may 30th
09.58 – There’s one Arsenal story all the papers are covering today, and that’s Harry Kewell. According to most papers, Arsenal are set to make a bid for the mercurial Aussie, ranging from £7m + £3m rated Ray Parlour in The Sun, to £5m in cash + Parlour and Jeffers in Guardian.
If we do sign Kewell, and I suspect it’s a farily big if, he could certainly do a job up front with Thierry Henry. However, of more importance is a new keeper and a defender (or two). Some fairly reliable whispers suggest Leverkeusen’s Lucio is a serious target, as is Edmilson again.
The Guardian suggests that Robert Pires and Arsene Wenger are both staying at Highbury. Le Bob is very close to agreeing a new deal which includes a nice pay rise and some more money for image rights or some such thing. The same article claims Sylvain Wiltord is not going to accept Arsenal’s new contract terms and could be a high profile departure this summer.
Despite being in Senegal, Patrick Vieira has apparently asked Arsenal for £75,000 per week throwing his Arsenal future into doubt. A quick look at the byline though casts doubt over the veracity of this report as it’s been penned by Mark Iriwn, the noxious little turd who was Marc Roger’s puppet during the Vieira to Man United stories two summer ago. Say no more.
Good luck to Graham Barrett who has transfer to Coventry is now official. He takes the place in the team of former Arsenal youth Jay Bothroyd, who was released by the Sky Blues at the end of the season.
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Right. it’s too hot to stay indoors. The market, the lunch, the beach, the beer. Hasta luego.
