november 14th
08.41 – Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be any less Arsenal news, along comes a big truck full of nothing to not dump it’s empty load upon the world of the Arsenal blog. Some days I wonder why I even bother.
Tenuous link to Arsenal via Jose Antonio Reyes, King of Sevilla, and a player long fancied by Arsene Wenger. He’s certainly got what it takes to take over Bergkamp’s role in the team, he looks like a fantastic player, and he has spoken about how much he likes English football. He says “I like English football.” However, Reyes is Sevilla born and bred, and he’s worried that he would find it difficult to leave and change his lifestlye so dramatically. He says “I don’t know if I’d adapt to the way of life there. If it was up to me, I would always stay in this city.”
Giovanni van Bronckhorst says he’ll either return to Arsenal at the end of his loan spell with Barcelona, or he’ll leave. Good stuff. Reasonably interesting piece by Gary Mabbut talking about the problems faced by Paul Merson and Paul McGrath. The Paul McGrath story is particularly sad. Having been arrested recently he gave his address as ‘no fixed abode’, this following his divorce in June. I’ve met him on a number of occasions, and once spent far longer than I should have in a recording studio with him trying to get him to read a 5 line script without a mistake or mispronunciation. He was certainly one of the most naturally gifted footballers Ireland has ever produced, a really nice guy too, but he’s battling his demons and getting a spanking at the moment. Good luck to him.
That’s all a bit depressing. Kind of like poetry. And speaking of poetry, Leopold returns and explains Lauren’s shockingly poor form on the real ANR.
Need more coffee.
