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    The Wire

    FIFY. “You juke the stats, and majors become colonels.” Stuff was deep, truly.
  2. That you on the left with Donovan, Derka?
  3. If paying £50m for a Chelsea castoff in part causes Ethan to decide his future lies elsewhere… it will go down as one of the worst signings in club history. FUCK. THAT SHIT.
  4. Clive from ArsenalVision with two good points: 1. Gyökeres wants deeply to play for Arsenal. Not just a CL club. Arsenal. Sesko? Very much seems he is willing to wait and wants another club. This matters. 2. He runs and works his ass off, and has that hunger to score goals. Also… Arsenal previously signed a 27 year-old with an unconventional route to top flight football, and it worked out alright for Wrighty.
  5. Luckiest person of the weekend: Martin Brundle, who was asked by Hannah Waddingham for a “squeeze.”
  6. Yup. Not to mention a smaller fee on the 9 also allows us more room to maneuver on winger and defender deals. Also, should have thought a few years ago that £56m + 9-13m would be the bargain.
  7. https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/gyokeres/sporting/gyokeres-a-caminho-do-arsenal-em-negocio-que-pode-chegar-aos-80-milhoes/20250706/686a5467d34ef72ee4480156?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ed-cnnportugal
  8. Looks like it’s Gyökeres; he’s the “win now” player at the peak of his powers vs Sesko who may have a higher ceiling in 4 years. £56m with £9-13m in performance add-ons. Leipzig reportedly want north of £80m and won’t budge. There’s also reports he wants a move to Liverpool and is willing to wait another year for them to get him. I also understand Arteta wanting the new striker to have a full preseason to get integrated into the side.
  9. Money shot? Cuz those briskets look outstanding.
  10. Probably the best for him. Sucks his body betrayed him. On his day, he was damn good.
  11. Snack. Extra cheese pieces on the side are for the dog.
  12. Summer 21, 22, and 23 and January 23 (Trossard, Kiwior, and Jorginho) were big windows. Serious cash was splashed for a club outside the CL and massive upgrades arrived. Last summer…. Not do much. A dud: Calafiori showed promise when healthy, but he was rarely healthy. Merino, signed to play left eight, became more valuable as a striker because we had neglected the position. Then January was nothing. If club was really keeping the powder dry, they need to use it now. Striker, winger, and a defender who can get play LB (or cover those who can) are all needs, and I’d like another creative MF, too.
  13. Credit to Lando, bouncing back from his fuck up last weekend with a flawless Austrian GP, leading every session. Previous seasons (and maybe earlier in this one) he’d have made a mistake when Oscar was piling on the pressure early. WDC gap is 16 heading to Silverstone, should be a fun one.
  14. The HALO did its job again in the F2 sprint race.
  15. You never know with transfers. In 1999, Arsene Wenger signed a skinny kid with a scant 23 goals to his name in 121 career appearances to date. That kid? Thierry Henry, who went on to become Arsenal’s leading scorer. Mo Salah had 29 in 65 in his two years at Roma when Klopp brought him to Anfield (Sesko has 27 goals in 64 appearances for Leipzig, for comparison). Granted, Salah was £30m and not £70m, and I’m by no means saying Sesko will be those players. There are other transfers that looked certain to work out but didn’t. You just don’t know. Both our main striker targets have risk. Sesko is 21 and very raw. The other one is 27, has been a scoring machine, and is in his prime, but the majority of Gyokeres’ goals came against clubs not named Benfica, Porto, or Braga. In other words, he’s feasted against minnows of the Portuguese league. Long story long… The club and scouts have been looking hard at both Sesko and Gyokeres for several years and have identified these two as the prospects. Our hit rate on transfers has been pretty good of late, as has Berta’s track record when he was sporting director at Atlético. In the scouting dept etc we trust. But this transfer had better hit, whomever they decide to sign.
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  17. Absolutely RE Saliba. And with Gabi XL coming off hammy surgery, we needed CB cover with Tomi MIA and Calafiori injury-prone.
  18. Cliff Notes version for those of us who refuse to give musk clicks?
  19. #HaleEnd #OneOfUs
  20. £9.3m isn’t bad for a PL-proven MF. He is 31, though. If we’re signing Brentford players, I’d still rather Mbeumo. Likelihood of him having another injury-fee season wasn’t great, and then there’s the whole “other thing.” Zubamendi is his replacement, which is an upgrade.
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