We need someone who understands the English game. We need someone experienced and who will command the respect of the team. For me that narrows it down to Ancelotti, Simeone, Allegri, and Benitez. For me Benitez might be good for us. He never seems to have really got a fair shake wherever he has been in England. And he knows what he has to do to win in England. I also think he might feel he has something to prove. I think someone who is a bit edgy, and grateful for an opportunity, might be good for us.
Whoever you appoint, the need to break back into the top 4 is growing increasingly urgent by the sound of it... Arsenal financial results: Gunners reveal £23.5m loss for 2018-19 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50700719
With all things considered I think I would choose Naglesmann as my first choice pick for Arsenal at this point. RP Leipzig are second in the Bundesliga again on a tiny budget, his sides play attractive dynamic attacking football. Before Leipzig he took Hoffenheim from relegation battling to third. He looks like absolutely class young manager. I'll go.. 1. Nagelsmann 2. Ten Hag 3. Simeone 4. Allegri 5. Pochettino
Nagelsmann is impressive but the 'tiny budget' bit is an illusion, plain and simple. Leipzig sit atop a mysterious and semi-legal pyramid of 4 franchises across the world owned by Red Bull. Beneath them in the food chain is Salzburg, then New York and then Brasil. They have the 5th largest wage bill in the Bundesliga and don't need to spend a great deal on transfers thanks to the constant stream of talent flowing up that food chain arriving in cut-price deals whose proceeds simply go back into the big Red Bull pot to be redistributed to the franchise in need of a cash injection - usually in the form of a dodgy sponsorship deal. Loads of Salzburg talent has ended up across the border in this manner. Upamecano, Haidara and Keita being the most prominent examples. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Erling Haaland moves there in the summer before going to a huge club for silly money 2 years later. The whole set up is a bizarre and dangerous fusion of free market monopolistic capitalism with elements of socialist centralisation/redistribution of resources at its core. What's scarier is that City are doing exactly the same thing. The Bin Zayeds just bought a controlling stake in Mumbai City FC, bringing the franchise size to 7 teams iirc. It's basically a way to maintain a vast, global academy and scouting network, offering the most lucrative terms to local talent before funnelling it up the ladder to the sharks for pittance. The practise should be illegal, or at least severe restrictions placed on inter-franchise loans and purchases, but FIFA hasn't got the balls to do it, not when there's to be had.
Saudi Princes and Chinese Businessmen want assurances on their investments, so they will see this as long term asset protection. Completely stifles opportunity for other clubs though.
Footballs gone mental bruv Italian (admittedly trashy) media sources claiming Ancelotti could be confirmed as next Arsenal boss this evening/tomorrow.
It isn't going to take a tactical genius to fix our problems. The defence just needs to move up. It is like watching our old men's team. The forwards are up the pitch. The defense is standing on the edge of their own penalty area, and there is a 80x50 yard area that the 3 midfielders have to cover and the 8 other players yell at them to work harder the whole game. The defense need to move up and compress the field. As these stats show . Arsenal are equal second worst in the league at catching players offside, averaging only once a game. The question we should be asking is not how to fix it, but how the hell did the tactical geniuses (sarcasm) at the club let us get into this rut?
Ornstein (though that that in-the-know anymore) says were not after Ancelotti and would prefer someone younger with a more long term plan (like Arteta) I hope not.
He can **** right off! What we need is a ready made Manager to get us back into the topcoat four and back on track - then take a look at a longer term prospect in a few years. Steady the ship first!
I do think Arteta seems like the favourite. Hope they give Ancelotti an interview though - the guy has one of the best cv's in the game.
Arsenal, as usual will go for a manager no one has touted or asked for. They like to be contrarian hipster mother ****ers. You will end up with a guy who finished 5th in France once on a shoestring budget and won a french FA Cup a couple years back.