Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2020/2021

https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/status/1353369835070255107?s=19

Confirmed by the Ornacle

Ardennes1944

2.5m loan fee and we pay his wages.

tayto lover

wonski wrote: »

Is he not injured already?

He was injured most of the 2020 and now started 2021 with another issue...

I have my doubts if he's good fit for Arsenal.

We just gonna pay his salary till the end of the season or what's the deal?

Ah good God !! Not another injury prone player.
Hope they check his back.

It will be absolutely ridiculous if he’s in the injury room for most of his stay here.

I really hope that’s not true.

wonski

Missed 9 weeks in total already this season. Maybe it isn't as bad as I think.

Time will tell. Sure he will have to pass medical now anyway, but carrying a knock now.

Wage is 38k a week apparently.

Irritating today to see the competent teams just doing the necessary in the cup.

greendom

Big if but if he could adapt to the. EPL quickly enough he could prove a great addition and support to Smith Rowe

Ol' Donie

5star02707 wrote: »

Farewell Mesut

https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/1353342027421904896?s=19

The little red heart in that makes me want to puke.

spaceCreated

wonski wrote: »

Missed 9 weeks in total already this season. Maybe it isn't as bad as I think.

Time will tell. Sure he will have to pass medical now anyway, but carrying a knock now.

Wage is 38k a week apparently.

Think he started brightly and then got injured and didnt get much of a chance in the team after coming back. Should be fully fit now and chomping at the bit to show what he can do. Fairly low cost as well for what might get us some sort of European football next year.

beer enigma

Have to wait for confirmation but sounds like there's an option to buy in the Odegaard loan if all in agreement

beer enigma

OmegaGene wrote: »

Nelson might be heading out to the championship going by a few reports

I think he's gone in the summer

JPA

tayto lover wrote: »

Does anyone else think that Jack Grealish would be a great addition to our midfield?
He’s strong, mobile, great at carrying the ball and at delivering a pass. Great engine too.
Sooner or later he’s going to end up at a very big club.
I think he’d improve us quite a lot. The more I see him the more I’d like see him in an Arsenal shirt.

I didn’t like that he didn’t declare for Ireland though but he was probably right.

Did you just start watching football?!

tayto lover

JPA wrote: »

Did you just start watching football?!

No. Did you?

beer enigma

tayto lover wrote: »

No. Did you?

He was just visiting from the Villa forum

TimeToShine

TBF Grealish is absolutely world class, right up there with the very best. Not much between what Fernandes has done for United and what he's doing at Villa, he has them five places higher than they should be. They'd be mad to let him go, if they are willing to spend the money they can build a great team around him.

beer enigma

Arsenal have agreed to pay Real Madrid a £1.8m loan fee for Martin Odegaard plus his wage of £38,000 a week, which would make the total outlay about £2.5m until the end of May.

By all accounts, a lot of player for that money

wonga77

Who was the last loan player we got that made a significant contribution?

Arne_Saknussem

wonga77 wrote: »

Who was the last loan player we got that made a significant contribution?

Ceballos?

5star02707

Torreira on the other hand might go back to us, couldn't cut it in Atletico. Monaco interested in buying him

https://twitter.com/ZRAFC/status/1353422000627216385?s=19

DenMan

Lampard might be sacked later today! Arteta was close to it about a month ago.

Jmac24128

Typical Chelsea to sack him after a win.

Jmac24128

Jmac24128 wrote: »

Typical Chelsea to sack him after a win.

Yeah, if a win over Luton can't convince them to change their minds, I don't know what will.

Pogue eile

DenMan wrote: »

Lampard might be sacked later today! Arteta was close to it about a month ago.

I very much doubt he was, on social media maybe but the board never seriously coonsidered it I would imagine, pretty sure that in appointing Arteta it was a long term project and he would always be given time. Correctly as well I might add.

L'prof

DenMan wrote: »

Lampard might be sacked later today! Arteta was close to it about a month ago.

If that’s true then chances are they’ll have cause to review his position again shortly. The next 11 in the league are eye watering

DvB

Tuchel to come in & replace Lampard later today is the rumour hat seems to be gathering pace.

Jmac24128

Basil3 wrote: »

Yeah, if a win over Luton can't convince them to change their minds, I don't know what will.

A win is a win. Can't sack someone after a win. It's bad form.

Jmac24128

Jmac24128 wrote: »

A win is a win. Can't sack someone after a win. It's bad form.

I guess they should have sacked him before the match, or wait for their next loss, in the interest of avoiding bad form. This is assuming that they've decided to sack him either way.

beer enigma

Well he's gone now, just announced

5star02707

Indeed confirmed by Sky Sports there

https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/1353665421463990273?s=19

We only have 2 competitions to play for PL and Europa

Hopefully we start winning again tomorrow to boost our chances playing for Champs league spot. Still a lot of deadwood to get rid in our team

beer enigma

Mustafi looking to get contract cancelled to enable an early move

brianregan09

Can we cancel Willian while we're at it

Underground

Chelsea were hoping to beat us on Stephen's Day to lift them up to second, a month later and he's turfed out.

You'd have to wonder what was even the point in appointing a coach like Lampard if it wasn't a medium to long term project, like the Arteta project looks like it will be.

Hopefully Mustafi goes. Next up will be a badly needed cleanup / rebuild job in the midfield. Xhaka, Elneny, Ceballos, all likely to be in their last season at Arsenal imo.

Bobby Baccala

beer enigma wrote: »

Mustafi looking to get contract cancelled to enable an early move

Fair play to mustafi! The man just wants to play football, thankfully not at Arsenal anymore. He’s had some great games but more clangers than I can remember, 35 mil at the time was big money too. Wish him all the best cause he seems a decent bloke.

beer enigma

Another one completed

https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1353757500340895745?s=19

DenMan

Sokratis has gone home to Greece. Very happy for him!

Wonda-Boy

beer enigma wrote: »

Another one completed

https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1353757500340895745?s=19

Did not mind him at all, he gave 100% and while not the most technical player he did the basic well. Shame it did not work out....

beer enigma

Ah the good old Draxler mill...

Latest one is PSG to offer a swap, Draxler for Guendouzi...

greendom

wonga77 wrote: »

Who was the last loan player we got that made a significant contribution?

Benayoun?

beer enigma

Overall never lived up to The Beast, but Baptista did hit four an Anfield

DenMan

Looking forward to tonight. The shape of the team will be much different. Get Partey back that's for sure! Lava must start too. COYG

emmetlego

DenMan wrote: »

Looking forward to tonight. The shape of the team will be much different. Get Partey back that's for sure! Lava must start too. COYG

He sure is hot at the moment!!

beer enigma

Real shame for Auba, just as he was starting to show form, but total respect that the club have stayed quiet & just hope all is well

Its times like this that Arsenal really stand miles above the rest

DenMan

emmetlego wrote: »

He sure is hot at the moment!!

Bloody Android autocorrect! Let's hope he's as red hot as lava tonight.

Quazzie

beer enigma wrote: »

Real shame for Auba, just as he was starting to show form, but total respect that the club have stayed quiet & just hope all is well

Its times like this that Arsenal really stand miles above the rest

What happened with Auba?

EDIT: Actually I re-read what you wrote, and I think the point your making is that the club haven't said. Grand. Hope whatever it is he comes out of it well.

Ardennes1944

Tierney is being assessed ahead of later. If both he and Auba are out we're gonna struggle.
Tierney and Martinelli I can live with but Cedric and Martinelli, not sure.

5star02707

First Europa league game might be played on a neutral venue

https://twitter.com/jamesbenge/status/1354030964989693953?s=19

Flights from UK not allowed to enter Portugal

Pogue eile

5star02707 wrote: »

Flights from UK not allowed to enter Portugal

COVID related or just sick of them?? :D

greendom

Pogue eile wrote: »

COVID related or just sick of them?? :D

Wouldn't be that many English people on Arsenal flights anyway!

2ndcoming

Hmm when ya think about it prob 5 or 6 more than there would have been 10 years ago I would guess.

greendom

2ndcoming wrote: »

Hmm when ya think about it prob 5 or 6 more than there would have been 10 years ago I would guess.

Portuguese getting wise to that obviously

DenMan

Odegaard deal very close to being completed. He may feature against Utd on Saturday.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55784051