A man not known for his patience has waited for weeks and weeks. Me.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?
Negotiations take time, I know.
But Petr Cech and his best friend Christophe Lollichon are a pair.
It’s not a job to them, it’s a mission, a way of life, a relentless search for an edge, an improvement.
They are dedicated professionals who want to win and keep winning. They did that at Chelsea by working on corners and free-kicks, on shapes and angles, on keen attention to who is marking this player and that player.
Together they could transform the Arsenal defence and make clean sheets a way of life.
How important would that be? How exciting would that be? How historic?.
However, Wenger spends most of his training time practicing quick passing, keeping possession, running to support the ball in attack.
He’s always been a choreographer rather than a tactician.
He’s a dictator who doesn’t allow Steve Bould to take sessions and he might be too old to relax his iron grip on everything at your club.
Fact: Arsenal sacked their goalkeeping coach Tony Roberts weeks ago.
I’ll just say this : partnerships are vital.
Partnerships are the building blocks of football success.