Missing: French defender, 20 caps, unusual name
173 comments August 26th, 2010
And still we wait for Sebastian Squillaci.
Perhaps his disappearance can be explained by this picture taken at the scene of his medical, leaked by trusted sources:
Arsene has a press conference this afternoon, which may well shed some light on the delay in the deal.
In other nonsense news Andrey Arshavin has revealed that he wishes to be remembered as a magician:
“I want to be remembered as a small Russian guy who did some magic things where people did not understand how he did it.”
Take heart, Andrey. Many people are amazed at how you manage to pick up £80,000 p/week or so without for what constitutes about an hour’s light jog.
Last night the Reserve team played its first game in the newly-formatted league, and emerged as 5-0 winners over a Bolton side which included Danny Shittu, Tamir Cohen, Joey O’Brien and Mustapha Riga. Jay Emmanuel Thomas was the star of the show, scoring two goals in an all-action display. There are rumours of a loan return to Doncaster, but I’d be inclined to keep him in the first-team squad.
Tonight sees the draw for the group stage of the Champions League taking place. It won’t have escaped your attention that Spurs will be in it, having spent last night mauling the Young Boys. I’m waiting eagerly for the hysterical media reaction to Jermaine Defoe’s handball last night. After all, we remember what happened a year ago when Eduardo dived at a far less crucial stage of our qualifiying tie. Defoe can now expect to roundly derided as a cheat and an enemy of the game, right? Somehow, I doubt it.
Arsenal.com have helpfully compiled a list of the teams we could draw. If we’re fortunate we could have a group containing Panathanaikos, Basel and Zilina. However, knowing our luck, it’ll be Real Madrid, Spartak Moscow, and the Brazil team of the 1970s.
More on that tomorrow.
