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Yes. Your point?
He also bought Park...that was uncalled for.
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Xpike
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I think it's kinda neat, the Korean characters look so ugly to me.
Shanks D Zoro
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Yes Wenger overreacted last year. He basically signed the one player he could to save his job. He had spent all summer trying to get a striker and failed and then said he never wanted one and we hadn't signed anyone except Sanogo. The fans were ripping into Wenger and he knew he needed to get someone to show he was willing to spend and that we had a productive window, even though it failed to address are needs which we are still searching for.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Just seems a bit flimsy to dismiss omgkitty's claim simply because you were linked with those two purchases before that game.
me neither
he's going to earn 10m per year ?!?!
don't expect a big fee from bayern as he is going to be 33 soon
dude, alonso is going to be 33 soon
he makes 6m per year with madrid
he has maybe 1 good year left in him
might as well sell him now
cartoon_soldier
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Wait, Xabi is really moving to Bayern?
It's not like he would get more game time there vs. Real
Bayern must be desperate for a temp Javi replacement
It's not like he would get more game time there vs. Real
Bayern must be desperate for a temp Javi replacement
Pretty much we have general fan consensus that has taught us not to expect a new striker, Arsene Wenger himself saying we're not signing a striker, and David Ornstein saying we're not signing a new striker. Then you have everyone else saying "Arsenal should / will sign a new striker." Logic would say that with Giroud's injury, we should probably sign a new striker, especially since we still never really did, not matter what you think of Alexis, but logic has never really been the main focus here.
Imagine you know you're going to need a new TV in a few years, but you're not really in any hurry to get a new one. Your friends come over and complain about it, but for the most part they've just seen better TV's and yours is perfectly fine. You see no reason to go and buy a new one now. Then one day while shopping, you see a gorgeous brand new top of the line TV and that shit is selling for a great price. It's still slightly more than you'd want to pay, but it's too good to pass up, so you say fuck it, and buy a TV. That is Arsene Wenger. It happened with Ozil last summer, and it's why he always drags out the "If we can find top quality to improve the squad" bullshit. He doesn't see it as he needs to improve positions. He sees what we have and he thinks whatever is already there will do what he needs to do. Why buy a fancy new striker when you already have two? Why buy a younger, quicker CDM when the one you has is still kicking on?
When it comes down to it, Arsene Wenger is an old man with taste. He's not my grandfather who buys the cheapest thing he can find to get the job done, saying it's good enough, but he's still an old man, and he only buys what is necessary and if he can get a good price for it. And just like going to the grocery and watching your grandparents buy knockoff cereal because "no one can tell the difference and it's a $1 cheaper" it can be really excruciating to deal with sometimes.
how much is the transfer fee?
Hasphat'sAnts
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We signed a Basque friend to keep Javi company. :3
Hasphat'sAnts
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If I can drink more United tears I hope Vidal goes to Madrid.
Hasphat'sAnts
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As far as I'm aware of, this is the most complete information on our salary structure available (in English, can't be bothered to look for German sources). Dated from last season.
Extremely doubtful that Xabi will get his full 10m.
Name Salary(in million euros)
1 Ribery 12
2 Götze 12
3 Lahm 10
4 Basti 10
5 Müller 8
6 Alcantara 8
7 Neuer 7
8 Alaba 7
9 Robben 7
10 Boateng 6
11 Martinez 6
12 Rafinha 5
13 v. Buyten 5
14 Mandzu 5
15 Kroos 4.5
16 Pizarro 4.5
17 Dante 3.5
18 Holger 3.5
19 Shaqiri 2.5
20 Contento 2
21 Starke 1.5
22 Hojbjerg 1
23 Weiser 0.5
24 Green 0.5
25 Raeder 0.5
26 Schöpf 0.2
27 Weihrauch 0.2
Extremely doubtful that Xabi will get his full 10m.
Name Salary(in million euros)
1 Ribery 12
2 Götze 12
3 Lahm 10
4 Basti 10
5 Müller 8
6 Alcantara 8
7 Neuer 7
8 Alaba 7
9 Robben 7
10 Boateng 6
11 Martinez 6
12 Rafinha 5
13 v. Buyten 5
14 Mandzu 5
15 Kroos 4.5
16 Pizarro 4.5
17 Dante 3.5
18 Holger 3.5
19 Shaqiri 2.5
20 Contento 2
21 Starke 1.5
22 Hojbjerg 1
23 Weiser 0.5
24 Green 0.5
25 Raeder 0.5
26 Schöpf 0.2
27 Weihrauch 0.2
Kurt Angle
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Di maria and alonso leaving is Makelele leaving 2.0, you took out the spine of that team. (even though Prime Makelele was twice the player of those 2)
ronaldo is zidane, bale is figo. ha-mess is beckham
FootballFan
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No wonder Shaqiri has been awful.
Hasphat'sAnts
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We could very well end up in a CL group with two or, god-forbid, three of City, Juventus, PSG, Liverpool, and Roma.
Xabi is a must especially since Schweinsteiger will be out for the foreseeable future.
Xabi is a must especially since Schweinsteiger will be out for the foreseeable future.
cartoon_soldier
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Ribery more than Robben? Lol
Kurt Angle
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Bayern is basically kissing peps ass with transfers like this. Thes want to keep him. They dont want him to go soon. Rummenigge even said we will never throw him out.
Its about building reputation and prestige. Im sure they want him to stay even longer than he did in barcelona.
And so pep gets all his lil transfers.
Im sure old Bayern would have not bought benatia and alonso. Despite the injuries. And old bayern would have lost some games and blamed it on the world cup.
Im okay with what we are doing. They are trying to compensate the losses. Something we didnt do after past tournaments.
Its about building reputation and prestige. Im sure they want him to stay even longer than he did in barcelona.
And so pep gets all his lil transfers.
Im sure old Bayern would have not bought benatia and alonso. Despite the injuries. And old bayern would have lost some games and blamed it on the world cup.
Im okay with what we are doing. They are trying to compensate the losses. Something we didnt do after past tournaments.
cartoon_soldier
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Pep has to be the wrong choice if you want to build prestige...
Fixed it for you, Jon.
Hasphat'sAnts
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According to one Spanish outlet, it was actually Alonso who first reached out to Bayern, so who knows how much Pep had to do with it.
FootballFan
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That is smart from Bayern. Pep knows what he is doing.
Yeah right.
Ask people around the world. Pep definitely helped us.
And our managers want to improve it even more.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Like how he handled Ibra amirite? Or letting Yaya Toure go?
Kurt Angle
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from winning the treble to getting wrecked 0-4 at home in the champions league
#DatPrestige
FootballFan
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Ibra is a tool. Man management genius Mourinho couldn't handle or do shit with him. Ibra's fault his ego is bigger than his nose.
Letting go of Yaya was a mistake? Please explain. He was one of my favourite players but Busquets is better than him at the defensive mid job and suits the team better, that is a fact.
Yaya left because he didn't want to be benched, fair enough, he is too good for Copa Del Rey and occasional La Liga matches. If Barca signed him again, guess what position he would be playing? Left Right Out. Still on the bench.
Honestly I don't see it that way, let's give Illara some time before we cry 2.0
Heynckes Bayern would've put up a much better fight than 5-0 aggregate to Madrid.
Hasphat'sAnts
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We've made it to the semis 4 of the last 5 years with 3 final appearances.
It's not ideal to lose in that fashion but We clobbered Barca 7-0 16 months ago and they're not worse for wear
FootballFan
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That isn't how it works, is it? You just sound like one of the many fans who had his team hammered by one of Pep's.
He won Bundesliga in record timing and still got to the CL semis.
Most other coaches would have stuck with the same players, playing the same tactics and relying on the old coaches ship. The players would have had no motivation and would likely have been going home in the group stage and winning Bundesliga on the last match day.
There's a reason a team hasn't won the CL two times in a row. It is incredibly hard to motivate the team to keep chasing success, and that is what Pep is really good at.
FootballFan
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What a loser. He went from treble to:
Bundesliga Winners
DFB-Pokal Winners
UEFA Super Cup Winners
FIFA Club World Cup Winners
DFL-Supercup Runners-up
UEFA Champions League Semi-finals
smh. He only made it to the semi's of the CL.
Bundesliga Winners
DFB-Pokal Winners
UEFA Super Cup Winners
FIFA Club World Cup Winners
DFL-Supercup Runners-up
UEFA Champions League Semi-finals
smh. He only made it to the semi's of the CL.
KidA Seven
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Fuck you guys and your beautiful midfielders.
Imagine being cursed with Cleverley, Anderson, Fellaini, Aids Fletcher, Gibson, etc... the past few years.
Imagine being cursed with Cleverley, Anderson, Fellaini, Aids Fletcher, Gibson, etc... the past few years.
Kurt Angle
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the 3 final appearances, which one of them was peps achievement?
he took a ready made treble winning all conquering side and made them worse. took one of the best rbs and played him at dm, forced his false nine and 3 at the back bullshit and got smacked in the face. and now he loses to Dortmund after buying half their team
Just a Spanish moyes m8
From getting wrecked to winning the world cup
He wasn't being completely serious. You don't have to give us Pep's resume.
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