According to a report in the Independent, Bayern Munich are hoping to lure Sven Mislintat back to Germany as doubts grow over his position at Arsenal.
The former Borussia Dortmund man was named as the club’s Head of Recruitment just last November, and was instrumental in the signings of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Dinos Mavropanos, Sokratis, Bernd Leno and Stephan Lichtsteiner – as well as those of Lucas Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi.
However, over the weekend rumours began to circulate that he could leave the club before the end of January, and this afternoon those intensified with a story on Arsenal blog Le Grove.
We’ve done some digging since, and it does seem as if there has been an ongoing issue between Mislintat and the club since last year, while the report in the Independent says that there are tensions between him and Head of Football Raul Sanllehi, with the German’s recommendations for new players being ignored by both the Spaniard and Unai Emery.
Recent transfer links to players like Ever Banega and Denis Suarez indicate a greater input from Emery, but the head coach cast some doubt over the club’s ambition in the transfer market this month by revealing only loan deals were an option.
Interestingly, there were stories late last year that Mislintat was going to be promoted to the role of Technical Director. There’s been no confirmation of that, and in recent weeks Arsenal have been strongly linked with a move for former Gunner Edu who would be handed an operation role in the football set up. It might well be a case that he comes in to replace the German, but it would leave big questions about who is heading up our scouting department.
Whatever’s happening though, it doesn’t speak to things going as smoothly as we’d like behind the scenes, and the man tasked with unearthing the hidden gems may well be on his way out.
If only we could monetise self-inflicted damage we’d blow our competitors out of the water.
Self-Inflicted Damage would make a terrific CB pairing alongside Repeated Self-Destruction
At this rate, Inanimate Carbon Rod is going to cost us upwards of 50m
Can possibly keep it as low as 40m once Gunnersaurus is appointed as new Head of Recruitment and works his magic
And think of how much money the club would make on the lettering alone!
It’s probably already forgotten, but we paid a VERY HEALTHY sum of money to lure him from Dortmund. Maybe we are trying to flog our remaining assets of value (not many left). I think this was always a 50/50 call, if he would fit into the Arsenal way… so I am not too surprised that it didn’t work out, especially with Gazidis leaving.
Yeah, weird if true. But if he’s falling out with Dortmund and us, maybe he’s the problem.
However, don’t like to speculate without having inside information about what exactly is going on.
I guess Sanllehi would be enough as football executive?!
He never fell out with Dortmund, they love him, he’s the man that’s single-handed probably made them hundreds of millions through recruitment. He fell out with Tuschel. I’ve been a massive supporter and backer of Emery, but if the rumours are true then he can piss off too. I’m fully backing Sven on this, dafuq ignoring his recommendations so we can get Banega and Suarez (clear Emery choices). Sven, not Emery, is the true successor to Wenger at Arsenal. We lose and we lose the only USP we have, because we sure as fook don’t have the money to match… Read more »
Could not agree more. As for bringing in plodders like Suarez and Banega surely a reason to bring in Sven aside from the obvious identification of cheap gems like Torreira was to remove the concentration of power as it was with Wenger. If we had some strong leadership at the club they’d have stepped in some time ago and sorted this
Idiot
Our “perfect ” clubs the problem .He is obviously finding talent ,but as usual we don’t have the funds .which is bollocks ! He’s frustrated because he’s doing his job and we aren’t listening !!!!!
The Arsenal way being wasting huge amounts of money on shit players and failing to tie the good ones to long term contracts, resulting in an ever decreasing in quality our team and fractured fan base. Coupled with gross neglegance from our owner, who is completely disinterested in our sporting achievements. That arsenal way?
In a nutshell
Who are these many shit players we’ve wasted money on. It’s true like all clubs bad decisions have been made but with very few exceptions most of our signings have been good
This season just gets worse by the week.
There’s never a dull moment with this club
Arsenal authorities clearly believe that self-inflicted damage is good for their souls and brings them ever closer to self-annihilation.
If all this shii y’all listed was wrong, as it is, especially the no-give-a-fuck owner and Bayern came calling at such a transitional stage for them, I’d take the first flight to run on the autobahn with my beautiful football brain brian haha
Can you tell wrong from right?
Wow. I haven’t felt this pessimistic about the future of our club in a long time. Everything seems fucked right now.
If shit carries on this way I can’t see us getting back in the Champions League any time soon, let alone challenge for the league. Things could get even worse than they are now. So depressing.
I’m with you! I’ll support the team no matter what, but this fiasco smells like last year and the Sanchez debacle or Ivan leaving just a few months/weeks(?) after appointing a new manager! I can’t quite work out whose fingerprints are all over this latest development…I’m guessing Raul though.
It’s a war of over bloated egos.
Bloated egos. Like leaving out Ozil.
I’ve been wondering for a while just what the Management Structure chart for Arsenal looks like. I was never one for the flat structures my old company introduced, as the spread of control was too thin.
With too many bosses on the same apparent level, there is always likely to be conflict for those seeking the upper hand and power struggles ensue.
Kroenke has too many businesses to control directly but each of those is seemingly reporting directly to him without the relevant board being in control of daily affairs. Their sole motivator seems to be financial regulation.
Office Space?
What major difference has he made? Torreira and Auba are the only two players worth mentioning. And unfortunatly age is catching up with Auba.
Other signings are Leno, Mavro, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Guendozi, Lichtsteiner and Leno. None of which are players who can make Arsenal go next level.
In short: Sven just might be overrated
this comment is so ignorant and short sighted. Auba was signed to reinvigorate and assure the attacking line he was 28 at the time of signing and in his prime to our champions league aspiration as well as lift some burden on Laca. Leno at the price he went for if you compare the crazy prices goalkeepers go for nowadays is a bargain. He is a seasoned keeper that speaks English and a good passer. We needed a goalkeeper to replace cech who is now retiring. Mavro is one for the future with lots of potential, he was supposed to… Read more »
Have we signed Leno’s brother as well? Thats a family doing well hey!
Spuds won’t struggle moving stadium like we did ,I’m so confused by the whole thing .we moved ,we suffered because we were told we would .we are still struggling after all this time .so badly wrong .FFP we were told .No one else cared .we sat back all clean and innocent. For WHAT !!!!
Oddly, the thing that first attracted me to Arsenal was their style of play and their self sustaining business model which I felt was a breath of fresh air from the increasing money-pumping ownership of other big clubs. If done right, it could have worked so well and set us on a strong footing to compete with the other top EPL clubs. As it is, it’s 2019 and we’re looking more and more like a mid-table challenger club along the lines of Leicester, West Ham et Al. There’s no leadership at the club and it’s turning into a free for… Read more »
It seems like the foundation of the club has been cracking for a very long while. Now we’re seeing the pieces fall off. There doesn’t appear to be a clear direction to a better future on the pitch and in the boardroom. It will take something very special to pull this team up.
…If that’s not too pessimistic for you.
Wenger was the foundation.
Unfortunately, perhaps David Dein was actually the foundation. That ended poorly, but he was around for George Graham success, signed Ian Wright and Bergkamp, and got Arsene.
Maybe it’s a generational thing but the idea that *a single coach* was the foundation of the club is bonkers.
I mean, it’s understandable people think that if Wenger was the only Arsenal coach they’ve ever known. But title-winning coaches like Graham, and directors like David Dein and particularly Danny Fiszman, who did so much to get the Emirates project started, deserve more respect than “Wenger was the foundation”.
You misunderstand. Wenger was the club’s acting foundation, a construction term. That has now gone, leaving the building collapsing and foundation-less. Unable to support its own weight.
No, I understood you fine. I just disagree.
In my opinion, the foundation of any football club is it’s fanbase.
Yeah but who got David Dein?
Sir Chips
That’s a slightly selective list… How about Kronke? 😉
Stan is implied in “ended poorly.” Surely not all roses, but Mr. Dein did have a few Ws under his belt.
It’s never been quite the same since Sir Henry Norris buggered off.
And he ruled like an absolute tyrant.
Right when i was holding the banner “In Sven We Trust” , hope its just a rumour else we are doomed. I was speculating this the other day, if he is here identify talents but if we don’t spend he would not stay for longer. Also he is more than a scout and think our setup was suppose to him identifying talents and coach/manager to integrate those talents in the team.
But that doesn’t line up with the work he’s actually done so far, does it? Do Aubameyang, Sokratis and Mkhitaryan represent that model to you? Reports of him vetoing the Malcolm deal in favour of Aubameyang don’t exactly scream long term planning or squad building given we’re still short of quality wide players and already had Lacazette. I’m just not seeing what this guy has done for us to justify his reputation (at Arsenal). Emery was supposedly involved in the deals for Guendouzi and Torreira and that seems perfectly normal to me. If Sven wants absolute control well… he can… Read more »
My understanding is that Aubameyang has scored more PL goals than anyone other than Mo Salah since his arrival, and leads the league this year. Seems an odd criticism of Sven to say he picked him over Malcom. Also, considering available funds and urgent need for CB given Koscielny injury, i don’t think Sokratis was a bad buy. Torreira and Guendouzi both look promising. Lichtenstein was free and provides experience as a backup and can help Bellerin develop his defensive qualities. All things considered, seems Sven has done quite well. But since we don’t know the discussions and details about… Read more »
I think auba is fantastic but would you say Lacazette and Giroud is not good enough to secure top 4? That we have the top scorer in the league and Mustafi is still a first choice players tells you everything about where our priorities really lie. I’m not criticising him for buying auba but, being honest, if he knew the financial situation and knew the deficiencies in our squad I don’t think investing that heavily in a 29 year old striker was especially long termist which is what Mislintat was touted as being
Auba, issues aside, is currently the league’s top goalscorer in a team lacking creativity. Malcom is currently riding bench at Barca and is available for loan after not impressing.
If that’s your criticism of Sven then you’re doing a poor job at it.
Riding the bench at Barcelona doesn’t mean that much to me and the point wasn’t so much about Malcolm specifically. We had more pressing issues than our centre forward situation and chose to spend the bulk of our funds on a centre forward. We did not bolster the defence and recruitments like lichsteiner were sub par
“Doesn’t mean that much to me”
Which is why we only care what Sven thinks.
Nice dig, but you know what I’m saying. Good players have sat on the bench at Barcelona before and will do again. We only got Sanchez because he as surplus to requirements at Barca. The point is, it’s not about Malcolm, it’s about the needs of our squad and as good as auba is, he also represents a large portion of that budget spent on a player in a position that wasn’t a problem. In an ideal world we’d have both but we don’t live in an ideal world we live in a world where Stan Kroenke owns arsenal and… Read more »
You know very little about this, stop posting crap
Auba? Same Auba who is among the league top scorers? That Auba? Look, in all honesty, we failed Sven. By we, I mean Arsenal, I can not imagine it being easy to do your job of recommending talent to Arsene Wenger, then now Unai Emery. If we have not seen his work it is because it has been rubbished behind the scenes. He was brought due to his reputation of unearthing gems at a low fee and now, Arsenal – who tell us they have little to no money to spend – are getting rid of someone who specializes in… Read more »
I don’t think we are doomed. Some of Sven’s finds have been questionable and not necessarily the calibre of player we actually need to move us forward. Also it’s quite apparent that Raul and Emery are keen to develop the talent we have in our academy rather than spend.
You have to be joking. Torriera is already a 55m player – in 6 months.
Every young player he has brought in looks highly promising.
This would be very bad news
No disrespect to Edu, but how does his networking come close to Sven’s
Edu has been involved in technical roles for over a decade… you’d think he probably has some, especially in South America because of his corinthians and Brazil connections
Technical roles? Yes. Scouting expertise? Not quite.
But edu is being linked as a technical director, not a chief scout. Perfectly possible Sanhelli thinks a technical director and a more democratic approach to recruitment than Mislintat would like is the way forward. Mislintat isn’t working as a scout right now either, for the record.
No, for the record Mislintat is currently our Chief Scout – he’s nothing else. I don’t doubt that, if there’s any truth in the Edu rumours, that he’s regarded for his technical skills, but my point is that it doesn’t replace what Mislintat brings in terms of the eye for players.
It’s all well and good going after South American kids, but we’re never going to get work permits for them, and it’s only going to be harder when Brexit comes in.
No disrespect to Sven but he only seemed to have one number in his contact book and it connected straight through to Dortmund.
..and Sampdoria, and Lorient…and PAS Giannina. Don’t be fooled, this guy knows his marbles and we are in a whole load of sh1t if he leaves.
People are missing the point here saying they don’t rate Sven, well Bayern obviously bloody do.
Not that I have that much trust in ESPN, but here is an from article from Ralph Honigstein http://www.espn.com/soccer/arsenal/story/3752011/arsenal-head-of-recruitment-sven-mislintat-leaving-over-transfer-strategy-sources
ESPN sounds more plausible.
Issue isn’t between Sven and Emery, but in fact between Sven and Raul, with Sven who was brought in on the Gazidis vision of analytical recruitment but Raul wanting to use a more “classic” model of recruitment (old boys network). This is basically old ways v new ways, and I’m fully for Sven on this.
If we lose him, we are fooked. Raul looks to be a classic football man and is going to send us back to an old time. Shit.
Don’t know much about Raul at Barca, but always perceived that club to have a lot of resources to work with unlike our present situation. Really thought we were heading for a “find the nuggets, coach them up, and sell when priced correctly strategy” with Sven acting like he did at Dortmund.
Whole thing feels at bit like panic is setting in.
Let’s also remember Barca under Raul were whom we would flog our dead horses to for a quick buck whilst stealing Cesc and Bellerin from under his nose.
Vermallen and Song if my memory is right. Always thought they were a bit of the patsies on those two.
Verm, Hleb & Song, whilst getting the likes of Bellerin and others under his watch.
Bayern are currently trailing to a Svenless dortmund
On the shoulder of rebuilding their squad on the sale of Ousman Dembele, Sven’s parting gift to Dortmund. Add to that list;
– Dembele (once more just in case you’ve forgotten)
– Hummels
– Sahim
– Gundogan
– Aubameyang
– Mkhi
– Lewandowski
– Blszczczykowksi
– Kagawa
– Guerreiro
And many more. It was on these players Dortmund transformed themselves from Bayern playthings to European elite. And even in his short time here, you can already see the “Sven-like” players he’s got; Torreira, Guendouzi & Mavropanos for a combined total of about £32M.
But you keep pushing your anti-Sven agenda.
well, apparently we don’t have any money to spend, so what use do we have of a ‘head of recruitment’?
Mislintat spent 120 million on ex dortmund players approaching 30 since he was hired. How many pre Dortmund dembeles or Torreiras does that buy you?
It was so the club could get back into the Champion’s League THIS SEASON. Not next, not in 5 years after all these prodigious 19 year olds develop.
It was a calculated risk with known quantities, and who knows it may still work.
Well then if that was his calculation I’d argue he’s done a poor job. We had Lacazette and Giroud which is good enough for top 4 but an atrocious defence, lacking quality on the wings and in midfield. Don’t you think we’d be more likely to make top 4 if we had a better backup for Bellerin, a replacement for mustafi and a genuine wide option? Long term planning is what Mislintat was supposed to represent not stop gap signings that leave you with an even bigger rebuild down the line
Sorry, but you probably have no idea what the board tasked Sven to do. I would expect they wanted him to help to get back into CL asap AND establish long term plans. Also, seems getting back into CL asap is probably a good long term plan as it would allow you to have more funds and prestige to attract future star players.
I have as much idea as you, we’re both speculating. I’m replying to your assertion as what the intention of those signings was. Getting back in to the CL is important but given all our best players such as Ozil, monreal, koscielny, cech etc are the wrong side of 30 I’m not sure adding more of those players was that wise. Europa league football wouldn’t prevent us buying torreira type signings and building something for the future. We could have made money from developing and selling those players as well as building a team that was at its peak when… Read more »
You’re forgetting how pissed off and vitriolic the fan base was last season. Bad enough to force out club’s most successful ever manager after 22 years. Do you think the board and new head coach would expect fans to be patient enough to wait “building a team that was at its peak when we made the champions league” in x number of years? The stance was win now and use the Dortmund connection to help. I can’t exactly fault Mislintat for bringing in players who have one the Bundesliga and made it to a CL final. 70m was spent this… Read more »
Your agenda is so suspicious, Aubameyang is a waste compared to shit Malcolm? Really? Grow up.
That’s not what I said… at all. Auba is fantastic, but if Mislintat was aware of what funds were available and looked at our squad with Lacazette up top and Mustafi in defence with no back up right back and chose to spend big on another striker but get a stop gap centre back and ageing right back I think that’s not ideal squad building. I reference Malcolm because, well, we are desperate for a wide player and as much as you can point to him sitting on the bench at Barca I could also point to the form that… Read more »
He’s probably jumping ship because he realizes we won’t spend any money…
He’s spent over 120 million
Twat
This whole no money situation is completly justified in my opinion.
The club spent over 100m on two quality centre forwards in 6 months, alongside monster contracts for ozil, mkhi, kolasinac lacazette and aubameyang.
All without receiving ANYTHING in return. Tell me how exactly you expect them to have change from that to splash this january?
Run a debt…it’s not my money, haha. That’s how all rich teams work. I know it’s never going to happen under Kroenke so I wouldn’t blame Sven for leaving because he has more ambition than our club/owners.
It isn’t your money but it is your club. Why would we want the club to go in to debt? Should we go the Leeds route and take out a bunch of loans too?
Idiot
Nothing in return?
Ox, Giroud, Walcott, Wilshere, Szczesny, plus wages Santi and Sanchez.
Peanuts, the lot of them. The club has consistently made a net transfer loss since 2012/13.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-arsenal/alletransfers/verein/11
I’ll direct you to the year before where Xhaka, Mustafi and Perez came in for a combined 90 million.
That really must be our worst window for years… only Xhaka can constitute anything close to a success and he wasn’t really value for money. I can’t believe Mustafi actually starts for Arsenal..
Except for the 17/18season as the link you posted says we made more than we spent…….
The Le Grove article sites that his player choices have been turned down by Raul and UE.
It appears that the distribution of power model isn’t working. Ultimately, someone has to be in charge and that was always the case. I suppose what we’re seeing is the inevitable result of the struggle for authority, with Sanlehi winning and Mislintat losing. The consequence for the club could very well be mid-table mediocrity until Kroenke decides to sell to someone with an ambition to win games instead of making money.
Raul didn’t do too badly in his last role at Barca
When it comes to recruitment, Sven help turn Dortmund into a decent German club into a European powerhouse, through recruitment.
I mean no offence to Raul, but it’s much harder helping to transform an average club into a big one than managed Barcelona.
Exactly. Read the history of Dortmund from 2006, when Mislintat joined, onward. Hell, we helped them fend off bankruptcy, so it seems, when we bought TR7 and Crazy Jens. Klopp and Mislintat turned them into what they are today. His quality can not be underestimated.
We have had changes on the pitch, so I guess we would have been naive to think there may not be instability or change in the administration, even after Ivan the terrible. So where do we go from here? I thought we might pattern ourselves after Dortmund, but not now. Guess we just have to wait until the Adidas deal kicks in to shed some light on our future player strategy.
Well..good then. UNAI EMERY’S RED AND WHITE ARMY!!!!! or something. Staffs can come and go.Star players can come and go.heck even whole team and board can come and go.Emery must be THE guy to take us forward! I mean he is the last coach left on planet earth.Who needs a prospect signing master when you can build a team according to UNAI’S VISION full of rehjects and old horses,maybe dream of dembele and oblak once or twice(when you enter sanellhi’s head that is).Sacrifice the guy who is perhaps the most key figure in the project we were supposed to embark… Read more »
I hope when the real banter does begin that it’s more cogent and more amusing that your comment.
That was a bad idea Anthony.I regret that post,not Emery’s fault as much as what happened at the entire organisation.?
Sorry,now that i look at it,might’ve been to harsh on Unai.its just that recent stuff that’s going on and the dread it makes me feel thinking Sven might actually leave caused this.But you can see why he might wanna leave. Most of the signings we made thus far aren’t according to his visions.Leno,Torreira and Mavropanos the exempts.Guendouzi was perhaps as well.Auba+Mkhi was clearly a combined project by Gazidis,Lich a chance the board couldn’t resist.Sokratis a quick fix when clearly he wanted Diallo.And now this january we are being linked with loan stars and Chinese mercenary clearly none of whom are… Read more »
Emery was reported to be highly involved in the deals for Torreira and Guendouzi. Are they has been ex Sevilla players? Meanwhile Mislintat brought in Sokratis, lichsteiner and Mkhitaryan.
Emery and Torreira? No way.But 100% was involved with guenand main reason he joined us,yes.Mislintat gave us 16m sokratis a decent UCL level player in his prime for championship level money.Lich deal from all the sources came as a deal made collectively board.nothing to scout there.Mkhi was instrumental in getting Auba and He was our main target to improve PR once we sold Sanchez.and we got him on a swap,the only decent player utd was ready to let go as part of the deal.So yeah…don’t fool yourself saying he was worthless.
What do you mean no way? Torreira even said emery convinced him to sign for the club and they spoke in Spanish at great lengths about his plan for him. Does it not count when Torreira says it himself because emery isn’t “diamond eye” Mislintat
“convinced” and “identified” are two very different things my friend.
Up until the point you started being sarcastic a lot of your points were valid. We either support the manager or sack him now and then see if our players are up for a relegation battle…based on Saturday’s performance I’m guessing the answer is no.
Mislintat has a proven track record of find value in the currently inflationary market.
Imho, he is the guy who could make the difference in a scenario with budget constraints, as he did in Bundesliga with BVB. Lose him would be a blow in terms of competitiveness on and off field.
Here I thought Kronke Jr would be the one saving grace after Gazidis left. Young and with things to prove. Separated from this my thoughts on this issue, I think this coming year has to be the last year we allow Kronke to do whatever he is doing. There’s no better time to inject some cash just this once into the club. I am all for a self sustaining model but after some evident self inflicted damage the previous/current administration has done. The owner now needs to steady the ship if he cares at all. Just a one time injection… Read more »
From what i understand, Sven Mislintat is not open to negotiations with Unai Emery and Raul Sannlehi regarding transfer requirements. If that is true, then maybe there is good reason for this.
So weird how tribal people are getting about this guy. If he wants total control that is, honestly, ridiculous. Head coach, manager, or otherwise, the guy picking the team needs some influence on the recruitment. Liverpool have a committee but Klopp still has a say. It feels like because emery is titled “head coach” and because Wenger had so much power, people are expecting him to work with a lack of control that no manager in world football would put up with
YES lets get ride of Ozil and Ramsey and buy Trash Suarez and Finished Banega.
Pretty much every manager in the top 6 would move on Ozil, I’m sorry. So many expected Ozil to clash with a manager who didn’t indulge him like Wenger did. That coddled environment is something we all criticised Wenger for in recent seasons so let’s not suddenly start spitting our dummies out when the inevitable happened. Suarez on loan is a perfectly reasonable move to make. As for banega, we haven’t signed him. I would say though, Wenger bought Henry and Pires but he did also buy Remi Garde because he knew his style and was a voice for him… Read more »
“Klopp still has a say”.
When the committee told him they wanted to get Salah, he rejected it and wanted some other dude. Guess what? They ignored him and got Salah anyways.
Yes, because he was overruled in a committee. Emery would be as well in the same situation. Marked difference between that and one guy dictating to Klopp every player he has to work with.
You know nothing, yet sputter so much crap
None of us do, if you disagree then that’s fine. It’s the Arseblog comments section, it doesn’t really matter.
Wasn’t our new structure meant to mitigate situations like this? He and Raul seemed to amassed a lot of power at the club in a short space of time
I was saying for a long time that Wenger and even Gazidis glued everything together. Gazidis was the good guy here. You will realize that soon. He had ambitions to take Arsenal forward based on OUR values. He left because he was outspoken. Every club in the world would love to have Mislintat. Based on the players we were interested in this month (Banega and Suarez) he really didn’t have any say anymore and that is why he is going. Everyone was hyping Sanllehi and I was always asking myself why? Most of the deals he made at Barcelona were… Read more »
I cannot begin to even list how many ways I disagree with this comment.
do try 😉
I second that…without any real proof people are assuming that Sven is leaving because Unai wants to bring in his own players that Sven doesn’t rate. I think it’s more likely that Unai has not been impressed with some of Sven’s finds and ultimately his neck is on the line and he should be able to bring in players he knows he can rely on.
Outspoken? You only heard from him on good news, hem disappeared like a rat up a drainpipe if anything was slightly negative and allowed others to face the media.
Gazidis was woefully useless.
Are we Masters of Masochisim? Like what the actual fuck is going on? We should have never moved from Highbury. We have gone from The Invincibles to a club looking to secure a brighter future to a club in the (on the pitch) to a club in decline (transition on and off the pitch). Now it looks like we’re just making things up as we go along. This is just bloody ridiculous :/
The power vacuum is real
No…Raul is firmly in the driving seat and I suspect this was always the outcome Ivan had planned when he left for Milan.
I’d go further and say there’s some good-old school-yard Spanish-speaking ganging-up going on here. Raul and Emery vs Sven and… Huss Fahmy?
Both on and off the pitch we’re looking shakier than an alcoholic parkinsons sufferer, the morning after.
What. In. The. World. Is. Going. On.
Macbeth
My expectations were lowered in the summer of 2011, and have just gradually got lower… looks like that trend is set to continue for the foreseeable future.
Yeah. When you consider how many things have changed, coaches, directors, ever more insane TV deals, without us getting any closer to bringing a title to the Emirates, one chief scout leaving the club is just a drop in the ocean.
I’m actually kind of amused how much people are projecting their own vision for the club on this guy. He knew the situation with finances when he joined the club, I’ve no doubt. If he was supposed to signal a return to “project youth” he spent 100 million on a striker when we had far more pressing areas of the pitch to address, brought in Mkhitaryan who is 30 with no scope to improve, no resale value, and on a high wage so hard to sift and Sokratis who is 30, average and again has no potential to improve or… Read more »
No, he spent 57 million on a striker that is currently Premier League top scorer.
He spent 57m on a striker that is top goalscorer in the league even through he’s in terrible form.
Sure, and I would argue that Lacazette and Giroud was a good enough strike force to at least get us back in the champions league. Auba is top scorer but that’s, frankly, a bit pointless when you have Mustafi and lichsteiner in your defence.
So poor t sign the top scorer in the PL, GO TO BED YOU DRUGGED IDIOT
Charming
please dont tell me we have a control freak owner AND manager
Sounds like we have a control freak Sanllehi
Reports from Honigstein are that emery worked well with Sven and this is more a Sanhelli play
Disappointed? Yes – but it really isn’t the end of Arsenal if true so lets not over-exaggerate like some already have! Sven clearly hasn’t been ignored because we’ve signed a few players (for quite a bit of money) based on his recommendations and considering he’s only been here for about a year I would rule out that he could be fed up with anything. On the other hand, this IS the person who left Dortmund simply because Tuchel asked him to stop attending training sessions… Sounds incredibly petty to me so who knows; maybe his fragile ego has been bruised… Read more »
YES , lets move ON …….. to championship.
So the merry go round starts. Let’s see, If Sven leaves & Emery fails. Then we can appoint Tuchel when he also fails at PSG and then……
Then I guess we have to see who replaces tuchel at PSG to know who our next manager is
I might be wrong, but I think Tuchel was already gone from BVB for a while before Sven joined us.
You know nothing, shut up
If we lose him we are in big big trouble. Do not underestimate how much harder our player recruitment will be with a new man in post, with a minimal budget to play with.
This is not good at all.
Sounds to me like Gazidis’ departure created a consequential power play and one person lost.
We are falling apart. #kroenkeout
Right now, the club seems fucked. Plenty of doom and glad ahead, it feels like.
I realise glad is a autospell mistake. I wish it wasn’t, I wish glad was real. It’s not though. It’s doom and it’s shit.
I just came here for the glad.
I wouldn’t have a problem with Edu coming in, apparently an excellent football administrator and a former Gunner.
I’ve no idea what or why things have gone wrong between the club and Mislintat but I wonder if the fact he has no Spanish influence in his life has anything to do with the situation. I’m not accusing anyone of anything just thinking aloud.
Let’s hope whatever happens it is the best outcome for the club..
Spot-on. It’s a Spanish club now. Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s been some underhand, behind-the back stuff going on.
Them scheming Spaniards, eh? Coming here nicking our club!
Remember that Emery’s english isn’t exactly grade A yet..
It’s much easier for Unai to convince Raul of, say Denis Suarez than it is for Sven at a meeting with his stats book on the Bolivian 3rd division.
Brexshit
I’m starting to feel like we are becoming s sinking ship. This season started on such a positive note but right now it’s looking like there’s a nightmare on the horizon.
Oh for those simpler days when people obsessed about what happened on the pitch and not who the ‘head of…’ anything might be this week or next. Not a criticism of anything said here mind, but of how football is now. Money ruins goddamn everything.
Oh shit.
Lol
This is clearly Ozil’s fault!
I couldn’t help laughing.
Me neither, I needed it too
Maybe Dortmund didn’t agree to sell any further players to us therefore making his job redundant.
Pulisic to chelsea lost him his job
If this is true, then Sven has fallen out with two clubs in 18 months. Makes Mourinho look like an amatuer! Maybe he’s the problem. Anyway, Arsenal have been through worse seasons than this. Onwards and upwards!
Brexshit
I don’t understand why people are so bothered.
This is the man that brought Lichtsteiner, Sokratis and Leno to the club.
I don’t care if he leaves.
Arsenal are in decline – all this bullshit about “new regime” is just a ruse to fool fans into believing Arsenal are a big club – they are not.
In two years time they will be in a relegation fight.
This makes Wenger’s last years seem like the glory days…
^Fool
Is this a pitch for film fundraising?
Well, that escalated quickly.
I will not miss him. Since arrival to Emirates he has been overhyped by gullible Gooners. He has been portrayed as the better of Wenger, a whizkid who is a magnet to great skills. In the last few years Arsenal has been good at signing non playing personnel with difficult names while owners are milking the club and making zero investment into playing squad detail. All the great managers that were supposed to take over from Wenger and lead us back to championship contenders will leave one by one. Until Kroenke sells the club to caring owners the best times… Read more »
Can you honestly blame him?
Why would he stay if 90% of the players he puts forward are hit back with ‘we can’t afford to buy’
It’s like having an optic with an empty bottle. Q
The falcon cannot hear the falconer/ things fall apart the centre cannot hold
That’s some deep shit brother
True dat deep team
They can have him. He hasn’t been that great. Some people want to believe there is a change in the way we do things. Mslintat and Sanheli had AMPLE opportunity to address issues last January. Instead we did not extent Ramsey early, we did not buy what Wenger needed (a RW player like Mahrez) and we ended up prey to United and taking on Mhkitaryan This summer, we had AMPLE opportunity to buy better Cbacks. Sokratis has been OK (minus his Greek Wrestling which conceded a penalty) but Lichsteiner a complete waste of 90K a week for one year. Band… Read more »
You are so wrong
Ahh the usual santori ramble..
Before even reading this post I guessed it would contain subjects like Mahrez, us being laid prey to United, Torreira making mistakes in 3 games and of course the lazy jab at Mislintat for “only bringing in ex-Dortmund players”.
Don’t you ever get tired of writing the same thing over and over again? ‘Cause I certainly get tired of having to scroll past them on almost every article.
And this is the problem with decentralisation.
He has not work particularly well in conjunction with BOTH wenger and Emery in servicing the needs of the squad. His signings have been hit and miss much like Dick Law (whom we got Santi Carzola and Koscielny but also Andre Santos and Squillaci) Some people prefer to will themselves into believing he is this genius maverick transfer guru. There are equally good if not better people out there that have operated with Monaco, Athletico MAdrid we can consider. The key issue is listening to what the manager needs. Mslintat has his own agenda with ex Dortmund players. We can… Read more »
With regard lack of funds, the rumours rumbling in the press is that Emery would prefer to sell Ozil to raise funds because Mslintat is telling him we can only do loans. There is no guarantee we will be in CL come summer and the players available now (Dennis or Carrasco) have circumstantial reasons to leave now much like Mahrez did last Jan before City came in last minute in window to push his price up. Come the summer, these players may very well not consider us or be available to us as others will come into market ready to… Read more »
Before willing Özil gone, let’s ask the guy himself if he wishes to leave. He’s got a contract and HE respects it.
No, Mislintat is not the one who had to tell the gaffer only loan deals, that comes from higher up.
Perhaps Mahrez didn’t want to move to Arsenal. Please consider that before repeating yourself. It would be nice to move on from that subject seeing as it was a year ago now.
Why do you always talk down to other fans, it’s very rude. You speak as if there’s you then beneath you is the rest of us. Why?
Shouldn’t these guys be able to agree on a strategic plan for the future of this club?
Wasn’t Sven involved in the decision to appoint Emery as well? Vinai, Raul, Sven and Unai (+ Ivan) must have had some kind of vision, no?!
Get around a table and sort it! Put the egos aside!
It hasn’t even been a full season.
People (in general) really should communicate better and talk more for fuck’s sake…
Aubameyang. I fail to see why some like to wank off to him as “world class” Yes he’s top of the charts along I might add with Salah and Kane but he’s slow as mud considering he is suppose to be pacy, gives the ball away a lot and never able to challenge for any of the high balls. World class was RVP who could score but also create his own opportunities, take on players. He’s an OK signing for us. We need more from him at 180K a week. Meanwhile the same people will have a moan about iwobi… Read more »
Bit rich, with you wanking regularly all over your keyboard on here. We have to put up with your ‘in depth’ analysis in our face wether we like it or not.
Guess,we will be the first Blackpool in the EPL. Kreonke should be forced out.
I think Kroenke wants to drive Arsenal fans away from the club and soccer so they end up following LA Rams
Like I’ve said before, the REAL problem at Arsenal is a hopeless lack of leadership from the very top. We are a complete joke now.
Anyway,what’s the point of having a head of recruitment if we don’t have any money to spend?
No surprise I guess. After all, what good is a diamond eye with a cubic zirconia budget.
Just about had enough, had mail from club on discount on Cardiff tickets, fuck you Arsenal. That’s it from me for a good while, fuck you again.
Money would fix it all and we don’t have any because we have a rat owner. They sold us out
Maybe Sven didn’t clash with UE or Raul. Nor he was dishearted by funds.
Maybe simply it’s Bayern Rebuild task where he will be challended to find 5star players that actually lured him out? Can you blame him? No. Shall we hit the panic button? No. Shall we keep giving Stan money? …no