So last night it was one year old, so guess what? I decided to watch Arsenal TV all night, just me, the TV and a box of tissues.
First up Dennis Bergkamp, now when people talk about legends, this bloke truly is an Arsenal legend, I spent an hour going down memory lane and thinking about what was, listening to Dennis saying how football should be played, oh what deep joy, he finished by saying he would love to be a coach at Arsenal, and one day maybe even a manager. Dennis, I would buy my season ticket 3 years in advance if you did that.
Before I leave the legend front, why is it when Le Grove disagrees with something Arsenal do we are all ‘not real Arsenal fans’ – Ian Wright does it on a regular basis and those same people call him a legend? Odd isn’t it.
Imagine Arsene Wenger and his assistant Dennis Bergkamp, with Keown as defensive and Seaman as goal keeping coach, boy what a prospect! No offence Pat, I see you as an Arsenal legend as well.
This was followed by Tom Watt and his interview with David Seaman. Now Tom is like me, Arsenal through and through, although he is a bit of an AKB, but like Bob Wilson, I’ll forgive that as they are paid by Arsenal so you wouldn’t expect them to disagree with the way it’s going at the moment. Bob, probably like Tom doesn’t have to queue up at the station for an hour after the game.
Anyway, I enjoyed the show and particularly the interview with David Seaman. Tom said to David,
‘I think there’s a real player in Song, if we buy a ready made defensive midfielder, are we saying to Song, you’re not good enough? if we are he may say I’m not waiting 3 years, I’m off’
Talk about trying to put words into David Seaman’s mouth Tom! So what did David Seaman say then?
‘We can’t wait three years, we need to buy a ready made player now, sorry, he’s not good enough’
…Oops, that wasn’t expected, that wasn’t in the script. Good for you David Seaman.
Someone asked me yesterday why I hated Song so much, listen, for the last time, I don’t hate any Arsenal player, all I keep saying is he’s not good enough, not now, and I don’t want to wait 3 years to find out if he will be either. I would wait for Ramsey, I would wait for Theo and Wilshere, I waited for Clichy, Cesc and Djourou but I could see they would be good. Song I can’t, and having a team full of prospects won’t work, I would sooner have seen Muamba in there given those same chances, but he wasn’t and that’s why I get so angry when I see Song getting chance after chance.
So it was good to see an ex Arsenal player not towing the company line and saying what he believed to be true, so then what? Well then came the moment for me to be alone, as the Arsenal ladies then played Colchester in the FA cup.
The first 30 minutes they were in our faces, then Arsenal started to use the flanks, the wingers worked their magic and we won 7 nil, talk about a tissue moment, they were awesome, great, great football. Vic Akers needs to share with Arsene how to unlock a stubborn defence, these girls played the game like we used to when we had Overmars, Freddie, and Pires, and the finishing was as good as it gets.
So all in all a great night, I even emailed Tom and asked him to come on Le Grove, that would be fun, but don’t hold your breath.
Arshavin has offered to help pay his own transfer fee, Arsene I like the cut of this blokes jib, someone who wants to join us? pay the money, we’ll get it back in shirt sales alone.
Have a great day Grovers, this is the day that ***** predicted a press conference and I believe *****, always will, always have!
What was it Mourinho said about us last week?……. something like “Arsenal? Arsenal are going in the same direction, as always. They have some great moments but the same thing will happen to them as when I was manager at Chelsea”.
PAT Le goon
I think if all the rumors are true , you would accept 100mil the 1st offer ..
no one is worth that , not even kaka …
not even ronaldo … who is the current footballer of the year …
your right about the FA loving it … more prestige to them ,
it might even make up for us losing all our stars over the past few years … right
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Pat, I don’t even understand the logic in bidding £100million? Why not start out at £40million…?
dont get me wrong,id like to see kaka face us as an oponant,we know thats a player who will face us and wont be snarling and spitting,id happily enjoy watching kaka play for man city against arsenal!
Ethan, I was saying the Geoff the only way you could justify that price tag is if you picked up Ronaldo at 20… and he gave you 40 goals a season for 10 years… and never got injured. Even then, it would cost you £23million a year… your whole champions league budget.
pedro,i believe kaka is facing a liam brady situation,arsenal tried to flog him to manure but he said fuck you il choose where i play,thats what great players have the power to do,liam eventually chose juventus and left us out of pocket compare to the manure deal lol
I’ll be quite interested to see the Kaka situation at City. Those types of situations and transfers are still pretty rare so I don’t think it will effect things too much and it will be good to see how he does.
After all, footy is only a game and we shouldn’t take it too seriously. Chances are it will all go tits up anyway at City and disuade people from doing a similar thing in the future so it will probably be a one-off.
They dont like people saying no either or defeat and will stop at nothing to get him.
Pedro, Imagine if this was for Cesc. I would take the 100m for the club no problem. AC like us have been living in the shadows domestically in the last couple of years (At least they won the CL though) and I think they want the Serie A title again and with 100m they can buy the players to replace their ageing stars. They are a fairly old team and need to rebuild.
I don’t necessarily believe it pedro, i’m just saying it’s a possibility, and as much a possibility as him leaving for the money. If money was that important to him he would have left a long time ago.
Milan have been talked about the last few summers as having money problems which is why they’ve been talking about needing to offload players every time, though it’s never materialised, they are in debt though and losing money every year, with rumours berlusconi won’t hang around funding everything for that long etc
according to bbc milan have given city permission to speak to kaka, or is this old news
i would take the 100mill for cesc as well,but if cesc said hell no i aint leaving to go to city id have to rate him as the worlds greatest gooner,irreplaceble after that
I dont understand the logic either, but they did say after the summer Robinho move that they would be making silly money moves for a few players in Jan
I wonder if Cesc would have been one of them if hadnt been injured.
this is why i thought they wanted ronaldinho to make them a bigger global brand and bring the money in,milan aint got a lot of wong,thats why no bid ever came in for ade
Oh definately Bergkamp, He would hold legendary status for it
It would be one of them, you would love the 100m but would love it if he stayed, it would be a win win, and I am sure that is maybe what the Milan fans are also thinking. Milan will go mad in the transfer market though. Arshavin
If Ade ever played for Milan I think I would piss myself laughing. That would be better than any stand up show.
Thinking about that, If I were Wenger, I would get Arshavin in before Kaka moves. He is the highest profile available player. They may even hold us to ransom over it to get Ade, Imagine that Ethan
the thing is city could end up with about 20 players all on crazy wages if their first lot of mad signings dont do the business who will be able to afford to buy them and equal their wages?? this is why the drogbas and the maloudas wont leave chelsea,thats gonna be the testing time for the billionaires
Kaka is the best paid player in the world A, why would he have left ages ago?
Milan have played the paupers… but they signed Ronaldinho and a whole batch of others this year.
I am sure they are desperate to flog Kaka… and I would be to… but don’t tell me Kaka is leaving for any other reason other than money.
The guy models for Armani, he is 26, he dates a super model… and you reckon his motivation to go to Manchester (crap hole in the main) City is for anything other than money?
i think ade would do alrite for milan,their midfielders get in the penalty area,they would use ade properly,not line up like a midfield offside trap and go side to side
I still think Chelsea fan (As in bladed blowey thing) is showing the first signs of proverbial poop on it.
They have two years left tops and then it is fire sale of assets, if not before.
looks like we might be getting a slice of that 100 mill with the sale of adebayor
like i said pedro,theres no such thing as too much(money),i fully agree,poor old robinho had to pay for his lamborgini while at city,at madrid he got 2 for free from lamborgini
whats left for kaka to win?he’s won the top prize in football he is nuts if he turns down that sort of money in terms of wages
How the hell did Wenger come to the conclusion that Denilson, Song, Diaby, were better than Wilson Palacios?
Diarra, Palacios. Is Wenger on a wind up?
It is the only reason he would go to Man City Pedro.
I still think there is a difference between him and Robinho though.
Robinho was pimping himself to the highest bidder and wanted out of Madrid
Whilst Kaka was perfectly happy but has been given an offer that he would be mad to turn down.
chelsea can get all their real fans back,it might not be such a bad time for real chelsea fans
Bergkamp… never a truer word said.
Pat, fair play to Robinho… Madrid disrespected him… and he told them to stick it.
If he was worried about the money he would have pedro is what i mean, because he would have earnt double what he has by staying at milan….
Pedro if milan didn’t want to sell, i don’t believe for a second kaka would want to go to them, he’ll only be willing to go if they want to flog him, which it appears they do. I also don’t believe he would have considered going to city if he hadn’t already won all the world’s top prizes. It might be about money, it might just be because milan want to sell him so he’s just going along with it, rather than fighting against the club he’s been at most of his career even though he knows it’s best for the club to sell.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/jan/15/masal-bugduv-moldova-hoax-player
The games our hacks play!
robinho wanted chelsea,madrid were being super stubborn,they didnt care about the transfer deadline or losing a couple mill,they just didnt like the way chelsea were selling robinho shirts in their shop and website,madrid made the decision he wasnt goin to any club which he wanted to go to,so it was stay or go to a joke outfit called city,robinho knew life would be hell if he stayed,chelsea disrespected madrid,bad move
WTF, this is odd
Newcastle United utility man Geremi was all set to make a £1.5m move to Besiktas, but now it appears that Arsenal have also made an enquiry.
However, if the 30-year-old wants to join Arsenal, he will have to take a wage cut and accept a shorter contract than that being offered by Besiktas.
The Cameroon international is earning around £50k per week and under contract until June 2010 at Newcastle, but he wants out after being booed off by the fans against West Ham in the recent 2-2 draw.
The high-earner, who can operate in midfield, out wide or at right-back, has made only eight Premier League starts this season and is likely to only be a squad player at Arsenal (like Mikael Silvestre).
The former Newcastle captain was recently quoted as saying: “I want to be involved on the field.
“I am nearing the end of my career and I don’t want to sit on the bench.
“I heard there is a bid for me from a club in Europe but I am waiting to decide what to do.
“To be honest, I want to play.”
Therefore, the smart money is still on Geremi to make a move to Besiktas.
im not surprised in the least … its like the chev’s all over again ..
add too that the credit crunch and 100 mill is starting too look more like 200 million !
and kaka’s terms personally to earn INXS of 83 mil in 5 years , plus more clauses than santa ..
its a brilliant TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE DEAL ! who wouldnt take it ?
pat id take the 1st offer id bite there fuckin hands off , right up to there shoulder blades
and this is the sort of thing i feared…… for us ! …..us as a club !
this current board is too fuckin tight to compete with that !
so what gives way ? US ?
I agree pedro , but if you throw silly money around on players you’ll always have the wenger’s who will accept the offer to line there clubs with money and at this scale who could say no ?
no even AC !
but we did something almost as stupid only 6 months ago ..
not taking 25 mil for ade !
so maybe AC will surprise us !
!
but with that sort of money flicking around i fuckin doubt it
geremi lollllll
yeah i saw that earlier pdt, sums up the journalistic standards of our media!
where’s that from pat?! would laugh at it, but after silvestre….
A what were saying is,if he goes to man city,it is only for the money,not what he could have done or might do,theres no reason to go to man city for love or for history, milan wouldnt sell him to city for a more realistsic price,and he wouldnt go there for a pay cut,why dont he do a hleb?? lol
Fair one on what he said to Milan, but he was going to get a decent Wage at Chavski, he only went to Man City as they were going to pay more.
A, from a sporting point of view… a player has to do what is best by himself.
If Milan told me I could go to City, I’d say no way… If I’m going anywhere… it’s to Barca or Madrid. Why the fuck would I waste a season pottering about mid table in the Prem when I could be lifting more trophies?
PAT !
hahaha !
i wouldnt even pay 25 pence for ade !
he is just an average striker nothing more, with more limitations than aspirations .
Pat, he went to Madrid because Chavski started selling shirts with Robinho’s name on them before he signed… so Madrid refused to deal with them.
man city are gonna offer kaka a huge ass 24million a year for 5 years,and if it all goes tits up they will always owe him that money,its money in the bank pedro,thats all in my opinion
basically madrid just decided that robinho was an enemy,and chelsea made themselfs into an enemy,and to top it off man city were offering more money,so robinho had a choice,rot for 7 years because he signed a very long contract or go to city,i think madrid meant business,they werent willing to be treated like one of their own victimes by a rival or a player
if you’d played for a club, had an attachment to the club, and they came to you and said we’ve had a ridiculous offer for you, and have accepted it in the best interests of the club, and would like you to go, i don’t see why it’s not realistic to think a player would consider going, and be intelligent enough to go understanding it being in the best interests of the club. His goals have all been met, he’s won everything he can, going to city could even give him a new motivation. He could do what maradona did with napoli to an extent, go to an average club and be the main man transforming them into a top club
Ethan, I posted earlier… Milan still want him.
real madrid did not sell robinho to the cunts because they are a rival to them in the c.league
Pedro .. why ???
i can think of 83 million reasons why to go to man shitty for 5 years !
plus , ok on paper they aren’t that prestigious ..
BUT ..
im sure it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that he is capable of getting in
anyone after he has successfully secured the likes of kaka …
this is serious for us !
A because a players career is short,thats why,why waste maybe the peak end of your career,why do you think players have agents and advisors??,this is the equivilant of cesc moving to barnet just to help us out because their offering a financially good deal,he wouldnt do it,milan are a world huge club,their name is too big,kaka is bigger than man city literally,would dennis bergkamp have left arsenal for wolverhampton wonderes at his peak??
bergkamp
i heard its 83 million for 5 years !!!!!!!!!!!!
A, you love this word intelligence… It’s not intelligence, it is greed.
I don’t blame him, but lets not kid ourselves… he is only going because he is earning money only a madman would pay.
Doing a Maradona? He is good, but he isn’t a one man team.
I’d say it’s serious for chelsea! They became a big boy purely because they could pay double what anyone else would, now city can outbid them, why on earth would a player go to chelsea?! Kids wanting to be developed would come to us still, players wanting to go for footballing reasons or for the history etc will go to us, liverpool, or utd over chelsea, they could go downhill bigtime!
So
I bet AC Milan are linked heavily with bids (Not just the current admiration) for Adebayor, Gallas and Arshavin in the next 48 hours.
Kaka will go, I am pretty convinced of that now.
ethan its 500k a week,your gettin the after tax figure maybe,but he wants his image rights as well,serious wonga for the kid,thats how i know its a financial deal
Oh and Song, they will be linked with him as well
anyone worried about what milan will do with the 100 million?? i reckon a massive bid for cesc and ade could be on the cards, thing is if milan gave us 50 million or even 100 million for cesc wenger would never reinvest it, he would just go, we have rosicky back from injury soon or diaby and its like a new signing, or i want to get the most out of our current squad… blah blah blah
can you imagine the shirt sales for him
Too True A and it all adds up to why Abramovich is getting bored with his toy. I bet he has more fun on his boat.
all you will see is kaka on the back of every city manc’s shirt
oh bergkamp
you make it sound like man shitty is playing in the blue square comp !
FFS !
the magnitude of the situation is the current owner has more money than brains ..
he will not stop until he has created a world class team …
kaka has the clauses in built ..
why would not move …
you are constantly in denial !
money talks and bullshit walks !
He would give Song 80k a week Incesc, all to keep the Goat pictures out of the News of the World.
abramovich has lost a lot of money recently,he hasnt been attanding chelsea either,he will soon distance himself,letting frank lampard bring a bunch of lampard pricks on his boat each year has worn off,he is thinking he made his bones with his brains and he dont wanna give it all to a bunch of sarky pricks who you pay handsomely and then they act funny anyway,i think drogbas actions and attitude and whingeing could affect a new investor who thought it was all glamour
Can you imagine being a Man City fan at the moment. I know it is not a very nice thought, especially if it means living in Manchester, but they will jumping around the room. This must be better than Christmas. I bet there will be a spate of births in exactly 9 months time.
The only reason Chelsea became big is because they were the first to be owned by a billionaire.
They bought good players as well… Essien, Drogba, Robben, Cole, Cech, Carvahllo, Cole…
All top players and probably all worth what they paid.
Their money isn’t that much better than the ManU boys… it’s just they had more players on silly money.
milan are bigger than arsenal,milan to man city is the equivilent of arsenal to wolves, it would take city as long to becaome a milan as it would a wolves to become an arsenal ethan,thats the deal, would cesc sign for wolves to help arsenal financially??or would he sign for their 500k a week?
Incesc… i’d imagine milan will just sit on the cash and make some astute moves. They know as well as anyone that this summer they’ll be able to pick up bargains from clubs in dire trouble.
Bergkamp, the thing is these guys are looking to make City the biggest football club/brand in the world. Kaka is the 2nd step in this plan. If they can do what theyre planning they can easily go and sign Messi, Ribery etc and it will all be a good investment.Signing Kaka would be priceless as he is probably the most influential footballer out there.
Look at how quickly Villa have gone from 17th in the league to 4th, theyve done that with investment, Man city are gonna do the same, only on steroids.
bergkamp it’s not the same as cesc, because cesc hasn’t won anything, kaka bar domestic honours in leagues he hasn’t played in, has wond and achieved absolutely everything, so footballing motivations aren’t what they would be for someone who hasn’t, like bergkamp. Though bergkamp loved the club, and if barnet offered the sort of money the club desperately wanted then i’d like to believe he would have! (though the barnet analogy is obviously a ridiculous exageration, a better analogy would be if someone like sampdoria came into all this money) If money meant that much to him I’d imagine kaka would have left milan for madrid previously, or chelsea. I think the only difference here is that the transfer fee is so great that madrid really want to sell
I depends pedro, if he goes because of the salary they’ll pay him, it’s greed, if he goes willingly for the good of the club then it’s selflessness and intelligence.
It’s nothing but speculation which is the case, but everyone will assume it’s the former because the media love to think the worst of people!
Bergkamp… I wouldn’t put it past someone like cesc to ignore the money.
The guy still buys his gear in Zara.
pedro what was the figure for the sale of henry can you remember ?
I think they will sit on most of it Pedro, But I am sure they will make one big signing before the end of the Window
That is why i could see them following up the interest in Ade, especially as Shevchenko has been a miss, or they will take the available Arshavin.
yes bergy
thats crazy money !!? why would anyone have morals when talking about money that huge !?
he’s going !
i would have already gone !
pat i knew chelsea fans who when things were simular for them they believed their club would be gone withing 10-15 years,plus they didnt like the way the fanbase changed almost overnight,they fell out of love,an i aint jokin,i beleive real city fans deserve some joy,but they will soon spot the pricks,the ones who will say their former best players who done their best aint good enough,like robinho was an original,man city fans will divide
Gambon, dress a fat bird in the most beautiful shoes, underwear and clothes money can buy… it doesn’t make her anymore attractive… you’ll still go after the sexy girl in the bar wearing top shop stuff.
I don’t believe you can force a brand… especially in something like football. People don’t just drop their teams to go and support another one… it just doesn’t happen.
lol ethan,me too,but i wouldnt even speak about money in a justifying sense,and i wouldnt expect a rival supporter to defend me against takin the money,id just stay quiet make the move then get a safety deposit box in knightsbridge,maybe build a sfari park in my home, tiger temple,the uk franchise
Look at Chavski… they still struggle to fill their ground on matchday… you can’t buy love… unless you are kaka… or Robinho.
Yeah I know a few too Bergkamp and some dont even go anymore.
Unfortunately for Chelsea, they will face a fire sale and their fall from grace could be pretty quick and painful, and despite my feelings about Chavski, it is not good for Football.
I think the problem is that only Man Ure, Liverpool and maybe Arsenal could cope from losing an Abramovich as their history, fan base and standing in World Football would still attract another investor, but Chavski dont have that
i hope kaka does a brady,refuses to go to a club he hasnt picked,then forces a move to where he would like
chelsea fans own their own pitch,so there will always be a chelsea,rom cant sell that, im proud of the chelsea fans for keepin their club safe,even if i hate them,rom has tried to buy that off them before
If Chavski had just played it sensible and built up like Villa, people would have liked them more and they could have built a decent brand.
However, Mourinho poisoned that dream. They should have got someone like Hiddink to run that revolution!
pat
they are beyond bidding for ade !
they are only interested in the best !
it will be like villa or torres !
its not like man shitty dont play us twice a year , i dont see anyone wanting to table big money for ade !!
infact if its any striker from our team to go, its clearly RVP who they would target prior to ade !
he is showing himself to be the class act again that he is !
but im sure if man shitty tabled 100 mil for cesc we would bite there arms off too !
it is a deal designed where you cant say no !
look at ac selling sheva !
this figure is over doubled !
what do you think the answer will be ?
chelsea thought they were gonna be the biggest footballing brand,you think these rich men just wanna give money away?? they will not get the adulation they expect even if man city do well,that will upset them
I would go with that fat bird analogy to an extent Pedro but I do think it will help in certain nightclubs, especially in asia where they tend to support players over clubs and then succesful clubs. I used to live in Hong Kong for a few years and saw locals that I worked with change clubs through transfers and even mid season when it was not looking good for their current glory team. They will only be sleeping with the Fat Bird until a fatter one comes along though
They wont pick up much more in the UK though.
You would think that Ethan, but they have been blowing up Adebayor only today. It was in the press earlier, They were saying how great Ade would be for Milan.
i think man utd and other top teams would rather see a team sheet without ade than one with him in it though ethan
if you put lipstick on a pig its still a pig,man city aint gonna be manchester united just because of a bit of dosh
instead of swappin ade for whoever id rather partner ade or robin with someone amazing, remember we never bought a superstriker,he cost less that kakas yearly wage,maybe 6 months of kakas wage lol
I dont think any club will build a bigger global brand than Man Ure. Certainly not in the next few years.
I hate them, but you have to admire how they have marketed themselves. It is right up with the unwritten rule that wherever you go there is an Irish Bar, now there is a local in a Man Ure shirt in the Irish Bar.
Ade’s of to Milan, da daaa da da hey!
I’d be disappointed though… well, not if we got £30mill for him! We wouldn’t spend it though… we’d keep the faith with crazy Jay… or stick Eboue up front and use the money to bolster his contract.
Right, I’m hitting the hay… night all!
Pat, I hope those hong kong locals didn’t turn you into a chubby chaser… mind you, you’d thrive in Britain if you were that way inclined!
… night!
I know some one that would sign that contract, Flamini would that snake!!
u cant knock man utd,just all the glory hunters that surround them,but i wouldnt mind a million oriental types turning up at the airport for our summer tour to greet us,means we doing something right
Definately not Pedro, although sometimes it depends on alcohol volume consumed.
Not a lot of Chunkies around in Hong Kong even if you are that way inclined.
the simple fact is man shitty are an EPL club not in div 1 or alike , this owner bought it from thaksin shittytwat because it was the only club going last season , do you really think he cared at the time what team it was ?
its not like he bought man shitty because his favorite color was sky blue !
he bought it to build it up !
to play god with it !
to show another oil tycoon who is king dick !
as for build it up like villa ? why ? fuck it , if you got the cash splash it !
its not like arsenal said oh highbury will cost too much to build so we will only do stage 1 first .
if you got the money , then go for the jugular ! and max . out on it … before someone else beats you too the punch .
these guys are ruthless business men !
they wont do things by half’s !
pedro
dress a fat bird in the most beautiful shoes, underwear and clothes money can buy… it doesn’t make her anymore attractive…
it does if man shitty are buying the beers
building man city will take years,years and years,might do the business on the pitch but thats the team,no chairman wants to be a joke,thats what shiek abou is
you said it ,ruthless yes,business men ??? i think they were good business men until now lol
I cant believe all this Kaka talk has overshadowed our possible Signing of Geremi
Seriously that is probably bollocks but i would not be surprised if it happened.
PAT -le goon
RE:ade
yes milan ! but not man shitty !
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they are still living on the delusion from last season .. like some fans are still doing ! (bergy
but any EPL club this season realizes it was just simply because no other striker of ours was fit
last season , like i said a LONG time ago .. Ronald MacDonald could make his name as a striker
with us last year,with our midfield arrangement .
in fact i 1st said that on ACLF ! so that shows you how long ago i was going on about it !
good luck to man city,i think they will do a chelsea,then dissapear up their own ass like chelsea are about to,have their 5 years in a histroy book and done
id sell any of our players for their value,from ade to cesc,if milan wanna buy ade its not on the cheap,if they make 100 mill from kaka then come for ade they can give us 50%
lol ethan,anyone could score goals with service your right, but we didnt buy a superstar,ade is what we paid for
our midfield needs to score more goals
I would take anything 35m and up from Milan for Ade and would take anything 20m and up from anyone else…..
And anyone that does buy Ade gets Song thrown in for free. Infact we will take 2m off for bed and board for Alexander if they agree.
pretty much our whole team is cheap,if money buys trophies out team is over achieving just challenging to be in the top 4
Guys, I just got this from my mate at the Gooners.
It’s not good news, but you can take it to the bank as 100% fact – Arshavin is signing for Spurs. It’s practically a done deal, and will be announced early next week, if not over the weekend.
I know I’m going to get slated for saying this, but it will be announced.
I just thought you would want to hear first.
exactly pat,milan dont wanna do business unless its extra good so they can expect inflated prices untill that money has been sucked back out of their pockets
ok jimbo,so if your wrong will you say oh guys,im sorry??
Jimbo
You tell us that every day mate, you just change the team name.
lol Jimbo give it up. what have you got against Arshavin?
everyone has a mate who knows,everyone single person,your mate at the gooners just spoke to daniel levy for the details lol
Jimbos mate spends too much time on footballrumours.co.uk
lol,if arshavin signs for spurs thats a bigger step down than kaka signing for man city,kaka is a great favourite of mine,i cant beleive he would consider the s over the black and redky blue
Jimbo
Is Mobido Diakite still having a medical tomorrow?
bergy
it is good long term business strategy ..
he will build a very average club into a marketable franchise ..
its early days yet but you tell me im lying once you start to see the man shitty shirts with kaka
on the back walking around in London !
you know this brings out the plastic fans by the droves ..
barca shirts .. real madrid .. ac .. every plastic fan loves to see there team riddled with super stars !
and thailand for that matter thaksin has already done the job here for support of man city.. and in asia ..
he also wants notoriety .. he is like one of the richest men in the world and no cunt knows him !
think about that too ! this is a way of getting on the map !
thats why he will never purchase like Ast.villa …
he is showing off to the football faithful ..
and he knows its not going unnoticed ..
I am not saying your contact does not get inside info Jimbo
It is just a little cry wolf at the moment.
pat
I cant believe all this Kaka talk has overshadowed our possible Signing of Geremi ???
does he come complete with a walking frame ?
yeah but ethan,hows it gonna be profitable?? chelsea didnt get a profit,and they didnt spend 100mill and another 100mill on one players wage and fee,you think city fans will pay inflated ticket prices??..anyway cesc has spoken in tommorws sun sayin he is privelidged to be at arsenal,and arsene has had a dig at clubs by sayin he is considering a few transfers but will only spend money the club has and not money the club dont have lol
“People should not think this is just being done on a whim,” declared Hughes.
“(Executive chairman) Garry Cook, (chairman) Khaldoon al-Mubarak and I have discussed this for numerous months and Kaka was in our thoughts right from the outset.
“It is not something we have only thought of in the last week and decided to act, and it would be naive of people to think I have not been involved in the process.
“It has moved forward at a pace this week. It is a football decision that has been done with a structure and an understanding that we can move it forward.”
Various meetings are now anticipated, involving Kaka and his advisors – including his father who has played such a key role in guiding the 26-year-old’s career – plus AC Milan and City officials, the outcome of which will determine whether the most amazing transfer ever actually goes through.
“I have no idea whether he will end up here,” admitted Hughes. “It is dependent on too many factors.”
However, he denied City were adopting a twin approach to their transfer policy, setting money aside for ‘galacticos’ such as Kaka, who could earn an eye-bulging £500,000 a week, while clawing back funds on less stratospheric deals.
“We are one team and one club,” he said.
“We are all working to the same end – trying to be successful on a regular basis.
“You do that by bringing good players to the club to supplement those we already have.
“It is not something that will happen overnight and we have to let people understand what we are trying to do and understand where this club will go in the next few years.
“Once they understand that and recognise the people driving it forward they will become excited by what we can offer.”
It may seem like the kind of statement that uses a lot of words to say nothing much, but merely by trying to get a true world star like Kaka, City are signalling an intent to go right to the very top of the game, not just in England but Europe as well.
geremi,lol seriously,mahahahhahahahhahahahhahaahhahaha
You do have to love Football Rumours as a website though. i go there everyday for a giggle. My fav today was this Beauty
Lorik Cana will fill the defensive void at arsenal, I know this because my brother is a taxi driver in Islington, and took him to the emirates! He mentioned that Wenger was giving him a tour of the stadium!
And this one
I work at london city airport and ive recently seen didier drogba traveling out to manchester with first team coach of man city Eddie Niedzwiecki.
i don’t think the owners of citeh see football as a business anyway… for them it is leisure.. and recognition.
it is just a game.. like Football Manager in real life.. a couple of billion dollars doesn’t hurt them at all!!
Ethan, Bergkamp
I know, but I thought exactly the same when I heard the Silvestre rumour. He has only just turned 30 so stranger things have happened. End of the day is he better than Song?
what site is this,it sounds good lol
geremi,i dunno ,he could be sing in disguise from what iv seen over the years
bergy
City are signalling intent ..
a largr fan base will follow monsour or what ever his name is will get his fame , and id say for him it isnt profitable …
think of you going too the movies with your wife or bird .. you buy popcorn and some candy ..
was it profitable ? hell NO !
but is it fun … yes ..
its like building up a collection .. of anything ! stamps model trains , what ever floats your boat .
this guy earns money pumping oil !very successfully obviously , .. he isnt here to make serious money.
he is here for the glamor , and the money he already earns is his vehicle .
what man doesnt want to own a football club ??
i rest my case …
http://www.football-rumours.co.uk/
Bergkamp. seriously you get some crackers on there. it is complete bullshit but you cant help smiling reading it.
i hear you ethan,this is like trainspotting ,except trainspotters spot the trains then buy models, these guys are spottin the players and buying them,like pieces of art, you know what though i seriously believe kaka should be the first footballer clone,soon they may start this studding rights in the football game lol
A good read this
How billionaires get a bang for their buck
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/simon_barnes/article5519073.ece
Right I am off to the Sack
looking forward to waking up to Milan Bag Ade for £40m in the papers in the morning.
Carlos Vela has been spotted at hotel in bristol. Signing on loan for city until the end of the season. Reported that Wilshere will join as well due to his love for fast flowing football.
100% true !!!!!
mahahhaha i love it pat
Instead of talking about city issues, why don’t AW concentrate on signing Ash before things going out of control.
laters pat,till next time pal,im off too,ethan have a good one mate
bergy
i heard romanov fled the Ukraine over some blood money deals .
he did a thaksin basically, ran off with the money ..
and is in exile …
he came here to improve his public profile .. thaksin did the same , to show themselves as business men and successful ones .. he is in the public eye and over time people start believing he is Innocent , and hasnt put a foot wrong in the UK …
its a way to rally support , a way to prove he didnt do anything wrong ..
thaksin did the same thing !
romanov didnt buy the chevs to make money , he came too bank role his blood money into
a business to effectively launder it !
as did thaksin
u cant trace money that was already spent !
i actually think it is pretty feasible – spurs re-igniting interest in Arshavin. Money seems to grow out of their asses.
it sure will be an embarassment if we lose out to the spuds on arshavin
Listen, I can understand why you guys wouldn’t believe me. Heck, I wouldn’t believe me.
But I have been told, all along, that there was very little chance of us ever getting a deal done for Arshavin, unless Zenit took an enormous reduction on their asking price, and at no point have they looked willing to do that. I’ve been open about my source all along, and been as clear as I can about where it is.
I got a call tonight though, and apparently this spurs deal is practically a lock – maybe even agreed in the summer.
We are not getting Arshavin.
pat- bergy
this is another one
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/
however this one seems more realistic ..
the paper talk part is my daily read
Jimbo..
you do know that you could either reach hero status or be taking the piss right with your comment on arshavin!!!
it wouldn’t surprise me if man shitty landed arshavin also !
jimbo arshavin can go for free in the summer….
The situation is – zenit want say 20 mil for arshavin
we only want to pay 10-14 mil
arshavin in the summer can go for free, so zenit will do everything they can this transfer window to get the 20 mil for him, but if they can’t get it, they HAVE to sell to us for 12 mil, or lose him for nothing, and not even have him in the meantime because he’s said he’s not going to play for zenit again. Whatever happens he’s being sold in this transfer window, the only threat to us is if another club comes in, and a proper club, arshavin would never consider going to spurs, he wants to leave to challenge himself at the top in western football, he’s leaving from a champions league team, trying to move up, not down
its like the robinho situation A… he left RM to join citeh!!
Arshavin just wants out.. he’ll go anywhere!!
A
its debatable if we can offer arshavin C.L football next season also !
Jimbo, i very much doubt anyone outside of AW, Ken Friar and Gazidis would know if he was going Spurs….and i have doubts that they would even be aware of which club it is.
If you tell me one of them 3 is your source i wont believe you.
it would be choy, if it wasn’t for his contract. if he just wanted out, and zenit didn’t want to sell him to us because city offered more, then the club would have all the power, however because he can just leave for no fee whatsoever in 6 months he has all the power, so can demand the club sell him to the club he wants to go to, as he won’t sign for city.
Then zenit have to choose between selling him for 12 mil now, or paying his wages whilst he sulks and possibly goes on strike, and then not getting a penny of a transfer fee
nah it’s not choy, i don’t think anyone seriously thinks we’re not gonna be comfortably there come the end of the season
No, it isn’t Gambon, and if you’d been here over the last few days you’d know where the source is.
You don’t have to believe me. But his move to Spurs is apparently practically done.
sorry ethan, not choy
jimbo does your source say the deal is agreed for the summer possibly, as in arshavin has signed a pre-contract agreement behind zenit’s back?
A.. if arshavin talks too much.. he might be shot!!!
Didn’t really say A, just something he mentioned briefly, said that it was practically wrapped up, and may have been on the card for quite a while.