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Arsenal: Serge Gnabry’s Diabolical Loan To Continue
By Josh Sippie
Despite what reports have indicated, Arsenal will not be welcoming Serge Gnabry home just yet, as his diabolical stay in West Brom continues.
Numerous headlines were greeting us with the wonderful news that that downright stupid loan deal that sent Serge Gnabry to the Hawthorns was being ended prematurely. After all, if Isaac Hayden and Daniel Crowley can be returned early, surely Alexis’ injury and Arsenal’s inconsistency on the flanks would be enough to end Gnabry’s loan as well.
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That is not the case. In the face of all the reports, Arsene Wenger was very clear about where Arsenal and West Brom stand with this loan deal.
“He’s on loan at West Brom, a year-long loan,” said Wenger via Arsenal.com. “We have a commitment. The player wanted to go there. We have a commitment with West Brom. If they want to cancel the loan, they have to contact us and speak about it. But at the moment, we are not there.”
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This just makes the blood boil. Serge Gnabry has shown so much potential to already be a contender for first-team playing time at Arsenal, yet thanks to a knee injury and a poorly constructed loan deal to send Gnabry to learn from Tony Pulis, the young German is now essentially lost in the woods. He has played just 12 minuted for the Baggies and he has spent the rest of the time in the reserves.
The most obvious question is why he is playing in the sandbox with Pulis’ reserves when he could be building a better future with his soon-to-be team mates at Arsenal.
From what Wenger and Pulis have both said, Gnabry has done nothing to deserve where he is. Wenger said that Gnabry is in a tough spot and Pulis said that, for whatever reason, Gnabry is not good enough. So it seems a bit foolhardy to Wenger to say that Gnabry has to get himself out of this situation.
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Gnabry was set to compete for a spot in Arsenal’s senior team when a serious knee injury sidelined him for all of last year. Upon being welcomed back, he was sent out on a putrid and pointless loan. The poor lad has done nothing wrong and while Wenger is perfectly willing to pull Crowley back early and accept Hayden back into his midst, he is not willing to press the issue and try to get Gnabry back to the Emirates. It’s not like Pulis would be opposed.
From Gnabry’s point of view, things must look incredibly bleak. He has a manager that has raised him since he arrived as a teenager telling him he’s not coming home and a loan manager serving as an evil step mother to keep Gnabry from going to the magical ball.
If nothing else, at least maybe this will inspire Gnabry to wreak absolute havoc if he can ever find the pitch again.
Shame on Wenger for not going out to rescue Gnabry. Sure, it might be a good lesson to learn. Gnabry is dealing with an extremely negative situation right now and it will be beneficial for him to pull himself out of it. But it is also wasted time. Gnabry is a very promising player and for him to be rotting away in the Baggie’s cellar benefits no one. Plus, you run the risk of him getting a wee bit annoyed at the situation and becoming disenchanted with Arsenal. Who could blame him?
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There is still time for Pulis to stop being that darned stepmother and let Gnabry go make a name for himself. Hopefully it doesn’t last until the end of the year. If Gnabry plays an entire year at West Brom and grabs only 12 minutes of playing time, something is wrong.