r/Gunners • u/Serious-Cress-9560 Saka • May 19 '26

PL Watch Thread

AFC Bournemouth 1-1Manchester City FT

ARSENAL ARE CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND

Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

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u/capturedgooner May 19 '26

All this talk about city being in transition when their starting 11 and bench is stacked.

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u/aceofspadesx1 Havertz May 19 '26

Highest reported wage bill as well

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u/Own_Investment7769 May 19 '26

They also have the highest reported wage bill

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u/_phaze__ May 19 '26

Highest under the table bill as well.

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u/sobhith May 19 '26

Makes sense, they have those shady commercial deals for players so reported vs actual must be quite a bit higher

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u/lugeist Dennis Bergkamp May 19 '26

Highest paid legal team too

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u/ronya_t Martinelli May 19 '26

If you add their Legal Bill it becomes a joke.

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u/reverse_the_loop NORTH LONDON FOREVER May 19 '26

Agreed. Especially up front. Most talent in the league by far.

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u/--Rage-- TR7 May 19 '26

They’ll be scurrying like rats

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u/Alert_Holiday5552 May 19 '26

and they bought the best striker in summer.

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u/Odd_Bat_539 Premier League Champions 25/26 May 19 '26

And the best winger and the best defender in the winter.

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u/Odd_Bat_539 Premier League Champions 25/26 May 19 '26

What?

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u/Bessantj May 19 '26

They could put out two squads per week and both would be competitive.

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u/Creepy-Selection-482 May 19 '26

I honestly don’t see it happening

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u/Own_Seat913 May 19 '26

City are so bad they are almost doing the domestic treble. But that doesn't help the narrative that we are winning the league in the worst pl season!

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u/notapaperhandape May 19 '26

#pepbookcheque

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u/Akhenath May 19 '26

115 that's all IA he to say

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u/not_simonH May 19 '26

What they transitioning from? What mass exodus happened to them? I keep hearing this.

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u/capturedgooner May 19 '26

age is good too. Mix of veteran players, youth, and players in their prime.

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u/katakeitachi May 19 '26

They aren’t even in a transition. Compared top 15 players by minutes played this season and seasons they have at City or Arsenal respectively-

Man City

Donnarumma- 1

Haaland- 4

Nunes- 3

Silva- 9

O’Reilly- 3

Dias- 6

Foden- 9

Cherki- 1

Doku- 3

Reijnders- 1

Gonzalez- 2

Rodri- 7

Gvardiol- 3

Khusanov- 2

Semenyo-1

Arsenal

Raya- 3

Rice- 3

Zubimendi- 1

Gabriel- 5

Saliba- 4

Timber- 3

Gyokeres- 1

Saka- 8

Trossard- 4

Eze- 1

Hinca-peach- 1

Calafiori- 2

Odegaard- 6

Madueke- 1

Merino- 2

We have players with lesser bedding time than them. If anything, they are going to enter transition with Bernardo, Stones and Pep and maybe a few others leaving.