june 4th
Hmmm, curious. There appears to be a number of things to talk about this morning.
Firstly, David Bentley is going to spend next season on loan with Norwich City. He’s very highly regarded at Arsenal, but he definitely needs to play a bit more to break into the first team. I know many people see him as the future Dennis Bergkamp, but I have a feeling he’s more likely to replace Robert Pires on the left hand side. Of his loan, DB says, “I am very pleased to join on loan and am looking forward to a good year, lots of experience, more first-team football and the chance to improve as a player.”
Freddie Ljungberg wants to play in the Olympics, for some reason, despite knowing that Arsenal won’t be at all happy about it. He says “I remember that Arsenal didn’t look on the situation kindly when Kanu and Lauren played in the Olympic Games in Sydney four years ago.”
Given the amount of little injuries and knocks he’s picked up over the last while, I reckon he’d be better getting a good pre-season under his belt rather than playing in serious heat in Athens in a tournament that is supposed to be for ‘amateurs’ anyway.
Transfer target Gerard Pique looks set to snub Arsenal to join Manchester United. Oh well. We already have the best young Catalan player around, let United have the sloppy seconds.
Sp*rs have got a new manager. Current France coach, Jaques Santini, will join the Lily Whites after Euro 2004. He says “I am ambitious and it has always been a dream of mine to coach a big English club.”
Do you want to tell him, or shall I?
Right, that’s it. A little flurry of Arse-related goodness. Today though, I have to take myself off to the beach, where the sea, the sun and some more beer will cure my hangover.
