It is just a contract between clubs, if it is agreed to you can put whatever clause you want in it.

Lots of players have payment clauses after a certain number of games, or payment clauses if they play over 70 minutes in games etc. Which is why, particularly lower down the leagues where money is very tight, you see managers dropping players or regularly subbing them off - essentially on instructions from the chairman because they can't afford, or don't want to pay those extra fees

https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/ ... a-18974795
Interesting article on our new left field signing in goal.
Good with his feet, good at 1v1's

I think this is a calculated gamble for this season for a very low price, then look to go back for David Raya next season.

Very tough run of games in the league after the cup match tonight. Last year we took 3 points from these games.
Liverpool A
Sheff Utd H
Man City A
Leicester H
Man Utd A

It isn't beyond the realms of possibility that we don't win a single one of those games. Those 3 away games are the toughest in the league. I'd hope with Mikel's tactics we can put up a better showing. 3 draws would be excellent for the belief even if it doesn't push the points tally on that much. All 3 will come and attack us, so let them have the ball, stay compact and hit them on the counter. With those 3 away games, the 2 at home become must win!

I'm reading articles we are prioritizing Partey over Aouar if we can only get one. Glad to see Arteta has been reading my posts since I threatened to block him.

In the AG universe
Liverpool away draw
Sheff Utd home win
Man City away draw
Leicester home win
Man Utd away 9-2 win...payback is a female dog.

Proper team:

1 B Leno
16 R Holding
23 D Luiz (c)
31 S Kolasinac
15 A Maitland-Niles
25 M Elneny
28 J Willock
7 B Saka
19 N Pépé
30 E Nketiah
24 R Nelson

Substitutes
2 H Bellerin
4 W Saliba
8 D Ceballos
9 A Lacazette
12 Willian
13 R Rúnarsson
34 G Xhaka

Any links for the game?

Lovely effort from Reiss

How are you watching it Brom?

Sorry Soc I've got a dodgy login for something called 247tv off a friend of a friend, been dodgy recently but working so far tonight.

See above Soc it's streaming DAZN.

We're on top, a few half chances so far but no end product yet.

Surely that's a penalty?

Clear pen foul on Saka ref gives a goal kick - presumably no VAR.

Definitely.

How are you watching it Haz?

It's on TV here in Sweden!

http://mzupdate.com/ronaldo/hd4.php here you go soc, don't crash it for me! refresh if it stops, seems decent

Saka the class act on the pitch

Seen the clip. That is unbelievable that it hasn’t been given. As Saka is 5 yards out with only the gk to beat and the defender is making to attempt to play the ball it should be a red card as well.
The defender may not be trying to foul Saka but he’s all over the back of him, clips his leg and effectively wrestled him to the ground. One of the worst decisions I’ve seen

Referee couldn’t point for a goal kick any quicker or with more gusto. Think he thought I’d have to send him off if I give this. I’d better bottle this with panache!!

Lucky break Maddison beats Leno all ends up and it bounces off the post back into the keeper's arms.

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a scrappier goal, but Pépé aka scrappy doo showing a determination and hunger for goal there.

1-0 own goal by Fuchs. Good persistence by Pépé.

Perez misses a sitter wide open from a free kick. Not a defender in sight.

Just seen that Nketiah has made it 2-0.

Good result. Does mean a trip to Liverpool though.

Eddie finishes it.

Lincoln (or Liverpool) here we come.

Another scrappy goal. Nketiah worked his way up to that one, never stopped running. Great play from Bellerin to set it up too,.

Eddie is the man

His short shorts must've blinded the keeper during that great run stock still as Eddie bundled it in. I thought Reiss played well.

Impressive win last night. I thought we controlled most of the game and never looked in much danger. Saka, Nelson and Elneny were good. Good also to see Luiz back in the middle of the back 3, he's a completely different player in that system.

Nice little cameo from Bellerin at the end, I was dead against selling him when the rumours were around a few weeks back. We've seen so many players lift their performances under Arteta's coaching, Bellerin is someone who always had the raw ingredients but possibly never had the coaching intensity under Wenger. He's come back from one of the worst injuries a footballer can get and it takes time to get back to full fitness.

Nketiah gets his poachers goal again, he was also not happy when the owl goal was scored because he thought he was in a position to score and Pépé should have found him. I think I saw a stat that the average distance of all his Arsenal goals is 5 yards out. He also caused more than a few problems with his closing down of their gk and defence, creating chances out of nothing.

If this was a 2nd 11 it has a chance against any prem side, and any top 6 side also playing its second 11.

32 games under Arteta, we've only conceded more than 1 goal in 6 of those games. It seems that Arteta has stopped us shipping silly and needless goals which gives us a much better foundation for picking up points.

Those 32 games for Arteta in all comps gives a record of 19 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats. Which gives exactly 2 points per game average and 76 points over a season.

If we only take league games his record is 11 wins 6 draws 5 defeats in 22 games, which would give 67 points over a 38 game league season

Ah, 76 points in a league campaign. Who can forget that magical number? It's up for grabs now...

Arteta out.

Despite my tongue in cheek prediction of run of games posted by Rich, I never expected a victory. Obviously, we are a work in progress and with anticipated transfers coming in and out, we won't know what to make of this squad till the winter.

We've signed another back up GK
https://www.facebook.com/1536168238/vid ... 5380862631

We've signed another back up GK
https://www.facebook.com/1536168238/vid ... 5380862631

Can't see this happening....tryna get clicks perhaps.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news ... reira-deal
Arsenal keen on signing Chelsea's Jorginho, Atletico Madrid confident over Lucas Torreira

Spurs are playing away in Macedonia tonight......thanks to us winning the FA Cup