9: Eddie Howe tipped to be ‘Arsene Wenger’s successor’
The Daily Star claim that Eddie Howe is being lined up to be Arsene Wenger’s successor at the Emirates. Since the Star has never been right about anything, this could be the moment when they finally break their duck, and their chicken and their hen. Here’s the tale
Howe’s stock has risen after remarkably keeping Bournemouth in the Premier League while playing a good, quality brand of football.
Furthermore, his willingness to develop young players at the highest is also a trait of Howe’s that is admired by the Arsenal board, as they aim to maintain the legacy that will be left by Wenger when he departs.
10: Ben Yedder
Arsenal have emerged as the clear front-runners to sign French striker Wissam Ben Yedder, according to BetStars. The bookmaker places them at 5/4, ahead of Europa League Champions Sevilla at 5/2 and Premier League rivals West Ham at 9/2. Tottenham have been placed at 8/1, while Leicester are outsiders with odds of 10/1.
But remember: the more we spend the further down the league we will go. Not all superstitions which say the reverse of reality are true. In fact, none are.
- Football debate declines into the new superstitions and myths, which is why we are here.
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- Let us just enjoy things a bit more instead of moaning and wishing the worst on others
You are of course right that big money transfers don’t guarantee anything and many spectacularly fail. Still, over time, according to Deloittes, there is a very high correlation between success and investment in players (including wages).
But anyway, given that arsenal so far this transfer window have spent more than most, and by the end of it may have spent with the best, why bang on about this topic?
Reading made up transfer stories gives us something to do, so can’t be all bad
I like the Jonny Evans story and hope there’s some truth in it. He’s one that Wenger has always liked, never plays badly against us and is at least as good as any central defenders that we have (Kos possibly excepted). He’s the right age and at £15/18 million could be considered great value.
Eddie Howe is everybody’s favourite for every top job around (including England”s), so he is obviously one of the leading contenders for Arsene’s when/if he retires next season. We could do a lot worse.
Some of these strikers we’re being linked with don’t really generate any feelings of excitement. There must be someone on our books who can do that role until Welbeck returns and possibly even beyond.
This is what happen to a club who is not in a strong financial position, AC Milan was once the powerhouse of European football now it’s struggling to survive. To those who say ‘spend the f’ing money’, you better think again.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2016/03/05/ac-milan-loses-100-million-and-is-in-dire-need-of-investment/#5bc5a62c4353
“Lyon have offered Alexandre Lacazette a new contract to ward off Arsenal’s attempts to sign the striker, but the bloggettas tell us that we can have him if only we pay enough.”
This in itself may probably be true, as this is what clubs do when interest is generated for one of their players.
We know though that Arsenal will only offer a certain amount and then go elsewhere if the price gets too silly, in line with their philosophy.
Ben Yedder signed for Sevilla yesterday as a replacement for Gameiro.
@Leon,
At last the voice of sanity about this guy Johnny Evans.
I don’t know him or his worth but the commented vitriol being published on other sites because he once played for Man Utd and isn’t any good, is simply amazing.
The doom and gloom merchants are certainly out in strength today.
Polo, that story from Forbes is interesting. Since then it has been reported but not completely confirmed that AC Milan has been sold to China, along with Inter Milan and Aston Villa, but quite what they might do with these “products” is not yet clear.
I’d like to see this site devote as much energy to analyzing wenger’s inability to win the league for the past 12 years (finishing on average 10 points off the league winner)!
And explaining as well the mediocre results in the CL – at best a semi-final some 8 years ago.
Tom Barry- could you offer a link to the deloitte study citrus? Thanks!
I don’t get it.
Apparently Giroud is not world class and we (according to all the armchair experts and pundits) will not win the premier league until Wenger stops dithering and being tight and stumps up the ‘going rate’ for a striker who is world class.
So the answer is to buy Lacazette we are being told, he is just what we need, just pay the money and stop being so stingy. Is this the same world class Lacazette who cannot get in the French squad ahead of Giroud who apparently isn’t world class. If Lacazette is a £42 million player then Giroud must be worth £80 million. He’s maybe worth a gamble but not at the silly money they are asking.
Or how about Wissam Ben-Yedder who apparently has ‘snubbed’ us in favour of Seville. He has never played for France and yet a load of gunners are apparently getting their knickers in a twist because we have ‘missed out’ on him due to Wengers dithering.
Higuain….one good season and that’s about it, plus he’s 29 years old. £75 million, you must be joking.
Mandzucik…. past his best at 30 years old, forget it.
As far as I can see the best option who is worth a punt is Icardi but not at the price (£50 million plus) supposedly being asked.
Lets be honest, there are no ‘world class’ strikers available so we will have to do the best we can at a lower level or find an unpolished diamond.
I for one trust the manager to do what is needed.
I wouldn’t normally be referring to Arsenal fan TV, but was sent a link about a private chat Robbie had with Ivan Gazidis.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ArsenalFanTV/status/759675771552145408/video/1
The key points….taking this at face value of course….Ivan sounds pretty pissed off with the UK media for distorting his words, the club are very serious and active in the transfer market…..mentions a striker and experienced defender, but obviously would not provide details at this stage..Stan does not restrict spending, and is desperate to win things.
There is money to spend, they want to win, but are sticking to a philosophy
Sounds a pretty healthy situation to me, don’t let the angry, the haters, the sleepers from rival clubs, the media, idiot pundits, so called celebrity suffer fans or the agenda driven tell you otherwise.
Above….meant to write celebrity super fans, tho maybe got it right first time….
Nicky
Yeah I know. They were like that before we signed Welbeck, but soon changed their tune when he started playing well.
I’ve got no problems with who we do our transfer business with and in which direction the players go.
Just heard that Everton want £75 million for Lukaku.
Football has finally gone mad.
Minstrel “I’d like to see this site devote as much energy to analyzing wenger’s inability to win the league for the past 12 years (finishing on average 10 points off the league winner” shows you don’t read the site properly. We have examined the past in great detail, with evidence.
As usual your much (self) vaunted research collapses into baseless assertion when it comes to issues connected to City. City became the functioning anchor tenants of the stadium in 2003 and Etihad’s stadium sponsorship began in 2011. That leaves 2 Gulf airlines between us, one of whom started to sponsor a football stadium in 2004.
You may wish to change your moniker for City to the Council tenants or perhaps re-brand yours to the Terminal 3 Gunners