october 25th
08.31 – It seems unlikely that Arsenal will be making any signings when the transfer window opens, despite furious speculation and rumour. After increasing chatter about Patrick Kluivert Arsene Wenger said today “A fee of £1.3 million is not expensive but we cannot afford those [wages]. It’s a situation created by the media at the moment though. I’m not out to buy anyone.”
Kluivert was in London midweek though, commentating for Sky Sports. A strange coincidence, especially when you take into account what Myles said at the bottom of his latest piece. “Late on Tuesday night I had a phone call to say that Arsenal have signed two players. They’ve been to Highbury, seen Colney, and signed. But nobody knows who they are.”
With the best will in the world, it seems unlikely that Arsenal have signed somebody like Kluivert, along with another player on Tuesday, without anybody finding out by now.
It seems more likely that the fresh blood the team needs is going to come from the youths. With Aliadiere already beginning to get some action, Jermaine Pennant, Mortiz Volz and Sebastian Svard are likely to be the ones to get games when they return from their loan spells. AW said “If I can get Pennant, Volz and Svard back with six months’ experience behind them, I’m quite relaxed about putting them into the side.”
Interesting Bob Wilson piece in the Telegraph. It touches on the fact that a couple of interviews he did didn’t go down well at all amongst the Arsenal squad and management, and at the moment he’s not welcome at the training ground despite his many years at the club.
Those of you looking out for news of our recent Catalan signing Cesc Fabregas will be interested to hear that he’s training with the first team squad on a daily basis, and may feature in the Carling cup. As it is, he’ll play today against Coventry in what will be his first official Arsenal game. I’m unsure what level that’s at though. Kolo on Chalrton, Wenger bemoans Vieira injury, PIres tells Chelsea there’s only one team in London and Rami Shaaban returns (to you and yours).
Working on a Saturday morning is unnatural. Gah. Later.
