I followed Ozil for several years before he came here. Man was a straight up baller and has an outstanding CV. His last days here are not inconsistent with the last days of many of our big name players. Aubameyang, Sanchez and others as back as ten years left with a whimper or under a cloud. The problem was more Arsenal than these players as a whole.
Look at Ozil’s output at Real, Arsenal, Germany etc. the man was a top, top player.
What does Balogun have in his game that Nketiah doesn't?
I'm struggling to see anything in his game that suggests he's well rounded, or majestic on the ball.
MistaT finishing, maybe.
Tavares sent home from training by Marseille for lack of effort, apparently.
Doesn't bode well for him.
Waste of money and squad space if that's the case
Tavares seems to attract a lot of doubt and drama. If you read the article Tudor was talking about him one day playing for Barcelona the week before. He's one frustrating athlete … you get the sense from any manager he works with that making him a functional footballer is an appealing hobby project.
But he'll never make it at Arsenal. He'll never fit Arteta's mould. He can't do what Zinchenko does, but even if we were to change that template with an upcoming midfield transformation, Tavares would still never click with full understanding into whatever came next.
Seems to me we either bring him back and commit fully to using him in one of our competitions to boost his valuation, or we find a coach that's looking for a challenge in the summer.
He's physically phenomenal, I wouldn't want to just give up on him yet, unless he truly commits Arteta-suicide the way Guendouzi did.
Burnwinter just put an end to the experiment. Too much thought directed here.
We spend sun £10m on players. Most the time you’ll get a Tavares. Move him on. Sometimes you’ll get a decent back up. Once in a while you’ll get a Mattinelli. I think we need to be comfortable with this. The key here is the team should move on quickly from the guys who aren’t in the 22.
Sounds like Balogun wants to go:
Scored again from the spot last night.
Yeah he is very impatient, he did the same with England. Did not get a call-up, and even if it is not 100% now, it looks like he will play for the USA national team. Bad call, as a few more months of this form and he would have been in the England team. He is 21, he has plenty of time....
Questionable character.
I think it's fair enough. He's had a taste of 1st team football and wants to be somewhere where he is settled and 1st choice. He won't even get meaningful minutes here. I think he's more of a counter attack striker, making runs and getting the ball in the last action which doesn't suit us and we have Jesus, Trossard, Eddie for the 9. Sell him in the summer with a sell on clause.
Lokonga needs to be sold too. Palace have started winning without him and Hodgson is bringing on Hughes and McArthur from the bench rather than Sambi. Hopefully we will get our money back. Tavares can go too.
Only natural he will want game time now.. Would prefer to keep him instead of Eddie but doubt he would want to be possibly 3rd choice next season...
Should be able to get a decent amount for him in the market, would try an put a buy back clause in any sale as well.
Lol, Lokonga is a fraud.
HomeSteak He was angry when he wasn't given a chance previously by Arteta too. Kept posting on social media little jigs about him. If he wants to go, get a buy back clause. If not convince him 2nd choice at this stage is good for him, bin Nketiah.
Don't really agree US is a bad choice. Very young team full of talents, can win the Concacaf and Gold Cup every few years whilst If he chose England he gets a very questionable manager and will win nothing. 50-50 choice
US is ideal for him for national team. There is poverty across the forward line - he will slot in immediately, almost automatically get picked as the 9. Why choose England to compete with Kane for the next 3 years?
HomeSteak I don't think its a bad call from him in respect to where his motivations seem to lie. He wants to be a big deal and a big player, he'll walk into the US squad before the World Cup over there and be their main striker. That'll be huge for him and propel him to stardom. Its probably why he's demanding football now too, he wants to get out there and show what he has. He seems very calculated about it all and fair enough if thats what he wants let him go, we can cash in and he can have his career away from us. We've enough Hale End grads who are good enough and actually want to be here.
