The World cup is at an end, brilliant, but the cuntishness of the Barcelona players that are part of the Spain squad continues unabated. Throw Liverpool’s Reina in with them, too. At last night’s celebrations in Madrid, where Reina was acting as an impromptu MC, he called Cesc to the front of the stage saying something along the lines of Cesc being the future of Barcelona and, on cue, Puyol and Pique (the one that was captured in an intimate, gay, pose with Ibrahimovic in a photo taken earlier this year) pounced on Cesc and forced a Barcelona shirt on him. What a bunch of cunts and you have to feel sorry for Cesc and the way that they stitched him up. Also, it makes me pray that Reina will get roundly booed throughout each game that we play against Liverpool in the coming season. If you haven’t seen it, and if you want to, here is the video. *SPOILER ALERT: It’ll just make you angry. However, it is clear to see from the video that Cesc was embarrassed by the whole thing and couldn’t get the shirt off fast enough.
Thankfully, Cesc will soon be heading off on holiday and away from the shit stirring of those utter ballbags that play for Barcelona. Anyway, at least the whole tournament is over and done with and hopefully things will begin to calm down on the whole ‘Cesc to Barcelona’ and ‘Xavi the DNA expert’ stories.
Speaking after the final whistle, our captain demonstrated his class and maturity when taking the time to dedicate his achievement to Arsenal and its fans and also taking the time to spare a thought for his teammate, Van Persie.
“All I can say is that this is for the Arsenal players, for the Arsenal fans, for the manager and for all of the staff. I am really proud to have been an Arsenal player…to be an Arsenal player. For me, it is for all of them because they deserve it and they have a world-famous club. I am an Arsenal player and I am really proud to be able to give this trophy to all the fans. I have had lots of texts and Blackberry messages. My phone is full.
I had a text from Arsene. He said, ‘Congratulations, you deserve it’. I replied, ‘Thank you very much’, and said this is for all the Arsenal club, manager, fans and players who have helped me be where I am today.”
I thought about going to my family, but the first thing I did was go to Robin. I had to go to Robin, instead of celebrating with my friends, because I think he deserved it as well. It is really hard for him as he has been injured for a long time. Of course if it wasn’t us that he was playing against, I would be on his side.
Even though I was really happy, I was sad for him because he deserves it as well. He just said congratulations and told me to enjoy the moment. I really hope he has his chance again and that he wins it. He is a great guy, a great leader, but has been really unlucky with injuries. I really hope he can have his moment next year or in two our four years and that he can win something.”
It’s great to see him speak so warmly about Arsenal at a moment when you wouldn’t blame him for being lost in celebration. He exudes class and it really would be a massive loss for the club if he were to leave this summer.
In other news the Daily Mail links Besiktas, Valencia and Aston Villa with making a move for Eduardo and perhaps a move would be the best thing for him, in order to help kick-start his career again, especially if we were to sign Joe Cole.
With the World Cup now at an end and most people having returned to whence they came by the time you read this, I fully expect things to start moving on the transfer front. The Telegraph yesterday linked us with sealing deals for both Schwarzer and Cole sometime this week. Both deals, if they happen, would require relatively small amounts of money up front, thus leaving Wenger with a still reasonably hefty kitty for the procurement of another central defender.
Bendtner announced that his 35yr old missus is expecting their first child and I suppose all you can do is congratulate them both and hope that it will lead to more focused performances on the pitch now that his private life is becoming more stable.
Just a short one today as there isn’t a whole lot going on. Hopefully things will get a bit more lively as we approach our first pre-season friendly against Barnet this coming Saturday, 3pm, at Underhill.
Have a good one. I’m heading out for some pints in Tokyo tonight.
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I just hope that Barcelona will get the message and bugger off, but I think we all know that they won’t and will pester us until the transfer window closes.
Jay-Jay, just checked out your blog. Well done on being able to keep your list of fixtures for the new season up on the site as I had heard about some sites being sent messages about copyright infringement for having the fixtures up on them. Not sure why listing the fixtures on your site should get the powers that be’s knickers in a twist…but apparently it does. Have been wondering whether or not to put the fixture list up myself for the last few weeks…
Agree with that.
I ever there’s a person who represents such a scummy establishment that deserves being told to ‘fuck off’, it’s that greasey fucker, Rossell.
Northbank:
From one Gooner blogger to another, you have a really good site. I shall be reading reguarly.
I see Wenger told Joan the bitch Rossell to basically go fuck himself too….nice one