The Robin Van Persie saga is literally a rolercoaster ride at the moment. Some reports said yesterday that he has informed his agent he wanted to re-sign with Arsenal. Today speculation is rife that we have agreed a 22mil fee with United and he should be their by the weekend. I am now resigned to the fact that he is leaving one way or the other. I saw @AFCAMDEN (one of the most reliable Arsenal sources on Twitter) say that he is likely to join United now. He said that once Van Persie leaves, Nuri Sahin will arrive. I know that many of you will question the relation of the two transfers. Well they are not like for like personal replacements but Van Persie's departure frees up a squad place and the necessary wages to pay for Sahin.
Liverpool are also in the race and Guillem Balague - a respected Spanish journalist - says that they are favourites for his signature. Apparently Xabi Alonso has been talking up Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers is using his close relationship with Mourinho to his advantage. I don't know which way the pendulum will swing with thins one. I would prefer Yann M'Vila on a permanent basis as I think we need a holding midfielder but people have been saying that Sahin isn't bad in that respect either.
Kevin Mirallas, an Olympiacos and Belgium international striker, says that Arsenal have contacted his agent with regards to a transfer. He doesn't have bad numbers and is described as a tricky striker with good dribbling skills. He scored something like 38 goals in 52 games for the Greek champions so he can't be that bad. He says that Olympiacos's 6mil asking price could put us off. That doesn't seem too much especially given the fact we paid 3mil for Park last year. People will argue that he is not what we need and complain that we need a proven goal getter like Llorente. I disagree. I think that Mirallas, Giroud, Podolski will give us great options up front. I would rather invest the money in a right back and a defensive midfielder.
Theo Walcott is the latest to pull out of his national team with a 'bruised' thigh. It is now obvious what is going on. None of these players are actually injured! Arsene just doesn't want them to go to these pointless games with the risk of injuring themselves. He should have told Cazorla and Vermaelan to do the same. Ah well you can't win 'em all.
That's about it for the day.
'Till Tomorrow
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