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There you go 😂😂😂

There you go 😂😂😂

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Funny how environments change you. December 2024 at Chelsea: “Title race? I don’t even know what that is.” Now at Arsenal: Openly talking about the title. Embracing the pressure. Front-runners. That’s what happens when you move from plastic FC and pre-season onion rings 🧅🏆 to a serious football club fighting for proper honours, not 3rd-tier European basketware. Levels. Mentality. Culture. 🔴⚪

Funny how environments change you. December 2024 at Chelsea: “Title race? I don’t even know what that is.” Now at Arsenal: Openly talking about the title. Embracing the pressure. Front-runners. That’s what happens when you move from plastic FC and pre-season onion rings 🧅🏆 to a serious football club fighting for proper honours, not 3rd-tier European basketware. Levels. Mentality. Culture. 🔴⚪

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Viktory Walk 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

Viktory Walk 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

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The Martinelli talk was always going to divide opinion. Mid-season, MLS/Nwaneri wasn't immune from those conversations either. But MLS got his opportunity in midfield, seized it and changed the club's thinking. That's how elite football works. If Arsenal want to evolve and compete with the likes of PSG and Bayern, sentiment can't stand in the way. Some players will have to move on and the quality in certain positions has to be raised. Simple as that

The Martinelli talk was always going to divide opinion. Mid-season, MLS/Nwaneri wasn't immune from those conversations either. But MLS got his opportunity in midfield, seized it and changed the club's thinking. That's how elite football works. If Arsenal want to evolve and compete with the likes of PSG and Bayern, sentiment can't stand in the way. Some players will have to move on and the quality in certain positions has to be raised. Simple as that

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Liverpool could use a Saliba - high IQ, smart enough to pin a City player and keep Robertson onside while causing chaos. 😂 Learn from the best. 😉

Liverpool could use a Saliba - high IQ, smart enough to pin a City player and keep Robertson onside while causing chaos. 😂 Learn from the best. 😉

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I could show you a catalogue of moments where Saka isn’t even looking for Gyokeres in the box. His instinct is to cut back and shoot. He sees himself as the main man at Arsenal, and rightly so, but football is still a team game. You could see Gyokeres’ frustration yesterday when Saka didn’t put the cross into his path. Those are the sort of situations why we signed him. It’s something Arteta needs to find a solution to. Maybe moving Saka to the left forces him to cross earlier and attack the danger zone.

I could show you a catalogue of moments where Saka isn’t even looking for Gyokeres in the box. His instinct is to cut back and shoot. He sees himself as the main man at Arsenal, and rightly so, but football is still a team game. You could see Gyokeres’ frustration yesterday when Saka didn’t put the cross into his path. Those are the sort of situations why we signed him. It’s something Arteta needs to find a solution to. Maybe moving Saka to the left forces him to cross earlier and attack the danger zone.

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Now the dust has settled, Gyokeres wasn’t at his sharpest, but this clip shows exactly why he still adds real value to the team. His movement drags a centre-half out of position, leaving Saka free in the box instead of being double-marked. I’ll say it again - we open teams up far more with Gyökeres leading the line. Defenders are constantly worried about his runs, and that creates space for others to exploit. I’m not giving up on him just yet. It will click. Only gripe here: Saka probably should’ve chopped inside and whipped it. Fine margins.

Now the dust has settled, Gyokeres wasn’t at his sharpest, but this clip shows exactly why he still adds real value to the team. His movement drags a centre-half out of position, leaving Saka free in the box instead of being double-marked. I’ll say it again - we open teams up far more with Gyökeres leading the line. Defenders are constantly worried about his runs, and that creates space for others to exploit. I’m not giving up on him just yet. It will click. Only gripe here: Saka probably should’ve chopped inside and whipped it. Fine margins.

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One thing that stood out to me from Alexis Guerreros (big Arsenal fan) and Christian Polanco's conversation with Michael Yormark, President of Roc Nation Sports Int'l, and Federico Pena wasn't just the discussion around Roc Nation, but their vision for where football is heading. Yormark argued that football needs to embrace what American sport has long understood: STAR POWER DRIVES GROWTH. It can't just be the name on the front of the shirt; the name on the back matters too. When the spotlight is on a player, the club benefits commercially as well. He used Michael Jordan as the example. The Chicago Bulls became a global phenomenon because of Jordan's individual brand. The club and the player elevated one another. For me, Real Madrid have traditionally operated from a different philosophy, and understandably so. As a member-owned institution with presidential elections and a history that spans generations, the club has always projected that no player is bigger than Real Madrid. That identity is deeply ingrained in how the institution is run. The debate, though, is whether modern football is shifting. Global audiences increasingly follow personalities as much as clubs, and commercial value is increasingly tied to individual brands. That's where Arsenal's vision appears different. Josh Kroenke's strategy seems far more aligned with the philosophy Yormark describes: building around global stars whose personal brands can elevate the club while the club elevates them in return. Vini Jr. wants more than footballing success. He wants to become a crossover global celebrity, with greater endorsement opportunities, stronger links to American sport and entertainment, and a platform that extends beyond the pitch. That's where Ben Winston, one of the most influential creative and entertainment executives in global sport and media, steps in. Ben please like this know one would know 😂

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No goal. Goal

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