july 26th
10.16 – Arsenal have made their first, and probably last, significant signing of the summer. German keeper Jens Lehmann joins for a fee of around £1.5m. Arsene Wenger says “Jens Lehmann is a great signing for Arsenal Football Club. I am very happy that we have signed a player of his ability.”
Lehmann says “I am delighted to be joining Arsenal. They are one of Europe’s great clubs”
He should join up with the squad on Sunday. PSV Eindhoven have taken a bit of a fancy to Giovanni van Bronckhorst, but may have problems meeting Arsenal’s asking price. Given the fact we still need a central defender, surely we could come to some kind of arrangement over Kevin Hofland. He’s never really found his place at Arsenal after his £8.5m move from Rangers, and a chance to recoup some of that inflated transfer fee would be nice.
In Austria Dennis Bergkamp showed his worth by running the show and scoring a great goal in Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Austrian champions Austria Vienna. Did I mention this happened in Austria? AW was left drooling by the team’s performance. “We kept a clean sheet, scored twice to beat the Austrian champions and looked sharp — what more can I ask for at this stage?”
He also hinted that Jermaine Pennant was pushing hard for a first team spot “Jermaine did well and of all the young players pushing for a place in the first team he is the closest. But no one let me down and the youngsters proved they have a chance of making the grade.”
Championshipmanovic is at it again. A £71m bid for Raul, and then an offer of £12m in wages per season. Madness. With all the money they have, they still haven’t signed a top, top player. Probably because no matter how much money they have, Chelsea has the pedigree of bin-rading mongrel, all the prestige of driving a Ford Escort and let’s face it, they’re a bunch of complete and utter cunts.
Beach.
