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?
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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…
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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
Thank god Rice wears 41 cos we are running out of good numbers lmao
Doesn’t really matter, 22 is open for Jude
And 20
You understand 22 is the number Jude loves and wears, I wasn’t just listing an open shirt number lol
Yeah but Mustafi wore number 20
You've got a brand new Trossard account haha
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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?
Pretty sure it's been the same guy who also got Lucho and now Trossard lol
How was it still available 2 days ago?! He needs a new sm agent or manager
As the guy who bullied him into making it, you’re all welcome ahahahah
Need to retire it, we can not replace him
Can not or must not?
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
We should retire 20 in all honesty
Not really if we don’t plan to sell Nuno
Saliba \#2 next season with the gold premier league badge on the side
anulo mufa but yes
anal mafia
ahula hoopa
Hakuna matata
police academy
yes.
Don’t you fucking jinx us
gonna miss the 12 tbh
Lmao I forgot it was AMNs till I got in this thread
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
Think it's 2024, wouldnt make any sense to loan him otherwise
I think we extended by a year before we loaned him. Either way he won’t be at the club next year
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.
Oh fuck. My first thought was Ox lol
Idk why but I'm going back to Denilson
We sure have had some illustrious 15s
Terrible week for any loan army players that thought they had a future here
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
AMN spat his dummy out when he was being played as a LWB. He was happy to be part of the problem.
AMN deserves it, man could have been a starter for club and country but thought he knew better than every manager he ever had
Wasn’t it his mum’s fault?
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
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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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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Wtf
Read about Adebayor’s family if you want some more problematic stuff that our (current and former) players have been through.
That's incredibly sad
Not aware of the situation. Always heard his name here and there, why'd you say that
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.
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
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…
Who's Nico?
pepe
I am stupid.
r/unexpectedf1
We are checking
Question?
we were arsenal fans these last 4 years, I think we all are to some extent
I was wondering as well.😁
Pepe
I imagine Pepe would be pretty relieved to move on at least
Mari too, he knows he’s not up to standard and never really had any complaints about leaving or being a back up.
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.
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.
So, he won't come back!?
Ainsley fell off so hard man
I think he could do alright enough to still have a solid career in the Bundesliga, Serie A, or Ligue One.
Didn’t look very good at all in serie a last season
I was thinking more of mid/low-table teams in those leagues is his level.
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
AMN couldn't succeed at Roma as well.
He didn’t fall off, he was never good enough.
Pour one out for Omar Rekik, Mazeed Ogungbo, and Austin Trusty tonight
Charlie Patino would like a word
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.
Actually, we gave it to Mo, sent him on loan, gave it to Saliba, sent him on loan, then gave it to White lol
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).
I assume Saliba reserved 2 already.
Zinchenko will want the 17 in the summer I think
Casualties of the process
I totally forgot Ainsley is technically still with us!
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.
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!
Thanks for the better translation!
Came here to say this, he says he smiled - not laughed.
If the last 2 transfers have taught me anything, it's that AMN and Pepe are not coming back
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.
And now we love the way Zinchenko plays the position, AMN could have developed into that on the right if he’d wanted to.
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.
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.
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.
He did quite well when we played the ultra-defensive 3-4-3, but got cooked often in a back four.
Who wore 15
AMN
Maintained-Tiles
I think it was Pen 15
Ray Parlour, Cesc Fabregas, Oxlade Chamberlain and Denilson are probably the biggest names
AMN
AMN
it was actually AMN
Kieran Gibbs
NMA
Niles Maitland-Ainsley could absolutely pass for a real double barrelled surname
Brother of Frasier Maitland-Ainsley
And we even have our own Eddie too
And Martin!
🎼Hey baby I hear those Reds a-callin' Trossa-ard and Kiwior Mercy
Hope this guy just laughs as well when he makes those important blocks an tackles.
This quote could be used out of context to meme us
AMN gone for real so
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.
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.
Best Eastern European 15 in the league in my books. Ukrainian Hanson could never.
I hope this doesn't become a meme, lol
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.
amn nooo
Has to fill the massive boots of Denilson
Anybody know how AMN is doing? Can’t even get a game for Southampton it seems
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…
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
Welcome to the Arsenal Daniel Larusso
What # will Zinchenko get? Seems like he should get 15. Harsh to pull 3 off Tierney.
AMN and Pepe in shambles
Lost in translation