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Wish I could think of a quality player who stayed at a club that wasn't winning trophies.

Its not about Love its about Ambition.

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none of you understood me.

i'm not comparing cesc to bergkamp. listen, i'll make it easier for you:

football quality:
cesc - excellent
db10 - excellent

giving 100% for arsenal on the pitch:
cesc - excellent
db10 - excellent

being a very nice fella:
cesc - excellent
db10 - excellent

I love:
cesc - yes!
db10 - yes!

the club that his heart belongs to:
cesc - barcelona
db10 - arsenal

see the difference now? i love them both. but cesc made a transfer request, and db10 didn't. the club of db10s heart is arsenal, while cesc's is barcelona.

and i bloody hate barcelona.

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brazilianGOONER wrote:
D Gaffer wrote:a proper legend...miss him so much

this guy loved our club and his way of showing it was staying with us until he retired.

The iceman was THE BEST.
accepted the ridiculous 1 year contracts when he still had a lot to play and could earn better contracts elsewhere.

db10 changed the premier league and this club.

DB10 is GOD

edit: also has a good coaching contract at his former club but has stated that he wants to work HERE, at arsenal.

he's got a box as well - unsure why AW wouldnt want him - threat to his job probably

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MidfieldGeneral wrote: he's got a box as well
that's the kind of thing i'm talking about

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brazilianGOONER wrote:none of you understood me.

i'm not comparing cesc to bergkamp. listen, i'll make it easier for you:

football quality:
cesc - excellent
db10 - excellent

giving 100% for arsenal on the pitch:
cesc - excellent
db10 - excellent

being a very nice fella:
cesc - excellent
db10 - excellent

I love:
cesc - yes!
db10 - yes!

the club that his heart belongs to:
cesc - barcelona
db10 - arsenal

see the difference now? i love them both. but cesc made a transfer request, and db10 didn't. the club of db10s heart is arsenal, while cesc's is barcelona.

and i bloody hate barcelona.
Why do players make transfer request?

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brazilianGOONER wrote:none of you understood me.

i'm not comparing cesc to bergkamp. listen, i'll make it easier for you:

football quality:
cesc - excellent
db10 - excellent

giving 100% for arsenal on the pitch:
cesc - excellent
db10 - excellent

being a very nice fella:
cesc - excellent
db10 - excellent

I love:
cesc - yes!
db10 - yes!

the club that his heart belongs to:
cesc - barcelona
db10 - arsenal


see the difference now? i love them both. but cesc made a transfer request, and db10 didn't. the club of db10s heart is arsenal, while cesc's is barcelona.

and i bloody hate barcelona.
Barca will always be in his heart this is what happens when you poach youngsters from abroad

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GunnerDude wrote: Why do players make transfer request?
because their hearts belong elsewhere or because of money.

i don't think the second one got cesc.

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flash gunner wrote: Barca will always be in his heart this is what happens when you poach youngsters from abroad
it's easier to poach a youngster and make him love your club than buy a 26yo international player who was amongst the best in the world a couple of seasons before and make him love the club more than where he started.

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There's a third reason player ask to leave clubs Brazilian.......ambition. Something our club are sadly quite unwilling to show. :cry:

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brazilianGOONER wrote:
GunnerDude wrote: Why do players make transfer request?
because their hearts belong elsewhere or because of money.

i don't think the second one got cesc.
His heart is somewhere else but i think he could have been persuaded to stay if he saw things were moving in the right direction. He obviously hasnt been convinced

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rodders999 wrote:There's a third reason player ask to leave clubs Brazilian.......ambition. Something our club are sadly quite unwilling to show. :cry:
bergkamp could've joined bigger teams if he wanted. he could have been in a champions league winning team if he requested a transfer.

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brazilianGOONER wrote:
rodders999 wrote:There's a third reason player ask to leave clubs Brazilian.......ambition. Something our club are sadly quite unwilling to show. :cry:
bergkamp could've joined bigger teams if he wanted. he could have been in a champions league winning team if he requested a transfer.
I wouldn't agree. DB10 would have rightly felt he could win the CL with us. Christ, how that team didn't win it is almost beyond me!! Plus he was winning silverware almost every season with us. Cesc has won nothing with us and there's more chance of me winning the grand national on my rocking horse than the current lot winning the champions league. I agree DB10 is a LEGEND but to compare the two is unfair as the teams and the circumstances they were involved with are poles apart.

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BG - Bergy WAS at a European giant, he came to Arsenal and was surrounded by top quality players and was winning trophies...........why do you think he stayed?

Cesc has played for the last few seasons with half a team of decent players and half of very average quality, with a manager who chooses to throw both domestic cups , and the best team in the world want him. He wants to go to them....surprised?

No comparison between the two whatsoever except for the fact that we have been privileged to have both at Arsenal.

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brazilianGOONER wrote:
rodders999 wrote:There's a third reason player ask to leave clubs Brazilian.......ambition. Something our club are sadly quite unwilling to show. :cry:
bergkamp could've joined bigger teams if he wanted. he could have been in a champions league winning team if he requested a transfer.
Why would he? He was in the form of his life, enjoying where he played and enjoyed the top class players he was playing with. Im sure if you asked Bergkamp his true love would be Ajax as much as Arsenal if not more but the other factors where at Arsenal for him and are not for Cesc

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rodders999 wrote:
brazilianGOONER wrote:
rodders999 wrote:There's a third reason player ask to leave clubs Brazilian.......ambition. Something our club are sadly quite unwilling to show. :cry:
bergkamp could've joined bigger teams if he wanted. he could have been in a champions league winning team if he requested a transfer.
I wouldn't agree. DB10 would have rightly felt he could win the CL with us. Christ, how that team didn't win it is almost beyond me!! Plus he was winning silverware almost every season with us. Cesc has won nothing with us and there's more chance of me winning the grand national on my rocking horse than the current lot winning the champions league. I agree DB10 is a LEGEND but to compare the two is unfair as the teams and the circumstances they were involved with are poles apart.
so why does db10 wants to come back to arsenal when he has a coaching career at ajax, his former club?

ambition?

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