Just waking up to see what I missed overnight. Think that's tremendous business for a player who offered 3 goals a season in the front 3. Like Welbeck he'll neither be missed nor remembered.

But miffed about Nketiah going on loan though. Guess we're going through a season with no backup at centre forward again.

:babysad: Sad to see Iwobi go. Always liked him.

The more I think about it the more sad I get. Sold for no reason, and was the only one who gave a shit in our most important game of the season. That screamer would be his last contribution to us, never imagined that.

Great transfer window and fingers crossed Tierney fixes a lot of the defence as i have zero hope in sideshow.
Not that bothered about Iwobi as Ceballos is so much better at advancing the ball and attack has not been a weakness.

Clrnc wrote:

The more I think about it the more sad I get. Sold for no reason, and was the only one who gave a shit in our most important game of the season. That screamer would be his last contribution to us, never imagined that.

It’s as if we sold a peak Henry ffs

Guys, Iwobi had 3 years to prove himself. This is no longer Wenger’s Arsenal. If you want us to be a big club and act like a big club then accept us getting rid of shit players. No sentiment in football.

David Ornstein on Arsenal’s transfer business: “They wanted, for a long time - a winger, a box-to-box midfielder, a centre-back & a left-back - and they’ve got all of them in this window alone.” [BBC] #afc

Ornstein: “Ceballos is only a loan, Pepe satisfies the winger, Tierney & Saliba to come in & then Luiz for now, so perhaps they’ve got actually more than they wanted to. There’s a real sense of satisfaction internally that they’ve got things done so efficiently.” #afc

Ornstein: “Every single window, people have bemoaned what Arsenal should’ve done & that they didn’t do. This new regime, the two-pronged attack with Raul Sanllehi, the deal-maker, & Huss Fahmy, the deal-broker, two people going out & getting it all done.” #afc

Basically when the club shows ambition and shows us they know what they are doing, the fans are always happy. Don Raul. For the first time in a decade there won't be negativity going into the season and everyone is buzzing

Let’s be honest, Iwobi smelt so wengery. We need to have better quality than he to be where we want to be

Clrnc wrote:

David Ornstein on Arsenal’s transfer business: “They wanted, for a long time - a winger, a box-to-box midfielder, a centre-back & a left-back - and they’ve got all of them in this window alone.” [BBC] #afc

Ornstein: “Ceballos is only a loan, Pepe satisfies the winger, Tierney & Saliba to come in & then Luiz for now, so perhaps they’ve got actually more than they wanted to. There’s a real sense of satisfaction internally that they’ve got things done so efficiently.” #afc

Ornstein: “Every single window, people have bemoaned what Arsenal should’ve done & that they didn’t do. This new regime, the two-pronged attack with Raul Sanllehi, the deal-maker, & Huss Fahmy, the deal-broker, two people going out & getting it all done.” #afc

Basically when the club shows ambition and shows us they know what they are doing, the fans are always happy. Don Raul. For the first time in a decade there won't be negativity going into the season and everyone is buzzing

What negativity was there going into 2014-15?

People bawling their eyes out at Iwobi's sale.

Yeah we are really going to miss his 3 goals a season and his 5 assists.

Luiz scored 3 last season too lol.

Klaus wrote:
Quincy Abeyie wrote:

No. Listen, I don't think Iwobi is a tremendous player. I think our lack of options makes him an important one. Bookmakers had us as sixth before selling him, that should tell you that if you look through non-fan glasses this is not trolling. 

Yep, I think this is a correct take. What's worse is that we had no replacement lined up and his contract wasn't running out, so there was no reason to sell him except that we liked the money on offer. That's how small clubs do business, not top clubs.

We'll see a lot of Auba and Mkhi on that wing next season. Maybe even Özil, which has never worked at any point. Pick your poison.

Yup, I might've felt different if we sold Iwobi earlier, I honestly don't know. If we had to sell Iwobi to buy Pepe then obviously that's okay, but the way it looks now is that we chose to sell our only left winger and not buy a replacement. 

Who is Huss Fahmy?

Guy sounds like one of those prank names Bart use to give Moe on The Simpsons.

Qwiss! wrote:

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Being Arsenal through and through only means something to our fans if your name is Carl Jenkinson and you're fucking shit at football.

Shady wrote:

Who is Huss Fahmy?

Guy sounds like one of those prank names Bart use to give Moe on The Simpsons.

"... with his brief centring on the legal aspects of player contracts. ..."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/06/19/arsenal-backroom-shuffle-continues-signing-new-legal-expert/

What does he do?
Essentially, he does contracts. Fahmy has been brought in to take the lead in negotiating deals for both incoming and current players with the club.
https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/arsenal-transfer-news-huss-fahmy-14462168

Strikers tend to cost much more than midfielders so Iwobi is valued higher.

Qwiss! wrote:

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Nooo not our naija boy. This deal feels shittier by the minute  🙁

What exactly is the Eriksen situation at the end of all this? Is he staying for sure? If he stays will he get playing time over lo celso?

I thought we were done with this loyalty nonsense. Snap out of it!

Khanuppet wrote:

What exactly is the Eriksen situation at the end of all this? Is he staying for sure? If he stays will he get playing time over lo celso?

Eriksen staying is good as it fucks them up more in the long run.

Wow. Feeling super sad about Iwobi.

I think it's probably more than just nostalgia for a lot of people (it is for me at least) - we now have limited options on the wings again. Although Pepe is an upgrade, we're going to see a lot more of Mkhi and Auba on the wings again which isn't a particularly appetising thought.

arsedoc md wrote:

I thought we were done with this loyalty nonsense.  Snap out of it!

Come on man.
That pic should melt every single one of us.
Here is another.

Baby Iwobi was adorable!

It's weird that we brought in a guy who plays on the right while playing Aubameyang on the right in preseason, who was absolutely tearing it up, and now we have no left-sided wide player as we're without both Iwobi and Welbeck.

It makes me think one of these kids is gonna get a lot of playing time, because we surely can't be relying on Mkhi or Ozil to regularly take that spot. If they play wide, it's almost always on the right as well.

Ozil/Mkhi out wide are no good.
Play them centrally or not at all.

Mirth wrote:

Baby Iwobi was adorable!

Indeed

Meh. It's a shame it didn't work out but it's great business to get that fee for a player who didn't produce. Hope he does well but his contribution on the pitch will not be missed.

Khanuppet wrote:

What exactly is the Eriksen situation at the end of all this? Is he staying for sure? If he stays will he get playing time over lo celso?

Levys bum will be squeaking if he can't sell him in the next 2 weeks, and he refuses to extend his contract. Somehow theyve been squirming out of these situations and conning their players into signing 1 year extensions to protect their value, but it seems like eriksen is aiming for his retirement payday

Oh man... why the heck did we sell Iwobi? Is he going to be another Gnabry for us?

He was a solid player who had area for improvement. Just a few days ago I was thinking that ESR could go to make way for Upa/CB but we sold Iwobi for no reason it seems (other than money of course). It's sad

Would be amazing is Eriksen pulls a Sol at the end of this season.

naz wrote:

Oh man... why the heck did we sell Iwobi? Is he going to be another Gnabry for us?

He was a solid player who had area for improvement. Just a few days ago I was thinking that ESR could go to make way for Upa/CB but we sold Iwobi for no reason it seems (other than money of course). It's sad

Everton offered a price too good to turn down for a player who is not crucial to our plans.

naz wrote:

Oh man... why the heck did we sell Iwobi? Is he going to be another Gnabry for us?

He was a solid player who had area for improvement. Just a few days ago I was thinking that ESR could go to make way for Upa/CB but we sold Iwobi for no reason it seems (other than money of course). It's sad

big difference in fees received.

We needed to sell given the amounts we were spending and got a good price for a backup player who wasn't good enough. It's telling where he's ended up, as it is with Welbeck.

The thing about Iwobi is that he's an excellent footballer without a clear specialist role developing.

In that sense he was a bit like a less crocked Oxlade-Chamberlain, and so I don't mind seeing him go. He was going to end up a really useful substitute or utility player but not one of the key players in any top Arsenal side. That's transferable value.

I’m cool with it. Need to balance the books and avoid clogging up the squad with players who aren’t ideal

In time we’ll have decluttered nicely when Mustafi, Chambers, Mkhitaryan, Nacho and Ozil are gone

Found it interesting that Spurs had a relatively free run at their targets this summer. Maybe there was just more money than available targets in the market, also helping drive prices up.

Well two of their targets they got the brush off by another club in North London

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

Well two of their targets they got the brush off by another club in North London

In the same manner in which we 'owned' Napoli.

Everton look pretty good:

Pickford
Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne
Gomes, Gbamin, Sigurdsson
Richarlison, Kean, Iwobi

Subs: Calvert-Lewin, Bernard, Feo...