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Adebayor seems to think he’s worth as much money as Thierry Henry for some strange reason, he compares himself with Arsenal’s record goalscorer, the man who regularly netted 30 plus goal a season, the man who never missed a chance, the double footballer of the year, the man who will end up as Arsenal’s best ever player, and this delusional, greedy dimwiited twit from Togo thinks he’s on the same level - Jesuuuus!

Bit like someone who thinks he just won an election in Zimbabwe, mentally ill, delusional or a bit of both?

Arsene, you came out and said what you should have done, so well done for digging your heels in, but take the money or put the disrespectful, ungrateful nobody in the reserves for a season.

He will undermine team spirit, teach him a lesson and Bendtner will be twice the player next season, and on that note, he’s very quiet isn’t he? I bet he’s loving this!

Finally boss, you need to know we will never forgive him for this, never. He is finished with the fans.

Other news now as I really can’t stand talking about this ingrate anymore, Huntelaar has now told Ajax he won’t sign a contract and rumours abound, but I can’t see us going for him, I would prefer him to Santa Cruz but he’s not the big bugger he’d be replacing is he? Eto’o is a great goalscorer but the question is why are Barca letting him go and Gomez, who freely scores in Germany is being touted but hasn’t shone in the Euros, so I’m not so sure about him either, not a lot to get excited about then.

I read on the blog that the Ben Arfa deal hasn’t been done yet, anyone for him? It would explain why we haven’t signed Nasri yet, wouldn’t it?

Tonight is the last night of the Euros and a final chance to see the great Cesc Fabregas triump over the mechanical Germans, I hope he has a blinder because we need something to cheer about after listening to the ravings of a nutter all week, also this marks the start of real Arsenal business, or it should, if we don’t have our new signings in place by pre season I think we’ll be missing a trick or two.

It seems the money issues are coming home to roost with news that Liverpool and Madrid have to sell before they can buy, so maybe the Barry deal is not yet done? Man City though are doing a Chelsea, and Chelsea are about to do a Chelsea, so we need to have all of our squad in place soon.

Happy Domingo Grovers, tomorrow it begins in ernest.

So after a month of rumour and speculation Adebayor finally came out and said what we all wanted to hear, that he was staying, then in the same interview he said many other clubs were after him and he will decide where he goes next week. He’ll decide!!!

Many have been upset by this behaviour, indeed many are just plain angry, what he did was to raise everyones hopes, then dash them in the next breath, Togonator or Togotwat?

I’m going for the bit that ended in twat so here’s my view, I think he’s easily led, why? Because he has never had to learn how to behave or what to say to an adoring public, that he doesn’t really understand what a contract means, he really isn’t that bright, I also think the interviewer led him to say what he said, that said I don’t want to see the greedy arrogant tosser in an Arsenal shirt again, I would like to see Arsene stop pandering to these mercenaries and send out a message.

Ade had one good season in a team that created more chances than any other, see what he’s like at another team, he wasn’t that impressive at Monaco was he? How many of you got excited when we signed him?

Cesc loves the club and tells us he’s staying, Ade and Hleb clearly don’t, so should either rot in the stiffs or be sold for the max and be done with it.

I had enough of them, bring in someone that would want to play for the Arsenal, go after Micah Richards, he supports the Arsenal, he would love it if we bought him and so would we.

Yesterdays behaviour was cruel and uneccessary and even if he stays I will never like him again, or Hleb.

Onto better and happier news, Theo has been given the untouchable number 14, fantastic news, if anyone can do that proud, it’s Theo, I really, really rate this kid and think he will be a revelation this season, I hope Thierry comes out and says something, that would be a nice touch.

So just when we thought the speculation would stop, it begins again. This does nothing other than make our club look stupid and when rotten apples do that, they have to be discarded before it affects the whole barrel.

However he will need to bring in better or the team will be affected and I really don’t want another season like we just had, so I hope the boss has something in mind other than Ramsey.

Gilberto is a legend and should be kept, at the end of the season I think he was back to his best, but his loyalty is appreciated and should be rewarded. It seems to be a rarity these days at the Arsenal.

David Dein pops up again to say we need Usmanov’s money and we’re being left behind by the top 3 and Tottenham because we don’t or won’t spend, I wonder what his best mate Wenger says to him when they go out for a couple of pints.

Imagine…

DD - ‘Arsene you need to spend £70 million on star players’

AW - ‘No I don’t’

That would be a short and interesting conversation wouldn’t it?

Thanks to Minsk Gunner for providing the link… (In Russian!)

We thought we’d get this out early… so a rare night post from Le Grove!

Read on!

Tell me straight, why do you want to leave Arsenal? After all, they are a great club, always the leaders, this year they were the strongest in the league until they capitulated in the Premier League.

Is it only money that is the problem? Is working for a club that pays crap money the problem?

In life, everything changes. I believe that in world football there is 10 top clubs, and when a couple of those clubs are interested in you and they offer better terms, you have to listen. But Arsenal have helped me, I am grateful to Wenger for what he did for me.

Alexander, what club will you play for next season?

I still do not know myself yet. I am in Negotiations with 2 clubs. In the near future, everything must decide. I commend the “Barcelona” offer.

How do you feel about head coach, Arsene Wenger?

I talked with Arsene twice before the end of the season. I am also not so easy to shy away from this club, because for me it is home. I think he is upset. Although you better ask him, suddenly he was less than pleased.

How do you feel about Inter and the Russians?

Honestly, I would not like to talk critically about Inter. I do not know what happened. The chances have increased for all Belarussian players. If we are coming into contact with World Cup, the chances increase many times over. Russians have been great - they spent two cool games (with Sweden and Holland) and now all the players have a lot of offers from foreign clubs. Therefore, I repeat, everything depends on us.

Do you have a deteriorated personal relationship with Wenger after you spoke in Milan?

There was not nothing. It is not all so bleak. This is all nonsense… Some ice cream was eaten…. Basically, I just gave them tickets, because my son Nicholas Shpilevskogo agent arrived at the game, I passed through these people and gave my friends tickets. This does not mean I have been offered to Inter.  I have a normal relationship with Wenger.

Maybe if Arsenal sell Adebayor, and buy Arshavin, you will stay?

He is a very cool and talented football player. He has all the ingredients to become great. I would advise “Arsenal” not to sell. Arshavin has so many proposals. I always liked watching him. Sometimes he did not know how good he was, I had a feeling that he would shine… I think that every club will want him which is good. Players with such class should be in the Premiership. Maybe we will find them in one of our clubs this season. This is possible. Let’s see.

Already this year Arsenal are in a strong position, they are a forward-looking team aspiring to much greatness, but they remain without a trophy, what’s the reason?

This season “Arsenal” lacked confidence, or something. A recession. Even though it is hard to explain. After Eduardo broken leg and had a fracture, we lost the advantage.

Who is your idol?

I have one Idol - Zidane. Since he ended his career, I have two players that I liked very much, Messi and Fabregas.

I think this is still a very young team and they lacked the class.

Make of that what you will… but the comment, ‘What he did for me’ says a lot!

Enjoy your evening!

Anyone watching last nights game were witnessing the emergence of the new best player on the planet, he changed the game, he worked his magic like no-one has in this championships, he was simply awesome.

Well done Cesc, you made us proud and very glad you play for the Arsenal. Arse shavin on the other hand did his best to get his transfer value down, I had to check to see if he was still on the pitch.

I expect Cesc will get a long break and may well miss the early pre season, just as well we don’t have any Germans or any more Spanish players in our team.

Pay him what he wants boss, but having said that, you probably already do, but don’t give Ade any more, he agreed a deal last year, make him understand what a contract is or sell him, I wonder if Robin or Tomas offered to pay Arsenal back any money for their inactivity? We know the answer of course, but that’s why we have contracts, if you happen to play well you can’t go back for more - any more than you can do the opposite should you have a shit season.

Players must respect contracts, if they don’t we’ll have football’s version of anarchy, if of course we don’t already.

A lot has been written on Ade and should we replace him if he leaves, but I don’t think Wenger will, he has Vela and that I think will be enough for him.

My fear is the centerback situation, I think we are in dire need of a good centre half if not two and Wenger’s stubborness is worrying, if we strengthened up at the back, we’d beat anyone, a fit Robin up top will tear the chavs and the mancs a new arsehole, but with Phil and Gallas at the back we always run the risk of conceding a soft goal, so I’m going to be controversial today and say we don’t necessarily need to replace Ade but we do need to shore up at the back.

I would replace Ade by the way, I’m just saying I don’t think he will, I just hope if he does it’s a Podolski or a Benzema and not a Martens or a Crouch.

I know you don’t always listen to us Arsene, but I think you should on the defensive worries.

If there is any justice in football then a big win for the Spanish is on the cards, but as we all know at Arsenal, it doesn’t always work out like that, does it?

According to Britains biggest selling paper, the Sun, Ade is demanding £125k a week and Peter Crouch, the athletic Liverpool front man and part time mime artist, is being lined up as his successor.

Super agent Morabito confirms Ade will be sold when we have a replacement and Santa Cruz, Crouch and Mario Gomez are being considered, how does he know that then? What a load of cobblers.

I would like to say that is the funniest transfer rumour ever to have been written, but at the same time I find it scary, scary and I had to sleep with the light on last night.

In a Cesc interview he says when asked about Ade and Hleb ‘I am not so sure about Hleb, you know. But it doesn’t matter what will happen, we are a strong team and we have to trust the manager in the decisions he is about to take’

That says Ade is going doesn’t it? Other rumours say that we are after Silva and Benzema, that prospect is altogether more interesting, however Arshavin has come out and said he supports Barca and wants to go there, so as far as I’m concerned, leave well alone, don’t go after another who doesn’t want to join us.

I don’t understand why Ade had all the pictures done in the new kit if he wanted out, it has to be that they were shot when he still wanted to be an Arsenal player, so Milan obviously turned his head, we should take them to FIFA and get £20 million off them, they would think twice before doing that again wouldn’t they?

Anyway if they don’t have the money how can they afford his wages? And if they paid him those wages, how would the other Milan players feel about that? it’s all a bit strange, but I so wish Wenger would come out and speak.

I know we’re all complaining that we have signed no-one, but nor has anyone else really, not even the European teams, so perhaps next week when Wenger gets back it will all start to happen, or maybe the reason the others haven’t bought yet is because they have no money.

The final rumour is about Robinho, but as far as I’m conncerned he had his chance, twice, so leave well alone. Besides, we’ve got Rosicky haven’t we!

At least do one thing for us Arsene, deny the Crouch rumours!

Have a great day Grovers, see you in the comments section.

P.S. We’d like to know your thoughts on a Le Grove fantasy league this season? We are thinking about setting one up with the telegraph and we’d like to guauge the interest!

So pay up or bugger off is the message from born again Arsene Wenger, he’s finally shown his hand which says ’show us your money’. Good for him, if we get it we could go after anyone we want, imagine!

We are hot on the heels of Silva the Spanish winger, Nasri’s gone cold and that would leave a hole for a proven goalscorer, but what if he doesn’t? That’s my fear, he sold Henry (He left a year today) and Freddie last season and neither were replaced, with Vela coming in and Eduardo coming back, what if he feels we have enough, don’t forget Eduardo wasn’t signed as an Henry replacement, groundhog day anyone?

Good news was to hear Cesc saying he’s going nowhere and the same from Gael Clichy, how refreshing to hear that some of our players want to stay, so on that note Adebayor and Hleb can just go, get what we can and replace them with quality, effective goalscorers, so maybe Arshavin, Silva, Diego, Diogo but please reconsider the centerback situation boss, we really need a quality stopper as Gallas has had it and Senderos isn’t good enough, surely you can see what us and the rest of the footballing world can.

Finally I would really turn the screw with Barca and Milan and say if you want our players we want yours, try it for christs sake, do unto others, they have players we covet, they don’t have the money so take hardball to the next level.

Another good day on the comments section Grovers, at least we all know what to do even if ‘you know who doesn’t’ …or does he?

Arsenals Press officer for the last month…

The has, he hasn’t he Nasri saga is so boring now it’s boring, if that makes sense. What is it that takes so long? It’s like mental torture being an Arsenal fan, why doesn’t the Arsenal management team say something, Wenger was quick to say he wasn’t after a defender?

Milan seem to have conceded defeat in their pursuit of Ade,

“If a player is at the end of his contract, then his wishes are important but if he has a while to go on his contract and the club who own him say no, then it’s no. At the moment it is no. When a club says their player is indispensable, there is not a lot that can be done.”

Galliani claimed that Italian teams can’t offer half of what English clubs can… makes you wonder what how they snared Flamini?

Reports that we are looking at Silva the Spanish winger, is this another wait for Hleb to jump? Again Wenger should move to quell these stories or end them by selling the said offenders.

If Ronaldo goes to Madrid, reports are they’ll have to sell up to six players, we should move for Sneijeder now, let him know we want him, not Robinho, he turned us down twice and I feel he’ll go in an exchange deal for Ronaldo.

Interesting that none of the young ‘uns have been given squad numbers save Ramsay, I think Theo should get number 8 but as he hasn’t I suspect Nasri is coming and will.

The only good thing about this window is you lot, yes the Grovers, the comments section contiinues to keep all our spirits up so well done the team, see you on there, if we get any news I will re-post.

Have a great day!

Cesc Fabregas finally finished of the cheating Italians, so well done Cesc, you revenged the Flamster and we salute you! Villa didn’t have his best game but nor did Torres so I wouldn’t read too much into that performance, the only mystery is why Cesc comes on as sub when he’s their best player.

It seems that if Adebayor goes, the replacement will be basement buy Santa Cruz, or at least that’s the way it’s looking, if Hleb goes don’t expect Arshavin as he is 27 and only 3 years off being sold to Villareal or West Ham united.

Nasri has still not signed and to be honest I’m getting a little bored and starting to think Ben Afra, perhaps it was him all along.

We welcomed a lot of new people to the site yesterday and only had two AKB’s all weekend, perhaps they’re finally getting the message, who knows!

We need a signing quickly and we need to sign at least 3 players to replace what we may be losing, then there are the players we were short of last year so that means 6, Ramsey will count for one so that leaves 5.

We need them in sharpish as pre season begins in less than a fortnight. Perhaps today? maybe tomorrow, either way it won’t stop us debating will it?

Have a good week Grovers, let’s hope Wenger does too!

Let me explain, you are all thinking Arsene has lost the plot and we should be employing Gus Hiddink right? And that his intransigence at being abroad commentating instead of dealing with club issues is the equivalent of Nero fiddling whilst Rome burned.

And Adebayor and Hleb must be respected if they want to leave for more money and what we want doesn’t count for shit as we’re just stupid sheep like fans.

That he said we didn’t need a centerback was the worlds biggest denial since the naked emperor paraded his birthday suit, well let me tell you why you’re all wrong.

Arsenal, the official magazine has listed 10 potential transfer targets, amongst them are Akinfeev, Van der Vaart and Ruben de la Red.

The three wise men Charlie George, Kenny Sansom and Lee Dixon have all said that Wenger has spoken of a new centerback as a priority and have named Richard Dunne and Micah Richards as targets.

Charlie even went on to say we should never have let Diarra go, so all you AKB’s out there, go and buy the Arsenal magazine, June issue and burn it, because three of my all time heroes agree with Le Grove.

Now surely the Official Arsenal magazine is like Arsenal.com and isn’t allowed to say anything without the managers say so? So it must be true, eh?

So we all agree that we need to sign at least 3 players, make an example of Hleb and Ade and stick them in the stiffs, sign Micah Richards and tell Howard Hughes that he doesn’t own our club, we do, and we are fed up with selling our crown jewels and buying babies.

It’s time to step up Arsene, no wonder Nasri hasn’t signed, he doesn’t know how many players we’ll have by the time he gets here.

Stand up to players and other clubs boss, we need you to act like the Arsenal manager and not a recluse that builds shitty aircraft that take forever and never get finished.

Don’t be a Goose, be a leader, a strong one that doesn’t take shit from all the big clubs and all the players you nurtured.

For those who haven’t a clue what I mean, the Goose was the worlds most expensive seaplane built by the worlds maddest man, it took forever, it cost billions and was never used, sound familiar?

Happy domingo Grovers, Pedro’s birthday comments were memorable yesterday, let’s hope the boss reads this. It’s last chance saloon this week to sign some decent players. 

I have written a happy post below. I normally write my stuff in the morning and as it has been a no news month I thought it would be a safe bet! Well… how wrong was I!

Arsenal are rumoured to be flogging Adebayor for £23million. If this is true, you would have to think it is becuase Ade has asked for £80k… Barca have offered £23million… and Arsene doesn’t believe in him. I point you towards a quote a cannot find so I will lossely base the below comments around a real life interview I read on Arsenal.com…

‘If you’d have told me Ade would score 30 goals at the start of the seaosn, I would not have believed you. I did not think half. He has been tremedous’.

I think the fact that most Arsenal fans are happy with the sort of cash on offer says a lot. Are we becoming too dependent on long balls to Ade, does he fit in with Arsenal football, can he replicate his form, is Wenger about to mug Barca for the 5th time?

Only time will tell, but I hope this is the last of the exits and I hope the replacement is Villa/Eto’o/Somebodyworldclass… becuase Cesc is going to wonder what the hell is going on otherwise! As are the fans!

Onto my original post… enjoy and remember I wrote it yesterday!

I thought Geoff was being gross when he said he’d put Seaman in my Cake

So it’s my Birthday… yes it’s the longest day of the year (Summer solstice)… Yes my mum says I am special because of it… but you all knew that anyway right?

Just kidding.

So how can I relate this to Arsenal and make you all as happy as I am today? Well… let’s compare how we felt last year, to how we feel now!

Start every sentence with ‘A year ago…‘

• I was confidently predicting Thierry Henry would not be moving clubs, he was a massive Gooner… no way would he leave! A year on… we have a new striker who has scored 30 goals who I am confidently going to predict wont leave!
• If you’d told me Ade would score 30 goals, I would have laughed you out of town and probably called you a very bad word.
• Usmanov sounded like a Ukrainian Left back Chelsea were going to sign for £20million. Now he is Arsenal’s biggest shareholder!
• Dein was untouchable… Now he is the Chelsea left backs bitch.
• Ronaldo was a Manc cunt… A year on he is a Madrid Cunt.
• We were skint… A year on… we’re still skint.
• Hleb was crap. Many Gooner sites wanted him out. A year on, Hlebs agent wants him out!
• Flamini was an average player who had no chance at the first team. Now he is plying his trade as Milan’s left back.
• We all thought Willy G would be leaving and Gilberto would be our new captain. A year later, Willy G is our Captain and Berto might be off!
• We thought Eboue was our weak point and we would never replace Lauren. Now we have the best right back in the prem.
• We thought Cesc was a true gooner, now we know he is!
• We thought we’d struggle next season. Now we know we are very close!
• We thought RvP was going to set the Prem on fire… Now we know he was planning it this season instead!
• We doubted Clichy’s fitness. Now we know he was the only player to complete 50 games for us.
• We didn’t really have any hope… now we have hope by the bucket load!

It’s not so bad chaps, with the right signings and a bit of luck… we could be immense this season!

Have a ripping Day!