Jorginho looks set to sign a new contract
According to David Ornstein at The Athletic, who rarely misses, Arsenal’s midfielder Jorginho is looking set to sign a new contract with the club. Jorginho joined Arsenal from rival club Chelsea for 12 Million pounds in January of last year and signed a 18 month contract with the option to extend a further year.
🚨 EXCL: Arsenal offer Jorginho new contract & midfielder expected to sign it. Existing terms run until June with option for another year, but fresh deal rewards 32yo’s importance to #AFC
➕ Edu & Ayto make Saudi Arabia trip (no players / deals discussed) https://t.co/tloSTwOWnB— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) April 30, 2024
Jorginho has become a vital part of this Arsenal squad since joining the club and although he hasn’t been a consistent starter for the Gunners, when he has played he’s been crucial to our success. Becoming a trusted member of the club and a player that Mikel Arteta seems to look to when he needs a bit more stability and experience.
Jorginho has given us another level of security in the middle and against big teams that like to overload the midfield and try play through a press, Jorginho has been the perfect addition to Arteta’s system and with his level of experience and skill, he’s been able to give our midfield another level of depth and stability.
Jorginho not only plays the defensive midfielder role well, but his work off the ball is great. He creates spaces for his teammates to pass and run into and makes our midfield look a lot more fluid. Pairing up with Declan Rice, Jorginho seems to bring the best out of him and allows him to be able to play as more of a box to box midfielder, allowing more space for Rice to work with and makes our midfield tick.
It does leave questions as to what will happen with the rest of the midfield in the summer, Thomas Partey, (who has suffered this season from multiple injury setbacks) contract ends in the summer of 2025, so it does leave the question as to where he will be next season and if Arsenal might look to sell him while we can.
But all in all, personally I think tieing a player like Jorginho down, who is clearly happy at the club, it’s definitely the right move for the squad and the club as a whole. He brings a level of experience to a relatively inexperienced team and puts out 100% while he’s on the pitch. For an older player he still seems to be improving and Arsenal looks like a good place he can continue to call his home.
What’s your thoughts Gooners?
Daisy Mae
Time to part ways with Jorginho, he doesn’t have the legs and gets exposed against strong and fast opponents.
Rather keep Partey for his last year for rotation and insurance. But if he is sold, then let Jorginho go and bring in a solid young DM as backup. I like Larsson, but let’s see what happens.
If this is true, that’s the first player who we were told would leave 100 % has proved to be wrong.
I wonder why we don’t just wait and see what MA decides, rather than jumping the gun?
Hardly surprising, given that unlike constantly injured PARTEY, who WILL be off this summer -despite some non realists choosing to kid themselves otherwise – Jorginho IS GENERALLY FIT AND AVAILABLE TO PLAY.
No matter HOW good any player is , if he is constantly injured AND ageing too, it is pointless and financially idiotic to consider keeping him.
And what is more, THAT WONT HAPPEN!
I personally don’t mind Jorgi
sticking around for a few more
years, essentially taking the
locker room leader baton from
El Neny when the Eoyptian
moves on this summer. Arsenal
is still an extremely young
squad that IMHO desperately
needs the Italians experience,
leadership and presence on and
off the pitch. I see his role as
being more limited next season
with Parteys hopeful resurgence
and the addition of a younger,
more dynamic DM.
Moves I would like to see AFC
make this Sumner.
OUT:
Ramsdale: £30M
Nkietah: £25M
Tierney: £15M
Zinchenko: £35M
Nelson: £15M
ESR: £35M
ASL: £15M
Tavares: £10M
Patino: £10M
Apprx: £190M in player sales.
IN:
Johan Bayako: £45M
Nico Williams: £55M
Youssouf Fofana: £35M
Joshua Zirkzee: £50M
Raya: £27M
£212M in player additions, £22M
in NET spending.
Havertz/Zirkzee/Jesus
Martinelli/Willams/Trossard
Saka/Bayako/Viera
Odegard//Trossard/Viera
Rice/Fofana
Partey/Rice/Jorgi
Timber/Tomi/Kivior
Gaby/Kivior/Tomi
Saliba/White/Tomi
White/Timber
Raya/Hein
Wouldn’t bet against this
Squad lifting some SERIOUS
SIVERWARE next season
Edit on the YOUNG DM I
mentioned, if not Fofana @ CM
than Zubimendi would be a
perfect fit @ DM
Arteta has Pep Guardiola’s mentality of disdain for African players.
An interesting though unbalanced claim. I would suggest that both great managers, Pep and MA are well aware that many AFRICANPLAYERS, do not liveup to the hype that come with ,once playing in our PREM.
Completely different cultures, climate, life styles, for their African players.
And both managers are realists. Simple as that, so no personal anipathy at all, just a realisation of how important the NORMS of how players settle and then perform at a club,is, generally, more difficult for African players.
As ever, there are always notable exceptions,as we know at Arsenal, but exceptions, contrary to that idle thinking saying, do NOT disprove the RULE!!
I don’t see how culture,lifestyle,climate can impair someone’s ability to kick a football if they’re good at it. If you said managers are cautious of signing African players due to AFCON being held in the middle of the season,you’d make more sense. The fact that there have been lots of African players who have shined in the Epl negates your premise. Mo Salah has been arguably the EPL’s best player/top three at the least over the last five years or so. Yaya Toure was City’s best player at some point and produced arguably the most prolific season any midfielder has ever had in the Premier League in that 2013/14 season registering 20 goals and 13 assists from midfield. Didier Drogba is one of the best strikers to play in the EPL. I could go on and on- Mahrez,Sadio Mane,Jay Jay Okocha,Lauren,Kolo Toure, Auba,Michael Essien,Obi Mikel to name a few. Partey has been great when fit and his compatriot Kudus is having an excellent debut season for Westham. I don’t get your point.
Well said Onyango 🎯
And just so you know Jon Fox,there’s no universal African culture,lifestyle or norms. I find it ignorant and quite frankly insulting when people speak of African culture like Africa is some homogeneous entity. Africa is the second largest continent in the world with 54 countries, a continent that scientists have distinguished as being the most diverse in the world. Its genetic, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity is unmatched. Hence, it makes very little sense to generalize Africa and African players . There is no one singular African culture nor shared values found in every culture on the continent. You may find it hard to believe but my culture could be closer to yours than it is to millions of individuals who live in the same continent as myself. That’s how diverse we are.
The reason why there are fewer African players in the Big European leagues and clubs can be summarized in one word:Poverty. The African kid doesn’t have access to training,coaching,data,pitches,boots,nutrition,physio,quality balls,doctors etc that the kid in Europe has. The path to top clubs is much harder and the few who end up making it tend to be behind their European peers in certain aspects of the game because they didn’t have access to similar facilities. African kids who end up going to Europe when they are still young enough end up being as good as if not better than their European peers-France has so many such examples of African kids who emigrated early and had access to good training. They did well not because they embraced European norms,but because they are talented and they worked for it.
This is not a thinking post , so I propose to acknowledge I have seen it , simply to be fair to you, but to ignore further comment, as there is no meeting of our minds, as your post shows us all.
EXCEPT to say this: In the whole,of Africa, the climate IS far hotter than in England. The lifestyles ARE also different and so are ALLthe many cultures. So ALL I said is true.
You are making assumptions, based on something I did not say, nor ever would.
Fair enough Jon. Though I’m not an expert on the human body,I’m sure humans are capable of adapting to various conditions,particularly young humans like the ones who participate in sports. I came across this study- “Cold and heat adaptations in humans are a part of the broad adaptability of Homo sapiens. Adaptations in humans can be physiological, genetic, or cultural, which allow people to live in a wide variety of climates.” By the way,South America also has climatic and cultural differences with England,yet there are lots of South Americans who’ve done well in the Epl.
Onyango now thsty you havewriten mor civilly and sensibly i wil gladly anser tyour points.
I do not deny that a numbe of high profile player from the continent of Africa, with its 54 countries and huge footballplaying popualtion have made the grade inour PREM.But when compared to the far fewer player inEurope esp Northern Europe where climate is BROADLY, similar to England and lifestyles also far more simila than in hot Africa and with fewer countries than Africa .
FAR MORE EUROPEAN PLAYERS, come to England. MANY ARE FAR MORE EXPENSIVETHAN MOST FROM AFRICA ARE TOO.
WHY IS THAT THEN? COULD IT BE BECAUSE OF WHAT I wrote so accurately about the three main differences in Africa at large and compared with Britain!! What do you think?
No Jon I completely disagree with you. This is a quote from Wenger,FIFA’s chief of global football development,I’m sure he has an understanding of the state of football throughout the world far better than you and I. The potential, it’s a goldmine for football,” Wenger states, underlining the importance of developing stronger clubs and competitions akin to those in Europe to harness Africa’s vast potential. Wenger basically says that the potential in Africa is untapped for the reasons I gave in my first reply post. Let me try to paint a picture of a kid who aspires to be a footballer in Africa.He has no boots and plays barefoot. Has no access to proper healthcare in case of injuries. Has no trained coaches. Lacks proper nutrition. Plays on the streets or rugged fields-not well maintained pitches like in Europe. Has no access to data/statistics to evaluate performance. Some have to deal with war. Even as I type this,kids in my country are home because of floods-everything has stopped indefinitely,including sports and school. You can’t expect this kid to compete favorably with his European counterparts. Africa produces fewer exceptional footballers for the same reasons Africa produces fewer rocket scientists. The potential is untapped as Wenger says,for obvious reasons. Has absolutely nothing to do with culture or climate. Egypt is found in one of the hottest places in the world. Being from the Sahara or being culturally a Muslim didn’t stop Salah from being one of the best players in the English Premier League.
I dont disagree with a word you write**.
But all that is irrelevant as to theTHREE main reasons I listed why , factually, as in lack of African numbers compared with Europeanplayerswho come to England, why so comparatively few Africans are chosen by Prem clubs.
**PS: APART FROM YOUR CLIMATE COMMENT.
So we shouldn’t sign players from Spain then, as their climate is hotter than ours, their cultures are different to ours as well as their lifestyles 🙄
Ridiculous thinking isn’t it HD and Onyango gives the perfect lesson to those who have muddled thinking.
As usual, Arsene Wenger is so far forward in his thinking, but we should all know that!!
I visited India a while back and to see the poverty of the majority of the population, was a real eye opener.
I’m sure that’s another untapped opportunity that needs exploring.
I loved the list produced by Onyango and wouldn’t it be nice to see players investing in their homeland?
Take a bow Ozil, the perfect example of giving some of their wealth back to the poor and needy.
Yes Ken. It would seem that jf has not thought it through properly before posting.
There’s been a few players that have helped their homeland financially, and I applaud them for doing it.
Hill
That’s a bad rumour
Remember it’s Arteta who bought Partey. It’s also Arteta who made Elneny get a new contract despite his injury woes
If Jorjinho stays then Partey goes but “cashing in” is not a phrase I would use to describe what will be a substantial loss on sale.
I too would not call it cashing in ,as plainly it cannot be so
His sale fee is likelyto be extremely modest and a big deficit on what he cost us.
I would call it cutting our losses. Accepting that he HAS PROVE INJURY PRONE, COSTS HIGH WAGES, IS AGEING AND HARDLY EVER PLAYS.
NOTHING TO DO WITH ABILITY, when occasionally fit. But being occasionally fit,while still costing highwages and not playing much makes no sense .
And that,is WHY he WILL leave us this summer.
come on guys, no 31 year old player is sold at a profit, even with Saudi insane money
the facts are we get something this summer, £20m optimistic (which says a lot about the ‘world class’ label), or nothing next summer
either way he needs replacing in the near term, so get something or get nothing is the economic choice – and economics in football has never been more sharply in focus than now