And so it is nearly over.. word around the web and even from the player himself (speaking on French radio) is that that Samir Nasri has signed for Arsenal. Well thank **** for that. Apparently he is already being given the tag of 'The new Zidane' which ex Liverpool muppet Bruno Cheyrou kindly gave back demanding a refund. For the sake of all us Gooners, I hope this tag doesn't stick, because there is no worse hoodoo than to be given a 'the next...' tag. Rarely does a player ever ascend to the greatness of the player he is supposedly going to emulate.
Which is why I think we need to work on a different form of 'the next...' tag line. Why are we always aiming the fortunes of our young players at the games greats. Why not aim a little lower to give them a fighting chance. So with that i'd like to introduce a few of our youngsters:
- The exciting Carlos "The new Kaba Diawara' Vela
- In midfield we can look forward to seeing Luke 'the next Stefan Malz' Wilshire.
- Young determined centre back, and captain of the reserve team, Harvard 'hopefully better than the previous Gus Caesar' Nordveit.
So hopefully Samir Nasri will ignore the hype the press is whipping up, and not aim to become a balding overweight player who likes to headbutt Italian defenders. He would certainly win over the fans quicker if he instead aimed to be Samir 'scored more goals than Alex Hleb and kicked Eboué up in the air at training' Nasri...
Well the saga that is Alex Hleb's future continues to make news. This tale is getting more like a soap opera now, with a new twist here and there with a shit story line. With everyone believing it's just a matter of which club Hleb will be off to, the Bell-end-Russian (supposed to resemble Belarussian. OK well it worked in rehearsal dagnamit!) has come out and said:
"I have read that I have said I want to leave, but I do not know who has written it. That is nonsense.
"I have also read that I wanted to move because Arsenal would win nothing, this too is nonsense."
Well Alex if you were wondering who wrote or said you wanted to leave The Arsenal take one look at your agent who's been chatting more than Don King on cocaine. Hleb continues wittering on about a load of stuff and nonsense but the main bit is his laughable not knowing who's been chatting his business. Very strange that. So what's the next installment in this caper, Hleb sold to Barcelona no doubt.
Speaking of Barcelona they are once again conducting their transfer policy via the media by announcing they are after Emmanuel Adebayor. I just don't why Barcelona just don't be done with and change their name to Barcelona a la Arsenal FC, f*ck it would be a lot easier as they want to be us.
Cesc 'The Cesc™' Fabregas has said he's staying with The Arsenal. I'm not sure who's benefit that was for as I personally as well as many Gooners who don't believe everything TriballFootball, ClubCall or FansFC or even the Daily Mail online say wasn't under any illusion that he was going to go. The media would just love there to be an exodus so I reckon The Cesc™ made the comments to stop any sillyness kicking off and letting us, the fans, know the coo.
Latest transfer shenanigans doing the rounds is that we're after Wolves keeper Wayne Hennessey. First time I've seen that linkage but who knows it could be a goer. I know Manuel Almunia stepped up to the plate last season but I'm personally not convinced, I have know idea what this Hennessey fella is like, all I know is he's a bit brute (6' 4') and he's a Welsh international. Given that Le Gaffer Arsène Wenger OBE really fancies Almunia to do the job as was reflected in the Spaniard signing a contract extension before the season was out and heaping praise on Lukasz Fabianski it could be unlikely, i'll guess we'll see soon enough.
Other than that Gooners apparently we're closing in Miguel Veloso who wont come cheap to fill in that void left by Mathieu Flamoney. However Young Gun Johan Djourou says he can do the job for Le Gaffer. It's not the first time the player has come and out and said this, also he plays that role in the reserves and seems very adept at it too, but once again time will tell.
So Gooners we've made a signing in Samir Nasri, how about getting that centre back Wenger was on about?
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| Name | Club | Fee | Likely |
| Yaya Touré | Barcelona | £10m+ | Possible goer |
| David Villa | Valencia | £16m+ | Not for that money |
| Hatem Ben Arfa | Lyon | £11m | Possible goer |
| Gervinho | Le Mans | £8m | Nah |
| Vincent Kompany | Hamburg | £8m+ | He's injury prone, much like our squad |
| Charles N'zogbia | Newcastle United | £5m | Possible |
| Obafemi Martins | Newcastle United | £10m+ | Well agent would like it to be |
| Heurelho Gomes | PSV Eindhoven | £8m+ | Nah |
| Raúl Albiol | Valencia | £8m+ | Well never heard of him, so a goer |
| Gareth Barry | Aston Villa | £14m+ | Nah |
| Niko Kranjcar | Portsmouth | £9m+ | Bye Hleb, hello Niko? |
| Amauri | Palermo | £8m+ | Nah |
| Mario Gomez | Stuttgart | £10m | Not bloody likely |
| Diego | Werder Bremen | £15m+ | Not bloody likely |
| Mauro Zárate | Al Saad Sports Club of Qatar | £20m | Not sure where that price tag came from |
| Miguel Veloso | Sporting | £23m | Not for that money |
| Samir Nasri | Marseille | £14m | Could be a goer |
| Alberto Aquilani, | Roma | £15m | Could be a goer |
| Edu | Valencia | £8m | Very doubtful |
| Wayne Hennessey | Wolves | £8m | Paper talk |
OK folks to keep the boredom at bay and keep the ball rolling (excuse the pun) Allgoonerdup is running another win a t-shirt contest. And due to the avalanche of entries in the 'Let's talk about Cesc Baby!' t-shirt entries I am putting that t-shirt back in the shop window. So in order to win this bit of clobber simply tell us, how old was Cesc Fabregas when he made his Arsenal debut?
Send your answers, name and postal address plus your choice of t-shirt, colour and size to:
iwannafreebie@allgoonerdup.com
Competition closes Monday 16 June.
Good luck Gooners.
Dos Santos to spurs: You got to laugh. Yup, you read that right. Apparently some quarters have got Barcelona youngster Gio Dos Santos going to those N17 chavs spurs. Question is, why? You would think our very own Mexican Carlos Vela would have a word with his countryman... Barca in for Ade: And yet again another Euro giant is tapping up our players via the media. How many more f*cking times? Once again Barcelona are trying to reap the awards of what seems to be their feeder club - our very own Arsenal FC! This time they are after Emmanuel Adebayor (yawn, f*cking yawn). I suppose it's so they can add him to their line up of the other 26 strikers they have there. Tell you what, to save time just follow this and just copy and paste or delete Real Madrid/Barcelona/Inter/ AC Milan/BigFour Team™ spurs want Arsenal player, it will save a lot of time... we out... Oh and I will definitely will be bringing you the Allgoonerdup Awards next week - so watch out for that..
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