I'm glad this finally got done, and apparently was done in time for him to join the team on tour.
It's also somewhat impressive looking at the transfer business that Arsenal have brought in 6 players 2-3 who will be starters, and have only spent about £200m. That's a lot of money, but it's about what Arsenal spent in 22/23 for Gabriel Jesus, Zinchenko, Fabio Vieira, Trossard, Kiwior, Jorginho, Matt Turner and Marquinhos. IMO the players Arsenal bought this time are more impressive.
OTOH, the selling is incredibly bad so far. Arsenal has 6 players out: Tavares, Marqinhos, Tierney, Jorginho, Tomiyasu and Partey and they have brought in a total of £7m so far. I really think Arsenal needs to get better at selling.
In fairness, almost all of those we let go were gonna be out of contract. Also I coulda sworn Tavares went for like 10m, no?
It's true that nobody that was let go had a lot of value. And, even though Arsenal did cancel some contracts early, like Tomiyasu and Jorginho, they probably wouldn't have brought in much in fees.
But, it also shows that Arsenal isn't doing very well at selling players who do have some value before their contracts run out. Like, Tierney could probably have been sold for at least some value a bit earlier, especially given that Arsenal had about 4 left backs last season.
apparently tavares went for way less
So we've got a Swede, a Norwegian, and a Dane. Teemu Pukki next to get a Finn in? /j
Gylfi Sigurdsson for an Icelander 💀
i mean he got cleared of being a nonce, no? still not good enough anyway lmao
I'm glad this finally got done, and apparently was done in time for him to join the team on tour.
It's also somewhat impressive looking at the transfer business that Arsenal have brought in 6 players 2-3 who will be starters, and have only spent about £200m. That's a lot of money, but it's about what Arsenal spent in 22/23 for Gabriel Jesus, Zinchenko, Fabio Vieira, Trossard, Kiwior, Jorginho, Matt Turner and Marquinhos. IMO the players Arsenal bought this time are more impressive.
OTOH, the selling is incredibly bad so far. Arsenal has 6 players out: Tavares, Marqinhos, Tierney, Jorginho, Tomiyasu and Partey and they have brought in a total of £7m so far. I really think Arsenal needs to get better at selling.
In fairness, almost all of those we let go were gonna be out of contract. Also I coulda sworn Tavares went for like 10m, no?
It's true that nobody that was let go had a lot of value. And, even though Arsenal did cancel some contracts early, like Tomiyasu and Jorginho, they probably wouldn't have brought in much in fees.
But, it also shows that Arsenal isn't doing very well at selling players who do have some value before their contracts run out. Like, Tierney could probably have been sold for at least some value a bit earlier, especially given that Arsenal had about 4 left backs last season.
apparently tavares went for way less