Ricky1985 wrote:

Muswell Hill Gooner wrote:

I think Clrnc is on about acceleration and you hardly ever see Salah running full pelt as, like Messi, he is away in 2 or 3 steps.

I did say Salah is probably quicker off the mark, being 5'7" or whatever he is, but in a sprint Pépé would eat him for breakfast.

Talking about Salah, interesting how closely they measure statistically:

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In the highlights he beats everyone by better upper body position makes that bit quicker on the change of direction. Federer and Salah are epic at it. Salahs 3rd goal against Watford was a lovely example the defender moves like an absolute donkey his upper body is moving in the opposite direction as his lower body all the time you know hes not gonna be able to stop salah. While salah initiates every change of direction perfectly shifting with his upper body first in the direct hes about to go making him much quicker. 

Anzac wrote:

Question - did either Martial or Dembele have as much hype before they left France?

id say both were more hyped and both were younger, which contributed to that

mdgoonah41 wrote:

Anzac wrote:

Question - did either Martial or Dembele have as much hype before they left France?

id say both were more hyped and both were younger, which contributed to that

Martial had all the talent just lacks hunger 

I hope this doesn’t drag out and we sign him early next week.

The longer it goes on the longer some ppl on here will panic

Haha it's never done until it's done. I still think we'll nab him but the sense of unease will linger until it's made official. Like has been said above, ideally this is wrapped up early next week and on Arsenal.com by Friday.

deardevil wrote:

goon wrote:

Raul will become a cult hero.

Did he actually say that?

Fucking beggars are at the door again.

speedy wrote:

He has salahs control of his centre of gravity, nowhere near salahs speed but his trickery will certainly help unlock packed defenses.

Ricky1985 wrote:

He's quicker than Salah. Maybe not quite as quick off the mark because Salah is tiny.

I mean I know Sanllehi is quick on the phone but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Tambourine Man wrote:

Haha it's never done until it's done. I still think we'll nab him but the sense of unease will linger until it's made official. Like has been said above, ideally this is wrapped up early next week and on Arsenal.com by Friday.

Next 48 hours will be key, it sound like we are close to getting the deal done.

Sounds like we're paying massive agent fees to get this done as well, definitely wouldn't have happened under the old regime.

I need to see the unveiling to get my heart rate to normal
Number 19 jersey number seems vacant. Or we could wait to see if Mkhitaryan moves himself to avail 7.

Clrnc wrote:

Yeah by the way the fee meant fuck all. I rather waste 100m to buy players than let it sit in the bank to pay taxes again

I’ll repeat myself again because it doesn’t do any good to let myths go uncorrected. That categorically didn’t happen.

This has been a rollercoaster. Been busy the last two days but catching up on all this news is like something from the A-M days.

Tam wrote:

Clrnc wrote:

Yeah by the way the fee meant fuck all. I rather waste 100m to buy players than let it sit in the bank to pay taxes again

I’ll repeat myself again because it doesn’t do any good to let myths go uncorrected. That categorically didn’t happen.

This has been a rollercoaster. Been busy the last two days but catching up on all this news is like something from the A-M days.

I'm just quoting our accountant there. Not well versed with how the clubs are taxed in UK so I will just take his word for it. 

Clrnc wrote:

Tam wrote:

I’ll repeat myself again because it doesn’t do any good to let myths go uncorrected. That categorically didn’t happen.

This has been a rollercoaster. Been busy the last two days but catching up on all this news is like something from the A-M days.

I'm just quoting our accountant there. Not well versed with how the clubs are taxed in UK so I will just take his word for it. 

Or mine. I work in the tax office.

I’ve read the article. He would have absolutely no insight to the clubs tax position.

Napoli still in with a chance apparently

As with any online stories always pays to save the excitement until there is confirmation. I've certainly seen lots of hype about this guy but not really watched him. In terms of signing it looks positive but whatever the highlights reel or talk that they are like X player you only really can judge on performances in the team.

That's where I usually make my assessment as coming to a new and higher level league and different team can significantly impact how a player performs so it's difficult to make credible comparisons until then.

Hes negotiating wages so he has to hype up that another team is involved. Otherwise his position to demand high wages is weak. Napoli could be interested or it might just be a smoke screen.

Just do it tomorrow ffs.

Done yes, but i doubt our media team will be finished with their stuff before wednesday-thursday.

When will Mkhi leave? Maybe they delay it so this guy gets a fitting jersey number.

I'm scarred, I don't dare to be sure of this yet.

Ricky1985 wrote:

Claudius wrote:

When will Mkhi leave?  Maybe they delay it so this guy gets a fitting jersey number.

He's always worn 19 when he was able to choose. That's available.

Yeah, I mentioned it was available earlier. But it would be nice for him to graduate to 7. Or do we keep that for Nelson?  
I'm going to go mad waiting for this transfer.

Clrnc wrote:

On one hand I'm glad we are trying to seal this as early as possible. On the other hand pity it isn't on the last day of transfer window because this has got all the potential of an Arshavin llama thread classic.

I blame Ornstien for the thread not being a classic, after he rubbished it we just ignored all the other links. Never gave the thread a chance.

Zaha plays in a much stronger league let’s not forget

Plus he doubled Zaha’s goals and assists. You can discount the goals by saying half were penalties, but half of those penalties he won on his own.
What I am looking forward to a lot of is men having to peel off Aubameyang and Ozil as Pepe cuts in from the right. You see a lot of this when City play. They maximize on this by moving the ball quickly once this happens, creating tears in the defense. Right now we are too static. Pep can change all of this.

Tell me about it:

I decided to see what our friends thought of this transfer. I didn’t realize how dull they are
http://www.glory-glory.co.uk/community/threads/the-goon-thread.6546/page-609

I expect some concrete confirmation will be had today and we will see him in the shirt by the end of the week. Add Tierney and somehow manage to flip Mustafi/Beilik for one decent CB and this will prove to be our best summer in a long, long time.

goon wrote:

Tell me about it:

Lol. It’s headed to the Bermuda Triangle.

Claudius wrote:

I need to see the unveiling to get my heart rate to normal
Number 19 jersey number seems vacant. Or we could wait to see if Mkhitaryan moves himself to avail 7.

How long is Mkhi's contract? Man I would be so happy if we could get rid of him this summer.

Nicolas Pépé is expected to undergo his medical ahead of #AFC move this week [Paul MacInnes - Guardian]

Let's get this done fast so we can get 2 defenders in as well.

flobaba wrote:

goon wrote:

Tell me about it:

Lol. It’s headed to the Bermuda Triangle.

Arsenal fans on the Internet are brilliant. Thousands had followed one plane assumed to be Aubameyang's on flightradar. 

Ex Southampton and current Lille defender Jose Fonte on asked about Pepe on talksport “Arsenal are getting a very accomplished player in Nicolas Pepe.”

Time for me to go on youtube.

It's done. I'm not worried about this.

To the Tierney thread!!!

Never in doubt

Pepe 2019