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MEND001:
Arteta had 6 years too qualify for the same tournament, yet he couldn't. It clear Maresca > Arteta

Arsenal qualified for ucl the same period Chelsea qualified for conference, Arsenal only have 2 ucl season experience prior to this cwc, and couldn't win it last season. So how is that 6 years of qualifying for the same tournament?.

iamoyindamola:
Bro last season after the season ended the first thing on everyone mind was to get deputy for saka and CF only for us to be seeing merino, calafiori after selling some attacking depth like nketiah and rowe I guess that was why the board stop the fun[b]ding because this man was just packing defensive players
Last season the key areas we suffered most injuries was the attack that's because the coach favour defense
There were some key games we couldn't finish off opponents, another example is this current transfer we have gotten 3 defense line players with one incoming while we can boost of just 2 attack minded players

Tomorrow if things go sideways we will blame the board[/b]

are you saying this signings isn't needed?, or that we should have prioritise attack first and leave out the important gaps being left behind in those areas they already covered?.

iamoyindamola:
Which respect is that?
Person bottled league with 8 matches to go after staying at the top for 90% of the season

we can all agree that Arteta is not delivering at the level befitting of us, but we can't say the progress isn't there and the fear factor isn't back in the mind of our rivals. There's a reason the board members and owner rate him so high and block their ears when we shout Teta out. Dude is bringing back profits for them(that's mostly what's important to them) and changing the old narrative. It's left to see what will happen at the end of this coming season if he still doesn't deliver an important trophy. I can only wish and hope shaa.

iamoyindamola:
Mosquera is here we go
Ethan contract almost done
Gyokeres team are in london to finalize
Madueke will complete medical this week
Berta will start work on Eze this week once this is done, we close shop and focus on outgoing abeg

most of our incoming deals are in instalments of 2-3 years. With the confirmed deals everything should be around £177m with actual payments for this window being around 80m or 90m. So can we get half or more than half of it from players sales?.

ObaIgwe1:
Less we forget, last season, Arteta took 4 points out of the possible 6points while Maresca managed a point between the 2 clubs encounters.

how many points and wins did Newcastle had against us last season again please?.
I guess Eddie is better than.....

MSGAMBLE9:
In short breaths Nelli has what Madueke doesn't have and vice-versa... In order words we're stuck in same position with him neither improving team or worse buh £52m minus in the warchest...


What a good time...

You know the actual fee is 48m to be paid fully by 2027/2028 season?. We are merely paying about 16m this year. That's a smart business if you ask me. The additional 4m is only based on performance

iamoyindamola:
Arteta have said it several times
Kai is a starter

me and you go soon start fight here ooo. Kai na my guy, but abeg!!!!!.... he get games wey he go come in but no try that starter line biko.

iamoyindamola:
Even this kai deal haven't tried anything productive then we are adding madueke
Yes the UK fans are doing this because they are tired, why not someone else must it be from Chelsea

kai na Arteta wild dream, I love the guy but make i see how Arteta go play am this season, I just wan observe something. If we get Gyokeres would he be dropped in games for kai, or will Rice or Merino be dropped to accommodate him in midfield.

MSGAMBLE9:
Nobody buys "hope he can be the go to guy" player for £52m and depth not even far richer clubs like PSG, United or Real...


Is he an upgrade on Nelli to you?

let's break this down. Nelli got 8 goals and 4 assist in 2299 minutes of epl games and madueke got 7 goals and 3 assist in 2047 minutes of epl games.
Nelli had 45 shots with 19 on target, madueke got 80 shots with 30 on target with less minutes.
Madueke makes more forward passes when i watch him(this is personal view) than nelli makes when i watch him. And unlike nelli who have lost his drive for dribbling and advancing forward under pressure when his speed alone can't help, madueke does the dribbling and advancing a lot. Like I said Madueke Is a good player that can still develop too, but the price is just a bit too high for me oo. Being a Chelsea player isn't even the issue for me.

iamoyindamola:
No matter how they twist it the deal is a big setback just the way Kai deal set us back
This guy is not even better than Ethan or martinelli that have lost his mojo

can we give him the benefits of doubt till he starts playing?. Just like kai, this whole fans outrage will certainly affect him mentally if he ain't strong enough. It feels like he is not welcomed even before he kick a ball in arsenal shirt. Personally I understand the feelings about the deal, but he's an arsenal player now and uk fans are doing a bit too much about it. With Nelli and Trossard future on the hang and Rodrigo deal looking more unrealistic, I think we should relax first regardless of how we feel and watch him in an arsenal shirt for couple of games. And I know his deal won't affect our pursuit of Gyokeres(na arsenal dey play smart with the deal at the moment, not that the money is not there or that the coach or staffs are not happy with him). Make we give Arteta his wants and watch how he turns things, some of us are already loosing faith, so let's give him wetin he talk say be him problem and watch how and what his excuse might be this time.

ObaIgwe1:
“If a player wants to leave, then in the end it is difficult for the club and manager. And yes, Noni decided to leave”.

“No one said to Noni he has to leave. It was his own decision. If he is happy, we are happy”.

- Maresca

Hmmmnnn... so he is not such a reject or surplus to requirement, at least by his manager. Na Arteta and Berta go convince the boy to come. That partly explain why Chelsea used him to cash out on us

he is a good player that can still develop, the issue most fans have with the deal is the money involved and the fact that most Chelsea players we got recently haven't been what we needed for where we aim to be. But funny enough, the same fans that were saying few weeks ago that we let jorginho go for free to get lower grade in zubi are now saying jorginho wasn't it for us too.

Roland17:
Like @iamoyindamola rightly put, this is now stale and has gathered serious mold!

We have now seen teams go out and hire coaches who did not need 6 years to be successful.

He is now 6 years into his tenure, will enter his 7th by 12 AM on December 2025.

Now a few 100s away from spending a billion (10s, if Gyokeres, Eze and Mosquera all go through)

2nd highest tenured in the EPL.

3rd highest earning coach in the world.

Talk another thing!

Nwanne you sef ehh true true excuses don expire for Teta, na to just sit down dey watch dey wish and hope well for the club.

mostob:
Well, let's see how it goes. Going by past events, it wouldn't bode well to make hasty conclusion. My own is Partey shouldn't have gotten himself entagled in situation like this.

exactly, he shouldn't have gotten himself in something as ugly as this, but then C’est la vie

Shegzdave:
What happens to Innocence until proven guilty?

I'm talking from the screenshot of the chat between him and the lady after the whole thing. I am not a lawyer to twist event and outcome in the court of law. I am talking from a perspective of moral laws. He didn't feel any kind of remorse from the chat they had after the whole thing happened, he felt like it was a normal thing. Of course he can win the case, but that doesn't mean that what he did was right.

mostob:
The guy no try at all. 3 women fah.. 3!!!
Well, let's wait and see the outcome sha

I was even thinking it was the woman he married that was behind the rape accusation as at the time it was first reported. Base how it all went down and all. From the screenshot the lady provided, you can see it's not Partey's first nor last victim. Baba felt untouchable.

I think this is the main reason why Partey's contract went down the drain. Just few days of letting him go and uk met finally announced him as the London player they have been keeping tabs on. And evidence dey plenty too. Maybe Arsenal got the info. First and didn't want to have part in the saga.

MSGAMBLE9:
Just seeing this now... Rest in Peace

Some very sad news to bring you.
Liverpool and Portugal footballer Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva have died in a car crash in Spain. Our thoughts are with their family and friends...

So sad.... and he recently got married oo

bobonla:
Hehehe. Oh Azikiwe. My brother no vex I wasn't thinking that far. Omo na since b4 military rule oo

We good bro. But Otti for president na one wild dream wey even if he get, he suppose first take like 2 hours laugh before he chop better food and sleep.

bobonla:
Who come be the first igbo president talk in 40 characters

Nigerian wey no know nigerian history na........................
Simple Google search would have helped you but alas......

iamoyindamola:
Are we blaming the mgt for giving arteta and tech dir money to buy what they want?

baba we know who Kai deal falls on his head. na why I no dey put mouth if dem dey drag for that one. But i love Kai shaaa

MSGAMBLE9:
I liked Kai too but he didn't really serve the purpose as a potent striker which is needed or Xhaka replacement... I won't mind Maduke ( RW deputy ) if his deal won't affect getting a high profile LW and Striker ( Eze or Rodrygo, Sesko or Gyokeres)... Else he tells us story like last summer " Jesus is train different, Moves different and he's a different striker" ...

This'll really move the needle in right direction for Arsenal...Mosquera deal will be done soon am optimistic...

somehow I feel confident about a striker joining us this summer. Will Rodrigo play LW if he joins?, he will be comfortable playing there?. That i can't answer. With both our striker preference going to cost around 70m and Ezeh over 60m(though it's can be paid in instalment) i don't think we should get another forward for over 50m. The business side of the game will be affected especially if there's no serious player sales.

This search for a striker no dey even move me shaa, somehow I feel we will surely get one. They placed their eye on 2 of them from the onset and both are willing to come. That's why Berta is dragging the whole thing cus he's probably sure of getting one of them. Na wingers I dey even worry about. Our search for strikers was limited to two names after valuation, but wingers na just rumours upon rumours.

iamoyindamola:
I don't understand how we still blame the mgt

Na dem bring out the money after Arteta sight am

MSGAMBLE9:
I think I would like Eze deal more since he can deputies for Odegaard and LW...

Maduke own is Arteta being mischievous again when striker was needed he went for Kai (freaking £65m) and some people would still blame the Management... Like how?

You see that Kai deal?, na scam he run us. Talking about midfield and replacing xhaka and then boom na Kai wey no fit do half of what xhaka does. To make it easy for him, he switched him to striker role. I love Kai shaa, as per na Arsenal player and he dey put energy(wey he fit put) for every match but dat decision was off. I'm waiting to see how and where he plays when we finally get a striker this season and with our midfield already jam packed. Eze is a decent player and will provide depth for Odegaard. Rodrigo deal?, I think say na RW he dey play?, would he bench Saka considering the amount we would pay for him?.(that's if it materialise).
Madueke is more realistic as a back up plan, because he can still develop greatly, the skill and talent is there and it won't be seen as outrageous if he's on the bench behind Saka. If kwiwior is leaving I think we should really get that valencia defender. The guy is raw and reminds me of big gabu when we signed him.
Striker, a winger, a defender and a midfielder and I will saybwe had a good summer at the end of it.