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Giggs pour le Daily Mail :

 

« Je n'aimais pas Vieira car il était vicieux et s'en sortait toujours. Je n'aimais pas Petit car il avait les cheveux longs. Je n'aimais pas Pirès non plus, alors que si vous le rencontrez aujourd'hui, c'est vraiment un mec sympa, a raconté l'actuel sélectionneur du pays de Galles. Je ne les regardais même pas, ne les connaissais pas et ne le voulais surtout pas. Je n'aimais pas Bergkamp non plus. Je me disais qu'il n'était pas aussi bon qu'Éric Cantona. Pourtant je ne suis pas ce genre de personne, mais vous deviez vous mettre cette haine dans la tête. C'était de la pure motivation. Mais au fond, on savait qu'ils étaient parmi les meilleurs et cette rivalité était tout pour nous. Encore plus qu'avec Liverpool à cette époque. » 
 

Il aimait moins Arsenal que la femme de son frère en tout cas...

 

Cette rivalité de chiens enragés avec United me manque,aujourd'hui encore les plus belles victoires du club à mes yeux sont celles contre les Reds Devils....United qui reste le club le plus supporté de Londres qui plus est,ça me dégoute.

 

 

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Il n'avait pas menti le fils Kroenke.

 

Pour ma part ça ne date pas d'aujourd'hui, mais les maux d'Arsenal ne sont pas liés aux Kroenke, même s'ils sont tout au haut de la chaine de direction, il y avait d'autres problèmes à soulever que de balancer des " Kroenke OUT " à tout va.

 

Des erreurs sur la gestion de l'effectif et dans le recrutement :

 

Ce ne sont pas eux qui ont donné 20M€ à un Ozil qui se moque du club depuis 6 ans, ou d'un Jenkinson pas au niveau depuis 2012 qui est encore au club ?

Ce ne sont pas eux qui ont obtenus 0€ de : Ramsey, Wilshere, Welbeck, Sanchez, ou vendu Gnarby 5M€.

Ce ne sont pas eux qui ont dépensés plus de 100M€ en 2016 (la dernière année ou on était en CL) pour Mustafi, Xhaka et Perez.

 

Depuis 2016 (Si confirmation pour Pepe) ce serait 300M€ dépensés net, Tottenham est a 80M€, Liverpool 100M€, Chelsea 150M€, seuls les manchester sont au dessus, United à 400M€ et City à 500M€.

La fucking money on la dépense, elle ne reste pas dans les poches de Stan, en 2017, puis 2018 et maintenant 2019 on a fait notre transfert record.

Est-ce qu'on la dépense bien ? Est-ce qu'on valorise nos actifs ? Capable de vendre nos joueurs à la bonne valeur ? Qui est responsable ?

 

En parlant de CL et pour se rapprocher du terrain, sont-ils responsables du 10-2 pris lors de notre dernier match de C1 ? Face au club qu'on nous avait promis d'imiter.

La fin de saison catastrophique sans CL et avec une finale ou l'équipe n'as même pas réussi à perdre avec honneur.

 

Les dernières actions du club montrent de l'ambition, je lisais encore ici il y a peu, que leur but serait de mettre le club en milieu de tableau, pour réduire les depenses et rapporter davantage.

Les valeurs du clubs ? En plus du recrutement on mise sur les jeunes cette année avec la promotion de Ljungberg, Per Mertesacker à intégré l'académie, Edu est revenu au club.

 

Avec tout ce monde il y a surement des discordances, mais c'est le cas dans de nombreux domaines, le club geré par un seul homme c'est terminé, et tant mieux.

 

Le club se developpe de manière économique avec les nouveaux sponsors et contrats, de manière sportive avec le recrutement, tout en misant sur les jeunes.

Les Kroenke ont aussi leur part de responsabilités car ils tout en haut, mais les faire passer pour ce qu'ils ne sont pas, et mettre sur le dos tout les maux du club non.

On ne refera pas l'histoire, ils sont devenus propriètaires et c'est pas prêt de changer, ils ne connaissent rien ou peu au football, donc ils deleguent, preuve d'intelligence.

 

C'est sans doute plus facile de taper sur des étrangers à l'autre bout du monde, mais les fans devraient prendre du recul et comprendre ce qui ne va pas avec le club.

 

Maintenant c'est à Emery, Ljungberg, Mertesacker, Edu au staff et à notre équipe de faire en sorte qu'on retrouve la CL des l'an prochain, avec un Chelsea privé de recrutement qui a perdu son meilleur joueur, et un Manchester à la ramasse qui n'as pas de coach, le TOP 4 est plus que jamais jouable.

 

 

 

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Il y a 10 heures, Arsenal91270 a dit :

Il n'avait pas menti le fils Kroenke.

 

Pour ma part ça ne date pas d'aujourd'hui, mais les maux d'Arsenal ne sont pas liés aux Kroenke, même s'ils sont tout au haut de la chaine de direction, il y avait d'autres problèmes à soulever que de balancer des " Kroenke OUT " à tout va.

 

Des erreurs sur la gestion de l'effectif et dans le recrutement :

 

Ce ne sont pas eux qui ont donné 20M€ à un Ozil qui se moque du club depuis 6 ans, ou d'un Jenkinson pas au niveau depuis 2012 qui est encore au club ?

Ce ne sont pas eux qui ont obtenus 0€ de : Ramsey, Wilshere, Welbeck, Sanchez, ou vendu Gnarby 5M€.

Ce ne sont pas eux qui ont dépensés plus de 100M€ en 2016 (la dernière année ou on était en CL) pour Mustafi, Xhaka et Perez.

 

Depuis 2016 (Si confirmation pour Pepe) ce serait 300M€ dépensés net, Tottenham est a 80M€, Liverpool 100M€, Chelsea 150M€, seuls les manchester sont au dessus, United à 400M€ et City à 500M€.

La fucking money on la dépense, elle ne reste pas dans les poches de Stan, en 2017, puis 2018 et maintenant 2019 on a fait notre transfert record.

Est-ce qu'on la dépense bien ? Est-ce qu'on valorise nos actifs ? Capable de vendre nos joueurs à la bonne valeur ? Qui est responsable ?

 

En parlant de CL et pour se rapprocher du terrain, sont-ils responsables du 10-2 pris lors de notre dernier match de C1 ? Face au club qu'on nous avait promis d'imiter.

La fin de saison catastrophique sans CL et avec une finale ou l'équipe n'as même pas réussi à perdre avec honneur.

 

Les dernières actions du club montrent de l'ambition, je lisais encore ici il y a peu, que leur but serait de mettre le club en milieu de tableau, pour réduire les depenses et rapporter davantage.

Les valeurs du clubs ? En plus du recrutement on mise sur les jeunes cette année avec la promotion de Ljungberg, Per Mertesacker à intégré l'académie, Edu est revenu au club.

 

Avec tout ce monde il y a surement des discordances, mais c'est le cas dans de nombreux domaines, le club geré par un seul homme c'est terminé, et tant mieux.

 

Le club se developpe de manière économique avec les nouveaux sponsors et contrats, de manière sportive avec le recrutement, tout en misant sur les jeunes.

Les Kroenke ont aussi leur part de responsabilités car ils tout en haut, mais les faire passer pour ce qu'ils ne sont pas, et mettre sur le dos tout les maux du club non.

On ne refera pas l'histoire, ils sont devenus propriètaires et c'est pas prêt de changer, ils ne connaissent rien ou peu au football, donc ils deleguent, preuve d'intelligence.

 

C'est sans doute plus facile de taper sur des étrangers à l'autre bout du monde, mais les fans devraient prendre du recul et comprendre ce qui ne va pas avec le club.

 

Maintenant c'est à Emery, Ljungberg, Mertesacker, Edu au staff et à notre équipe de faire en sorte qu'on retrouve la CL des l'an prochain, avec un Chelsea privé de recrutement qui a perdu son meilleur joueur, et un Manchester à la ramasse qui n'as pas de coach, le TOP 4 est plus que jamais jouable.

 

 

 

Oui il y a plein de point ou tu as raison, mais j'ai pas compris pourquoi sortir qu'on avait 40M de budget à Ornstein, ca a mit les supporters en colère, c'était mieux de rien communiqué. 

 

 

 

Dans ce club tout est noir ou blanc, mais en soit la notre mercato c'est un DC qui va en prêt, un milieu sans option d'achat,  et Pepe la oui c'est excellent, mais Koscielny est out. On a toujours Mustafi. 

 

 

Moi ce qui me dérange c'est que Korenke a rien investit dans le club. Perso je demande pas d'investir en masse mais de combler les bords, sur ce mercato on va lâcher environ 100M car je pense que Tierney ça négocie encore et on a vendu Ospina Amaechi et pourcentage de revente sur Benaccer, donc en gros on sera à 100M. 

 

 

Tu rajoutes 50M sur un gros DC genre Upamecano, là ça donne encore une autre dimension à l'équipe. Et c'est ce petit truc que je vois toujours pas dans le club, on arrive jamais à combler tout les manques. 

 

 

Avant on avait pas de 9 intéressants, puis on vendu nos ailiers pour deux 9 mais après on avait plus d'ailier... c'est toujours la même chose, et un Kroenke pourrait ajuster tout ça. Maintenant c'est pas le fond du bleme la dessus je te rejoins. 

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11 hours ago, Arsenal91270 said:

Il n'avait pas menti le fils Kroenke.

 

Pour ma part ça ne date pas d'aujourd'hui, mais les maux d'Arsenal ne sont pas liés aux Kroenke, même s'ils sont tout au haut de la chaine de direction, il y avait d'autres problèmes à soulever que de balancer des " Kroenke OUT " à tout va.

 

Des erreurs sur la gestion de l'effectif et dans le recrutement :

 

Ce ne sont pas eux qui ont donné 20M€ à un Ozil qui se moque du club depuis 6 ans, ou d'un Jenkinson pas au niveau depuis 2012 qui est encore au club ?

Ce ne sont pas eux qui ont obtenus 0€ de : Ramsey, Wilshere, Welbeck, Sanchez, ou vendu Gnarby 5M€.

Ce ne sont pas eux qui ont dépensés plus de 100M€ en 2016 (la dernière année ou on était en CL) pour Mustafi, Xhaka et Perez.

 

Depuis 2016 (Si confirmation pour Pepe) ce serait 300M€ dépensés net, Tottenham est a 80M€, Liverpool 100M€, Chelsea 150M€, seuls les manchester sont au dessus, United à 400M€ et City à 500M€.

La fucking money on la dépense, elle ne reste pas dans les poches de Stan, en 2017, puis 2018 et maintenant 2019 on a fait notre transfert record.

Est-ce qu'on la dépense bien ? Est-ce qu'on valorise nos actifs ? Capable de vendre nos joueurs à la bonne valeur ? Qui est responsable ?

 

En parlant de CL et pour se rapprocher du terrain, sont-ils responsables du 10-2 pris lors de notre dernier match de C1 ? Face au club qu'on nous avait promis d'imiter.

La fin de saison catastrophique sans CL et avec une finale ou l'équipe n'as même pas réussi à perdre avec honneur.

 

Les dernières actions du club montrent de l'ambition, je lisais encore ici il y a peu, que leur but serait de mettre le club en milieu de tableau, pour réduire les depenses et rapporter davantage.

Les valeurs du clubs ? En plus du recrutement on mise sur les jeunes cette année avec la promotion de Ljungberg, Per Mertesacker à intégré l'académie, Edu est revenu au club.

 

Avec tout ce monde il y a surement des discordances, mais c'est le cas dans de nombreux domaines, le club geré par un seul homme c'est terminé, et tant mieux.

 

Le club se developpe de manière économique avec les nouveaux sponsors et contrats, de manière sportive avec le recrutement, tout en misant sur les jeunes.

Les Kroenke ont aussi leur part de responsabilités car ils tout en haut, mais les faire passer pour ce qu'ils ne sont pas, et mettre sur le dos tout les maux du club non.

On ne refera pas l'histoire, ils sont devenus propriètaires et c'est pas prêt de changer, ils ne connaissent rien ou peu au football, donc ils deleguent, preuve d'intelligence.

 

C'est sans doute plus facile de taper sur des étrangers à l'autre bout du monde, mais les fans devraient prendre du recul et comprendre ce qui ne va pas avec le club.

 

Maintenant c'est à Emery, Ljungberg, Mertesacker, Edu au staff et à notre équipe de faire en sorte qu'on retrouve la CL des l'an prochain, avec un Chelsea privé de recrutement qui a perdu son meilleur joueur, et un Manchester à la ramasse qui n'as pas de coach, le TOP 4 est plus que jamais jouable.

 

 

 

Je suis assez d’accord avec ça, ce n’est pas juste un problème d’argent.

 

Par contre, c’est quand même eux qui nomment les dirigeants.

La plus part des problèmes que tu cites viennent du fait qu’on a un organigramme pas clair avec des personnes aux qualités douteuses qui se tirent dans les pattes.

 

Ce qui nous faut c’est une personne compétente en charge du sportif avec une vrai vision pour le club, capable de mener un projet sur 5-6 ans. Et ça les Kroenke ont été incapable de la faire...

 

Le duo Wenger-Gazidis n’a pas du tout marché, et maintenant on a une demi-dizaine de personne qui semblent gérer différentes part du sportif sans projet commun et sans rôle très clair.

Apres faut avouer que depuis deux mercato ça marche pas si mal malgré tout donc à voir ce que ça donne.

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Anelka - Henry, vingt ans d’un chassé-croisé précurseur

 

https://www.eurosport.fr/football/transferts/2019-2020/3-aout-1999-anelka-henry-vingt-ans-dun-chasse-croise-precurseur_sto7395776/story.shtml

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 Mon plus grand regret :(

PREMIER LEAGUE: RONALDO RÉVÈLE AVOIR ÉTÉ TRÈS PROCHE DE SIGNER À ARSENAL

Dans un entretien accordé à ITV, Cristiano Ronaldo est revenu sur son été 2003 durant lequel il s'est engagé avec Manchester United. Le Portugais révèle que l'histoire aurait pu toute autre en ayant été tout proche de signer à Arsenal où Arsène Wenger avait une longueur d'avance.

 

https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/premier-league-ronaldo-revele-avoir-ete-tres-proche-de-signer-a-arsenal-1770077.html?fbclid=IwAR0gvFfzR_MfHC4_q4i9xyN02EzZMAUUL7hXj2Me1bePlLk1xgh3w1QHSaA

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Forteresse : Les huit équipes les plus dures à jouer à domicile en Europe

 

https://www.90min.com/fr/posts/6475046-forteresse-les-huit-equipes-les-plus-dures-a-jouer-a-domicile-en-europe/partners/45171?fbclid=IwAR2ccg_Gk6bKxEqYJrqWe385VHnAo7teUBiScD7IwhbqAIOWA-wQKKfd1oE

 

malgré nos performances, sympa qu'Arsenal soit 6eme.

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https://arsenalinnovationlab.com/

le club a lancé un lab en 2017 et aujourd'hui devient incubateur pour des start up que le board cible

objectif: développer la base de fans , développer le marketing, la vente etc...

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Pelé:"He is the best player in the world; He has just been a little unlucky in the past.";                   Maradona: "Totti is the world's number one" ;                     Mourinho: "He's the best player in the Italian championship in terms of spectacle and quality of play."                    Ferguson: "Totti is the fantastic player";                           Wenger: "Totti is a top, top class player. He used to play in behind the strikers and then one day they had no central striker so they played him up front and won game after game. He suddenly became the topscorer in Italy as a central striker. That means this guy has absolutely everything"             Platini: " Totti est un artiste du football. Son seul défaut est d'être romain."

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Mahrez déclare dans France Football qu'il était à 2 doigts de signer à l'été 2016 https://www.francefootball.fr/news/Riyad-mahrez-se-confie-dans-ff-j-ai-eu-ma-revanche/1079235

 

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Leicester m'a bloqué. Ils m'ont dit : “Tu ne pars pas, tu ne pars pas !” Mon agent avait discuté avec Wenger qui me voulait vraiment, c'était presque fait avec Arsenal à l'été 2016. [...] J'étais vraiment frustré. 

 

J'aime Kampberg.

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Article intéressant paru dans l'Athletic, ça montre bien que depuis le départ de Wenger les loups peuvent rentrer dans la bergerie et qu'on va avoir des transferts surprenants dans le futur. C'est pas très rassurant cette connection entre Edu et Joorabchian.

 

 

Edu, Kia Joorabchian and what it means for Arsenal

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Since Kia Joorabchian’s family fled Iran after the fall of the Shah, he has had various incarnations: aspiring scientist, oil trader, newspaper tycoon and notorious football magnate to name but a few. Through all the years, one thing has remained consistent in his identity: Joorabchian is an Arsenal fan.

Some years ago, Joorabchian investigated the possibility of investing in the club of his heart. Ultimately, he made do with a £100,000-a-year corporate box. Until recently, his considerable influence in football did not extend to the Arsenal boardroom. He remained a spectator, just another supporter. When Joorabchian took his seat to watch Arsene Wenger’s teams, it was strictly pleasure — no business.

However, that is now changing. Wenger’s departure has opened the door to a new era. There is another team close to Joorabchian’s heart — Brazil’s Corinthians — and it is through his association with the Sao Paulo outfit that he came to know their former player Edu Gaspar. When Arsenal wanted Edu to be their new technical director earlier this year, it was Joorabchian who brokered the deal.

Joorabchian, who has spent so long on the periphery at Arsenal, finally has a man on the inside.


The year before Joorabchian made headlines in England by bringing Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano to West Ham United, he had already sent shockwaves through South American football by shifting the Argentine pair to Corinthians.

It was 2004 when the Brazilian club struck a deal with MSI (Media Sports Investments), a London-based investment fund fronted by Joorabchian. He publicly promised to rival Real Madrid and Manchester United in building “a team of Galacticos”. MSI pledged to wipe the club’s debts and invest a minimum of $35 million in exchange for 51 per cent of profits. A club that had been on the brink of economic crisis suddenly became a landing spot for some of South America’s brightest talent.

The $22 million deal to sign Tevez from Argentina’s Boca Juniors was reportedly four times the previous Brazilian transfer record, and MSI put up a significant percentage of the money. In return, they had control of 35 per cent of the player’s registration rights — a strategy that was to become common practice for Joorabchian’s fund. Mascherano is said to have arrived as part of a collaboration between MSI and Global Soccer Agencies (GSA) — a firm linked to Israeli ‘super-agent’ Pini Zahavi.

It was around this time that Joorabchian also began working with Jorge Mendes. It was the Portuguese agent who oversaw the transfer of Nuno Assis from Vitoria Guimares to Benfica in 2005. What was seemingly a straightforward deal between two Portuguese teams was in fact significantly more complex: the €600,000 transfer fee was paid in full by MSI. The player was then registered with Dinamo Moscow, before getting loaned to Benfica. MSI were effectively trading in ‘player futures’.

The Corinthians deal came a few years before either Stan Kroenke or Alisher Usmanov bought shares in Arsenal, and Joorabchian has since admitted MSI explored the possibility of a takeover at the club before deeming it “far, far too expensive”. Corinthians came cheaper, and also afforded a chance to control the South American market — not only would the club become the destination of choice for local talent, but would also be the principle point of export when it came to moving those players to Europe.

Edu’s career with Corinthians and Brazil would later be built on his relationship with revered manager Tite, but back in 2005 Joorabchian was less than enamoured with the coach and wanted to hire his own man. According to Brazilian media, a furious Joorabchian took the coach to task after a 1-0 derby defeat against Sao Paolo, even criticising him for choosing a player other than Tevez as penalty taker. Hours later, Tite was gone, replaced by Argentine Daniel Passarella.

MSI’s impact on Corinthians was initially positive: in 2005, they won their first Brazilian championship in six years. However, things soon unravelled. The partnership between Corinthians and MSI was scheduled to run for 10 years but lasted just three.

Cracks began to show when questions were inevitably asked about where the money was coming from. Who were MSI, the mysterious consortium Joorabchian represented? The Sao Paulo organised crime squad and the state public prosecutor instigated an inquiry which concluded there was sufficient evidence to “show that the Corinthians-MSI partnership is being used to practise the laundering of money”. Controversial Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and Georgian tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili were identified as probable investors. Patarkatsishvili, the owner of Dinamo Tbilisi, but was best known for his aggressive attempts to assume political power in Georgia.

Joorabchian denied their involvement, but then-Corinthians president Alberto Dualib has since admitted to attending meetings with both men. He also named Berezovsky as an investor in Corinthians’ planned stadium overhaul.

MSI, Joorabchian and Dualib faced charges of money laundering, currency evasion, tax evasion and gang formation. In June 2007, the partnership was scrapped. Joorabchian was wanted for arrest, and MSI left its Brazilian offices empty and abandoned. Dualib was left to deal with the fury of the fans, who took to the streets in protest. Six months later, a debt-ridden Corinthians were relegated for the first time in their history.


Remarkably, that was not the end of Joorabchian’s association with Corinthians. It would be 2008 before his arrest warrant was suspended; 2014 before he was cleared of all charges. Through that period Joorabchian was less conspicuous in Brazil, but never fully out of sight.

The fall-out between Dualib and Joorabchian was significant. When Andres Sanchez rivalled Dualib for the club’s presidency in 2007, Jooarabchian canvassed for the new man. “He [Joorabchian] never walked away”, Dualib told Portal da Band. “In the very election that I lost, he worked for the opposition”.

Once Sanchez took power, Joorabchian was back in favour. For their part, Corinthians stabilised and returned to the top flight at the end of 2008. Having done so, they made a couple of striking signings: goal-scoring legend Ronaldo, who had spent a year out of the game recovering from knee surgery, and former Arsenal and Valencia midfielder Edu Gaspar.

For Edu, this move represented a move back to the club where he had begun his professional career more than a decade before. Edu is revered in Sao Paulo — so much so that when he was robbed at gunpoint in his Brazilian home, the perpetrators paused briefly to ensure a terrified Edu signed an autograph.

“I was born in Corinthians,’ said Edu. “I started playing for Corinthians at five, I went to the first team, won important titles, was sold and then I came back and finished my career here … Corinthians is a club like no other in the world. Now, it is a rich club but it came from the poor people.”

It was an emotional homecoming, but not an especially successful ones: a succession of injury problems limited him to just 15 Serie A appearances in a season and a half. Player and club agreed it would be best to cancel his contract and allow him to retire. Edu was only 32.

As one door closed though, another opened. A few months later, Corinthians announced Edu would succeed William Machado as sporting director.

It’s here that his working relationship with Joorabchian began in earnest. In Edu’s first year in charge, Corinthians were engaged in a lengthy transfer saga over none other than Joorabchian client Tevez. After Tevez allegedly refused to come on as a Manchester City substitute in a Champions League match against Bayern Munich in September 2011, Edu and Joorabchian held talks in London about a possible €20 million deal. Edu also travelled to meet Patrick Vieira, then-football development executive at City. In the end, after a significant fine and lengthy exile, Tevez chose to remain in England.

Nevertheless, Corinthians built an impressive team, featuring a number of known Joorabchian associates, such as future Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Paulinho. With Tite back at the helm, Corinthians won the 2011 Brazilian title.

When they beat Boca Juniors the following June to win the Copa Libertadores, South America’s equivalent to the Champions League, Joorabchian was present in the corporate seats. Later that year, they completed a historic treble by beating Chelsea 1-0 in the Club World Cup Final. As Edu stepped on to the pitch in Yokohama, Japan to join the trophy celebrations, Joorabchian is believed to again have been watching from the stands.


All the while, Joorabchian was becoming a pervasive and powerful figure across world football — including England. With Wenger’s Arsenal still unwilling to do business, his London outpost was Chelsea.

The likes of Ramires, Oscar, Lucas Piazon and a certain David Luiz all wound up at Stamford Bridge, thanks to the work of Joorabchian and Brazilian business partner Giuliano Bertolucci.

Joorabchian is keen to point out that, unlike Bertolucci, he is not a football agent. He styles himself as an intermediary rather than a player representative.

“I’m not a football agent and I don’t practise as an agent”, he told The Guardian in 2008. “I think the agency business is very different … We also have a business that advises players on their rights. We advise them on their image, on their financial stability, we advise them on every aspect, because a lot of agents are not professional to do that. A lot of agents work for us and basically they just do the player transfer. We provide the structure, and for that they work for us”.

Joorabchian found himself at the heart of London’s burgeoning Brazilian football community. His wife Tatiana is Brazilian, and his relationships with his clientele became social as well as professional. However, when Chelsea faced Corinthians in that Club World Cup Final, Piazon was in little doubt as to who Joorabchian would be cheering on. “He is a Corinthians fanatic,” he told Trivela. “His two teams are Corinthians and Arsenal. If we play against Arsenal, he doesn’t support us.”


Joorabchian and Edu’s relationship was not always straightforward. Not every player deal born of it was deemed a success. In 2013, Corinthians consented to sign Joorabchian client Alexandre Pato from AC Milan for €15 million.

His reported €45,000 a week wages made him one of the club’s highest earners. However, the move became an unmitigated disaster.

His salary and attitude put him at odds with team-mates, and the nadir arrived when he missed the decisive penalty when a Brazilian cup quarter-final against Gremio went to a shootout. With the club’s place in the competition at stake, Pato went for a tame Panenka which barely got off the ground. Brazil international goalkeeper Dida fell to his side to make the simplest of saves. The incident was somehow emblematic of Pato’s perceived failings: a lackadaisical attitude and a preference for style over substance. Soon after, around a hundred Corinthians ultras stormed the training ground, reportedly brandishing crowbars and singing songs about breaking Pato’s legs. It’s a deal Corinthians fans have since dubbed the worst in their history.

Edu himself admitted the deal had been a spectacular failure: “We were all happy when he arrived – even the media was cheerful, I remind you. But he didn’t have the guts that our supporters demand of any player signed by Corinthians. It’s not that he should have been mean on the pitch, but to have a little bit of knife between his teeth; to think, ‘If I’m not doing well technically today I’ll do it in another way, I’ll use my strength’.”

Corinthians were ultimately so desperate to get rid of Pato that Edu agreed to pay half his salary for the duration of a two-year loan with neighbours and rivals Sao Paulo. When that expired at the end of 2015, it looked as if Pato might have to return to Corinthians. However, another loan club was hurriedly secured for the next six months.

Arsenal were linked in the press, but Wenger flatly denied the rumours. Where could Pato possibly go? Chelsea, of course. He joined Joorabchian’s Brazilian contingent at Stamford Bridge, starting only once and making two total appearances, before moving on to Spain and then China. In March, he rejoined Sao Paulo.

China was a powerful new market for Joorabchian. Just two days before Pato moved to London, a £25 million deal took Ramires from Chelsea to Jiangsu Suning.

In the same month, four players left freshly-crowned Brazilian champions Corinthians for Chinese football. Roberto de Andrade, Corinthians’ president, lamented that “the Chinese clubs don’t even know my name”. One suspects the Chinese buyers may well have been more familiar with those of Edu and Joorabchian.

In June 2016, months after making Corinthians champions again, Tite left for Brazil’s national team and took Edu with him. The former midfielder spent the best part of three years with Brazil until Arsenal’s head of football Raul Sanllehi began negotiations with Joorabchian — now representing Edu — to bring him back to the club he played for from 2001-05, including the Invincibles season.


During this past summer’s transfer window, Joorabchian took the unusual step of speaking out about the club he has supported since his childhood in London. Asked to comment on the Arsenal ownership situation, he said: “I feel for those guys who have just come in. They have incredible, knowledgeable people there.

“(Unai) Emery is a fantastic coach who has worked at Sevilla and at Paris Saint-Germain, Raul (Sanllehi) has been at Barcelona, and Edu has been at Brazil. I think finally in the backroom staff, they have people who really understand football and are football people, the question is whether or not the finances will be made available.”

Ultimately, money was made available to spend — and a chunk of it went on signing David Luiz, a Joorabchian client.

The deal to sign the Brazil defender came about in somewhat strange circumstances. In January, with his Chelsea contract just a few months from expiring, Luiz was frustrated at only being offered a one-year extension. However, once Chelsea were placed under a two-window transfer embargo by FIFA, the club relented, and in May he signed a new contract believed to run until 2021.

Barely three months later, Luiz was so keen to leave for Arsenal that he reportedly refused to train.

Around this time, Arsenal were being publicly linked with a bid for another Joorabchian client, Barcelona’s Philippe Coutinho. Romain Molina, a journalist who has written a book about Emery, was moved to say: “Kia is behind the arrival of Edu at Arsenal, so the interests of the club will follow his own, as usual.

“To allow Kia to bring back the sporting director brings many risks — ask QPR, Reading (both have signed several Joorabchian clients), Corinthians. It remains to be seen whether Edu remains ‘independent’ in his choices. The past shows that Kia, Pini (Zahavi) and family have the last word.”

Arsenal have no such concerns and are happy that they and Edu maintain full control of such decisions.

In the end, Luiz joined Arsenal on a long-term contract. It was the third time he had changed clubs on a deadline day in his last four moves.


Joorabchian is once more a familiar face at the Emirates — only this time, he’s welcome in the directors’ box as well as the corporate seats. Sanllehi has shown himself to be amenable to working with ‘super-agents’ — or the less catchy ‘super-intermediaries’, if Joorabchian prefers.

This is already opening up new markets for Arsenal. In the summer, Arsenal signed two Brazilians, Luiz and teenage forward Gabriel Martinelli. One imagines they won’t be the last. With Edu at the helm and Joorabchian in the background, there’s every possibility Arsenal could displace Chelsea as the destination of choice for South American footballers in London.

Perhaps Joorabchian might also help Arsenal offload some of their unwanted players. Historically, they have been poor sellers, but his contacts in China and elsewhere could provide a lucrative exit route for those deemed surplus to requirements.

Joorabchian maintains an interest in Corinthians — just a few weeks ago, he was linked with a deal to broker a partnership between Corinthians and Ferroviaria, a smaller club in Sao Paulo state. However, his focus may now be shifting to London.

For a long time, Wenger’s Arsenal were uncomfortable embracing some of the realities of the modern market. However, this is a new era. Sanllehi has willingly struck this Faustian pact. Arsenal have opened the door to the man who helped bring Corinthians unprecedented success and disastrous failure.

Hiring Edu meant welcoming Joorabchian into the Arsenal fold. For better or worse, the club may never be quite the same again.

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Nouveau message "WeCareDoYou" des supporters à l'attention de la direction du club :

 

In July we issued a statement from a number of key Arsenal groups, outlining our concerns at the direction of our football club. A supporting petition was signed by over 100,000 individual Arsenal fans who not only felt disconnected from the club but also had grave concerns about our future.

Since then we have been told to ‘get excited’ and to support the team. As Arsenal supporters we have done both.

There exist many issues raised in our first statement, that remain unaddressed by the club. While these matters have not gone away, it is the overall alarming and desperate state of things, on and off the pitch, that need urgent action and take precedent amongst our concerns. Until the club and especially the senior management structure, is running efficiently, effectively and ambitiously, then few other issues can, or will, be satisfactorily resolved.

The early optimism of summer, around what appeared to be good business and positive signings, has given way to renewed concerns about our overall direction and the leadership of our owner. It feels like the club is rudderless and floating aimlessly, unsure of its destination.

It appears that reported unrest in the dressing room is affecting our performances on the pitch and the board’s clearly stated target of a top four finish at season end, looks in serious danger with barely a quarter of the season played.

We spoke about never feeling less valued and this has continued with an astounding lack of communication from the club. We understand it is The Arsenal way to deal with issues internally but the current communication vehicle – the drip feed and leaks to certain journalists – is unacceptable and unsatisfactory.

Communications on the whole have been dealt with poorly, and the tactics used only add to the confusion, uncertainty and unrest among the fanbase – which in turn is motivating our opponents, who can clearly see we’re in trouble.

As documented in our initial statement, Stan Kroenke made his ambitions for the club clear: “KSE’s ambitions for the club are to see it competing consistently to win the Premier League and the Champions League”. We still see no evidence of this, and current form would suggest that we are moving ever further from these goals.

We raised previously the need for new and dynamic appointments at board level; people with Arsenal DNA are needed at this time more than ever. Sadly, the club’s reaction to this recommendation has been an unresponsive dismissal of it. Can we assume you are still satisfied that the right people are in the right positions, as Vinai suggested they were at July’s end of season supporters’ event? Again, the evidence so far this season implies an intrinsic lack of understanding, ambition, appetite and ability to take us forward.

Following our statement in the summer, Josh Kroenke made an announcement implying that an ambitious KSE had arrived to save the day and secure the club’s future. The fact is that KSE acquired a controlling share of Arsenal in 2011 and had significant influence prior to that.

The last decade, notwithstanding the FA Cup wins, can legitimately be seen as lost years, both on and off the field, when the team has not only stagnated, but actually regressed. To date, that is the legacy of the ‘Kroenke years’.

While our away support continues to be magnificent, our home crowds are starting to deplete and this situation will be further compounded by what will soon become a toxic atmosphere, if the current turmoil and lack of true leadership at the club continues to translate into poor performances on the pitch.

We want commitment that the board recognises the issues faced by the club, and how severe these are for the future of The Arsenal. As supporters we want actual communication and measurable assurances from the board, that actions are in place to address this seemingly inexorable slide.

As many great managers and players have said over the years, everyone involved with The Arsenal must “Remember who you are, what you are and who you represent”.

#WeCareDoYou

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  • 2 semaines plus tard...

David Ornstein a fait un résumé de la situation au club dans son podcast au The Athletic. J'ai retranscrit ça sur Twitter pour ceux que ça intéresse, même si on y a apprend pas grand chose si on suit assidûment le club.  

 

 

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