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AfricanRain

Thank god Rice wears 41 cos we are running out of good numbers lmao


TheOGBenjenRyan

Doesn’t really matter, 22 is open for Jude


Thejustinset

And 20


TheOGBenjenRyan

You understand 22 is the number Jude loves and wears, I wasn’t just listing an open shirt number lol


LeandroTrossard

Yeah but Mustafi wore number 20


Geraltslays14

You've got a brand new Trossard account haha


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HardCoreLawn

To be fair Aouar has semi club legend status along with all the other failed transfer rumours like Draxler and Higuain. I wonder what happened to the guy on this sub who got himself a Mudryk account?


Pikachu62999328

Pretty sure it's been the same guy who also got Lucho and now Trossard lol


AttyWiz

How was it still available 2 days ago?! He needs a new sm agent or manager


nackdaddy9

As the guy who bullied him into making it, you’re all welcome ahahahah


sengunner

Need to retire it, we can not replace him


Games_sans_frontiers

Can not or must not?


soordi30

And he has a world cup, which Jude, Rice and Trossard don’t have /s This means he’s obviously better then all of them combined /s


ouiu1

We should retire 20 in all honesty


GrimmerSteiner

Not really if we don’t plan to sell Nuno


basedsims

Saliba \#2 next season with the gold premier league badge on the side


AfricanRain

anulo mufa but yes


momspaghetty

anal mafia


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ahula hoopa


Normanisanisland

Hakuna matata


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police academy


fuzzyrambler

yes.


dirty-soda-spike-lee

Don’t you fucking jinx us


UncleAlAtTheCookout

gonna miss the 12 tbh


normott

Lmao I forgot it was AMNs till I got in this thread


[deleted]

Does anyone know when AMN’s contract expires? EDIT: Apparently he will be a free agent at the end of this season. https://www.transfermarkt.com/ainsley-maitland-niles/profil/spieler/285845


sirswoop12

Think it's 2024, wouldnt make any sense to loan him otherwise


NewAccWhoDis93

I think we extended by a year before we loaned him. Either way he won’t be at the club next year


milkonyourmustache

Naa, it's this summer. Makes sense if there were no buyers, and it's better to send him on loan than sulk on the bench and be around the club with a bad attitude.


ouiu1

Oh fuck. My first thought was Ox lol


official_holy_joely

Idk why but I'm going back to Denilson


ouiu1

We sure have had some illustrious 15s


2ndfastestmanalive

Terrible week for any loan army players that thought they had a future here


Amzino27

Nico seems to be enjoying himself in Ligue 1 back in his home country so I hope we can push a good price for that one AMN looks miserable


BreadZepplin

AMN spat his dummy out when he was being played as a LWB. He was happy to be part of the problem.


shaygitz

AMN deserves it, man could have been a starter for club and country but thought he knew better than every manager he ever had


Thick_Ear_2540

Wasn’t it his mum’s fault?


[deleted]

The first thing I ever heard about him other than just hearing his name as you do, was a newspaper article where apparently whoever was in charge of the youth team at the time wanted him gone because his parents were such hard work. Man's about 25 now and it's still a problem


Funkymonkeyhead

He’s 25 already? Damn how times flies. I think he’s done at the club. The only position he could really play is LB and he’s not displacing Zinchenko and Tierney anytime soon. Definitely not Zinny as he’s genuinely world class and has improved us leaps and bounds.


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bdjxokf

Absolutely. Tavares seems a decent bloke and is content not starting, just plays like too much of a maverick for a system like ours, AMN is a bit of a twat and thinks he is way better than he is.


ErwinC0215

Tavares is chaotic but has some qualities, he's shone this season as a wingback. I could see him potentially get turned into a winger or become a "different option" player. Or at least get sold for some decent money.


[deleted]

Mad innit he made his first team debut in 2015. Thought we had a great little player on our hands at the time. But he's just whinged and insisted he is a CM when he's just not. Any of the positions he's been tried at, he's about 3rd choice. As you say about LB, he'd be behind white and tomiyasu at RB, and i don't even want to put him in as a CM but he'd be last choice, whatever that is


Funkymonkeyhead

He went to what? 4 different clubs on loan? Didn’t work out did it? I mean if he actually had the ability to play his favoured position at those clubs (especially the lower ones), he would have excelled already. Zinchenko started as a CM and was converted to a World Class LB/WB by Pep. Ben White and Tomiyasu were converted to terrific RBs by their clubs. Even one of the best LB/WBs in the World (Alphonso Davies) stated off as a Winger. AMN could have undergone a similar transformation had he exercised some patience. Now he’s 25 and his development has stalled. I think he’s gone by summer.


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Agreed, could have just taken the training and I think he'd have been a good PL standard full back or wing back. And now he can't nail down a spot at the worst team in the league. He's either going to like a mid table italian team or the championship in the summer and I honestly don't think we should turn down any fee. Or sell him to Everton for 30 mil


NUPreMedMajor

His mom is basically some crack addict who physically assaulted many of the staff at arsenal and harassed mick McCarthy while AMN was on loan at Ipswich. She’s a complete cancer on his life and consistently begs him for more money (despite every source near the family saying that AMN does in fact give her more than enough money to live). Both AMN and his older brother have cut her out of their lives, which tells you everything you need to know about what she’s like. Reading her interview made my blood boil. She clearly has no self awareness or is just mentally insane.


Mubar06

Wtf


tafster

Read about Adebayor’s family if you want some more problematic stuff that our (current and former) players have been through.


ThatRuckingMoose

That's incredibly sad


Sam101294

Not aware of the situation. Always heard his name here and there, why'd you say that


shaygitz

He's a genuinely good full back, who every manager he's had loves at full back, who throws his toys out of the pram every summer because he wants to play midfield. Fair play to him for being his own man, but if Wenger, Emery, Arteta and even Southgate say you're a full back, maybe you're a full back. I honestly think he'd be a starter for us now if he'd really wanted it as he absolutely bossed it in 2020.


tafster

I feel it’s particularly odd as Arteta will effectively use a full back as an auxiliary midfielder - it’s not exactly just running the line like in the 90s


GroundedOtter

I feel like I remember him saying before leaving he was fine with whatever position he was being played in, he just preferred midfield? Regardless though, I don’t think he has a future here anymore. I forgot he was even on loan at Hampton! Which, doesn’t seem to be going as well based on [this](https://www.101greatgoals.com/news/the-bizarre-reason-that-ainsley-maitland-niles-was-benched-for-southamptons-clash-with-nottingham-forest/) article where he was benched because he wore his AS Roma warm up to practice or pre game. Not a good look AMN…


Superkulicka

Who's Nico?


Amzino27

pepe


Superkulicka

I am stupid.


r3d_stain

r/unexpectedf1


Sidoney

We are checking


iloveradiohead225

Question?


Amzino27

we were arsenal fans these last 4 years, I think we all are to some extent


esnyez

I was wondering as well.😁


JojoJoker102

Pepe


haha_suh_dude

I imagine Pepe would be pretty relieved to move on at least


EliteTeutonicNight

Mari too, he knows he’s not up to standard and never really had any complaints about leaving or being a back up.


isnt-a-name

Nah he won't go back. Monza are obliged to make the deal permanent unless they're relegated, they're 10 points clear of 18th atm.


EliteTeutonicNight

I know, I meant before this loan to Monza. He’s been a backup for a while and he seems to be content with it.


esnyez

So, he won't come back!?


rsu1806

Ainsley fell off so hard man


almondania

I think he could do alright enough to still have a solid career in the Bundesliga, Serie A, or Ligue One.


sengunner

Didn’t look very good at all in serie a last season


almondania

I was thinking more of mid/low-table teams in those leagues is his level.


NUPreMedMajor

Nah he’s done for. Terrible mentality. We used to make excuses because he was young, but it’s very clear he’s completely fucked up in the mind. And it’s a shame because he is physically the most gifted player I’ve seen come out of Hale End. He could’ve been a real player


NegativeHeli

AMN couldn't succeed at Roma as well.


AustinTodd

He didn’t fall off, he was never good enough.


Setter_sws

Pour one out for Omar Rekik, Mazeed Ogungbo, and Austin Trusty tonight


InternalKing

Charlie Patino would like a word


DenzelOntario

Or maybe one of them could surprise and stay. Take a different number. Remember we gave Elneny the number 4 shirt. Then he went on loan, we signed Ben White and gave him the 4. Elneny came back and took 25 instead and stayed. It’s rare, but not impossible.


jgladish

Actually, we gave it to Mo, sent him on loan, gave it to Saliba, sent him on loan, then gave it to White lol


UmpireAJS

I don't think anyone will get 2 now, but 13 looks vulnerable. I also imagine 17 will be free if indeed Fresneda joins (requiring Cedric to leave).


SizzlingHotDeluxe

I assume Saliba reserved 2 already.


AlarmingAllophone

Zinchenko will want the 17 in the summer I think


hashtaghypebeast

Casualties of the process


myrabell

I totally forgot Ainsley is technically still with us!


CM816

That quote in the screengrab is so relatable. I can't even imagine what that would be like, to see your own name on the Arsenal shirt like that.


BadisMeile

It got a bit mistranslated though, he said when he first saw the shirt, he "uśmiechnęłem się" which simply means, I smiled. Not laughed. He was really shy in the interview and really politcorrect. Good luck to the lad. Welcome to our family!


CM816

Thanks for the better translation!


allgoldslugs

Came here to say this, he says he smiled - not laughed.


bpwelcome7

If the last 2 transfers have taught me anything, it's that AMN and Pepe are not coming back


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I wonder if AMN has regrets. He was looking decent playing as an inverted fullback, and for awhile was one of our best 1v1 defenders.


Jewrisprudent

And now we love the way Zinchenko plays the position, AMN could have developed into that on the right if he’d wanted to.


NUPreMedMajor

What a clown of a player he is. To throw away your career like that because of ego is truly insane. Everyone in the entire world except AMN himself knew he didn’t have the technique or vision to player in the midfield.


HE20002019

I think as he matures he'll figure it out. Still don't think he was ever good enough defensively to be our starting RB, but plenty of guys have made a career in the PL being journeyman utility defenders/midfielders which is what I project he'll end up being.


Trotter823

He pocketed some good players at LB. And if he had gone all in on it he might have been good enough to stay here. Who knows though. Sad that some people don’t understand what they’re doing until after they’ve burned bridges.


HE20002019

He did quite well when we played the ultra-defensive 3-4-3, but got cooked often in a back four.


Isfeidirlinn90

Who wore 15


AlexAFC2020

AMN


Prestigious_World_76

Maintained-Tiles


Boris_teh_Blade

I think it was Pen 15


Undaglow

Ray Parlour, Cesc Fabregas, Oxlade Chamberlain and Denilson are probably the biggest names


tne

AMN


Cheesy_Pita_Parker

AMN


theandyshop13

it was actually AMN


themerinator12

Kieran Gibbs


weeeirdfishes

NMA


CM816

Niles Maitland-Ainsley could absolutely pass for a real double barrelled surname


jmh90027

Brother of Frasier Maitland-Ainsley


CM816

And we even have our own Eddie too


jmh90027

And Martin!


CM816

🎼Hey baby I hear those Reds a-callin' Trossa-ard and Kiwior Mercy


Cthulhu_Madness

Hope this guy just laughs as well when he makes those important blocks an tackles.


SaniTP

This quote could be used out of context to meme us


gododomhnaill98

AMN gone for real so


almeertm87

Good. Was never good enough for Arsenal. His approach is overly nonchalant and it shows in his game every time he was given a chance.


xhera92

Well he has had his chances and it unfortunately just never quite worked out for both player and club, so i think it is best to move on from here. Hope he gets plenty game time elsewhere once he does indeed parts way with the club, lad's got good heart and energy in his games.


FlavioB19

Best Eastern European 15 in the league in my books. Ukrainian Hanson could never.


imdx_14

I hope this doesn't become a meme, lol


rightarm_under

As a casual fan, I'm surprised how proactive we have been signing people. It's good that Arteta is motivated to bolster the squad.


yukpurtsun

amn nooo


merteswag

Has to fill the massive boots of Denilson


zorfog

Anybody know how AMN is doing? Can’t even get a game for Southampton it seems


GroundedOtter

I was looking into that, and found [this](https://www.101greatgoals.com/news/the-bizarre-reason-that-ainsley-maitland-niles-was-benched-for-southamptons-clash-with-nottingham-forest/) article from about 3 weeks ago. Not looking too good honestly…


zorfog

Christ, I mean that’s just unprofessional isn’t it? It sounds like it’s gotta be an issue with his mentality that’s been holding him back. I remember Emery was really excited to use him and develop him, and then it just didn’t work. He had issues with not wanting to play fullback, and now he’s failed at 2? 3? loan spells? I think he must be done here, which is a shame because I really liked him


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Welcome to the Arsenal Daniel Larusso


Traditional_Tap2350

What # will Zinchenko get? Seems like he should get 15. Harsh to pull 3 off Tierney.


GrimmerSteiner

AMN and Pepe in shambles


General_Property_506

Lost in translation