Have Arsenal only got one world class player as Carragher suggests or is he talking nonsense as usual?
By Tony Attwood
The transfer window closes at 11pm at 1st September so there is still plenty of time for those who have very little idea of who is going where and at what cost and why, to make up some more stories – and maybe even find one or two of them (to their great surprise) turn out to be true.
Spanish journalist and ceaselessly vigorous Barcelona supporter Josep Pedrerol has claimed Mikel Arteta has been been trying to call Julian Alvarez but that the Atletico Madrid player won’t pick up the phone. Maybe Mikel needs one of those phones that doesn’t show who’s calling, or maybe he needs to put on a silly voice, or maybe get someone else to call….. Does any of this seem likely to you?
If not, 442 tell us that Arsenal have begun breakthrough Julian Alvarez talks, but how do you know talks are at a breakthrough level, before they have even started?
But then again Football 365 have now said that a deal has been agreed with Arsenal to smash transfer record in terms of a sale in which case with the sale of Martinelli.
And away from transfers we have the news that Arsenal and ManC have be barred from playing each other until the fourth round of the League Cup for reasons that seem a big odd in the light of cup draws supposedly being exciting. That’s a new rule on me, but with the league cup you really never know – they seem to go to any length to build up interest.
Anyway if the story about Gabriel Martinelli above isn’t true then it could well be because he is now closing in on leaving the club as Al Hilal speak to him. According to these media people who know everything (note the irony) Martinelli rejected an approach from Galatasaray apparently and said he wants to stay at Arsenal. I must admit that if it were me I’d prefer to stay in London rather than Istanbul, but Arsenal seem to disagree.
Meanwhile we are told James Scanlon has completed his medical ahead of moving to Arsenal from ManU – and that is according to Arsenal News He’s 19, and has been at ManU for five years which is quite a long time really. Standard Sport say Scanlon will join Arsenal on a free from ManUd, but with a 40% sell-on clause included in the deal. We can’t verify that, but that is what is said.