Tottenham fans ‘most deluded in the Premier League’

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We all know Tottenham fans have delusions of grandeur, but I have not stopped laughing at their latest show of petulance.

The only team in the “Big 6” to have not won anything in the 15 years, they have spent the last half a decade telling anyone that would listen how good they were. And how much better and bigger than Arsenal they were.

The old saying is form is temporary, class is permanent. And it was only a matter of time until the class of The Arsenal rose again, and the good form of Spurs (15 on the all-time English champions list) evened itself back down.

But last week their fans go ahead and write a letter to the board “seeking answers to fundamental questions” about how the club is run.

Spurs fans are crying because their team is 5th in the table, 2 points off the Champions League places. 5th or 6th is probably Spurs’ par position. They only slipped out of the top 4 2 games ago.

This season they had their best opening 10 games to a campaign since the Premier League came into existence. The bad run of form they are complaining about is 2 losses in their previous 6 games. They should speak to Chelsea about bad runs.

Since 2019, they have spent €524m on player. And average of €131m a season. That is the 5 highest expenditure in the league, and just €12m less than Arsenal – they have also been very noisy about how much we have spent to top the league.

During that period, they have the 3rd highest net spend in the Premier League (for those that love net spend stats). Only Manchester United and Arsenal have a higher net spend.

Their fans are very loud about them having the World Cup winning goalkeeper. The best centra defender “in the world” (still not sure who they are talking about?). The best footballer Asia has ever seen. And England’s best ever striker.

They have a transfer guru who has secured them some of the “best talent in Europe” in Romero, Bentancur, Kulusevski, Perisic and Richarlison. In the summer they “won” the transfer window.

And they have the best manager in the world (according to them) in Antonio Conte. The Italian much better than the novice in charge of Arsenal.

They have spent so much, on so many top players, all whilst spending £1bn on “the greatest football stadium in the world”.

I don’t really get what they are complaining about.

Spending so much on a new stadium was always going to see them take a backwards step. Did they not see what happened to The Arsenal?

The Emirates had huge implications on our finances. Throw in the credit crunch and we had to sell to service the debt.

Tottenham are in huge debt due to their stadium and have also had to contend with the impact of Covid on their finances. Did they really think they could build a new stadium whilst also spending big on players? They have actually spent a lot more than most of us would have expected.

I am not really sure what their fans want. What they are crying about. What their demands are.

The real reason they are upset is probably because of us. Because we are top of the league.

They are having breakdowns because they have realised the last half a decade has been wasted.

All those seasons finishing above Arsenal came to nothing. And it was all they could hold onto whilst we won FA Cup after FA Cup.

Now we are back on our pedestal, and they are both below us and trophyless, they have lost their minds.

Their issue is not with ENIC, with Levy and how the club is run. It is with KSE, with Arteta, and how we are performing.

Instead of writing a letter for Levy, they should have written one to Josh.

“Dear Josh,

Please stop Arsenal being so good. Them being bad was our only bright light in football.

Thanks

A Spurs Fan.”

They mocked us for our “banter years” but the truth is the last few years have just been a respite from their banter decades.

I bet if we were 6th, and they were 4th, there would be no complaints.

Being top of the league has broken them. Imagine what will happen if we win it?

Spurs fans really are the most delusional in the league.

Keenos

Media finds new reason to spread Arsenal negativity

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For years now, The Arsenal Football Club has been the medias punching bag.

They have made millions from spreading negativity about us, knowing that every article would be linked, every comment on TV or radio shared widely. Our recent league struggles has filled their pockets.

And some (so-called) Arsenal fans have also jumped on the bandwagon; realising that being ultra negative got them attention, made them a little bit of money (although the majority of them barely anything by spreading their poison).

They have hated Arsenal’s return to form under Mikel Arteta this season. It has angered them and those that have tried to encourage the doubters have become a laughing stock.

So no longer can they mock or criticise our on-field performances, they have has to look elsewhere to drum up their hatred. And that has come in the form of criticising Arteta.

Led by the Chief of the Celebration Police Richard Keys, over the last couple of weeks their have been countless column inches, tweets and hours of radio time dedicated to Arteta’s touchline antics.

Much of the criticism around Arteta has come from the chief boo-boys. Those that have been loudest in their criticism of Arteta and Arsenal in the last 2 or 3 years. The likes of Keys and Chris Sutton.

The usual suspects, the Arsenal-incels, have also come out from under their rock to pile on.

These people hated Arteta from day one. They were tweeting #ArtetaOut before he even got the job. And they have struggled to come to terms with the fact that maybe the likes of Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino were right with their comments about Arteta.

So the latest thing is them labelling Arteta “classless” and that his toucline antics and post-game interviews are disgracing the clubs.

Interestingly, these people also used to criticise Wenger for “showing no passion on the touchline” and “sitting in the dug out doing nothing”.

So thewy criticise Wenger for not showing passion; and then criticise Arteta for showing passion. What do they actually all want? And I think we know the answer to that is “attention”.

After the 0-0 defeat to Newcastle (yes, its a joke), some of the rats reappeared claiming that “with Manchester United and Tottenhams good form, we will be out of the top 4 within the next month”. So keen are they to paint Arteta as a man failing, they are creating implausible scenarios.

Yes, Arsenal have a tough run of games, with Tottenham, Manchester United and Manchester City to come. But we are top of the league for a reason.

It also ignores that over the next month, Man U face ourselves, Man City and Liverpool. Tottenham meanwhilse face ourselves, Man City (twice) and Chelsea.

So let’s all stop pretending that Man U and Spurs are both going to win every one of their next 7 games, and we are going to drop points in more than 3 – we might drop points in more than 3 of our next games, but they will not win 7 on the trot considering their best winning runs so far is 4 games and 2 games respectively.

We have dropped points in just one of our last 6 games, topping the form table and gaining 1 more point than the resurgent Man U in that time. Spurs have lost 2 and drawn 1 of their last 6. But apparently we are in bad form!

All sides have also been going OTT with Gabriel Jesus’s injury. You would think we were the only club to have a player come back from the World Cup with an injury (no mention of Richarlison).

Someone recently commented “it will be our lack of goals without Jesus that will see us drop below Man U in the next month”.

Since football returned from the World Cup, we have scored 7 goals in 3 games. Only Brighton (9) have scored more. How many have Manchester United scored? 7.

So our 7 goals in 3 games is proof our strikers are misfiring, whilst Man U’s 7 in 3 is proof they are on form. I just do not get it.

These people are so filled with hatred, wanting us to fail, that they end up building their own scenarios in their head and end up thinking they are true. No matter many of them live in bedsits talking into a camera or live their life through social media.

As for the media, we know bad news generates money. And we know Arsenal generates them money. All they care about is trying to combine the two and generating even more money.

The likes of Keys, Sutton et al will do anything to paint us as a club in crisis.

Even if we win every game between now and the end of the season and win the title at a canter, they will criticise us for Arteta’s antics, or due to Saka being booked for diving, or for us surrounding the referee like every club does. Their bitterness forces them to hold us to a higher standard than any other club.

On a final note, I do always laugh when something Richard Keys says goes viral.

He often talks about “class” and “dragging the name through the mud”. This is a man who took media exile in the Middle-East after UK organisation would not touch him with a barge pole.

A man who was sacked by Sky for his derogatory comments about female referee, before further comments came out which just showed he is a nasty old misogynist. A man who was caught shagging his daughters pal whilst his wife of 34-years battled cancer.

If you looked up “classless” in the dictionary, a picture of Richard Keys should be there.

The fact these people are having to look for off-field reasons to criticise Arsenal is brilliant. It means that our on-field performances are upsetting them.

UTA.

Keenos

The Superstar, The Arteta Old Boy, The Other Eastern European Wonderkid & The Cheap Choice – Mykhailo Mudryk Alternatives

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Shakhtar Donetsk are reportedly still holding out for €100million for Mykhaylo Mudryk.

Their sky high asking price is driven by Manchester United overpaying for Antony.

Liverpool signed Cody Gakpo for half that price. And whilst I think Mudryk has the higher ceiling, Gakpo is currently the better player and more established in Europe and on an international level.

Mudryk, remember, has just 30 Ukrainian top flight appearances to his name.

If Donetsk refuse to lower their demands, Arsenal will walk away. Paying €100m for Mudryk is too much and will have a huge impact on future transfer windows.

So if we walk away, what are our options?

Joao Felix – The Superstar

Mikel Arteta and Edu have long standing admiration for Felix.

The Portuguese forwards career has not quite ignited since his €126million move to Atletico Madrid.

This shouldn’t be surprised considering the free flowing attacker joined the most defensive team the world has ever seen.

Persistent injuries and the return of Antoine Griezmann – who he was signed to replace.

Still just 23-years-old, he has the technical ability and work rate to play in Arteta’s Arsenal. And you would like to think that Arteta and his coaching team’s renowned one-to-one training will help him reach his potential.

The issue with Felix has always been Atletico’s huge asking price. But if we are considering spending the €100m on Mudryk, then we should consider spending that money on an upgrade.

There is also an option of an (expensive) loan deal.

Atletico are asking for a €15million loan fee and for the team to cover his wages taking a total deal to €21million. that feels very expensive for 5 months work. And we have been stun by loan deals before. Players do not have the time to aclimatise to a new country, a new way of playing.

It is crazy to think people are writing off Felix whilst hyping up Rafael Leao as a great young talent. Felix is younger than his Portuguese team mate.

David Ornstein recently came out and spoke about how Felix is on our radar. I think we are using him to drive down Mudryk’s price.

The point is being made, through the press, that we have other options.

(Note: Looks like Felix is now off to Chelsea. Looking at the deal they have agreed, with no option to buy, I am glad we have skipped it).

Leroy Sane – The Arteta Old Boy

It feels like ever since Leroy Sane moved to Bayern Munich, he has been linked with a move back to England.

He has not quite hit the same form for the Bundesliga champions as he did for Manchester City, and has also dropped off in form for Germany (although every German has dropped off after their World Cup performance).

He has spent much of Christmas back in Manchester and seems to be pining for a return to England.

Arteta took Sane under his wing whilst the pair were at Man City.

In an interview about Arteta in 2020, Sane said ‘he was the one who pulled me aside and gave me the tactical tweaks to better my game

‘On a psychological and personal level, he really helped, he was so invested in Sane becoming a better player, growing as a person.’

Sane is tried and tested in the Premier League. He knows Arteta and Arteta knows him.

The likelihood is he will not move in January. But like with Jesus, he might be worthwhile keeping our powder dry for in the summer. If we can’t get Mudryk now or then.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia – The Other Eastern European Wonderkid

Georgian Kvaratskhelia made the move to Italy last summer, joining Napoli.

He has quickly established himself as their new talisman. His goals and assists driving Napoli to top of the league.

He and Mudryk have been known as the two big young talents from that part of the world for some time.

Kvaratskhelia made the big move last summer that Mudryk is looking to make this January. As he is now performing in a top 5 European league, you would have to argue that he is now a couple of runs on the ladder above Mudryk.

The feeling was that as Mudryk was less established, he would be available cheaper than Kvaratskhelia.

Mudryk around the €50m mark, Kvaratskhelia €80m.

If Shakhtar continue to demand huge money for Mudryk, Arsenal could switch their sights to Kvaratskhelia.

Similar profile, similar age, similar position and playing style. Kvaratskhelia just a bit more proven at a higher level.

If we are spending €80-100m on one of them, Kvaratskhelia has to be who we go for.

Probably not an option till the summer though

Facundo Torres – The Cheap Choice

If we decide that none of our primary targets are available in January, we have two main options.

The first is to sign no-one. Keep the money in the bank, and revisit the situation on the summer. Similar to how the Dusan Vlahovic / Gabriel Jesus situation played out.

This would be a risky strategy as we are thin up top.

Last year we collapsed in the closing stages of the season as Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli ran out of steam. As we have not added to the pool of widemen available (although Fabio Vieira can play there), the chances are we will be in a similar situation this year.

Martinelli and Saka are a year older, but this season the pair have also had a World Cup and European football to contend with.

Long-term readers of the blog will know I am against “short-term options”. They often end up being transfer flops, quickly surplus to requirements and sold on (or released) at a big loss.

Whilst Torres would be a short term option, the €8million transfer fee would not have much impact on our future budget.

He would likely come in on very low wages and, at just 22-years-old, you would expect us to be able recoup a lot of his transfer fee even if he struggles. We could also make a million here, million there by loaning him out across Europe.

But Torres is not a bad player.

We have been watching him for some time and he was part of Uruguay’s World Cup squad – although he was an unused substitute throughout.

He may well prove good enough to be “4th choice” in the future, and in the short term do a job coming in for either Saka or Martinelli for “lesser” games.

Personally, I have always felt it is his agent linking him to us to garner interest elsewhere in Europe – similar to what happened with Miguel Almiron.

With Reiss Nelson and Emile Smith Rowe both still struggling, he becomes a viable option if we struggle to get in a “big name” in January.

A move for Torres, before returning for any of the above or Mudryk in the summer could be a possible scenario.

Keenos