Morning All…
We’re now in week two, day two of the post season blues and so far we’ve seen Barry transfer to Man City, Newcastle go up for sale, Kaka move to Real Madrid for a world record fee… Setanta may be on the verge of collapse and we’ve nearly signed someone… now that’s a hell of a week and two days.
The Tomas Vermaelen story did break last week and it took most of us a week to believe the story and only when the player himself starting talking about it – and now it seems like a done deal. Of course, the last thing said was that the player was in talks – but hopefully that will all be agreed very soon. Talk amongst the top players is that the player is a) very good and b) about 6 foot 1!
Van Persie’s took some time out and commented on the potential new arrival:
“It’s a good thing.There’s nothing wrong with the qualities of Vermaelen. He can play as a left-back or a central defender and we need this type of player. The guys that we now have on those positions are already somewhat older. He [Steve Rowley] doesn’t do such a thing out of the blue. He needs to see a player 30 to 40 times before a decision is made.”
Van Persie may remember the player as he was instrumental in keeping VP quiet in the Amsterdam tournament. Our Dutch striker is happy and confident about the signing which makes me very happy too. There is another positive underlying this statement as VP talks about us “needing this type of player” and this indicates that there still is a “we” to the him and Arsenal – I’m pretty confident he’s going to sign his contract too – maybe waiting to see who Arsene signing so he can be sure we’re going to challenge…
Onto some random news which is interesting, but not really too damning just yet is that Cesc has suffered an injury whilst on International duty playing for Spain against Azerbaijan (and they hit them for six)… inital reports are that it’s not serious – but I hope as a precaution they leave him out of the Confederations Cup and he gets some rest… we’ll see…
And finally, the debate of Theo Walcott continues – both Stuart Pearce and Fabio Capello talking about him in their press conferences yesterday.
“My first conversation was with Theo,” said Pearce. “I told him that I would like him at the Under-21s but that I wouldn’t like to say to Fabio to leave him out of the seniors so we could have him. He thanked me for that. I said that in a perfect scenario, I would like to see him represent both and he was in agreement. Theo thinks the Under-21 tournament will be fantastic for him, as he’s never actually played in a major tournament at any age group. I spoke with Arsène after that and I just told him my plans for Theo. Credit to him, he didn’t agree. I did say to him that I’d spoken to Theo. I have got an utmost respect for Arsène and I understand his point of view but we beg to differ a little bit and the most important driver in the whole conversation was the fact that Theo wants to be part of both squads.”
It’s kind of covering old ground – yes, we understand he hasn’t played too much this season, yes we’re aware that he can play for both teams – but the worrying thing is that he may be injured – as television pictures show his right ankle tied in bandage – and if that is the case, for goodness sake don’t break him. If not, then I kind of agree with Stuart Pearce, play him and let him get the experience he needs…
That’s it for now… more soon…
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