Hurrah, it’s all over. Till January at least. No more waiting around, guessing, clambering around the dodgiest of football websites looking for info about transfers.
José Antonio Reyes and Cuntley Cunt have gone. William Gallas, Julio Baptista and Denilson have come in. Everyone is asking are we better off. I have no doubt that we are.
We’ve shipped out two players who didn’t want to be at the club and brought in players who are looking for a new challenge and have something to prove. If Reyes and Cuntley Cunt had stayed it really would have affected us badly, not because they’re bad players but their heads would have been melted and that would have an effect on morale. Individually let’s look at the signings then.
Gallas: A quick, strong defender who is good in the air and chips in with a few goals each season too. He’s versatile and can play in either full back position. Obviously he’s best in the centre and he would compliment both Senderos and Toure. I think the boss will move him around a bit and on away trips to teams that play a direct, physical game I can see him at left back with Kolo and Phil in the middle to give us that extra presence.
Despite my earlier reservations I’m happy to have him and he appears to be happy to be at Arsenal, saying:
At 29, I want to continue to progress, and who better to help me achieve this goal than Arsène Wenger? I am in a hurry already to work under his orders, to learn from him. I want to bring my experience to the young Champions League Finalists, to know new thrills on a bright new stage, supported by the best fans in England.
Way to burn your bridges with the Chelsea fans! It’s all PR anyway but I’m sure the idea of playing with Henry and being managed by Wenger was very tempting for the Frenchman. So we have Gallas, Chelsea have Cunt and that’s that.
Baptista: He didn’t have a happy time at Real Madrid last season but then nobody did. At the end though he was a regular starter and certainly one of their best players.
He has been described him as ‘immensely powerful’ and although Arsene is going to play him as a more forward player than a central midfielder he certainly brings a physical presence that we’ve been without for a little while. He’s good in the air, will shoot from long distance and he’s not afraid to get stuck in either.
There does appear to be some confusion as to whether or not he’s signed permanently (can anyone clear that up 100%?) but it does say he joined for an undisclosed fee.
Arsenal is one of the best clubs in Europe. I am very happy to be given the opportunity to come here. It is my hope that I can win a title with Arsenal this season.
I’m very happy with his acquisition. He’s going to be a very exciting player for us and with Gilberto in the team and him not being a half-wit living with his mum I’m sure he’ll settle in better than our last ex-Sevilliano.
Denilson: Like most of you I don’t know much about him other than he’s the Captain of the Brazilian U19s and he’s a midfielder. The fee is believed to be around the £3.5m mark and that’s as much as I know. What the boss’s plans are for him remain to be seen but hopefully he’ll settle in well with Gilberto and Baptista around.
So two out, three in and we’re definitely in a better position than we were a couple of days ago. The new signings will have energised and excited the fans and the players as well.
Sometimes you need to freshen up your squad and we’ve done exactly that. We are such big teases though leaving it to the last minute to get everything done.
I’m really looking forward to the next game now! Funny how your outlook can change so quickly. That’s not to say reservations expressed previously were incorrect but at the same time you have to acknowledge when they’ve been addressed.
I suppose we have to take a moment to talk about Cuntley Cunt. Arsene Wenger was very magninimous when talking about him yesterday, saying:
Cuntley has grown up with Arsenal and given time, will hopefully appreciate what the Club has given him.
Maybe he will but maybe not. He’ll cream in the Russian money, release his sure to be a load of bollocks book and fanny around trying to be the new Posh and Becks.
I said before that it was a real shame what happened with him. He and his agent, in my opinion, behaved despicably and between them they embody everything that I hate about the game today. Money over loyalty, money over morality, money over everything. Cuntley Cunt could have been a proper Arsenal legend. He broke into the team as a young guy and he could play for another 10 years. He might have been captain. He might have made the record number of appearances for the club. He would have been remembered as an Arsenal fan who lived the dream.
Now he’ll be despised by Gooners everywhere and remembered as a little money-grabber who went to meet Chelsea days before an important game, behaved like a cunt and ended up playing for the most hated team in English football.
I’m glad we got rid of him, I’m glad he’s gone, I’m really looking forward to hearing the barracking he’ll get when Chelsea come to the Grove and I truly hope he, one day, realises how badly he fucked it all up.
In the meantime, get fucked, Cuntley.
It’s also gone relatively unreported that we sold Pascal Cygan to Villarral for £2m which is exactly what we paid for him 4 years ago. A fantastic piece of business, you have to say, and Pascal’s main talent must the ability not to depreciate in value in any way. He’ll be sold for £2m in 5 years time. If only he was a car or a helicopter.
And that’s about that (further analysis from Gunnerblog and Goodplaya). Most of the squad are still away on international duty and when they get back we can start working with the new players and start winning some games, something everyone can look forward to.
Raining here today. I think I’ll go to the beach!
