Cesc..Mata and the 'Almosts'

Ayeiya....
So finally the Cesc trilogy has hit a high..if you haven't heard it by now,welcome back to earth! Don't expect me to update you.. I'll say one thing though..this is business,if those cunts cant come up with what we are asking for..they can go shove Pedro and Busqets up there! An interesting development came up yesterday..when Madrid were said to have bid 50M pounds. Now I don't know if it's true but if it is..Cesc should be in Madrid for a medical lol!. What am trying to say is that if he leaves he right now,it should be at our own terms..I think I've said more than one thing there!

Another who looks like hitting the exit door is Gael Clichy! Initially I was nearly over the moon when I read this story..but I looked at his stats..then I could bearly get over a vitz! Look at this..http://www.anfieldindex.com/2685/liverpool-fc-transfer-scouting-stats-left-backs.html a comparison between him,Enrique,Baines,Cashley and Evra!

Last season He made 111 tackles..with an 81% success rate,the highest in the league.He made 110 interceptions an average of 3.2 per game.He's made 1 defensive error in his 2970 minutes played.
Now that is impressive,but at the back of your mind that is if you are anything like me..you cant shake off the image of Clichy being skinned by Nani or him giving away the ball at the corner flag leading to a goal or a poor clearance. This is still the image I have of Clichy..a very big contrast to what I had when he replaced Cashley..

Then he was 'The Fucking Hawk!" intercepting passes with precission,tackling like he was defending his wife..making foward runs like he was running towards a clande! One thing he couldn't replace in Cashley was and is the goals. Have you seen the attacking stats? He has scored 1 goal in his Arsenal career that is 187 appearances..despite this during his peak,he was voted best LB in the league..but then when he slumped..Woi! Looking at this,I say we should let him go if and only if we get a solid replacement..and don't tell me that we have Gibbs! This replacement in my eyes is Leighton Baines! He scores goals..brings a load of experience and should be pretty cheap!

Now to something that is getting really frustrating..our Entry door! It is like the kaos with their 'no vaa' phrase.for those who don't get me..the kambas are originally long distance traders..the 'noo vaa' is kao for 'it's just here' (loosely translated to it's very close!) if a kao tells you this..take a donkey (there are no cars in ukambani) cause you are going to have the longest walk of your life! Enough with the cultural lesson now where were we? Oh yeah..the transfers. I have been telling you that we are close to signing Alvarez,Cahill,Samba and Gervinho I guess I was looking at it with my Kao eyes (yes I am)..though Jenkinson did come through.This is my new approach,we are close to signing no one!
It really worries me the way we are dragging our feet..for two main reasoons :
1. Our fixtures..especially the small bit of a champions league qualifier. Pre-season is in less than a week,we need our new signings to blend in and fast!Thus the need for them to be with us during the pre season games.
2. With our rigid financial policies,the more we drag our feet the more the chances of Man city,Madrid,Chelsea e.t.c will swoop in and hijack the deal with double the amount we are offering!
It would surprise me if Mr.Bean doesn't already know this.

Juan Mata..apparently this is the guy to replace Cesc,though I think we already have a potential replacement in Nasri and or Rambo (I am doing a whole post on 'The Cesc succession" so no need to dive in now). Juan Mata (Valencia) 23 years old plays C.a.m or Winger. Very skillfull just watch what he did to poor Pique..chobo tu!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm4tsmNlmUQ
He says he wants to win something with Valencia..I don't know if that is going to happen any time soon as long as Valencia are playing the same league with the Cunts and Madrid. This doesn't worry me much,looking at Valencia's financial state,they'll look to cash in on him..like they did with Villa and Silva last season! My biggest concern is that he started at the Real Madrid academy went to their B team before leaving for Valencia. How long till we hear 'He has Madrid D.N.A?' He is a good prospect,would love to have him but eeehhhh No thank you!

Now remember when I wrote my summer wish list? And I left the striker part blank..well now I have him! (drum rolls) Romelu Lukaku.This kid is ddyyynaMITE! Plays for Belgian club Anderlecht,18 years old but his physique can only be rivaled by that of J.E.T (Jay Emmanuel Thomas). This is a goal machine in every sense of the word  He played for Lierse from 2004 until 2006,scoring 121 goals in (hold on to your seats for this)....68 games.He was in negotiations with Chelsea but with Boas going there,you know he'll prefer Falcao to him. Now this is where we get in..Rumours are that we are ready to fork out 18M pounds for him!
I'd be the happiest bugger in town if this goes down..and he is Belgian so expect the Verminator to have a word or two with the kid! Fingers crossed..

Finally..If you wanted confirmation of at what a pile of junk we have as 'players' and no not all of them..just look at Denilson,Bendtner and Almunia..After poor Denilson played smart and said he's leaving,I think he expected a crowd of clubs knocking at his door for his services but oooohhh Wapi? Nothing! That goes for Bendtner too..though it is said that he had attracted a certain german club who have denied any interest in the Dane. Now what is happening with Almunia? He doesn't think that he's staying here..maybe as a cleaner! Hata Sofapaka jamani...
 With that..As we were gooners
Kwaherini!

Gervinho,Cahill,Samba,Cesc,Nasri all the way to Nwankwo Kanu!

Let's kick off with what seems to be the imminent arrival of one Gervinho from Lille.Some sources say he's going to be announced as soon as this weekend,I think I am safe hanging my neck out and saying we already have him..what with his club president already saying that we are in talks with him! Its just a matter of when rather than if..When he does sign,he will be a great addition to our right wing,with the lack of out and out wingers that we have..his arrival might finally allow F1 piki piki to play as a central striker..though I dont see his diminutive figure coping well with the likes of Vidic,you have to say his pace will frighten any defence on any day!


Next up..reports have it that we are going for both Cahill and Samba. According to  Goal.com  we are bidding for both at a total of 24M pounds. I'd be very happy if we could get both,but I don't think we will. This is just a clever way to stabilize the prices..kinda like we did when we signed Nasri..we had bids for him and Ben Arfa.The idea is to show the other club that we have other options..pretty cunning!
Add to this news that Squillaci might be on his way out...YIPPEEE!! We'd have the personel to make this a water tight defence..with the right training and systems of course.

Christopher Samba.

Gary Cahill.

King Cobra (Nasri) has finally seen the light,he's back to the negotiating table.I take this as a positive sign that he wants to stay..and I think he will do just that! His Agent had this to say..

"I want to clarify that there has been no break with the Gunners over the contract renewal and we should meet again soon with Arsene Wenger.
There are a few clubs interested in Samir, but it is useless to name them. Before listening to other teams, we need and we want to talk with Arsenal."

Mr.Bean has a way with his words..remember Cesc and his 'greatest talk I've ever had' last summer... now you see why am confident he's staying.

Cesc finally spoke out,he was at Madrid launching some product that I don't remember but he said..
 "I am an Arsenal player. I have been very happy for eight years and I am very happy. There have been no decisions."
He went on to talk about our kadrought..quite honestly if I may add..
"A player who is not frustrated at not winning titles is either lying to himself or lacks ambition," he said.
He then said that any decision on his future would come from Mr.Bean..
"He (Mr.Bean) is the boss and makes the decisions,"."You should ask him. I haven't seen him for six weeks."
 Now from where am seated El Capitan is not going anywhere. Not anytime soon..

It's been silent on the Alvarez front..that means one of two things. We already have him and are just waiting for a date to announce it..or we have gone cold for one reason or the other. From what I hear,the 12M price tag is abit too much for a player who would need a lot of paper work and adapting to the Epl..makes sense to me.
We have a bid in for Willian (Shaktar Donesk)..12M (What's with this 12M..we are bidding the same for everyone!) I really pray that this one goes through..fingers crossed!

Now to my little scoop..Patrick Vieira has been released by the Mancs..I think we should get him..am not yet sure where we'd fit him but he should be useful..I mean we signed Campbell and Lehman..surely This steam engine is better than the two. Even as a coach or a mentor,I don't know just get him!!
Oh..and before I forget Mad Jens has been let go.. :( so I guess we will be looking for a keeper,though we have Mannone somewhere!
While Mr.Bean is getting Vieira,he should pick up Hleb..no not sign him,just to talk to Cesc and Nasri on the consequences of leaving!

Before I leave..a story that I feel did not get as much coverage as it deserves. Especially from the gooner world..One of the greatest players to put on the red and white..Nwankwo Kanu had his testimonial this week in Lagos,after 16 years doing duty for the super Eagles..Fittingly it was graced by the African greats the likes of  Samuel Eto'o, Emmanuel Adebayor, Sulley Muntari, Rigobert Song,Emmanuel Eboue,Jean Makoun, Khalilou Fadiga, Anthony Baffoe, Jay-Jay Okocha, Sammy Kuffour, George Boateng, Joseph Yobo,Taye Taiwo, Herman Hreidarsson,Obinna Nsofor,Michael Essien, Kolo Toure, Stephen Appiah, Kalusha Bwalya, John Utaka, Finidi George, Mutiu Adepoju, Obinna Nwaneri, Yakubu Ayegbeni, Elderson Echiejile, Onyekachi Okonkwo, Raphael Chukwu, Daniel Amokachi, Uche Okechukwu and Ogbonnaya Kanu. It was a Super Eagles vs World XI..the Nigerians won 3-1 with Kanu netting the first goal..I'd like to pick out what Eto'o said..
"Kanu is undoubtedly the most recognised, successful and talented footballer I have ever seen on the field,"

"It was not hard to honour him by travelling down because he is an icon of the African game and we must honour him.

"After playing against him, I was honoured and today I came here to show how much we respect and appreciate his achievement, inspiration, motivation and charitable gesture."

Beating Snr.Song as he has done over and over again!

The players after the game.

Kwisha...(I have my new slogan!)

Carl Jenkinson

“Arsenal Football Club is delighted to announce that promising defender Carl Jenkinson, 19, has arrived from League One side Charlton Athletic. His signing was confirmed as young Gunners Benik Afobe, Chuks Aneke and Oguzhan Ozaykup also pledged their futures to the Club.
“Jenkinson joins Arsenal having featured nine times for Charlton Athletic’s first team. Predominantly a right-back, the 6’1″ youngster can also play in the centre of defence.
“Everyone at Arsenal would like to welcome Carl to the Club and look forward to the continued progression of all four players in the years to come.”

First a Warm Welcome to Mr.Jenkinson. So we make our first signing.... Oh that was the official statement from the Club if you haven't noticed by now...Before I tell you who he is..let me say am happy and not so happy. Happy because we signed a player,not so happy that it is the same kind of players we sign every year..players with POTENTIAL,yet we expect different results. Lets look at some of those potentials..Denilson,Bendtner,Diaby,Clichy and the list goes on..all who have turned out so far to be average at best! Maybe he'll turn out different like Cesc,Jack or the handful of fulfilled potential we have! The word is maybe..I dont think we have the luxury of making such risks,but then again there is no guarantee that if we sign an experienced and proven player he'll carry on with his form here...look at Squillaci (was he proven?). So when you look at it like that I guess you understand how fucked up it is to be a manager.

Since the news broke out yesterday,there have been mixed reactions..especially coupled with the news that Manure are to snap up Phil Jones! Like most of you I'd prefer Jones to Carl,though they are of the same age..Jones has Premier league experience. I'd like to clear up something,most of you were complaining that Mr.Bean made no effort to get Jones..Wrong! We made an equal bid with Manure 16 million pounds..Wenger even made time from his french T.v schedule to meet with the kid..if that's not effort I dont know what is! The lad just chose Manure over us..kinda like Rambo chose us over them..also note that the 16M would have been a club record,now I dont know about you but that shows me intent!

So who is Carl Jenkinson?
Popularly known as Carlo at Charlton,Jenkinson was born 8 February 1992,in Harlow England but he plays for Finland..his mother being Finnish! As you read he is 6ft 1 inch..not bad for a 19 year old defender!
Jenkinson made his debut for Charlton aganist Brentford  in December 2010, playing at right-back.He's played for Finland at U-19. Last year he went on loan to Eastbourne Borough semi-professional club,for a month November - December where he made 4 appearances! In total that is 13..there's not much about this lad,but I do hope that he turns out good!
"He's got rare technique for an Englishman, and even more so for a defender, he's tall, quick, can play all     across the back four and as a holding midfielder (according to Young Guns), and is a die-hard Gooner.   What's not to like?" (Ricky1985 on the Arsenal-Mania Forum)  

My biggest worry is..since Carl is a right back,this could spell doom for my main man Eboue! If you know me,I like Eboue,alot more as a character to the team,than as a player.He never complains,he loves this club and you feel he has a special bond with everybody on the team..you can tell by how he celebrates every goal it's as if he scored..(do you remember after the carling cup final?) Every player seems to mention him as the team's character! He also brings the experience we so need! Mr.Bean should keep him for the above reasons. But I think the liverpool penalty will come back at him!!

Onto other news..
King Cobra is toning down his transfer rumors,he told gooners via his twitter account not to listen to what the news papers say..that if anything is going to happen,he's going to let us know,in so many words. Fair enough I think..
Walcott wants Benzema..who doesn't. But I like that the players are putting pressure on the manager to sign quality players!
Finally to a story that I liked so much..I hope it's true..

Here is Willian aganist barca..

The Sun reports that Ukrainian giants Shakhtar Donetsk are willing to let their Brazilian winger Willian yes...Willian Borges da Silva to move to the Emirates,wait this is the best part..what are they asking for? they are demanding that Arsenal give them Denilson and £4m on top. Lol! Now for those who know who Willian is..are already jumping from their seats! We'll never get a better deal anywhere in this world..if it is indeed true Mr.Bean should jump on it faster than a rabbit on heat! Heck most gunners would pay the 4M to get rid of Denilson...Now Shaktar what about Almunia and Bendtner?

With that gooners...As you were!
Load those Cannons.

Here's a Video of Carlo...the only one on the internet! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J61-X1DRcNc






 

Transfer latest.

There's been very little buzz in the transfer market,cant decide if it's a good or bad thing..but here is the latest..

The boring long soap opera that is El'capitan to barcunt! Barcelona have offered 20 year old midfielder Thiago Alcantara as a £7 million makeweight in a £50 million deal for Cesc Fabregas. That means they give us £43 million and the toi,for y'all that are mathematically challenged. So who is he? Alcantara has made 17 apperances for Barcelona this season, scoring 3 goals in the process. According to The Daily Mail,Alcantara met with Mr.Bean last month when Barcelona were in London for the Champions League final. Now to where I lay my 2 cents....Another kid,really? And from barca..that would make us the biggest fools ever! No way..barca can take their kids and shove them..and yeah if èl capitan wants to..let him go! But we'd need a whole lot of cash,thank you!

King Cobra (Samir Nasri) to Manure,finally we get a story that has eclipsed Cesc to cuntalunya! Atleast for this week. Lets dive in..Nasri himself says he doesn't know anything about the transfer...
He told L'Equipe “I do not know if I will remain at Arsenal. My contract runs out in 2012 and I am in touch with the club officials to see if it can be renewed beyond that date, but it is not a simple matter.….I heard the media reports suggesting that Manchester United might be interested in me, I do not know if that is true or not. My agents take care of these matters”.

Looking at it closely I think he's going. Why? Cause we've been trying to get him to sign a new contract since last year. He wants to be paid £110,000 a week, up from £67,000 that would make him joint with Cesc. He deserves a pay rise..yes,but not that much! I hope he gets his senses and signs soon. Personaly I dont want him to leave..he's one of my favourites,but to be honest,he's not aall that..look at these stats.
In all competitions Nasri has 15 goals and 4 assists lets pick another player...eeeh Arshavin has 10 goals and 13 assists another one you say? Walcott 13 goals, 11 assists..who had a bigger impact? You decide..now to drive it home,that since Aug 2009,Arsenal have averaged 1.7 goals a game with Nasri starting,the lowest of any Arsenal player. This stat at home is Arsenal average 3.33
goals without Nasri
and only 1.7 with him in the side.
Numbers dont lie..He was blazing hot in the first part of last season,but faded away when it was crunch time! I saw a stat on that somewhere..let me see..here :
He got 8 goals and 1 assist in 2010, but only 2 goals and no assists in 2011.
If he somehow goes to manure,you feel SAF would play him in his rightful place at Central midfield and he'll bite us hard..we surely cant let that happen!
If he doesn't sign by end of this month lets cash in on him..avoid a Flamini!

Bendtner has decided he's going
“I have decided 100 per cent that I must leave Arsenal. I’ve
considered this for a long time and was quite clear when I
arrived at my decision.
“I’m quite calm and confident
that I’ll be fine at a new club.”...aende!
Kinda like the denilson case,lets face it,he wont make it here..He is an okey striker. We dont need okey! Now where is Almunia already?!

On the Alvarez front..apparently manure have brought in their long noses. Now they have put in a 10M bid. Lets see what happens..
Still no word on Jenkinson..

An old target Alex Oxlade Chamberlain,of southampton,has surfaced..remember him? his dad,Mark Chamberlain,has been encouraging his son to follow in Theo Walcott’s footsteps and join Arsenal.
'‘To develop at a place like Arsenal can’t be a bad thing. In my eyes, I’d like him to go there as soon as possible, and continue his development.’'
We came really close to signing him in January for £10 million, unfortunately, it never went through. Now we are chasing him again..aganist guess who? Manure..dont these guys dont have a brain of their own? Hmph! I think his dad makes sense. Dont think he'll add much to our squad,we need experience remember? He's more or less the same player Walcott is..a pacy winger,but with a better football brain..(you know the one we've been trying to cultivate in F1 piki piki) so its a bit redundant though I wouldn't mind.

As I go..whispers from my sources are that we might announce the signing of Gervinho as early as tomorrow..(Wednesday!) key word being Might..dont hold me at ransom on thursday. My opinion..Mr.Bean is away working with French Tv. I cant see the club announcing a new player without him being around!

Okey Thats all...
As you were!
Keep loading those cannons. (When are we going to start shooting..you ask?)