Morning all.
It’s hard not to get embroiled in transfer rumours this time of year and when it comes to Arsenal, I’m pretty sure those rumours go up a level. You and I know what the media are like only too well. They love playing with people’s emotions, or at least that’s how it appears from the outside looking in.
Even now, with England through to a World Cup semi-final, how they got there seems more important than actually being there. The nation should be right behind the players and manager but what are those football scribblers doing? Trying to create something out of nothing after both Tuchel and Bellingham were interviewed right after the win against Norway. Tuchel wants to see us play better which is understandable as I’m pretty sure every football fan wants to see that, not just Tuchel. As for Bellingham, well he’d just given every ounce of energy he had in him for 120 minutes to help secure what was a very good result so the last he needed to hear was a reporter tell him his manager wanted more from the team.
I read some of the player reviews in one of the newspapers, I know, a stupid thing to do but the defenders marks out of ten were pretty low. Yet this is a defence which stifled Erling Haaland, so much so he was substituted. The same player who the previous day, was considered to be Englands main and possibly only problem ahead of the game and England would struggle to contain him. Well, they did so it makes sense to slate them for doing so. Not!
Anyway, I’ve digressed somewhat.
Transfer rumours, regardless of which newspaper prints them, are seldom worth the paper they are printed on. Odds are one might come true every now and again which considering the number of players Arsenal are linked with each transfer window, it’s hardly surprising. This morning the stories about Barcola not being for sale so Arsenal are back to chasing Julian Alvarez. That is according to The Independent.
If by some miracle this is true, would you be happy, thrilled even to see Alvarez sign for Arsenal this summer?
Over to you…
