Mesut Özil (Out)

[celestis]

Which then famously led to this.

Spoiler

Griezmann was aware of their interest and was keen on speaking to Arsène Wenger – only for the club to stall on making a decision before rejecting him.

“I waited, I waited, and I kept waiting,” he recounts in his autobiography.

“When there was no news, Eric called Grimandi, who said that the manager was still interested in me [and] to keep waiting.

“Finally a few hours before the market closed, he let us know Arsenal would not make a move. I don't like to be told something and for it not to happen.

“So when Eric told me later that the London club were interested again I told him ‘Forget it, after the blow they gave us’.”

If we’d been able to sign him relatively cheaply with Özil and then Alexis the year after there’s your title right there. F*cking hate this club sometimes.

Yup it all fits in doesn’t it ? One thing that never got picked up by the press is Kingsley Coman did a medical here but then did a Willian and went to Bayern , that info came straight from Wenger from some presse years later, another sliding doors moment.

 

[Red London]

Who was the last player to leave us, that you cried over?

Henry when I was a kid. Upset about RvP and Fabregas, pissed off about Nasri.

 

[celestis]

Who was the last player to leave us, that you cried over?

Snakeinthegrass.

 

[Rex Stone]

Yup it all fits in doesn’t it ? One thing that never got picked up by the press is Kingsley Coman did a medical here but then did a Willian and went to Bayern , that info came straight from Wenger from some presse years later, another sliding doors moment.

Yeah heard that about Coman but tbh with our physio department and his injury problems that could’ve been a train wreck

 

[Rex Stone]

Henry when I was a kid. Upset about RvP and Fabregas, pissed off about Nasri.

I was gutted about Vieira but once Cesc played him off the park I wasn’t bothered about losing players for a while.

I was fine with Henry leaving because I had faith that it’d be next man up and we’d be better than the year before which we were with Adebayor and RVP that year tbf.

Last time I wasn’t bothered was Cesc & Nasri though when I was excited about a supposed world class winger we’d signed from Lille as a replacement

 

[Riou]

Henry when I was a kid. Upset about RvP and Fabregas, pissed off about Nasri.

I deleted my Championship Manager Juventus save, immediately after they signed Vieira from us...still kinda regret doing that

 

[Red London]

Last time I wasn’t bothered was Cesc & Nasri though when I was excited about a supposed world class winger we’d signed from Lille as a replacement

We really just sat around watching the world go past didnt we, never pushed the boat out. Now look at us.

 

[gamechannel]

Just wanted to post this, absolutely unbelievable - guy should be sent to the reserves until his contract is up.

SM is as useless as tits on a bull. But I dont see anything wrong with what he's tweeted. Özil was banished from the team based on Crapteta's decision. The players couldn't do anything about it. So, not sure what the fuss is all about?

 

[SingmeasongSong]

I was gutted about Vieira but once Cesc played him off the park I wasn’t bothered about losing players for a while.

I was fine with Henry leaving because I had faith that it’d be next man up and we’d be better than the year before which we were with Adebayor and RVP that year tbf.

Last time I wasn’t bothered was Cesc & Nasri though when I was excited about a supposed world class winger we’d signed from Lille as a replacement

The amount of players we lost when they've been on top of their game and the best in their position in the league is insane.
Also why I do not rate Ferguson higher than Wenger, he was simply the one backed by his club.

Just switch it up and give us their best player and we keep RVP as an example, or Ronaldo coming here, added to our elite players just because we came first and got a few more millions as Ferguson had.
It's like games against direct rivals, they count double.

But I'd probably say that the non existent career of Diaby and the potential killers for Wilshere, Eduardo and even party Ramsey, have been even worse.

 

[Makingtrax]

But the mishandling of the Özil, Ramsey and Alexis contracts, the bad recruitment, all about poor decision-making and that's on the club and it's the reason we're a boring mid-table club right now.

The reason we’re a boring mid table club has got nothing to do with the Özil, Ramsey, Alexis contracts and everything to do with poor man management, throwing money at dodgy agents, giving long deals to Chelsea pensioners, and using overly defensive tactics with slow transitions.

 

[Red London]

I deleted my Championship Manager Juventus save, immediately after they signed Vieira from us...still kinda regret doing that

For some reason I wasn't as upset about Vieira. Probably because I was a kid and Henry was my superhero, and didnt Vieira really wanna leave even a season before? I say that but I asked for Vieira on the back of my shirt when I was a kid I just hated being that guy to get the bait player even back then. I proceeded to get Rosicky, Ramsey and Arteta as names on my kit.

 

[Rex Stone]

We really just sat around watching the world go past didnt we, never pushed the boat out. Now look at us.

Yeah that signing was a turning point for me. Bottled the Mata deal right before iirc.

That was when YouTube hype videos were starting to blow up so I was so pumped for him off a couple of grainy stepover and dribbling videos.

Also had a friend who kept saying the real reason Hazard was good was because he had Gervinho as a teammate. That worked out well

 

[Riou]

Yeah that signing was a turning point for me. Bottled the Mata deal right before iirc.

That was when YouTube hype videos were starting to blow up so I was so pumped for him off a couple of grainy stepover and dribbling videos.

Also had a friend who kept saying the real reason Hazard was good was because he had Gervinho as a teammate. That worked out well

Didn't Malaga beat us to Santi in summer 2011 too, ffs.

 

[Rex Stone]

Hahah the hype video I watched still exists. Great stuff

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

Who was the last player to leave us, that you cried over?

Bergkamp.

Went to Wenger's last game at Huddersfield too. Tears streaming down my face. On the way out I got called a 'ponce' by a Huddersfield fan too

 

[Red London]

Yeah that signing was a turning point for me. Bottled the Mata deal right before iirc.

That was when YouTube hype videos were starting to blow up so I was so pumped for him off a couple of grainy stepover and dribbling videos.

Also had a friend who kept saying the real reason Hazard was good was because he had Gervinho as a teammate. That worked out well

Yeah I remember being all over Gotze, Reus (before Dortmund), Mata, Hazard. I cant believe we didnt sign one of them.

Back then I would get info from NewsNow where they would show all article about us

 

[Rex Stone]

Bergkamp.

Went to Wenger's last game at Huddersfield too. Tears streaming down my face. On the way out I got called a 'ponce' by a Huddersfield fan too

@GoonerJeeves?

 

[Riou]

Hahah the hype video I watched still exists. Great stuff

The first highlight, Gervinho gently passing it for the defender to easily clear...dead :rofl:

Lille have got about £100 mullion of us ffs!

 

[Riou]

Wilshere got me too.

Even though he was finished by the time he left Arsenal, he was the first Arsenal player that I loved that is younger than me, that always stayed with me for some reason.

 

[Rex Stone]

The first highlight, Gervinho gently passing it for the defender to easily clear...dead :rofl:

Lille have got about £100 mullion of us ffs!

In 2011 I can’t explain how new and hype these vids were.

Looking back now there’s an awful lot of running in straight lines