Arsenal pre-season training for diving.

Gonzalo Garcia was discussed on here about being a possible striker target.

Top scorer at last year's CWC, played under Alonso, going for 34mill to Fulham.

Wonder why he was not someone Alonso wanted? At least I assume Alonso does not want him as he does appear to have say in some transfers, and Garcia ticks all of BlueCos model needs unlike say Pep Chavarria.

Antoine Semenyo confirmed deaf. Can't imagine a wide player ever enjoying playing under Maresca and being expected to beat at minimum two men from the touchline.

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Manchester City forward Antoine Semenyo hails new manager Enzo Maresca's style of play as "music to my ears" after showcasing early signs of his role under the Italian.

16 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

Antoine Semenyo confirmed deaf. Can't imagine a wide player ever enjoying playing under Maresca and being expected to beat at minimum two men from the touchline.

BBC Sport

Antoine Semenyo: Man City forward says Enzo Maresca's sty...

Manchester City forward Antoine Semenyo hails new manager Enzo Maresca's style of play as "music to my ears" after showcasing early signs of his role under the Italian.

Yeah well. Gvardiol was at it yesterday. When was the last time a player bagged a newly-appointed coach?

49 minutes ago, dermott said:

Yeah well. Gvardiol was at it yesterday. When was the last time a player bagged a newly-appointed coach?

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23 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Gonzalo Garcia was discussed on here about being a possible striker target.

Top scorer at last year's CWC, played under Alonso, going for 34mill to Fulham.

Wonder why he was not someone Alonso wanted? At least I assume Alonso does not want him as he does appear to have say in some transfers, and Garcia ticks all of BlueCos model needs unlike say Pep Chavarria.

We have 503 forwards at the moment, and it's debatable whether Garcia is as good as any of them to be honest. Garcia had a great but surprising breakout at the CWC, and then completely regressed in the league. 6 goals in 30 would be promising if he was still 18-19, but he's turning 23 so needs a starting place and he's not going to get one competing with Mbappe and Vinicius.

Real Madrid are reporting it as having sold "70% of the players' rights", which is just how they report a sell-on clause; it's likely that Fulham have had to concede a 30% sell-on clause + a buy-back price or first option to Real Madrid. None of that would be feasible for a top club. It's a good move for Garcia to get his career going and works for both parties.

Funny that 5-6 years ago Madrid were doing these deals with AC Milan and Juve, and now they're doing them with Fulham; probably shows just how low Serie A is these days?

Salah on the verge of signing for Trabonzspor for €22m net /yr + 20% of shirt sales. Where are these Turkish clubs funding these big transfers from? Ake, Greenwood, Trossard, Ugochukwu have all gone out there.

Find it odd Salah didn’t go to Saudi or MLS, probably helps that Turkey is 2hrs from Egypt. Crazy he had a 3yr £200m contract on the table just 6mths ago, and Liverpool were going to bank £100m.

Funniest sh*t I have seen in a while. Arsenal fans are losing it with Fabrizio Romano because Vinicius used them to sign a new deal with Real Madrid 🤣

1 hour ago, Scott Harris said:

Funniest sh*t I have seen in a while. Arsenal fans are losing it with Fabrizio Romano because Vinicius used them to sign a new deal with Real Madrid 🤣

I keep hearing gooners and even presenters saying isn’t it great though that we’re at that table😂

1 hour ago, Scott Harris said:

Funniest sh*t I have seen in a while. Arsenal fans are losing it with Fabrizio Romano because Vinicius used them to sign a new deal with Real Madrid 🤣

There was never any intention for him actually to go to Arsenal! They'd have had more chance of signing Sammy Davis Jr!