SirBalon 2,692 Posted July 3, 2019 Author Share Posted July 3, 2019 So the story of negotiations between Arsenal and Barcelona according to Spanish sports daily Mundo Deportivo don’t leave Arsenal in a good state at all. According to Mundo Deportivo, they’ve spoken to a couple of members of the technical team in the boardroom and apparently Arsenal have told Barcelona that they can’t fork out the €41m in one lump sum due to restrictions coming from the hierarchy (owner and shareholders). Barça have been made aware that their first option is Crystal Palace’s Zaha and that Malcom would be the second choice. Barcelona are also aware that Arsenal are trying to destabilise the relationship between Zaha and Palace so as to reduce the price but they’ve also been told that Arsenal wouldn’t be able to pay for Zaha outright which puts even more impediments on any major signing. Arsenal have also offered another modum of transfer in the shape of a loan deal with an option to buy but Barcelona’s recent experience with Denis Suárez has cancelled out that option. Denis Suárez has now moved to Celta Vigo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 Latest on the Malcom interest is that according to Le Parisien French club Paris Saint-Germain have enquires about the situation revolving Malcom. If true then Arsenal and practically everyone can forget it. They should go in for Zaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 Apparently Everton Football Club have entered the mix on the interest with Malcom. According to the Spanish media Everton have offered €35m. @Cannabis @RandoEFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,180 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Hope that doesn't happen, as he's a good player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,644 Posted July 8, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted July 8, 2019 We will basically have paid for Neymar's return by the time we sign another Barcelona bench player or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMadLad 2,080 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 12 hours ago, Cannabis said: The Malcom deal has been in the works for a while and considering that Everton and Barcelona have a great relationship, you'd think that this has a good chance of coming off. I would go into more detail, but another time. Everton and Barcelona have a great relationship Only because you keep buying their shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike 3,009 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 8 minutes ago, LFCMadLad said: Everton and Barcelona have a great relationship Only because you keep buying their shite Yeah but remember Everton sign from Barcelona, Liverpool sign from Stoke. Levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMadLad 2,080 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 hour ago, LFCMike said: Yeah but remember Everton sign from Barcelona, Liverpool sign from Stoke. Levels. And Hull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,367 Posted July 9, 2019 Administrator Share Posted July 9, 2019 6 minutes ago, LFCMadLad said: And Hull! And now Fulham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,644 Posted July 9, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted July 9, 2019 Is he a left-footed right winger? Apparently that's a gap in the squad we want to address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 41 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: Is he a left-footed right winger? Apparently that's a gap in the squad we want to address. He’s actually two footed (ambidextrous) with the higher percentage on the left foot. It’s the reason Barça signed him as it’s the same with Dembélé and dozens of Barcelona players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,180 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, SirBalon said: He’s actually two footed (ambidextrous) with the higher percentage on the left foot. It’s the reason Barça signed him as it’s the same with Dembélé and dozens of Barcelona players. It’s ambipedal mate, ambidextrous is your hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,367 Posted July 9, 2019 Administrator Share Posted July 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, SirBalon said: He’s actually two footed (ambidextrous) with the higher percentage on the left foot. It’s the reason Barça signed him as it’s the same with Dembélé and dozens of Barcelona players. Just now, Dr. Gonzo said: It’s ambipedal mate, ambidextrous is your hands Yeah, @SirBalon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 46 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said: It’s ambipedal mate, ambidextrous is your hands Amphibian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 There are all sorts going on in the transfer market right now and all kinds of battles between clubs in the background by undermining both owning clubs and interested parties. I didn't know whether to post this in the Wilfried Zaha thread or here on this one because the situation is interconnected in every way with one particular club not knowing exactly what they want and playing silly buggers. The news that's been leaked from the Camp Nou is that a deal between Everton and Barça for the transfer of Malcom to Merseyside was almost done when in the early hours of this morning Arsenal contacted Barcelona to raise the original offer and raise Everton's slightly. At the same time there is news stating that Arsenal have made Crystal Palace a new offer for the transfer of Zaha with players plus cash included. All of this to sign one of two players that will play in one position where Arsenal are concerned. Everton are clear on their target which is one player right now and that it Malcom with a serious offer both to Barcelona and personal terms and conditions for the player. Arsenal look confused on what they want and need for all sorts of reasons and this is putting the breaks on various moves from different quarters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,644 Posted July 17, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted July 17, 2019 On 11/07/2019 at 12:46, SirBalon said: Arsenal look confused on what they want and need for all sorts of reasons and this is putting the breaks on various moves from different quarters. Hasn't this been the case for about a decade now? Arsenal are quietly becoming a proper shambles. I might be wrong looking in from the outside but to me I have no idea what they're actually trying to achieve. There still doesn't seem to be a consistent approach to transfers, I can't tell if there's a 3 year plan, a 5 year plan, what Emery's role in all of that is. You literally just seem like a club who are too rich to fall out of the top six but too incompetent to do anything interesting. I'm not saying its Emery who is the problem but bottling top four and getting tested in the Europa final is what we'd call classic Wenger's Arsenal but now we should probably just call it classic post-Highbury Arsenal because the problem clearly goes a lot deeper than Wenger. All the optimism about the new era that could be ushered in after Arsene clearly outstayed his welcome by a few years seems to have dissipated already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 6 hours ago, RandoEFC said: Hasn't this been the case for about a decade now? Arsenal are quietly becoming a proper shambles. I might be wrong looking in from the outside but to me I have no idea what they're actually trying to achieve. There still doesn't seem to be a consistent approach to transfers, I can't tell if there's a 3 year plan, a 5 year plan, what Emery's role in all of that is. You literally just seem like a club who are too rich to fall out of the top six but too incompetent to do anything interesting. I'm not saying its Emery who is the problem but bottling top four and getting tested in the Europa final is what we'd call classic Wenger's Arsenal but now we should probably just call it classic post-Highbury Arsenal because the problem clearly goes a lot deeper than Wenger. All the optimism about the new era that could be ushered in after Arsene clearly outstayed his welcome by a few years seems to have dissipated already. Now the fans are criticising out owners and the owners (the Kroenke family) are giving off soundbites... I don’t want to criticise Unai Emery even if he has given some reasons to do so. The reasons are obvious... The big one being that he took over from someone that had been there for a quarter of a century and lets not kid ourselves, sacking coaches/managers in football has never been rare, but it’s become more common as the years have gone by. But even so, 20+ years with a manager is rare and it always has been. The timespan isn’t the problem itself so that’s where Wenger can’t be given the lion-share of the blame as it’s evident there’s alot of other stuff known and unknown to be taken into consideration as to the reasons behind us doing the opposite to most clubs and instead of building on our status and resources, we’ve done the opposite. I’m not going to go over old arguments and points of references because, a) it’s pointless and b) you’ll never get the majority on board no matter how evident certain things are and have been for well over 10 years. I always continue to go back to the day David Dein exploded and left us and that’s where this part ends to the argument in this sense. Back to Emery... Unai isn’t a coach to be given a project. This doesn’t make him an incompetent coach. Far from it! He is a football coach that can over-achieve with what he’s given. That’s where he made his fame in Spain with Almería, Valencia (post depression) and Sevilla. Once he moved into the big time with Paris Saint-Germain and demands were added to his skills as a coach, then this is maybe where we have witnessed his limitations or maybe that’s harsh and that he has needed more time to come to terms with a part of his profession that he has never been tested on. This season will tell us quite a but more about Emery’s limits. The only issue or unjust analysis on any eventuality that sees Unai Emery take the blame for a hypothetical lack of progress with results is that our squad was severely unbalanced when he arrived and no matter what we bring in this summer in acts of habitual desperation won’t fix anything. So if he is sacked or if he resigns, we will never really know what he was capable of and if he really had reached his limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Profesor 1,457 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Malcom could be heading to Dortmund for 42 million euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 Yep, it’s looking that way... Malcom to BvB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 Looks like Zenit Saint Petersburg are now the favourites to sign the Barcelona winger. Apparently the negotiations are very advanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panna King 1,012 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Sums the player up well, happy to sit around on the bench and now going to Russia... so glad Arsenal are not in for these kind of players anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,644 Posted July 31, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted July 31, 2019 Rumours that we went back in for him yesterday with a better offer than Zenit after Zaha fell through, but he prefers the offer from Russia. No great loss as I'm not a fan of players who would rather sit on Barcelona's bench or play in the Russian league over getting regular game time in Serie A or the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 Russia isn’t China, Let’s not kid ourselves! But I do agree with everything being said anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,180 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 6 minutes ago, SirBalon said: Russia isn’t China, Let’s not kid ourselves! But I do agree with everything being said anyhow. It's close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 52 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said: It's close I get where people are going with that argument but Russian football is established and has a big history. Chinese football doesn’t! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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