After reading we had agreed a deal in principle for Cost Rican Joel Campbell yesterday it seems another Premier League club has nipped in and offered a bit more for him and the parents of the player are now having a re-think. It’s reported that a meeting was taking place yesterday evening and a decision will soon be made so watch this space.
Every paper is running with yet another update on the future of Cesc Fabregas, one suggests he is to plead with Arsene to let him go home, while others report that we are going to tell Barca they have two weeks to find £40 Million otherwise the door is closed and he stays at Arsenal.
I really hope the two-week story is true, I think everyone needs this one to be sorted out and by giving Barcelona a deadline will help everyone concerned, well, maybe not the player if his beloved hometown football club can’t raise the pennies.
Thomas Vermaelen has been talking about last season and how his preference is to stay central rather than fill in at left back since the departure of Clichy. He also wants a bit of competition back there to help bring out the best in him.
Last season was terrible for me, we had two weeks when we didn’t know what it was exactly but, after that, we had the right thing and we knew what it was.
If you know there’s somebody behind you and chasing you then the best comes out in you, It was so close last season. I believe in this team in how we play. We can win things with the way we play.
It’s hard to believe Vermaelen was out for so long, how did we cope??
Two other players are up for a bit of a fight to be top dog and that’s our two poles.
As we know, Fabianski started last season as our Number one but a nasty injury opened the door for Szczesny, a door he intends to not let close.
Lukasz has been training, working hard and has looked quite sharp as well, I’m sure it will be very good competition for me. Lukasz is my very good friend, we’ve been mates for a very long time but when it comes to football I don’t feel sorry for him.
If I can be number one with him being left on the bench then I won’t be sorry about that. I used to room with him at Legia Warsaw. But then he was first choice and I was third choice for Legia Warsaw and I hope we can be the other way around.
I feel I have a big chance to be the Arsenal number one and I’m going to do my best to convince the boss that I’m worthy of wearing the number one shirt.
I hope Fabianski has the same fight in him too, a battle for pole position between the posts can only be good for the team.
That’s it for today on a slow news day, have a good one and don’t forget:
Dispatches – How To Buy a Football Club is on Channel 4 at 8pm tonight, it sounds pretty interesting, there is a bit of a preview in the Daily Telegraph today if you are interested.
