May 13th
Yesterday I discovered this shop just around the corner from my house:
I went in and ordered 7 Cescs just in case anything happens to our one. I’ll keep them in a cupboard here and should they be required at any stage I’ll DHL one over to Arsene and nobody will know any different. Who’d have thought they have a Fabregas assembly line? It’s just too good to be true.
Edu, who was always one of my favourites, has denied he’s leaving Arsenal just for money. He says “People sometimes think it’s a money thing but Arsenal offered me a very good contract. It’s not all about money. Now is a good moment to leave and change my life for another life.”
Can’t really argue with that and I wish him well. Despite interest from Liverpool it seems he’s going to go abroad and get a bit of sun. I wish I could do that…oh. Freddie Ljungberg has recovered well from having a piece of his groin taken away and he’ll get to prove his fitness before the cup final with 45 minutes against Birmingham on Sunday. Thierry Henry probably joined in the singing the other night after Dennis Bergkamp scored and he’s urged Arsene Wenger to go with the crowd and give him one more year. Thierry says “He was amazing throughout all the years that he has been here and, if it was down to me, I would give him another year.”
Transfer speculation sees us lined with Swedish striker Markus Rosenborg. He’s 22, supposedly a very good player indeed and I believe he was top scorer in the Swedish league last season while on loan at Halmstads, Freddie Ljungberg’s old club.
Ok, now for the winner of our mobile phone competition. Thanks for all your entries and there wasn’t a single incorrect one. Our number 20 is, of course, Philippe Senderos. The RNG (random number generator) did its thing and the lucky winner of the Sharp GX-15 mobile phone, loaded with call credit and the Football Fanatics software from yomego, is: Dan Merryweather, who can show off his prize to all his friends in the Shire. I’ll be in touch to get address details and so on. Bad luck to those of you who didn’t win and next week there’ll be one of those cool Senderos t-shirts from goalhanger up for grabs. Arseblog, it’s the blog that just can’t stop giving.
Finally for today, the Manchester United thing. Possibly the most hilarious, hysterical and melodramatic thing I have ever seen in my life. It’s just too funny for words but it makes for good reading, especially some United message boards where they promise violence against all Irish people because of Magnier and McManus (who as an Arsenal fan must be having a right laugh on top of his enormous pile of money). Just hilarious.
