In a deal worth a reputed £25m, Nasri is the second high profile player to walk out of Arsenal within the week, after Cesc Fabregas moved to Barcelona. It remains to be seen who the Gunners will bring in to replace the player, but a deal must be done soon with the transfer deadline fast approaching.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger stated:
]]>“We’ll see what we can do – we are working very hard on the transfer market,”
Since being ‘forced’ to don a Barcelona shirt after Spain’s triumph in the 2010 World Cup, it was only a matter of time before Fabregas joined the Catalan giants. And after much lingering transfer speculation and a hastily arranged medical last night the deal was sealed.
It seems much of the dilly dallying was due to the complexity of the deal which will see Fabregas himself contributing to the transfer fee to the tune of 1m Euros. We hope Fabregas does well at the club he played for as a boy.
]]>The winger had made a slow start to his Man-u career since joining the Champions from Vitoria de Guimaraes in 2010. He had actually been sent to Besiktas on a season long loan deal in June to get the player some experience and match fitness, something he won’t now be able to do.
The player is expected to have surgery on the injured knee as soon as both clubs decide where his rehabilitation should take place.
]]>WESLEY SNEIJER SIGNS FOR MANCHESTER…
Ok, we admit, we don’t know which Manchester team he has signed for yet, but as the most talked about transfer of the summer keeps rolling on we ask ourselves why is he such hot property at the moment?
In 2010, the attacking midfielder was named by UEFA as the midfielder of the season and by Fifa as one of the best three midfielders in the world in the same year. He’s also a dead-ball specialist with some of his best goals coming from free kicks. He’s also scored 84 goals from 326 games, not a bad tally for a midfielder.
Which Manchester team will he join? We’ll have to wait and see.
]]>This time he’s being accused of shooting, with an air rifle, a work placement student at the clubs training ground.
I don’t know if it’s just me but I’m really not surprised that it’s Cole who’s involved in such a claim. I mean, who else would take an air rifle to training with them? What the hell was he thinking?
The incident is being dealt with by Chelsea themselves and they refuse to comment further because it’s an “internal matter”.
The student is apparently studying sports science and is on a one year work placement at Chelsea and was shot, accidentally, in the side with a lead bullet. It is reported that Ashley Cole didn’t know that the gun was loaded!!
Would it be harsh to call the Police, lock him up and throw away the key? In my opinion the world would be a better place.
]]>Their centre midfield just doesn’t seem to be doing what you would expect of a top club. Michael Carrick looks as though his best days are already behind him whilst Darren Fletcher has a great engine but his passing will hardly open an unlocked door. Then there’s Paul Scholes who is unfortunately coming towards the end of his career.
I have recently read that Fergie will look to freshen up the middle of the park by trying to buy Luka Modric, Jack Rodwell and Ashley Young. I really hope that this is the case because Modric would be perfect for the reds whilst Rodwell looks like he’s going to be an amazing player.
So we could be saying buy to injury prone Owen Hargreaves at last. Although he’s a great player he hasn’t played for two years.
Spend some money Fergie.
]]>It’s a strange decision by a radio station where some of it’s current presenters have actually criticized the remarks made by Gray and Keys.
Andy Gray and Richard Keys probably see this as a platform to re-start their pundit careers and make amends for their behaviour. Only time will tell. ]]>
It was good news for some and bad news for the rest when Gary Neville announced his retirement, with immediate effect, on Wednesday.
Whether you hate him or not you can’t deny that he’s been one of the best, if not the best, English right backs of his generation. His record speaks for itself with 602 appearances, since his debut1992, for Manchester United and 85 caps for England.
During his career at Manchester United Neville picked up eight Premier League winners medals, one Champions League medal and three FA Cup medals.
He has been a United fan all his life and was part of famous 1992 FA Youth Cup winners side which included David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil Neville and Nicky Butt.
It’s now rumoured that he will either take over from Andy Gray on Sky Sports or taking a coaching role at Manchester United. If he was to front Sky Sports I think that Sky might lose a lot viewers!!
All the best Gary you’re a United legend.
]]>The British transfer record was brought broken twice in a very short space of time with Liverpool and Chelsea being the guilty clubs.
Liverpool were the first to break the record at around 5:45pm when they announced that they had agreed a fee of £35million with Newcastle United for striker Andy Carroll. This then enabled the Merseyside club to accept the £50million bid Chelsea had offered for Fernando Torres, after he had handed in a transfer request at the weekend.
I still can’t believe that Liverpool have paid so much for a striker who’s only played half a season in the Premiership and has yet to really prove himself. Whereas I’m not surprised Chelsea were willing to pay £50million for a Torres because he’s a world class player who looked like he didn’t really want to be at Liverpool anymore.
I just hope he doesn’t help Chelsea stop United from winning the title!
The decision was made by the clubs new Indian owners, the Venky’s Group, who have been in control for less than a month following their £23m takeover. They have said that they will look to appoint a British manager but would consider a foreign coach if it was the right person. In the meantime first team coach Steve Kean will handle the responsibility.
Blackburn’s players were shocked and outraged by the decision and felt that it was completely undeserved. However, the team has lost three of its last five games including a 7-1 defeat to Manchester United and they have slipped closer to the relegation zone.
As well as the clubs recent form it has been reported that there has been a bust up between Allardyce and the new owners regarding January transfer targets.
The favourites to be the new manager are Martin O’Neil, Alan Shearer, Alan Curbishley and Martin Jol.
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