Liverpool star ‘happy to see Klopp go’ as Arsenal exit leaves Arteta with ‘headache’

The Mail opts for an incendiary headline about Liverpool while there is much talk about some possible ins and outs at Arsenal.

Give us a clue
The concept of online fans “spotting clues,” like an army of incel detectives, has become an extremely powerful tool in online journalism in recent years.

It’s not just football; just last week we saw ‘Love Island fans pick up on ‘clue’ that Ciaran’s mum isn’t a fan of Nicole’ (The sun), ‘BBC EastEnders fans predict dark Sonia Fowler twist as they discover ‘huge clue’ (OK) and ‘Taylor Swift fans spot major clue that she’ll make an announcement at final London show’ (Mirror).

And now, according to The sun‘Manchester United fans are convinced the star will stay after finding a clue in the kit launch, despite him being linked with a possible exit.’

If it’s a “clue” and they “spotted” it, then it must have been well hidden, or at least cryptic. Like those crossword puzzles your grandmother used to do.

It definitely couldn’t be that Aaron Wan-Bissaka literally appeared at the kit launch, could it?

Oh.

I have a dream…
Emile Smith Rowe is likely leaving Arsenal for Fulham. So what is the absolutely rational response to this move if you work for the clicky clicksters at Mirror?

Arsenal could hand dream shirt number to £42m target as Edu seals big deal

Yes, we imagine Raphinha was sitting twiddling his thumbs in Barcelona, ​​patiently waiting for Arsenal’s number 10 shirt to become available. While he was wearing Barcelona’s number 11 shirt.

After all, it’s barely a week since we read that ‘Arsenal will deny Raphinha two dream shirt numbers after being given the ‘green light’ for a £50m deal’.

Can you have TWO dream jersey numbers? At what point do dream jersey numbers just become ‘jersey numbers you’ve already worn’?

And at what point do we all lose our little minds and sink into the seas?

Pass the paracetamol…
Just two days after the Mirror We’re told that ‘Jakub Kiwior has reportedly agreed to join Inter Milan with Arsenal closing in on a deal for Bologna defender Riccardo Calafiori’, they bring us another update:

Arsenal star ‘ready’ for transfer exit, which could leave Mikel Arteta with a headache

He’s probably “ready”, yes; in fact, he might wonder why the deal hasn’t happened yet, given that he “agreed” to leave two days ago. Although the Mirror have now said that Inter are “not interested at the moment”, which is odd given that he “agreed” to go there. It’s almost as if it’s absolute bullshit.

Now Juventus are being linked and what a blow for Arsenal that would be, leaving Arteta with a real headache without the man who started 10 Premier League games at left-back last season.

A move to Juventus would see the Poland international reunited with his former Spezia boss Thiago Motta. Kiwior’s departure could, however, leave Arteta with a headache at left-back.

Timber has recently returned from a lengthy layoff, Tomiyasu is recovering from a knee injury that could rule him out of pre-season, and Zinchenko is interested in Bayern. Tierney is also expected to leave the Emirates before the August 30 deadline after spending the last spell on loan at Real Sociedad.

Timber returned two months ago from a lengthy absence and Riccardo Calafiori is on his way; if Arsenal are left with just three potential left-backs when Tomiyasu returns, we suspect they will be dealing with the situation without their fourth option.

What is that obsession over whether Arsenal have enough left backs?

Me and Mr. Jones…
Curtis Jones has certainly made it clear that he is loving life under Arne Slot.But what he didn’t do was…

A shitty Mail move there.

Curtis Jones said he was happy Klopp had left Liverpool? He had balls. photo.twitter.com/UpwImAGiAz

— Football365 (@F365) July 26, 2024

Express delivery
‘Liverpool have a star ‘better than Jude Bellingham’ but FSG risk losing him for nothing’ is wonderful nonsense from Expresswho liberally used quotation marks around “better than Bellingham” as if, well, they were quoting someone.

What actually happened is that Diogo Jota participated in a blind ranking with Goal and placed Bellingham (3) below Trent Alexander-Arnold (2).

What is pertinent here is that Jota then placed himself above the two. Almost as if he was just a big old laugh and shouldn’t be taken seriously.

And it’s definitely not being used to tease that Liverpool have an incredible young midfielder who is being lost for nothing because FSG have been negligent. Because you absolutely know that was the logic behind that headline.

But that’s nothing compared to this:

Liverpool transfer plans leaked by Wataru Endo as star reveals Mohamed Salah plan

First, there is a slim chance that Endo even knows about any “Liverpool transfer plan” and “leaks” it.

But still, don’t let that get in the way of the claim that “Endo could face awkward conversations with club chiefs after seemingly revealing that Mohamed Salah will leave this summer or next.”

Yes, it’s going to get really awkward when Liverpool find out that Endo said “the search for a replacement for Mohamed Salah has begun”.

Because it is definitely a “secret Mohamed Salah conspiracy” that Liverpool will have to replace a 32-year-old player whose contract expires next summer.

Apparently, he has “increased speculation that Liverpool’s top Premier League goalscorer could leave this transfer window”.

Seriously. He f***s.