As an arsenal fan, even though aubameyang had a an unfortunate end to his time at arsenal, we still still love him dearly for everything he had done for us, the fact that he won the golden boot for us after years of us not having a prolific striker was truly one of my favorite memories of him.
as an arsenal fan, aubameyang is a true legend of the emirates era. He brought us so much joy with his goals, and also the way he carried us to the FA cup victory. He could of easily left after that FA cup win too, signed a good deal with a more succesful club at the time. But he stayed saying he believed in the project and wanted to become a legend at the club. It was very sad to see him go, but it was the right descion and im always so happy when i see him score at barca. He will always be a hero of the club in my eyes.
Agreed. He was by far our most important player for multiple seasons. Just wasn't quite suited for the captaincy, unfortunately. But he was great. He is missed.
The guy had no respect for your club, he was a great player but was on a downwards slope. I rate how arteta is trying to make a more coherent team that rely on eachother instead of an individual with a big ego and bad attitude.
Not sure if he wanted to be a legend or the money talked but its undeniable that for wengers last season and emerys 1st it was his goals that was keeping us in Europe and winning the fa Cup....shame he couldn't rediscover his form for arsenal but he needed the fresh start and I hope he keeps scoring at barca
Mustafi has to be the single biggest disaster signing of the last decade. He was meant to be our Vidic or Stam, and on top of being underwhelming as a player he showed no capacity to learn from his mistakes. Physically looks the part but mentally his concentration levels weren't anything like a top league centre back. He possibly cost Wenger and Emery their jobs with his play and the lack of depth due to our investment in him.
Valencia 2014-15 had a central back pairing with Mustafi and Otamendi. I'm sure they made each others look better than they were by being utterly useless.
@@Soledoubt Mustafi's thigh injury that he suffered in 2014, recurred in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and this year. He lost a few yards of speed, which was his biggest asset at Valencia. He was a CB that could defend fast forwards and not be a total liability in the air. When he lost his pace he became a liability.
Wenger cost himself his job He gave average players year's to develop players like bentnar mustafi kosilney etc and didn't get rid after one season he was always to loyal
It's reported that Giroud was actually part of a three part swap where Arsenal got Auba from Dortmund, Chelsea got Giroud from Arsenal, and Dortmund got Batshuayi on loan. It's essentially been said that each team was willing to let go of each player, so long as they were able to get the player they wanted in turn. It makes it slightly incorrect to say that Aubameyang was brought in after Giroud was left, but only because they were essentially part of one convoluted deal.
@@johnmitchell2269 Tbf, he was awful, but the rest of the team wasn’t much better either. This season we are much better and he was doing more harm than good for the boys. He had like 30 great to good months and 18 bad months, I think at the end of the day, he gave us hope and help to win a title so, could be much much worse.
Hey Alfie, I just thought of a cracking idea for a video you could do on the turbulent recent history of Goztepe in the Super Lig. They’re one of the Super Lig’s most well supported clubs (a bit like a Newcastle United, Sunderland or Strasbourg if you may). In the 2001/02 season, they finished seventh in the top flight, however from 2002 to 2008, they were relegated five times in six seasons, due to their inability to reduce their outstanding debt which resulted in the football club being banned from signing new players during that time. In August of 2007, a business based in Istanbul, vowed to take them back to the top flight making them one of the top five clubs in the country, but they were met with lots of suspicions from the fan base, and then they handed over the ownership to another bloke called Mehmet Sepil in 2014. Anyway, they’re back in the Super Lig as a solid mid table/weaker top half team. Why am I bringing all this up? Because apparently Abramovich is looking to possibly buy the club himself, after being sanctioned from the UK. It’s a crazy crazy story and may you could look into this, not to mention, they are not only a rare example of a club that is considered a neighbourhood club, as well as the fact that they’ve played in 3 different stadiums since 2011, but also in 1969, they became the first Turkish football team to play a semi-final of a European competition.
Sounds like an interesting story if hitc doesn't start your own channel you've got the knowledge if abramovic buys the club wow the Turkish lig will have a surprise
Quick note on Mavropanos: Stuttgart are obligated to buy him for 3M€ if they’re staying up but still have to option to buy for that price if they are relegated which they would obviously do considering his current market value (17M€ according to transfermarkt). Btw we VfB Fans are baffled how Arsenal could agree to those terms considering he was already great last season.
There's also the fact that our CB situation is a problem. In seasons past, it was a bad problem, but it's shaping up to be a good problem, if that makes sense. Since getting rid of Mustafi and Luiz, we now have an extremely great pairing of White and Gabriel, with Holding behind them to back them up and being pretty solid in his own right. Saliba will likely be coming back in the summer to round out or CB rotation after several great loans in France, meaning Mavro would have to compete with them for playing time. It's a problem, but it's a nice problem to have. A solid CB was going to be sold one way or the other, so Mavro is looking like the one to be let go.
@Rytex During the first part of the season Mavro was on fire like no one else in our squad. Since then his inconsistency and lack of experience has been more present again. I’d agree about him not being ready for Arsenal and letting him go is probably the right decision. The price is just crazy. Btw I still believe he has the potential to be a world class defender one day
From an Arsenal fans point of view, Aubameyang was a great signing and will still have a very good legacy seeing that he was the reason we performed so well for 2 seasons and is the reason we were able to sign signings we still have right now,
When wenger first came to the league, he already knew the French Market . Once everybody else explored the continent, he started to fall away, but that was also to do with the Emirates stadium build etc.
Voyeur lost his Midas touch by the time last decade started. Gone were the days of him scoring a world class talent for a song because they’d been written off prematurely or were playing in a heavily underrated league.
the main problem was the scouting of the club went from being ahead of the curb when Wenger arrived to outdated in his last half decade in the club which forced the club to revamp things quickly with Mislintat and Raul Sanllehi who often butted head with each other, it all ended up being a disaster. Now the scouting is more analytics based and so far it seems to be better for it
@@stealthiscool true and wasting Mislintat like that was such a shame but I’m not really a big arsenal fan so I’m not too cut up but it’s good for them that they fixed that shit and are on the comeback trail
Alfie, would you consider doing a video on the rise and fall of the Socceroos and Australian football in general? Since peaking around 2006, the game has stagnated and now declined so much that were very likely to miss the world cup for the first time in 20 years. Crap coaching and youth development, a stale and almost dead national competition, ridicolously expensive fees for juniors & youth, and a federation governance war are just some of the issues that have contributed to our demise in the last few years. I might ask more regularly for a video on this after our fate has been decided in June.
@@Live.Laugh.Lobotomy we have to play 3rd from the other group (U.A.E, Iraq or Lebanon). If we win that we play against 5th from Conmebol (Peru, Chile,or Colombia). Both are one off ties in Qatar in June. A lot of us have conceded that were already out because our team is so poor, were not getting past south american opposition, we will probably even struggle to win the first match against the asian opponent.
To be far a lot of it has to come down to Arnold and his horrible coaching, he always needs wings that cross in the box that's all well and good but if the cross is getting blocked he does not train the wings to be able to cut in and move around, so they get stuck just crossing it, he hardly ever picks our best team with people like Jamie and Rogic. His want to play out the back even when losing is horrible, it's not a mistake that when he picked out best side we scored 4 goals easy. Need to get rid of the coach i mean we have decent players we had a guy in Man city's dev team, we have one in Dortmund, our Keeper plays for Real Sociedad, Prem team wanted to buy Rogic before His team blocked it and Jamie would not look out of place in the prem with someone like Southampton. Some heat does need to go to our players as last time I watched I counted 7 times when they could have advanced up the field but no midfielder or forward tried to get clear of his marker and that forced our backs to just pass it around until someone was open by chance.
The decisions behind Mavropanos baffle me, all accounts show he's been sensational on his loan spells, yet keeps going out and apparently has a really bad buy out clause in the contract.
I always thought he could make it at us but never seemed the right time and just went back on loan again and again Realistically, is he better than White or Saliba now though? Arguably no so he would be the 3rd choice at RCB, maybe even behind Holding too, so it makes sense to sell him but 3m is insanely cheap
@@d.s5508 Ben white only shines in small games if you think Ben white is solid you need to rewatch the game vs city or any other big game, we need to either bring back one of our centre backs or play tomiyasu in cb & get a new rb
Don't worry Arsenal fans, Mustafi ain't as bad as Maguire. Unlike Maguire, he never captained your club to obscurity. Aubameyang was a hit for Arsenal, one of the reasons why Arsenal was able to win the FA cup. Neither Arsenal or Manchester United got the better deal with the MKH and Sanchez swap deal. Both of them failed and both of them play in the Serie A.
Been a poor signing for the money in my opinion, lacked goals and a consistency, work rate frustrates me as a fan really because realistically it's the least we require from players.
@@jhaych I get that he is not a match winner but I feel his attitude is good is what I am saying. Overall I dont see him being there next season leading the line the club needs to go all out on someone with the capabilities of winning and scoring consistently.
im just happy Arsenal finally starting a new chapter since Wenger left. Don't care about being irrelevant to elite football world unlike most gooners. I'm just happy we finally forming a new identity and philosophy, club values mean more to me than trophies.
Same here. The style and philosophy of Wenger is what made me become an Arsenal fan as a child, and I felt he was losing that towards the end. I'm so happy that we at least have those values back as a team. For me, it doesn't matter what the results are as long as we play the right way.
Fingers crossed we invest into a world class striker and get a versatile midfielder that can play throughout the line in case we lose Saka/Rowe or Odegaard through injury. The team is going through phases and there is a lot of belief in this new Generation Arsenal team.
Alfie - You ever done a "Worst XI signings of all time" or one for each league? Based on transfer value, impact at club and legacy of that player. I'd imagine Kepa and Macguire would be the first names on the PL XI.
@@zoobafornow Don't you think Europa League, Super Cup and Club World Cup is worth the 72 million? He played major roles in each win too. What has Maguire won? I don't think he should be in the same conversation with the likes of Maguire.
Seven teams from outside a major capital city to win the Copa Libertadores final. 7 teams from outside a major capital city to win the CAF Champions League final.
Day 5 of asking Alfie to make a documentary on Detroit City FC and to take a look at a club with partial fan ownership and some of the best fan culture in US soccer.
Its sad that it didnt turn out the Wenger wanted. I think he knew it was his last season and tried to buy a defense that could be solid for years and revamp the attack until we could figure our offense for the the future. We didnt try in the mdifield because if xhaka ramsey became what we thought they could it would only need minor tweaks. Kolasinic coming off a career year on the cheap who could play on the left or center back. Mustafi looking good in multiple leagues and potentially becoming a mainstay german international would have solidified one half of the backline. Lacazette was a consistent 15-20 goals plus his assists in France for years. Miki was a gamble but its the best we could get for sanchez and like Alfie said he was a powerhouse at Dortmund. The crowning achievment was auba though. Even in the banter years he was unreal and its a shame him and Arteta didnt get along. Aubameyang could have been a legend at Arsenal if he had bought in to Arteta ball.
he is an horrible signing. the fact that arsene had to get auba 6 months or so after buying laca shows even arsene knew he bought utter rubbish player.
@@marcbaigrie2295 Because Ozil was underrated and not replaced. People are obsessed with assists and goals when link up and pre assists are more important. It's why Liverpool did everything to get Thiago who got zero goals and assists
Agreed, but for the amount of money Arsenal payed you'd expect him to score 20+ goals a season. Think lack of good midfield during 2018/20 seasons really wasted Auba/Laca's potential as a strike force.
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 297) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
Mustafi is an enigma to me. If you look at his defensive stats he comes across as a decent premier league defender. He just made so many dumb mistakes, like you wouldn’t believe.
Let's be honest here, Lucas Perez never got a real run while being in good form in the beginning of the season. Felt really sad for him, as he played really well and scored goals when played. Arsene clearly didn't give him a fair chance. Think he is the kind of player like Aspas that needs strong belief in him to get the best out of him - e.g Vigo/La Coruna teams.
@@jhaych definitely a marquee signing coming in for the front line thats been touted from upstairs most of the season the kronke interview he said it himself.
Indeed,the legendary Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger sir did make his mistakes in signings the players whom did not fit into the system during that time and honestly,I was totally disappointed with the Shkodran Mustafi boss' transfer as he did let my confidence down with most of his disappointing performances,good friends!!!:(
Nah Aubamayang is at the very least an arsenal great if not a legend. Talent wise he's one of four truly world class arsenal players of the 2010s along with that one van persie season, sanchez and ozil. There were two years where auba and leno were the only factors keeping arsenal afloat
Wenger was and still is one of the best.....it was a mistake to sack him....people dont realize what they have until they loose it.Its been 5 years and we are in a worse position than in 2018.....arteta is a noob leaving auba and ozil leaving while not having someone to replace them with
Mavro was kinda sad for me, he was given chances by Wenger, showing some promises, became fan favorite but suddenly get injured and it ruined his form. I dont hate them but i do hope Stuttgart gets relegated so he'd come back to us, would defo take him over Holding and Pablo Mari
Firmino statement is a little odd as he is not an out and out striker he links plays more than not and plays a high high work rate normally a rare defensive striker
Not to mention the fact that he took on two guys with machetes unarmed and sent them running away with their tails between their legs. That's still the most impressive thing he ever did while an Arsenal player.
Seeing as the Bundesliga table is up here, a "What On Earth Is Going On At Hertha Berlin" video seems like an idea. They seem in an odd place with cash, upheaval and the rise of Union
Well George Best would be number one on the list. Even as an Arsenal fan it is hard not to recognise the genius of the man. I've always thought that, instead of the European Championships, it would be good to have an International competition which pitted the best players from each of the European Leagues against each other. Maybe a limit of four players from one side in the squad so you couldn't just stick the entire Liverpool team in the competition.
I might get a lot of hate but as an Arsenal fan, none of the transfers aforementioned gave me more joy than seeing Sanchez flop in Man Utd. We got rid of the toxic asset and bring down our long term rival. If we not gonna win anything, neither would you Man U. Lmao
Day 4: Completely irrelevant to the topic of this video, but considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 4 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population
Day 12: best sons of former players currently playing (example: Diego Simeone’s son is killing it in Serie A) Criteria: dad must have played top flight football
i'm still surprised that arsenal went to buy Nuno Tavares,a player that stagnated the last 2 years at Benfica not even a 2nd option regular,what arsenal saw in him goes beyond me.
@@ianz9916 Gabrielle isnt British but he will end up homegrown. Same with Odeegaard. Lacazette too Do not pretend that Nketiah gets games, he doesn't that is why he is leaving on a free. I will rephrase The premier league is obsessed with buying foreign based players. You have great players in the Championship. Bowen. Eze and Oliseh have outperformed most foreign talents of similar ages
Mustafi I would agree is one of our worst ever singings. Auba's form just wasn't there the last 2 seasons so, I was glad we terminated his contract and let the guy go wherever, to find his form again. It happens, but will forever be grateful for what he did when he was at the top of his game. However long he has left on his career, I hope he smashes it. Even if it is at a team I despise. Mavropanos never really got a chance and I would like to see him back based on his current form.
Shows how much the old man was losing touch good god. In comparison Arteta's talent ID has been spot on, bar Willian xD. Was a free tho so can understand the logistics.
As an arsenal fan, even though aubameyang had a an unfortunate end to his time at arsenal, we still still love him dearly for everything he had done for us, the fact that he won the golden boot for us after years of us not having a prolific striker was truly one of my favorite memories of him.
He was a class signing
Yeh I suppose so.
He reminded me of Ozil though in that he signed a big lucrative contract and then just downed tools.
And score 2 goals in fa cup final in 19/20 season
this didnt age well
@@Just-J2 😂😂😂 yea….. still appreciate the memories tho
as an arsenal fan, aubameyang is a true legend of the emirates era. He brought us so much joy with his goals, and also the way he carried us to the FA cup victory. He could of easily left after that FA cup win too, signed a good deal with a more succesful club at the time. But he stayed saying he believed in the project and wanted to become a legend at the club. It was very sad to see him go, but it was the right descion and im always so happy when i see him score at barca. He will always be a hero of the club in my eyes.
Agreed. He was by far our most important player for multiple seasons.
Just wasn't quite suited for the captaincy, unfortunately.
But he was great. He is missed.
What is a true legend of the emirates era? what are the credentials to get into that?
The guy had no respect for your club, he was a great player but was on a downwards slope. I rate how arteta is trying to make a more coherent team that rely on eachother instead of an individual with a big ego and bad attitude.
Not sure if he wanted to be a legend or the money talked but its undeniable that for wengers last season and emerys 1st it was his goals that was keeping us in Europe and winning the fa Cup....shame he couldn't rediscover his form for arsenal but he needed the fresh start and I hope he keeps scoring at barca
100% shame how the last 12 months panned out but I don't think many can say much bad about him. He never disrespected the fans either
Mustafi has to be the single biggest disaster signing of the last decade. He was meant to be our Vidic or Stam, and on top of being underwhelming as a player he showed no capacity to learn from his mistakes. Physically looks the part but mentally his concentration levels weren't anything like a top league centre back.
He possibly cost Wenger and Emery their jobs with his play and the lack of depth due to our investment in him.
Valencia 2014-15 had a central back pairing with Mustafi and Otamendi. I'm sure they made each others look better than they were by being utterly useless.
Nah mustafi ballon d'or
@@Soledoubt Mustafi's thigh injury that he suffered in 2014, recurred in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and this year. He lost a few yards of speed, which was his biggest asset at Valencia. He was a CB that could defend fast forwards and not be a total liability in the air. When he lost his pace he became a liability.
Mad thing was when he 1st came he had some mad stat where he only lost once in his 1st 20 games or something then it crumbled
Wenger cost himself his job
He gave average players year's to develop players like bentnar mustafi kosilney etc and didn't get rid after one season he was always to loyal
It's reported that Giroud was actually part of a three part swap where Arsenal got Auba from Dortmund, Chelsea got Giroud from Arsenal, and Dortmund got Batshuayi on loan. It's essentially been said that each team was willing to let go of each player, so long as they were able to get the player they wanted in turn. It makes it slightly incorrect to say that Aubameyang was brought in after Giroud was left, but only because they were essentially part of one convoluted deal.
Just like Lukaku from Inter to Chelsea, Abraham from Chelsea to Roma, Džeko from Roma to Inter
Should have kept Giroud and played him with aubameyang
@@AvatarN Džeko was free
Auba won us an FA cup and scored a shitton of goals, definetely a success
If you ignore his last 18 months, sure.
@@johnmitchell2269 Tbf, he was awful, but the rest of the team wasn’t much better either. This season we are much better and he was doing more harm than good for the boys. He had like 30 great to good months and 18 bad months, I think at the end of the day, he gave us hope and help to win a title so, could be much much worse.
Hey Alfie, I just thought of a cracking idea for a video you could do on the turbulent recent history of Goztepe in the Super Lig. They’re one of the Super Lig’s most well supported clubs (a bit like a Newcastle United, Sunderland or Strasbourg if you may). In the 2001/02 season, they finished seventh in the top flight, however from 2002 to 2008, they were relegated five times in six seasons, due to their inability to reduce their outstanding debt which resulted in the football club being banned from signing new players during that time. In August of 2007, a business based in Istanbul, vowed to take them back to the top flight making them one of the top five clubs in the country, but they were met with lots of suspicions from the fan base, and then they handed over the ownership to another bloke called Mehmet Sepil in 2014. Anyway, they’re back in the Super Lig as a solid mid table/weaker top half team. Why am I bringing all this up? Because apparently Abramovich is looking to possibly buy the club himself, after being sanctioned from the UK. It’s a crazy crazy story and may you could look into this, not to mention, they are not only a rare example of a club that is considered a neighbourhood club, as well as the fact that they’ve played in 3 different stadiums since 2011, but also in 1969, they became the first Turkish football team to play a semi-final of a European competition.
i would love to see a vid on this!
Sounds like an interesting story if hitc doesn't start your own channel you've got the knowledge if abramovic buys the club wow the Turkish lig will have a surprise
Quick note on Mavropanos:
Stuttgart are obligated to buy him for 3M€ if they’re staying up but still have to option to buy for that price if they are relegated which they would obviously do considering his current market value (17M€ according to transfermarkt). Btw we VfB Fans are baffled how Arsenal could agree to those terms considering he was already great last season.
as an Arsenal fan, i can solve your confusion quite clearly: we are awful at selling players for appropriate value and often let them go for free
There's also the fact that our CB situation is a problem. In seasons past, it was a bad problem, but it's shaping up to be a good problem, if that makes sense.
Since getting rid of Mustafi and Luiz, we now have an extremely great pairing of White and Gabriel, with Holding behind them to back them up and being pretty solid in his own right. Saliba will likely be coming back in the summer to round out or CB rotation after several great loans in France, meaning Mavro would have to compete with them for playing time. It's a problem, but it's a nice problem to have. A solid CB was going to be sold one way or the other, so Mavro is looking like the one to be let go.
@Rytex During the first part of the season Mavro was on fire like no one else in our squad. Since then his inconsistency and lack of experience has been more present again. I’d agree about him not being ready for Arsenal and letting him go is probably the right decision. The price is just crazy.
Btw I still believe he has the potential to be a world class defender one day
Given how many penalties he's giving away I'm not so sure
That's what happens when novices like edu are in charge even emi martinez club should have kept him and valued him 40 million + in market
From an Arsenal fans point of view, Aubameyang was a great signing and will still have a very good legacy seeing that he was the reason we performed so well for 2 seasons and is the reason we were able to sign signings we still have right now,
When wenger first came to the league, he already knew the French Market . Once everybody else explored the continent, he started to fall away, but that was also to do with the Emirates stadium build etc.
you forgot to mention that arsenal used to very cheap in transfer market unlike now.
@@sammybosak10 yeah I mentioned the Emirates build, that's why, but yes I think a lot of signings after was really poor.
Voyeur lost his Midas touch by the time last decade started. Gone were the days of him scoring a world class talent for a song because they’d been written off prematurely or were playing in a heavily underrated league.
the main problem was the scouting of the club went from being ahead of the curb when Wenger arrived to outdated in his last half decade in the club which forced the club to revamp things quickly with Mislintat and Raul Sanllehi who often butted head with each other, it all ended up being a disaster. Now the scouting is more analytics based and so far it seems to be better for it
@@stealthiscool true and wasting Mislintat like that was such a shame but I’m not really a big arsenal fan so I’m not too cut up but it’s good for them that they fixed that shit and are on the comeback trail
Alfie, would you consider doing a video on the rise and fall of the Socceroos and Australian football in general? Since peaking around 2006, the game has stagnated and now declined so much that were very likely to miss the world cup for the first time in 20 years.
Crap coaching and youth development, a stale and almost dead national competition, ridicolously expensive fees for juniors & youth, and a federation governance war are just some of the issues that have contributed to our demise in the last few years.
I might ask more regularly for a video on this after our fate has been decided in June.
Are you not like guaranteed a wc playoff
The fact you Call them Juniors could be one reason
@@jeffreyjeffrey1935 juniors are what they are called in most places
@@Live.Laugh.Lobotomy we have to play 3rd from the other group (U.A.E, Iraq or Lebanon). If we win that we play against 5th from Conmebol (Peru, Chile,or Colombia). Both are one off ties in Qatar in June.
A lot of us have conceded that were already out because our team is so poor, were not getting past south american opposition, we will probably even struggle to win the first match against the asian opponent.
To be far a lot of it has to come down to Arnold and his horrible coaching, he always needs wings that cross in the box that's all well and good but if the cross is getting blocked he does not train the wings to be able to cut in and move around, so they get stuck just crossing it, he hardly ever picks our best team with people like Jamie and Rogic.
His want to play out the back even when losing is horrible, it's not a mistake that when he picked out best side we scored 4 goals easy.
Need to get rid of the coach i mean we have decent players we had a guy in Man city's dev team, we have one in Dortmund, our Keeper plays for Real Sociedad, Prem team wanted to buy Rogic before His team blocked it and Jamie would not look out of place in the prem with someone like Southampton.
Some heat does need to go to our players as last time I watched I counted 7 times when they could have advanced up the field but no midfielder or forward tried to get clear of his marker and that forced our backs to just pass it around until someone was open by chance.
The decisions behind Mavropanos baffle me, all accounts show he's been sensational on his loan spells, yet keeps going out and apparently has a really bad buy out clause in the contract.
I always thought he could make it at us but never seemed the right time and just went back on loan again and again
Realistically, is he better than White or Saliba now though? Arguably no so he would be the 3rd choice at RCB, maybe even behind Holding too, so it makes sense to sell him but 3m is insanely cheap
@@aaronconway4435 Arsenal fan here but ben white is overrated we should pair Gabriel with either Saliba or Mavropanos
Yeah they can buy him outright for 3M
@@mizmiz4992 just talking shit. Ben white has been solid since joining
@@d.s5508 Ben white only shines in small games if you think Ben white is solid you need to rewatch the game vs city or any other big game, we need to either bring back one of our centre backs or play tomiyasu in cb & get a new rb
A lot of people forget how Arsenal went unbeaten in the first 19 games or so Mustafi featured in. So much excitement.
Video suggestion 7 players signed in January transfer window who's saved clubs from relegation
Good idea
Defoe
there would be a lot of newcastle players
Don't worry Arsenal fans, Mustafi ain't as bad as Maguire. Unlike Maguire, he never captained your club to obscurity. Aubameyang was a hit for Arsenal, one of the reasons why Arsenal was able to win the FA cup. Neither Arsenal or Manchester United got the better deal with the MKH and Sanchez swap deal. Both of them failed and both of them play in the Serie A.
That closeup of mustafi at 5:00 was a jump scare
Laca deserves some credit I know the lack of goals doesn't help him but his work ethic you have to give him credit for.
Been a poor signing for the money in my opinion, lacked goals and a consistency, work rate frustrates me as a fan really because realistically it's the least we require from players.
@@jhaych I get that he is not a match winner but I feel his attitude is good is what I am saying. Overall I dont see him being there next season leading the line the club needs to go all out on someone with the capabilities of winning and scoring consistently.
@@smcgar4190 he cost 45m to 55m? You want much more than a good attitude for that money
Alfie is great. I have to watch all his videos at 1.25 speed though, can't be the only one!
Good tip ima try that
Do this with Mourinho last 7 Chelsea signings
And Man Utd lol 😂
At Man United , Jose didn't get anyone he wanted lol.
I don't know about Chelsea lol
im just happy Arsenal finally starting a new chapter since Wenger left. Don't care about being irrelevant to elite football world unlike most gooners. I'm just happy we finally forming a new identity and philosophy, club values mean more to me than trophies.
Same here. The style and philosophy of Wenger is what made me become an Arsenal fan as a child, and I felt he was losing that towards the end. I'm so happy that we at least have those values back as a team. For me, it doesn't matter what the results are as long as we play the right way.
Fingers crossed we invest into a world class striker and get a versatile midfielder that can play throughout the line in case we lose Saka/Rowe or Odegaard through injury. The team is going through phases and there is a lot of belief in this new Generation Arsenal team.
Alfie - You ever done a "Worst XI signings of all time" or one for each league? Based on transfer value, impact at club and legacy of that player.
I'd imagine Kepa and Macguire would be the first names on the PL XI.
Kepa? He's helped Chelsea win the Europa League, Super Cup AND Club World Cup.
Has he not redeemed himself?
@@VethoRinga name a worse goalkeeper for that fee Chelsea paid. Lol
@@zoobafornow
Don't you think Europa League, Super Cup and Club World Cup is worth the 72 million? He played major roles in each win too.
What has Maguire won?
I don't think he should be in the same conversation with the likes of Maguire.
We've been crying out for you to do a video like this
Seven teams from outside a major capital city to win the Copa Libertadores final. 7 teams from outside a major capital city to win the CAF Champions League final.
Kindly add timestamps. it helps navigate the video
Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job
Day 5 of asking Alfie to make a documentary on Detroit City FC and to take a look at a club with partial fan ownership and some of the best fan culture in US soccer.
Had to check my calendar when you said that 2016 was only 4 years ago! 🙃
Mavropanos, auba and mkhitaryan where all sven mislintat signings the club had taken the responsibility off wenger at that point
Feels like so much effort went into this
What happened to Panathinaikos?
YOU ARE THE BEST BROOOO
So worth it to watch to the very end
Suggestion: The XI that played for Denmark in their 3-0 defeat to Slovakia in 2018, where are they now?
Good video as always. The joke at the end was hilarious today
Day 405: Ways to fix VAR with your suggestions
Got to do the Nike Academy where are they now! ( season Tom Rogic was playing ☘️ )
Mavropanos ❤️ VfB ❤️
Its sad that it didnt turn out the Wenger wanted. I think he knew it was his last season and tried to buy a defense that could be solid for years and revamp the attack until we could figure our offense for the the future. We didnt try in the mdifield because if xhaka ramsey became what we thought they could it would only need minor tweaks. Kolasinic coming off a career year on the cheap who could play on the left or center back. Mustafi looking good in multiple leagues and potentially becoming a mainstay german international would have solidified one half of the backline. Lacazette was a consistent 15-20 goals plus his assists in France for years. Miki was a gamble but its the best we could get for sanchez and like Alfie said he was a powerhouse at Dortmund. The crowning achievment was auba though. Even in the banter years he was unreal and its a shame him and Arteta didnt get along. Aubameyang could have been a legend at Arsenal if he had bought in to Arteta ball.
Thanks, I asked for this video a while back
Um George Graham??? wasnt Bruce Rioch, the man who signed Bergkamp Wenger's predecessor?
Just came here to say the same
I Dont think Laca is a bad signing and i hope he remains at Arsenal as a Backup incase the New Striker Flops.
he is an horrible signing. the fact that arsene had to get auba 6 months or so after buying laca shows even arsene knew he bought utter rubbish player.
@@umairsqu Sanchez and Walcott both left that’s why they got Aubameyang
@@umairsqu no way. He's fantastic at link up play. We have no one else that can do what he does right now. Watch more games.
@@marcbaigrie2295 Because Ozil was underrated and not replaced.
People are obsessed with assists and goals when link up and pre assists are more important.
It's why Liverpool did everything to get Thiago who got zero goals and assists
COYG, all clubs have bad times but we never give up on it❤️
Tbf at the time most of these players were good signings. Unfortunately many of them underperformed at the club
Alexander "linking up that play, shawty" Lacazette
1:19 the injury record of those poor guys. What was happening at Arsenal
Would like to see his last 7 sales
Tbh lacazette isn't that bad. Yes, I know he can't really score but he is a decent holdup player. Definitely not that bad of a signing
Agreed, but for the amount of money Arsenal payed you'd expect him to score 20+ goals a season. Think lack of good midfield during 2018/20 seasons really wasted Auba/Laca's potential as a strike force.
Amazing video.... 🎊
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 297)
I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
Keep on going 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
best of luck
Day 7: Best XI right now. Simple idea but would be interesting and controversial, especially when some of the old ones will no longer feature.
Ok as Aresenal fan I will speak up for myself that from Aubameyang and Lacazette I was kinda happy.
Youngster Marcelo Flores in Arsenal can be a revelation. He's got the attacking instinct fans are looking for.
Mustafi is an enigma to me. If you look at his defensive stats he comes across as a decent premier league defender. He just made so many dumb mistakes, like you wouldn’t believe.
Let's be honest here, Lucas Perez never got a real run while being in good form in the beginning of the season. Felt really sad for him, as he played really well and scored goals when played. Arsene clearly didn't give him a fair chance.
Think he is the kind of player like Aspas that needs strong belief in him to get the best out of him - e.g Vigo/La Coruna teams.
Arsenal will bring in nunez from benfica in the summer possibly Felix as well to boost the forward line
Bloody hell how much money you giving them?
@@jhaych definitely a marquee signing coming in for the front line thats been touted from upstairs most of the season the kronke interview he said it himself.
@@adampark4238 yeah maybe 1 of them, but both would be a bomb mate
@@jhaych one of them and a rb would be ideal
@@adampark4238 still think you need another midfielder as well.
Sead* not Seid
Indeed,the legendary Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger sir did make his mistakes in signings the players whom did not fit into the system during that time and honestly,I was totally disappointed with the Shkodran Mustafi boss' transfer as he did let my confidence down with most of his disappointing performances,good friends!!!:(
Nah Aubamayang is at the very least an arsenal great if not a legend. Talent wise he's one of four truly world class arsenal players of the 2010s along with that one van persie season, sanchez and ozil. There were two years where auba and leno were the only factors keeping arsenal afloat
Legend? How low is your bar?
Wenger was and still is one of the best.....it was a mistake to sack him....people dont realize what they have until they loose it.Its been 5 years and we are in a worse position than in 2018.....arteta is a noob leaving auba and ozil leaving while not having someone to replace them with
Personally as a spurs fan I thought mavropanos looked really impressive at arsenal
2016 was 6 years ago not 4 😅
LOL, as a Swede it took me about 30 seconds of confusion trying to remember Freddie Luhmburg, before realising he mean Fredrik Ljungberg =D
To be fair, swedish names can be quite hard to pronounce for a non Nordic language speaker
Mavro was kinda sad for me, he was given chances by Wenger, showing some promises, became fan favorite but suddenly get injured and it ruined his form. I dont hate them but i do hope Stuttgart gets relegated so he'd come back to us, would defo take him over Holding and Pablo Mari
Why was George Graham waving with the devil horns at the start of the video? 🤣🤣
Wimbledon documentary pls
Firmino statement is a little odd as he is not an out and out striker he links plays more than not and plays a high high work rate normally a rare defensive striker
No such thing as a defensive striker
We not gonna talk about the fact Kolasinac probably singlehandedly saved Arsenal in the Community Shield in his first appearance?
Not to mention the fact that he took on two guys with machetes unarmed and sent them running away with their tails between their legs. That's still the most impressive thing he ever did while an Arsenal player.
Seeing as the Bundesliga table is up here, a "What On Earth Is Going On At Hertha Berlin" video seems like an idea. They seem in an odd place with cash, upheaval and the rise of Union
Hate to break it to you hitc but 2016 is 6 years ago now not four I still think it's 2020 sometimes too
Day 237: Indonesia XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them
Not really a great topic
Keep dreaming bocah
@@muhammaddamar9277 louder pls 💯
The ecstasy of the past is my only shield against the agony of the present. COYG.
Mavropanos is a good centeback. He can play for a big team.
Not know, but surely in a few years.
Not an English one. He doesn't anticipate situations and wants too long on the ball.
You keep saying 2016 was 4 years ago... Check a calendar dude 😂
Arteta' s let Auba go...The striker was so good ..
let him succeed at Barca 🇰🇪2022
Do Wenger's first 7 signings with arsenal next
They'd be retired? Tf
That would probably tell you the story of Arsenal right there comparing his first & last 7 player's 🤣
Where is Cadeez?
A video on the best 7 players to never play in the World Cup?
Well George Best would be number one on the list. Even as an Arsenal fan it is hard not to recognise the genius of the man. I've always thought that, instead of the European Championships, it would be good to have an International competition which pitted the best players from each of the European Leagues against each other. Maybe a limit of four players from one side in the squad so you couldn't just stick the entire Liverpool team in the competition.
I might get a lot of hate but as an Arsenal fan, none of the transfers aforementioned gave me more joy than seeing Sanchez flop in Man Utd. We got rid of the toxic asset and bring down our long term rival. If we not gonna win anything, neither would you Man U. Lmao
I never heard a worse pronaunciation of Kolašinac
VfB have confirmed they will keep Mavropanos even in the case of relegation
Day 4: Completely irrelevant to the topic of this video, but considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 4 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population
I think I aged 10 years during this 3 year period
Day 12: best sons of former players currently playing (example: Diego Simeone’s son is killing it in Serie A)
Criteria: dad must have played top flight football
Killing ? lol No!
Have to watch these on 1.5x speed
i'm still surprised that arsenal went to buy Nuno Tavares,a player that stagnated the last 2 years at Benfica not even a 2nd option regular,what arsenal saw in him goes beyond me.
He's better than Kolasacrap that's what we saw in him 🤣
He is cheap and most importantly foreign.
Arsenal are obsessed with foreign players
@@Timbone07 We've got 4 players in the England squad & a Scottish LB and most start every week that's half our starting XI. Try again
@@Timbone07 Ramsdale, Holding, Smith-Rowe, Saka, Tierney, White and Nketiah were all British when I last checked.
@@ianz9916 Gabrielle isnt British but he will end up homegrown.
Same with Odeegaard. Lacazette too
Do not pretend that Nketiah gets games, he doesn't that is why he is leaving on a free.
I will rephrase
The premier league is obsessed with buying foreign based players. You have great players in the Championship.
Bowen. Eze and Oliseh have outperformed most foreign talents of similar ages
Mustafi I would agree is one of our worst ever singings. Auba's form just wasn't there the last 2 seasons so, I was glad we terminated his contract and let the guy go wherever, to find his form again. It happens, but will forever be grateful for what he did when he was at the top of his game. However long he has left on his career, I hope he smashes it. Even if it is at a team I despise. Mavropanos never really got a chance and I would like to see him back based on his current form.
Basel* not Bohsel
Kolašinac* not Kolazinak
Cavani* not Kevorni
You're wrong to start with. Arsenal didn't score the fewest number of goals in lucas perez season. Look at Manchester United and southampton
kieran tierney's still playing for arsenal
Pérez* not Perez
Levante* not Levantei
4:59 this photo lmao
Auba was the last bit of good business for arsenal , shame we lost him to an ego like Mikel who hid behind alleged disciplinary issues
Exactly, Ozil, Auba and who next?
Fool me once shame on you but fool me twice, shame on me
Day 4 of asking for the Rise and Fall of Panathinaikos FC
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Shows how much the old man was losing touch good god. In comparison Arteta's talent ID has been spot on, bar Willian xD. Was a free tho so can understand the logistics.
What happened to that lad who Wenger signed from non-league football? Don’t remember his name, though
oh yeah was a left back right
Cohen Bramall. Now plays for Lincoln City in League One
Mavropanos was signed under Emery
Nope, he was signed by Wenger, snd got his Arsenal debut at Wenger’s last game at Old Trafford
@@antonsalminen5853 my bad, it’s because mislintat signed him for Stutgart. Got it mixed up
Alexandre* not Alexanda
Get a job
Mané* not Mornei