Morning all.
January, the transfer window and Arsenal being on a winter break means it’s slow to no news. The only new things coming out of the club relates to Jurrien Timber and Thomas Partey upping their recovery.
We all want to see a new player arrive, a striker, a left back or even a midfielder – we all have our own ideas I’m sure.
It’s been a quiet opening two weeks of the month with very few transfers going on. FFP, the Everton points docking and the ongoing saga involving Man City has possibly opened club owners eyes. Then there’s Newcastle Utd who have publicly declared they must sell before buying, Chelsea are also under scrutiny. Rightly so of course as every club needs to abide by the financial rules, especially these days when a token fine is no longer the punishment.
Arsenal haven’t often been a busy in the winter transfer window but let’s have a look back on a few. Some good, some not so good.
2022/23
Leandro Trossard
Jakub Kiwior
Jorginho
2021/22
Auston Trusty
2020/21
Martin Odegaard (loan)
Matt Ryan (loan)
2019/20
Pablo Mari (loan)
Cedric Soares (loan)
2018/19
Denis Suarez (loan)
2017/18
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Konstantinos Mavropanos
2016/17
None
2015/16
Mohammed Elneny
2014/15
Gabriel Paulista
Krystian Bielik
2013/14
Kim Kallstrom
2012/13
Nacho Monreal
2011/12
Thomas Eisfeld
Thierry Henry (loan)
2010/11
Wellington Silva
Ryo Miyaichi
2009/10
Sol Campbell (without a club)
2008/09
Andrey Arshavin
2006/07 & 2007/08 – None
2005/06
Theo Walcott
Emmanuel Adebayor
Carlos Vela
Abou Diaby
2004/05
Emmanuel Eboue
2003/04
Jose Antonio Reyes
2002/03
Guillaume Warmuz
2001/02
Edu Gasper
Kolo Toure
Stathis Tavlaridis
2000/01
Sebastian Svärd
23 years worth of winter transfers, I couldn’t be bothered to go back any further. It’s fair to say that the better of Arsenals January deals wouldn’t need more than both hands to count. Perhaps even just the one. Perhaps 6/8 players during those years were really good signings, that is for the impact they had after arriving rather than their entire career.
My favourite is between Aubameyang, Arshavin, Reyes, Edu and Toure.
Who is yours?
Catch up in the comments..
It’s between oodegard and walcott for me
I wasn’t expecting Walcott James. lol
I liked him though, just feel Arsenal could have got more out of him.
Morning Rico and all,
There are some good players there, but if I had to pick one it’s Sol Campbell
Morning Geoff, I would the first time but not in the January…
Good morning Rico for me it has to be that French kid and winger Wenger signed, now what was his name? You know, the one fat Sam Allardyce called Terry ‘enry. Or was that Old ‘arry ? 😉
Morning Cicero, Henry was only on loan though, scored against Leeds in the FA Cup of my memory serves me right and that was about it. 😂
There are several players who stood out. In addition to those indicated at the end of the text, I think that all those who wore the Arsenal shirt for several years and even became captain, despite not scoring many goals, are worth mentioning. For example, it is likely that no one will nominate Monreal, Walcott or Elneny, who ultimately ended up having the best part of his sporting career at Arsenal.
One question: does anyone know V. Gyokeres? I think he was the best scorer last year for Coventry in the Championship. Today he plays for Sporting, he is the best scorer in the Portuguese League and he spends his life praising it. Now, it is overvalued but last year, it was affordable. Is there no center forward in the championship that might be of interest?
Yesterday, once again the referee at Burnley-Luton made a mistake again, influencing the final score.
Monreal was a good servant to the club , had his ups and downs but never let us down through lack of commitment.
I saw your comments re Walcott and I think that goes for a lot of players under Wenger, not just January signings .
Arshavin , Podolski and even to some degree Bendtner could have been so much more if Wenger had been more flexible in his playing style. Like Arteta he had his methods and rarely deviated from them .
Jm, one or two of us here have mentioned championship strikers before but the general consensus has been thanks but no thanks..
Very true Potter, Bendtner a striker instead of winger, same for Walcott, Podolski, Alexis – the list is long really.
And here we are today, a CDM used at right back, a midfielder or two playing striker, and a left back who is usually left drifting in midfield…
Newcastle 2 – 1 up against City. Doing it the hard way as they had a goal correctly ruled out for offside, but the linesman was so late with the flag that the City ‘keeper was injured trying make a save and has been subbed off as a result. Three further off sides have been correctly flagged immediately, where is the consistency?
Consistency and football don’t go together Cicero…
My comments keep disappearing into space…
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I’d hoped for a draw but there’s something satisfying about Newcastle losing in the last minute of the game…
The best teams find a way to win. They just never give up. Arsenal need to get that ability back.
A few of mine have gone walk-about too Rico, but they are no great loss to mankind. Oops can I still say m*nkind? 😉
All these missing comments, it’s the Aliens striking back for all the stuff people store in the clouds.
Ha ha Cicero, mine are going missing every time. I’m commenting via the admin page.
Rico, it seems that the fans of your local team are truly revolting. 😉
They have a point though Cicero… lol
How did you resolve your comments problem?
Cut your comment, then paste it back and the send button miraculously appears, plus you save your comment if it disappears, it’s fiddly but less frustrating than losing everything.
Trouble is Kev, it then comes up saying duplicate message….
When I enter my e mail address and name I have to leave the cursor at the end of my name, otherwise the comment disappears.
You should be able to save login details so you don’t have to enter them every time.
Hi Rico, it works for me at this end and best January signings, personally, Adebayor; should have been a legend but ended up a leg-end.
Next Odegaard; brilliant player.
Then Kolo and Edu, both champions.
If Villa win today then they go joint top with Liverpool.
If Spuds win today they go above Arsenal.
It’s all set up to be a miserable day for Gooners.
Hi Kev, agree re Adebayor. Absolute plonker the way he handled himself at Arsenal. Great player, lousy attitude.
Any position at the end of today is only temporary Kev. 😂
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Afternoon all,
the best for me has to be Arshavin,brilliant the first few months,made a real impact, honourable mentions to Reyes,Edu and Kolo Toure. More recent Odegaard.
Watching the Villa game(yawn) I just realised there are 3 ex Arsenal goalies in the Premier league,Martinez,Leno & Turner,technically 4 if you include Fabianski but the 3 have all played under Arteta.
Who can forget those four goals v Liverpool Limey. Great little player who drifted out of contention.
Fabulous.
4 goals at Anfield is special.
I’m listening to BBC5Live and it’s all about Jim Ratcliffe, ffs anyone would think he’s playing. 🙄
Brilliant wasn’t it..
He’d probably be as good as some of them Kev.
How is that not a Utd penalty?
Good result at OT.
Werner looks a waste of money just as he did at Chelsea.
Both results today suit us.
And if we win next week we go third.
Good, hope he stays that way.
That’s a big if Limey. 😜
Makes the dirty cheaters result yesterday more frustrating.
It’s up to our players and manager to raise our level amd consistency if we want to stay in the title race. We will coast to top 4 because most clubs will fall away naturally.. City and Liverpool will not.
But I will point out that Liverpool have had almost every single bit of good fortune go their way through the first 20 matches.
I expect pool to have at least 2 poor stretches in the second half of the season. Man City had one of those, we are in ours and need to fight out of it.
I wonder how fans and board will feel if Villa finish on top of us.
We must come firing and no excuses, the players have had a nice holiday. It’s time to regain top spot and knock Man C and Liverpool off their purch.
Jnyc, I too think it’ll be a 3 horse race, maybe 4 with Totts in the mix because it seems they’ve been through their blip too. I can’t see Villa standing the test, but you never know.
Totally agree re Liverpool, is there a more lucky club out there?
Morning all.
Reportedly Palace want Nketiah who we have valued at £30 million, and Olise wants to come to us but Palace want £ 40 million . Which goes to show how poor we are in selling players undervaluing them . But if the club are interested there has to be a deal here , maybe a swap.
If we signed Olise, a few clubs would be cheesed off.. ha..
Everton and Nottingham Forest charged with breaching Premier League Profitability and Sustainability Rules
Olise is he that good?
What is he, an attacking mid/inside forward? Left 8 type of winger?
£40m is a lot and I’m not sure that Palace would pay £30m for Eddie?
Is he English?
I guess I should go on Google!
Ok, he’s 22, is a right-winger/midfielder, he can play for England or France.
Seems that Man Utd are favourites for him, followed by Liverpool and Chelsea, no mention of Arsenal. I’m not sure where his signing would leave Smith Rowe, Vieira and Nelson unless of course Arteta intends to move them on?
Rico, you have Mail
As I said if the club wants to , Personally I can’t see it as we have just bought Marquinos back and he could back up Saka who looks unlikely to get a rest this side of the turn of the century. although knowing Arteta he would probably play him as an inverted fullback.
The rumour mill is going full tilt as there is nothing else to do and the squad is a good 4000 miles away and the pundits are having their say . For once I find myself in agreement with Grahame Souness and his comments that he can’t understand buying Havertz when we already have a better player in Smith -Rowe .
It seems that we are about to finalise the Raya signing according to Romano , I am slowly losing it with Arteta we seem to be spending in all the wrong directions.
I have replied Kev. 😂
Marquinhos is off on international duty I think. Some kind of pre tournament tournament – no, I didn’t understand that either..
Ridiculous spending money on Raya and I too agree with Souness. The only advantage Havertz has over ESR is height but he’s rubbish with his head anyway…
Olise was on Arsenal’s books for a brief period in 2009 before moving to Chelsea, then Man City, Reading and Palace. There must be a reason why a young player has moved around so much.
The Premier League’s PSR (Profitability and sustainability rules) are spreading fear throughout the clubs.
With Everton being charged for the second time and Nottingham Forest also being sanctioned, all the clubs are looking closely at their spending plans. Arsenal are rumoured to be close to the edge and will need to sell before making any high priced signings. The club must also do what it can to further reduce the wage bill. Then of course, there is the major threat that is hanging over City, one hundred plus violations of spending rules, that too is stifling the transfer market.
In view of the above, I will not be surprised if Arsenal fail to strengthen the squad in any significant way before the summer.
Chelsea will probably resign him Cicero, they have a history of selling players they then buy again. lol
Morning to you and all.
New post up now.
I don’t anticipate any signings this month either, Arteta has hinted enough about getting the best from who he has. Makes the Raya deal seem more bizarre really.