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Gilberto will be a big miss

223 comments March 31st, 2007

The team news is in ahead of today’s lunchtime clash with Anfield, and it’s not all good. Yes, Emmanuel Adebayor is back to bolster a struggling frontlines. Yes, Emmanuel Eboue will play for the first time since the Carling Cup Final. Yes, we’ll be able to play our strongest back four four only the third time this season (they also played in a 3-0 win over Liverpool earlier this season, in which both centre-backs scored). But all of this is overshadowed by one piece of devastatingly bad news:

JEREMIE ALIADIERE IS INJURED.

Oh, and also, Gilberto’s out. It’s a bit of a pain losing the Brazilian. He seemed set to be the holding pin in a five-man midfield, ahead of which Adebayor would play as a lone striker. Now Arsene is faced with the choice of either a) bringing in Baptista to supplement Adebayor, leaving Cesc and Diaby as the central midfielders, or b) slotting Mathieu Flamini into the Gilberto role.

In fact, whilst these seem the most likely options, they’re not the only ones. Freddie Ljungberg could play in central midfield with Alex Hleb on the right, or the Swede could even play up top with Adebayor. Furthermore, there’s always a chance Denilson could be drafted in alongside Cesc and Diaby.

The more I type, the less I seem to know what I’m talking about. Perhaps I’d better stop.


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