By Myles Palmer
KANU to be loaned to Celta Vigo for a year?
If I was religious, I would pray for this.
I’ve got 20 friends who would drive him to the airport.
Meanwhile, Arsene is on his mobile, trying to juggle some cheap deals with players who are on his defender shortlist and his goalkeeper shortlist.
While he does this, silly stories appear every day.
None sillier that the one suggesting that Paul Robinson was on trial at Arsenal and Wenger didn’t fancy him.
Who dreams up this garbage?
One, Arsenal would not ask Robinson to come on trial.
Secondly, Robinson would not go on trial at Arsenal, or any other club.
His attitude is : I’m a proven Premiership goalkeeper, I’ve played for England. If you fancy me, fine.If you don’t fancy me, fine. But I don’t do trials.
ARSENAL’S SHARE PRICE has shot up 25 percent in the last two weeks.
Shares have moved up from £1,275 to £1,600.
Who is buying them?
A Russian billionaire?
WILL CHELSKI now write an exciting chapter in English football history? Or will it be a fiasco?
They have signed Glen Johnson and Geremi, two good players,
The latter is a solid,creative Cameroon international.
What do we know about Abramavich?
Only that his family now lives in Weybridge.They also have a house in Monaco.
And that the oligarchs seized the nation’s mineral resources when communism collapsed.
Putin has cracked down on the oligarchs recently.But not on Abramovich.
Owning Chelsea makes the billionaire known even if it doesn’t make him wholly respectable.
It will be interesting because people who own football clubs make a lot of mistakes, especially at first.
Nobody can buy instant success.
Anybody who thinks money can bring football success overnight will be disappointed.
But it is great for Sky, good for the papers.
HARRY KEWELL started the second half against FC Cologne on C5 on Wednesday night.
He played like a pillock, but Owen scored twice and Liverpool won 3-1.
Heskey scored the first goal and it was 1-1 at half-time.
CHINA have told Real Madrid where to stick a proposed game in Hong Kong on August 14.
Madrid wanted 2 million euros and first class flights and hotels PLUS 40% OF THE GATE !!!!
Far too greedy, Senor Perez.
Even though, I’m told, England and Man Utd do similar deals.
But please show some class,some imagination.
Make it look like a charm offensive.
Pretend that it’s sport, at least in the beginning.
If you wanna build the brand in the Far East, you don’t start by ripping them off on the first day.
Zidane and the galacticos will now play a Chinese League X1.
16th July 2003.