Takehiro Tomiyasu only played 6 minutes of football last season, so Gooners knew his injury was serious. The fact that, at the age of 26, he would agree to rip up his contract makes you fear whether he will ever be able to physically return to his previous levels.
Recovering from his second knee surgery in just over two years, the defender will not be fit to play most likely until 2026.
With his deal likely to expire at the end of the next campaign, it was unlikely to be renewed.
The right back deserves credit for not being motivated solely by money.
He was legally entitled to continue getting paid for another 12 months while using Arsenal’s world-class facilities to rehabilitate.
The Gunners would have most likely agreed to pay him less overall, but the player will now get paid quicker while he can recover how he wishes, even returning to Japan if he chooses. Incredibly, the full back is the 11th Gunner to be released during Mikel Arteta’s reign.
It is natural for a player to leave as a free agent, but it is less common for a manager to so regularly just wash his hands of a talent.
In his only management job, the Spaniard has, on average, released two players every year.
It is a combination of his employers encouraging the wage bill to be slashed at various points, but also allowing the 43-year-old to believe it is normal practice to give up on anyone the moment they do not suit his ethos.
We are not referring to anyone from the academy, as it is natural for youngsters to be deemed not good enough for the highest level, but it is less common that your first team squad contains individuals you would prefer to pay to leave.
Based on that, this list includes only names who played for us in the Premiership and were released by Mikel Arteta, ranked worst to best…
Willian
Willian has never been specific about why he could not settle into life at the Emirates.
It is worth stressing that before and after, at other London clubs, there were zero issues.
It could be that, during Covid, he never got to play in front of Gooners, with some players struggling in empty stadiums.
I always think the Brazilian simply struggled entering such a young dressing room, having come from an environment with so many leaders and experienced players.
The 36-year-old has earned respect from fans for not just agreeing to his release but waiving any future payments, essentially walking away from 12 million pounds.
Pepe
Let me stress, Pepe was and is a better footballer than many on this list but has to be near the bottom simply because, at the time, he was our record signing.
The player himself has since suggested that if it was not for the size of that fee hanging around his neck, things could have worked out differently.
Arteta’s management of him was strange at times. I remember moments when the attacker would do well but still not start the next week.
In hindsight, you sense the decision had long been made to get his salary off the wage bill.
A loan spell in France was surely good enough to prove that the Ivorian could have been a better impact sub than Reiss Nelson or Eddie Nketiah?
Yet the decision had already been made on an expensive resource.
Instead of finding a way to get the best out of the talent, the Gunners preferred to cut their losses, ripping up his contract.
They were paying someone to leave who had cost them 72 million just four years ago.
Worse, this was to little shock.
It was now accepted how we did business.
Pepe insists he only sees the positives from his Arsenal spell.
Kolasinac
Kolasinac was one of several players under Mikel Arteta fully aware that, if his employers had their way, he would have left North London sooner than he did.
It is a compliment to the 32-year-old’s professionalism that Mikel Arteta kept trusting him around the squad once it became clear no one was going to match the left back’s current salary.
The original plan was for the defender to return on loan to Schalke as captain, and they would re-sign him full time if they escaped relegation.
When they could not, they could not afford the deal.
So, in January 2022, a full year since first trying to get him off their wage bill, the Gunners agreed to rip up his contract so Marseille could continue paying him the same wage, due to there being zero transfer fee.
Callum Chambers
Some might forget there was a spell as a Gunner where Callum Chambers was playing well enough to get three international caps.
Yet it always felt like just as he was gaining some momentum at the Emirates, he would suffer a serious injury.
Loans to Middlesbrough and Fulham were a success, and I remember thinking, with Mikel Arteta’s reputation at the Etihad of getting the best out of talent one-on-one, the Englishman could really progress under the Spaniard’s coaching.
Yet you could argue the 30-year-old has never recovered from a cruciate ligament injury that kept him out for a year, so in 2022, the Gunners essentially let Aston Villa take over the final months of his contract.
What could have been?
Sokratis
As a compliment to the defender’s professionalism, despite him dropping down the pecking order under Mikel Arteta, the Greek was still trusted to be involved in the squad, a luxury not afforded to other talent our manager had lost faith in.
Yet in the Spaniard’s first pre-season, the centre back joined Ozil in not being registered for the domestic and European squads.
Here were Arsenal about to finish their second consecutive eighth-place finish, and they were paying two international footballers thousands of pounds to sit at home.
You are telling me Sokratis could not have at least done a job in the Europa League group stages?
Like Ozil, the idea was to make him feel so unwanted in North London that he would eventually agree to ripping up his contract early.
Mustafi
Became a scapegoat for a section of our fanbase.
Do not get me wrong, he always had a mistake in him and did not come close to justifying his transfer fee, but he was not the only poor defender at the time.
Would be able to put a run of strong performances together, but there would always be that moment of lost concentration.
The German has since spoken about how his perception among Gooners impacted him mentally.
Arsenal agreed with Mustafi (and Kolasinac) to end their contracts early so they could both join Schalke until the end of the season.
Neither could save the club from relegation.
Mkhitaryan
In many ways, hard to know where to rank the 36-year-old because his time as a Gunner was not offensive.
He did not do a lot wrong but ultimately was never great in his only full season at the Emirates.
Given that Alexis Sanchez only had a few months left on his contract, swapping him for Mkhitaryan seemed the best solution out of a poor situation to be in.
Yet we never got the version of the Armenian from Germany, Manchester or Italy.
In his defence, there was a lot going on at Arsenal off the pitch at the time.
By the time Mikel Arteta returned as manager, the midfielder was on loan at Roma and did not want to come back.
The only issue was that the Italians could not afford to justify a transfer fee and his big wages.
So, guess what the Gunners did?
Made the player a free agent just to reduce the wage bill.
He has since won five trophies in Serie A.
A player we released.
Bellerin
For someone who spent a decade in North London, growing from a teenager into a man and lifting three FA Cups, Bellerin deserved to leave to more fanfare than having his deal ripped up.
Some Gooners had started to run out of patience with the right back, mocking him for his love of fashion and caring about the environment.
The 30-year-old was also outspoken about how fan abuse had impacted his mental health.
The Spaniard’s biggest crime?
Too many injuries, which robbed him of his pace.
A loan to Real Betis was designed for the defender to prove his fitness. Despite winning the Copa del Rey with his boyhood club, he quickly learnt that the loan was never going to change his manager’s mind, and he was paid to leave early.
Aubameyang
For the second year running, Arsenal got buyer’s remorse, regretting paying a player over the age of 30 with zero resale value over the odds to stay.
Of course, they could not publicly admit that, due to Covid, the priority was to slash the wage bill, so for the second season running, they paid our highest earner to sit at home.
Our captain was not innocent. Clearly his timekeeping was an issue, but if his employers really wanted to, the priority could have been what was best for the team on the pitch.
A short-term compromise could have been reached where our skipper helped us until the end of the campaign before all parties went their separate ways.
Instead, the striker was simply given to Barcelona for nothing, without being replaced.
While we failed to finish in the top four due to relying on Eddie Nketiah for our firepower, Auba was scoring goals for fun in Spain.
Ozil
Little did anyone know it at the time, but Ozil’s final game as a Gunner was assisting the only goal against West Ham.
It is unusual for a midfielder to assist the winner (literally his job) yet be rewarded by never being selected for another squad by your manager. Especially at a time when teams could now make five subs.
Mikel Arteta insisted this decision was for sporting reasons, but it is almost offensive to fans’ intelligence to suggest a World Cup winner could not at least make the bench of the worst Arsenal team in a quarter of a century.
It is almost like something had happened off the pitch before the pandemic and during lockdown.
We know the German was one of the players to refuse a pay cut, wanting clarification on what his billionaire employers planned to do to support the club during Covid.
With clubs losing matchday revenue and not sure when stadiums would be full again, the Kroenke family needed the wage bill cut. Ozil was one of our top earners and had publicly embarrassed our owners by correctly predicting that players giving up part of their wages would not save staff from being made redundant.
While the Gunners will never publicly admit it, months were spent trying to make Ozil feel so miserable that he would accept having his contract ripped up.
This included not being invited to celebrate winning the FA Cup (which he qualified for a medal for), being paid to sit at home, and eventually not even being registered to play.
I look forward too your thoughts in the comments.
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A long list and one that contains some real disasters, financially at least.
Pepe’s there of course. It’s been estimated he cost Arsenal around £100m (fee + wages) over his contract as apparently the club was paying all his wages, even when he was out on loan. I can quite see why “Pepe insists he only sees the positives from his Arsenal spell.” as the article mentions. Beyond incredible.
Ozil was another, albeit earlier, massive hit. The club reportedly paid 90% of his Arsenal wages while he was out on loan – and that on £18.2m a year. I imagine he probably took a lot of positives as well.
They all add up, to a degree or another, to a massive payout (in one form or another) by the club. Exactly how much, I dread to think. Someone should calculate it, or perhaps not. Hopefully, we’ve now moved on though, in scale at least.
Exactly.
Time to look to the future. We moved on and have much better players that are bringing in lots of money into the club each season now. We are now paying back those losses little by little, season by season.
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Never liked ozil but he was treated terribly by the club at the end. I didn’t like him as a player, but I don’t think he really changed his approach from the moment he signed to the end – big talent, but imo didn’t have the stomach for a fight, so often went missing, but I think he was a professional and didn’t deserve to be forced out in the way he was. I didn’t realise sokratis was treated somewhat similarly – that’s sad to hear. Could never question his attitude at all.
I suspect auba probably was treated in a similarly callous manner, but I do want to point out, as it seems to be forgotten, that he played awfully for about 18 months. I don’t blame us for wanting to get rid of him, but the way it happened seemed underhanded, just finding an excuse and running with it, no doubt leaking stuff out to the media. Honestly, though, the way he was playing, it would not surprise me if he he was hoping we’d find a way to push him out. Who knows, maybe the treatment of ozil and sokratis changed his view of arsenal and he just sat on it until we paid him off. Who am I to judge if that’s the case.
For the love of God and all that is Holy, if you insist on writing this same thing over and over, will you please include how the players performed after they left Arsenal?
No lol
Way too many variables to use that to judge anything…..why don’t you ask what Aubas goal tally was before leaving
So that makes it okay to rip up his contract ?
He should have been sacked imo. Flagrant disregard towards his teammates , manager and club. Given time off to visit his mum at a time when free movement couldn’t be guaranteed and thought turning up late shouldn’t involve consequences- and this was also applied to lateness in general. For all the complaints laid at Odegaard’s door about being stripped of the captaincy…..
I haven’t forgotten him flying to Barcelona to force his move away. Zilch respect I’m afraid- and I don’t care how good he had been either.
SueP, couldn’t have put it better concerning PEA 👏👏.
He’s caused problems at previous clubs, especially at Dortmund. If he would have been allowed to carry on here just imagine what a bad signal that would’ve sent to the rest of the players, especially the younger ones.
@SueP
Once Auba made it to Barcelona he immediately recorded a video attacking Arteta. This is the transcript from that video.
Auba is on video saying:
*“He (Arteta) can’t manage big characters and big players, he can’t deal with it. He needs some young players that don’t say anything, they just listen.”.*
This is the narcissistic mentality / attitude that the likes of Auba and his Ilk had back then.
From watching Auba in that video you can understand how rotten, nasty and toxic some of these players were at the time. I understood the tough job Arteta and Edu had on their hands in trying to get these bad characters out of our club in order to restore some sort of harmony and positivity back into the club.
I found it so disappointing. Club captain, playing at a top club and with talent in abundance thinking he was entitled to refer – as you have suggested – to Arteta not having the balls to manage big personalities.
As HD pointed out, PEA had previous
But to many to this day his actions / behaviour and manners are still celebrated as being heroic / courageous.
Attitude of a great captain and player.
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Worth pointing out the all of them with the exception of Willian( a free agent) and Tomiyasu( low fee signing) were signings from previous managers. Majority were also on high wages which no club agreed to match. Also none of them with the exception of aubameyang mini-spell at Barca came close to a club the level of Arsenal or the performances required for such a club.
Clearly shows we bought many overrated players on terrible contracts with the exception of some superstars who we grossly mismanaged their renewal and decline in ability.
And thank fck those contracts got ripped up so that we could start afresh.
That squad was not taking us anywhere. More than 90% of them were already washed up.
Thank heavens for Josh, Arteta and Edu.
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7 of those contributed to our last trophy
Have not won anything since
A moment in time possibly?
@Dan
You are the “Football is about trophies” type?
So you think that winning an FA cup while struggling in mid table is better than properly challenging for the Title or CL even if you come up short?
Moyes, Ten Hag, Ange, etc all trophies while stinking up the place, but where did that get them? Once the 15 minute excitement subsides reality hits home.
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Didn’t say that mate
I simply pointed that to the fact that we didn’t get better without Ozil in our team
Trophies are not everything but important
@Dan
But we got better. Hence why we are always challenging for the title today. And finishing 2nd is now unacceptable.
Tells you all you need to know about where we are today.
So would you rather have had that amazing FA cup winning side 2020 than this current side that has not won anything so far?
How many of these great players have shown their quality after they left? Auba did great for Barca a few months, but wasn’t a success for Chelsea. Most of these players shouldn’t have been bought, and some should have left earlier.
I believe that it was necessary to clean out the mess and start from scratch. I doubt we would have been one of the best PL clubs with a different approach. The fact that Man.United hasn’t done the same might explain why they are still struggling big time.
Dans narrative regarding Arteta an other people involved in Arsenal FC is starting to become pathetic.
It’s not an Arteta decision to rip up their contract. It’s an Arsenal decision, also involving the owners.
It’s up to the manager to get the best out of the resources he has
Well, the club deceided to move on without them. I haven’t seen anything from them telling me it was a wrong decision to let them leave. The fact that they were recruited is the biggest mistake in this context, with a few exceptions.
Yet if those players can’t/won’t fit into the way the manager wants the team to play then you get rid of the players.
Well most clubs sell them mate and bring in better
Your find few managers who just rip up contracts as much as we do
And again it didn’t lead to success
So rip up Ozil contract – 8th and fail to qualify for Europe
Rip up Auba contract – fail to make top 4
@Dan
What if the so called resources at the managers disposal are mostly deadwood that can’t take you to where you hope to be?
What does that manager supposed do? Become a magician and turn all the deadwood into competent superstars?
Check out Man United, Chelsea, Spurs etc in the last 5 seasons. New manager comes in looks at some of the resources at his disposal, gives them a chance get sacked, new manager comes in looks at the resources, tries the best he can with them, gets sacked and then new manager comes in. Another one comes in is given some money to paper over the cracks, a season or two he is sacked. Then the cycle continues.
Right? 👍
I agree.
Unfortunately, this narrative has persisted despite the lack of credibility except amongst a fringe group of fans who cannot see beyond a determination to denigrate the manager and others within the club.
Bold decisions were made which were essential for rebuilding. There is no sense in retaining players who are not performing at a satisfactory level or are not committed.
There is none of those players for whom there is a good argument that we should have kept longer from a footballing perspective.
Yet the author keeps implying that it was inappropriate to take the direction taken despite growing evidence that the strategy was sound and has contributed to making Arsenal one of he strongest teams in Europe at this time.
No mate both could be true
You could get the best out of Ozil and not finish 8th
You can get the best out of Auba and not finish 5th
And still years later make the signings you make
Do you honestly believe that Auba had any redeeming features after he got his pay rise? You should bear in mind that Arteta gave him the captaincy which was very much along the lines that you are alluding to in getting the best out of him.
Do you honestly believe that the club was functioning as it should when Arteta took over?
The last line does not make any sense at all.
Sure I believe he would have scored more then Eddie Nketiah that season ( he did in Spain )
So why not get the best out of him till the summer then both go separate ways
That could have been the difference between 5th and 4th
This idea that it’s great management to give him away , have a worse striker and then fail in your objective makes zero sense
Same with Ozil , you pay him to sit at home and finish 8th !!!!
Hows that great ?
Because you don’t want a player, especially your captain, forever breaking the clubs rules ! Allow to carry on doing so would send out a bad message to the rest of the players, especially the younger ones.
So replace him
Dont just give him away and leave yourself short
So did we have the money to replace PEA, considering COVID had reduced our income considerably ?
No so here’s an idea
Compromise with him in January and go your separate ways in the summer at which point maybe we are back in top 4
Dan, so then you allow him to keep breaking the clubs rules. Wow 🙄
It’s called management
Don’t put yourself in a position where it’s going to cost you everything
What don’t you understand about him repeatedly breaking the clubs rules. Management meant nothing to PEA. Do you know about the rules he broke at BVB ? Previous Head Coaches, including Klopp, have failed to get him to stick to their club rules.
So what club rules
Time keeping
So I would have had 2 choices
We pay you to rip up your contract and we miss out on top 4 because Eddie Nketiah is terrible
Or I’m going to get the best out of you and hope you score the goals to get us in top 4 and then in summer we go out own ways
Fact he scored goals that season in Spain showed it could be done
Called man management
Wasn’t just time keeping at BVB. I take it you don’t know about the secret room BVB had at their training ground at Brackel ?
I could have announced that myself or head off to a shelf in the garage to fish out my magic lamp and have a chat with my friendly genie about getting the ready made replacement
You didn’t need a genie to know Eddie Nketiah was not going to score more then Aubameuang lol
Let’s leave EN out of this, and concentrate on PEA and his record after he signed the extension as the club didn’t rip up Nketiah’s contract but instead received a fee
No you can’t leave EN out of it became the choice was to give him to Barcelona and replace him with EN
So while he scored goals in Barca we lacked firepower
That’s a terrible decision
Which to be fair I said at the time
Why not deal in facts?
Could – a cracking word to describe the fact that you haven’t got any proof whatsoever that retaining Auba could have made any difference at all. In fact, you are not even recognising his behaviour as being counterproductive but instead use Eddie Nketiah as a scapegoat.
But you always say this lol.
No we don’t know Sue but we know Eddie Nketiah wasn’t the answer
So yes I would look at the goals Auba scored in Spain that season and suggest he would do better then Eddie Nketiah!
Please don’t say your saying Eddie Nketiah was better then Aubameuang lol
Iirc, PEA wasn’t scoring many goals before he was dropped from the squad.
No he wasn’t HD. It always helps to deal in the facts and not what could or may have been
More then Eddie or Lacca yes
Earlier in the season he was Dan, but towards the end of the year he wasn’t. In fact he missed a few sitters.
No in the Prem he had more goals then Lacca or Eddie when he was released
4 goals in 14 PL games, wow.
More then Eddie or Lacca though mate in the Prem
Hardly surprising, considering he was the CF.
So from December when Lacca and Eddie were the CF they did better ?
Probably not, but PEA scoring record was declining anyway. The previous season Lacca outscored PEA in the PL.
Dan, any chance of you answering my question about the secret room that BVB has at their training ground, or are you going to do your usual and swerve it ?
Not even Wenger was able to get the best out of Özil in 2018. Özil before and after 2018 is two different stories. In retrospect his contract shouldn’t have been renewed.
Disagree mate
Look how we regressed once Ozil was dropped
This is the point people.are missing , we didn’t pay Ozil to sit at hope.and then win the Prem
We finished 8th twice , the worst finish I. Quarter of a century
So you pay your most creative player to sit at home , he still gets his money and the team is terrible but that’s smart management?
So why was he forced to sit at home ?
Because he refused to take a pay cut and rightfully pointed out our owners were not telling the truth
Answer this
Before Covid , he plays in midfield and makes the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win
So your a midfielder and team hasn’t conceded and you made the goal and your reward is ……..to never be in another squad again ?
Come on lol
Wrong. It was because of his statement about China, which cost every PL clubs £ms.
Wrong again mate
Ozil still played following those comments regarding China lol
Good try though
You know when he did never play again though …. After he refused the pay cut
Not after the Chinese company who had the rights to show the PL games renaged on their next installment to the PL which was due when the PL resumed after COVID.
Please keep up.
So you admit either way it was non footballing reasons lol
He was a one-way luxury player not tracking back when losing the ball. Our offensive players seldom helped our defence, and they were left alone to defend and prevent the next disaster.
But without him we did worse
We didn’t pay him to sit at home and do better
We factually went on to be the worst Arsenal team in quarter of a century
He sat at home a long time before Arteta arrived but it doesn’t fit your narrative. Özil used to be a fantastic player, also a fantastic Arsenal player, but we shouldn’t have renewed his contract.
No he didn’t mate
He was part of the squad
After Covid Arteta literally didn’t put him on the bench and then in the next season ( as there was a quick turn around of seasons ) didn’t register him
So it’s not a narrative , it’s factual
Under Mr Wenger and Emery he played and was in the squad
Arteta dropped him after lockdown and finished 8th and 8th
So I’m simply saying this idea that we got better is made up.
In the 2017/18 season, Arsenal finished sixth in the league, almost 40 points behind Manchester City. We regressed with Özil in our team, no doubt.
Yeah so then when Arteta paid him to sit at home we finished ….8th and 8th so we regressed lol
So Ozil still gets his wage and we finish in our lowest position for 25 years lol
Yes we were mediocre going downwards in a very difficult time, with lots of internal and external problems. Emery was responsible for approximately 46 PL games and used your dream player 25 times, a really useful key player!
Yeah but factually we got worse without Ozil lol
That’s simply a fact
Arteta paid him to sit at home and we finished 8th twice
Your saying that’s good
8th is no better than 5th or 6th because it doesn’t bring a CL place. We hadn’t been in the CL for 3 years prior and the likelihood of that changing overnight wasn’t promising
Wasn’t Ozil part of the leaner years?
Not that I care, because Ozil was busying himself with social media pronouncements which ultimately had repercussions for the club
I have never understood the reverence for Ozil or any other player quite frankly. They play for the club and should concentrate on being the best they can whilst under contract
No Sue 5th or 6th is better then 8th as 8th meant zero European football
5th and 6 meant Europa
You yourself when Arteta finished 5th not 8th called that progress , how it’s the same ?
Now
It was fantastic achievements based on the situation, I was afraid we could have been relegated. One more season with these players and their mentality could have been a football disaster.
8th was a fantastic achievement?
Again you are just trying to drive a narrative. Neither of those players were performing at a high level or demonstrating a committed attitude.
Keeping and playing Ozil and Aubameyang would not have a guaranteed a higher placing. Also, there are potentially negative longer term effects of keeping senior underperforming players with a poor attitude.
What narrative
You guys are the ones attacking the likes Ozil
I’m simply defending him
And no we don’t know what would have happened if you play them but I simply pointed out this idea we got better is not correct
In what way have I attacked Ozil? I am not sure what you think you are defending him from.
Over time, Arsenal have improved as a team. Arsenal have been a better team in the last 3 years than they were during the last few years with the likes of Ozil and Aubameyang.
Part of the strategy was to replace older underperforming players with younger, talented and committed players. Arsenal embraced this strategy which has led to improved competitiveness over time.
Not attacked but discredit I would say a player who 4 out of the 14 FA Cups In our history
Hence what’s the issue then of me defending him ?
Yes, the 8th is among our greatest achievements we prevented relegation in a very difficult time. Our so-called fans made a toxic atmosphere everywhere and some are still practicing their nonsense.
8th is among our greatest achievements?
Better then the Invincibles lol ?
Of course quibbler 👏👏
Night night
Good night SueP.
I find this article and the opinions so depressing and unnecessary.
All the players mentioned are part of our history and each one of us has their own opinion on their worth or otherwise.
Here we are, having just signed Zubimendi and hoping that Gyokeres, amongst three other top players are about to do the same, yet the discussion is about players who left seasons ago!!
Why the hell does it matter today?!?!
I’m interested in who we’re going to sign in this window, whether we get Nwaneri, Saliba, Gyokeres etc signed up.
Watch Mikel Arteta blend them together as a squad ready to win the PL and CL, not squabbling about he did this and he didn’t do that!!
By the way Dan, I don’t need educating on what chants go on within the Emirates, as I’m there most of the time – what goes on outside of the ground is something our club cannot control.
Spot on Ken1945, I feel depressed myself when visiting JA.
Even though I’m over 60 and have experienced many great Arsenal moments, I find the future more interesting than the past 🙂
Didrik, I only get depressed when articles like this are designed to cause friction – what other purpose could it have been written for?
It’s in the past and that’s where it belongs in my opinion, as we’ve had numerous articles regarding the topic of Ozil and Aubemeyang.
Totally agree with you, it belongs to the past and there’s nothing we can do about it. We can influence on the future and should focus on our next season with a stronger squad.
Please say hello to John Fox, I miss his views 🙂
I don’t understand Dan’s narrative, he seldom write something positive.
You don’t have to read them lol.
But why read it then
The title must have given it away ? Lol
Ken, it was another article just to have a go at Mikel and the Kroenkes.
You asked me before what abusive chants happen at the Emirates and I told you
The abusive chants you were highlighting happened outside the ground against PSG.
You didn’t state that it was outside the ground and that’s why I questioned you….. simply because I was there and went out the opposite end to where you say Arsenal fans attacked and hurled insults at the PSG coach Dan.
As for reading the article, I was brought up to read something before I commented on it.
Strange but true!!
No mate years ago you asked me about the chanting I heard
I also have given.you examples of racism inside the stadium as well
The discussion we had was about PSG home and away and it was the article you wrote about those games!!
I have been watching the media to see the outcome, but no outcome as yet.
However what was interesting was an article concerning the PSG fans after their home game. and I’m surprised you didn’t write another article concerning their behaviour!!
Riot police were out in force as their fans (according to the French media) ran riot and 78 of them were arrested.
There was even an instance of a car being driven into fans on purpose.
The French authorities said they would be on high alert for the final, as they expect even more trouble from the PSG supporters.
Of course this all happened outside the ground and the authorities are not laying any blame on the club itself 🤔
Funny old game eh!!
Will do Didrik re Jon Fox.
Thanks mate 🙂
🎵 It’s happened again,
It’s happened again,
Contract terminated,
It’s happened again.🎵
Al Qadsiah have terminated Aubameyangs contract one year into a two year deal.
I wonder what went wrong there 🤔…
🤦♂️🤣🤣HD
Did Barca get 15 million for him after we gave him away ?
Who’s singing now ?,not our financial department that’s for sure .
The Arsenal are singing now, as they are now financially far better off without the persistent rule breaker.
But they still haven’t replaced him HD or the golden boots he won!!
That £15 million and the money we spent covering his wages would have bought us Norgaard and his first couple of seasons salary.
Forward planning and due diligence didn’t seem to be the flavour of the month back then.
Did you get a reply from Dan reference the cellar and the answer from your Muslim friend?
Ken, you’re right, that as yet, we haven’t replaced him, but that £15m is peanuts compared to the money we’ve earned over the last 3 seasons by coming 2nd 3 times in the PL and the reaching the quarter final and then the semi final of the CL.
No Ken, Dan, as usual, didn’t reply. As for my Muslim mate, I’ll ask him when I next see him, which hopefully will be soon. That man is like a brother to me.
Can’t argue with your sums HD, that’s why I always supported AW when he qualified for the CL year after year and never finished outside of the top four, except for his last two seasons.
Dan does have this knack of not answering questions I have to admit.
I am really interested in his interpretation and thoughts.
Have a good evening my friend.
I’m not seeing the question lol.
Well go and have a look at my reply to you at 11:23 pm last night.
Wasn’t just time keeping at BVB. I take it you don’t know about the secret room BVB had at their training ground at Brackel ?
I read that as a statement more then a question lol
If it was a statement it wouldn’t have a question mark at the end 🙄
Oh
What relevance does that have to do with at Arsenal ?
While it has no relevance to his time at The Arsenal, the fact that he went against the clubs rule at BVB about the secret Footbonaut room at their training ground at Brackel showed that he has no respect for a clubs rules.
Ruthless Arteta but correct call. All were given enough time at Arsenal though they didn’t repay the faith of the fan. If the decision was not passed in time to part company with them, Arsenal would have been in a position to battling promotion to EPL from the Champiopship. I sometimes see some former players visiting Emirates, would these do that?