july 17th
07.39 – “Our players are definitely not for sale. The situation at the moment is that Patrick has not signed, but I am confident that he will.”
I said yesterday that Arsenal only tell you what they want you know. That statement from Arsene Wenger is as much for the board as for the fans. It’s a message to Roman Championshipmanavic that he won’t be getting Thierry Henry or Patrick Vieira. It’s a message to the fans that says as long as I’m here this is the truth. And it’s a message to the board that everything he’s built at Arsenal won’t be ruined by short term gain in the Arsenal bank account. It looks like we’ll have Dennis back, if Wenger can get a commitment from Vieira, and less importantly but still important Robert Pires, it’s as good as any signing we could make this summer. I believe Arsene Wenger before I believe the Mirror.
AW also revealed we never made a formal offer for Harry Kewell. And are the boys at arsenal.com trying to make up for the Vieira fuck-up by hinting at late transfers this summer? Signing players late means paying less wages.
On top of all the other problems we’ve been having with the new stadium, some NIMBY comes along to throw a spanner in the works. It has prompted Arsenal into the unusual position where they have actually made a comment. The crux of it was this “..the Club has received planning consent for the new stadium project at every level. In layman’s terms, the planning permission which has been granted is legally unchallengeable therefore the outcome of any appeal to the European Court of Human Rights will have no affect on the project’s progression. Naturally, we remain fully committed to relocating to our new stadium.”
Arsenal’s newest signing could be Michal Papadopulos. He’s Irish naturally. Well, he’s Czech and Greek, but is eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland because he attended a Riverdance concert in 1997. Here he talks about his life as a cubic zirconia. Myles says on ANR that despite our cash flow problems, Arsenal’s shares have jumped from £1,275 to £1,600 adding fuel to the rumours that Arsenal have found a wealthy investor. Some specualation surrounds the Venezuelan billionaires who wanted to buy into Aston Villa.
Ignore the Vieira crap, these wankers say Kanu has rejected the chance to go to Celta Vigo. The fact is Celta’s chairman said he wanted 3 strikers. He’s got Catanha, he’s buying Benni ‘from Crossroads’ McCarthy and Savo Milosevic. No room for a Kanu there. Anyway, I reckon we should keep him. He’ll get 20 next season no problem.
Another newest signing could be Mulan, or Flimflam, or some such Brazillian nobody’s ever heard of. Ignore the Vieira shite and scroll down to the bottom of this Sun article for more on that.
I had too much beer last night. Consequently my head hurts. Now I have to go to work. Hurrah.
