mcdowell42 wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 2:58 pm
Arsenal’s expectation at the start of this campaign was to make a return to the #UEL, so their late-season collapse is not seen to have ruined their long-term project under Arteta.
There is major disappointment though, given the team’s progress in recent months. [@SamJDean] #afc
Arsenal see the upcoming transfer window as a major opportunity to improve the squad & have been planning accordingly, irrespective of whether they finish in fourth place or not. It is understood they will still have a meaningful budget to work with. [@SamJDean] #afc
Arsenal’s likely failure to qualify for next season’s Champions League will not prevent the club from investing heavily in the first-team squad this summer, with Mikel Arteta desperate to recruit a handful of quality additions. [@SamJDean, Telegraph] #afc
https://t.co/n73vU9V5Im
A priority is a centre-forward, with Gabriel Jesus among the top targets. Arsenal’s hunt for more forward options is not expected to stop at Jesus - they have previously shown interest in Jonathan David & are known to be big admirers of Tammy Abraham. [@SamJDean] #afc
Dominic Calvert-Lewin has also been considered. Lyon forward Moussa Dembele is also expected to be an appealing option for a number of Premier League clubs as he enters the final year of his contract in France. [@SamJDean] #afc
Full scale PR offensive in operation
Progress ???
Lost 6 games out of the last 11, and we are talking brighton, southampton, palace and newcastle amongst those games
Lost a record equalling 13th premier league defeat in a season for the club (equalled only be arteta last season
)
The best points tally this gobshite (arteta not me
) can hope for this season is 69 and that depends on beating an everton team fighting relegation (no foregone conclusion) - dick got 70 points in his only full season in charge, and pep's cone boy hasnt managed that in either of his two full seasons in charge
It's funny that for 80% of this season I have been hearing about how arteta (not edu) had nailed last summers transfer window, and that his deals (ramsdale, tommy, white and odeargod) were brilliant for the club - there was hardly a mention of tavares or sambi and the questionable signings of them, and now we are also hearing more balanced comments questioning the big game mia odeargod and the over cocky but nervy ramsdale, and the defensive limitations of white. They want to give these c.unts (arteta and edu) another bounty to piss away this summer than on with them, but make no mistake, running good players out of the club, and then over-paying on the likes of white is not good business and is not something I would want replicated again this summer, and jesus in NOT a quality addition
Where is this progress they speak of ? I am reminded of the illusionary dominance or whatever that comment the senile french cock made a few years ago