I don’t see what Abou offers the team apart from making up the numbers at the club. Yes he is still young and will supposedly learn and improve his game as the years pass by, but you simply can’t teach football knowledge…you either have it or you don’t. 6 years he’s been an Arsenal player, and in my view, doesn’t seem to have developed since the day he arrived.
Moving swiftly onto Denilson. In my opinion, this guy is just frustrating to watch. The 23-year-old Brazilian lacks pace, desire and above all his positioning, and all round awareness, is appalling. Although his statistics may show that his ball distribution is great, my argument would be – 5-10 yard passes aren’t exactly hard to pull off are they? Like Diaby, I don’t quite get what Denilson offers to the team. It’s come to the point where by when I see him in the starting line-up I know we will struggle to get a result. Reports suggested that Wolfsburg were plotting a move for him during the January transfer window. However, nothing transpired as I believe (in my opinion of course) that the Bundersliga side realized they would have wasted £12 million on a very, very average player.
Thanks to official statisticians on Twitter I was able to find out that Arsenal’s win percentage with Abou Diaby & Denilson starting (since June 2008) stands at 41%. Whilst with only one or neither starting is vastly superior at 64%. This ultimately proves that the Arsenal team suffer when both or either one of them start.
As stated earlier, I think Arsenal must offload a number of players during the upcoming summer, but in my opinion Abou Diaby and Denilson must be the first two out of the door.
Please Wenger do us all a favour and get rid of the deadweight when the transfer window re-opens. Recoup a nice amount of cash from Diaby and Denilson in the summer (as we don’t need them anymore) and find a proper midfield enforcer to challenge Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey and young Jack Wilshere for a place in the Arsenal midfield next season, or simply splash the cash elsewhere on the team. I’m not really fussed, just as long as those two are not at the Emirates next season.
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I totally agree with the whole of this article, Denilson and Diably are crap and are not fit to wear the famous red and white of Arsenal. How those two players are at the club and playing football is beyond me. Wenger has to get rid of them and bring in fresh blood, these players are proving they are not Arsenal material and by selling them we could buy better midfielders or even strengthen other positions.
There statistics are terrorable, I hope they never play for Arsenal again, then again they’ll probably play against West Brom, if they do I bet we’ll either draw or lose to West Brom, I hope I am wrong though. Wenger, PLEASE do us all a favour get rid of them, they are useless and don’t offer anything to the team.
I agree about the duo but what about Rosicky,Clichy even Song they’re all useless. I watched him play for his country during Orange ANC, and I couldn’t believe what my eyes were seeing on the pitch. Wenger stop buying playmakers all the time as they become confused when you have to field all of them, that’s what I’ve noticed. Nasri,Arshavin,Rosicky,Cesc to me they all playmakers.
buy a player according to what you need in the team for what position. Michel Bastos for me should be the subject of Summer signing. Arsene give me a call I can identify players for Arsenal.
Luv all Gooners
We’ll smile one day coz we always keep the faith.
I would agree with you on Clichy and Rosicky, but I think Song is a player that does his job well, so I wouldn’t get rid of him. Although I do think a lot of players need to clear off, Nicklas Bendtner and Manuel Almunia for example. Wenger definitely needs to stop buying playmakers and focus on the areas that need reinforcments.
In regards to Bastos being purchased this summer, personally, I think it would be a great signing for the club, especially with Arshavin nearing the 30 mark.
We’ll just have to wait and see what Wenger does when the time draws closer. Thanks for your comment.
Totally agree with your view on these two players. They have had enough time at Arsenal and have not progressed in the manner they should have. I also think Manuel Almunia, Nicklas Bendtner and Tomas Rosicky must go as well. Good article
Urgh, where to begin? Denilson I just don’t think is cut out for English football, I think he would be great in La Liga, where nobody bothers with defending.
Unfortunately that horrific injury Diaby suffered early on in his career has affected him, with him spending an exorbitant amount of time either sidelined or just pulling out of tackles. He is certainly skillful on his day, but once again I just don’t think he fits English football, maybe La Liga or Ligue 1.