Transfer rumours flying around again. Yoann Gouffran is supposed to be close to signing a pre contract with us, which could see him arrive in the summer.
So the Geordies are in town this afternoon for the FA Cup, Arsene said that he will continue to rotate a little as the next match against Newcastle in the league is the more important match of the two.
Senderos and Clichy are back and ready to play. I expect that Hleb who started the match against Spurs will be rested so he doesn’t pick up any possible injuries due to fatigue. William Gallas also started against Tottenham and I wouldn’t be surprised if Arsene rested him even though we have an almighty defence crisis at the moment. An already bad situation was made drastically worsened last night with the news that Kolo Toure had picked up a groin injury playing for the Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast coach Gerard Gili said:
“It has been a very good day for us, apart from Kolo’s injury.
“I’m concerned about him because he has injured his groin. I don’t know how long he’ll be out. He first has to take some tests.”
That is all we need right now isn’t it? Has Arsene’s hand been forced? He does not want to go into the transfer market to find a stop gap because he doesn’t want overcrowding in the squad, fair enough I suppose. But what is wrong with a loan deal? I am sure we can find a decent central defender in Europe who will be happy to get some playing time. I suppose it is easier said than done.
As I was saying, I wouldn’t be too surprised to see Gilberto play alongside Senderos in today’s match to protect any risks to Gallas who looked far from his best against Spurs.
Transfer rumours flying around again. Yoann Gouffran is supposed to be close to signing a pre contract with us, which could see him arrive in the summer.
The story was on Eurosport
The story is translated to..
He was expected in Paris but Yoan Gouffran could be finally crossing the Channel. And not for any English club. According to our sources, the young Caen striker has signed a pre-contract with Arsenal. No big surprise because the Gunners have been watching the U-21 international for a long time. They have taken advantage of the player who was voted best Ligue 2 player last season’s refusal to go to Paris to come back into the frame. The attraction of a contract much more substantial than the one proposed by PSG, which did not impress the young Caennais: (80 000 euro per month)….
Emmanuel Eboue has been talking of the amount of attention he has been receiving lately. Apparently Juventus and AC Milan have been enquiring after him.
“I didn’t want to talk about that. What I can say is that many big clubs spoke to Arsenal about a transfer in the January transfer window,” he told skysports.com.
“But for me, it is Arsenal for the moment. I did not put a transfer request in. I like Arsenal. However, you never know [what might happen],” he concluded.
I personally would be tempted to let him go in the Summer and look for another wide man. Having said that I would have said the same thing about Flamini and Almunia last season. I was at the Emirates cup against Inter Milan and he was on fire that day. It was only a friendly but I saw enough to think that he could make that position his own. His form has been inconsistent throughout the season, so who knows.
Right, must dash. Have a pleasant day. Especially if we beat Newcastle.
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