august 6th
Just a slight touch of an enormous hangover this morning, so this is probably going to be short and sweet.
It looks like there’s a fairly big problem between Arsenal and Real Madrid regarding the transfer of Patrick Vieira. According to Florentino Perez “We have made our offer to Arsenal and that is as far as it goes. We will not be raising it as they want so for the moment talks have broken down.” jus
AW was quoted in L’Equipe saying “ I categorically deny that Arsenal have accepted any proposition from Real Madrid about Vieira. I won’t say anything else.”
So it drags on and on.
Better news though is that Freddie Ljungberg has insisted he’s staying with the Gunners. Speaking to Arsenal.con he said “I don’t know where these stories about me leaving Arsenal have come from. I enjoy playing football here. I have never had a conversation with the boss at any time about wanting to leave the club and, at the moment, I am just focusing on the start of the new season.”
According to The Sun we’ve made a £3m bid for West Ham’s Michael Carrick. Surely we’d be the most left footed side in the league if that one went through. Bad news for new signing Mathieu Flamini as he’s not allowed play for Arsenal as the French Football League is refusing to release his registration. It seems he was obliged to sign a contract with Marseille. No doubt it’ll all be sorted out as it’s probably just another example of the bureaucracy and red tape you have to go through to get anything done in Europe. I’m not even going to start that rant.
Now I have to go help a friend move furniture. Hurrah. *boilk*
