Arsenal Debate – What to do about Abou Diaby?
Is it time for Arsenal to cut Diaby loose?
Arsene Wenger’s latest press conference has revealed that Diaby won’t be back anytime soon, giving me the thought is it time to let Diaby loose? On Arsenal.com, Wenger said; “Slow progress. I cannot give you any fixed date because we are a bit in no man’s land on that front. He is working. We are waiting for him to come back but he is not ready”
The Frenchman is a great player on his day, with a wide range of attributes that makes him absolutely fantastic to watch and no doubt excellent to play with however he spends the majority of his time on the Arsenal treatment table and collecting a reported £60,000 a week means that he is potentially taking up the space of a player that could benefit us for at least, more than the average 6 games a season Diaby plays.
Diaby has incurred numerous injury problems over the last few years and it’s the constant setbacks that forces him out for so long. He isn’t used to the competitive level that the Premier League holds and so it’s unfortunate that he is seemingly always injured. The problem is, every time he returns to action he always pushes himself to perform the best he can immediately, to prove a point, however it usually leaves him tired and therefore resulting in injury.
It’s unknown when he is expected to return. Wenger ruled out a December return immediately and ‘Slow Progress’ will mean he is nowhere near being in contention about returning to training. So providing he has no more setbacks, I would expect him to return to training around February time. I would fully expect him still to be here after the transfer window because no team will want to buy an injured player.
I’m sure all the fans are frustrated with Diaby’s constant injures and it has ruined the career of such a wonderful talent, much like it did with Eduardo and now potentially Aaron Ramsey. The player himself admitted he has thought about retiring several times because of his injures however the club has convinced him to stay and push on through it.
I don’t know what the club would be willing to do on his situation however what do you think should become of Diaby?
I personally think we should monitor this injury and see what becomes of him afterwards because at £60,000 a week and 26 years old, is he really worth it?
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I’d persist with a class act like Diaby on 60k a week and get rid of the squid on roughly the same.
The future for Diaby looks pretty grim though.
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it’s complicated. i know he will be great like robin. but i’m also afraid he will leave us when he become class like robin.
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Firstly, we should wish him well. I expect the club will show patience, stand by him and he’ll be back have a stunning season and then leave for Manchester and money. What is his contract – good journalism should tell us this.
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Did you hear about the arsenal players donating a week’s wages to charity for Christmas?!! This is why I love arsenal, whatever we do we do it with class!!!
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The first step to improving his injury record is retiring from international soccer
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What are the option that we have rather than to keep him…??at minimum untill his contract expires.. Btw can anybody advise when will his contract expires?
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He has talent but is injured way too frequently…
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Off topic: this is our worst season in modern arsenal f.c. history. yet…
we are only 2 points off of third and are still in a small cup called THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!
the team needs a savage amount of work, no question but at least some how, we are still afloat.
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september 29, diaby injured against chelsea, out for 3 weeks…..that was 14 weeks ago with no signs of a return anytime soon!
if wenger can be quick enough to get rid of eduardo then he must do the same with diaby
£60k a week to play 3/4 games a season?
thought wenger had a degree in economics…….its a joke when u think about it, especially as we’re crying out for a midfield presence
he should be offered a pay as u play contract, bet he’d be fit in no time then!
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We must keep him!
Injuries will not keep him always away from game, He is Unlucky but 1nc he is Fully Recover, WE ALL KNOW WHAT HE MEANS TO US!
GET WELL SOON DIABY
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Give him one last chance he is entering his prime soon so its worth a shot. Poor diaby, I honestly think he could have been way better than Tata toure and atm he is already leagues ahead of Alex song
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Same could’ve been said about RVP at 26. Then a couple of seasons later he scores 30+ goals and wins player of the season.
Stuck with him, even if Diaby only delivers a couple more seasons you know he can make a huge difference, he has the class.
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SELL,SELL,SELL,SELL,SELL,SELL,SELL,SELL,SELL. He’ll never recover, this season had proved it.
Opinions divided. What do you think?
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Now when he returns dont play him until next season. give him some reserve games and tell him to just train and sleep. once he feels settled we can use him.
also retire him from national duty. he was played full 90 minutes agst some country in which he scored just after returning.
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i believe that we retain Diaby, but on the proviso that we reduce his wages to 20k which still remains an extraordinary figure, especially for a player whom is so susceptible to injury. if Diaby is a reasonable person he would also accept it.
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Get DIAME
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Diaby is a good player, and can be an absolute handful on his day. He has strength, pace and good skills on the ball. However, he has been injured most of the time he has been at Arsenal. It seems that he struggles to keep himself fit and can get injured with the slightest of knocks. It is really easy for Arsenal to think that it would be wise to sell him and save on his weekly wages. However, same was the case with a certain Robin van Persie. But he came through his injuries and performed wonderfully for Arsenal in the last two years here. Still doing the same at Man United.
I believe that it is not worthwhile to wait for Diaby to get fit and Arsenal should sell him , but then Wenger has kept faith in him. Cant be sure what the man is thinking about his future.
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so what injuries happens he is one of my fav player at arsenal him and yaya toure is same brov
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its the same question with RVP…Wenger didint abandon him during his 7 injury years…
Diaby will come good one day…
Adequate replacement should be on standby in case he does a RVP and leave….
When cole left there was Glichey followed by Gibbs…
but when Nazri, Fab and RVP left there was no adequate replacement ready…..
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release him simple backin 2010 he claimed i dream about playing for madrid or barca i am 100% sure like rvp if he stays fit he will leave time to find someone else like kevin strootman
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When the two legs of an individual are of not the same length like Diaby has there is gonna be no way to be injury free. We may be willing to sell [ which is highly unlikely given Wenger's faith in him ],but who will buy him ?
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we are clearly missing a strong cdm in mf wenger must bring in someone else coquelin is not a proper cdm same for arteta it is the missing link
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@gogo: that’s pretty stupid statement. injuries is part of being an athlete, and i bet you are one of those people who were complaining that arsenal is run like a “money-making” company instead of a football club. Secondly, to those who ask to sell him. Ask yourself first, is there anyone who is willing to buy? And if there is none, than we have to keep him because letting him go means we still have to pay the salary from his remaining contract, which is stupidity. We are talking about someone’s life here, not a car where you can just throw away and get a new one. Put yourself in his shoes and then ask yourself: would you want the club to disband you whilst you are going through a tough period of your life? nuff said
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last season glatrasya made a 10m bid yet arsenal didn’t sell him would you believe it we could have upgraded song’s contract & got rid of another player who is not a part of the squad he is on 60 a week for what ask him to sign a new contract like pay per play or ask him take a 60% paycut else best release him
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@hmmmmm we stood by rvp did he show his appreciation for us so most of you want wenger out but the weak links like diaby must stay that is absurd the entire team is suffering because of him & then all the anti-wenger camp will have another go at him i am sorry but he has to go maybe he will do well in another club
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Please wenger get replacement for Alex song in number six arteta is not doing very well in that position, please wneger please dont think of Diaby any more that gap is very big in arsenal squards.
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@leo
I have never posted that I wanted wenger out, and if you see my post from 3 days back, I clearly wanted him to stay at least until the season end where it is a much better period to evaluate and change staffs if necessary. RVP was a different case, as people are all different. who knows whether he wanted to stay to repay us back for standing by him throughout his injury? and finally, if he is this often injured, which club is willing to buy him? if we let him go for free, it does not mean we will save up from his wages. we STILL have to pay his wages until he finds a new club
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thats the trouble with this club you pay for what you get you buy someone like fellani who is a proven prem player or stick with diaby for 3 or 4 seasons he has one good season and we lose him this policy stinks of a money hungry board
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Keep him! We kept RVP when he was injured, sagna, buff said
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i have a whole x1 that i believe do not give us enough for their wages and diaby is one of them.
fabianski
eastmond squillaci djourou santos
denilson diaby arshavin
park chamakh bendtner
sell or release that lot and bring in x1 replacements to add to:
szcesney mannone
sagna jenkinson
mertesacker koscielny
vermaelen miquel
gibbs meade
coquelin frimpong
arteta rosicky
wilshire ramsey
cazorla chamberlain
walcott giroud
podolski gervinho
then you will have a 33 man squad capable of winning a title
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Van Persie,is still fresh in my mind,Arsenal nursed him for about five seasons,he then had one good season, “AND
THE TRAITOR LEFT US FOR BIG MONEY,THERE IS NO LOYALTY IN FOOTBALL,IF ARSENAL CAN GET A DECENT PRICE,LET HIM GO”.
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IGUYS WE WILL SIGN A ZAMBIAN INTERNATIONAL IN THE JAN WINDOW! The player said in an interview that he will sign a contract with arsenal soon..
Not sure wether he’s any good but we need to sign QUALITY Players !
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Keep him until his contract runs out and depending on his status at the time maybe offer him 1 year contracts with a lower basic pay and bonuses for each game he plays.
In the meantime replace him with a world class player. We’ve been lacking for too long waiting to see if Diaby will be fit. We simply can’t rely on him.
Don’t register him in the squads for the competitions until he’s spent at least 6 months playing in the reserves proving his fitness.
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What about a placenta treatment?
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I would have gotten rid of the lazy Diaby a long time ago. He doesn’t contribute anything to the Arsenal game. The problem, which dumb club would want to take him, even for free.
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keep him he is class, enjoy the 10 games you get from him. his value is not worth selling him and our insurers pay most of his wages anyway. the thing we need to do is put him as 25th man in the squad and replace his ass with a reliable big cm i would like diame.
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Considering the attributes and talents of Diaby, I can understand the reason for AW to persist with him. I mean our captain last season was a similar story and since he became injury free he has been showing the world how good he is. Perhaps, AW thinks Diaby can have a similar impact. There are players in the squad who play a lot more games than Diaby and also those who never play even when fully fit. I say get rid of them first. If we can lose Chamakh, Gervinho, Ramsey, Squillaci, Djourou, Santos and all those who are perennially on loan, surely we can take the risk on one highly injury prone potential world beater. I would like to add though, that taking this risk should be subject to Diaby returning to action again for at least three to four months this season and putting in some great performances like he did early on in the season.
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My preference is definitly to let him go. Anything to get his wages off the books. At the end of the day although it may sound harsh I think he’s had plenty more time than any other club would ever have given to him. Arsenal have been very generous to him. He’s a millionaire for crying out loud! and its our money being pad to him. Think of all those ££££ being earnt in factories and hard low paid jobs in London and across the world – all being spent at Arsenal which is being paid to Diaby who spends all his career in physio and getting massaged.
Also I think when someone is missing its too easy to over rate them. When he was playing he wasn’t Viera like some people are saying. He was good but not great. There are plenty of players we could replace him with on the same money who would stay fit and help Arsenal win on the pitch.
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Much as i think Diaby is class, i dont think he is a player we can rely on. The case with Diaby sums up the problems that Arsenal have. Wenger insists on persisting with players who are either not up to scratch or are injury prone. Diaby would probably be able to string more games together in a less physical league, but he can’t take the strain of the prem league, so a move would suit both parties. It seems like a wasted squad place. I feel we would benifit from investment in a solid player for that position. Yes you can argue we have a strong midfield already, but we still lack steel and since Song has left and Diaby got injured we have suffered against the bigger and more physical teams.
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Sadly, this happens to many players in many sports. You often do not know their names. They are the players with talent whose bodies just don’t cooperate.
And Sadly, there comes a time when they must be let go. I will leave it to the professionals to decide when.
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I think cut his wages at least until stay fit and be a regular player throughout the season. I do believe having him on the training ground has a positive effect on our younger players like Coquelin and Frimpong. Then again I’m only 16 so what do I really know?
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Give him one more chance if he gets a long term injury again over a month and a half sell him.
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Well, what am I to say, Im not sure. DIaby, or Abou as I call him, needs to sort his life out, what a mess. Sort his legs out, then sort his rugby ball-shaped face out, then sort his tan out, its not even. What else is there to say, I dont know, hopefully ive cleared up the situation for everyone, yours
sincerely
sir lad
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hes got to go. i believe hes a wimp. jack or vermalan would try play on or get through it some how. his injurys are a joke. waste of space and hel look back on carear hardly played but alot of money
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