May 24th
Ok, so all the cup final news is done and dusted and everyone is concentrating on the Champions League final tomorrow night. That review of the season I promised is still a work in progress so you’ll have to be patient. Not that it’s worth waiting for or anything.
There are a few bits and pieces to talk about this morning. Tony Adams is now working in a scouting role for Arsenal it seems. Apparently he’s been in Holland looking at striker Dirk Kuyt who has scored 29 goals this season. However, you only need to look at Kezman to see how big the leap from goalscoring machine in Holland to half-decent Premiership player is.
Gilberto is looking for a new deal. The Brazilian says “I only have one year left but I am confident it will be sorted out because I love the club and I want to stay. I am confident there will be no problems with me. My situation is easy – I want to stay where I am.”
Of course we’re losing another Brazilian this summer as Edu leaves the club. I was told there was a nice moment on the plane back from Cardiff when Patrick Vieira, Sol Campbell and Thiery Henry all took to the intercom and made a little speech about how much everyone was going to miss Edu and wished him luck at whatever team he was going to join, followed by Edu saying a brief thanks and how much he loved being part of this Arsenal team. Glasses (plastic) were raised and cheers were cheered. I hope he does well wherever he goes. Good luck, Edu.
Not much else happening really. The transfer speculation is really going to kick in over the next couple of weeks although the players and the manager are now off on their holidays so I doubt any signings will happen for a little while. We should run a book. I’ll put €10 at 4-1 on June 18th.
