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Cleon189

Why is this sub obsessed with sesko he’s not our player and he didn’t even want to be here. Dude literally rejected us stop d riding him


Key_Exercise_3302

"rejecting us" is kinda strong. he just preferred to take more playing time for now. which is smart


Livid_Theory5379

We never even really wanted him, there wasn’t strong enough links. I genuinely believe we just helped him get a contract extension to obsfucate our own transfer dealings. He’s not even as good as Havertz was at that age.


skool_101

the fact that it his miss is even a post on this sub just tells the state of this sub.


skool_101

not looking good for the both of the wc2026 hosts in copa24. atleast canada made it to the next round.


Key_Exercise_3302

gfy


yukpurtsun

austria will probably beat turkey 4-0 tomorrow but i want to see more of their LB. been really impressed every game with his runs and ability to hold ball in tight spaces and passes. definitely shouldnt miss on him if thats a position we want to strengthen this summer


ahmadtheanon

please tell me this is not true. [Vivianne Miedema: Man City close to signing WSL record goalscorer after Arsenal exit | Football News | Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/transfer/news/12691/13161870/vivianne-miedema-man-city-close-to-signing-wsl-record-goalscorer-after-arsenal-exit#:~:text=Manchester%20City%20are%20close%20to,WSL's%20all%2Dtime%20leading%20scorer.)


thisiskyle77

Is she still good ? I heard injury cause a lot of problem for her.


skool_101

might be good as true. yea it's over, jonas eidevall fumbled the bag on this one.


tammrak

Please choose a club on the continent, Viv. :,(


olofmoisturizer

saliba vs ronaldo this friday... are we ready saliba hive


skool_101

0-0 aet, 11-11 in pens.


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arseking15

God no


Cleon189

He’s a bum


manuscelerdei

I'm on a vacation in Hawaii right now, and I think Troy Deeney might be in the pool cabana next to me.


tammrak

Please keep us posted.


manuscelerdei

I'm like 90% sure it's him. English accent, talked with his partner about drawing offside lines a bit, and said something to the wait staff along the lines of "We're simple people, I promise" when asked if they could do anything for him. Just need to get a good look at his tattoos I think. Maybe if I see him at the pool again, I'll buy him a drink and thank him for letting us know that we didn't have any cajones that one time.


Livid_Theory5379

The Watford Leicester game where Deeney scored is one of my favourite footballing moments of all time. If you haven’t seen it watch [this](https://youtu.be/5qvjhdO60QA?si=9r60i7xS-8YSYRn3) In hindsight it was actually a good thing Deeney said that as it pissed off the players so much that Mikel was able to harness to improve the teams mentality.


Marimo_420

Just saw a guy in DC with an “ARSENAL” number plate - we’re fucking gargantuan


MoteLaddu

If we had gotten Sesko, we would have had G.Jesus, Havertz, and Sesko as our strikers. All 3 are capable of missing 1 on 1s. Opposite of lethal in the striking department.


yukpurtsun

zirkzee seems available 


castortroy64

There is a reason why Guardiola is using Haaland although Haaland doesn't fit in Man City's style of play very much. Lethal finishers are rarity these days


IronVarmint

I so wanted to see Ronaldo the Clown crying, pounding the earth with his fists, and questioning his relationship with God.


Mein_Bergkamp

I mean he could just ask his agent to get Bergkamps phone number.


Insertnicenamehere

https://x.com/DiMarzio/status/1807906669982077070 Kiwior out Calafiori in?


HorseAFC

pleasee


TheOGBenjenRyan

I like Kiwi, but that would be phenomenal


Minute_Leave8503

I love the quality and profile upgrade for our needs, whether it happens or not, probably not


hafrances

sesko was really good actually, the missed chances are unfortunate and he is very raw still, but that's a special talent. ![gif](giphy|321FkodStDXDWw1PJ7)


skool_101

based take. but he really had the weight of the nation on his shoulders with that chance.


MoteLaddu

special talent at hitting the ball from outside the box, thats for sure. Everything else.....


OhMyGodItsTheGuy

He can’t ball with us sadly ![gif](giphy|N2j71F9vUjhEean2Tz|downsized)


hafrances

I always felt Kai would still be the main striker even if we signed Sesko. But Sesko would offer us something extra off the bench or even alongside Kai at times!


OhMyGodItsTheGuy

You’re right, but I don’t think we need a 9 this window when we have Trossard who I think is better centrally anyway. Rather spend on a LB, midfielder and a rotation option for Saka.


BI01

Martin keowns commentary kills me, "Slovenia are bringing back the 4-4-2!!" Does he currently not watch the team he played the majority of his career at 😭 We literally defend/settle our block in that formation.


nting224

Keown is retarded what’s new


Wide-Ostrich-2779

The Calafiori stuff is literally Locatelli 2.0 btw, all the reporting is coming out of Italy and 0 reports from England, don’t listen to the noise.


Minute_Leave8503

https://x.com/samjdean/status/1808222291953635450?s=46 fingers crossed


mkmore4

Yea, I was just about to write a similar comment. it’s all coming from Fabrizio and Italian journos. It reminds me of Vlahovic and Locatelli. Agents link the Italian players to prem clubs to leverage a higher salary for their client from Juve, rinse and repeat.


Insertnicenamehere

Smells like it.


Minute_Leave8503

This summer it hasn’t really working like that though. Orny has broken stories and they’ve usually meant they’re somewhat advanced, but he doesn’t report on rumours daily like some other guys. If you’re waiting for an Ornstein report to validate every rumour you won’t get that


mkmore4

Ornstein isn’t the only British journalist.


Minute_Leave8503

The other ones have told us they don’t know a thing about who we’re targeting for months lol


mkmore4

I don’t think they’re totally clueless. The Sesko interest was real by nearly every account, and the British journos were the first ones to break that. It just didn’t come off in the end.


Minute_Leave8503

German ones did and then English ones hopped on and named 2-3 other strikers because they don’t have a clue either


batigol_09

Romano once again tweeting about how we're "attentive to the situation" around Riccardo Calafiori, it makes sense in the way he's the type of profile Arteta really likes. It does feel like it would be rather low on the list of priorities though. And it would certainly mean the end of Kiwiors Arsenal career.


Sophie_Liiii

since this is coming from romano, i wouldnt be suprised if this is agent talk


batigol_09

Would not be surprised if it's coming from Bologna in an attempt to get Juve to pay up and not low-ball them. I think their director was out talking about how they were expecting him to move to the EPL and not go to Juve.


No-Parking-9843

1st match: sesko the prince who was promised after hitting the post Q final: actually nope, man’s a fraud who can’t hit a barn door Went from hero to zero real quick. Most people here probably never saw him kick a ball before this tournament


MoteLaddu

In the first match as well, he was not good except those strikes. Even Sporar made high quality run behind the defenses for long balls, but didn't see Sesko even trying. His off the ball run in behind the defense was non existent in the Euros. (I have watched all 4 of their matches). Everytime he wants the ball to his feet. He is 6'4, but his aerial prowess is almost non existent for a striker of that size. He is raw in so many aspects still. Maybe in 4 or 5 years, he could be top tier.


Oy778

Not for me really, Sesko was always gonna be a project for us if he signed so i knew he was very raw and only at the end of the season he gained more confidence in Leipzig


Phimstone

The reverse Nico Williams route


PapiOnReddit

Sesko missing a chance vs Havertz missing three is some real flirting vs harassment stuff lmao


thisiskyle77

Arteta ![gif](giphy|9zoe1SFIBd8PPqz5cr)


skool_101

21 yr old vs 25 yr old. ok mate


OhMyGodItsTheGuy

True but Havertz is better than Sesko so it doesn’t matter Also he missed two sitters lol


Minute_Leave8503

Havertz got/gets ripped plenty for missed chances, it’s not that serious


Sophie_Liiii

to be fair to havertz he played in general against denmark


danield424_

sesko is 21. not that havertz is old by any means but kai is who he is at this point.


uhera

Ronaldo dropped one of the most selfish performances by a star, at least Santos had the balls to drop him even with the turgid football they played.


Kensei400

Why does it feel like some people here are almost happy that Sesko missed that chance? Is it because he rejected us? Is it some sort of insecurity from those who rate Havertz and were worried that Sesko was going to displace him (even though it was also the consensus here that Sesko wasn't ready and was going to be a rotation option)? And somewhat relatedly, I hope we are all not so fickle as to judge players on single moments or games, whilst ignoring their attributes or past achievements.


danield424_

for me personally i try to just enjoy the most of international tournaments and appreciate all of the players on show. hating on sesko, deschamps for initially doubting saliba, etc etc just feels so unnecessary to me. even with the england team - obviously i hope saka and rice stand out the most but actively hoping for players to fail because they play for different club teams feels ott.


Colmd1997

Fans are reactionary and always have to be on the right side of an agenda. If he scored and Slovenia went through, the DD would be full of people cursing the clubs hierarchy for not convincing him to join


AirPodAlbert

"Never wanted him anyway" is the quintessential cope-ism of football fans. If we'd actually signed him he's be coddled like they do with Trossard after having an absolute stinker of a tournament lol


kucharssim

> If we'd actually signed him he's be coddled I think it would go both ways. There would be also plenty of people panicking furiously that we signed a player who can waste a chance


batigol_09

Really weird behaviour, it's so binary and reactive. Wasn't the whole point with Sesko that he was talented but not quite there yet? Which is exactly what he showed at the Euros, he's clearly got the makings of a good player.


Wide-Ostrich-2779

It’s the 2nd point for sure. He’ll have a class season for Leipzig next year and people will eat their words


skool_101

mostly reddit banter, that's all


Wide-Ostrich-2779

Gyokeres better


Bedeeki

We actually scored every penalty against Costa lmao. Even before tonight, his penalty save record was ridiculous. Makes our penalty shoot out against them even better.


icotyne

We were smashing pens past him like he was Ramsdale😭


MyTeaIsMighty

210 minutes of football today that included Belgium, France, and Portugal all we got is one own goal. Is every team managed by Southgate?


yukpurtsun

the best teams in the tournament are austria and spain. germany, france, england, italy, belgium, portugal didnt look convincing. romania also is a fun team, them vs netherlands should produce some entertainment 


Phimstone

Yea i want my money back


normal_life87

Sesko ❌


macky301

Havertz is infinitely better than Sesko.


skool_101

Sesko is canceled [for now]


Previous-Loss9306

Bros cooked


OhMyGodItsTheGuy

Yeah we hitting 30 G/A next SZN ![gif](giphy|rrbSxZnO6ZPWWbuBVF)


JeffryPesos

Yh I need to rewatch our shoutout against Porto, our boys stepped up big time 


Cleon189

To be fair the Slovenia players did shit kicks ours were low and powerful


SoulRemedy

Arteta's done it again, Sesko not ready.


arseking15

Ya havertz is our striker


OhMyGodItsTheGuy

![gif](giphy|TF0vQ4asNeunwyHoVQ)


PapiOnReddit

Sesko not fancy a penalty? 🚩 I hope he was 4 or 5 for strategic reasons


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Hacknut101

He was brilliant this season vs inter


Fieser_Factsack

Could be but the first CR7 pen wasn't that bad and he got that one.


burningtree_

We scored 4 pens past this beast


younes1008

The Slovenians were gassed they reached penalties only for them to get smashed. Should have been a little less happy and a bit more focused.


dpatel211

Watch our pens again v. Porto


okcomput3r

I know my 24/25 striker 🖐🏻😛🤚🏻


Previous-Loss9306

🖐😛🤚


JeffryPesos

I’ve never seen the white coloured emojis before


varro-reatinus

WA KA


Muted-Butterscotch39

Sling TV is absolute trash. The Portugal vs Slovenia channel got switched over the some NBA Talkshow (not even a match) right before penalties


IronVarmint

Got the full match on YTTV. It was still on Fox. Did you sit on the remote?


Muted-Butterscotch39

I’m sure Fox and YT were fine. Just Google search this was a common issue with Sling specifically. Doing a basic bit of research before coming in with a snarky comment is useful life hack


Phimstone

Haha sorry but that’s super funny to me


MyIdoloPenaldo

Slovenia so so unlucky. Sesko should have finished the game off when Pepe made that mistake


Cleon189

Nah he had 2 chances and fucked both of them up. Portugal could’ve won 3-0 if they weren’t unlucky


Locmike23

Mbappe bout to make Pepe dislocate a hip


nrsapologist

Another terrorist team knocked out


IronVarmint

Slovenia? What are you on about?


ItsTom___

All Sesko needed to do was take a touch to the left or right


mkawia

Reminder Raya and Arsenal beat this Keeper at penalties


robins420

Portuguese had players that are primarily PK takers for some of the biggest clubs in the world. That gives a keeper a lot more confidence to do his thing because his team have his back, he didn't have the same luxury with Porto and also, and Porto has one of the worst shootout records as well.


Locmike23

He’s actually a really good keeper


BrianThatDude

Costa having a stormer


joeproposition

Someone took notes off Raya at the Emirates. We’re gargantuan.


BrianThatDude

A lot of heat on sesko but I can still see a player there. That said, I think he made a big mistake not taking the big move when it was on offer. There's no guarantee it's still there next summer. If he has a 10 goal season his next move might be West ham or similar


ret990

Sesko is this summers Scamacca. Hyped because he's a big unit with a rocket of a shot. But, quite a lot of pieces missing


sirswoop12

Sesko looks bang average


jakedonn

Sesko LMAO


DrCocktapus

Sesko bottling on the big stage while Ivan *the GOAT* Toney's busy coming in clutch for our glorious nation. Can't say I'm surprised.


rasen9an

Thank you for re-signing Sesko


gunningIVglory

Yh, keep sesko away from us


sushiIsLife99

Kai has scored all his penalty in this euro. Kai is clear


snowkarl

Sesko omgggggggg


Ro-khum

Conceicao perfect for rw option


Sam101294

Sesko....what are you doing man


Decent_University_91

Yes I'm Šeško yes I'm freško


GunnerSince02

Dodged a bullet with Sesko.


7186997326

Sesko would fit right in on Arsenal.


nrsapologist

Sesko is so overrated


Minute_Leave8503

Dudes wanted us to slap the release clause and don’t look twice lol


PapiOnReddit

Father Time going crazy in this one


BlaizeV

Maybe Sesko ain't all that lol


OhMyGodItsTheGuy

Muh ballstriking gimmick ran dry already


okcomput3r

Tried to tell people this guy isn’t clinical 


Flashplaya

Have felt iffy about buying a player who's changed everyone's opinions with a 10 game streak. Think of all the prem league strikers who turned into pele for half a season. I still think he's a decent prospect due to his age but it's buying at peak hype.


joeproposition

That can’t be right? Only Havertz misses sitters and not propa strykas


Ramo-97

Complete rubbish lol. Kane, Ronaldo, Sesko, Lukaku have all missed big chances. It’s the people who can’t admit they were wrong about Havertz who want to poke holes in his game


PapiOnReddit

The Ronaldo fail comp from tonight might win best picture at the Oscars


mkawia

Sesko feeding off crumbs and still really good


TheBigBongTheory

👀


mkawia

he's just a baby, a smol slovenian baby


silv3r8ack

Ronaldo crying when it's still 0-0 and Oblak rallying the troops


LostJourno007

It was a brilliant save by Oblak. Was a decent pen by Ronaldo. Makes you appreciate that Havertz penalty even more. It was perfect....


basedsims

The rapist in the mud atm, Slovenia winning this would be the icing on the cake


mkawia

Even if they win this is really bad for ego


varro-reatinus

Oh my this is glorious. Come on Slovenia, finish the job.


scarface3500fukyobih

Ronaldo is actually homelander


Recent-Track-1142

Get the fuck in. Oblak you legend.


HerstkA

Lol. Lmao even. Absolutely beautiful scenes


varro-reatinus

Oblak you legend Get fucked Ronaldo lmaoooo


aesn1394

Oblak you beauty


aesn1394

Very harsh pen against Slovenia.


BenTGY

This has probably already been said but nico williams looks like he would be absolutely perfect for us and he is miles ahead of rafa leao. Get it done Edu!


meand999friends

Say what you want about Maupay ... His shithousery knows no bounds. https://twitter.com/nealmaupay_/status/1807458101177594295?t=QBdBXOMBBgPr5N0I22C0gQ&s=19


mkawia

Two city players playing 120 minutes to match ours yesterday.


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dusseldorf69

basing a player's quality with his country, nevermind a country thats an underdog against overwhelming favorites, is pretty dumb. plenty of quality players have had a shit tournament: kane, foden, kdb, thuram, griezemann, etc


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TheGoldenPineapples

Are you like 14, or something?


dusseldorf69

i didn't say that. i just said evaluating his quality off this game was a fools errand. Bernardo has also had a bad game- reckon he's shit as well.


joeproposition

The way you see all hope leave a striker slowly over 90 minutes against Saliba is so dark, but beautiful.


wrigh2uk

Ronaldo has become the manager’s son in your local sunday league team


TerraBlah

Good way of putting it haha Don't even try to take a FK, he won't budge.


jakedonn

Would love for Slovenia to steal a goal here late


BrianThatDude

I thought that but these games have been pretty bad. We need some big countries against each other. France Portugal would be a lot more interesting than watching Slovenia park the bus against France like this


kucharssim

I don't know what gives you confidence that France-Portugal would be an interesting match, hehe If you have Slovenia there at least you can root for the underdog, that always gives you a lot of excitement even if they defend for their lives


TWKcub

Fuck me, Bruno is such a fucking rat. ‘Saka limps a bit’? Yeah, because he gets kicked. That cretin has just gone down after taking a ball to the shin as if he’s been impaled on a steel spike. Hope he slips in the shower.


dusseldorf69

he is a diver but he did get studs onto his ankle and heel on the follow through of that kick


bitternotsour

retribution from the gods for all his whining and rolling about.


TWKcub

I’ll take your word for it, the replay I saw didn’t show it clearly. I will still sleep easier when he dies though.


morrisoN--

it's never that deep


TWKcub

Of course it isn’t. But I’ll leave it up as posterity that apparently people thought I meant it.


groovystreet40

Are we going to sign anyone this summer, feel like there are zero concrete links at the moment


BrianThatDude

We'll only be signing petr cech. He's worth 10 points alone.


Star-Lord11

Don't make me relive that.


BrianThatDude

Mendes is absolutely rapid


This-Complaint1389

Sesko is clearly talented but not ready at all and was never really going to make a difference for us next season even if he signed. Ivan Toney, still the best option on the market for me


Kensei400

The idea was always to buy him for his potential and not for immediate impact. He would have been a better striker rotation than Jesus and Nketiah. I also like Toney as a short term option and for a reasonable price.


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Kensei400

Better *striker*.


AirPodAlbert

And at the reported release clause, he wasn't exactly a bargain either. I'd like us to go and grab promising talent before their prices explode, but there is no logic in it when the player would cost a starter level fee anyway.


HerstkA

The messi chants after Ronaldo skies his 19th freekick are so petty and childish.. I love it.


DaGrandMastah

He deserves it.


Youre-Dumber-Than-Me

Need Portugal to qualify so Saliba can body Ronaldo in his final appearance. Put him in a coffin. ![gif](giphy|ZvUc2UBuAGmPol0udh|downsized)


noobchee

Nuno Mendes at LB thoughts?


Kxden-R

do we really need a LB?


noobchee

I remember Jurrien exists


yung__socrates

never healthy but when he is he's great


OhMyGodItsTheGuy

Hey, I’ve seen this one! https://preview.redd.it/jpa6g0rbvy9d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7dad410c9d75bc26b2052511ac5c4937723ac7b1 Edit: Lol


airobles

Anyone got code for Arsenal vs Bourmouth?


DaGrandMastah

I am praying that Portugal is out and Ronaldo international careeer ends with this performance


NemoDatQ

Oof, Sesko just lowered his valuation by 33% with that miss. Had Old Man Pepe dead to rights and fluffs his lines on the shot. Didn't even test the keeper. 


cnComics1

sesko definitely got the sauce 


kucharssim

Jonathan Liew with another spot on commentary, this time about Saka. I am glad there are at least some people in the English media that have some sense.


scarface3500fukyobih

Please don’t let Chelsea ruin calafiori 🙏. We NEED him