Day: 20 August 2020

by Tony Attwood According to The Times, Arsenal have agreed a five-year deal with Lille defender Gabriel Magalhaes – but are now scrambling to fund the deal. Note the word “scrambling” – it implies rushing, falling over, trying to get a grip, doing things in the wrong order.   There is nothing good about the word …

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By Sir Hardly Anyone Arsenal have agreed a deal with Lille for Gabriel Magalhães.  And yet he has not arrived.  So what is causing the problem? One issue is that other clubs have an interest, and all seem willing to pay the fee quoted variously as betweeen £22m and £24m.  But it is not just …

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