Arsenal legend says ‘He will take Arsenal to the next level’ and go after fan who complains about cost of buying new star

Arsenal club legend Paul Merson [via Twitter] has criticized fans who have complained about the price tag of the Gunners’ new summer signing, former West Ham United captain Declan Rice.
Merson believes Rice will “take Arsenal to the next level” – indeed, Rice showed exceptional quality last season in helping lead the Hammers to an unprecedented Europa Conference League trophy. Will he be able to achieve success on the European scene with his new club?

What did Paul Merson write on Twitter?
On Merson’s official Twitter account, he wrote: “I hear many Arsenal fans complaining that [signing Declan Rice] is a lot of money…if they don’t sign him, they’ll still get no money from their season tickets “. so it doesn’t matter! He will take Arsenal to the next level!!”

Will Declan Rice be a good signing for Arsenal?

There is arguably no better signing for Arsenal this summer than the superb acquisition of Declan Rice. Not only is he a top-notch defender, his technical skills and passing variety are also a real eye-catcher.

He is a progressive player, both in passing and carrying the ball. He is capable of loading the ball in the middle, but his ball game and vision are also top notch. Moreover, he also showed his ability to score goals last season. It will allow Arsenal to maintain the pressure in laundering possession at a much higher level than Thomas Partey could. Additionally, his broad skill set allows the Gunners to create chances more often after losing possession.
Plus, though he’s still young at just 24, Rice showed

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“I’d put the phone down” -Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has already explained how Mason Mount “deal saga” went in favour of Man Utd

For much of the second half of last season, Liverpool reportedly led the race to sign Mason Mount from Chelsea.
With a year left on his contract at Stamford Bridge, the England international was stuck on a new deal and had turned down a number of offers from the Londoners. With the Reds in need of a midfield makeover, the Liverpool name was never far away when it came to transfer speculation about Mount’s future.

That was until the closing weeks of the season, however, when Manchester United became favorites to sign the 24-year-old. As a result, Jurgen Klopp turned his attention to Alexis Mac Allister instead.

Both clubs reportedly looked after both players before settling on their respective chosen goal. It is unclear whether such positions were taken from the outset or spoofed in response to each player’s preferences, with reports suggesting Mac Allister wanted to play for Klopp, while Mount favored United. Regardless, Liverpool were able to sign the World Cup winner within two weeks of the end of the Premier League season for a fee of around £35m from Brighton & Hove Albion, while United continued to negotiate ahead and back with Chelsea. At the very least, the Reds had avoided an unwanted and drawn-out transfer saga.

United would finally get their man after agreeing a deal with Chelsea worth £60m last week. At the same time, Liverpool were finalizing their second summer signing in Dominik Szoboszlai after activating a £60m release clause in his contract with RB Leipzig.
After his arrival, the Hungarian, also determined to play for Klopp, made it clear he was happy to sacrifice a year in the Champions League, after seeing the Reds fail to qualify last season, to play for Liverpool. “I can accept that I can’t play in the [Champions League] for a year and the goal is to win the Europa League,” he said. “Liverpool are in four league titles and I want to help them win as many as possible.

When I heard that there was so much interest, I didn’t think about the Champions League. It’s more about winning the Europa League with Liverpool.”

Mount’s desire to play in the Champions League, Chelsea’s exorbitant price for a player with a year left on his contract and the midfielder’s high wage demands, meanwhile, meant Liverpool were content not to lose their early interest for the England national team. follow.
At Old Trafford, the 24-year-old will reportedly be paid at least £250,000 a week. Such terms would have put him second only to Mohamed Salah at Anfield on the Reds’ payroll.

Players must ultimately earn those better terms with success on the pitch, as evidenced by both Szoboszlai and Mac Allister, who are believed to have agreed terms equivalent to around just under half of the England international’s contract with the Red Devils.
United will paint a picture of how they ‘beat’ Liverpool by signing the Chelsea midfielder. Yet the Reds pulled out of the race a long time ago. And Klopp’s stance on transfers made such an outcome seemingly inevitable.

“If I would speak to a player now and he would tell me: ‘If you were playing in the Champions League next year I would be really interested’, I would put the phone down from my side,” the German declared back in April 2016. “I am not interested.

“I always tell players if when you are 35 or 36 and look back on your career and you think about the one year when you didn’t play Champions League then you are really a poor boy.

“There are so many things you can do and reach if you go together with the team. You can qualify for the Champions League, play Champions League, maybe win it or whatever. It is a much more satisfying thing than all the rest.

“That is what I would say. It is pushing the train, not jumping on the running train. That is what we need here.

“If somebody says: ‘No, you don’t play Champions League next year,’ then goodbye and thank you, have fun next year wherever you will be.

“We will find players or we have players already that will go our way. That is not my way, that is the normal way for a club not playing in the Champions League.”

Such sentiments would be echoed repeatedly last season as Liverpool stumbled towards ‘mere’ Europa League qualification. Meanwhile, Klopp would also insist, later in 2016, how the Reds don’t throw money at players to convince them to join the club.

“I can say we don’t want to convince players with money,” he said. “We want to convince them with the way we go.

“We want to have players who are ready to develop and it’s not a message for the winter transfer window – it’s a message for the next few years. We have already really good players and if someone wants to be a part, they are welcome.”

Only Mount can answer how much he was persuaded by the contract on offer at Old Trafford, or the lure of Champions League football after Liverpool missed out on the top four. Likewise, only Reds bosses can confirm just how highly he placed on their transfer wish list, before attentions were switched to Mac Allister and Szoboszlai.

But ultimately Liverpool stuck to their guns rather than step away from how they traditionally operate to accommodate Mount. If a player is only motivated by the biggest wage or Champions League football, Klopp isn’t interested.

Of course, that’s not to suggest that Mount is actually one such player. But in the case of Mac Allister and Szoboszlai, Liverpool have at least signed two players who were desperate to play for Klopp no matter what, and buy in completely to what the Reds want to achieve and how they will go about it.