Arsenal

[gizmo1990]

Tbh after the amount of stress he seemed to go through at the end of the season I'm really happy to see him relaxing. Having said that of course, I would hope his minions are frantically working away in the background sorting deals out..

[Gabe]

He looks like he's doing an advert for a dating site for more mature active people.

And he just looks wrong not in a suit.

[The Fox]

I'm jelly of his body fat % tbqh

[Gabe]

He definitely looks after himself and looks good, but he looks rather gangly and, well, wrong in casual wear.

[Silent Runner]

Oh, there's a video of Wenger hitting a diving header. If I'm still able to kick a ball around a beach when I'm in my 60's I'll be a happy man.

https://vine.co/v/Mt3gMrwBd3F

[Lucky]

Now we know where RVP learnt it from

[humdrum]

Didn't Steve say he was really sick and was wasting away and was going to retire because of it?

[The Fox]

Yeah, about a week before he signed a new 3 year contract.

[Mars]

He was really sick...

...of not winning any trophies!

[Silent Runner]

Twitter is saying Debuchy is happening. I suppose Wenger doesn't see Jenkinson as the answer to replace Sagna just yet.

[hercules]

Just saw it too. Makes sense if wenger is hoping jenks will grow into the role as aurier is only 21

[Timmo]

Great signing.

Not as good as Santon though, that lady from The Guardian said so.

[Rev]

I'd probably agree with that Guardian reporter, but he's definitely a good replacement. Possibly even an upgrade, taking age into account.

[The Fox]

He's not an upgrade on Sagna for me, by any stretch of the imagination. At least Aurier is good in the air, we're going to really struggle with defensive headers if we get Debuchy and stick with Arteta.

[Space Renegade Ulala]

It's heartening to see that Arsene's out there, giving up his summer to go check out the local talent for us.

[The Fox]

Sports Direct accidentally put the new home shirt up for sale the other day, seems some people have had their deliveries.

It's alright but the crest is printed not sewn so fuck that.

[SeanR]

when did arsenal become Denmark in 1992?

[carlito]

I love the way it looked fucking spray-on with Giroud's Zeus torso crammed into it but on lesser, pencil-neck, mortals it's a polyester tent.

[Rev]

I do think we should probably start buying people a bit now. Or at least pretending to.

[The Fox]

Alexis is coming, the ever reliable goal.com said so.

Nah ok they're not reliable at all, but Kike Marin reckons it's happening and he was legitimately first to break a few things last year.

edit: Gianluca DiMarzio thinks so too and he's also fairly reliable. I'll only get excited if Ornstein says it's on though

[gizmo1990]

LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOUUUUU!!

[Willow]

The scouse fairytales of how he was going to come to Liverpool in a swap deal were cute.

[Rev]

As much as swap deals never happen, that is a very sensible one. Sanchez is probably better than Suarez at the role they were making Suarez play last year.

Whilst he's obviously a good player, I'm not totally sure he's what we need, but obviously I'd rather we signed him than anyone else in the prem.

[Gabe]

...but obviously I'd rather we signed him than anyone else in the prem.

Ah, the 'Man City' approach.

[BlinkyBear]

I'll only get excited if Ornstein says it's on though

The Orcale Ornstein. Genuinely the voice I listen to in terms of transfer news.

And he's been quiet.

[The Fox]

He'll never stick his neck out on conjecture and speculation from shady sources though, that's not his deal. He's basically there for semi-formal confirmation of real news when the club want him to know it (though they can of course easily feed him false info too, if that's in their interests).

Anyway I just wanna check you've all stuck a least £20 on Alexis to Man City. It's for the best.

[Adrock]

Im not sure its just Ornstein who you should be following but generally any BBC reporting on transfer matters is usually concrete, I cant recall a story on the site that never went through once it was published there.

Where would Sanchez play in the Arsenal system?

[BlinkyBear]

Im not sure its just Ornstein who you should be following but generally any BBC reporting on transfer matters is usually concrete, I cant recall a story on the site that never went through once it was published there.

Where would Sanchez play in the Arsenal system?

Where ever the fuck he wants and I'm fine with that.

As for Ornstein, yes as he's BBC he only publishes stories that are basically done, but on twitter as the windows close he's usually the first to break genuine stories and often reveals concrete info way before anyone else. He's also always bang on. Can't remember a time when he said we were in for someone in the early stages of a transfer and then it didn't happen.

[The Fox]

IF Sanchez came then he'd start the season wide right and would primarily play there until Walcott is back up to speed, which could take a while. After that I dunno, I can't recall ever seeing him play wide left but it would be worth a try, perhaps rotating positionally with Ozil. He's perhaps a bit too small to play centre forward in England but again, it's worth a shot.

[Rev]

He definitely used to play wide left sometimes.