I don't think anyone is that bothered by this rumour, are they?
Auba, Laca, Xhaka, Torreira, Sokratis, Luiz, Mustafi, Ozil, Kolasinac and others have all let the club down and no tears will be shed if they go.
Would be disappointed if Guendouzi wants out, but he seems firmly under the influence of Laca and Auba so will probably join the list. One of the more profitable players in our squad as well.
If Ljungberg is in charge on Saturday he may well be better off playing the kids and the players who want to fight for the club. Leno, Bellerin, Chambers, Mavropanos, Medley, AMN, Willock, ESR, Saka, Nelson, Martinelli, unless the senior players stand up and show fight.
Obviously it is only rumour players want out, and their mood may change after a few days with Arteta. But the performances for a long time have been without passion, fight and desire. Time to shape up or ship out.
Half the squad "want to leave".
posted on 20/12/19
'For Laca and Xhaka to be making noises though is incredulous. Do they really believe that fans want them to stay or Arteta will be under any obligation to play to the gallery concerning those two? They haven't contributed at all to the team this season. In fact not much in the entire time they have been at Arsenal. Selling them sooner than later will not impact results whatsoever. Their replacements may even help to improve results!'
Totally agree with this tbh.
What 'noises' have the two of them made though?
posted on 20/12/19
comment by Ljungxington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 12 seconds ago
'For Laca and Xhaka to be making noises though is incredulous. Do they really believe that fans want them to stay or Arteta will be under any obligation to play to the gallery concerning those two? They haven't contributed at all to the team this season. In fact not much in the entire time they have been at Arsenal. Selling them sooner than later will not impact results whatsoever. Their replacements may even help to improve results!'
Totally agree with this tbh.
What 'noises' have the two of them made though?
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Only the ones in the tabloids abt not liking Arteta's appointment. The one Auba is also lumped in.
posted on 20/12/19
To be fair if we can get 30,000,000+ for Iwobi who can tell what Auba would go for.
But clubs know he is not signing a new contract, has one contract left in him and is not happy, a lot of factors not in our favour
posted on 20/12/19
comment by (U21781)
posted 15 minutes ago
To be fair if we can get 30,000,000+ for Iwobi who can tell what Auba would go for.
But clubs know he is not signing a new contract, has one contract left in him and is not happy, a lot of factors not in our favour
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We got an offer of £60m for Alexis when he only had 6 months left on his contract. Strikers who actually score goals are the most vital players in football. Strikers are the only players who can justifiably command over the top salaries and play longer than usual as long as they are still scoring goals. Look at how Benzema is still the main striker for Madrid at 32 and how much C.Ronaldo went for at 33.
posted on 20/12/19
I hear you but it’s a reach comparing Auba to Ronaldinho or Sanchez ... two players who carried teams and did a lot more than score goals. I can’t believe what a c*** up the Sanchez fiasco was.
I guess I just don’t have a lot of confidence in Arsenal’s ability to get a good deal for star players.
posted on 20/12/19
* Ronaldo
posted on 20/12/19
Arsenal under Wenger without Dein was a disaster. We are yet to fully access how they perform under Edu and Sanllehi.
posted on 20/12/19
I hear you but it’s a reach comparing Auba to Ronaldinho or Sanchez ..
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He has a better track record!
posted on 20/12/19
Realistically, we are going to have to sell a few anyway in order to fund our rebuild, and that is likely to mean we'll have to sell players we don't want to as they will probably command a greater fee.
If anybody doesn't want to be there, whoever they are or whatever we think of them, then good riddance whoever they are. If we can get a decent fee then even better.
posted on 20/12/19
But who are the players we don’t want to sell? In all honesty there are so few players in this team I feel any attachment to... basically support them because they wear the shirt but other than that they are not exciting, rarely do we see skill or fantastic shots, we do not even have a feisty one who causes trouble. Just bland and boring.
I’d keep Martinelli, the French kid with crazy hair, Leno.... honestly couldn’t really care about the rest.