July 13th
Poor old Jose Mourinho. He’s got an unlimited transfer budget, a massive salary, an ego that knows no bounds and a very fetching raincoat but he’s still not happy. He’s complaining about Chelsea’s fixtures, about Arsenal’s fixtures, about how Arsenal are viewed as ‘angels‘ by the FA (which is possibly one of the most ludicrous things I’ve ever heard) and he’s called on Double-D to resign from his post within the FA.
Now, I think he’s probably got a point about the Deinmeister but I don’t think a man as power hungry as him will be giving up his FA role too quickly. The rest though is codswallop, poppycock and flapdoodle of the highest standard. He thinks his enormous squad is being picked on because they play some away games after their Champions League games and Arsenal play Chelsea on a Sunday after an international. No, I don’t quite understand that one either. He goes on to tell us about his holidays and in a dig at Arsene Wenger says “I went to Brazil on holiday, I didn’t go there to chase players behind their clubs’ backs.”
No, you prefer to to do that a little closer to home, Jose, you loudmouth wanker. Quite aside from their success on the pitch which generates a rivalry by itself, the collection of increasingly odious characters in West London will ensure Chelsea don’t make any new friends.
Beastwatch: Why is this section here if the transfer is dead in the water? Who can tell?
What’s new with old Paddy V? Well, the Chairman’s comments were widely reported and it does seem, as with every summer, there’s more than just smoke. To my mind if the club decide to sell, fine. If they decide to keep him, fine. Celtic striker Jeremie Aliadiere wants him to stay though, going slightly OTT when he says “It could be the worst thing that happens to Arsenal.”
That’s obviously not true as disovering that all our players had been replaced with thalidomide dwarves would be far, far worse. Most of the this morning’s papers seem to think a deal is going to be done and Paddy’s off to Italy. As well as that it looks like Robert Pires is seriously considering a move to Galatasaray. To each his own, I suppose. Alexander Hleb got his work permit, which is nice.
It’s all very interesting at the moment, innit? I know some people are getting nervy and twitchy and a bit grumpy but relax. There’s plenty of time and the manager is not going to sanction the sale of important players without having a good reason to do so. Don’t think there’s any way Vieira can be sold without Arsene’s permission. So chill out and remember that he knows more about being a football manager than us. Well, most of us.
