Midfielder Michael Deemed In-Essien-tial
2 comments January 14th, 2005
Well, I think it’s clever.
Michael Essien’s agent has admitted:
1) That his price is hugely inflated
2) That there has been no significant contact with Arsenal
3) That he doesn’t expect any movement ’till the summer.
So that’s that rumour dealt with.
The Sun would have us believe that Jens Lehmann has “played his last Premiership match for Arsenal”, and will leave at the end of the season following “an almight rollicking from Arsene Wenger”. I like the careful wording, specifying that it’s only the Premiership matches he’ll be excluded from, following his FA Cup appearance on Saturday.
I do think Jens will leave at some stage before the start of the 2005/06 season, though. There would appear to have been some sort of clash between Wenger and Lehmann, and what with the 2006 World Cup looming, the keeper cannot afford sit on the bench for too long.
Good team news ahead of Bolton tomorrow, with Henry, Ljungberg, Campbell, and Cole all set to return. Manu Eboue or Justin Hoyte will continue at right back, and Jose Reyes could make his first Premiership appearance since the dawn of time. Or at least a few weeks back.
Welcome back, blogger.
