ALL Transfer talk - merged thread

[Bob Bayliss]

Ollie Watkins would have been great 3 years ago. But did not look as sharp last season and lost his place to Duran, only regaining it when Duran chose to go to Saudi. Then Emery preferred Rashford (when fit) over him. Yes, he's obviously better than what we have but when you're looking at what our rivals either have or are likely to buy then it's underwhelming.

[Perryashburtongroves]

What date are season ticket renewals, do you have to have stumped up the cash before or after the transfer window closes??

All done. 11th June was the deadline. Now the money's in the bank, they can stop getting their mates at different papers to plant made-up stories about how we're going to be getting in loads of new players. Give it two weeks and they'll be at it again, briefing them about how Sporting Lisbon and Leipzig kept inflating the price, when the reality is that they didn't once put in a respectful bid. And it ends with Ollie Watkins or some bloke from Bournemouth on loan after a laughable 60m quid deadline day bid for Isaac.

[Nick Nack]

What date are season ticket renewals, do you have to have stumped up the cash before or after the transfer window closes??

All done. 11th June was the deadline. Now the money's in the bank, they can stop getting their mates at different papers to plant made-up stories about how we're going to be getting in loads of new players. Give it two weeks and they'll be at it again, briefing them about how Sporting Lisbon and Leipzig kept inflating the price, when the reality is that they didn't once put in a respectful bid. And it ends with Ollie Watkins or some bloke from Bournemouth on loan after a laughable 60m quid deadline day bid for Isaac.

Jesus, and I don't mean the sick note, it feels like I've woken up in a time warp and regressed ten years back to the bad old days under The old Fraud, except I'm fatter and greyer

[OneBardGooner]

What date are season ticket renewals, do you have to have stumped up the cash before or after the transfer window closes??

All done. 11th June was the deadline. Now the money's in the bank, they can stop getting their mates at different papers to plant made-up stories about how we're going to be getting in loads of new players. Give it two weeks and they'll be at it again, briefing them about how Sporting Lisbon and Leipzig kept inflating the price, when the reality is that they didn't once put in a respectful bid. And it ends with Ollie Watkins or some bloke from Bournemouth on loan after a laughable 60m quid deadline day bid for Isaac.

Jesus, and I don't mean the sick note, it feels like I've woken up in a time warp and regressed ten years back to the bad old days under The old Fraud, except I'm fatter and greyer

And Poorer.

[OneBardGooner]

Source BBC:


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c23md28dxjgt


You'll need to scroll down about 2 pages...


There has been consternation from Arsenal fans about the club not yet spending big on a new striker, with questions being asked of Mikel Arteta and the Gunners' transfer team.

Supporters by and large can't complain too much about a lack of spending under Arteta though - in the five full seasons the Spaniard has been Arsenal manager, they have consistently had one of the highest net spends in the Premier League.

The exception though was last season, where the purchases of David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori and Mikel Merino were not enough to push Arteta's side upwards from second place.

2020-21: £56.8 million (8th highest net spend in the Premier League that season)

2021-22: £116m (1st)

2022-23: £138.5m (6th)

2023-24: £141.4m (2nd)

2024-25: £21.4m (11th)

[DB10GOONER]

Source BBC:


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c23md28dxjgt


You'll need to scroll down about 2 pages...


There has been consternation from Arsenal fans about the club not yet spending big on a new striker, with questions being asked of Mikel Arteta and the Gunners' transfer team.

Supporters by and large can't complain too much about a lack of spending under Arteta though - in the five full seasons the Spaniard has been Arsenal manager, they have consistently had one of the highest net spends in the Premier League.

The exception though was last season, where the purchases of David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori and Mikel Merino were not enough to push Arteta's side upwards from second place.

2020-21: £56.8 million (8th highest net spend in the Premier League that season)

2021-22: £116m (1st)

2022-23: £138.5m (6th)

2023-24: £141.4m (2nd)

2024-25: £21.4m (11th)

What makes it worse is the disingenuous stat that is "net spend". Net spend obviously being the difference between what we have spent and what we have recouped, it is used by apologists and cultists to make excuses for whomever their given beloved manager is.

It is used to show he spent less than thought because he recouped x amount. The point these fuckbrains miss is that net spend is an admission of greater failings than having spent millions. It admits that a certain amount of that money recouped was by selling the shit players the manager bought who have failed.

I never take any notice of net spend. It is a horseshit excuse-making stat.

Judge a manager on what he spends - it is a far more accurate indicator of his ability to spot and sign good players.

[OneBardGooner]

These players were signed by Edu....

Nicolas Pepe – £72m.
William Saliba – £27m.
Kieran Tierney – £24.3m.
Pablo Mari – £5.4m + £7.2m loan fee.
David Luiz – £7.8m.
Dani Ceballos – Loan.
Cedric Soares – Loan/Free.

These were the players signed by Arteta (and Edu)

£105m Declan Rice - July 2023 - West Ham
£65m Kai Havertz - June 2023 - Chelsea
£65m Ben White - July 2021 - Brighton
£50m Gabriel Jesus - July 2022 - Manchester City
£45mThomas Partey - October 2020 - Atletico Madrid
£45m Riccardo Calafiori - July 2024 - Bologna
£32m Jurrien Timber - July 2023 - Ajax
£38m Martin Odegaard - July 2021 - Real Madrid
£30m Fabio Vieira - June 2022 - Porto
£29.9m Oleksandr Zinchenko - July 2022 - Manchester City
£29m Gabriel Magalhaes - August 2020 - Lille
£27m Leandro Trossard - January 2023 - Brighton
£27m David Raya - July 2024 - Brentford
£27m Aaron Ramsdale - July 2021 - Sheffield United
£24m Jakub Kiwior - January 2023 - Spezia
£21m Takehiro Tomiyasu - August 2021 - Bologna
£19.8m Albert Sambi Lokonga - July 2021 - Anderlecht
£17m Jorginho - January 2023 - Chelsea
£12m Pablo Mari - June 2020 - Flamengo
£6.8m Nuno Tavares - July 2021 - Benfica
£6.8m Matt Turner - June 2022 - New England Revolution
£5.5m Marquinhos - June 2022 - Sao Paulo
£3m Auston Trusty - January 2022 - Colorado Rapids
£1.56mRunar Alex Runarsson - September 2020 - Dijon
£1m Cedric Soares - June 2020 - Southampton
free Willian - August 2020 - Chelsea

[shu]

There’s not many there that could be sold for a profit now

The back 4 and the gk

[Nick Nack]

These players were signed by Edu....

Nicolas Pepe – £72m.
William Saliba – £27m.
Kieran Tierney – £24.3m.
Pablo Mari – £5.4m + £7.2m loan fee.
David Luiz – £7.8m.
Dani Ceballos – Loan.
Cedric Soares – Loan/Free.

These were the players signed by Arteta (and Edu)

£105m Declan Rice - July 2023 - West Ham
£65m Kai Havertz - June 2023 - Chelsea
£65m Ben White - July 2021 - Brighton
£50m Gabriel Jesus - July 2022 - Manchester City
£45mThomas Partey - October 2020 - Atletico Madrid
£45m Riccardo Calafiori - July 2024 - Bologna
£32m Jurrien Timber - July 2023 - Ajax
£38m Martin Odegaard - July 2021 - Real Madrid
£30m Fabio Vieira - June 2022 - Porto
£29.9m Oleksandr Zinchenko - July 2022 - Manchester City
£29m Gabriel Magalhaes - August 2020 - Lille
£27m Leandro Trossard - January 2023 - Brighton
£27m David Raya - July 2024 - Brentford
£27m Aaron Ramsdale - July 2021 - Sheffield United
£24m Jakub Kiwior - January 2023 - Spezia
£21m Takehiro Tomiyasu - August 2021 - Bologna
£19.8m Albert Sambi Lokonga - July 2021 - Anderlecht
£17m Jorginho - January 2023 - Chelsea
£12m Pablo Mari - June 2020 - Flamengo
£6.8m Nuno Tavares - July 2021 - Benfica
£6.8m Matt Turner - June 2022 - New England Revolution
£5.5m Marquinhos - June 2022 - Sao Paulo
£3m Auston Trusty - January 2022 - Colorado Rapids
£1.56mRunar Alex Runarsson - September 2020 - Dijon
£1m Cedric Soares - June 2020 - Southampton
free Willian - August 2020 - Chelsea

What the list doesn't show is the players taken on loan, with wages spunked up the wall on utter shit like the fat lady boy Girling

[OneBardGooner]

I think he was registered with the Wimmin's Team mate.

[Retro Gunner]

Source BBC:


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c23md28dxjgt


You'll need to scroll down about 2 pages...


There has been consternation from Arsenal fans about the club not yet spending big on a new striker, with questions being asked of Mikel Arteta and the Gunners' transfer team.

Supporters by and large can't complain too much about a lack of spending under Arteta though - in the five full seasons the Spaniard has been Arsenal manager, they have consistently had one of the highest net spends in the Premier League.

The exception though was last season, where the purchases of David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori and Mikel Merino were not enough to push Arteta's side upwards from second place.

2020-21: £56.8 million (8th highest net spend in the Premier League that season)

2021-22: £116m (1st)

2022-23: £138.5m (6th)

2023-24: £141.4m (2nd)

2024-25: £21.4m (11th)

What makes it worse is the disingenuous stat that is "net spend". Net spend obviously being the difference between what we have spent and what we have recouped, it is used by apologists and cultists to make excuses for whomever their given beloved manager is.

It is used to show he spent less than thought because he recouped x amount. The point these fuckbrains miss is that net spend is an admission of greater failings than having spent millions. It admits that a certain amount of that money recouped was by selling the shit players the manager bought who have failed.

I never take any notice of net spend. It is a horseshit excuse-making stat.

Judge a manager on what he spends - it is a far more accurate indicator of his ability to spot and sign good players.

^^ This. Spot on.

[Nick Nack]

I think he was registered with the Wimmin's Team mate.

Who Shu

[DB10GOONER]

These players were signed by Edu....

Nicolas Pepe – £72m.
William Saliba – £27m.
Kieran Tierney – £24.3m.
Pablo Mari – £5.4m + £7.2m loan fee.
David Luiz – £7.8m.
Dani Ceballos – Loan.
Cedric Soares – Loan/Free.

These were the players signed by Arteta (and Edu)

£105m Declan Rice - July 2023 - West Ham
£65m Kai Havertz - June 2023 - Chelsea
£65m Ben White - July 2021 - Brighton
£50m Gabriel Jesus - July 2022 - Manchester City
£45mThomas Partey - October 2020 - Atletico Madrid
£45m Riccardo Calafiori - July 2024 - Bologna
£32m Jurrien Timber - July 2023 - Ajax
£38m Martin Odegaard - July 2021 - Real Madrid
£30m Fabio Vieira - June 2022 - Porto
£29.9m Oleksandr Zinchenko - July 2022 - Manchester City
£29m Gabriel Magalhaes - August 2020 - Lille
£27m Leandro Trossard - January 2023 - Brighton
£27m David Raya - July 2024 - Brentford
£27m Aaron Ramsdale - July 2021 - Sheffield United
£24m Jakub Kiwior - January 2023 - Spezia
£21m Takehiro Tomiyasu - August 2021 - Bologna
£19.8m Albert Sambi Lokonga - July 2021 - Anderlecht
£17m Jorginho - January 2023 - Chelsea
£12m Pablo Mari - June 2020 - Flamengo
£6.8m Nuno Tavares - July 2021 - Benfica
£6.8m Matt Turner - June 2022 - New England Revolution
£5.5m Marquinhos - June 2022 - Sao Paulo
£3m Auston Trusty - January 2022 - Colorado Rapids
£1.56mRunar Alex Runarsson - September 2020 - Dijon
£1m Cedric Soares - June 2020 - Southampton
free Willian - August 2020 - Chelsea

What the list doesn't show is the players taken on loan, with wages spunked up the wall on utter shit like the fat lady boy Girling

This^^.

Worst signing ever. We literally gave the fat midget millions to watch football.

[OneBardGooner]

I think he was registered with the Wimmin's Team mate.

Who Shu

Naaah! The Fat Dwarf...he runs... Sorry Trots like he has carrying a fuckin' Handbag...in Both hands...