Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2020/2021

DvB

DenMan wrote: »

Madrid have told Arsenal they want €50m (£44m) for Ceballos. I can't see Arsenal agreeing to that but you'll never know.

Nah, for that kind of money you'd have to expect there'll be better value for money out there when all this stuff settles down. Wouldnt be surprised to see transfer fees take a dip in fact.

Deeper Blue

DenMan wrote: »

Madrid have told Arsenal they want €50m (£44m) for Ceballos. I can't see Arsenal agreeing to that but you'll never know.

I wouldn't be going any higher than €25m/€30m for Ceballos, as mentioned already you'd expect at bit more from a €50m player.

DvB

Reading across instagram last night that Auba's family have been pushing for him to stay with Arsenal & to sign a new contract, no idea if this is BS or not but I have read previously that his Father has had a huge influence on his transfers/contracts previously. So fingers crossed theres some truth to this. Though being social media I'd not be putting much faith in it.

wonga77

I remember reading that his family travel everywhere with him like an entourage, close family, some cousins etc and he pays for their lifestyle, wouldn't surprise me in the least if they wanted to stay in London

wonga77

wonga77 wrote: »

I remember reading that his family travel everywhere with him like an entourage, close family, some cousins etc and he pays for their lifestyle, wouldn't surprise me in the least if they wanted to stay in London

Like Chelsea? :pac:

wonga77

Didnt realise Chelsea were in the mix, I had seen Man Utd mentioned

FixitFelix

Of he does leave I don't think it'll be to another English club, going by the clothes he wears I think Milan would be the best bet

But I honestly think he'll stay

Woodsie1

Anyone still stuck at home,missing football and as fellow gooners missing winning trophies...
Documentary put up on Arsenals youtube about DB10 Dennis the legend.

some useless trivia about the great man that most of you already probably know:
Hes called Dennis after Denis Law but his father thought the name Denis spelt with only one N looked too much like a girls name for his father so they added the second N...Anyway hope you enjoy it as much as i did:)

greendom

Woodsie1 wrote: »

Anyone still stuck at home,missing football and as fellow gooners missing winning trophies...
Documentary put up on Arsenals youtube about DB10 Dennis the legend.

some useless trivia about the great man that most of you already probably know:
Hes called Dennis after Denis Law but his father thought the name Denis spelt with only one N looked too much like a girls name for his father so they added the second N...Anyway hope you enjoy it as much as i did:)

If you are missing football Sunderland Till I die on Netflix is well worth a watch as well. The all to common pain and occasional glimpses of joy of being a supporter comes across so well. I watched both seasons in less than a week. Highly recommended although Arsenal don't feature at all

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

greendom wrote: »

If you are missing football Sunderland Till I die on Netflix is well worth a watch as well. The all to common pain and occasional glimpses of joy of being a supporter comes across so well. I watched both seasons in less than a week. Highly recommended although Arsenal don't feature at all

It's absolutely brilliant and a great insight into how football actually works. Can't wait for another season.

tayto lover

greendom wrote: »

If you are missing football Sunderland Till I die on Netflix is well worth a watch as well. The all to common pain and occasional glimpses of joy of being a supporter comes across so well. I watched both seasons in less than a week. Highly recommended although Arsenal don't feature at all

Watched it from the start. Great watch.

wonski

Yeah Sunderland was great watch so far.

It's a bit sad to see how such a club can go downhill. In 2 years... Great insight into how football works behind the scenes and how being stubborn and keeping doing same **** with same ****ty results gets you nowhere, or even worse.

You lads have just reminded me I've got to finish watching Sunderland till I die.

Lived there for a few years, went to a good few matches. Met Jimmy Montgomery a couple of times, such a legend in those parts. Most of the lads I knew there had the Sunderland crest tattooed on them, the footy was such a big part of everyone's lives.

beer enigma

There's your Friday evening sorted lads

Alan Smith remembers Anfield '89: 'We'll never see the like again'

'89' will air on Friday May 8 at 8pm on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Football, repeated on Saturday May 9 at 7pm. Also available On Demand from Friday evening.

tayto lover

beer enigma wrote: »

There's your Friday evening sorted lads

Alan Smith remembers Anfield '89: 'We'll never see the like again'

'89' will air on Friday May 8 at 8pm on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Football, repeated on Saturday May 9 at 7pm. Also available On Demand from Friday evening.

It was a great night though I believe many Liverpool fans have better memories of it than a lot of Arsenal fans.

jonneymendoza

Woodsie1 wrote: »

Anyone still stuck at home,missing football and as fellow gooners missing winning trophies...
Documentary put up on Arsenals youtube about DB10 Dennis the legend.

some useless trivia about the great man that most of you already probably know:
Hes called Dennis after Denis Law but his father thought the name Denis spelt with only one N looked too much like a girls name for his father so they added the second N...Anyway hope you enjoy it as much as i did:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_cwjfbgWpI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

beer enigma

tayto lover wrote: »

It was a great night though I believe many Liverpool fans have better memories of it than a lot of Arsenal fans.

I was there, must admit I don't have any complaints......

Ol' Donie

tayto lover wrote: »

It was a great night though I believe many Liverpool fans have better memories of it than a lot of Arsenal fans.

What am I missing here?

tayto lover

Ol' Donie wrote: »

What am I missing here?

I said that because the ex Liverpool players and their fans never seemed to get over that night when we took the league at their place.
The United players and fans reacted much better when we won the league at OT.

beer enigma

tayto lover wrote: »

I said that because the ex Liverpool players and their fans never seemed to get over that night when we took the league at their place.
The United players and fans reacted much better when we won the league at OT.

The Liverpool fans were gutted that night but in fairness treated us really well.

A lot of Arsenal 'fans' left early for the train and I can never understand that. Micky's goal was like slow motion and was only discussing it with him this week.

Ol' Donie

beer enigma wrote: »

The Liverpool fans were gutted that night but in fairness treated us really well.

A lot of Arsenal 'fans' left early for the train and I can never understand that. Micky's goal was like slow motion and was only discussing it with him this week.

Woah! Tell us more!

What a day that was.

beer enigma

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Woah! Tell us more!

What a day that was.

It still gives me the shivers.

Maybe I'm over romanticising it but there was something in the air that night that said it wasn't over . It was as though the players just looked at each other and became unstoppable, it's a passion I haven't seen in any of the current squads. That ball was glued to Michael's foot and the crowd went from one g'wan to another to another and then all hell let loose.i remember seeing an elderly Liverpool supporter just fall to his knees.

I'm a big fan of the film field of dreams, it reminds me of that night.

If you haven't watched '89 on sky, do it now !!

eigrod

Best wishes to him

https://twitter.com/kennysansom03/status/1261381149944762368?s=21

eigrod

eigrod wrote: »

Best wishes to him

https://twitter.com/kennysansom03/status/1261381149944762368?s=21

He seems a nice lad to hear him in interviews. Fame and football was probably the worst thing to happen to him.

wonga77

Anyone watching motd last night? Shearer and Wright both picked Bergkamps goal against Newcastle as their best motd goal ever.
Obviously impossible to choose from the thousands of goals, Henry's volley against Utd was also in there.
I thought Van Persies volley against Charlton might get a mention

tayto lover

wonga77 wrote: »

Anyone watching motd last night? Shearer and Wright both picked Bergkamps goal against Newcastle as their best motd goal ever.
Obviously impossible to choose from the thousands of goals, Henry's volley against Utd was also in there.
I thought Van Persies volley against Charlton might get a mention

I’d agree with them tbh. Lots of thought process and skill went into Bergkamp’s goal. The others were great goals and also skillful but Dennis’s was a work of art.

greendom

tayto lover wrote: »

I’d agree with them tbh. Lots of thought process and skill went into Bergkamp’s goal. The others were great goals and also skillful but Dennis’s was a work of art.

The same can be applied to Wilshere's goal against Norwich. That's actrually the first I think of when you say work of art. Such a team goal too - performance art!

ImANoob08

Girouds scorpion kick was a thing of beauty as well!

Jesus when you think of it we have a long list of great goals!

8-10

Personally I always preferred Bergkamp's v Leicester the way he kills the ball coming over his shoulder. Very like his WC goal v Argentina which is the best he's scored.

Newcastle would be his number 3 for me, iconic goal but there's a niggle of doubt that he meant it the way it turned out. All phenomenal goals though from a sublime player

salmocab

8-10 wrote: »

Personally I always preferred Bergkamp's v Leicester the way he kills the ball coming over his shoulder. Very like his WC goal v Argentina which is the best he's scored.

Newcastle would be his number 3 for me, iconic goal but there's a niggle of doubt that he meant it the way it turned out. All phenomenal goals though from a sublime player

Ah he meant it, there are clips of him talking about it he says the ball was too far behind him and it was all he could do and says it could so easily have gone wrong.

tayto lover

salmocab wrote: »

Ah he meant it, there are clips of him talking about it he says the ball was too far behind him and it was all he could do and says it could so easily have gone wrong.

We have to assume that every goal was “meant”, otherwise we’d be ruling lots of them out. It’s not as if he was running the other way. He had to flick the ball past his marker, make sure he got turned before him, reach the ball before him and also reach it before the keeper did and then slip it past him. Everything had to come together for him to score. It was a fantastic bit of thought process and finishing. Genius.

Skylinehead

8-10 wrote: »

iconic goal but there's a niggle of doubt that he meant it the way it turned out.

Wha?

Listen to the guy talk about it. No doubt whatsoever.

DenMan

Are the players back in training today? It'll be interesting to see what happens in relation to Bellerin. Does he want to leave and if so the club should cash in on him with three years left on his contract. It's finding a new club for him that may be difficult as Barcelona don't need him apparently. Bayern Munich have been mentioned. Talk of Torreira wanting to go back to Italy too as his agent was supposed to have hinted at it. Then there's the Aubameyang and Lacazette situations too. We really need to keep our best players and at the same time let Arteta build a new team.

Bobby Baccala

DenMan wrote: »

Are the players back in training today? It'll be interesting to see what happens in relation to Bellerin. Does he want to leave and if so the club should cash in on him with three years left on his contract. It's finding a new club for him that may be difficult as Barcelona don't need him apparently. Bayern Munich have been mentioned. Talk of Torreira wanting to go back to Italy too as his agent was supposed to have hinted at it. Then there's the Aubameyang and Lacazette situations too. We really need to keep our best players and at the same time let Arteta build a new team.

Has there been talk of Bellerin leaving? He seems to love the club and the city so I’d be surprised at that

beer enigma

Bobby Baccala wrote: »

Has there been talk of Bellerin leaving? He seems to love the club and the city so I’d be surprised at that

There's been press rumours linking him but thats just press.

Only yesterday he gave an interview to Football London with his plan to help guide the new breed of Arsenal youngsters, so I'd be very very surprised if he's looking to leave.

https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/players/hector-bellerin-interview-arsenal-arteta-18272467

batistuta9

He's effectively captain, maybe that means he's off :pac:

emmetlego

OmegaGene wrote: »

I can’t see him leaving, he seems to be 100% arsenal and happy in England too

A rare breed these days!

Bobby Baccala

OmegaGene wrote: »

I can’t see him leaving, he seems to be 100% arsenal and happy in England too

It’s nuts hearing his hybrid Spanish/London accent

gscully

tayto lover wrote: »

We have to assume that every goal was “meant”, otherwise we’d be ruling lots of them out. It’s not as if he was running the other way. He had to flick the ball past his marker, make sure he got turned before him, reach the ball before him and also reach it before the keeper did and then slip it past him. Everything had to come together for him to score. It was a fantastic bit of thought process and finishing. Genius.

Imagine if VAR had been around. That goal would've been ruled out for the gentle push on Dabizas.

Bobby Baccala

Bobby Baccala wrote: »

Has there been talk of Bellerin leaving? He seems to love the club and the city so I’d be surprised at that

beer enigma wrote: »

There's been press rumours linking him but thats just press.

Only yesterday he gave an interview to Football London with his plan to help guide the new breed of Arsenal youngsters, so I'd be very very surprised if he's looking to leave.

https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/players/hector-bellerin-interview-arsenal-arteta-18272467

OmegaGene wrote: »

I can’t see him leaving, he seems to be 100% arsenal and happy in England too

He'd have to learn Spanish all over again

beer enigma

Coutinho rumour is gaining legs, it's certainly being talked about certain people at the club

emmetlego

beer enigma wrote: »

Coutinho rumour is gaining legs, it's certainly being talked about certain people at the club

He’s been pretty poor at Barca though, hasn’t he? And where do he and Ozil play?? Just doesn’t make sense.

Royale with Cheese

He played well towards the end of his time with Liverpool, that's about it. £62m for him? Surely there's a better way to spend that kind of money.

correction

I assume it would only be a loan? Either way we should avoid, he's the kind of player top clubs are moving away from.

FixitFelix

emmetlego wrote: »

He’s been pretty poor at Barca though, hasn’t he? And where do he and Ozil play?? Just doesn’t make sense.

In fairness Sanchez wasn't getting a kick for Barca when we signed him, Coutinho is definitely well capable of being top drawer but I do agree with you in regards where do him an özil fit in. Just a one year long makes no sense but if Arteta sees him a possible replacement could make sense but not for the money quoted.But like everything else if we read all the rumours it's like we're signing every player.

Skylinehead

OmegaGene wrote: »

The only player we don’t seem to be signing lately is benzema
Which makes a pleasant change

Kalou still playing?

djan

I'd be delighted with coutinho tbh. Ozil is getting on and at 30 years I don't see him improving his roller-coaster desire to play.

One thing that I always found frustrating that the way we play, the CAM always gets lots of shooting opportunities but ever since cazorla left, there hasn't been anyone with a decent shot in that position. Coutinho would at the very least solve that!

FixitFelix

Seems the jersey posted online is legit and already in some shops.
Bruised strawberry anyone?


https://mobile.twitter.com/cdavison_afc/status/1265260514852159488/photo/1

CatInABox

FixitFelix wrote: »

Seems the jersey posted online is legit and already in some shops.
Bruised strawberry anyone?


https://mobile.twitter.com/cdavison_afc/status/1265260514852159488/photo/1

Maybe it'll look better in person? Also, why is it that everyone in a position to take a photo of something in order to leak it has a potato for a camera?

FixitFelix

CatInABox wrote: »

Maybe it'll look better in person? Also, why is it that everyone in a position to take a photo of something in order to leak it has a potato for a camera?

Spent all his money on the Tag Heuer watch