Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães

[Camron]

the Brazilian connection and a big mate of Pepe

Connections FC

 

[Manberg]

There's also the fact that our team has a large number of French speakers and Portuguese speakers, like Gabriel himself. From what I've seen of them Lille really cares about the common language angle in their recruitment, so they have a similar case there also, a lot of French speakers and Portuguese speakers in the team.

But Arteta, to my knowledge, doesn’t speak Portuguese. He speaks Spanish, French and English. Will that not make our Brazilian recruitment a problem?

 

[Tosker]

But Arteta, to my knowledge, doesn’t speak Portuguese. He speaks Spanish, French and English. Will that not make our Brazilian recruitment a problem?

we have Edu off the field, and Luiz on it - Luiz was given that extension for a reason, surely

 

[Manberg]

we have Edu off the field, and Luiz on it - Luiz was given that extension for a reason, surely

Arteta would rather be able to directly communicate from the touchline.

 

[Rex Stone]

They do have a point with the Everton stuff though.

His price tag and how easily we've jumped to the front of the queue does make me nervous. I'm hoping the former is due to Covid and the latter is due to Arteta/Pepe/London.

Apparently Kia has a good relationship with Campos at Lille as well.

 

[Tosker]

Arteta would rather be able to directly communicate from the touchline.

no wonder then that Özil has been dropped

 

[Malky]

So if we get this deal over the line next week, who's the first CB out the door here? Ideally it'll be Sokratis, but think it could be Holding.

 

[Makingtrax]

Bum squad are guys who hated Wenger, loved Enery, love Raul and Kia, love any crap signing this regime makes. They all loved the Fraser links for example. All were against Arteta.

@yousif_arsenal @field442 @say yes @UpTheGunnerz etc.

Bum squad were creaming themselves over last years transfer window, telling us how a winger like Pepe would take the pressure off our **** defence. And how a one year loanee from Spain would settle into the Prem really quickly and wouldn't take all year.

Oh look, we're eighth.

 

[Oxeki]

But Arteta, to my knowledge, doesn’t speak Portuguese. He speaks Spanish, French and English. Will that not make our Brazilian recruitment a problem?

I don't think that's a problem. We have a number of Portuguese speakers at the club

 

[Goonerwether]

So if we get this deal over the line next week, who's the first CB out the door here? Ideally it'll be Sokratis, but think it could be Holding.

Holding will generate fees, so it will be him.
We can't get rid of Sokratis against his will.
Chambers and Mustafi are injured, and I'd keep them anyway. Mustafi made a massive improvement since Arteta came in.

 

[MutableEarth]

What’s pAdj?

Possession-adjusted - they just create an aggregate based on the amount of possession his teams usually have.

 

[MutableEarth]

But Arteta, to my knowledge, doesn’t speak Portuguese. He speaks Spanish, French and English. Will that not make our Brazilian recruitment a problem?

Arteta speaks at least 4 other languages as far as I know, including Portuguese. He'll be fine.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

I am a proud member of the bumsquad. At least we find pleasure in the little things.

 

[El Duderino]

I am a proud member of the bumsquad. At least we find pleasure in the little things.

@OnlyOne

 

[Barney Gumble]

Aren't Spanish and Portuguese close enough that speakers are able to hold basic conversations? How long would it take Arteta to learn?

 

[MutableEarth]

Aren't Spanish and Portuguese close enough that speakers are able to hold basic conversations? How long would it take Arteta to learn?

I speak neither language but I know a lot of Portuguese people and it sounds almost identical to Spanish.

 

[Makingtrax]

Apparently Kia has a good relationship with Campos at Lille as well.

We don't need any scouts now, no wonder we've sacked them all.

Kia's come a long way from his Karmaa kick-boxing club in Chalk Farm, London and his car dealership at Greens of Rainham. Probably retire on his yacht soon on the back of Edu and Raul.

 

[Rex Stone]

Aren't Spanish and Portuguese close enough that speakers are able to hold basic conversations? How long would it take Arteta to learn?

It’s really easy to read Portuguese. Disgusting accents though

 

[nick gould]

But Arteta, to my knowledge, doesn’t speak Portuguese. He speaks Spanish, French and English. Will that not make our Brazilian recruitment a problem?

Spanish and Portuguese are almost similar. It's a bit like Scotland English and the queen's English. In fact, Brazilians speak Portuguese, they were colonised by Portuguese (of the top of my head).

 

[Riou]

Life would be so much easier if there was only one language I reckon, lets all agree to discard all the old ones and makes up a new one for the entire planet...no more "English", "French", "Spanish" etc...just "Earth"

Like that episode of South Park were all the people of South Park were all the people from the future came back to take everyone's job, and in the future all the languages have been meshed together into just one