Oh for God's sake

When pre-season commences in a weeks time, I think the first thing Arsene should do is gather everyone round and say "Ok guys, new rule. None of you, ABSOLUTELY NONE of you, will ever speak to anyone from the press ever again. Ever." This comes off the back of a story where Arshavin reportedly has said that he would like to play for Barcelona. Seeing as he's 28, and only just signed for Arsenal, and Arsenal are likely to keep him until maybe 30, plus the fact that Arshavin wants to finish his career at Zenit St. Petersburg, he's not giving Barcelona a terribly appealing prospect. Having said that Henry is the wrong side of 30 yet has just had a great year of Barca (nowhere near as good as he used to for us though) and still looks like having a career after 2012 (albeit probably in the MLS). I'm just going to ignore this story, it's a continuation of the press (led by the spaniards) to bully Arsenal. I suggest you ignore it too.

Just a few words on Gilberto Silva. What a gent eh? What a proper gent. Despite the fact the AW treated him pretty shabbily in his last season, plus the fact he found out on Arsenal.com that, after Henry's departure, he would lose out on the captain's armband to an immature sulky defender who just joined from Chelsea the year before (despite Gibo having lead the team admirably when Henry was injured in his last season (which was a lot)), he still told Felipe Melo, that if Arsenal were interested in him, he would jump at the chance of joining without a moments hesitation. Silva said that Arsenal were a great club, and that Felipe Melo is just the sort of player we need at the moment. I'm still not sure anything will come of this, but now Milan are giving Wolfsburg until thursday to decide if they're going to keep Dzeko (something they appear to have already decided), it's making it look increasingly like they may bid for Adebayor. This will give us some cash to splash. Or to spend on training a flock of sheep to keep the Emirates Stadium grass to it's ideal length, as a long-term solution to having to spend money on a lawnmower.

Finally, Usmanov's plans to get the fans on his side continues this week with a proposal that will be discussed with the board. Whatever Usmanov promises I will be sceptical over, seeing as he's a ManUre supporter, and won't want to pump money into Arsenal just to clear debt and provide a transfer kitty, without getting anything back. The board have varying opinions over this depending on who you read, I would go with the Guardian however, who state that the board are pretty hostile towards it.

Well it's only a week until pre-season training. As Wenger stated he wants an acquisition or two more, so it could turn out to be a busy week for Gazidis.
Here's to hoping Gooners.