may 21st
Well, there was all sorts of confusion and speculation surrounding Fernando Morientes yesterday. The player himself spoke about how a deal to move to an unnamed club was 90% done, while the AFP in Madrid reported that Arsenal had made a firm offer of €24m for the player.
However, it seems more likely that he’s going to join Chelsea. I just don’t see Arsenal paying that much money for a 28 year old, and you have to wonder why Madrid don’t just take him back after seeing how good he is in a pretty average Monaco side. Any Beckham rumours were put to bed by the player himself as he revealed he had unfinished business in Spain and his family were moving to Madrid for the new season.
Spain announced their squad for Euro2000 ©StevieG – and there’s no place for José Antonio Reyes, a move which has raised eyebrows here. One of my students informed me last night that the Spanish coach was a ‘shit-eating dickhead’ for leaving Reyes out in favour of Barcelona’s Gabri. I suppose it’s good news for us in that he’ll be fit and ready for the start of the new season, but I’d like to have seen him play in Portugal this summer.
Dennis Bergkamp has given his verdict on new Dutchling, Robin van Persie, saying “I have not seen him a lot but he is quite a talent. I think he knows what he is doing.”
So that’s a resounding ‘Urmmmmmm’ from Dennis then. Meanwhile, Gary Lineker has hailed Thierry Henry as ‘..twice the player I ever was’, even though our Tel doesn’t have the advantage of the patented Lineker Earodynamics which helped him float through defences. Lineker says, “Thierry was a constant reminder that the beautiful game can very much still be that.”
Right then, I’m off into the city this morning to look for something.
