Monday, December 9, 2024

Bendtner, Aneke, Park and Boateng all released

Arsenal have confirmed the release of a number of players from the club.

Nicklas Bendtner leaves after joining in 2004 and scoring 47 goals for the club. His most profilic season was 2008-9 when he netted 15 times, but after falling out of favour he had loan spells at Sunderland and Juventus before his final campaign at the club when he scored two league goals.

Park arrived from Monaco and nobody had a goddam clue why. He went to Celta Vigo on loan, scoring three times, and this season joined Watford but barely played because, basically, he’s terrible. If somebody told you he was a money laundering scam it would all make sense.

The two young players have had their moments. Aneke has done very well at Crewe so good luck to him wherever he ends up, while centre-half Boateng is set for a summer Inter-railing around Europe after his father George paid for the ticket.

We wish them all luck in the future. Some of them are really going to need it.

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LandrySubira

Hahahahahahaha Park Chu Young. Bendtner will confuse me forever. Why would you not try get into the side for a cup final? He would probably have scored at least 1 of Sanogo’s chances. Such a stupid man.

Runcorn Gooner

Do we have a buy back clause on Bendtner and Park.If so for gods sake rip it up now

GreekTragedy

Any news on Tommy Eisfeld? I thought he’d be drafted into the squad this season but haven’t heard a thing about him all season. I thought he looked well exciting and he’s 20 now so must be there or there abouts.

Rufusstan

It will be interesting to see who gets promoted this summer, with not only Eisfeld, but Bellerin as well, and as one of the other articles says, what are they going to do with Miquel and Afobe? — both are in the 21-22 age zone where its pretty much first team or gone. As far as Eisfeld. This year it felt like he was being lined up for promotion in pre-season, but Gnabry (and Zelelam?) kind of spoiled that plan. When they kicked on in such a dramatic way, you get the feeling the door slammed shut for Eisfeld. I… Read more »

KEN

I FEEL BAD FOR ANEKE CAUSE I THINK HE COULD’VE REPLACED ARTETA IN THE LONG RUN. BUT GOODLUCK TO HIM I THINK HE’LL BE A MUCH BETTER PLAYER THAN SOME OF OUR RECENT GRADUATES. AS FOR EISFELD > HIS BIGGEST PROBLEM IS HIS PHYSICALITY HE’S JUST NOT GROWING AS HE SHOULD PHYSICALLY, TECHNICALLY HE’S SUPERB BUT HE CAN’T COMPETE AT A HIGHER LEVEL WITH A BODY OF A 15/16YR OLD. HE NEEDS TO SPEND 3MONTHS IN AMERICA AND FEED ON THAT GROWTH FOOD THEY GIVE ATHLETES IN THE STATES TO MAKE THEM GROW! BUT I HAVE HOPE FOR HIM, HE… Read more »

lonsdale

WHY ARE WE SHOUTING???

Gooneron

After effects of FA Cup win celebrations

Toure Motors

LOUD NOISES

Rufusstan

I DON’T KNOW WHAT WE ARE YELLING ABOUT!

MacedonianGooner

WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME?! *sobs

Arsepedant

That “growth food” in the US to which you refer is more commonly known as “steroids”. Not something we want to feed our youth team.

Me So Hornsey

With sagna and fabianski going I estimate approx £170k wiped from the wage bill. I hope wenger has his abacus and scales out.

Mikel Artekkers

How did you get to £170K? Considering we were offering Sagna £80K, and that was a rise from what he was already on, did you think Fabianski was on >£90K?

alex

Sagna+Fabianski+Bendtner+Park is surely a decent sum

Jack's Right Foot

Noooo not Park and Bendtner. What are we going to do??

the only sam is nelson

“… and it’s Park… he skins Gibbs, dinks it past Koscielny, puts in a pinpoint cross AND FINDS BENDTNER WHO SMASHES IT PAST SCZESNY!!! and TOTTENHAM HAVE WON THE LEAGUE AT ARSENAL”

this is one of the many things that will not happen as a result of today’s news

but that doesn’t mean that if you know anyone who is a Spuds fan, you shouldn’t taunt them with the fact that they bought Soldado for £30m

Gooneron

Nobody dinks past Koscielny.

Rufusstan

OK, just had a surreal flash of Dirty Dancing, with Per in the Patrick Swayze role.

Rambö

I like how no one disagrees with the phrase “Nobody dinks past Koscielny”.

jason

Purely mathematically speaking.. is this impossible?

Is there any possible percent of this happening??

Arsepedant

There is a percentage chance of this happening, about the same chance as every proton in existence spontaneously and simultaneously underoing decay into elemental particles and causing the universe to wink out of existence.

Highberry

Tauniting sp*rs fans? It’s cruel to mock the afflicted as my old nan always used to say but hey why not 🙂

KEN

I ACTUALLY DON’T THINK PARK IS A BAD PLAYER AND HE IS DEFINITELY BETTER THAN SANOGO BUT I DON’T THINK ARSENE WANTED HIM..OR HAD A PLAN FOR HIM.. AND MAYBE HE SAW HE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO COPE IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE JUST LIKE VELA.. LOTS OF SKILL..NOT SO MUCH STRENGHT AND VIGOR THATS RIQUIRED IN THIS LEAGUE. PLUS ARSENE ONLY BOUGHT HIM AS A BARGAINING CHIP FOR HAZARD WHEN LILLE WANTED PARK FROM MONACO AND WON’T GIVE US HAZARD BUT AS IT TURNED OUT THAN PLAN DIDN’T WORK OUT SO WELL. BUT BEFORE HE CAME TO ARSENAL HE WAS… Read more »

Dee Gooner Mckee

I read the first line of your comment and that was enuff, Wake up ffs

Big Mad Andy

Mate, don’t use caps lock. It’s not the done thing.

Chaillah the Gunner

Ken we are usually a peaceful family here

Chairman Meow

Why would you stop reading after someone says “Park is not a bad player” he isnt. Hes not good enough for Arsenal, that doesn’t make him a bad player. It was literally a dream of his to play for Arsenal and arseblog rips into him and you guys hop on the band wagon haha. You guys blame Park for something thats not his fault. Its a marketing transfer to encourage the Korean market. If anyone you should be abusing for this transfer its whoever decided it was worth crippling a career, for ‘Park’ Arsenal shirts to be sold in Asia.… Read more »

Arsepedant

@Chairman – I barely got past the first sentence either, simply because it’s just so wrong. Arsenal is not so cynical a club as to buy someone just to sell shirts in a particular part of the world. We bought Park because we thought he would improve the club. We turned out to be wrong. So we released him.

In the English league, Park was not a very good player. And Park is not better than Sanogo. That’s all.

MacedonianGooner

I SAID: STOP YELLING AT ME!!! *Continues sobbing – John Terry style

Genorious

WENGER OUT! This is why we don’t win trophies! We’ll never be a big club if we keep on letting our best players leave on a free! TGSTEL, you will be much missed.

epsom

this is not how you do it. and 50+ thumbs up…the standard here has stooped so low.

u Wng hs lft ar clb as a jk laf stck $$ #VENGAAHT

This is how its done.

Bendtner's Hair Band

You keeping your mouth shut is how it’s best done.

– TGSTEL’s Hair Band

Arselove

What about this Fabregas story? How brilliant would that be?

ARiddlingName

You seriously dare bring up a name like Fabregas on an article about 2 Arsenal legends Ju Young and Bendtner?

Amusa

Some people have a lot of talent and throw it away: Bendtner.
But to people like him, I think its the money and pointy shoes that count.
Imagine getting thousands of pounds a week as a youngster. It’s a miracle they don’t all go mad.

Gooneron

and Taxis too

BigTA78

Yep, he definitely *LOVES* taxi’s

Kolololo

To be fair to Bendtner if I earned so much money I would be probably dead by now.

dublin-gooner

*Sigh* As usual the board talks about ambition and keeping our best players, yet here we are losing Park and Bendtner, two of footballs hottest properties. And on freebies too!

tdotgoonah

well at leaast there is progress on the wage bill — lot’s of fringe players. TBH – i would sell Joel Campbell for a pretty penny and use the proceeds to hopefully secure/negate the players leaving…new GK, new RB — hopefully TV5 stays —- would be wise to spin-off players that have some value to fund moves for players leaving — shouldn’t tap into the” WAR CHEST”

Penis

I think Bendtner would be decent for a club like West Ham

Classic target man

Gar14

or Spurs

but on becuase he’s a cuntface

Gar14

for those of you who don’t speak pikey, that was meant to say

‘but only because he’s a cuntface’

GoonTang

Do you like dags?

Arsepedant

You’re assuming that someone on West Ham could actually hit a target.

Mohan

I think park woul be better for West Ham. I am of course talking about how funny it would be stick one up the walrus.

O.Gunner

@GreekTragedy Thomas Eisfeld scored in our Carling Cup win against WBA this season, Bendtner assist.

Draxman

I’m sure Spurs will happily have him.

MacedonianGooner

Way better than Soldado…

Sebastian A.C.

On top of being confused because of his arrival to Arsenal, I’m confused to this day about Park because he was (and, as far as I know, still is) captain of his national team. It’s not like South Korea has no clue about football.

Bould's Eyeliner

But until very recently we’ve had very few players in the international scene. Now it’s a little better, around on par with the number of Japanese internationals. He’s also not that popular with S. Korea either, at least not in recent years. Used to be a hero…

Most of the country was super excited he was signed for Arsenal and then it quickly fell into confusion – was he kidnapped? Put down because of a bad leg?

ARiddlingName

Lee Chung-Yong is their current captain not Park.

Also, what baffles you? They didn’t have a better striker than Park available so they called recalled him to the team, pretty simple..

GöönerFin

Shirt Sales!

Arsenalizer

It’s about time.

Shaun

Chuks Aneke scored 14 goals from midfeild this season. Hope him not getting a new contract isn’t true!!

Subterraneo

He looked very good to me every time I saw him play for the Arsenal reserves and I find it a strange decision to let him go. Given that everyone is saying that we need a strong midfield enforcer (Patrick Vieira, Yaya Toure type) I would have though that Aneke would have been worth a start or two.

CantWait

From everything I’ve heard/read about his time at Crewe he really hasn’t progressed much as an all around CM but has played much more offensively like in a #10 role. This may be part of the reason why we thought it decent to move on.

deano

Plenty going out. Should be room for a few coming in.

I see that fine has really affected PSG’s transfer plans.

Gooneron

Yep £50m worth of effect especially on a defender

Maniac

I’m still amazed that PSG managed to secure Ibra and Thiago Silva for £50million together. Arguably one of the best defenders and one of the best strikers in the world for such a low price was incredible, yet now they fork out the same amount for Luiz?

Toure Motors

Meelan were pretty much headed for bankruptcy. Don’t know the specifics but it was probably a hefty amount of cash upfront. ffp is a sham

mastaofthegoonaverse

And sort out any ffp problems the chavs might have had at the same time…………, @ dubious financial dealings.com

ARiddlingName

Lee Chung-Yong is their current captain not Park.

Also, what baffles you? They didn’t have a better striker than Park available so they called recalled him to the team, pretty simple..

Webbeldez

He wiped his private parts on a taxi!!

Adebayor's Toothpaste

I heard the Taxi is expecting. It’s not fare.

BigTA78

Now he’s unemployed, how will be afford the child maintenance? Won’t you think of the children Arsene and renew his contact?!!?

Smokin'Gunner

Park gained citizenship and completed a carpentry course, he plans on opening a small shop selling hand made benches. It’s name will be Park Chu Ass.

phelan

He might also be interested in a partnership with Mourinho, called Park Chu Buss.

Toure Motors

Model trains shop – park chu chu

Headline if both park and aneke sign for Colchester- we chu chu u’s

Gooner

Bendtner just needs to grow up. He has all the physical tools and with hard work he can be a good striker in a competitive league.

Caribbean gooner

Yeah and the taxi can attest to his tools also. Lol

fury

Adios benther, Adios

FT 3:16

He scored that header with his first contact with the ball. Arsenal 2-1 Spurs. Game over.

santori

He leaves when he wants.

Hallelujah, I thought I’d never see the day! Bendtner and Park gone? Are you sure? Let’s do another sweep of the grounds to make sure they are well and truly gone and he isn’t doing donut turns in the car park.

Bucks

Heh, I don’t care for Young and am glad Bendtner isn’t wearing our shirt anymore. But I do wish all the best for Boateng and Aneke.

MacedonianGooner

How DARE you say that about our legend Park after all he’s done for our club?

titchierichie

shame about Chuks, had high hopes for him. Good luck to him, I hope/expect he will be prem player one day

lord

lord

Bee

wow, he was with us for 10 years!
even with his spells away i shudder to think how much money that adds up to, anyway lets move on to bigger and better things

Goontang

Good luck to Bendtner. He always did his best when he put on the shirt and that’s all that matters to me. Best of luck mate at your new adventure, barca or real Madrid are lucky to have you

rossi88

How the fuck is david luiz worth 50mil?(relatively speaking)Utter bollocks. And PSG are making FIFA and UEFA look like total cunts. So much for protecting the game

Bob Truelove

Luiz = Ozil in value apparently? Who’d have ever thunk it?

Aros

The greatest striker who was ever released!

dvander Eboué

Good riddance bendtner. Rub your junk on everything on the way out because you’ll never set foot in the Emirates again.

Never heard of ju young Park

Ricardo

Watch them both play against us next season and each scores a hat trick.

Andy Mack

Do you really think they’ll stay in the PL?

Ronaldo's Paunch

i was actually there when park scored his first goal for us.

Attasmani

I’d be more impressed if you saw his second one 😉

Possession

Luiz is not worth £50m. It’s all media garbage to get hits , sales , coverage , attention…..
whatever and it won’t happen. Over the length of a contract yes and much more but not as a signing on transfer fee. The football world has changed with FPP guys.

Gar14

I actually think it’s very likely to happen. PSG have more money than sense

Northbank82

I truly believe that if bendtner was given the starting job week in week out at arsenal he would have smashed Henry’s record

Merlin's Panini

I didn’t know Henry made a record. Is it any good? What does it sound like?

Arsepedant

I’m curious to know how far your tongue is embedded in your cheek with that comment, but I suspect the depth is not measurable by any machine yet built by the human race. Good one.

Possession

FFP even lol

the only sam is nelson

Hahahahahah Fulham South = selling club. Mata, Sideshow Bob, all for sale

FFP = brilliant!

It also meant that Citeh couldn’t afford to buy Yaya a birthday cake, and look where that might lead them.

Goonerestgooner

I’ll always love TGSTEL for that header against the spuds seconds after coming on to put us 2-1 up…..but other then that, what a twat!

Naijagooner

This is completely off topic but I’m just watching highlights of the 05 UCL finals and wondering how the fuck did Liverpool win that match. Milan had Nesta, Maldini, Cafu, Gattuso, Pirlo, Kaka, Seedorf, Rui Costa, Crespo, Inzaghi, Shevchenko and some others, Ancheloti was coach and they’d won it two years earlier …I mean fuck me!!!! Oh and good luck to TGSTEL, hope he hangs around in the premiership

Samgunz

Releasing Aneke is just sad, where was his opportunity? you don’t loan out the biggest English talent in the youth set up see him play well, score goals and then just let him go, why loan him at all? Was he another bad attitude Jay Thomas? Anyone got any inside info on this cos I’m not satisfied.

Merlin's Panini

He just didn’t have a realistic entry into the side. He’s not as accomplished as the guys ahead of him and wouldn’t have gotten a look in next season so it’s only fair to him, for his development, to continue elsewhere as much of a shame as it is.

bendtner's pink boot

Away I go to tread my wares elsewhere, good knowing y’all.

Dark Hei

Aneke was released simply because he is now 22. A victim of the PL rules.

Apathetic Armadillo Armageddon

Bendtner’s release – a thought which strikes terror into taxi owners everywhere

Mark

He had a good spell on loan, he clearly has talent – but where and when would he get a game with our current midfield roster? Our midfield is our strongest area these days. So it’s the honourable thing to do to release him and let him find a spot elsewhere.

LArsenal

I’m a little bummed Park Ju Young never worked out. I never quite understood his transfer but I wanted to see a player that was non European, African, or South American work out for Arsenal.

NateGunner

Junichi Inamoto?

A Yank

Free Bendtner!

No, really. Anyone can have Bendtner on a free.

Biff Baxter

Question’s over Aneke’s real age perhaps? He was always a lot bigger than the other lads…

Policeman's Bangers 'N' Mash

In Bendtknob’s case, released … released into the wild. You fucking donkey!

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