Close Season Gossip & Rumour Thread - Page 10

TheDaddy · 22-06-2007, 21:10

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Originally Posted by yesman

According to 5 live Thierry Henry has signed for Barcelona, the info came from a Spanish radio station apparently.

No link yet

Edit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...pe/6231950.stm

Bit of luck Wenger will go as well

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Crikey, perhaps he can work the debt of

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6231624.stm

punky · 22-06-2007, 21:13

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Bit of luck Wenger will go as well

And take Arsenal with him

Russ · 22-06-2007, 23:00

More news that the Arsenel blip of being taken seriously as a major force is over.

How refreshing

sherer · 23-06-2007, 10:47

it's been reported in the press Wenger will see out his contract and then go when that ends at the end of this season. Maybe he has already got something lined up at another club like Barca and is letting him go there a year early.

If this rumour is true I can't believe it as without him Arsenal are nothing, sure he was out a lot this season but when he was there he saved them in a few games.

It's fact now

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...pe/6231950.stm

TheDaddy · 23-06-2007, 13:12

This transfer sums up all that is wrong with football, Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£16 000 000 buys you Thierry Henry or Darren Bent

Russ · 23-06-2007, 13:43

But surely you can see the comedy value in watching Arsenal crumble?

TheDaddy · 23-06-2007, 14:01

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Originally Posted by Russ B

But surely you can see the comedy value in watching Arsenal crumble?

Tbh it's all the same to me, if they win things or fail miserably, I don't care to much, the only person at that club I like and have any respect for is Wenger, I'd love it if he saw his contract out and moved to East London

DocDutch · 23-06-2007, 17:50

its a shame cuz Henry is probably 1 of the best players (foreign) to grace the Premier League

dont know what Arsenal are going to do to replace him but it has to be something really good, otherwise more and more will follow for sure.

and yes 16m for Henry I find that a bit "cheap" really considering that a player like Shrek (oops I ment Rooney) who is not as good as Henry sells for 26m.

TheDaddy · 23-06-2007, 18:09

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Originally Posted by DocDutch

dont know what Arsenal are going to do to replace him but it has to be something really good, otherwise more and more will follow for sure.

Seem's like the papers have a good idea

Arsene Wenger will attempt to recruit Carlos Tevez from West Ham or bring back Nicolas Anelka in the wake of striker Thierry Henry's expected departure from the Emirates Stadium to Barcelona. (Various)

Russ · 23-06-2007, 18:14

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Originally Posted by DocDutch

and yes 16m for Henry I find that a bit "cheap" really considering that a player like Shrek (oops I ment Rooney) who is not as good as Henry sells for 26m.

26m pays for Rooney's future too. Had Henry been considered the same talent as Rooney at that age then I'm sure he would have rated at a similar amount.

TheDaddy · 23-06-2007, 18:30

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Originally Posted by Russ B

26m pays for Rooney's future too. Had Henry been considered the same talent as Rooney at that age then I'm sure he would have rated at a similar amount.

Yep it took a manager of Wengers class to recognise that he could be turned from a run of the mill winger into one of the planets best, a World and European champion, get seven years superb service and make Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£6 000 000 profit on him

Russ · 23-06-2007, 18:44

SAF is doing exactly the same with Ronaldo.

TheDaddy · 23-06-2007, 19:02

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Originally Posted by Russ B

SAF is doing exactly the same with Ronaldo.

Is he? Ronaldo has always been rated as a top prospect, unlike Henry, the two histories aren't comparable

Russ · 23-06-2007, 19:46

Unlike Henry? So why did Wenger buy him?? No-one had heard of Ronaldo before SAF bought him. I'd say Henry and Ronaldo's situations are very comparable.

TheDaddy · 23-06-2007, 20:03

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Originally Posted by Russ B

Unlike Henry? So why did Wenger buy him?? No-one had heard of Ronaldo before SAF bought him. I'd say Henry and Ronaldo's situations are very comparable.

You mean you hadn't heard of him, Gerrard Houlier wanted to sign him for Liverpool before he went to Utd for instance, when you say comparable do you mean like a Champions League final and winning the League cup? Because it looked like Henry was on the scrapheap aged 22 Where as Ronaldo was a top prospect