The image shows Martinelli gasping for breath on the sidelines while his teammates were celebrating.
I truly admire his energy and effort.
I've never seen him complain or react negatively, even when facing intense criticism from fans.
Sometimes I get annoyed watching him play so monotonously, but I never "hate" him.
This moment was captured by photographers David Price & Catherine Ivill. 📸
Eze defended and almost fainted.
He kept looking at Martinelli like how tf are you still going 😭
He could not believe that his legs were still on the ground 😭
I give him props for actually going till the end. It will strengthen his mind and prepare him for what’s to come.
The obsession with converting every tall midfielder into an 'inverted full-back' has reached peak tactical delusion.
Ayyoub Bouaddi is not Federico Valverde. Valverde is an explosive wide-channel carrier. Bouaddi is a 6'1" central enforcer. His elite value lies in his interception volume and tight-space pivot composure in the middle third.
We need a big guy who is really progressive on the ball to replace Ben White. Think of the RHS Calafiori.
One solution is to convert a powerful midfielder into this role like with Matheus Nunes or Federico Valverde.
Hence Ayoubb Bouaddi.
@codedbruhh Partey
Rice
Zubimendi
Even Skelly played as an LB
The previous names have played and can play RB
But that doesn't mean you expose your defense line just because you want a shiny toy to play with at RB, I addressed that already
Your favorite tacticos complaining about Lille demanding €70m for Ayyoub Bouaddi are completely exposing their tactical illiteracy. You are not paying for a raw prospect; you are paying the structural tax required to protect a €105m asset.
You cannot run Declan Rice for 60 matches a season without causing physical regression, but you also cannot rest him because nobody else in the squad possesses his physical floor. Bouaddi is the market anomaly.
🚨 Arsenal have had a bid worth around €60m rejected by Lille for Ayyoub Bouaddi (18), according to exclusive information obtained by Africafoot. Lille want at least €70m. 🕵️♂️🇲🇦 [@Africafoot_com]
Monga is a raw transition weapon: two-footed, elite 1v1 speed, lethal in space. But he's no quick fix for wing depth. He has the physical tools, but remains a massive project. If signed, we're buying him to rebuild his tactical brain.
For everyone asking how good Jeremy Monga is
He is a Project not a first team but straight away, and for Arsenal to give him a clear path way to the first team, I think this should suffice for everyone......
Monga is a raw transition weapon: two-footed, elite 1v1 speed, lethal in space. But he's no quick fix for wing depth. He has the physical tools, but remains a massive project. If signed, we're buying him to rebuild his tactical brain.
Appointing Andoni Iraola is Liverpool publicly admitting that the measured, sterile possession era under Arne Slot is officially dead.
Slot’s rapid fall from grace, crashing from a debut-season title win straight down to a 5th-place finish proved his system couldn't sustain control without elite transitional execution.
𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗠 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗕𝗔 𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗦: 🇫🇷📋🧠
🗣️ “I knew I had the qualities and talent to be a top-level player, so I fought to come back to Arsenal and show that I belonged there. I'm careful not to get complacent. Football moves too fast. If you become complacent, someone will come and replace you immediately.”
The market is searching for the next multi-million project, while we are simply getting the blueprint.
We ain't trying to copy PSG; we are creating our own blueprint entirely.
Ayyoub Bouaddi Completes physical dominance disguised as tactical maturity.
Paying €70m for the only teenager in Europe statistically and physically capable of replicating Rice’s defensive floor while mirroring MLS's tight-space composure isn't an overpay.
Pay Lille and secure the monster.....
The Abou Diaby comparisons being thrown around are equally misplaced. Diaby used long strides to break lines vertically through the center of the pitch.
Neither Diaby nor Bouaddi possess the touchline defensive mechanics required to isolate wingers out wide. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel.
Calafiori works on the left because he has natural wide-defensive mechanics.
Converting Bouaddi to a 'RHS Calafiori' isn't a tactical masterclass; it's positional vandalism.
We are buying a central engine, not a right-back experiment.