It’s a quiet one today folks. not much stirring at all.
Some transfer speculation, as you might expect. Marseille’s Samir Nasri is being linked after suggesting he’s played his last game for the French club. Why us ahead of anyone else I don’t know.
The Sunday Mirror says Arsene Wenger is going to spend £25m and handily lists a whole pile of players in one article. They repeat the Thuram rumour as well as linking us with St Etienne pair Mouhamadou Dabo and Blaise Matuidi, Roma’s thoroughbred Alberto Aquilani, Valencia’s Raul Albiol and Mario Gomez of Stuttgart. Quite the shopping basket.
The News of the World says Aston Villa want Justin Hoyte and were prepared to pay £4.5m for him last season. I don’t think he’s ever going to be first choice for us but I’d rather keep him as back up for Sagna and sell Eboue but Eboue has the pictures of Arsene Wenger doing that thing so it looks like it’s curtains for Hoyte.
The People says Sp*rs are having problems signing Samuel Eto’o because he’d rather sign for us instead. And who could blame him? Can’t see us being in for him though. He’s too mental and his knees are a bit too fucked.
Former Gunner Kenny Sansom has released an autobiography in which he talks about his battle with booze. In the book George Graham reckons we’d have won more trophies if the players hadn’t been out on the lash all the time. Probably true but I think the drinking culture was prevalent at most clubs, not just Arsenal.
El Mundo in Spain says Arsene Wenger is ‘furious’ with Emmanuel Adebayor for demanding to be the highest paid player at the club and feels the Togonian needs to keep his feet on the ground. This is naturally to the advantage of Barcelona which, of course, is the whole point of the article. More shit stirring but don’t be surprised to see it crop up elsewhere – my bet is The Mail.
Meanwhile Sport, the other Catalan daily, says Barcelona are looking for a winger and the three names they have splashed all over their front page are Valencia’s David Silva plus Theo Walcott and Robin van Persie. Honestly, going by the last few days in the Spanish papers Barcelona are going to have a 53 man squad next season.
And that my friends is about that. Have yourselves a good Sunday. More tomorrow.
