Folarin Balogun’s transfer from Arsenal to AS Monaco is nearing completion, causing some discontent among Gooners. Following an impressive loan spell at Reims last season, the striker seemed poised for another opportunity to showcase his talents within Mikel Arteta’s first team.
Contrary to these expectations, the talented USMNT star is on the verge of returning to France, a country where he excelled in the previous campaign. This decision stems from the club’s perspective, with Arteta maintaining reservations about his suitability for the team.
Yet, not all supporters share this viewpoint. A report in The Sun has unveiled a segment of fans who are infuriated by the club’s choice to allow Balogun’s departure, particularly without affording him the chance to validate his potential.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Doing well in France is different from doing so in the Premier League and we must trust the judgement of Arteta.
The gaffer has proven to be a very good manager who makes the best decisions and we trust him to prove his decision on Balogun is correct at the end of this campaign.
We wish the striker the best in France and hopefully, he will move again to earn us some money from his sell-on clause.
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Wish Balogun all the best! You make the right choice to exit, not to wait but be competitive and match ready. It is good that the club let him go. Win win for both.
With a 50% sell on clause, that makes it good business! Otherwise a bad deal for Arsenal selling cheap as usual.
Why not?
He is never going to get a chance under Arteta who seems to prefer strikers who spend most of their time on the treatment table and, when they do start cannot hit a barn door.
And, of course, we have the prolific and extremely talented play maker that is Kai Havertz – number one Chelsea reject.
It’s true Arteta and Edu,want Arsenal to be just a title contender but not champions. For Edu,likes his country boy yet he can’t even score over 20 goals in the league, believe me if someone is saying Balogun can’t perform in the Premier league then he or she must be wrong look at William Saliba wasn’t he in the French ligure 1?,so why say Balogun can’t perform in the EPL?Instead of buying guys like Haverts,why not give Balogun a chance
I find this one too difficult to judge. Scoring goals in France is great, but that doesn’t always translate, and he’s not always grabbed the opportunities he has been given in our first team. Eddie, for example, *may* be less talented (I really can’t say yet), but he’s always done his best to impose himself on every game. On the other hand, i felt that balogun spent too much time waiting for something to happen for him, rather than him trying to make things happen. I think he froze.
That said, I’ve also seen an analysis of his game last season which suggested he has a passing game that is pretty unusual for a striker, which suggests he *might* be able to develop along the lines of Harry kane (ie a playmaking goalscorer – not that he’d necessarily be as good as kane), which does make me wonder.
It’s really hard to judge, so can only go with arteta’s decision. Maybe we’ll regret it, but maybe balogun wouldn’t have made it here regardless.
Arteta clearly doesn’t prioritize goals when he decides on strikers. He is not interested in a 20 goal scorer, (at least thru 4 years at Arsenal) and rather prefers a high pressing versatility player who can contribute in other ways.
That’s great if it lands titles and trophies, but if it doesn’t than his method is naïve and failing.
Of all the things to copy from Pep, an absolute killer up top like Haaland would be a good one to pick.
What doing mean doing well in France does not mean doing well in England, can’t trust arteta one beat , sometimes I think he is losing it, imagine him brings in Kai where he had the chance of bringing the likes of diaby, kondus and Madison. If not for public cry, he wanted to let saliba go, today he is the pillar of arsenal defense. Can’t trust arteta at all he ruin pepes career, by bring in finish Chelsea William s, not allowing pepe to play now he a repeating same, pls balongun go, you are a very good player, don’t kill ur career wait on arteta dats confused
am I indifferent to the sale of Balogun by Arsenal to AS Monaco this summer? My answer to the question I’ve asked myself is NO! and YES!
NO! In the sense that if Arsenal are to operate as a contemporary giants club side.which they are currently looking to be. Then their selling of their recognized priced assert striker is in order. In order in the sense that Balogun despite his remarkable success on loan at Reims last season, he is not a key player in Arteta’s Gunners team. Hence, offloading him this summer to get a reasonable amount amount of money on his sale is in order. For, Arteta looks to not consider him suitable for his evolution plans that he’s executing at Arsenal. So therefore, there is no point for Balogun to keep remaining at Arsenal. But seek regular playing time opportunities at another club that will give him..
YES! On another take of things, I would have loved it to see Arsenal go the way of orthodoxy a bit and be conservative for a moment and keep Balogun for Arsenal’s summer campaign this season. And give him regular playing time as a starter and substitute off the bench to play in many games of different competitions for Arsenal. After which both Arteta and us will judge Balogun’s performances for Arsenal.
But Arteta has not given any chance or time for judging Balogun’s performances for Arsenal this summer to happen. So, personally what can I as Balogun’s fan do? I take his exiting Arsenal on transfer to AS Monaco on the chin.
It was the right time to cash in
He was asked to earn his place in a new 4 year contract. He refused saying he wanted guaranteed minutes. That’s not anyone we need. Play for your place and earn it. No-one should have a guarantee.
Not true at all.
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I agree with you Sue.
The player has little chance of game time
in Arsenal His value now is as high as it can be. He said he didn’t want another loan move. So what next? Sell him now or regret later
Exactly
William Saliba did well in France before returning back in the premier league where he continue doing well.Why questioning about Belogun performance?
So another typical cut price Arsenal sale, £35 million, really !
I just hope we’ve got a really good sell on clause.
17.5%
Thanks Reggie, so if they eventually sell him for say £50 million, we get £8.75 million.
UTD paid 75M Euros(not including adds on)for a CF one year younger,who scored 8/9 goals last season in Serie A for Atalanta.
i followed balogun for long its very sad he was sold, i mean in terms of goal scoring no arsenal striker is better than him, and why not sell nketiah who cant score? then you signed kai who has failed in the premier league and is beign rejected by your rival, do you think chelsea is foolish? and at 65m i cant fathom that, balogun is worth more than 34m it’s very sad, we need to get kai out of that team asap he is too slow he can excel in only france or germany
Arteta is experimenting way too much with the team.
If he persists in this fashion of playing a sub par Harvetz, getting rid of the likes of Tieney and playing Partey out of place, even a top 4 this season could be out of reach!
It is very sad indeed to sell Balogun. People who say performing in France doesn’t mean he will perform in The Premier league are forgetting about Henry Patrick Vieira, Petit, Witord, Robert Prrez and so on who were signed from French teams based on their performance in France but are now part of The Arsenal folklore.
I believe Balogun deserved a chance to prove himself. But fact of the matter is, some players can be very unlucky with one team manager or coach and they need to leave such a team to prove themselves in another. And I think Balogun is one of those players. So it’s imperative for him to leave Arsenal.
I am pretty sure that if he does, he will excel wherever he goes even if he joins another premier league team.
So good luck to him.
Last season,many predicted the sale of Balogun when it was announced that Nketiah had signed a new contract with Arsenal.