Evening guys… it’s been another very uneventful day in the world of Arsenal, and as a result, the media are really scraping the barrel looking for Arsenal related stories. We’ve had a succession of the same old same old stories with the Cesc off to Barcelona circulating the tabloids again… it’s getting a little bit boring really annoying now, but what can we do to stop it? Nothing much… so let’s just ignore it…
So, time to look at the stories in the press.
Patrick Vieira has confirmed he will not being leaving Inter Milan during the January transfer window but will leave Inter Milan in summer when his contract expires. Some papers have taken the liberty of the good old story making and come up with some silly old headlines, “Sp*rs and Arsenal to fight it out for Vieira in summer”… mainly fuelled by Paddy saying he would consider coming back to the Premier League in the summer. Well, two things – number one – he would never go to Sp*rs and number two – why would be sign him at 34 going on 35 (which is how old he’ll be next summer)…??
“I want to play more but I also want to respect my contract. Nothing will happen in January. But I will leave Inter in June and I have yet to decide whether to play in the Premier League or in the French league.”
Not very conclusive…
As you can see, today’s blog is circulating around those wonderful rumours in the press and here’s another one… apparently we’re going to sign a young Fiorentina player called Stevan Jovetic, whom apparently impressed against Liverpool. And is young. And is foreign. Therefore, based on that, we’re interested in signing him, despite a whopping £23m price tag. Interesting. Now this story has to be completely made up… Two things… Number one – we’ve got more attacking players than we know what to do with. Two – when would we ever spend £23m on one player?
And finally, the papers have picked up on the quote from last weekend’s game and spurned it out again… as they have I will do, as there is literally nothing else going on… Sorry for regular readers, I’ve also posted this quote once, but I’ll do it again…
“William Gallas has had a fine start to the season, which is down to both his attitude and the quality of the player. It can happen that any player has highs and lows in his career, but I must say his form now is a consequence of the way he behaves every day. He behaves 100 per cent as a professional and is highly focused in training. The partnership between William and Thomas Vermaelen has gelled more quickly than I expected. This is for two reasons, first of all, Vermaelen adapted faster, and secondly William fits more comfortably on the right side of a central defence than on the left.”
Good stuff Willy, carry on the good work. In all seriousness, you’ve got to admire the change in William Gallas this season. He’s really playing well and a delight to see in the team, which is a far cry from where we were last year same time…
Okie dokie, news about Cesc is positive. Apparently, he’s returned back to the Arsenal squad and that’s good news. Hopefully things are going well back at home. I don’t have any updates for you regarding his Grandad, but the fact he’s back in London may be good news.
Cesc’s also been in the press (well, originally last week) taking about having Rosicky back in the squad… I think I printed this already too, but here it is again for the first time.
“Tomas Rosicky is probably one of the best friends I have, and he’s been injured for nearly two years. It’s great to have him back and I’m really happy for him. I have learned a lot from him as well – to be strong and keep believing. He believed in himself, that he could play football and it is great to see him play. I was with him every day, I went to his house – it’s like that. And I think team mates, we have to be like that as well. It was nice when they were coming to me [when I was injured]; it’s nice now that I go to them. The important thing is you don’t do it because you have to; you do it because you really want to do it. And I think that [at] Arsenal, there’s this feeling with everyone. It’s really good. I think he has done very well and he gives you so many options,” said the captain. “You can see straight away the vision he has, the touch, the class that he plays with. It’s great to have him in the team; he’s like a new signing.”
And with all the players back and fit now, we’re starting to find our best team, and it sees Rosicky along side Cesc, Van Persie and Arshavin in our attack…
On Wednesday / Thursday, we may have some more squad information so can figure out who will be playing on Saturday, but for the meanwhile, fingers crossed we suffer no injuries tomorrow…
And yes, today’s article was really scraping the barrel… Til tomorrow…
