Hats off to Noni Madueke. Most improved player at Arsenal this season. He has been fantastic and deserves his flowers. Work rate is also top level. Didnt stop running didnt stop trying. The fans can get behind that. Class 👌🏽
🚨 NEW: John Healey has announced Ukraine will receive £10bn in additional economic and military support
"We called him this morning... he told us we made his day"
#Budget
I'd love an Arsenal goalkeeper to be able to save one penalty - just one - between now and the end of time. Absolutely incredible and bemusing how regularly I see them flying across the wrong side of goal.
That potential leg breaker on Dowman was with intent to hurt him.. his response is never a Red card .. club has to appeal it ! 3 game ban for that is a joke !
City won six titles in seven seasons (unprecedented), won four titles in a row (unprecedented) and won 100 points in a 38 game season (unprecedented). The idea that punishing City is a blow to league competitiveness could not be more separated from reality.
Arsene Wenger and 08-11 Arsenal are the biggest victims of this. City took Nasri, Toure, Adebayor & Clichy in their prime from Arsenal, which had a ripple effect that led to Cesc & RVP leaving too, which in turn meant Arsenal never competed again for years
🚨 Chief Executive of the Premier League, Richard Masters: “The core decision establishes the facts of what happened at Manchester City during this period. It details how the club systematically broke Premier League Rules for nearly a decade.
“It also vindicates the Premier League’s decision to pursue this case against Manchester City. While the process to date has been both long and difficult, the League has remained determined that the facts be established independently.
“It is a key responsibility of the Premier League to ensure that the Rules, approved by the clubs themselves, are upheld to protect the integrity of the competition. It is paramount that the League remains competitive and fair for all clubs and for the fans. We take that role extremely seriously.
“This disciplinary case, and this decision, are the most significant in Premier League history. There are elements of the case that remain to be decided, including, importantly, what sanction must follow for these breaches. Now we have the Commission’s decision, we are committed to moving swiftly through the remainder of the process, to provide certainty for the League, our clubs and fans.”
In Sep 2008, this Arsenal team beat Porto 4-0 in Champions League. In same month Abu Dhabi purchased Man City.
Total squad cost for that Arsène Wenger team was ~£38m. Over next 6 years 115 signed 50% of the outfield players from this very team on massive wages, unaffordable to Arsenal. (Clichy, Sagna, Toure, Adebayor, Nasri) financed by illegal financial doping.
Wenger’s grand plan was first ruined by Abramovic & Chelski, and later by the City cheats.
He had to sell his best players to try compete under circumstances that should’ve never been allowed happen
I wonder how Arsene Wenger is feeling tonight
We should all feel embarrassed for the way he was treated at the end .. time shows he was doing an unbelievable job in the most disgraceful period of cheating
Absolutely,without comparison,Wenger was the biggest victim of the fraud&cheating committed first by Chelski&then by Citeh. His commitment to doing things the right way,paying his clubs own way amidst fraudulent inflation&a feeble PL who ignored their own rules cost him huge.
Spot on United, Liverpool and Arsenal (in that order) are the three biggest clubs in England by a long long way .. City and Chelsea are just Russian and UAE Oil pumped cheats, no bigger than Villa or Forest .. Everton bigger than both
Most people don’t take issue with owners putting money into their football clubs. But it should be by investing in the local community, club infrastructure and the academy etc. to build the club and deliver long-term, sustainable success - which is what every other club has spent a century trying to do. Committing fraud to accelerate your club’s growth isn’t fair, and will also leave gaps. It’s why City/Chelsea cant fill out their stadiums/parades despite the trophies they’ve won. It takes generations to build a big and successful football club with a fanbase to match. That can’t be faked.
Facts ! Nobody suffered more than Arsenal and Wenger at the hands of Man City buying the league (and half our squad) ! .. throw the book at them and banish them from the league and the history books !