It’s July 1st. You know what that means. Oh yeah. That’s right. You know it. Ah-ha.
Tomorrow is July 2nd.
Cesc Fabregas has dedicated Spain’s win in Euro 2008 to Arsenal fans. Which is nice. I was delighted for him that Spain won but really it doesn’t mean anything to me. On a personal level it might make up for the disappointment in Paris but as happy as I was for him it doesn’t make up for it to me.
However, that he had the consideration and the understanding to dedicate to Arsenal fans is really something. He knows how frustrating last season was for the fans and that is another sign of the maturity of this young man. Not for him ‘demands’ or agents telling the world he can’t live in London because there’s too many people or something. It shows he’s got real intelligence and to me it’s another little tick on the ‘Make him captain’ sheet. He wants to follow up his success with his country with success at Arsenal though, saying:
Next year I want to win trophies with Arsenal, this is my target. I finally made something at a young age, I never expected it to be with Spain. Now I want to do it with Arsenal.
And I really want him to do it with Arsenal too. Like lots. More than Scooby-doo likes Scooby snacks. And I want Cesc (MHC) to lift the trophies that we win.
Arsene Wenger has challenged the squad to show that they’re winners next season. He says:
When things go against you of course it is very frustrating. You have to stay motivated though and what drives me on is my love for football, and also what drives me on is to try and come back and win. When you are a winner you come back. You come back and say, let’s show that we can win it.
Of course some of our players won’t be coming back. Or at least don’t want to come back, and based on what the boss is saying there shouldn’t that tell him everything he needs to know about their mentality? If you’re 24 years of age and more concerned about your retirement nest-egg than winning trophies then you’re not the kind of player we want at Arsenal.
Some rather spurious reports this morning link us with a move for Villarreal’s Marcos Senna. He was very impressive during Euro 2008, I have to say, but I’m not sure why Arsene would sign him while we still have Gilberto. They both play more or less the same role, there’s not much in terms of quality between them and they’re both the same age. Chances of this one happening are very slim, I’d say.
Arsene Wenger casts doubt on the fitness of Andrei Arshavin. There were some reports that Hiddink wasn’t going to take him to Switzerland/Austria at all due to concerns about his fitness and during the semi-final against Spain he looked absolutely spent. Maybe an off day, maybe a sign of an underlying problem. Who knows?
Not much from Spain on the Adebayor saga today. As you might imagine the papers are still going on about the win against Germany. Expect normal service to resume shortly though.
That’s about that. Have yourselves a fine Tuesday.
