november 13th
Ahhh Sunday. Lashing rain here in Barcelona, so it is. We’ll start with congratulations to Philippe Senderos whose goal set Switzerland on their way to a 2-0 win over Turkey in their World Cup qualifying first leg game. Nice header it was too. José Antonio Reyes started for Spain in their Luis Garcia inspired 5-1 win over Slovakia while Thierry Henry started for France as they drew 0-0 (I think) with Germany. I have no idea if he played the whole game though.
The News of the World continues its serialisation of Patrick Vieira’s book. This week he’s talking about how Arsenal sold him to Juventus this summer and how this time they didn’t fight to keep him like other seasons because he wanted to stay at Arsenal for life. According to our faithful, loyal captain “I wasn’t too pleased by what I was hearing. It sounded as if the deal had been done already behind my back.”
Imagine, Arsenal doing a deal behind the player’s back. Especially a player that would never, ever consider doing a deal behind the club’s back three summers in a row. Oh no.
Also in the NOTW this week is a story linking us to St Etienne midfielder Didier Zokora. According to his agent “Arsenal are watching Didier very closely and I know Wenger likes him a lot.” Apparently the Grimster has been watching him and we’ll be battling Manchester United for his signature.
And that’s about it. At least this week we can get back to real football. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
