch pad for his career as he has already
shown he belongs. Hope he gets the same support that he received at Reims where the coach, who was more like a football Harry Potter, embraced and built the team around him as the top of the spear.

Me too.
I hope when he gets sold there's a buy-back clause included at a fixed rate. Arteta won't be in Arsenal for ever. Another coach may come in and find him useful.

Great point.
But it will take a lot of selling (Arteta or not)
to make this lad ever wanna come back to Arsenal.
His exit hasn’t been handled well.

[azuka]

The Guardian
Folarin Balogun is the answer to US prayers. It’s a different story at Arsenal
Tom Kludt
Thu, August 10, 2023 at 4:00 AM EDT
<span>Photograph: Amber Searls/USA Today Sports</span>
Photograph: Amber Searls/USA Today Sports
It took less than a week for Folarin Balogun to do what no other United States player has done.

In a late season clash against Angers, Balogun collected his 20th goal in Ligue 1 for Reims, where he spent the previous campaign on loan from Arsenal. Coming only five days after his mid-May announcement that he was switching international allegiance from England to the US, the goal suddenly packed historic import: it made Balogun the first American player to score 20 or more goals in one of Europe’s top five leagues, an achievement the US Soccer Federation was eager to trumpet.

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Never mind that Balogun had yet to kick a ball for the US men’s national team – or that some may question whether the French competition even still qualifies as one of Europe’s big five – the milestone was illustrative of what the USMNT has been starved of: clinical and prolific goalscoring at the center-forward position. At 22, Balogun represents a potential long-term solution to the team’s striker deficiency, a dependable No 9 who will bury the chances that many of his American predecessors have squandered.

He offered a glimpse of that promise in only his second match for the US, scoring a goal against Canada in June to help his new side win the Concacaf Nations League. American fans are banking on much more of that, hoping that Balogun elevates a talented young attack led by Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna and Timothy Weah, and propels the team to a deep run in the 2026 World Cup held in the US, Canada and Mexico. But the three years leading up to that will be a critical professional stretch for Balogun both at the international and club level.

Balogun was born in Brooklyn and raised by Nigerian parents in London, a biography that made him eligible for a trio of national teams. He played for the US at the Under-18 level, represented England Under-21s and, as recently as last fall, said he was “open” to a call-up for Nigeria. Balogun’s club career, however, has always been tethered to Arsenal, where he joined the academy at the age of 10 and burnished his reputation as one of the Gunners’ brightest young prospects. His loan spell with Reims last season provided evidence that he can do it in the senior ranks, too. He finished tied for fourth in France’s top division with 21 league goals, a tally padded by six penalties and a trove of close-range efforts. Balogun’s highlight reel may not boast many worldies, but it does showcase a classy finisher with a poacher’s knack for being in the right place at the right time.

That is precisely the type of player the USMNT need but it is not, apparently, what Arsenal are looking for. Balogun accompanied the Gunners on their preseason summer tour of America, but he trained separately from the squad in Los Angeles last month as rumors of an impending transfer began to mount.

Playing with Reims in Ligue 1, Folarin Balogun became the first American player to score 20 or more goals in a season in one of Europe’s top five leagues.
Playing with Reims in Ligue 1, Folarin Balogun became the first American player to score 20 or more goals in a season in one of Europe’s top five leagues. Photograph: François Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty ImagesMore
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said last week that the club’s plan for Balogun “doesn’t change at all” following the injury to first-choice striker Gabriel Jesus, a seeming indication that a sale is still in the offing. But with the new Premier League season due to kick off on Friday, Balogun remains in limbo. Arsenal reportedly value Balogun at around £50m to £60m ($66m to $76m), a price tag that suitors have thus far balked at meeting. The club rejected a bid from Monaco earlier this week, while Internazionale have also seen an offer rebuffed. West Ham have reportedly expressed interest in a move, as well.



Balogun was sanguine about his murky future while on Arsenal’s preseason tour last month. “I think it’s more a decision that’s not with me. It’s with the people higher up and they’ll make that decision,” Balogun told CBS Sports. “Whatever happens, I’m cool with it.” But his patience may be wearing thin. Reports circulated last week that Balogun has urged Arsenal to lower their asking price in order to facilitate a transfer.

A move to Serie A or to another Premier League club would be preferable for his development, with both offering more formidable competition than in France. But equally important is that Balogun lands at a club where he will be an integral part of the plans. He needs consistent match time, and a coach who will give him a fair chance to earn it. To put it another way: his next stop needs to go more smoothly than Pulisic’s four-season stint at Chelsea, which included a Champions League triumph in 2021 but was also typified by how much time he spent on the bench. Pulisic, who completed a move to Milan this summer, said after reporting to the US national team in June that he was looking forward to getting “some minutes on the field”.

Wherever he plays next, Balogun may never be as warmly embraced as he has been by the United States. The USMNT’s years-long courtship of Balogun intensified in March, when he visited the team in Orlando during the international break. While in Florida, he met with US interim coach Anthony Hudson, who succeeded the recently rehired Gregg Berhalter at the beginning of the year. American soccer sleuths online deduced Balogun’s whereabouts from his posts on social media, energizing a fanbase still reeling from a disappointing exit at the World Cup in Qatar and an unsavory feud between Reyna and Berhalter that spilled into public view.

Balogun said later that he felt “overwhelmed” by the response from US supporters, and that the outpouring of support influenced his decision to switch allegiances. In an interview with Arsenal’s official website, he described the introduction to his new national team as “the best month of my life and my career.”



The US and its supporters hope Balogun renders the same verdict in July 2026 at the conclusion of the World Cup in North America.

By then, the sense of anticipation that presently defines his career will be replaced with something close to clarity: on whether expectations were fulfilled, and if other milestones were attained

Always been a big big fan of Fola B.
Dunno which party will eventually
look back at the divorce with regret
but only time will tell. I think Lique 1 would
be a great launch pad for his career as he has already
shown he belongs. Hope he gets the same support that he received at Reims where the coach, who was more like a football Harry Potter, embraced and built the team around him as the top of the spear.

Me too.
I hope when he gets sold there's a buy-back clause included at a fixed rate. Arteta won't be in Arsenal for ever. Another coach may come in and find him useful.

Great point.
But it will take a lot of selling (Arteta or not)
to make this lad ever wanna come back to Arsenal.
His exit hasn’t been handled well.

I totally agree with you. But with a different coach things might hopefully be different.

[Sleaky72]

Gangsta move by Liverpool, snatching Caicedo from Chelsea. That’s a major move right there.
Can’t see City standing still with all this action going on around it. This is gonna be some battle for EPL top spot. The Reds are back. They’ve rebuilt their midfield. If they can fix their defensive woes then it’s on

[elerineye]

Gangsta move by Liverpool, snatching Caicedo from Chelsea. That’s a major move right there.
Can’t see City standing still with all this action going on around it. This is gonna be some battle for EPL top spot. The Reds are back. They’ve rebuilt their midfield. If they can fix their defensive woes then it’s on

Chelsea think they’re the only ones who know how to highjack… Arsenal was accused of dilly dallying with Rice and lowballing, well, who’s acting like a small club now?

[Sleaky72]

Gangsta move by Liverpool, snatching Caicedo from Chelsea. That’s a major move right there.
Can’t see City standing still with all this action going on around it. This is gonna be some battle for EPL top spot. The Reds are back. They’ve rebuilt their midfield. If they can fix their defensive woes then it’s on

Chelsea think they’re the only ones who know how to highjack… Arsenal was accused of dilly dallying with Rice and lowballing, well, who’s acting like a small club now?

Funny thing is that Southampton can now play some major hardball with Lavia
Price just went up by 10-15 million quid if they are smart

[elerineye]

Gangsta move by Liverpool, snatching Caicedo from Chelsea. That’s a major move right there.
Can’t see City standing still with all this action going on around it. This is gonna be some battle for EPL top spot. The Reds are back. They’ve rebuilt their midfield. If they can fix their defensive woes then it’s on

Chelsea think they’re the only ones who know how to highjack… Arsenal was accused of dilly dallying with Rice and lowballing, well, who’s acting like a small club now?

Funny thing is that Southampton can now play some major hardball with Lavia
Price just went up by 10-15 million quid if they are smart

Exactly! The report now is that despite Liverpool’s bid, Caicedo only wants Chelsea, unlike that rotten fish from Ukraine…

[Bigpokey24]

Gangsta move by Liverpool, snatching Caicedo from Chelsea. That’s a major move right there.
Can’t see City standing still with all this action going on around it. This is gonna be some battle for EPL top spot. The Reds are back. They’ve rebuilt their midfield. If they can fix their defensive woes then it’s on

Chelsea think they’re the only ones who know how to highjack… Arsenal was accused of dilly dallying with Rice and lowballing, well, who’s acting like a small club now?

Funny thing is that Southampton can now play some major hardball with Lavia
Price just went up by 10-15 million quid if they are smart

awww see them laughing , una still dey yesterday.. goggle has updated

[ojafranpa]

Ojigbijigbi o...Caicedo to Chelski

[Sleaky72]

Gangsta move by Liverpool, snatching Caicedo from Chelsea. That’s a major move right there.
Can’t see City standing still with all this action going on around it. This is gonna be some battle for EPL top spot. The Reds are back. They’ve rebuilt their midfield. If they can fix their defensive woes then it’s on

Chelsea think they’re the only ones who know how to highjack… Arsenal was accused of dilly dallying with Rice and lowballing, well, who’s acting like a small club now?

Funny thing is that Southampton can now play some major hardball with Lavia
Price just went up by 10-15 million quid if they are smart

Exactly! The report now is that despite Liverpool’s bid, Caicedo only wants Chelsea, unlike that rotten fish from Ukraine…

It’s prolly money.
Heard Enzo is on like 340-370k per week (can’t confirm) and I can’t see Liverpool matching that but I’m sure Chelsea would readily pay that … plus the lure of London

[Sleaky72]

I hope this is not a bad omen.
The concourse is packed full of fans unable to
enter the stadium and now the game is delayed
and this lineup makes me wanna shake my head and wonder. Hope he’s right

Gabriel dropped, Ben White pairing Saliba, and Nketiah starting. Ok


Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; Partey, Saliba, White, Timber; Rice, Odegaard, Havertz; Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli.
Subs: Hein, Gabriel, Kiwior, Tomiyasu, Smith Rowe, Vieira, Jorginho, Nelson, Trossard.

[packerland]

Gangsta move by Liverpool, snatching Caicedo from Chelsea. That’s a major move right there.
Can’t see City standing still with all this action going on around it. This is gonna be some battle for EPL top spot. The Reds are back. They’ve rebuilt their midfield. If they can fix their defensive woes then it’s on

Chelsea think they’re the only ones who know how to highjack… Arsenal was accused of dilly dallying with Rice and lowballing, well, who’s acting like a small club now?

Funny thing is that Southampton can now play some major hardball with Lavia
Price just went up by 10-15 million quid if they are smart

awww see them laughing , una still dey yesterday.. goggle has updated

I thought you don’t enter Arsenal thread. Your life is full of lies, negativity, and inaccurate predictions. Remember when you said: “The Falcons are just another bad team at the women World Cup".....fatpokey Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:34 am”

[Sleaky72]

Easily should have been down 1-0.
Clean breakaway one vs one missed by Forest.
Crazy lucky

[Cito]

How did Johnson miss that?

[Scipio Africanus]

So Forest is still issuing us bitterness. Na waooooo!

[Sleaky72]

Again one of my biggest concerns for Arsenal.
Wingers Saka and Martinelli’ not able to consistently take on their opposing fullbacks and beat them when immediately isolated one vs one before the double team arrives.

Need more dynamic play from the wing.
This is easy so far for Forest to let us have the ball in front of them with no fear of us running in behind

[packerland]

Again one of my biggest concerns for Arsenal.
Wingers Saka and Martinelli’ not able to consistently take on their opposing fullbacks and beat them when immediately isolated one vs one before the double team arrives.

Need more dynamic play from the wing.
This is easy so far for Forest to let us have the ball in front of them with no fear of us running in behind

I wish we signed Mousa Diaby. Kai! Imagine all that money wasted on Pepe.

[Sleaky72]

Better from Arsenal.
More one touch quick movement.
Nketiah 1-0