July 19th
So Ashley Cole signed a new contract. In a press release released by a press officer of his agent he said “I am now looking forward to another successful season. We are all determined to regain the Premiership. I can’t wait for the season to start now.”
Naturally the season would have been a chore had he been kept on his meagre £27,000 a week by Arsenal. Reports say the new deal is worth £70,000 per week but I’m told it’s closer to the £60,000 that wasn’t good enough in the first place. He’s a very good player so from that point of view it’s good for the team but his relationship with many fans is never going to be the same again after his ridiculous antics. I’ve said enough about him not to have to repeat my own feelings towards him.
Beastwatch: Sevilla chairman Jose Maria del Nido is taking the absolute piss releasing a statement on the club’s offical website saying “The most important offer that we have received is that of Tottenham, of more than 20m Euros.” That’s all well and good but there’s no chance of Baptista choosing Tottenham over Arsenal. Champions League over Chumpions League every time. Title contenders not title pretenders. It doesn’t matter if Sp*rs offer the sun, moon and stars there’s no way a player with any ambition would choose them over us. Anyway, this whole thing is becoming quite a saga now and with the team away in Austria it’s going to be all down to Double-D to turn up in Sevilla, Tango del Nido until he agrees a fee and away we go.
Galatasaray still want Robert Pires and according to them Le Bob will leave Arsenal when his contract expires next summer. Rigobert Song’s nephew, Gonfora, is on trial with the us at the moment having made 34 appearances for Bastia last season. He’s a midfielder apparently. Sebastian Svard has left the club to join Vitoria Guimaraes in Portugal. The Sun says we’ll go after Owen Hargreaves if we fail to land Jermaine Jenas. I hope when they say ‘go after’ they mean chase down the street flicking him with a wet towel and calling him a wanker. I’d take Jenas every time instead of Hargreaves who is too curly and way too Canadian for his own good.
And that’s it. Dog walking time. As Jonathan King would say, ‘Here boy’….
