A day to remember yesterday as Arsenal won the Marcus Liebherr Memorial Cup. Not a bad start to pre-season, and a great chance to look at some of the fringe players of last year. I didn't get to watch the game, but was kept updated by a live Twitter feed. It seems the standout performers were Henri Lansbury and Johan Djourou. Apparently Marouane Chamakh worked hard off the ball but wasn't much good on it. Other than that, all I can give you is the YouTube links, which show Lansbury's goal here and Gervinho's goal here.
There are a lot of Robin Van Persie headlines this morning. I am getting agitated; I have no clue why Arsenal and Ivan Gazidis aren't forcing him back to get his situation sorted. Why is the club so quiet about him? The least they could do is clarify our position. Are we still negotiating? Are we definitely selling him? Are we definitely keeping him? There is so much confusion and anxiety surrounding the subject and Arsenal are just letting it get worse.
The Sunday Mirror is reporting that we are going to take him on our pre-season tour of Asia if nobody makes a bid during the week. This already looks like the Nasri saga last year. I can just see it now. We are going to take him to Asia, let him play all our games there, then we are going to bring him back to England and still we won't know for sure whats going to happen. And then, to top it off, we are going to play him in our first game against Sunderland and sell him 24 hours later to the only bidders, Man City. And you know why we will eventually sell him? Because unless he signs a new contract, we are not going to let him leave on a free next year and lose on the potential 25mil available from his sale. And we are going to leave his sale to the last minute so we can get the maximum value. There will be no proper replacement either. How could we replace one of the best strikers in world football only days before the transfer window ends?
In the next few weeks, we will see whether Arsenal have truly learnt their lesson from last year. They haven't convinced me yet.
The other Robin headline is in The Daily Mail, and states that Man City and United will fight it out for his signature. Make of that what you will, but if Arsenal do sell him to one of our rivals, all hope is lost for next season. The only thing that does is strengthen them further and weaken us. They were both already 19 points better than us, it would take a miracle to catch them next season.
Of course, we cannot rely on these tabloids to give us accurate information. I may seem negative, but I am merely being realistic. Sometimes the realistic view is negative. I mean, how can selling your captain and best player to your rivals be positive or even acceptable?
In other - Arsenal are in Crisis - news:
Barcelona are interested in our best defender
I doubt we would sell him, and I don't think he would want to leave. He is reaching his prime, and improving every year. He has only given us one good season and I'm sure is looking forward to next season. I rate that transfer a 4/10.
That's about it this morning, for the next few months, the posts will be later than usual.
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'Till Tomorrow
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