ARSENE WENGER usually says EXACTLY what he wants to say and no more, but he occasionally lets something slip, as everyone does.
At Arsène’s post-Middlesbrough press conference he was asked about a new defender.
With Cygan’s hamstring injury, and Toure and Eboue being in Egypt, would you sign an extra defender, maybe on loan?
To which Arsene replied, “Well, I’ve already signed three players…”
There was a huge burst of laughter in the room, after a nanosecond of “Did he really say that?”
“Let’s make it two-and-a-half”, said Arsene, laughing as he corrected himself.
THEO WALCOTT looks like the most gifted teenage footballer since Rooney.
The deal will be completed on Monday after Rupert Lowe comes back from a shooting trip.
Theo is English, so Sol and Ashley can look after him
In a year or two, maybe Arsene can sign Rooney to replace Bergkamp
From what I’ve seen lately, Manchester United have failed Rooney by not having a proper midfield to give him the ball where he can do damage, and not having, either, goalscorers who can run beyond the defence onto his fantastic passes.
Van Nistelrooy and Rooney are stylistically incompatible.
Sir Alex knows that very well. But nobody would buy Ruud last summer.