Wednesday, a day of irate manager, transfer rumour and injury news.
Irate Manager = Arsene Wenger. He’s accepted the fact that we’ll be without Kolo Toure and Eboue for the longest possible time as there’s no talking to the blokes who run the Ivory Coast FA. The boss says:
They are so stubborn that there is no point in even speaking to them. We will give them the players when they are due, and won’t even speak to the Ivorian federation about it. I count them out from about 5th January until approximately the middle of February.
That is a long time to be without Kolo, that’s for sure, but I suppose it comes with the territory. When you sign African players you know this is going to be part of the deal so there’s not too much point complaining about it. We’re not the only ones affected though. Chelsea will miss Drogba, Essien, Obi-Wan Mikel and Kalou, so they’re worse off. Plus they’re complete and utter blue cunts who look like cunts with the faces of cunts who are cunts.
Injury news = Mathieu Flamini. I was reliably informed yesterday that his “little something” was in fact a “little nothing” and he trained with the ‘probables’, meaning he could start for France tonight. Good news, I guess, so fingers crossed he, and the rest of our lads, come through unscathed.
Update: My reliable source has informed me that in the training session where the Flamster trained with the ‘probables’ he picked up an injury which meant he was sent back to London last night. Gah. Sorry about that. RS says it’s nothing too serious. So expect ‘Flamini out for a decade with brain strain’ headlines any time now!
Those in line for action tonight are Gallas, Diarra, Cesc, Hleb, Sagna, Lehmann and of course Eduardo who will play for Croatia against England.
Transfer rumour = Martin Caceres. The young Uruguayan claims that Arsenal are after him. And in a good way. Not the kind of ‘after him’ where they wait for him when school is over then duff him up. No, not that kind. He says:
At the moment I’m only thinking about Recreativo, but Arsenal, Real Madrid and Juventus are interested in me.
Cool. It must be fun to be a player and just throw out some names at random. At the moment Caceres is on loan from Villarreal to Recreativo Huelva. Blocking his progress into the Villarreal team is Pascal Cygan who, in all fairness, is having a fine time in Spanish football and fair play to him.
In other news the Mirror is reporting that Robin van Persie has returned to full training after the injury he picked up on the last international break and is line for a start against Wigan on Saturday.
Don’t forget you still have a chance to win a Savile Rogue scarf in this Friday’s Arsecast. All you have to do is answer the very simple question posed in the last Arsecast. Winner announced on this week’s show.
Hungry blogger = Me. Time for breakfast. More tomorrow.
