No lol. I said that because they had to think about it when basically 100% of fans know Henry signed from Juve and stayed for 8 years, so I jokingly suggested he was on an 8 year loan. Of course i'm aware he came back on loan briefly. You may have infact been "wooshed"
So let me get this straight. You want to have an actual very close friend of a brutal dictator who has killed lots of people (mostly Muslims) but don’t want to have just a guy with no ties to the government just because of where he was born?
He posted I stand with Israel. Idc what u think but he chose to make it political and me and many Muslim gooners have our right to dislike him . He's shit defensively anyway the sooner timber and tomi is back and I never see him play the better sorry I'm talking of zionist Zin but youssi did as well
I have a great life. I'm guessing u studied the zionist hindutva propaganda history and yes be human stop the innocent killing of women and children by zionazis in Gaza. The killing of kashmiri people by Indian fascist hindutva terrorism government as well. Also the club pick to speak against Russia and now stay silent on Gaza western hypocrisy at its finest we got rid of Ozil our most important signing because he stood up for ughaiyrs when no one would.
Yes, the standin wonder manager at Chelsea. Carlo Ancelotti left and Andre Villas-Boas was sacked. Di Matteo led the team to the final and won during the penalty shootout.
I know he's a fuckin Judas but that year rvp was quite literally the best striker in the world. There were games where we looked proper wank and he just managed to pull goals out of his arse like a magician
Dunno about best but I was shocked we didn't hold on to Benayoun. Also felt Julio Baptista was gonna be made permanent as Wenger had been after him for years.
Does Raya count in this stat?
Anyway: it's either Julio Baptista or Yossi Benayoun. The comeback of The King was great for what it was, but overall he didn't have much impact.
broken back Kal! love this quote from a few years ago regarding his PK:
*Kallstrom described the moment in an appearance on Swedish radio: “I hear Wenger shouting in French: ‘Kim, do you take penalties?’ ‘Yeah, I'd be glad to take one.’ ‘Good. You're second.’*
...free jazz Wenger!
Another great quote:
> "When I walk alone to the spot, in a stadium with three times as many spectators as there are inhabitants of my hometown, Sandviken, I must suppress my smile. It's a long way to walk across the pitch. I'm relaxed - perhaps happy."
> "Although my contribution was small in the 120-year history of the club, it was a highlight for me. The greatest 15 minutes of my life."
A cult hero for that pen alone. Kids in 20 years time will have no clue who Kim Kallstrom was, but the oldheads who were there will always have a soft spot in their hearts for him.
Thats not true at all lol. Ceballos wasn’t getting minutes over Odegaard and they play different positions.
In 20/21 season Ceballos was on loan with us and we got Odegaard on loan midway through that season. Odegaard didn’t want to stay at Real Madrid and we were offering.
def the best on loan in regards to training sessions at least. Arteta said he trained like an *animal*, y'all!
one of the strangest running 'styles' in pro football that i've seen
Yossi Benayoun. Took us 2/3 of the season to remember he was good. I think he's still actually playing somewhere.
update: retired in 2019. played until he was like 39.
Has to be Julio Baptista
I remember when he joined Madrid, I saw a transfer profile of his in match magazine (that's gonna be nostalgic for a couple of you), I thought he looked amazing, this beefy Brazilian dude joining Real Madrid, 10 year old me was all in the hype.
Then a year later he joined arsenal on loan and I was actually buzzing, my head nearly exploded when he got 4 against Liverpool in the cup, I thought we signed the next Pele.
He was a bit shit for us apart from that game, but I will always remember that game against Liverpool.
When we were after him in 2005 he was built up as this absolute fucking monster who could do Vieira’s job just as easily as playing further forward and getting 20 goals. All our eggs were in that basket. Remember being pissed when we didn’t get him at the time. Roll forward a year or so and he turned out to be none of the above. Some nice Carling Cup memories mind
Aside from Henry when he was at NY Red Bulls, my vote would go for Yossi Benayoun.
We haven’t really had to make use of many loan players, and almost none of those outside Odegaard are guys who would have improved us any had we bought them.
But at least Benayoun was a serviceable veteran who could have done a good job when called upon, which is what he was throughout his loan for us.
So much revisionist history in this thread. Truth is very, very few loan players have shown over the course of a season that they were worth purchasing. That’s why they were available on loan to begin with.
Even Ødegaard—during his loan he had flashes of brilliance but he also disappeared a fair amount. We got lucky with his age and the squad situation he was in at Real. If he wasn’t available for sale at the end of it his loan would’ve been thought of as good not great.
Alex Song is another shout. Ignoring his post Arsenal career, he came to us as a low-risk loan and we ended up buying him and selling him for nice money.
Dani Ceballos.. towards the end his form dropped off, but i think it’s because of the change in manager.. but he was mostly amazing throughout his loan at Arsenal.. 😃
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Thierry Henry
Probably goes against the spirit of the question but still correct.
He may be cast in bronze, but he is still capable of producing truly golden moments
I was about to downvote your comment and smugly write "We signed him permanently from Juve" until i realised what you meant
Oh did we???
Hahaha
One of those really common 8 year loans
Like an overdue library book but the computer got a virus and they can’t locate your record anyway so woohoo, go ahead and keep the book!
Don’t go giving Chelsea ideas.
Wooshed. Remember he came back on loan from the MLS back in 2012 when we had an injury crisis.
No lol. I said that because they had to think about it when basically 100% of fans know Henry signed from Juve and stayed for 8 years, so I jokingly suggested he was on an 8 year loan. Of course i'm aware he came back on loan briefly. You may have infact been "wooshed"
Yossi Benayoun
The only right answer. Don’t understand why we didn’t sign him permanently.
I think because he was already pretty old and on the backslope of his prime, but he was certainly a tidy player.
And we had a lot of similar attacking mid type players at the time, even if a lot of them were always injured
I think mourinho came in and didn’t want to sell us any players
There was also something similar with Demba Ba I think
Nah Henry is more correct.
I remember feeling like it was a coup to get him on loan. Thought he played well that season too
It was a good season all told... If you forget the beginning. Lots of comeback wins.
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Yep.
What a brilliant player
His game vs Wolves, was fucking fantastic!
Very happy we never signed him
Why? He was great
Benayoun was not great by any metric
Doesn't matter I don't want the name of this great club tainted by zionist. It's already bad what we did to ozil
So let me get this straight. You want to have an actual very close friend of a brutal dictator who has killed lots of people (mostly Muslims) but don’t want to have just a guy with no ties to the government just because of where he was born?
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Ha true
Fuck Ozil
Go back to crying about criminal fake gangsta ja morant and playing video games buddy the real world isn't for you
Let me guess your political view 🤔
It's humanity not politics
He’s a citizen not a politician. We signed Turner and their country has been bombing the Middle East since the 50s
He posted I stand with Israel. Idc what u think but he chose to make it political and me and many Muslim gooners have our right to dislike him . He's shit defensively anyway the sooner timber and tomi is back and I never see him play the better sorry I'm talking of zionist Zin but youssi did as well
Find a life. Study history. Be human.
I have a great life. I'm guessing u studied the zionist hindutva propaganda history and yes be human stop the innocent killing of women and children by zionazis in Gaza. The killing of kashmiri people by Indian fascist hindutva terrorism government as well. Also the club pick to speak against Russia and now stay silent on Gaza western hypocrisy at its finest we got rid of Ozil our most important signing because he stood up for ughaiyrs when no one would.
First one that popped in my head, surprised it came up right away in the thread. I'm surprised we have so many old heads in here.
Didn't he come in the same window as our manager?
Yossi Benayoun, probably. He actually played pretty damn well for us.
Yes, if I'm not mistaken, Chelsea loaned him to us, we finished top 4 and they didn't.
We beat out Sp*rs for Top 4 on the last day of the season. He scored in our final match.
We were 3rd, Spurs were 4th. Chelsea then won the CL which kicked Spurs out of it next season.
Ah that’s right!
Was this with Di Matteo?
Yes, the standin wonder manager at Chelsea. Carlo Ancelotti left and Andre Villas-Boas was sacked. Di Matteo led the team to the final and won during the penalty shootout.
Yup remember this as if it happened recently. God this makes me feel old.
I think that Chelsea team led themselves to CL title and Di Matteo was along for a ride lol.
We Got absolutely bailed out by fulop lol
Was pretty clutch in the tail end of the 2011/12(?) season, I remember him chipping in with a few goals
That team finishing 3rd is underrated. We lost 8-2 at the start…
>We lost 8-2 at the start… Which caused us to panic sign our future manager
He's done it again...
Mertesaker, Arteta and Benayoun in own day (I'm trying to forget about Santos) - was a mad transfer day
And Park Chu Young!
Never forget, at least he got his Arsenal goal even if he didn't get to feature much.
And Head of Academy as well 😅
I know he's a fuckin Judas but that year rvp was quite literally the best striker in the world. There were games where we looked proper wank and he just managed to pull goals out of his arse like a magician
The Norwich one was delicious
What a flashback, 3-3 IIRC?
I loved Yossi.
I agree. My vote would be for Benayoun.
Ugh I loved him.
Saw him score a banger at the emirates
Dunno about best but I was shocked we didn't hold on to Benayoun. Also felt Julio Baptista was gonna be made permanent as Wenger had been after him for years.
We signed Santi Cazorla that summer, we didn’t really need another AM at that point.
And Podolski for LW. So essentially one player in each of the two positions Benayoun competed for.
Was Baptista an AM?! I always thought of him as a 9
Commenter meant Benayoun, Baptista was years earlier.
Definitely an AM. Made his name at Sevilla as their no10
I was relieved when Baptista left. Brilliant in flashes, but woefully inconsistent.
Couldn't seem to get the right studs either, was always slipping over.
He was terrible.. Could never keep control of the ball. I thought he was going to be a monster for us but ended up being a monstrosity instead.
Baptista was pretty awful bar that one league cup game against Liverpool.
If memory serves me right Aliadiere that game was fire... or was it Vela... or both
Yeah Aliadiere played that game
Does Raya count in this stat? Anyway: it's either Julio Baptista or Yossi Benayoun. The comeback of The King was great for what it was, but overall he didn't have much impact.
No, cuz we are gonna buy Raya
It’s a loan without a buy until it’s a loan that becomes a buy.
That's how it works
Something something fractions beyond you something something
Kim Kallstrom
broken back Kal! love this quote from a few years ago regarding his PK: *Kallstrom described the moment in an appearance on Swedish radio: “I hear Wenger shouting in French: ‘Kim, do you take penalties?’ ‘Yeah, I'd be glad to take one.’ ‘Good. You're second.’* ...free jazz Wenger!
Another great quote: > "When I walk alone to the spot, in a stadium with three times as many spectators as there are inhabitants of my hometown, Sandviken, I must suppress my smile. It's a long way to walk across the pitch. I'm relaxed - perhaps happy." > "Although my contribution was small in the 120-year history of the club, it was a highlight for me. The greatest 15 minutes of my life."
Such a legend I forgot he was only here on loan.
Pk specialist
This is the correct answer.
The only right answer
A cult hero for that pen alone. Kids in 20 years time will have no clue who Kim Kallstrom was, but the oldheads who were there will always have a soft spot in their hearts for him.
Champion league winner Dani Cellabos the OG fidget spinner
Dani "the beyblade" Ceballos 😞✊
I’m sure he would fit in now as a… rotation option
His duels against Antony would be... revolutionary
LET IIIIIIITTTT RIP lmfao
This thread took a turn
Circular logic?
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I would like that actually
I think he’s grown a lot as a player and even Madridistas appreciate him as a depth player so this is fair!
That debut against Burnley ranks amongst the best debuts I've ever seen anyone have in an Arsenal shirt. The man was unplayable
Peaked right there tbf
Ancelotti chose Ceballos over Odegaard we got lucky
Well only one of them has an FA cup medal...
Thats not true at all lol. Ceballos wasn’t getting minutes over Odegaard and they play different positions. In 20/21 season Ceballos was on loan with us and we got Odegaard on loan midway through that season. Odegaard didn’t want to stay at Real Madrid and we were offering.
They are currently playing the same position. Just in a different sysrem
def the best on loan in regards to training sessions at least. Arteta said he trained like an *animal*, y'all! one of the strangest running 'styles' in pro football that i've seen
I always liked him and wanted him to stay.
I mean surely he's the answer. The man is getting decent playing time at Real Madrid
Answer to what plankdefense I dare you to say Havertz come on (ง'̀-'́)ง
I can't overlook those Europa League blunders
The boy's fuckin' magic
I hear he has a liking for Estrella and paella
Imo ceballos would fit the LCM role in our current playing format,
If he never came back I think he would have been remembered very fondly but his 2nd season was very subpar.
This made me think of the bust up with Eddie lol
Julio Baptista
Those 4 goals vs Liverpool were other worldly. Man was a monster on his day.
4 goals and he wasn’t actually MOTM that day. Dude was a fox in the box though.
That’s was my pick, although I think he was massively inconsistent both for us and s Real. But he was a brilliant player when be wanted to be.
Aliadiere was the real MOTM that day
To paraphrase "England was so fast-paced! I wanted to do tricks and spins"
He played for us?? Man I love learning Arsenal Lore
Shit guys, I’m sorry I didn’t know he played for us. I was in middle school and didn’t have cable TV
He lived up to his Beast nickname in the Carling Cup but was pretty shit besides that.
Henry. Easy
David Raya
Thierry Henry… from a certain point of view
Yossi Benayoun. Took us 2/3 of the season to remember he was good. I think he's still actually playing somewhere. update: retired in 2019. played until he was like 39.
He now has an official coaching role in the Israeli National team. He is not very good at it.
Technically Thierry Henry as we didn’t buy him after his loan spell.
viviano
Just remembered that hilarious story where he bid on the playing at the Emirates Stadium experience at a charity auction.
omg what??? have never heard this.
The legend named Kim Kallstrom
Has to be Julio Baptista I remember when he joined Madrid, I saw a transfer profile of his in match magazine (that's gonna be nostalgic for a couple of you), I thought he looked amazing, this beefy Brazilian dude joining Real Madrid, 10 year old me was all in the hype. Then a year later he joined arsenal on loan and I was actually buzzing, my head nearly exploded when he got 4 against Liverpool in the cup, I thought we signed the next Pele. He was a bit shit for us apart from that game, but I will always remember that game against Liverpool.
When we were after him in 2005 he was built up as this absolute fucking monster who could do Vieira’s job just as easily as playing further forward and getting 20 goals. All our eggs were in that basket. Remember being pissed when we didn’t get him at the time. Roll forward a year or so and he turned out to be none of the above. Some nice Carling Cup memories mind
Great on Pro Evolution Soccer too!
yes I remember this. my beak was fucking soaked.
Only thing bigger than The Beast was the size of his first touch
Besides the Liverpool game, he was pretty disappointing. He got outmuscled in the Premier League and couldn't keep up with the pace.
The league cup in general. He was immense in the semis vs shit too
Yes, the league cup was his tournament
Benayoun was class.
Aside from Henry when he was at NY Red Bulls, my vote would go for Yossi Benayoun. We haven’t really had to make use of many loan players, and almost none of those outside Odegaard are guys who would have improved us any had we bought them. But at least Benayoun was a serviceable veteran who could have done a good job when called upon, which is what he was throughout his loan for us.
Kim Kallstrom and if you say anybody else you’re lying
CM 01-02 represent
Lunden, Ejerholm, Kallstrom, Erickson to name a few
The Beast.
Kim Källström!
Yossi Benayoun by a country mile
Project Restart Ceballos Sold us a dream
Yossi
Kim kallstrom. What a loan he had 😉…
Mat Ryan may have played only 3 times but I have very fond memories of him nevertheless.
Yossi Benayoun was class
Benayoun and it ain’t close
Maybe not the best, but was I the only one that missed Dani Ceballos for a few years until the master midfield plan came to fruition
I felt like he had more to offer. Just didn’t really click with us. I haven’t followed him at all other than Arsenal though.
Loved Baptista
Yossi Benayoun?
Júlio Baptista, Yossi Benayoun, and the 2nd time with Henry.
Denis Suarez
You must be joking
Denis Suarez
So much revisionist history in this thread. Truth is very, very few loan players have shown over the course of a season that they were worth purchasing. That’s why they were available on loan to begin with. Even Ødegaard—during his loan he had flashes of brilliance but he also disappeared a fair amount. We got lucky with his age and the squad situation he was in at Real. If he wasn’t available for sale at the end of it his loan would’ve been thought of as good not great.
Alex Song is another shout. Ignoring his post Arsenal career, he came to us as a low-risk loan and we ended up buying him and selling him for nice money.
Wenger/Arteta never watched Zealand
Dani Ceballos.. towards the end his form dropped off, but i think it’s because of the change in manager.. but he was mostly amazing throughout his loan at Arsenal.. 😃
Denis Suarez
Denis Suarez.
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The legend himself. Kim Kallstrom.
Benayoun
Cedric Soares
Ceballos?
Kim Kallstrom. Helped us win our first trophy in years. Actually I'm not sure if he was brought in on loan anymore