Big Gabi talks contract, trophies, Gyokeres

Morning all, it’s gonna be a fast, early Monday weblog for you, as I’ve gotta head to the airport to catch a flight (or two flights to be actual) to Singapore.

On the time of writing, there’s been nothing stirring on this planet of Viktor Gyokeres. I don’t know if his dad remains to be unhappy and weeping, though in an interview in The Athletic (£), Gabriel was requested in regards to the Swedish striker, and mirrored on the sport we performed in opposition to Sporting final season, saying:

Once we performed in opposition to him, it was a giant problem for us. What we all know now’s that he’s an excellent participant, who positively had an excellent season final yr.

The reporting means that Arsenal are ‘relaxed’ in regards to the scenario, however how issues really feel internally versus how followers really feel externally are sometimes very totally different. There was, inevitably, some chatter yesterday about Man Utd being . The Ruben Amorim connection is clear, however that was downplayed nearly immediately. This week must be decisive although. I don’t know if Andrea Berta has gone on the tour or if he’s stayed behind in London to get this completed, however I hope it’s the latter – he has work to do. Whether or not it occurs in time for Massive Vik to affix up with the tour stays to be seen, however let’s see.

Again to Gabriel, and he additionally spoke about his choice to place pen to paper on a brand new contract. He was the primary to take action this summer time, adopted by Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri (though we nonetheless await official membership affirmation of that). He says:

I’ve already been on the membership 5 years, and I can see the progress that’s taking place right here. I’m right here to win titles, to realize issues, to assist make Arsenal even greater. I actually imagine this upcoming season can be a giant problem for us, however I additionally imagine we are able to win issues. We’ve got an excellent likelihood of profitable a trophy.

In the previous few years, we have been very near profitable issues, and it ended up slipping away. However I’ve full confidence within the membership and every little thing they’re doing to assist it develop, and I’m sure that this yr we’ll be preventing once more.

From a membership that appeared to need to take care of contract sagas on a regular basis, gamers operating down their offers and leaving without cost, or gamers being paid to only go away, we’ve come fairly a distance. Make no mistake, if Gabriel wished a transfer, he’d have his decide of golf equipment throughout Europe, however he’s determined to decide to Arsenal and no matter how pissed off you have been about final season or this summer time or anything, that’s nonetheless price being attentive to.

We’re retaining our greatest younger expertise, we’ve tied down one in every of our most skilled gamers, and whereas there are nonetheless a few contracts all of us need to see sorted out, the very fact somebody of the stature of Gabriel has determined his prime years can be spent in North London isn’t one thing to be sniffed at. He additionally talks within the interview in regards to the restoration from the hamstring surgical procedure, he’s again with the principle group now, and hopefully he’ll be able to go for the beginning of the brand new season. The upcoming pre-season video games in opposition to AC Milan and Newcastle may inform us one thing too, so let’s see.

Proper, I’m gonna depart it there for now, and get transferring. I’m trying ahead to assembly individuals at an occasion in Singapore on Tuesday night, so please say hello if you happen to’re there, and hopefully we are able to stumble upon numerous followers from Singapore and past over the course of the week. Andrew Allen could have tomorrow’s weblog for you, however I’ll decide up the reins once more in the course of the week – the time distinction makes it simple to maintain the weblog going regardless of the journey.

For now, I’ll depart you with a model new Arsecast Additional recorded yesterday. Phil Costa is filling in for James. Have a superb one of us!



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