The Messi news has really overshadowed the fact that Harry Maguire's lawyers, in court, under oath, took to the stand and told the judge and the world that he went to Greece with a thirst for knowledge.
Pep: dossiers on why if you catch Carvajal off balance in the 73rd minute by running at him from 106 and 124 degrees, you can create an overload that with three extra passes could lead to being just one cutback from a 0.6xG chance
Mr. Ancelotti:
Eric Dier giving it large to the home end after 35 minutes then being at fault for the two goals that lost them the Derby is the most Tottenham Hotspurs thing that anyone’s ever done
Kos was a great player for us. If you care about the fact he left a dreadful regime who lied to him after playing on one leg for a year, or that he changed his shirt in an announcement video, get a grip. Very arguably our best Emirates era CB and wrecked himself in being so.
🔵🔴🇯🇵 Daichi Kamada to Crystal Palace, here we go! Verbal agreement confirmed as revealed on Friday, medical tests booked this week.
Palace are just waiting for Kamada to sign the contract as free agent.
Oliver Glasner wanted Daichi again after Eintracht chapter together.
3 years for Willian on £200k is a £31m outlay alone for a guy who turns 32 this week, let alone all the attached fees and other nonsense that comes with it for v little chance of being able to recoup that. If you don’t think there’s smarter moves to be made, idk what to tell you.
Can't believe a team managed by Mauricio Pochettino would lose their heads at a crucial moment and start kicking people like a bunch of pathetic, petulant children. No precedent for this.
I get that to a lot of people today is 8 years since Agüero vs QPR but if you’re honest to your federation this should be the abiding moment of that day.
Said about Fulham last year but we need to put together an independent panel to assess Norwich squads when they look like they’re coming up again. They’re treating our great league like a hotel they can’t afford to stay in, stealing our dressing gowns and towels, mocking us.
When people bring up Ramsey’s ‘injury record’ or ‘wages’ or ‘the fact he’s 30 and we already need to change the age profile of the squad’ in discussions about him potentially coming back.
Honestly, if we have any decency as a club - the 'class' they like to speak about - we'd go to West Ham with another hundred mil and say sorry for ripping you off the first time. It's just the gentlemanly thing to do.
I like Xhaka more than most people but if there's a chance to sell a non-indispensable player who's almost 29 for a decent fee when you need a general rebuild, you take it. Look at what not doing that has got us over the last 5 years.
Look at this smile. Then they go and call the game off, right when this man had some extraordinary nonsense lined up. Never forget what they’ve taken from us. Never let them forget what they’ve done.
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finally have a player in Ødegaard who can pick holes in a team. But in the last few games, he has shown to be more than just a tidy, gifted 10. He’s a leader, a worker and a player who isn’t scared to shout and organise. Incredible signing.
#afc
Clubs in yellow would benefit from the PL season being voided. If City’s ban is upheld, Arsenal stand to be the biggest winners of all after finishing 5th last year. United would be among biggest losers with two trophies to play for & implications to their Adidas deal
#MUFC
There’s not an awful lot about the club that makes me proud but our players coming together to call Toni Kroos a mug and tell him where he can go really does warm the heart.
Saka single-handedly makes me believe better things are possible. Not just for this club, but the world over. A better world is coming, and it’s all because of him.
36 minutes and it's already close to the full Giroud Experience. Miss a sitter, class one touch assist, an ill-advised attempt at a ridiculous goal, rolling around like he's been tasered after getting a knock. It's been like a week and I already miss him so much.
Not been watching but alarmed and disturbed by this - the centre forward is dropping into deeper areas, playing the ball, but then he’s running forward at pace, both joining up with and contributing to the attack. Are centre forwards definitely allowed to do that?
Seems to me that if going unbeaten for a season were so easy then Ferguson might have achieved it in one of his 26 attempts in this league. That’s just how it seems to me, anyway.
Liverpool are going to absolutely trounce the points tally Arsenal got in 03/04 but Arsenal fans think them getting beaten in the process is a triumph. I wish with all my little heart that I got it, but I haven’t got a scooby. The point is to win, not to avoid defeat.
Wolves, Aston Villa and West Brom have removed the animals from their club badges to highlight the increasing loss of wildlife around the world 🦁🐺🐦
#WorldWildlifeDay
You know that thing about how the less Guardiola is threatened by something, the more he praises it? He’s gone to a new extreme here. This is all out villainy.
In 95-96, everyone lost.
In 96-97, everyone lost.
In 97-98, everyone lost.
In 98-99, everyone lost.
In 99-00, everyone lost.
In 00-01, everyone lost.
In 01-02, everyone lost.
In 02-03, everyone lost.
In 03-04, someone didn’t lose.
Admire and pity any Arsenal fan who thinks this is good news rather than a preview of the fact we’re definitely launching Greenwood’s career the same way we did Rashford’s, with Sokratis playing the role of Gabriel.
Arteta to name Mr. Wenger as his assistant, as time goes on it becomes clear it's a very obvious puppet regime and the Big Man is still running the show. He's done it again.
Before this gets taken as a Pulp reference, I want it on record that this is a William Shatner reference. And if you don't know why, I can only recommend some Googling. It'll change your life.
Let the absolute shambles that this last few days has been remind you: these people are gutless, spineless cowards who don’t have a clue. There’s more power in collective action than any of us realise.
Hugo Lloris on Emiliano Martinez’s World Cup final shootout antics:
“Making a fool of myself in goal, rattling my opponent and crossing the line, I just can’t do that. I’m too rational and honest a man to go that way.”
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@GFFN
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The plan: if De Jong refuses to leave, we make clear we have evidence of the previous regime's dodgy financial dealings involving the club, ensuring a spotlight on all levels of the club during a summer where we've spent £300m despite being £1bn in debt.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Barcelona told Frenkie de Jong on July 15 they have evidence of criminality around contract given by old board + cause for legal action vs all involved.
#FCBarcelona
asked him to annul deal & revert to previous terms
@TheAthleticUK
#MUFC
#CFC
People are acting like City only having Brighton ahead means it's foregone, but I'm assured that you need 5-15 transfer windows working on a team to get more than 1 point off Brighton in a whole season.
If Gabriel is serious about our fans’ efforts on social media convincing him to join he has to be sold. This man clearly has horrendous judgement and decision making and I don’t want that at the heart of my defence. Get him out.
Klopp at presser: "If you want to play like this, and the stadium are happy with how you play, just for the result, they are not here to see sensational football, but they got the result and they are now happy..."
On the lighter note, this last 5/6 is easily the best and most sustainable looking run under Arteta. All the hallmarks of what he’s talked about wanting this whole time rather than what we’ve seen for most of it, and really now feels a lot more like we’re going somewhere.
You know how Monaco got rid of Jardim, appointed a no hoper in his place, realised it was a huge mistake and, despite his flaws, just went back to the old bloke, only with the added gift of Cesc Fàbregas in his new squad? Just something to think about
@Arsenal
Feel like I’m losing my mind when I see Ramsdale chat. Bloke’s head fell off in the top 4 run-in in 21/22 and even worse in the title run-in last year. How is he so bulletproof that I’m seeing ‘Raya doesn’t make the save [that Ramsdale made look needlessly hard]’. Get a grip
Can't believe Koscielny released a video of him burning every Arsenal shirt he ever played in while shouting 'I'm glad I've left the bastards' in both English and French for maximum reach. Really puts a dampener on the 9 years he spent here.