Unfortunately, we will be solving one problem and creating a few more. Huge wage imbalance within the squad.
That said, it will be great to tie him down on a long-term contract to bring up his sell on value.

So the club send you a season ticket renewal via email saying it will auto renew but doesn’t say the cost which you have to access via the box office. In short I can’t access it. You get the spinning circle of doom even if you try at 7am. Just rubbish

Nice looking building but something on an eye sore for where it is literally on bear roundabout

And Mourinho loses which is an added bonus. He really is the flga bearer for Antifootball. Roma diving cheating and time wasting.

Here is berating the ref in a car park after the match.
https://twitter.com/tvdellosport/status ... 35585?s=20

The increase in wages on the whole will come naturally as we get more successful and the players get better, and as we attempt to ward off the interest of other clubs. Our overall wage bill is still some £100m a season less than City, man U, Chelsea and some £80m less than Liverpool - and currently it is close to or slightly less than Spurs.

Our top earners are in the £200k a week category - Jesus, Partey, Saka, Martinelli - and hopefully Saliba. 3 of those would have very recently signed new contracts, 1 was last summer's star signing who has won multiple trophies and the other was a star signing at a time we were in dire need. Also, I think people would be hard pushed to say those weren't 5 of the most important players in the team. Of course a big new signing like Declan Rice (for example) would be asking for £200k a week as well, but would he not warrant that?

Next in line for contract talks/boosts would be Ødegaard and Gabriel. At the bottom end of our wage scale are the likes of Nelson (but we're offering him a new deal), Vieira, Holding, Turner, Elneny, Tomiyasu, Kiwior - none of those are first 11 players let alone the best players in the first 11. I can't see many of them knocking the managers door down demanding £200k per week - and if they did then they are not indispensable

We'll likely shift some biggish wages this summer as well. The club did very well to get the wage bill and structure in to line, naturally it will creep up but that's a good sign as it means we're doing well.

For real wage imbalance look at Chelsea or Man U
https://www.spotrac.com/epl/chelsea-fc/payroll/
https://www.spotrac.com/epl/manchester- ... c/payroll/

At City you have Ederson and Ake on 1/3rd of what Grealish is on, it doesn't always upset the squad harmony
https://www.spotrac.com/epl/manchester- ... ding-pages

He truly is a horrible character. I used to think a lot of it was pantomime, but he's done it too often and for too long. I like Roma, I know a few fans and have been to a couple of their games over the years. But he is vile. They deserve a classier manager.

I ended up renewing online rather than wait for the auto-renewal. Mine were £1360(ish) each, but there was a £112 rebate on each one. Just glad I've got it done and dusted for another year.

Morning Darren. I think there's a credit for unused Cup tickets las year so that's probably the £112. But you're 12 rows in front of me so I'd expect we'd pay about the same - even though you have front row seats (lucky git). They're quoting me £1434 so the numbers don't make sense. Also, I sold a few tickets through the exchange last year and I don't think they've been credited.

Can't find out anything through the website though. The 'More Information' and 'Ticket Prices' tabs just flick you back the to the landing page, presumably because the whole website is currently overloaded. It's never been the most user-friendly website. Slick, it ain't.

Virtually impossible to speak to anyone - couldn't even get in the queue yesterday.

Mac Allister looks set to sign for Liverpool next week. He's a very good player and improves them - but is also a shift away from Klopp's typical tactical set up.

Klopp for nearly all his time at Liverpool has played 4-3-3, the full-backs push high and become one of the primary creative sources, the 3 central midfielders are typically all high energy, stay narrow and their primary job is to get the ball and move it on to either the full backs or the inside forwards (Salah/Mané) to create.

Mac Allister doesn't fit any of that mould, he's a much more creative central player and a dribbler. Klopp started using Trent in that inverted full-back role with some success towards the end of the season so perhaps he's looking to shape his team more towards the Pep/Arteta/De Zerbi 3-2-5 attacking mould.

Fabrizio Romano reporting the fee is a lot less than the £65-70m being thrown around. De Zerbi has said Mac Allister and Caicedo can go this summer - but that will probably be it for Brighton (They lose Colwill back to chelsea as well). I think it is almost certain Caicedo was told he can't leave in Jan but sign a new deal to get a bump in wage for 6 months and to protect his value and he will be allowed to leave for £XX in the summer. We need to go and get him.

Chelsea's Kovacic looks set to leave for Man City. City bracing for Gundogan's departure?

Ugarte from Sporting is high on Chelse'a wish list, they also need to sort out Kante's contract and have just spent £105m on Enzo Fernandez - I say this because Chelsea appear the main rivals to us for Caicedo's signature

In the league Jesus had 24 starts and scored 11 and assisted 7
(6 goals in 10 starts after his injury)
If he kept that up and played the whole season its 17 goals and 11 assists

He was also the primary attacking addition to a squad which scored 27 goals more than last season and the most we've ever scored in the Premier League.

We all want a 30 goal a season striker but there aren't many of those around, I think what Jesus does for the team is probably a bit underrated by Arsenal fans because it is 'only 11 goals' and because he can't also be a plan B.

It probably isn't a coincidence that Saka, Martinelli and Ødegaard all had their best goal scoring season ever at the same time that Jesus came to lead and link the attack.

I'm all for us signing a plan B striker but I'm also happy for Jesus to be the number 1 striker next season as I don't think goal-scoring was the biggest problem last year overall. We scored enough goals to win the title, but we conceded 43 - that is at least 10 too many so it wouldn't surprise me for most of our funds to be put in defensive/defensive midfield signings. I'd maybe only expect 1 attacking player and at maybe 3 defensive players to come in

Just done mine via the app which worked for some reason rather than the browser link on the clubs email.

Little short at the moment after buying a new motor and getting the kitchen done so parting with the readies wasn’t really welcome right now

How much do you reckon we’ve all spunked following Arsenal ? Our bar bill alone from Paris in 94 and 96 must have been 3 or 4 grand It literally must be into the hundreds of thousands. We could have all had yachts parked up at st kaths dock with the money spent

Don’t think so.

My renewal confirmation says this ..

Entry into Emirates Stadium will be via digital pass only from the start of Season 2023/24. If you already have your digital pass downloaded to your wallet, this will be updated for the 2023/24 season.

If you do not already have your digital pass downloaded, it can be added to your Apple or Google wallet via the Arsenal Official App.

Ie no more cards. Does your ST show as “expired”in your Apple wallet at the moment rather than an active pass ? Mine does despite renewing. Is this because it’s only activated closer to the ground ? I’m genuinely clueless about this stuff.

Kroenke's NBA team the Denver Nuggets are in the finals and favorites to win.
It's been a good year for him.
Past few years his football team were in the Super Bowl.

https://twitter.com/FBAwayDays/status/1 ... 12288?s=20

UEFA really need to do something here.

Agreed. All started by Mourinho confronting Taylor in the car park after the match. A ban for Mourinho and closed off sections of the stadium for Roma

If the FA and UEFA want to take these sorts of issues seriously then they need to hand out appropriate punishments, make the rules and expectations abundantly clear to players/managers coaches for conduct before, during and after a match and support their refs to be strict in handing out the necessary punishments during the game.
That final was a total farce for the pressure both teams were trying to put on the ref. I think Taylor along with Oliver are by some distance the best refs we have in this country and he did very well in difficult circumstances - but I wouldn't blame him if he decided to pack it in after that episode which his family were caught up in as well.

Anders Frisk retired from refereeing due to death threats he and his family were subject to following the Chelsea v Barcelona match years ago when Mourinho effectively accused him of corruption. Instead of condemning the death threats Mourinho stayed silent. He got a paltry 2 match ban at the time. They should absolutely throw the book at him.

Mourinho has always been a total scumbag. It’s hardly shocking.

Called wenger a voyeur, called his own female physio a whore, chucked rashford under the bus when his fans wanted him quite rightly in the side. Didn’t play Shaw accusing him of being fat when he wasn’t.

Total piece of dogs muck and he’s burnt his credibility in Spain and England but the french and Italians will lap it up.

Morning TG

No - my STs in the wallet don't show as 'expired'. They just say 1 Aug 2023. One point - looks like we can now enter via any turnstile.

I still don't believe they can make entry into the stadium conditional upon owning a smart phone. Plenty of people just don't have access to that technology. I need to speak to a human about my renewals so I'll ask - haven't managed to get in the queue yet.

So that Celtic manager has all the hallmarks of a Nuno type sacking after the first run of bad form next season followed by Levy changing strategy and appointing a “name” on a huge contract they will pay off at a later date

ITS GOING TO BE GREAT

So I hear fat Sam is out at Leeds. Good riddance.

Link to Xavi Simons today, he's at PSV having left from PSG through lack of opportunities. H's an attacking mid mainly from the left but has also played centrally and from the right. 19 goals and 9 assists in the dutch league this season, only 20 years old.

Interestingly his agent is Darren Dein

Would be a turn up. 21.4m is a decent fee for xhaka


https://www.sportbible.com/football/ars ... 7-20230602

£500k for 4 games - not a bad few weeks work

Its the never ending cycle of spurs. It used to go foreign manager then salt of the earth english manager - repeat. Now as you say it is the manager who isn't a name who needs time, get impatient, hire a star manager proven winner - he pi$$ed everyone off, or gets pi$$ed off and repeat

Nelson looks set to sign a contract extension. Arsenal pushed hard to keep him, £60k a week until 2027

Likelihood of City winning the treble?

Likely ______

50/50_______

Unlikely_____

I think its pretty much done. The FA Cup final will show a lot of passion by Man Utd, they will put in their best performance I think because of the circumstances and occasion, cup final, derby and a chance to stop them from equaling their treble.

Inter will be a tough game as well because of these Italian sides play cup finals cagey, overly defensive. My guess is they will go for a draw and try and win it on penalties if they can't nick a goal and hold on for dear life.

Lots of outlets saying we’ve made a £17.2m bid for Sacha Boey the right back from Galatasary. If true it looks like the plan is to move White back to CB. Maybe we see Tomiyasu more at left-back next season as well

Being that the Boey bid of £14.7M was rejected by Galatasaray, which was posted earlier here, it will be interesting if this new higher bid gets accepted. Reports are Galatasaray want closer to £21M or £25M.

White is a far better CB than Holding and a great 3rd CB if either starter is out as well as giving us time for Kiwior to develop and he looks very promising. Much better than I anticipated.

They should consider Lampard

I like this. He has a very strong potential. Arteta just needs to trust him more and start him in more games.

Not sure. Might have been best to let him go. He blows so hot and cold. Sometimes he will have a great cameo like againest forest and follow up with a bad game in the next that has you shaking your head.

Until he is a bit gutsier in certain areas I can’t really see him starting many games. If the club have decided to offer him a 4 year deal at 60-80k a week then wow that’s major money for a player like him when you have wilf zaha available on a free and a host of wingers available. It might be a indicator that our transfer priorities lie in other positions

We're pretty much the only club (possibly, haven't gone through his record) Emery hasn't achieved any success.

I wonder if its just wasn't a fit or we didn't give him enough time?

This is a bit silly. A few not our starting players. Newcastle vs Arsenal combined XI. Ramsdale not in it is a crime.

https://youtube.com/shorts/1dn5DFTL4XE?feature=share

Blimey one nil City. I'd barely got into my armchair.

Linc/ Brom
If it stands are we in Charity Shield ?

Good question. I'm not sure but I have a feeling the cup runners up take on the champions if someone wins the double.

Harsh Utd haven’t had a kick and are now level