So the internationals continue and the Arsenal news is thin on the ground. Brazil played Argentina at Ashburton Grove yesterday and ran out 3-0 winners.
Gilberto played and he’s looking forward to the arrival of both Julio Baptista and youngster Denilson who will wear the number 15 shirt, a sign that he’s going to hit the first team sooner rather than later. Our vice captain will do his best to help the young player settle in, saying:
I will do what I can to help him, the same as Edu did with me when I came over. He did the same job with me as I will try to do with him to help him settle quickly. I am here to help him.
The Beast also spoke about how happy he was to join Arsenal and says he’d be happy to sign a 4 year deal after the one year loan is over. He said:
I am very humbled Arsene Wenger was so interested in me. I’ll be very happy to stay as long as the club wants me.
He also rejected a move to Sp*rs which shows he is a man of impeccable taste.
Arsene Wenger has spoken about international football and how he feels the quality of the international game has decreased. It’s something I’ve said for quite a while. It used to be that playing for your country was the highest level of the game you could play at but not any more. I agree with the boss when he says:
It no longer has any value at the playing level. What ranks a player now is how he performs for his club.
You can’t really argue with that and the worst World Cup I’ve ever seen just backs it up.
And that’s it. I suppose it’s the calm after the storm of last week’s transfer frenzy (which has taken my chum Gunnerblog offline, he’ll be back soon though, don’t worry too much).
More tomorrow.
