june 10th
14.45 – The BBC are reporting that Arsenal have already released Junichi Inamoto from his contract and have given him a free transfer.
It’s hard to believe that the club would let him go on a free having paid the best part of £4m for him a year ago. Even Eddie McGoldrick had resale value……
Anyway, there’s been nothing about this from the club itself yet, so we’ll have to wait for it to be confirmed or denied before we say anything else.
12.15 – My thanks to Steve for this. You don’t have to be English to appreciate it either….;o)
According to The Sun, Martin Keown is set to reject Arsenal’s offer of a 1 year deal and sign for Newcastle. Of course, it’s just speculation, but if true, you’d have to think that a central defender has already been lined up as one of the two players Arsene Wenger said he wanted to bring in for the new season. Kevin Hofland anyone?
Arsene has a few words about Inamoto here. Whether he stays or not is still debatable, but he’s certainly added a few quid to his resale value if he is allowed to leave. In a bit of a World Cup round-up, Ireland’s 3rd choice keeper Dean Kiely slams England stars here, Danny Mills says Argentinian players spat at him here, and the FAI offer their ‘yes’ man a new deal.
Eamonn Dunphy was suspended from RTE – Ireland’s national TV network – for being ‘…tired and emotional’. In other words he turned up pissed. Dunphy of course was highly critical of Mick McCarthy in the light of Keane-gate, but unlike Roy he offered a sincere apology and is now waiting to see if RTE will take him back.
I have to say I’d encourage that kind of thing. If I was the boss of a TV station and the World Cup was going on, I’d hire Dunphy, Paul McGrath, Gazza, George Best and Jimmy Greaves. Ply them with cheap plonk before the games and let them on with it……it would surely make for good television.
Dunphy: “Ireland are…*hic*….a load of shite and Mick McCarthy is a bollix”
Gazza: “Howay, I’ve never heard of Ireland me….”
George: “I’ve shagged twelve Miss Worlds you know….”
etc.
Award winning stuff if you ask me……
