Nah, Carragher cooked with this one. 😂
“Champions of the World” but the champions of England, Spain and Italy weren’t even in the Club World Cup?
Be honest, does this actually make sense to you? 😭
We’re only five games in… Manchester City have had two refereeing errors go in their favour where as Arsenal have had two errors go against them.
The points swing for two teams fighting for the title could have been hugely detrimental and we’re only five games in.
It’s already given Manchester City a three points advantage.
It’s crazy.
Mikel Arteta did NOT spend €526m in his first season at Arsenal. 😂
In fact, it took Arteta 5 years in charge to reach that level of spending.
His first summer:
🆗 Gabriel Magalhães — €26m
🆗 Willian — Free
🆗 Dani Ceballos — Loan
🆗 Thomas Partey — €50m
🆗 Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson — Free
Total: €76m
Now look at Enzo Maresca’s first summer:
❎ Enzo — €145m
❎ Elliot Anderson — €135m
❎ Ayyoub Bouaddi — €95m
❎ Iliman Ndiaye — €70m
❎ Allan — €37.5m
❎ Mathys Detourbet — €25m
❎ Jeremy Monga — €11.7m
❎ Gerónimo Rulli — €3.5m
❎ Pierce Charles — €3.5m
Total: €526m
And there’s another important piece of context.
Arteta didn't inherit an Arsenal side that had been competing for the title the season before. He had a completely different situation to deal with.
Maresca, meanwhile, has been backed with €526m in his first summer alone.
So if Maresca finishes this season without winning a single trophy, can we call it a failure ?