June 22nd
It’s sweltering now in Barcelona, the summer has really arrived. That makes working in an office without any air conditioning all the more pleasant. They said it would be fixed by today so we can but hope.
In Arsenal news we were linked with Real Madrid’s Guti, who according to his agent, “…his only desire if he was to move to England would be to play for Arsenal, because of their style, their team spirit and of course they have a great coach.’
All nicely worded of course, but it sounds to me like an agent and a player fishing for a dream move rather than there being any real interest from Arsenal. I’m not quite sure he’d fit in anyway, and at an alleged £12m he’s way, way overpriced. In even more unlikely speculation some reports say we’re after Jon Dahl Tomasson. Erm, right. In news closer to him it seems Jeremie Aliadiere is negotiating a new deal with the club and it’s definitely make or break time for him now. We know AW is a big fan but he’s never managed to make the breakthrough due to some terrible injuries and the good form of other strikers when he has been fit. Again what happens with RvP could have a big bearing on his chances for next season.
While Barcelona have ruled out a swoop for Thierry Henry this season one of the sports papers here today was announcing with great certainty that Henry would be coming to Spain next summer for a knock down price of around €15m as he’d only have a year left on his contract. According to them it’s all done and dusted and Henry and Rijkaard have had great old chats in which Henry has been told all about the great plans for the Catalan club. I suppose this kind of speculation will only increase until Henry signs a new deal.
These early mornings are hard work.
