My boy Dave is over in Europe, working and taking in matches throughout Europe and today took in the Newcastle at Arsenal game at Emirates.
Nice seats Dave…. Damn you (insert jealousy here)….
And tomorrow he’s taking in Chelsea - Spurs.
Premiership star Cesc Fabregas found himself embarrassed when he couldn’t pay for dinner because his credit cards were rejected - twice.
The Arsenal midfielder, who earns around £80,000 a week, was dining with two women (…freaking nice btw) at top Soho private club Studio Valbonne when his bill of just under £300 arrived.
An onlooker said: “He tried one card, it failed. Then another. It failed again. After much faffing he sent an aide out to get cash.”
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UPDATE - What does it say about Sir Alex that he lets one of his defenders that could play center-back and left-back head over to The Voyeur and Arsenal, one of Manchester United’s biggest rivals?
Better yet, what does that say about the Mikael Silvestre or The Voyeur’s faith in William Gallas?
Mikael Silvestre had looked set to join either Man City or Sunderland, but now The Voyeur has stepped in and is looking to bring his fellow Frenchmen to The Emirates. Looks like Arsenal will offer Manchester United somewhere in the range of £750,000 for his services. Craziest thing about this potential move? In the 12 years since Arsene Wenger has been at Arsenal, he and Sir Alex have never traded any players.
[Via Daily Mail]
UPDATE - No need to worry about a price tag anymore as E-Adebayor has signed a new and improved “long term deal”.
I’m having a tough time believing that the big man from Togo isn’t absolutely thrashing that so-called wage ceiling at Arsenal now.
And I guess I have my answer after it’s finally reported that EA will make 80,ooo Pound a week.
Milan have opted out of siging Adebayor (at least for the moment) after Arsenal have placed a £35.8million price tag on him. I know the dude dropped 30 goals last season, and probably should have had a few more, but $70 million after one great season? How about $40 million for Gareth Barry? Yes, he too is a very good player, but seriously! $40 million because he is a great complimentary player to Stevie G? WTF! These transfer fees are getting more and more ridiculous and at what point does the value to cost ratio start balancing out? There is a ton of money getting pumped into the game, and some of the richest cats in the world are now owning teams, but these valuations do not seem justified to me, and at these sorts of prices it doesn’t seem like the sport can be sustained going forward like this.
With Arsenal facing FC Twente in a Champions League qualifier tonight, now is not the time to face an injury crisis. Failure to qualify for the group stages would cost the Gunners some £25m in potential income, and that would be no bueno. Cesc Fabregas is the latest Arsenal player to suffer an injury setback, leaving Arsene Wenger without NINE players for tonights qualifier.
Arsenal scorer - Carlos Juan Vela
Sevilla scorer - Ernesto Chevanton
Arsenal take the LG Amsterdam Tournament with the draw.
LG Amsterdam Tournament
1-0 J.Suarez - Ajax
2-0 Huntelaar - Ajax
2-1 Adebayor - Arsenal
2-2 Bendtner - Arsenal
2-3 Adebayor - Arsenal
Adebayor is one absolute fire!
Arsenal youngsters Sanchez Watt and Nacer Barazite get their names on the scorer’s sheet while Huddersfield’s James Berrett had put them in front in the 75th.
Arsene “The Voyeur” Wenger interview after the Jump…
Real Madrid’s push for Rafael van der Vaart might have just gotten a bit more important as their influential Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder went down just past the hour mark at Emirates Stadium. Adebayor scored the games only goal as Arsenal won 1-nil.
After a tough tackle by Arsenal’s Abou Diaby during the Emirates Cup pre-season friendlies tournament, Sneijder was in immediate pain and the worst, torn knee ligaments is feared.
Former Frenchman David Trezeguet scored his typical offside, goal poaching redirection finish to put away Arsenal on the home field, although Adebayor came close to evening things up.
