Julio Baptista will be handed his walking papers by Arsenal. It's unclear what this means for the status of Jose Antonio Reyes, who's largely disappointed after making his long complained about dream move to Real. He doesn't want to come back to England and Real don't want him. I'm sad that the Baptista loan turned out this way as I thought he'd do well in England. Unlike many continental imports his game was based as much on power as finesse and I presumed he'd fit right in to the English style (albeit Arsenal's more elegant take). Unfortunately it was not to be; while he never looked overawed and certainly seemed up to the challenge he just looked short of quality. Had he been able to do something with the chances he was given we may have seen a different outcome in the Carling Cup final, the FA Cup and the Champions League. My lasting memory of him will be taking a beautiful ball in stride, missing it completely and falling on his cultured Brazilian ass.
Arsenal are letting me go, insists Baptista
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