Just A Question Of When…

Ashley Cole will not be wearing an Arsenal shirt this season. That is clear.

He has publically slagged off the club that raised him, he illegally met with Chelsea representatives and he wasn’t in this years official team photograph.

So why isn’t Cashley at Chelsea yet?

It’s because Chelsea are making Arsenal sweat. Flexing their proverbial muscle if you will.

Don’t be fooled – they’re going to go ahead with the Cole signing, and they’re going to stump up the £25 million Arsenal want.

They’re just taking their time.

Why? Because they can.

When you spend as much money as Chelsea do on transfers you can do what you want. You control how things are done.

Why give Arsenal £25 million in July when they can hand it over in late August?

You don’t want to give a team like Arsenal a substantial amount of money early on in the summer – with Wenger’s eye for a bargain he could buy 3 or 4 brilliant players for that cash.

And William Gallas?

When you have the financial needs of Chelsea you can easily afford to let the guy rot in the reserves if he doesn’t play by the rules.

At any other club in the world, any player can engineer a move away from his club.

But not at Chelsea.

Here you are just another name on the list. You don’t want to play for us? Then you can see out the rest of your contract in the reserves. It doesn’t matter how big a player or how good you are – Chelsea can bring in 3 or 4 players of equal ability and reputation.

Don’t like it? That’s tough!

Not really a great day for Arsenal in the transfer market.

Today we found out that Barcelona have bought Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta from Serie B Juventus.

That means Arsenal won’t be buying the experience they need at the back that Thuram would have offered, especially with Senderos out for 3 months and the surprise loan of Kerrea Gilbert to Cardiff City.

And the Zambrotta deal to Barca also means we’ll even weaker at the back, since he was a Chelsea target.

With Asier Del Horno moving to Valencia, and another left-sided player Damien Duff looking certain to complete a move to the Magpies, it looks certain that Cashley is off to Stamford Bridge.

Losing out on Thuram, loaning Gilbert and losing Cole when we’re weak at the back as it isn’t a good day for the Arsenal!

Cole’s Going & Sol’s Gone. Oh Dear…

If you asked most Arsenal fans which players you would miss leaving our great club Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole wouldn’t be at the top of their list.

After all, the legend Dennis Bergkamp is retiring and the dazzling Bobby has left for Villarreal. They gave everything for the club and will be sorely missed.

On the other hand, Cole has been a first class tw*t over the last year or so, and Sol Campbell. Well let’s just say he’s lost the plot.

So what’s the problem with Sol and Cole leaving?

The problem is they’re the last two English senior players in our squad!

And although I’m not arsed with what country you’re from as long as you give it your all when you wear an Arsenal shirt, you can already see the Media vultures circling Emirates Stadium once Cole leaves for Chelski.

We’ll only have Theo Walcott who’s English and I doubt he’ll be starting many games this season!

When Cole and Sol were injured for us last season idiots like Alan Pardew were throwing their two pennies worth when it was none of his business.

Then you have plonkers like Gordon Taylor (what does he actually do?) and Martin Jol jumping on the bandwagon just because it’s Anti-Arsenal.

People talk about giving English players a chance – Wenger has done! They were just not good enough for Arsenal. You don’t expect us to lower our standards to accommodate players from England do you?

The arguement is old but look at players like Jermaine Pennant, Mathew Upson, David Bentley and Jay Boothroyd – not exactly lighting the world on fire!

I just hope Arsenal can capture Curtis Davies so we don’t hear the whole ‘lack of English players’ crap throughout all next season.

Cashley Cole Can F*ck Right Off…

Arsene Wenger has spoke out about Cole and said he wants him to stay at the club, even though the stupid tw*t is hell bent on moving and just about p*ssing off every one at Arsenal at the same time.

Where does this guy get off?

The only position we are stuggling at the moment is at the back. Philippe Senderos is out for up to 3 months, Sol Campbell left us this summer and Lauren & Eboue could be doubts for the start of the new season.

And Cashley knows it.

And another reason why he’s getting away with what he wants is because he’s English.

A lot has been made about the lack of English players at Arsenal and with the departure of Campbell only Cole and Theo remain. With Theo unlikely to start many games next season Cole knows that his ‘English-ness’ is a major factor in not being dropped.

Even Arsene Wenger has said publicly that he wants Cole to stay.

Why the hell would you want this idiot to stay after what he’s been up to? After all, we have Clichy and Flamini who are more that capable replacements.

And we could get at least £15 million for Cole!

Any other manager would kick him out of the team, regardless of talent – examples include Cantona at Leeds, Stam & Beckham at United and even Mutu at Chelski.

Some people are saying Wenger is just saying he wants Cashley to stay to make sure we get the best possible price.

Who knows?