august 11th
Fresh Arses. Update to follow.
Update: I’d love to tell you the delay in today’s update was because I was holding on until I got some confirmation of some big exclusive news, but it wasn’t because of that.
It wasn’t because I was getting my boiler fixed either. Or my car. Or moving house. It wasn’t anything to do with giant space ants, roaming packs of killer Labradors, the lead singer from T’Pau, Bod, a one eyed cat or exploding custard bombs.
What was it? Only time will tell. So you’ll just have to wait and see. Or not see. It may just be my little secret forever and ever.
So Francis Jeffers has gone to Charlton. We’ve got a decent few quid for him in the current market and given the fact he’s got a lot to prove at his new club. The fee is around £2.6m and he’s signed a two year deal with Alan Curbishley’s side.
Cesc Fabregas is happy with life at Arsenal and he reckons he’s learning a lot from the boss. He says “Wenger has helped me a lot, I am learning a lot of things with him and I have to see this year whether I have the luck to play more and learn more.”
Thierry Henry is likely to miss out on the season’s opener as he’s stillsuffering with an achilles problem. That means Dennis Bergkamp and José Antonio Reyes are likely to start up front. Speaking to El Mundo in Spain José has said how much he enjoys playing with Thierry Henry. Our number 9 says “It’s great playing with him. He’s the best player in the world and little by little we understand each other better.”
The latest from Spain on the Vieira saga is that the transfer should be completed for a fee of €33m. Apparently there was a problem with the wages offered, Vieira wanted the Galactico wage of €6m net, but Madrid would only offer €4.5m. Now some bollocky business about image rights means that’s all been sorted out. The sooner it’s made official the better now. I was reading back over some of the archives and this whole thing has been going on way too long now.
That’s it. I’m off to get some free frying pans. Don’t ask.
