Arsenal transfers: 40 players incoming and 14 leaving

7 Replies to “Arsenal transfers: 40 players incoming and 14 leaving”

1. You did this last article! 3 separate entries for Isak and 2 for Zirkzee do not add up to 40 players incoming.

2. But then that rather is the point Gunnersaurus. The transfers are made up; so are the numbers; none of them are real.

3. It’s also worth noting that the list of players we are allegedly buying includes Kieran Tierney and Thomas Partey!

4. The latest is Lautaro Martinez the captain of Milan (Caught offside)has ben left off the list. And a few earlier on mentioned the unlikely possibility of Kylian Mbappé. These writers about Football (I won’t call them journalists) are like old fashioned fishermen. They cast their nets wide so that when Arsenal do eventually sign a player they are able to write “We told you so” or better still “We exclusively told you so”
   All pure fantasy to fill up empty sports pages until the new season starts

5. I hate their use of the terms “flop”, “unload”, “upgrade on”, “keeping tabs on”, “eyeing”, “monitoring”, “high-jack” etc.

   Signs of poor literacy as well as poor journalism.

6. In former times, managers like Malcolm Allison and Ron Atkinson wore sheepskin coats and signed players at Services after a Motorway Dash. (possibly with a Tesco bag full of money).

   Club chairman would offer inducements to young players’ families, such as a washing machine or fridge, or in Burnley’s case, a side of beef for the freezer.
   Then gifts became more exotic and might have included a Ford Escort or even a Hillman Minx.

7. I do remember reading that some player in the Seventies was bought in exchange for some fencing !