Let me dream...it's atleast a reasonable dream.Good luck with that when you have a £50M budget.
Sokaratis, Soyuncu, Bernd Leno, and Seri.
He was very poor in his PSG tenure.
Better hope Monchi comes with him........
He's not leaving Roma any time soon.
Sokaratis, Soyuncu, Bernd Leno, and Seri.
Are we sure it was Mislintat pulling the strings on the Dortmund teams and not Klopp/Tuchel/others?A 50% success rate would be an improvement and all, but Mislintat should know better than wasting money on Sokratis & Leno.
Are we sure it was Mislintat pulling the strings on the Dortmund teams and not Klopp/Tuchel/others?
He seems like a bit of a fraud with his vision for the team. I'm not convinced by him. The Aubameyang signing doesn't make sense and neither does Sokratis,
It seems Mourinho's assistants next season will be Michael Carrick, Kieran McKenna and Stefano Rapetti. McKenna was the coach of United's U-18 team for the past two seasons, while Rapetti is more known as a physique coach and joins United from Udinese (was with Mourinho at Inter).
It’s okay Carrick will learn from Mou and take over for him to end the season when we inexplicably crumble and then under the great Carrick we will win the league!Of course we need a physique coach. Clearly the biggest issue with the team this last season was our stamina and lack of physicality.
Of course we need a physique coach. Clearly the biggest issue with the team this last season was our stamina and lack of physicality.
Have you seen United's injury lists for the past few seasons? If he can help in anyway to improve on that, fine by me. Would also help if the squd's stamina improves so they can press longer.
I think Emery makes a lot of sense. But I guess for some reason he isn´t considered to be very sexy on here.
I think Arteta would've been a better pick. Long term investment, put the emphasis on stability going forward and slowly building back up. Emery seems to me to be more of a "we want results right this second" hire.
He makes sense because:
A.) He has been successful.
B.) Isn't a first time manager. That idea was ****ing crazy.
C.) Knows how to win, can't handle giant ego players, but guess what? There are none there who should have a big ego. He has won more than all of them and can put them in their place.
D.) Won the Europa League. Probably Arsenal's most realistic way into the CL.
Now if there's a reason to be critical, he had Sevilla punching above their weight, but it's going to be a lot more difficult to do that in England. There are only three guaranteed good teams in Spain and a spot open for any other good team to fly into the top four. In England, there's spots open, but the standard for that fourth position team is extremely high.
I think the man after Wenger is bound to struggle, and it would be smart for Arsenal to save up for an actual warchest for the guy after Emery.
^^^ awfulThe question is what that tenure proves.
Maybe it proves Emery's star is on the wane full stop. Maybe it proves that although he's an accomplished manager, he's not cut out for a front runner's job working with stars as opposed to simply good players. In which case, Arsenal's current level may fit him to a tee.
I'd endorse Chimaera's assessment of Emery, if I was competent at using multi-quote. Admittedly, labelling someone a 'transition guy' seems like damning with faint praise, but I don't expect Emery to bring about a collapse of Sir David Moyes proportions.
Had Arteta been appointed, I'd have been amazed. I don't expect to see a major EPL club risk an appointment of that sort for a long, long time.
I can't see the name 'Emery' without thinking of Dick Emery, who will mean nothing to anybody under the age of forty. Nevertheless, I reckon that won't stop the English media making a trillion gags out of it.