Thursday, April 24, 2008

Who's leaving Arsenal?


Maybe Hleb and Flamini can share a taxi to Heathrow and enjoy Terminal 5 together

Most of the British papers are running two stories, one saying Flamini is certainly off to Italy, another saying Wenger is looking to keep his stars. The Flamini situation is a touch baffling: he stays at Arsenal for a few years vowing to battle for a starting place, finally wins it, then decides to leave. Odd. Some players have left Arsenal and done well but others have failed to shine outside the Arsenal system, it'll be interesting to see which category Flamini fits into.

Hleb is also rumoured to be off. In the past it was easy to understand why players wanted to leave for Spain or Italy, but now, considering the quality of the EPL and how well EPL teams are doing in the CL, that's not the case. When you've got players like David Villa offering themselves to Arsenal, why would you want to leave? More money, I guess.

Arsenal manager wants Cesc Fabregas, Alexander Hleb and Mathieu Flamini to stay at the club before signing new players
Arsene Wenger says new signings can wait

Milan Vice President Adriano Galliani has reacted angrily to Jean-Claude Blanc’s comments that Juventus are favourites to sign Matthieu Flamini
Galliani Slams Blanc As Flamini War Begins

Alexander Hleb has been banned for the rest of the season, and could move to Italy in the summer
Hleb's Arsenal career may be over

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