AUBAMEYANG NEEDS TO WIN MORE TROPHIES FOR ARSENAL LEGENDARY STATUS- WINTERBURN

According to former arsenal left back, aubameyang needs to win more trophies to be considered an arsenal legend. Winterburn said:"if pierre-Emerick Aubameyang keeps scoring like he has been over the next three years of his contract, then he'll be heading in the right direction to achieving legendary status at arsenal.

Aubameyang has been performing at a consistent level since joining arsenal from Borussia Dortmund scoring 72 goals in 112 games. He has won 1 Fa cup during his time in Arsenal but need to add more honors to really be considered as great. Aubameyang is well loved by the fans and some already consider him to be a legend at the club.

"I look back at players that people consider legendary at the Arsenal, then i look at what they won for the football club and they didn't win that much.

"The number of trophies players i played with won, in comparison to the amount Aubameyang could win, It's clear he is not going to win the same amount of trophies.

"Then eventually when he leaves- it depends always on what circumstances he leave; then he will be regarded as one of the legends of the club".

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IWOBI IN A NUTSHELL

The Nigeria international looks surplus to requirements at everton after failing to live up to his price tag. Iwobi was signed for £34m from arsenal last summer. A return of just 1 goal in 25 appearances in the premier league is just not good enough and more was expected from the former arsenal man. At times he has been completely excluded from the match day squad and it increasingly look like his future lies away from Everton. 

James Rodriguez was added this summer and that further pushes iwobi down the pecking order. However, iwobi is still only 24 and under the right management and support he would thrive so it'll be harsh to write him off at this point of his career. There haven't been any talks or reports on him leaving this summer though which is surprising considering his situation at the club but i would suggest he finds a new club or league that suits him.


 If Dortmund were to sell Sancho to Manchester united his agent should be saying to Dortmund "hey look, my client would perform brilliantly with you guys". Dortmund have a good track record of developing young players with the profile of Iwobi and will be a good fit for him. The problem with Iwobi is that he doesn't do the basic things which is scoring and creating scoring opportunities and if he doesn't improve on that aspect of his game, he would find himself second fiddle.

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THIAGO SET TO JOIN LIVERPOOL FOR £27M

The reds have agreed a deal with Bayern Munich to sign thiago for £27m. The Spanish midfielder told Bayern he wasn't renewing his contract with a year remaining. The 29 year old won the champions league having starred for Bayern Munich and was named in the competition's team of the year. He has won it all with Bayern and is looking for a fresh start. There were talks of Barcelona resigning him and Manchester united were interested but it seems Liverpool have finally gotten their man or klopp rather as he was the one who pushed to make the deal materialize. With wijnaldum reported to join Barcelona and a potential clear-out of some fringe players that creates space for thiago in the team. He is going to bring something different to this Liverpool side in terms of creativity in midfield adding a new dimension to their style of play. Arnold and Robertson are the team's sole source of creativity and amazingly are fullbacks but with thiago they have someone who can also create from midfield. Klopp would be relieved Liverpool got him after missing out on werner who joined Chelsea.

Liverpool face Chelsea this weekend as they hope to defend their premier league crown this season.

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AUBAMEYANG PENS NEW 3 YEAR DEAL TO COMMIT FUTURE TO ARSENAL

The gabon international has ended speculation concerning his future by signing a new 3 year contract with arsenal. Sign da ting! the slang used by arsenal fans to persuade the striker to commit to the club and after months of speculation he signed da ting. We were able to connect to Arsenal's live video this evening and saw aubameyang live where he said a few things to the fans and the ever buzzing Ian wright and lacazette also had few words with him. According to popular italian sports journalist and reporter Fabrizio Romano, aubameyang rejected two bids to remain at arsenal. Aubameyang said, "people are saying 'sign da ting', its finally done. i'm very happy". 

Aubameyang on contract renewal: "signing for this special club was never in doubt. I believe in Arsenal. We can achieve big things together. We have something exciting here and i believe the best is yet to come for Arsenal". 

Arteta on aubameyang signing a new contract: He's an important leader for the team and a big part of what we're building. He wants to be up there with the best players in the world and leave his mark. He can achieve that here.

During aubameyang's time in England, he has been arguably the best striker in the league and this further improves arsenal chances of winning a trophy after securing his future. The good thing about this is that it is aubameyang's last big contract at 31 and for him to commit to arsenal means he believes in the project presented by Arteta and maybe reinforcements will come in. 
72 goals in 111 games and it looks like he's heading for a legendary status at arsenal. Be happy gunners big things to come.

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NEWCASTLE BLASTS PREMIER LEAGUE OVER REJECTED TAKEOVER

Newcastle blasted the premier league after their imminent takeover was rejected. According to reports, owner mike Ashley is frustrated and will take legal action after the supposed sale of the club was not successful.





This is the second unsuccessful takeover by Amanda Staveley having previously tried in 2017.
The club released a statement. "Newcastle can confirm that the premier league has rejected a take-over made by PCP Capital Partners, the Reuben brothers and the Public investment of Saudi Arabia(PIF) based on it's owners and directors test. "This conclusion has has been reached despite the club providing the premier league with overwhelming evidence and legal options that PIF is independent  and autonomous of Saudi Arabian government.

"The club and its owners do not accept premier league chief executive Richard Masters and the premier league have acted appropriately in relation to this matter and will be considering relevant options available to them.
"Mike Ashley understands fans' frustrations and would like to reassure them that he has been fully committed to ensuring this takeover process reached completion as he felt it was in the best interests of the club.

"Mike continues to be fully supportive to Steve Bruce, the players and all staff and wishes them well for the upcoming season".

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BARCELONA DILEMMA

The club have found a way to retain the services of their 

star player against his wishes for at least a year it seems. 

The reality is he's going to leave anyway and the sooner 

they prepare for his departure the better rather than 

prolonging the inevitable year after year. However, it 

would be brilliant if he bows out with a treble and get the 

farewell he deserves after giving his all to the club.

 

The club have stagnated over the years without making any 

significant improvement since Neymar left. The huge 

money received from the deal was hugely misspent on 

players who have either left or are not performing up to 

required standards. Embarrassing defeats in Europe to 

Roma, Liverpool and most recently Bayern Munich was the 

final blow and showed Barcelona had fallen from the top. 

Asides the fact that they have been poor on transfers, the 

old heads have not performed to their usual high standards 

raising eyebrows that they maybe don't have it in them 

anymore. Club legend Ronald Koeman was appointed at the 

end of the campaign after Setien was relieved of his duties.

 It will be interesting to see who he brings in and who is 

moved on as the transfer window progresses. The goal for 

koeman is to bring Barca back to the top and he needs 

Messi on board to do that and the support of the 

fans as he embarks on this journey.  

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REFORMING ARSENAL

Here we go again, arsenal once again in the spotlight. It is no news that they have been a mid table side in recent years to say the least and the earlier they realize that they are no longer a force to be reckoned the better. It is one thing to know you have a problem then another ball game entirely to actually fix that problem. I hope the insiders do realize that there is a big problem. They have been absent in the champions league in recent years, missing out on the money and the ability to attract big players to the club. That is abysmal of a club of this stature and if they continue to miss out then they have completely fallen off. Analyzing the current team, a whole lot of changes needs to be made if they are to return to the pinnacle of football.

Luckily for them, they already have one of the best strikers in the world in their hands though he is yet to sign a new contract with his current deal set to expire by the end of the season. I would suggest the club let him move on and cut their losses as the damage has been done already. Once again a big player has not been managed correctly. Ramsey, wilshere to name a few are among the players that the club has let their contract run down and ended up getting nothing from their transfer with the former leaving for turin as recently as last season. 

They really need to break the bank if they are to return to the top. I see no reason they should not go for someone like halaand. I know that seems like a far cry but making a statement signing of a player in that mold will show how ambitious they are and other players would want to join the club. Some alternatives to halaand could be strikers like belloti, jovic,oshimen are also good fits. While on the wings, there are guys like dembele, coman, james, coutinho, draxler. Most of theses players are currently unsettled in their current teams and would entertain a move to a club like arsenal which would be a perfect marriage as they both are hoping to hit top form. Getting at least two of the names mentioned above would be brilliant. Ever since Ramsey left, they lacked a good ball carrier in the team. Van de beek ticks all the boxes for me and arsenal should be fighting for him or maybe isco. Thomas partey has said he wants to join the club according to whispers. He is exactly what arsenal needs in that DM position and is an upgrade in what they currently have.
Getting someone like Madison or grealish who already knows the league should also be a priority. The right back position should be addressed as well. There is pavard, zest or even cancelo who is currently unsettled at city and would welcome a move. I strongly think they should get in a world class defender like demiral or someone like koulibaly. There are brilliant youngsters in the team with huge potentials and if they keep them and can get some of the players mentioned above then arsenal can get back to former heights or even greater. Funds are limited yes, due to the effect of the corona virus. Most of the players in the current team are simply not good enough for arsenal and needs to be moved on to generate income for the new signings. Nevertheless, the current dilemma now is securing a spot in the top four and arteta needs to find a way to do that with just 10 games remaining. 

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HOW GOOD IS LIVERPOOL?

You remember the fearsome duo of Sturridge and Suarez 

right? And how close they were to lifting the league title 

before bottling it at the very end. Fast forward to few years and they are in the Europa league  final without Suarez this time but guess what? They bottled it again where it mattered.

 They also lost to man city as well in a domestic cup final that same year. 

A much changed team got to the champions league final in 2018. On a cold night in Kiev against a Real Madrid side looking to make it 3 champions league trophies in a row. They were unfortunate on the night with their star man Salah brutally taken out prematurely by Ramos and familiar problems resurfaced again and they bottled yet another final. 

So it is safe to say this have always been a good team over the years but just lacked that character and a little bit of substance to cross the finish line. They were good yes, but not just good enough to complete the job. The forward line has always been top notch over the years, the midfield not by any means the worst, but that defense which is made up of a back 4 and the goalkeeper is where the fault is and it laid bare for everyone to see.  Robertson and van dijk were added and Arnold came through the ranks as well to improve the porous defense. Allison Becker came in as well from Roma. There were also some additions across other areas of the team that proved vital. This is the team in focus today.  Spearheaded by a 3 man front line of the selfless Firminho as the number 9, explosive Salah on the right, ever reliable mane on the left. A midfield trio of Henderson at the base with Fabinho and Wijnaldum on either side. A back line formed by the marauding fullbacks of Arnold and Robertson that have the best long distance relationship in football with the duo exchanging cross field passes on a regular bases. The center back partnership of van Dijk and Matip together with the assured Allison Becker between the sticks. This is the team they have yearned for years.  This team have been nothing short of magnificent pushing man city all the way to the last game of the previous season but missed out on the trophy despite losing just once but who cares anyway as they went on to claim the champions league in May. Their journey was so impressive and it included arguably the best comeback in the competition’s history as they turned a 3-0 deficit into 4-3 against Barcelona at Anfield in the return leg of the semi-finals. “Corner taken quickly”, origi!!!

The Liverpool faithful would never forget that moment. They lifted the trophy in an all English final against spurs in Madrid.  Liverpool are 25 points clear at the top of the table with the league trophy already in their hands. You can feel the energy from the stands to the manager down to all the players. They simply do not know how to lose even on their worst days with rival fans branding them liVARpool as they claim the VAR has favored them most times. They are certainly the best team in England and definitely among the elite clubs in Europe if not the best. 

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NEYMAR THE THIRD EYE

      

Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar in that order. It was in that order, 

should still be in that order, but is it still in that order? Ever since Neymar left Barcelona in a €222 million  mega deal to Paris, it has not really turned out how he would have expected it to. It is fair to say he has not reached the heights that was expected of him or even matched his previous heights in Barcelona. This is a move that has not been favorable to all parties involved. Barcelona have sorely missed him as all the replacements have failed to replicate what Neymar did at the capital. Messi even told the board to go all out and do everything possible to bring him back. Psg are yet to win the champions league and Neymar has not gone close to winning the Ballon d’or so it has not been a good deal. 

When Neymar was at Barcelona alongside Messi and Suarez, they formed arguably the best attack in world football. He scored 105 goals in 186 matches for Barcelona. He was a 2 time Spanish champion, and also won the treble in the 14/15 season. He scored 3 goals in the quarter-finals against his current team Psg, 3 goals against Bayern Munich in the semi-finals and scored the killer goal against Juventus in the finals. That was how instrumental he was in the Champions league for Barcelona and finished third for the Fifa Ballon d’or award.

Yes the Ballon d’or, the reason he left Barcelona for Psg where he would be the main man and lead them to Champions league glory which would give him more chances of finishing first for the Fifa Ballon d’or. Injuries and lots off-field antics have plagued his Psg’s career so far with criticism from former players and even current players questioning his attitude. Some people believe Mbappe is currently more important to the team than Neymar. For a player that was considered as the third best footballer, that is a step back in all respect to Mbappe’s brilliance. During his time at Psg, Messi has picked up 2 more Ballon d’or while Ronaldo grabbed 2 as well and even Modric got his hands on the prestigious individual award. That should have been his chance as he was thought to be the only player to break the duo dominance. He might have collected the award by now if he stayed back at Barcelona but sadly that did not happen. The player has made his intent of returning to the Spanish club to be reunited with Messi and Suarez. 

A love story he ended prematurely when he decided to 
switch clubs. Currently, he is not considered to be the third eye anymore and for a player that had the tag 5 years back, he should even be the second best by now if not the best footballer in the world.

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