Silly season, isn’t it?
£32 for Emmanuel Adebayor. I love the bloke but he’s not worth £32m. Still, according to reports in Italy he’s agreed terms with AC Milan and now it’s just down to the two clubs to …zzzzz… agree …zzzzzz…. a fee.
This smacks 100% of an agent trying to frighten Arsenal into giving Adebayor a pay rise. Now, after last season I think he probably deserves one but in order to prove he’s a top, top player Adebayor has to do it again this season and show that it wasn’t a once off. I remember strikers like Kevin Phillips and James Beattie having great seasons but doing it consistently afterwards at the highest level was beyond them.
I doubt there’s anything to this story really but players whose agents are stirring the shit are becoming quite tedious now. Speaking of which Hleb’s agent is quoted in the Spanish press this morning and he says talks with Barcelona are ‘ongoing’ but nothing has been signed yet. Whatever.
Cardiff’s Aaron Ramsey will fly to Switzerland on Saturday to meet Arsene Wenger. We’re one of a number of clubs who have had bids accepted for the midfielder but the smart money is on him joining United. You see, this all boils down to whether he’s a cunt or not. If he joins United then we know that he’s a cunt. If he joins us then he’s not a cunt and is determined to join the fight against cunts. It’s possibly the greatest method of discovering if someone’s a cunt or not.
Example – Arsenal and United both wanted Charlie Nicholas. Charlie joined the Arsenal, therefore he’s not a cunt. On the other hand Cristiano Ronaldo joined United and I hardly need to tell you how much of a cunt he is.
Ahead of Euro2008 Philippe Senderos is urging his Swiss mates to get off to a dream start to the tournament. They play the Czech Republic. Meanwhile Robin van Persie wants Holland to emulate the football of some of the old Holland teams. They’d be better off emulating the winning of the 88 team rather than the glorious failures of the Cruyff era.
Cesc is looking forward to the tournament and is hoping to secure his place in the team and that Spain can do better than they normally in these things. I’m hoping they can as well, having put some money on them, although I will admit to a sneaky score on Russia at 25-1. Come on Sprussia! Don’t forget you can follow Euro 2008 on OleOle’s match centre.
Ok then, Arsecast time.
I was seriously considering no Arsecast this week. Not because I am a lazy bastard but because there wasn’t a whole lot to talk about – still, you will be happy/sad (delete as appropriate) that I’ve managed to squeeze something out, like a poo that isn’t quite cooked yet.
There’s a chat with the man from East Lower, the Man in the Bar, a tale of the unexpected and some Talkshite radio amongst other stuff.
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And that’ll be that. Until tomorrow, have a happy Friday.
