Why Sterling WILL THRIVE at Arsenal. | SCOUTED

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[@malcolmpotter9528]

Biggest testament to him is it’s his 14th season and hasn’t played for a club outside the top six, goes to show what football market thinks of him.

[@hartzldn]

4x Prem Winner 2X Community Shield Winner 1x FA Cup Winner 3x Player of the Month 1x Player of the Year 80 Caps for England, 22 Goals 370 Prem appearances, 180 G/A Best Season: 56 G/A, only behind Messi Tactically versatile, has worked with Pep, Arteta, Rogers, Tuchel, Poch Can Play as a 9, on the Right/ Left No Loan Fee Paying Less than Half of his wages. The worst signing in Arsenal history… man I hate this fanbase

[@emilecrowther7706]

People hate on Sterling. I bet you I'd feel indifferent to those that hate on him, if I ever have the displeasure of meeting these folk.

[@Travissaur]

Even without half those accolades, he’d still be a great cover option. People just react poorly because City sold him to a s**t Chelsea side and think he’s completely washed. As long as his mentality and attitude is right, he should do well for us.

[@bignugget6982]

i dont think many are saying he is our worst ever signing and those who do probably dont have a whole lot of good opinions, i do think its okay to be a bit dissapointed with the signing tho and the summer as a whole

[@hartzldn]

@@bignugget6982 I get being a bit disappointed, although I personally think all things considered this a great signing. What is downright shocking and unacceptable is the abuse everyone involved in the deal has received and this wave of negativity that’s circling around the fanbase that I haven’t felt in a few years now. The downfall of this club is to a large part correlated to those negative fans that allow that negativity to become infectious.

[@bignugget6982]

@@hartzldn I haven't seen too much backlash but I am not a big social media person however I will always want any player wearing an arsenal shirt to succeed so I'm fully behind him, but what do you mean by the downfall of this club, cause if you are talking about in the years after going invincible then it definitely came down to ownership management

[@610vegas]

I read an interesting article a few months ago that Arsenal would be very careful with money because they are expecting to have to give the likes of Saka, Odegaard Saliba etc massive pay bumps soon. They showed the Liverpool wage bill and over a ten year period it was 1 billion pounds higher than arsenal's wage bill at current trends. Arsenal are expecting to have that size wage bill soon and that transfers will suffer like they did at Liverpool. Thought that was an interesting point of view. never knew it adds up that much over the corse of having a world class team for a decade.

[@bignugget6982]

i think you are correct but hope you arent and we are just saving for something special lol

[@jefffalloon]

May be some truth. However, they've done a good job in clearing players from the wage bill and in this window they are now down to their core squad to build on going forward. Also, their signings have tended to be younger without the immediate high wage demands, bar Declan Rice' and even Merino doesn't break the bank. Sterling is the perfect relatively low cost, quality and experienced player to fill a gap for now.I think there is sufficient bandwidth to absorb higher wages and an unspent kitty that will grow with this season's CL to allow Arsenal to pursue their higher quality targets in coming windows.

[@PowerRangers-iw9wk]

It’s all checks and balances, really. AFC makes roughly half a billion per season with a net estimate of 300 million euros. How much do you reckon the club will make in profits for the next 10 years given the profit margins have been on the up and up in the last 3 years? That said do you really think player wages to the likes of Saka would be a problem?

[@jefffalloon]

@@PowerRangers-iw9wk I would imagine that wage increases for their top stars are budgeted for within their forecast as keeping them on a higher salary is vastly cheaper than trying to buy a similar replacement.

[@hubertroger]

George is such well spoken lad. Loved this quote: "Narrow your field of vision as soon as you enter the final 3rd"... such a brilliant way to put things into perspective!

[@sigfigronath]

No loan fee, less than half of wages paid. Rapid winger experience winger coming to add depth. This is a win win win transfer for us :D

[@FeelingIsHealing]

Plus Nelson getting more first team football

[@sigfigronath]

@@FeelingIsHealing absolutely and at Fulham too

[@NakulKrishna]

Decision making is linked to the system and the next action, which I think Mikel is almost psychotically controlling about. I think Sterling will do well, it’s why he credits Mikel so much before too. The clarity our system will provide to Sterling, it will be interesting to see how he responds to it.

[@Vainglory14]

I think that the Sterling loan is fine. It makes us better this season and doesn't lock us out of making a good buy in Jan or next year. I know you guys hate the "there was nobody available" argument, but to me, if the right player wasn't available on the right terms I would rather that the club did something to elevate the squad temporarily than get the right player on the wrong terms or the wrong player at all. To steal George's bandaid metaphor, I'd rather use a bandaid than go to the dodgy surgeon operating out of the basement next door and get tetanus.

[@BjornWiese]

Exactly that. Makes the most sense. Apparently Nico Williams was the main target but didn’t want to leave his club. If he continues strong it makes sense to bot buy anyone now, save the money and maybe go big on Nico Williams next year. Maybe even with a title in our bags which makes him mote likely to want to join us.

[@GS-hh1yg]

as much as i want osimhen if havertz gets 20 league goals this season it isn’t really important. Nico williams didn’t want to leave and there wasn’t really any other winger. Arsenal should act like a big club next summer and sign world class talents like leao, frenkie de jong and diomande like they did when they got rice. We need to start behaving like real madrid in the next window

[@GS-hh1yg]

There is no point signing players permanently that help us a little like neto, who was available, if that stops us from signing leao. Similar like real madrid u wait for the big stars like they did with mbappe. Our squad is young we have loads of time. If we won’t win the league this year best believe its coming here the season after

[@Az_Pacino]

i urge you guys to watch sterling post match interview after luton (H) last season where he mentioned that he didn't enjoy playing in the pockets too much in the 22/23 season

[@mr.gegenpress7750]

unless the exam invigilator is nunez then Sterling still has a chance

[@PatrickCWalters]

Ouuuf Cant wait for this one!!

[@Abc123ert56]

I think what people have to consider is he's a big moment player, exactly what Arsenal said we missed against Bayern. Also those talking about strikers, we only wanted Sesko because he was a generational striker with a 45 mill release clause, someone to compete with Havertz or start alongside him. After Sesko signed a new contract we never went looking for a striker again in the window. Osimhen was on the market for 60 mill, we clearly don't want a 9. I think we did in previous years but since signing Jesus we haven't really been in the market. It was only really at the end of 2023 we were looking for a 9. I think Sterling's perfect, one season loan, he's either an upgrade on Reiss to backup Saka or a world class attacker who wins Arsenal the league/champions league. I've always highly rated Sterling and always wanted him at Arsenal

[@chrisyboi8491]

Great pod guys as always. One thing I'll push back on though. I do genuinely think that the right option for the "marquee" forward signings hasn't come yet. Let's go through every major option and see why it didn't work. Vlahovic - Didn't want to come, I think. Don't remember why it didn't work, but something about him wanting to join Juventus and stay in Italy. Isak - I don't know why we didn't get him from Real Sociedad (not proven enough?), but he's never been available for a transfer once he joined Newcastle. Šeško - He simply decided to stay at RB Leipzig. If a player decides to stay, then they can't transfer to us, simple. I remember reading somewhere during this time that if Šeško decided to leave RB Leipzig, he would've wanted to go to Arsenal, but he decided to stay to continue his development. More than fair enough. Mudryk - we know why. Nico Williams? - He wants to stay at Athletic Club. Again, fair enough. Leao - I don't want Leao at Arsenal. He doesn't have the committment to the team (?) or the defensive side of the game (definetely) that is a bare minimum for any Arsenal player, regardless of stature. Rashford - Same as Leao. Osimhen - Arsenal have reservations on his character, especially when he went online to relatiate to his Nigeria coach for criticising him. (teamnewsandtix was quoted on this somewhere; I'm not 100% sure) Also, this is a hunch, if we were to somehow convince Osimhen to join us, if he gets offered double the wages from Chelsea, he's going to Chelsea. He's already spoken to John Obi Mikel and everything, apparently. The committment to play for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal that we've seen from all our previous signings (e.g. Calafiori) maybe isn't there as much; there's no "only Arsenal" mentality there. Personally, I think we're waiting for Šeško. One more year and he will be ready for us in my opinion. As a result, the Stering deal is perfect. A temporary stop gap, without much financial burden or any long-term burden. Low risk because it's a straight loan and the wages are relatively low. Sterling's best years have arguably been when Arteta was in his corner, and we know how much Arteta was part of Sterling's success at Man City. As soon as Arteta left, Sterling started to decline (?). Arteta knows Sterling very well, and knows how to maximize him. If we can maximize Sterling, we can win the league, because a maximized Sterling is an elite winger.

[@sigfigronath]

Im 100% sure Arsenal have scouted players but they just wanted to manage the expenses. You know WestHam would put a 100 mill price tag on kudus.

[@Tony-dv5fs]

It’s always good to listen Alex’s analysis.

[@totsh2056]

I think the success of havertz is also contributing to the enthusiasm around this signing. One thing about the Emirates crowd, they'll be right behind him.

[@samdown5347]

I agree with George - not the signing we all wanted, but if we couldn't get hold of our chief targets (for whatever reasons, this is real life and not Fifa so I'm not angry with the board, who are clearly trying and have done great work over the past few years), I couldn't be happier with the temporary solution we've found. No excuses next summer though - it's time to do what we did with Jesus (make a firm decision on who we want and then spend the next year negotiating so it's a done deal by next June).

[@TheKingSkillsBW67]

Sterling is the best English winger in the past decade, for club and country. The credit forced onto some players, if they had half the stats Sterling has, they’d be Knighted Alfredy! Excellent addition to Arteta’s oiled Arsenal Machine! LW or RW, he’s 🔥🔥🔥keep him fit and we have an unstoppable weapon system!

[@Misosoup4u]

City's whole system had to change when they brought in Haaland. I personally have faith in Kai and Gabi J. It would have the be the perfect false 9 at the perfect age and the perfect wage to disrupt that. The gaffer is clearly trying to develop the combinations within such a young team. I'm hope sterling has an incredible season and we sign him on a permanent to become Arsenals answer to Salah and we can rub another one into Chelsea's smug faces

[@komujimaru]

if he does thrive, its proof that arteta is amazing coach and manager

[@jefffalloon]

I'm sure arsenal have had and continue to hold a hit list of forward players they want e.g. Sesko, Williams etc... but things have not fallen into place in capturing them while the squad have managed to deliver sufficient firepower. Top forwards are highly sought after and limited in number meaning that when the very best are unavailable, the prices of next level down suddenly inflate. Arsenal are no longer in the business buying who they don't necessarily want for inflated prices just because that was all that was available on the market. I think Sterling's situation was on their radar throughout the window and they knew it would be a good 'stop-gap' solution for both parties if they failed to achieve there priority transfer targets.

[@petergarcia3378]

if you made a video of the negatives it would be an hour long, Raheem feels like another willian signing

[@TheKingSkillsBW67]

People need to relax. Toney Osimeneh Nico Williams…nobody bought them. Why?

[@iv0rysh0es39]

Worst case scenario, he’ll give Saka some rest time, and maybe be able to light a little fire or encouragement/mentorship for Martinelli.

[@patrickahern9158]

I don't know what team that Arsenal will be facing for you both to give that anaysis, as the variety of teams that Arsenal will be facing determines the starting 11, the tactics, as from our first game back after the international break is versus spuds, so Georgino is the Rice replacement, and Martinelli gets back in. Your assessment seems to be that Sterling starts every game not as support. After spuds we have man city, and i do not think that Sterling can be a starter in that game as tactics over the last season has shown that we have the better of them, he will be on bench impact sub and that is his role for Arsenal until December in the league.

[@funisanartform]

Maybe we're really going for a Leao or a Ferguson next season.

[@gminorcoles]

I like Ben white deeper he is an adequate but not amazing attacking option I think let Kai and odegaard take up those spaces - Kai saka odegaard is much better than white saka odegaard

[@vern4786]

still cant help but feel underwhelmed by Edu's 'be excited' but now that he's here, i will back him but pls Sterling, dont take the freekicks...

[@BB-ck7xe]

I still think there’s reason there to be excited - I just think it’s in the post for a year. We know the club were prepared to put the money up for Sesko at the start of the summer, so there’s genuine intent there to do something, and reliable sources like Ornstein have suggested that we would have taken Nico Williams in a cold minute if we the move was on. I think we can also assume that Chelsea would have been very interested in doing a permanent deal for Sterling if we’d proposed it, so the fact that we’ve only taken him on a year’s loan tells me that we probably have other (hopefully bigger) plans for next summer.

[@Diamond-if4mt]

Naaah let's wait and see. I am not convinced, he was a panic buy that has the potential to work out. But let's be real, if Arteta wanted him he would have gone for him sooner. Just saying.

[@thastunna]

Yeah id much rather start ghosts instead.

[@emayrandomgames]

NO VIEWS IN 31 SECONDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@twoslav9]

stop it.

[@TheCannonPod]

We fell off

[@emayrandomgames]

@@TheCannonPod lol love u

[@Squidemon]

Isak next? He's my dream Arsenal plur

[@Alexandre1453]

Edu Couldn't sign any other better option. He didn't have a clue. So he accepted other club's leftover at the last minute to avoid an even bigger embarassment. And the fans immediately come on to try to defend him because for them that's kinda defending the club itself - it isn't. All in all, it's just Arsenal yet again behaving as a small club receiving the crumbles bigger clubs perhaps drop under the table. They wouldn't sign Halland when he was netting in the Bundesliga - you know, it's a "farmer's league", as now they didn't sign Gyökeres. But if Halland would fell from grace after being signed by City and pretty much rejected, THEN, Arsenal would take him in and the fans would say that was a PERFECT SIGNING! 😂😂😂 As Turkish perfectly say: we shouldn't accept leftovers and try ro "recover" them. We need to find the NEXT Sterling, the NEXT Sane, rhe NEXT Coman.

[@sigfigronath]

Its not always the case, we dont have time to develop players all the time, sometimes we need seasoned professionals. I would rather have sterling than no sterling.

[@Alexandre1453]

@@sigfigronath Seasoned professionals: Zirkzee, Simons, Gyökeres, Chiesa, Osihmen... Arsenal looked at all that and said: "nah"

[@Diamond-if4mt]

Yet Zirkzee said yes to United, Chiesa said yes to Liverpool, and arsenal didn't really try to get Gyokores or Osimhen.

[@sigfigronath]

@@Alexandre1453 you need look at the financial package as a whole right. I would much rather Sterling than Chiesa btw. I love Simons, Gyokeres, Osimhem, but I think the club didnt have the funds.

[@sigfigronath]

@@Diamond-if4mt Its not really about players saying yes, Arsenal pull is different now. We can even get Bernardo silva if we tried. Its about the club's fund. They have spent alot without any outgoings.

[@joeparas]

Until you can prove it to me otherwise, Arteta will never sign a player like Leao or Rashford. That 'lazy' oop stuff just doesn't fly, so it's a non starter. We've also heard issues with some players and attitudes not meshing. It's all starting to sound a bit unicorn-hunting tbh, but the way I see it, your issue is with Arteta, not the board. I just can't see him okaying someone that isn't a good little soldier, which is probably why we've signed so few forwards lol I guess Trossard is the closest...? Maybe?

[@TerranceTibbs101]

Miles better than Martinelli and more complete than Trossard

[@thastunna]

Saka actually gets fouled...doesnt need to act

[@benz.77]

Everybody loves Raymond

[@Anthony_Molosi]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Lalo10-]

Im curious, did any of you guys actually play any high level football ?

[@Coopdegras]

Alex sold out on the skull Candies 💀

[@gminorcoles]

Man I just got to the end and George is the only analyst I can recall asking the question I have been asking this summer - why is the board of the club so passive, seemingly taking their foot off the gas completely? Especially right when they are trying to sign Arteta to a new deal

[@marka87]

Dodgy beard 😂😂

[@digiscott2181]

All Hail the Almighty Algorithm ☯️🔥

[@ianbetts4435]

You are wearing the worst Arsenal shirt ever😂

[@effayeyeayzed]

L take. Its not even Puma and those kits were worse collectively than any adidas kit.

[@insubordinategoy7466]

Routing around in Chelsea's rubbish bins again. I believe the squad is weaker than last year. 1 attacking midfielder. Selling ESR ok but don't loan viera as well. We are the 4th best team on paper but Chelsea are shit so 3rd this year.

[@tjones8402]

You think Chelsea are better on paper? That’s wild

[@DavWalker-zu6hh]

The pigeon heads podcast

[@RealMadridX15]

Pr channel.

[@mugonation6531]

Arsenal are finishing 4th this year

[@TheKingSkillsBW67]

If you want to bring preconceived notions from these deadwood TV exporters who hate footballers and abuse footballers for a living; just watch Sterling’s video highlights of his time at Chelsea, ONLY… Then bring that into the context of Arsenal’s way of playing, and you’ll see that Sterling and Saka on both wings, with Havertz upfront, Odegaard and Merino behind them, Rice @DM, we’ll hurt teams! Trossard and Martinelli on the bench. Partey and Jorginho. I don’t see any area City has a Marked advantage above us. They have Pep who’s been at it for 20+ years. On the pitch Arteta’s has absolutely closed the gap on them. Last season they beat us at having a deep squad quality bench. Not anymore!

[@milindmatang]

it's a time to ditch this inverted shit...and play proper fullbacks who can run up and down the wing with two midfield anchors. timber on the right and cala on left, bench ben shite. In all three matches our midfield has looked completely dis functional. we are playing hoofball by bypassing the middle it doesn't work unless you are playing to avoid relegation

[@tjones8402]

The hell are you on about Ben shite 😂

[@milindmatang]

@@tjones8402 he offers nothing going forward and he shit against tricky wingers .. every one goes after zinchenko for the same defensive flaws. just imagine how good saka can be with speedy overlapping fullback. Every time we try to play out from the back he passes it back to saliva or raya and inevitably they have to hold it up instead of bringing partey or rice into the build up

[@JD-mc3bl]

yeah dream on... 😂😂😭😭😭

[@user-qj9pj1sx5d]

Yeah.... Like Kai Havertz.... Let him dream😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JD-mc3bl]

@@user-qj9pj1sx5d Kai Havertz.... hmm.... Just look at the difference between havertz & haaland. Ultimately That is what will determine who wins the pl title this season

[@user-qj9pj1sx5d]

@@JD-mc3bl There is not a single striker remotely close to Halland on planet earth. What you are doing is like comparing Fabregas to Messi at his peak. Yes Cesc was good but no way near Messi. To make it easier, name one attacker who puts up 75% of the numbers Halland is putting out right now. Just one sir.

[@gravneyjames3699]

You were tired

[@jose72705]

Absolutely terrible signing and i think everyone is just coping

[@jackwilliam2965]

This guy is so boring

[@ianbetts4435]

I don't think he ever leaves his bedroom