Goddam it’s quiet. Not even the threat of thermo-nuclear war has sparked the Arsenal board into life to give us a signing to enjoy before we all meltdown.
Cesc, who is away with the Spanish national side, was asked by Catalan radio about Thierry Henry and a possible move to Barcelona. He said:
I know that Henry likes Barcelona but on the other hand he loves Arsenal for all the club has given him and the life he has lived there. Barcelona is one of the best clubs in the world and Henry is a great player. Barcelona always have the best players in the world and Henry is one of the best.
Henry has already won the World Cup and now he wants to win titles at club level. For me Barcelona is a big club but Arsenal too is a big club and it’s up to Henry to decide what’s best for him.
Soundbite stuff really and he goes on to say:
Wenger has told us he’ll continue with Arsenal.
He also goes on to talk about a possible return to Barcelona at some point in the future but as he points out at the moment they have players like Xavi and Iniesta in the side at the moment who would make that difficult. There’s no great shocker in a young man talking about returning home one day.
Xavi himself is dreaming of Thierry. Perhaps emerging from a crystal clear pool, water dripping glistening on his torso, his muscley paper arm there for all to see. He wants Thierry and Eto’o to play together forever and ever and ever. I suspect he should want in one hand and shit in the other and see which gets full first.
Staying in Spain it seems Atletico Madrid want Fran Merida on loan next season. The young Spaniard would probably feature in the Carling Cup and the FA Cup next season so it seems unlikley that the club will let him go.
It looks likely that Frank Ribery will be joining Bayern Munich unless Arsenal do something in the next couple of days. Personally I’m not bothered by him at all, the Germans can have him.
See a picture of the players in the new white kit here. It’s horrible.
And there you go. Another exciting edition of Spainblog Arseblog over and done with. Hasta mañana. Until tomorrow.
