Arsene Wenger made public his admiration for West Brom’s Curtis Davies yesterday and with the confirmation that Philippe Senderos is out for three months we definitely need a defender.
However, the Guardian is reporting that Portsmouth have blown us out of the water with an £8m bid which may explain Wenger’s public comments regarding the player. If you knew Arsenal and Portsmouth were interested in you there’d only be one choice if you were a player with any ambition.
That said it’s a bit sad when we’re being outmuscled financially by Portsmouth despite their mini-Abramovich. The Guardian story suggests we might turn our attention to Man City’s Micah Richards instead and according to the Mirror he’s put in a transfer request and is determined to leave. I haven’t seen too much of him and while he’s, by all accounts, an outstanding prospect I think we need some experience brought in this summer. We have plenty of potential as it is.
The Sun reports Ashley Cole has refused to tone down the two chapters of his book which deal with the him going to meet Chelsea issue. Arseblog has an exclusive extract:
Went dahn to sam hotel wiv Jonafan. He said there’s some fellas wanna talk to me about samfing. Fack me if it ain’t Joseph Moureeno and Uncle Fester.
“I like you. I will pay you many millions. You will win trophies. Together we will rule the world”, said Joseph.
“Sounds great but what abaht Arsenal, Jonafan?”
“Ssssssss, don’t worry about Arsssssssssenal, Ashley. David Dein told me he fanciessssss your girlfriend. Sssssss. They won’t pay me despite the fact I don’t work for Arsenal. Ssssss. Arsenal are evil. They all fancy your girlfriend.”
“Me Kenyon. Kenyon like cheese.”
“Sssss. See, Ashley. Nobody at Chelsea fancies your girlfriend. Sssss. And think of how many more naff white shirts open at the chest with a poxy medallion hanging on it you can buy with the wages they’ll pay you. Sssss.”
It’s really given lots to fink abaht. After finking abaht it for a long facking time, at least free minutes, I ‘ave decided that Arsenal are cants. Can’t wait to rule the world.
Shattering stuff, it really is.
I fully expect 19 new signings this week. No, really.
