No other club makes more sense for Vivianne Miedema than Lyon, and that is of course my humble opinion. The amount of positive things regarding that club and that move are numerous and very hard to ignore and I figured I could chat about a few of those today and how Arsenal can be impacted as well.
The first thing is how leaving England will be a positive. No, I don’t have anything against England and it’s the total opposite as a matter of fact… I love the country, I love London, etc etc etc but what I mean is that getting asked about Arsenal at every single match she plays and all that drama will get old really quick so that’s a hard pass if I was her.
Learning a new language would be amazing for someone who already speaks Dutch, German and English so, learning French in case she doesn’t by now is a very cool thing.
Lyon is stunning and if you don’t believe me just google “Vieux Lyon” and tell me you don’t want to move there and live your best life in one of the most beautiful places you have ever seen in your life.
Footballing wise there are a few things to keep in mind of course. One of them is linking back up with DvD and Joe as I mentioned yesterday which I could write numerous blogs about, but the constant playing with Damaris will be so beneficial for Viv and for the Dutch national team in more ways that I can even comprehend.
A midfield trio of Viv, DvD and Damaris, playing togethers, training together as often as possible is only going to make all three players stronger, better, fitter and more intelligent. Their football IQ is through the roof as it is and imagine what it can do collectively for all them all, and of course for Lyon who are already stacked from top to bottom.
I want to take a small break to say once again that we have no idea what actually happened and we can speculate all we want but there are 3 sides to every story… one side, the other side and then there’s the truth. People will justify x, y and z or say that it was Viv who opted to leave etc… we know she wanted to stay. Don’t get it twisted.
Anyway, Lyon mean business and a player like Ada is not going to extend her contract unless ambition is more than just words and there has to be a plan in place for a massive signing or multiple to happen, and I expect this to be Vivianne Miedema as a matter of fact. This is based on nothing except my hope for Viv to excel and I have no doubt that Lyon, as is, can beat Barcelona, but add to that Viv and to me they are the outright favorites.
The virtually automatic trophies at Lyon would give her such a boost of confidence and even though it won’t be easy of course, it will bring her to a place where she belongs which is winning trophies often because she’s a champion and a winner and needs to be at a club that offers that potential, with ambition and with world class players around her.
Where does this leave Arsenal? Well, doing something similar. Buying world class players for one. We need to be the club that people want to join to win titles, to “automatically” be champions and a club, you guessed it, with a manager who is an actual winner who knows what his best XI is.
It’s not all doom and gloom and I don’t think we’re not as good as Lyon or that we aren’t a great club. It’s the total opposite as a matter of fact and this is why the decisions made recently don’t align with the club that we truly are.
In other words, we’re better than Lyon 😛
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