Samir Nasri is now a Gunner(he's trading the neon orange for neon yellow. Wenger has been pursuing Nasri for months and now he has him at the price of £12 million. He is taking the number 8 jersey, of Ian Wright and Freddie Ljungberg fame, and would seem to be a good replacement for Hleb. Arsenal is not done in the transfer market, Wenger says they are a selling club due to building the Emirates and a number of high profile names seem likely to exit the club. While Arsenal have built the Emirates, Arsene has built a new club. When construction began in February 2004 Arsenal was in the midst of the first undefeated season in Premiership history. With reports that Gilberto is leaving for Panathanaikos, Kolo Toure and Gael Clichy will be the only players still remaining from that team. Wenger has sold those players to finance a younger team. He is still building that team with players like Huntelaar, Radamel Falcao and Amaury Bischoff being linked to the club. Now the question is if he can hold onto these players and if they can grow into a championship. There has never been a doubt in Wenger's ability to spot young talent, now he must show that he can turn it into trophies. If he can it will be a pleasure to watch North London football(soccer) next year.
In what I guess could be deemed Ronaldo news for the day, Carlos Quieroz is leaving Manchester United to coach the Portuguese national team(he's Portuguese). Quieroz was a controversial figure at Old Trafford. Many did not like his influence and blamed him for a move away from the classic 4-4-2 system. He has coached at Real Madrid and is a high profile number two, though surely not high in profile when compared with Alex Ferguson. There is definitely a Portuguese influence in the team with Ronaldo, Nani and Anderson. Last season definitely added to his CV(resume) and silenced his critics. It will be interesting to see what, if any, bearing this will have on the Ronaldo saga. Actually it probably won't be that interesting. Forget I mentioned it.
One Liners
- Despite Gunner interest Given says he's commited to Newcastle, everybody wonders why?
- N'Zogbia dreaming of Arsenal and Tottenham, apparently he sleeps well in North London
- Blatter says three countries are alternates for World Cup, we'll find out which one gets it in a year
- Liverpool gets Brazilian keeper, expect Scott Carson and a sack of sugar to be used to sweeten Barry offer
- Beckham says Ronaldo has a tough choice ahead, world shocked to hear another opinion on the matter
