Happy Friday to you all. I have just awoken from the weirdest of dreams in which I won the Champions League for Arsenal by heading home a slice of onion from a corner. The ref looked, saw the onion in the back of the net and blew up as it was a golden goal. Weird.
Quite a bit to get through so we’ll just get going. AC Milan say it’s Adebayor or nothing while the speculation in Spain increases about a move to Barcelona. I know we’ve heard from Adebayor this summer saying he wants to stay at Arsenal but I have to say I’m a bit concerned at just how intense this speculation is. It’s constant, it’s not being quashed, and it goes a bit beyond the old ‘Oh, we half fancy this player’.
Sport actually claims to have called up Adebayor in Togo and quotes the player as saying:
I don’t want to say anything now in reference to FC Barcelona. Maybe in a little while it might be necessary but not now. It’s better to wait. Thank you*
Of course he could have said “I have nothing to say about Barcelona” etc etc and it might well have been twisted to suit the story but that’s what he’s quoted as saying. To me it feels like there’s something going on here and while I’m certainly not going to start pointing fingers yet it would be very disappointing if Adebayor were to agitate for a move now.
However, it does seem the interest from both Milan and Barcelona is very real and I don’t think it can get to the stage it’s at unless there’s been some encouragement from the player’s camp. We’ll see what happens but it’s all a bit scummy and murky in my opinion.
If he goes we’d need a striker though, that’s for sure. Samuel Eto’o anyone? I’m not sure I believe this one but I’m also pretty sure that this story has been brought in good faith unlike some of the absolute bollocks you read elsewhere.
The Sun says we’re after Obafemi Martins. Can’t see it. I think his agent just uses us every single time he wants to get his player’s name in the papers regarding a move away from Newcastle. Lazy cunt.
Nasri medical, holiday, sign, blah blah blah.
Some clubs want to sign Gael Clichy apparently. Well, some clubs can go suck a donkey’s smeggy cock, cunts. Fuck. Off.
Eurowatch – Jens played last night for Germany as they knocked out Portugal. Sadly Ronaldo didn’t cry which is a bit of a shame in fairness. It does seem that we’re likely to see him do his crying for Real Madrid next season. Whatever I might think about United I can only hope that Ronaldo’s signing ushers in a new era of shite for Madrid – the way they and Barcelona act over transfers really is quite disgraceful and if they pay £60m for him and he breaks his leg in the first game it’d be just what they deserve.
Tonight sees Croatia play Turkey and you can follow in the OleOle match centre – not forgetting the Eurocast as well which should be published later this morning.
The AST publish a letter they’ve written to Stan Kroenke after meetings with him and his team in Denver. Interesting stuff and it does look like a place on the board will be forthcoming. Hopefully I’ll have a chat to them in the week to get more detail about their meeting and we can get it up on the Arsecast.
Speaking of which, after a week’s holiday the Arsecast is back. In today’s all-action episode there’s a theme of negativity running all the way through, the Man in the Bar, a tale of the unexpected, Eboue and more.
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And that’s about that, more tomorrow.
*Other websites and blogs please feel free to use this information without the slightest acknowledgement as to where you got it. I know you’re all Spanish speakers too. You’re great, so you are.
