Arsenal Gunning For Kuzmanovic: A weird coincidence…
45 comments March 26th, 2008
I freely admit that until yesterday I had no idea who Zdravko Kuzmanovic was. The same is probably true of most Arsenal fans, who in all likelihood were in ignorance of the Serbian midfielder’s existence before The Sun plucked him from obscurity to link him with a move to our beloved Gunners.
I, however, had become aware of Kuzmanovic several hours before, when playing that most excellent of games, Football Manager. Managing Portsmouth in the Summer of 2008, I required a midfielder that combined the graft of Sulley Muntari and the craft of Niko Kranjcar. After sending my scouts into Europe in the hope of unearthing a rough diamond, my attention was drawn to a young midfielder with absurdly good attributes and impressive looking stats at Fiorentina. His name? Zdravko Kuzmanovic.
Within hours, the boy was linked to Arsenal. It’s a pretty freaky coincidence. Is it possible that my Football Manager game somehow can control Arsenal’s real life transfer policy? It seems unlikely, but then so did Chris Evans and Billie Piper getting married.
What also seems unlikely is the possibility of Alex Song scoring a beautifully placed thirty yarder. However, in the Reserves’ 1-1 draw with Chelsea last night, he did just that. Song has slipped off the radar a bit since getting injured at the African Cup of Nations, but I get the feeling he could be one to watch next season. He was arguably our outstanding performer in the Carling Cup campaign, and was the breakthrough star of the tournament in Ghana. If he can transfer his performances at International level to the domestic game, he could be a very useful holding midfielder.
Right. Now I’m off to try and buy Messi for Portsmouth. Expect him to be on the verge of sealing a move to Arsenal tomorrow…
