december 14th
Only 10 shopping days till Christmas. Then only another week until Arsene Wenger can start his shopping. Hurrah!
Lots of reports yesterday said we were set to do battle with Chelsea for Theo Walcott, the 16 year old Southampton sensation. While he is definitely a player we have our eye on since the summer and while he’s obviously got a big future ahead of him he’s certainly not worth the £8m fee they’re talking about when we could spend that kind of money a lot better. A quick question – if a player plays in the UEFA Cup for one team is he then cup tied for the Champions League for a different team?
We were linked with another young player yesterday too – although not as young as Walcott. Hull City goalkeeper Boaz Myhill could be the target in January although I don’t see us making any moves for a keeper until the summer.
And one of our existing youngsters has his sights set on a World Cup place for Spain next summer. Having been called to a Spanish squad reunion on Monday Cesc says “I have been working really hard to get the place. I will have to try and take my opportunity in the same way I took it at Arsenal.”
With Barcelona’s Xavi out with a long term injury a consistent season with us could see him sneak the squad and that would be great.
Ashley Cole reckons he’ll be back by around mid-January, which still leaves us a good month and a lot of games without a recognised left back.
Safety has been at the old typewriter again and he’s feeling S.A.D in a new article.
No hype this morning, have to go make some sandwiches instead.
