july 17th
Ok, I have a bad hangover this morning. Very bad.
Not helped by the continuing Vieira stories. According to The Sun Chelsea are now trying to sign our captain, but it looks more and more likely that Vieira will be going to Madrid. I can’t say too much but I have been given reliable information that a move is what Vieira wants and that the club are likely to accept a bid of around £30m. From everything I’m being told he’ll be a Madrid player next season.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but there you go.
Yesterday Real denied that they had any real interest in Vieira, same way they said they had no interest in Beckham or Zidane just before they signed them. I’ve just checked the Spanish press though and the only thing I can see is a statement saying Madrid are closer to singing Emerson. Apparently they’ve agreed a fee with Roma but the player would prefer to stay in Italy. It’s a very good smokescreen if that’s what it is, because they’ve been incredibly restrained over the Vieira thing.
Obviously we’ll wait to see what happens and what the club, the manager and the player have to say before making any real comment about, but the Daily Mail are speculating that this will be AW’s last season at THOF.
How very Arsenal all this is though. Our best ever season, followed by a week of stories and rumours of transfers and upheaval at the club. And when I have a hangover too. Bah.
I’m off the beach. And it’s cloudy. What a day it is so far.
*He looked a lot like Che Guevara, drove a diesel van
