Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger
How much does it cost a club to rise one place up the Premier League? If all these journos know so much about transfers, why don’t Arsenal employ them? By Tony Attwood There is an element in Arsenal’s recent development which one can hardly fail to notice – the way Arsenal not …
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. . . How much does it cost a club to rise one place up the Premier League? Which clubs are spending now, and what they spent last season. By Tony Attwood Go and work for five minutes in the world of football commentary and you will come across the word “panic” associated with the …
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How much does it cost a club to rise one place up the Premier League? If all these journos know so much about transfers, why don’t Arsenal employ them? by Tony Attwood And so the Arsenal transfers move along, and we now have three new players. First, Martín Zubimendi the midfielder from …
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It is the legal entanglements that catch players and teams as much as the results The duplicity of the media on issues relating to Arsenal knows no bounds. By Tony Attwood (suggestion: if standing, you might want to sit down to read this). I was contemplating the rather tedious job of totalling …
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Which clubs are spending now, and what they spent last season. So now we know how the Arsenal story will run from here on in. Time to hold our nerve. By Tony Attwood Is what we read, really what the world of football transfers is about? People trying to spend £80m and not …
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So now we know how the Arsenal story will run from here on in. Time to hold our nerve. Transfers this summer: how Arsenal compare with other PL teams By Tony Attwood The ex-Real Madrid, Chelsea, Everton and Brazil manager and/or coach Carlo Ancelotti, known for being the most successful manager …
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So now we know how the Arsenal story will run from here on in. Time to hold our nerve. How the media are repeating last year’s transfer rumours as this year’s news By Tony Attwood So desperate is the media to find ways to knock Arsenal that the Daily Mail are now …
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How the media are repeating last year’s transfer rumours as this year’s news Gyökeres goal tally may be exaggerated by the media but he looks a good buy By Tony Attwood The media united is an awful sight, normally because the media unite around a story which has at least two sides to …
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How the media are repeating last year’s transfer rumours as this year’s news 54 players arriving and 14 leaving Arsenal; the transfer window is broken By Tony Attwood There is an 1100 word tirade against Arsenal in the Guardian today on the issue of Thomas Partey, as it clings to the …
Read More “The duplicity of the media on issues relating to Arsenal knows no bounds.”
How the media are repeating last year’s transfer rumours as this year’s news Gyökeres goal tally may be exaggerated by the media but he looks a good buy By Tony Attwood As the media gets hyped up about Arsenal, it is interesting to reflect on how the club has developed over Arteta’s years in …
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54 players arriving and 14 leaving Arsenal; the transfer window is broken Taking action against individuals on the basis of allegations is a dubious course By Tony Attwood ‘Gyokeres will not leave Sporting for £59m’ That headline came from the BBC website on 11 June 2025. They continued that piece with the statement that …
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By Tony Attwood 54 players arriving and 14 leaving Arsenal; the transfer window is broken Taking action against individuals on the basis of allegations is a dubious courseSeos Themes . . There is a piece in the Guardian which says, “Gyökeres has made no secret of his desire for a new …
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FFP fines look like far too little to have any impact Second club banned from transfer deals By Tony Attwood This is a transfer window that has died on its feet. Maybe our annual publishing of data showing only 3% (at most) of the transfers mooted by the media is making them all …
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Unprescedented second club banned from transfer deals Arsenal face a psychological battle at the start of the season By Tony Attwood I’m often critical of the way newspapers and the media in general report Arsenal, so the fact that I take exception to what the Telegraph has published over the rape allegation …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal face a psychological battle at the start of the season Facial recognition programs are coming to a club near you. Is there anything to worry about? In 2024/25 Chelsea spent €281.90m on transfer fees according to Transfermarkt. They have now been fined €31 million by Uefa for breaches of …
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Second club banned from transfer deals Arsenal face a psychological battle at the start of the season By Tony Attwood In the list below we can see the players who have been transferred to selected Premier League clubs this summer, It does not include players whose transfers are noted in the media as being …
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By Tony Attwood As things stand, two professional football clubs in England are banned from signing any new players: Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday. That might not concern us as Arsenal supporters but at any moment that number could rise, and then rise again. The reason of course is that both clubs owe money …
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When it comes to signing players why do Arsenal seem so slow? What happens when football finance goes wrong: just how close clubs are to collapse. By Tony Attwood The transfer window closes at 7pm on 1 September this year. By the time that happens Arsenal will have played three matches – Manchester United away, …
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By Tony Attwood As you may have heard there are plans from football clubs to introduce facial recognition technology at the turnstiles. The aim of course is to prove to the club that the person entering the ground is the person who is entitled to use the digital ticket. Which is to say it is …
The 52 players coming to Arsenal as the bloggers start to issue threats What happens when football finance goes wrong: just how close clubs are to collapse. By Tony Attwood Sheffield Wednesday finished last season 42 points and 62 goals off promotion. In short, nowhere near promotion but still easily safe from …
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What happens when football finance goes wrong: just how close clubs are to collapse. Football Finance: how are Arsenal comparing with the rest in obeying the rules By Tony Attwood So Arsenal have signed a player: Kepa Arrizabalaga from Chelsea who is a kepa, sorrry keeper. Last season he played on loan for …
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Football Finance: how are Arsenal comparing with the rest in obeying the rules What happens to a club when the transfer policy goes wrong? By Tony Attwood July means action must happen now for The Arsenal says Suburban Gooners, Now July Is Here, No More Excuses Arsenal says Just Arsenal News and these …
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50 players now coming Arsenal’s way and 12 leaving. Arsenal nearly half way there. What happens when a club starts to go wrong? A work in progress. By Tony Attwood “Debt is something that plagues almost every football club. Indeed only four clubs in Europe are free of it: Paris Saint Germain, Manchester City, …
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50 players now coming Arsenal’s way and 12 leaving. Arsenal nearly half way there. What happens when a club starts to go wrong? A work in progress. By Tony Attwood According to Swiss Ramble (whose reports I absolutely recommend to you especially if you want a more detailed account that I can give here) …
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What happens to a club when the transfer policy goes wrong? It will not be long before another club defaults on its debts By Tony Attwood Arsenal are in real trouble – there can be no doubt about that, for they are currently looking at signing… well, we’ve counted – 50 players. …
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