Mesut Özil (Out)

[say yes’s wife]

Mi baby? This guy should never return to Arsenal.

Yeah he’s a bit of a prick isn’t he.

 

[DanDare]

Arteta really did a number on a few players

Özil
Guendouzi
Pepe
Saliba

 

[GDeep™]

 

[GDeep™]

Mi baby? This guy should never return to Arsenal.

Weren’t you sucking off Torreira not long ago? You wouldn’t know a good footballer if came and pissed all over your igloo.

 

[Highbury_2006]

Weren’t you sucking off Torreira not long ago? You wouldn’t know a good footballer if came and pissed all over your igloo.

Why are you here? You are a Man City fan, fvckface.

 

[L3T5 PL4Y]

Arsène never bought players, managers say the profile of player they want and it’s up to the scouts and executive guys to get them. This was on the scouting team.

Come on. Prior to Sven turning it was pretty evident Wenger was heavily involved in identifying and buying players. As @American_Gooner says there has never been any evidence to prove otherwise.

I also remember Wenger at a press conference was asked about Arsenal needing a director of football and he said if there was someone to help do negotiations that would be fine but he preferred total control over footballing matters.

It was pretty much a known fact that Wenger ran Arsenal in all aspects before that.

 

[L3T5 PL4Y]

Steady man you’re talking to guys who actually believed the narrative that Wenger did absolutely everything including making the tea and servicing the players wives.

Sure. Wenger didn't have any responsibility as a manager and yet apparently the best manager in the league. Specially when it came down to the poor decisions it was never his responsibility.

 

[Rimaal]

I shall miss you! Live & love well, and more glory to you.

 

[L3T5 PL4Y]

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

Not sure I cried over it but RVP. He was an Arsenal man through and through. The best player in the league by some distance. Best captain we've had since I don't know how long. Was pretty sure we weren't getting a similar caliber of player for a long time.

 

[roz]

Mi baby? This guy should never return to Arsenal.

Ffs. Not Guendouzi.

Why does this chump do everything to make me dislike him. Really wanted him to come back but “mi baby” has swung it for me. Sell.

 

[Bloodbather]

To be assigned the shirt #67, apparently. Requested #10 but it cannot be changed during the season as per league rules.

Before it happens and everyone here is mindboggled about it, 67 is the plate number of the city of Zonguldak, which is where Özil's grandparents are from, and it's popular among Turkish footballers to pick the plate number of their city of birth as their squad number.

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

To be assigned the shirt #67, apparently. Requested #10 but it cannot be changed during the season as per league rules.

Before it happens and everyone here is mindboggled about it, 67 is the plate number of the city of Zonguldak, which is where Özil's grandparents are from, and it's popular among Turkish footballers to pick the plate number of their city of birth as their squad number.

Nice touch. Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware of that tradition

The best you'll get in England is a young lad trying to get the number 69

 

[SomGooner]

 

[Bloodbather]

The super lig is such a huge drop in class that it’s actually a tad embarrassing. It’s only for the fact that it’s a sort of homecoming that makes it acceptable for a player of his years and talent to play there. He could retire, eat burgers for five years, come out of retirement and still stand out over there. I hope and expect him to have the end of career that his talent deserves.

Süper Lig is pretty bad, and it's also horribly corrupt like most institutions in Turkey currently are, but that's an overstatement. It's not an MLS or Qatar. Plenty of previously world class, or at least very good, players haven't amounted to anything in the Süper Lig. Robin van Persie, for example, moved to Fenerbahçe after leaving United and he was nothing special. Radamel Falcao has been very pedestrian for Galatasaray the last two seasons, etc.

It definitely requires a sense of commitment from the player still. If you get that, then yes, previously elite players do make a massive difference even when way past their prime, like Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o, Demba Ba or Papiss Cissé. Özil might do well in that regard, because he'll be playing for his boyhood club.

 

[Gooner416]

Wenger's thoughts on the transfer:

It's so hard not to simp...

 

[m-due]

Ciao Özil!!!

 

[A_G]

 

[DanDare]

Bizarre end to his career here

 

[novar]

The Arsenal I love has fallen

Every matchday is now more about soul searching than enjoyment

 

[TakeChillPill]

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

Lille have got about £100 mullion of us ffs!

If only Pepe was half as good as him we'd have a decent squad option.