CrimsonGunner11 wrote:Phil71 wrote:If Antonio Conte is available and interested we should go and get him.
He's not interested apparently
Where did you see that?
by Phil71 » Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:50 am
CrimsonGunner11 wrote:Phil71 wrote:If Antonio Conte is available and interested we should go and get him.
He's not interested apparently
by CrimsonGunner11 » Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:57 am
Phil71 wrote:CrimsonGunner11 wrote:Phil71 wrote:If Antonio Conte is available and interested we should go and get him.
He's not interested apparently
Where did you see that?
On Conte, am told he would be, er, lukewarm re Arsenal - which probably says more about club right now. Although seems United is only English club he’d go for now
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 08393.html
by Tubbs » Wed Aug 25, 2021 12:29 pm
by Hypergooner » Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:34 pm
aniym wrote:Hypergooner wrote:Get Wenger back for the remainder of this season (once Arteta loses to Spurs)! He'll bring with him the old-school excitement and new ideas!
We can then steady the ship while we look long and hard at our manager options with his guidance.
He would also tell Edu to jog on when he tries to spend £30m on a 3rd keeper in January
Wenger in 17/18 - 63 points
Arteta in 20/21 - 61 points
by Highbury Hillbilly » Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:55 pm
Hypergooner wrote:aniym wrote:Hypergooner wrote:Get Wenger back for the remainder of this season (once Arteta loses to Spurs)! He'll bring with him the old-school excitement and new ideas!
We can then steady the ship while we look long and hard at our manager options with his guidance.
He would also tell Edu to jog on when he tries to spend £30m on a 3rd keeper in January
Wenger in 17/18 - 63 points
Arteta in 20/21 - 61 points
Doesn't mean anything. Wenger got 75 points in 16/17 and only finished 5th.
He never finished 8th or 7th
by Hypergooner » Wed Aug 25, 2021 3:47 pm
aniym wrote:Hypergooner wrote:aniym wrote:Hypergooner wrote:Get Wenger back for the remainder of this season (once Arteta loses to Spurs)! He'll bring with him the old-school excitement and new ideas!
We can then steady the ship while we look long and hard at our manager options with his guidance.
He would also tell Edu to jog on when he tries to spend £30m on a 3rd keeper in January
Wenger in 17/18 - 63 points
Arteta in 20/21 - 61 points
Doesn't mean anything. Wenger got 75 points in 16/17 and only finished 5th.
He never finished 8th or 7th
It means Wenger's done at this level. All his trophies and innovation are his legacy but not representative of what he can offer as a man in his mid 70s.
by Angelito » Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:43 pm
by Highbury Hillbilly » Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:51 pm
Hypergooner wrote:aniym wrote:Hypergooner wrote:aniym wrote:Hypergooner wrote:Get Wenger back for the remainder of this season (once Arteta loses to Spurs)! He'll bring with him the old-school excitement and new ideas!
We can then steady the ship while we look long and hard at our manager options with his guidance.
He would also tell Edu to jog on when he tries to spend £30m on a 3rd keeper in January
Wenger in 17/18 - 63 points
Arteta in 20/21 - 61 points
Doesn't mean anything. Wenger got 75 points in 16/17 and only finished 5th.
He never finished 8th or 7th
It means Wenger's done at this level. All his trophies and innovation are his legacy but not representative of what he can offer as a man in his mid 70s.
Defo would do better than Arteta for the rest of this season
by Alexis » Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:38 pm
Angelito wrote:While there may be truth to this (Conte's lack of interest), be aware that Delaney is a huge shit-stirrer.
by Highbury Hillbilly » Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:42 pm
Alexis wrote:Angelito wrote:While there may be truth to this (Conte's lack of interest), be aware that Delaney is a huge shit-stirrer.
Nah Conte will come. He was gonna take over spurs if not for levy bulking at his 100m+ transfer kitty.
He'll come here if we promise to back with 100m+ and will get the club back competing.
Its hilarious how the club rejected allegri who was happy to take over as long as we gave him 100m to reshape the squad and instead went for Emery and now arteta plus 400m+ spending later are even shittier than where Wenger left us.
by Angelito » Sat Aug 28, 2021 5:39 pm
by Nuggets » Sat Aug 28, 2021 6:22 pm
Angelito wrote:I agree that Conte would easily join Arsenal if we offered him the same salary as Klopp, or thereabouts. The latter earns around £15m a year. Granit Xhaka earns anywhere between £6-8m a year. Willian earns £6m+ a year.
Paying Conte £15m is a no-brainer. If we do so, he'd be game. It's not like Arsenal haven't been spending money either. We've splashed £420m since Wenger departed excluding loan and signing-on fees. Arteta alone has spent in excess of £200m.
Conte and £200m would be a different beast altogether.
Aniym, Allegri's case is different. He turned down Real Madrid to join Juve again. He never wanted to leave Juve. His issue was that he didn't want them to sign Cristiano the first time around. That spiralled across and created complications between him and the board.
Conte is different. He takes up projects. All the board has to do is back him. Sure, he demands certain players. Arteta has been throwing his weight around at Arsenal too. He did get to sign his players whether that was Willian, Thomas, or White. He dumped Martínez. He ostracized Ozil, Saliba, and Guendouzi. He offered Auba that whopping contract.
It's not like the club hasn't backed him. Conte would demand similar support except this time a proven manager and a relentless winner would be doing the talking.
by Highbury Hillbilly » Sat Aug 28, 2021 6:42 pm
by Nuggets » Sat Aug 28, 2021 6:50 pm
aniym wrote:Angelito, our standing as a club is the lowest it's ever been. Dead last. This isn't a project, it's Afghanistan. Conte is a short term guy, he knows that. He js not going going to be satisfied with a Top 4 run in 2 years' time. I don't see him sticking around in England longer than that.
Conte aside, any manager of repute is going to stay far away until we give Edu the boot as well.
by Alexis » Sat Aug 28, 2021 9:41 pm
aniym wrote:Alexis wrote:Angelito wrote:While there may be truth to this (Conte's lack of interest), be aware that Delaney is a huge shit-stirrer.
Nah Conte will come. He was gonna take over spurs if not for levy bulking at his 100m+ transfer kitty.
He'll come here if we promise to back with 100m+ and will get the club back competing.
Its hilarious how the club rejected allegri who was happy to take over as long as we gave him 100m to reshape the squad and instead went for Emery and now arteta plus 400m+ spending later are even shittier than where Wenger left us.
Where is the proof that we approached Allegri or that he wanted to come?
Conte is not going to take over this flaming pile of rubble on the off chance that we give him a huge budget a year from now.