The 2019/2020 season can be the season that makes the fans have to get ready, ready to accept the fact that Arsenal will most likely not plunge into the race for the trophy. The slow transfer of Arsenal’s players this season is very different compared to last season where they swiftly brought in players to fill important positions such as Bernd Leno and Sokratis Papa.
As a long time fan, the loss of Aaron Ramsey for free at the end of the season is quite disappointing especially before the League begins Arsenal will likely also be left by captain Laurent Koscielny who refused to take part in Arsenal’s pre-season tour in the United States. Not a signal of desire to leave Koscielny worrying, with his age of 34 years can be guessed the game may have decreased a lot, but precisely because management seems to have not thought of bringing in a substitute.
Actually there is the name William Saliba who is predicted to be transported to the Emirates but it is an irony, the latest news says precisely Tottenham Hotspurs is ready to hijack the player. Talking about the stock of other players, there was Skhodran Mustafi who had been labeled unwanted by the Emirates public thanks to his bad hobby of making a blunder that made his compilation on YouTube, rumored Aubameyang to be reunited with his old coach at Borussia Dortmund, Juergen Klopp until Lucas Torreira was targeted by AC Milan.
Aside from Aaron Ramsey, the hole that must be patched in the transfer market is replacing the players who are out of contract or retired. Besides Ramsey there are names Danny Welbeck and Stephan Lichsteiner who also officially ended his contract at Arsenal after last summer and Petr Cech decided to retire. The slow transfer was also the worst since the end of Arsenal’s austerity period which was marked by the purchase of a marquee player in Mesut Ozil 6 years ago.
Arsenal’s failure to get the Monchi as the transfer director coupled with the mediocre investment by Stan Kroenke became very felt with Arsenal’s current transfer progress. Practically for now Arsenal fans seem to agree that the only hope in the next season is Reiss Nelson again continued his good performance at Hoffenheim last season or Gabriel Martinelli immediately adjusted to Emery’s game flow. Even though the final decision on the purchase of a player is not in the hands of the owner, the player’s transfer will not work if the owner of the player issues financial support. Unfortunately Arsenal are in the hands of the owner or investor who is not right. Stanley Kroenke has a history of prioritizing economic benefits compared to how to build a superior team.
As information, Arsenal is only one of the various sports clubs owned by him. There is still the name Denver Nuggets (NBA), the Los Angeles Rams (NFL), Colorado Avalanche (NHL), and the Los Angeles Gladiators who compete in the Overwatch esports league. In 2016 Kroenke made a controversy by relocating St. Louis Rams to Los Angeles for commercial reasons in the form of the attraction of the city of Los Angeles for international audiences.
Unclear direction of Arsenal’s leadership under Kroenke helped invite protests from groups of supporters who branded him as a passive owner and only made Arsenal a field of money. Even according to thesun.com Kroenke had never even spent a penny to buy players.
So far Arsenal have reportedly only relied on the club’s money to get involved in the transfer market activities, which caused Arsenal to have to sell some of its star players to get fresh funds. This is of course inversely proportional to the habits of the billionaire owners of other English League clubs such as Khaldoon Al Mubarak the King of Etihad and Roman Abramovich who have poured hundreds of millions of pounds for their team.
On a preseason tour to the United States, Josh Kroenke’s son from Stan Kroenke and Arsenal’s vice president firmly said that fans could expect a surprise transfer this season but “it’s not time to think about the trophy”. The statement aimed at fans’ protests was like describing how the Kroenke family’s vision for Arsenal at the same time told fans around the world “Be patient, fans”.
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