I was on my way out when I got the phone call.
“Mikael Silvestre is at Highbury House signing for Arsenal right now.”
That is : at 10.45 am.
I’d switched my computer off but I switched it on again to write a two-line newsflash.
Agree with Ian Grant. Good signing !
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UPDATE : 3.25 pm
When I came home I got a call from another friend : “It’s true. Silvestre was at the training ground this morning.”
Then I saw Usain Bolt get a burning start in the Olympic 200m final and win by what looked like nine metres. His 100m gold was surreal enough, the most amazing moment in athletics since Bob Beamon almost jumped out of the pit in Mexico City in 1968 as he set a world record that stood for 23 years.
Usain Bolt is a six foot five Jamaican. He will be 22 tomorrow.