I’m off for a bit 11 June, 2008

I’ve been working my arse off recently and I’m off for a weekend break. I’m going to Amsterdam for a few days tomorrow morning so the blog is going to be very quiet. I just thought I’d let you know.

It’s Holland vs. France while I’m out there, which should be fun. I’ll have to find a decent sports bar to watch that one in. I doubt I’ll be updating the blog whilst I’m away, if I find an internet cafe, I might check up on what’s going on but I don’t think I’ll have time to write something. Maybe, you never know.

Anyway, lets get on with the news then shall we?

Yesterday I told you that Aaron Ramsey has chosen Arsenal as his next club, instead of Man United, Everton or Liverpool and he’s spoken for the first time about the move. He says it’s an honour to be joining us and realises there’s work to do once he gets here. He also thanked Cardiff for bringing him up and he said he’ll never forget them.

Also, Cardiff’s chairman, Peter Ridsdale has spoken about the move saying that David Gill, Manchester United’s chief executive was quite disappointed at not signing the youngster. Ha. Also, he says we’ve sent him a ‘thank you’ email. Ok then.

Still nothing announced on Arsenal.com yet, not even an acknowledgment that a deal is being done. Something will probably come up over the weekend and hopefully it’s the confirmation that he’s all officially signed up.

In Euro 2008, Spain beat Russia 4-1 last night in group D. Cesc Fabregas didn’t start but he came off the bench to score his first international goal. Here’s what Cesc said:

It means a lot to me, the first goal in 27 games. It was time.

Well done to him. It wasn’t really a typical Fabregas goal; It was on offside, open-goal, header, which came from a rebound. His name still goes down on the score sheet though and he’ll be pleased with that.

However last night’s show belonged to David Villa, who scored a hat trick. We were linked with him at the start of the summer and now Cesc wants Arsene to bring Villa to Arsenal:

He would be amazing for the English league. I would like to have him in my team because as you can see he can make the difference.

He’s an amazing player. He has mobility, he scores goals. He plays well at the back of defenders, in front of them, he’s a tremendous player.

However, thanks to last night’s performance, his price tag has now just doubled. We all knew it would happen. If Wenger was serious about signing him, he would’ve done it before the Euros. If we were to somehow get him now, it’d be incredible, but I’m not expecting anything at all.

Robin van Persie has said that Holland’s performance against Italy reminded him of Arsenal. It’s true, they did play very quick, counter attacking and skilful football. The only missing element was an injury to Robin himself. There’s always next game I suppose.

And Hleb has told the media to leave him alone and stop bugging him about his future. Awww. Sorry Alex.

Ok, so that’s you updated for today. I’m back on Monday night so I’ll speak to you on Tuesday. It shouldn’t be too busy in the next few days. Ramsey’s transfer will probably get sorted. Actually, now I’ve said that he’ll probably change his mind and go to United. Anyway, speak to you next week. Thanks for reading.