july 3rd
Well the main news this morning is about Hatem Trabelsi. I’m reliably informed that the deal to bring the Ajax defender to the club is pretty much done and dusted. Just a bit of dotting and crossing to be completed between the two clubs, the player himself is said to have agreed terms on the move already. He’s a very athletic, attacking right full back and you have to wonder about the future of Lauren if this signing does go through. Our current right back has a year to run on his deal. Will the club let him go for free next summer or get a few bob back on him in the coming weeks?
Anyway, Trabelsi is 99% sure to be Arsenal player next season. Meanwhile, Pascal Cygan is trying to engineer a move back to France and he’s unhappy at not playing enough. I’m sure he’ll do well enough back there, but his game was never good enough to cope with the Premiership. The bald man says “Since I am not playing at Arsenal, it is true that I would like to come back to France. But the offer that myself and my agent have made to Lille was refused. Financially, I will make a sacrifice by coming back to France, but I think that Lille should also make an effort.”
Let’s hope they can work something out, for all concerned. Channel4’s Italian football page says we’re after Sebastian Frey again. Not sure there’s much to this one as we’ve got Miguel Aluminium coming from Celta.
That’s about the size of it for this stage on on a Saturday morning. I’m off to the market to buy meat and fish.
