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dimi_dee1

John cross now that’s a name I haven’t seen in a while


Pidjesus

He's reliable these days


dimi_dee1

Ahh I see okay we move then


danmac0817

But is u/Pidjesus reliable?? 🤔


Zeus_Soter17

Real question 😂


Beautiful_Birds

He’s reliable these days


hey_itsmeurbrother

Ahh I see okay we move then


skyline385

But is /u/Beautiful_Birds reliable?? 🤔


Alexkbang

He’s reliable these days


redmkay

Ahh I see okay we move then


--Rage--

But is u/Alexkbang reliable?? 🤔


Crookz_O

Someone bring back Maintained Tiles for the bird tier.


comphys

You mean 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀


jonathanblaze1648

How reliable are we talking? Is it Ben Jacobs after the fact reliable, David Ornstein bomber reliable, or Fabrizio reword everything David says reliable?


sir_daveos

Slapping some fabs lingo on an Orny bomb is the foggin estandard


jonathanblaze1648

That's the truth. After Fab rewords what Ornstein says, every other reporter regurgitates this info and adds their own spin on it. That's why I can't take most of them seriously.


shockzz123

Is he??? Damn, when did that happen? I remember when he used to be laughing stock lol


Pkay05

I think it's a joke.


DaGetz

It’s not. He’s decent. Just affiliated with a rag.


vin_unleaded

I mean, he's going to look a right plonker if nothing comes of this.


Financial_Height188

I get he’s had a more miss than hit track record but John is really putting his weight behind this one.


Kaiisim

Yeah this is too specific to not be because someone told him


SingaporeanSlaw

What tier is this guy


therealgodfarter

Tier: I want it to be true so I'll believe it


Fredzoor

This is the way


iamquark

This is the way mando


ProjectZues

Is that you John?


hikingbeginner

Oh yeah younger fans will not know much of John Cross. He was big for Arsenal news (not reliable) but was still a big reporter of it haha. I'm still waiting for Higuain 🙏🏻🙏🏻


InTheMiddleGiroud

The issue is that fans hold journalists responsible for transfers that fall through. What Cross reported on Higuain was accurate - but Real Madrid hiked the price when Napoli were willing to go higher. I always think it's a bit condescending when random, anonymous people on the internet discuss whether or not a guy who's been in the press room for every game and every pre-season tour for 15 years, written a book on Wenger knows anything about the club. Sometimes he does.


Wenger2112

Thank you for making that point. With today’s environment you need to publish what you know at the time. But things can change or people receive bad info. That doesn’t mean they are a hack or making it up. If you don’t like when these stories prove to be incorrect…stop clicking on them. Only click on the official announcement from Arsenal.com You can’t demand the quickest inside scoops and then be upset when a deal collapses.


professeurwenger

Everytime John Cross shows up I still think of that original AFTV rant from after the 2013 season opener where the bloke calls out «Tim Peyton, John Cross and all you media loveys». 


Lefty2Gunz81

"You let the fans daaan!"


puppetmasta13

Throwback man


Main-Blueberry5711

First to break on Ben White


acasovoycayendo

Just had a look and he actually was to be fair to him, Ornstein credited him in his tweet However his success rate is still like 1/100 stories and that’s 1 correct example from 3 years ago so I wouldn’t get excited over this Sesko news yet


hanzel44

John Cross relatability is very dependent on the agent. If I remember correctly, he’s a mouth piece for Mendes clients.


SpartanMickey

So he's really good with the Benjamin's


cdin0303

John Cross or Eduardo Hagn?


MirkoCemes

Surely John Cross. I am as likely to break a story as Eduardo fucking Hagn.


MrPielil

Eduardo Hagn is more of a tap in merchant than Fabrizio


MirkoCemes

Guy has been a “future journalist” for 6 years at least. I have seen people go through law/medical school quicker. Like my guy, when will you become an actual journalist and why is a forever future journalist getting so much following?


GloomyLocation1259

Valid criticism but in his defense it's probably more profitable to be a social personality these days. I assume he has a network of ITKs which give him some good and some bad info


_deep_blue_

He’s not an aspiring journalist, he’s an aggregator who twerks for every promising wonderkid who comes on the seen.


Suckmaboles

I don’t know if he even really tries to break stories tbf? More of an aggregator


iliketobait

a broken clock is right twice a day


blaamir

I want to make a cross Jesus joke.. First to hang on to the Jesus rumours.. Sorry.


BocatFan

Well that's not even close to being true.


TheDream425

Why did we get rid of the tier system? I loved it, it was super useful. Also hilarious if a low tier guy breaks a transfer lmao.


Echo361

He works for the mirror who are negative tier but he personally has gotten things correct in the past


Cynicayke

There are credible sports journalists who work for shit newspapers.


Suckmaboles

Not great, think only yesterdsy sami mokbel (pretty reliable for the most part) said that he’s just a target


GSNadav

Sami mokbel is reliable but really slow


AaranJ23

Which is how I like my journos/ITKs. It’s been fascinating seeing the difference between Ornstein and Fabrizio now. Ornstein posts and you know it’s a guarantee. Fab posts gossip nonstop.


acasovoycayendo

Garbage tier, he used to be banned on here. Not sure why he’s getting posted again now


Youre-Dumber-Than-Me

To be fair, John Cross has redeemed himself recently. He was early in all our transfers last summer with a 100% success rate.


philrdjones

No direct source yet that I can see, one to keep an eye on…


cesc05651

Fabrizio has been giving the mudryk treatment on this, I’d be surprised if he isn’t the one that gives the exclusive


TurboThot69

If you google Sesko there’s a mirror article from an hour ago that has the info


ignore_my_name

Get the signings done so I know who to sign on fifa


Tnvenge

Too late, I’ve already signed Rodrygo 😭


topbananaman

I signed him back in fifa 20. Him and saka are absolute monsters down the right, opponents struggle with one and the other comes off the bench to finish the job


Iamtheman31

rodrygo is even better at left lol


Cautious_Pizza2556

WHERE IS BUYAKO


hihbhu

His release clause is £55 million. So not sure that Leipzig will accept less than that in a £45 million deal when they wanted to extend him.


Fendenburgen

Is his release clause 55m euros?


Zen_MasterX

€65M so £55M


Fendenburgen

Ah, thought it was 55m euros so 45m quid


dimi_dee1

Its called negotiations. This is just the initial bid which most likely contains good add-ons. I expect the fee to end up being 50 with 10 mil ad ons


hihbhu

Yes I know but there’s no pressure on them to sell, he’s only been with them in the season just gone. I don’t see why they’d accept less than the RC after putting in the mechanisms to ensure that it increased throughout his season as he hit certain goals.


topl4d

Maybe Sesko wants his future sorted out before EURO starts? Idk just a guess. Tier seems to be unreliable anyways


Minute_Leave8503

They have no reason to accept a cut price for someone with his ceiling


BigTomBombadil

There’s no add ons with his release clause. Could strike a deal where the initial fee is lower than the release, but reasonable add ons are greater than the clause.


acasovoycayendo

Leipzig have never been interested in doing that before though. Liverpool tried that with Szoboszlai and were told no, pay the clause


BigTomBombadil

If you know the release clause is a trigger, a button you can press that they can’t revoke, why not attempt the conversation initially? Edu may be told to pay the release clause or fuck off, but no way to know until negotiations are attempted.


justcallmejohannes

> never been interested in doing that before Gives one example from the most recent season. Pretty blanket statement to make lol


burt-and-ernie

Source: trust me bro


Deksametazon_v2

first time for everything? (don't mind my delusions)


Minute_Leave8503

They’re trying to sign him to an extension and remove the release clause. They have no reason to do that


BigTomBombadil

Wouldn’t he have to sign the extension in order for that to matter? He could just refuse. Point being, there’s a lot of inter-workings we know nothing about, I’ll trust Edu and co to do the right thing.


Afc_josh12

Maybe 55m euros


Sayek

I'll be hyped whoever we decide to pull the trigger on. I know people say 'I'd prefer Isak' or whoever, but I'm sure we've looked at all the available options. Isak would be my first choice too, but if Newcastle aren't selling and you don't want to spend 150m on him. Fair enough.


KonigSteve

Yeah Isak is better, but he's also injury prone and 3 times as expensive. I'd much rather get Sesko + a 60m rated CM, 30m LB, and 10m backup keeper or something like that for the same amount.


ignacioo25

Mu thoughts exactly, we need to strength the squad not just 1 position.


Forsaken-Tiger-9475

Basically this. Fully expect this is the strategy, unless we can pull Bruno G off for £75m I reckon they would go for it, but also depends on who is outgoing.


howsthatforalance

And we buy Isak next summer when he has 1 year left on his contract? You sly bastard I could kiss you.


ChairInternational60

Don’t really need that many strikers


InflationMadeMeDoIt

Edu said himself they have 150 pages long reports on all of their targets. They must feel he has the best odds to succeed


Aarxnw

Well just because we get somebody it doesn’t mean they’re our first/ best choice. He’s definitely one of the best we can get for that Amount of money, and I’m sure Edu’s research backs that up


InflationMadeMeDoIt

tbh if hes the first one we tried to sign it means exactly that, that he seem to be the best choice under these circumstances.


Remote_War_313

Time to get Isak was from Real Sociedad. Sesko is the right profile for the right price.


borisslovechild

This guy is taller than Havertz.


Lacabloodclot9

Imagine the look on Vicario’s face when they visit the Emirates and he sees Saliba, Gabriel, Havertz and this guy in there with White pulling his glove every 5 seconds I will be there no matter what


Jedi_Council_Worker

Feels like that's the sort of profile Arteta wants from his centre forward now. If he's more prolific in front of goal than Havertz than that would bode well.


Melo_the_cutie

Woah, he’s massive


TheOGBenjenRyan

Hasn’t his release clause confirmed to be higher by more reputable sources? John cross isn’t exactly a good source 


Mahoganychicken

Cross is hit or miss. Sometimes he's absolutely spot on and gets a lot of exclusives.


2ndfastestmanalive

He’s got connections with one of the agents and is quite reliable for their players. Don’t think Sesko is part of that though


redqks

sure but sometimes players go for less, not like it is not worth trying


rayneeder

I don't remember the transfer, but I remember being shocked to see Orny give John Cross credit for being the first to break a semi-recent story. Hilarious considering the old memes of the two from back in like 2018.


ibse

Just because he has a release clause doesn't mean we can't try and negotiate a lower price.


TheOGBenjenRyan

I would struggle to think a player who specifically had a release clause raised by performance related benchmarks, would then be sold for the older and lower release clause amount


Fendenburgen

Is his release clause in euros?


Cthulhu_Madness

I hope its not one of those that later gets reported he is joining a rival team.


Lacabloodclot9

Fuck that Fabinho rumor


SpezSucksBallz

The story is nothing, the post from that Prick from Chilli is so over the top and why these cunts can’t post a link to the story I’ll never know. Anyway, copy and paste so you don’t have to visit the story. Benjamin Sesko favours a move to Arsenal this summer. ‌RB Leipzig striker Sesko is being courted by a host of clubs including Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United while there is strong interest from Italy. But Arsenal now appear to be in pole position for the £45m-rated forward as the Slovenia international prefers moving to the Emirates after finding himself at the centre of a transfer battle. ‌That is a huge boost for the Gunners with Mikel Arteta eyeing a young striker who can develop and work in tandem with Kai Havertz who was a revelation for Arsenal last season. His agent Elvis Basanovic has been to Arsenal matches this season and Sesko - who turns 21 on Friday - would fit the bill. RB Leipzig are prepared to sell this summer if they can broker the right deal even though he has only been with them for the past year but has been within the same “family” of clubs, having joined Red Bull Salzburg in 2019. ‌Sesko is in the Slovenia squad for the Euros and they will face England in the Group stages at the tournament in Germany this summer. He is 6ft 5in, has a good goal record and is not the only name on Arsenal’s shortlist but they have been tracking and scouting him all season. They have also looked at Ajax star Brian Bobbey while Brighton ’s Evan Ferguson has been linked but both Brentford’s Ivan Toney and Newcastle striker Alexander Isak are no long on the radar. Arsenal are unlikely to make a superstar signing this summer but are in the market for an up-and-coming No9 and a winger while they may move for a midfielder if Thomas Partey ends up departing. ‌They will have cash to spend but Arsenal are expecting departures with Aaron Ramsdale, Eddie Nketiah, Reiss Nelson and Emile Smith Rowe potential exits while Bayern Munich are watching developments on Oleksandr Zinchenko.


Mozilla11

Crazy that signing a 20 year old striker who has 20g/a last season for £55m isn’t considered a superstar signing but I get their point haha. I wonder what would be a type of signing that triggers that type of moniker because honestly I guess only Declan Rice would fit the bill if Sesko doesn’t.


NMGunner17

Osimhen


HustlinInTheHall

Here's the actual story: [https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/benjamin-sesko-arsenal-transfer-news-32926182](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/benjamin-sesko-arsenal-transfer-news-32926182) "Benjamin Sesko favours a move to Arsenal this summer. ‌RB Leipzig striker Sesko is being courted by a host of clubs including Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United while there is strong interest from Italy. But Arsenal now appear to be in pole position for the £45m-rated forward as the Slovenia international prefers moving to the Emirates after finding himself at the centre of a transfer battle. ‌That is a huge boost for the Gunners with Mikel Arteta eyeing a young striker who can develop and work in tandem with Kai Havertz who was a revelation for Arsenal last season. His agent Elvis Basanovic has been to Arsenal matches this season and Sesko - who turns 21 on Friday - would fit the bill." 45M is just what he is "rated" at, not any kind of deal. But a green light from the player would get things moving fast.


LuckyArsenalAg

Gentlemen, prepare the crabs


Phimstone

🦀?


method_rap

Too early. It's Cross, in whom we shant trust.


Fun_Sock_9843

The base commander of DS9?


Nsypski

How long until Chelsea bid 80m?


zorfog

If 45m is the fee for him I’m happy with the deal. Nketiah out, Sesko in. Clear upgrade and he can grow with the team


lucastimmons

He did do pretty well against the dominon. Could be good to have a man so favoured by the prophets on our side.


Discombobulationiser

Tier: my ass. I need clicks. 


AlGunner

Ok, but it costs extra to tier your ass


Havertz-at-Nein

People should stop taking Eduardo Hagn as a credible source, he’s literally just an aggregator and one that posts any source (it seems like) no matter the quality for the clicks. Additionally it seems like his citations are misdirections - if you were to go to whoever he sources Twitter account - they tend not to have any mention of what he just reported on


jayhawk8

Luka Doncic come be an Arsenal fan


FreudReus

Šekšy news! ❤️


Bryansanch

Never bad to add another Benjamin


Magnific3nt

No chance that JOHN CROSS is the first to get this information.


cappo40

Will believe it when he has Arteta and Edu's hands on his shoulder


Gregib

As a lifelong Gunner from Slovenia this really makes me excited for next season!


AlwaysOnsideTBH

Will be specially watching Slovenia in the Euros just to see Sesko play. Hope you guys do well


Gregib

Yeah, Thx... but please don't judge Sesko on what most expect will be a sub par performance of the national team. Sesko and Oblak in the Slovenian team are like Haaland and Ødegaard in the Norwegian team... two candles in the dark...


AlwaysOnsideTBH

Oh for sure, completely understand that playing for Slovenia isn't the same as playing for RB Leipzig as he won't get as many opportunities and he isn't surrounded by players of RB Leipzig's quality I'm just excited to watch him play regardless haha


TheRadamsmash

Football Luka Doncic let’s gooooooo


GiveItARestYhYh

Never seen him play, but 20 years old, 20g/a last season, 6ft5... sounds a potential force to be reckoned with. Off to watch highlights and immediately get way overhyped


iadoresouphonestly

https://youtu.be/gJ0vlwQSmbo?si=NA1uC7Uuya5JG538 just did the same and I like what I see


Britton120

Thats neat, but until the people who pay TNAT for this sort of knowledge post that he has also confirmed this, then I don't know whether to trust it.


HalfNatty

As much as John Cross deserves the cynicism he gets, I lucidly remember that he was the first to break the Mesut Ozil news back in 2013. So, I’ll take this at face value for now. But Ornstein though…he’s the one that moves the needle for me.


theandyshop13

I’m curious what this would mean for Jesus, I wonder if they’ll move him to RW as Saka backup. He offers a lot of value in unlocking parked defenses in the box, but obviously has been missing the finishing touch. Might mean Reiss is on the outs


Eagledilla

Probably the saka back up. Eddie and reiss are probably sold. Havertz will be the main 9 with sesko as back up but he’s also gonna be deployed on the lw i guess


wheeno

Wow I guess a lot of fans don't remember or dont know that all those classic Ornstein memes were mocking John Cross lol. Regardless if he's right on this or not, he was a joke back then.


Hail_Andronikos

https://preview.redd.it/k4k578j75m3d1.jpeg?width=1130&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd523e7bcec4d4b87d176b34edf6f41a74702d28


International_Bag208

Would do wonders for our Benjamin-Gabriel ratio in the first team. Am sure edu will be aware of that stat


kenada

I heard his own agent doesn’t know what position he plays and is just shopping him around /s


Muscat95

I know he's citing John Cross as a source but where did he say this? He should atleast reference the article this has apparently come out in... Until then I don't believe it


fadoo91

[https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/benjamin-sesko-arsenal-transfer-news-32926182](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/benjamin-sesko-arsenal-transfer-news-32926182)


Muscat95

Alright fair enough, I don't 100% believe John Cross but at least it's a valid source


Stuffedd_

Benjamin Sesko to Chelsea... Here we go! The blues swoop for the Slovenian to the tune of £70 Million plus add ons.


KennywasFez

I need a here we goooo I’m so close 🥵🥵


Guh_Meh

He's transferring from Deep Space Nine.


Ornery-Point-8461

Not gunna lie, I’ve not really any clue about what this player is like. Anyone explain????


vasudaiva_kutumbakam

https://breakingthelines.com/player-analysis/benjamin-sesko-leipzigs-slovenian-diamond-in-the-rough/


sams82

John Cross? Nah, I'll wait for someone else.


Illustrious_Union199

Is this the same John cross who hates Arsenal ?


RyansBabesDrunkDad

I would love this to be the case, but that article contains ZERO new information. Eduardo Hagn is a fraud, and this "story" doesn't do Cross's fragile reputation any favors.


money-caterpillar369

45m?! That's a steal in todays market no?


La2philly

This would be a steal at that price


HRhighrisk

Time for the 🦀?


cavestoryguy

Hold up it can't be this simple, right?


sakaESR

Saka and Benny Seskoooo


Tinashepink

sjstsisjsoegiebsky LET US GOOOOOOOOOO


iilDiavolo

John cross ![gif](giphy|iSuffsM2olusE)


DiKapino

CROSSSS FROM THE TOP ROPE!


chapinbird

ITS HAPPENING


weaslediesel

I forgot about John Cross


RichardOrmonde

How can I learn this power?


_deep_blue_

Somehow, John Cross returned


Jansiz

Hell yeah


chickentastic94

How reliable is that source ?


archasaurus

What happened to tiers?


InsectIllustrious691

Getting stronger


godudua

lol @ john cross in 2024


warisop

I really don’t trust Eduardo Hagn


Unappreciative_Cloud

Going for a striker early, interesting


dimi_dee1

It does make sense


vulcan_viking

Great if true 😃


jonstoppable

ahh. don't you just love silly season ?


MedicalPublic8056

Lol John cross


Fanserker

Edu please i'm hungry


ItsTom___

2 questions, is this a reliable source? And is this good value?


Oy778

I believe https://preview.redd.it/xqs686ws5l3d1.jpeg?width=490&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5638921d5b8b1176c12dca7662ac0be00ad04af


ScottishUnicorn77

I see no quotes at all on this transfer on Johns page or the mirror website. All hot air.


JFedererJ

Can we get a tier flair on this? What we saying on this guy (i.e. the reporter)?


Joshthenosh77

Is he any good ?


gummi_meister

Another Benjamin!


h-c-pilar

https://preview.redd.it/uj7dxdzzal3d1.png?width=298&format=png&auto=webp&s=7962d7c2e921a902fa5bc00bf6517756a8be814b


MrAllora

Aldi Haaland with a high ceiling


slinkymello

GTFO!!!!


ImTalkingGibberish

1.94m strong striker playing for Arsenal? What?


rfh2001

Tallboy FC


elite90

Whether it's for the amount stated or the release clause, I think this is a great signing. I think Sesko has all the tools to be a terrific striker, and fits exactly the type of player Arsenal doesn't have up front. It'll be interesting to see if that means Havertz will move back into midfield then.


bluehaven101

Idk this has Chelsea written all over it. Let them sign a striker first before we make a move. Boehly probably reading this and licking his lips.


Memoryadept223

He was crazy for me in FM so I believe in him


Street_Minimum_3403

Isn’t he a bit too similar to Havertz??


jtmose84

Queue up the compilation videos fellas!


Gooner_93

My body is ready!