There are reports now that Sol Campbell might join Fenerbahce because they offer a ‘new challenge’, and not just because they have offered a lot of money.
Well that’s good to know.
He also talks about how he’s focused on England and then will decide his future after the World Cup.
Thanks for talking about Arsenal and how they stuck by you when you decided to f*ck off in the middle of a London-derby.
The sooner we get rid of him the better.
It Never Gets Boring. Ever.
I had a dream last night that England were drawing 0-0 with Germany in the World Cup. Michael Owen came off after an hour and our very own Theo Walcott scored a beauty into the bottom left corner for the winner! Yes, as you might have gathered there isn’t much going on with Arsenal at the moment with the WC only 10 days away. Still need to get my England shirt with Walcott on and those cheap England car flags won’t buy themselves… So much to do and so little time. Sort of…
The only real ‘news’, if you can call it that, is that Wenger is linked to the Real Madrid vacancy. Again. Apparently he is an ‘outside bet’ behind favourite Michael Laudrup and Fabio Capello.
Well all I can say that Premiership news is slow recently and this is a load of crap. Arsene has repeatedly said he’s going to see his contract out until at least 2008, and has strongly hinted that he might stay on even longer than that.
And then of course you have the arguement that Real only keep managers for about 6 months so Arsene is unlikely to join a club that has this kind of policy. Not exactly job security is it?
There are also ramblings that Sol could be going to Fulham after the World Cup, which would be a good move for all concerned if actually true. Fulham are probably one of the few clubs that could afford his wages and it’s not far to go for Sol so he’d probably be up for moving on. The other team that is linked is Newcastle. Quick frankly I don’t care where he goes as long as he’s not wearing an Arsenal shirt next season. Harsh? Probably.
On to tonight and England play against Hungary at Old Trafford in a WC build up game – just hope Theo gets a decent run out. And that’s pretty much it!
So anyone got any interesting Arsenal news?
As I thought the Campbell rumour to Fenerbahce is nothing more than silly season starting.
Expect other stories about Vieira coming back to Arsenal cropping up soon!
Credit to Myles at ANR though – once he started the rumour the story snowballed!
Since Myles Palmer posted an article about Campbell going for £8 million to Fenerbahce the rumour mill has been going in overdrive!
The only real proof offered is that of a Fenerbahce website which is NOT official, but just a Fenerbahce fansite.
When I first heard the news I was pretty shocked, for several reasons. First of which why on earth would Sol Campbell go to Turkey? I personally don’t think he’d want to move there of all places!
Secondly, my understanding of Henry staying was that Arsenal would try and keep Bobby, Cole and Sol for experience next season. Off loading Sol seems unlikely, especially since Arsene Wenger has been supportive of him throughout the season.
And why would a team spend £8 million on a 31 year old defender?
Also it appears that official Fenerbahce website has nothing on the matter at all.
I’ve also had an e-mail from people telling me that Five Live have confirmed that this is a wind up! If anyone could actually confirm this then that would be helpful!
In all honesty I find this story very hard to believe!
The only real source has been from the EuroSport website, which says Campbell is off to Fener for 12m Euros. But the key sentence in the article states:
‘According to French media…’
Well we know what the Spanish media are like, and why would French media have the inside scoop on an Arsenal player going to a Turkish club.
It seems all too fishy to me!
But of course, if Arsene has lined up Davies and Thuram then it would make sense. And we know when Arsenal buy players there is usually not time to speculate – the deal gets done and quick!
We’ll probably know more in the morning.