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We're stuck with the mouthy, lazy, vain and mostly useless git.
He had 45 mins of playing well in the first game, and then he opens his trap and spoils it all.
Arshavin should be deported, says Zenit St Petersburg owner Valery Golubev
The Flamini Saga was a classic case of Arsenal incompetence .
The banker Edelman was put in charge of the negotiations and wouldn't go above 45 k a week ........Flamini wanted 60,Milan had offered him 80 k .
By the time Edelman got back to him accepting the 60 K he'd signed a deal with Milan ,Wenger went nuts and Edelman left .
Cant really say he was greedy,he would have signed for 60 even though he was offerred 20 k a week more.
To say he only had 1 good season is bollocks ,we played him out of position for years and he did OK ,once he moved to his real position he was mustard.
Also was the only one of the then present day players to turn up to Paddy Gallaghers funeral which makes him all right in my book ,whereas about 10 from the Graham Era did !
Herd wrote:The Flamini Saga was a classic case of Arsenal incompetence .
The banker Edelman was put in charge of the negotiations and wouldn't go above 45 k a week ........Flamini wanted 60,Milan had offered him 80 k .
By the time Edelman got back to him accepting the 60 K he'd signed a deal with Milan ,Wenger went nuts and Edelman left .
Cant really say he was greedy,he would have signed for 60 even though he was offerred 20 k a week more.
To say he only had 1 good season is bollocks ,we played him out of position for years and he did OK ,once he moved to his real position he was mustard.
Also was the only one of the then present day players to turn up to Paddy Gallaghers funeral which makes him all right in my book ,whereas about 10 from the Graham Era did !
Have to disagree there Herd. We only played him out of position during the CL run otherwise he more often than not played exclusively in midfield, where he looked nothing more than average until his last season at the club. I remember a particular game (Middlesborough away, 1-1, Henry's last Arsenal goal before leaving for the whores) in which he put in the kind of midfield performance that would have made Denilson weep.
Anyway, there is a Flamini thread to discuss whether he's a mercenary c*nt or not. Let's keep things on topic, this is about McDowell's bullshit rumors.
According to a report in Caughtoffside.com, Arsenal are preparing a £6.5 million bid for Czech Republic right-back Theodor Gebre Selassie, who has impressed hugely at Euro 2012.
Gebre Selassie, who is the first ever black player to represent the Czech Republic, played every minute as the Czech’s reached the quarter finals of the Euros and has apparently attracted the attention of some major European clubs. Captain Tomas Rosicky was only fit enough for the bench and did not feature as the Czech Republic were knocked last night after losing 1-0 loss to Portugal.
However, Wenger will have to act very quickly as the player revealed to a Czech newspaper that he already in talks with Werder Bremen:
“I am close to joining Werder Bremen, but I am only focused on the Euros now.
“The Bundesliga seems to be a good competition. I watch it sometimes, especially now with players like [Wolfsburg and Czech midfielder] Petr Jiracek there.
“This is one of the best leagues in Europe, it would be great to play there.”
According to an article I have read by a Czech Arsenal fan who has watched Gebre Selassie play for league champions Slovan Liberec, he is a reliable defender who is slightly faster and arguably a better crosser than Bacary Sagna. Arsène Wenger apparently see’s the 25-year-old as somebody who would fit in perfectly with Arsenal’s style of play. Whether or not he is worth anywhere near £6.5 million (the money Wenger spends/wastes on players who never feature or reach their “potential” is starting to get slightly ridiculous) is up for debate. That said, I do think that it would be good to bring in another right-back as cover as I have mixed feelings about Carl Jenkinson.
I do not know enough about Gebre Selassie to tell you whether or not we should be making a move for this player; I have only seen him play twice and the two performances were at complete opposite ends of the scale. Against Russia the Czech defence was awful and he really struggled to assert his authority on the game. Against Greece, however, I saw a completely different player. He was calm and composed on the ball and even provided a decent assist for the winning goal.