Don't trust anything you hear on AFTV. I'm sure the ones bemoaning his exit are the same ones giving him abuse over the years. Whatever gets the most views.
I wrote a bit of an appraisal a few pages back:
tl;dr - confidence player, tidy on the ball but lacking in end product, but tons of...
The issue we have is both Ozil and Mkhitaryan are on extortionate wages so we're finding it incredibly difficult to move them on. Selling Iwobi was likely a consequence of that.
My pleasure. Spent years defending the boy from some of our fans who always need a scapegoat. It was Giroud, then Iwobi, and now it seems to be Maitland-Niles.
I hope Iwobi's appreciated here.
This is very true. He often did well when we needed an injection of pace and some skilful dribbling in the attack, as we so often looked stale going forward last season. When he's on for he's great to watch.
As an Arsenal fan, I've mixed feelings on this deal. Iwobi's been a much maligned player over the past couple of seasons and some of our fans have been rejoicing at this news, but they're generally the same ones who wanted Ramsey sold for years and generally have no patience when it comes to...