Murder on Zidanes Floor
You'd better not kill Giroud
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He got a lot of unpleasant abuse from our fans, but he was clearly crocked when he arrived and a shadow of the player he’d been at Ipswich.I still can't get my head round Alan Brazil playing for us.........
I even saw him score - and it was a screamer too!
Yeah, Arsenal went through a weird phase of bringing back their old players in the early 2010s. Campbell, Henry and Lehmann were all brought back and did almost nothing between them.I was actually looking up Sol Campbell on Wikipedia yesterday; it said that after that he rejoined Arsenal for the first half of 2010 (much like how Jonny Evans has rejoined us, and which I do not remember reading about in my football nerd days of 2010-11/12 when I first became interested in football, I probably did but will have forgotten since) and then Newcastle in the 2010-11 season (which I faintly remember), before retiring from football in 2012 at the age of 37 after having been released by Newcastle a year earlier.
Henry scoring on his second debut against Leeds was a nice moment though. Considering it was a short-term loan during the MLS off-season, I think he did alright.Yeah, Arsenal went through a weird phase of bringing back their old players in the early 2010s. Campbell, Henry and Lehmann were all brought back and did almost nothing between them.
Flamini was brought back after 5 years away as well, though he at least got some games.
Thst whole QPR squad was a weird collection of playersJulio Cesar and QPR is a weird one
Was Breno the guy who burnt his house down? Can remember that from years back.Sadio Mané
Alvaro Odriozola
Breno
Bouna Sarr
Was basically due to Keegan as manager so he had the pull even if Man. City were lightyears away from what they had now. Schmeichel and Fowler also signed that season.Anelka was incredibly random for us at the time he was at City.
We had just got promoted, and mostly bought old players for very little money. Anelka was a bit of a superstar, admittedly struggling a bit in that moment in his career. But only 23-24 and the gulf in class was obvious. Probably played his most consistent football for us.
Robinho also obviously felt incredibly random when he got dropped into that group of players
One of the first Klopp-era signings.Another that's come to me. Liverpool signing Steven Caulker on loan!
He was pretty highly rated at Swansea but hit and miss at Spurs and then his career quickly declined due to gambling issues yet Liverpool still signed him when he was hardly getting in the QPR team.
They made some terrible transfers after selling Suarez.
I didn’t remember the Lehmann return, but now that you said it, it rang a bit of a bell. Mad to think he was born in 1969.Yeah, Arsenal went through a weird phase of bringing back their old players in the early 2010s. Campbell, Henry and Lehmann were all brought back and did almost nothing between them.
Flamini was brought back after 5 years away as well, though he at least got some games.
Yeah Keegan had pull, but Anelka were still out of the norm. Schmeichel were 40 and Fowler while still being at a decent age was washed.Was basically due to Keegan as manager so he had the pull even if Man. City were lightyears away from what they had now. Schmeichel and Fowler also signed that season.
Yep, Breno burned his house down and went to jail for it. I still wonder at times what went wrong to have him in such a crisis.Was Breno the guy who burnt his house down? Can remember that from years back.
Amusing you mentioned the last guy as whenever I saw his name on the bench I just assumed it was some young player Bayern had signed like Tel so a bit staggered to discover he's actually 32! 16 games in four years in Bundesliga so ultimate back up player.
Bayern Munich had Landon Donovan and Ali Karimi on loan in the late 2000s. Both very talented playmaker/attackers in their own environment and for their NTs but neither could really settle or do much. Donovan had a decent spell at Everton aswell so he really should've achieved more but was too comfortable in the MLS.
Weghorst at least had good spells in Bundesliga.Wout Weghorst.
The reddevils community on reddit still has a raging hard-on for him, for some inexplicable reasonWeghorst at least had good spells in Bundesliga.
Igalho was a more random signing imo given the goals had dried up big time at Watford for him and then he went and played in the Middle East for a bit.
And he was there for four seasons... We should've signed him earlierVan der Sar at Fulham