1st Training Photos & Dennis Lachter is a c**t 7 July, 2009

I don’t know why but I’ve been really looking forward to the first shots of the players back in training. It’s the first glimpse of the squad ahead of the new season and a chance to see Thomas Vermaelen with his new team mates for the first time. Tomas Rosicky’s there too which is strange to see, as is Eduardo. Go take a look if you haven’t already.

There were a few missing though, Fabregas, Walcott and Gibbs were all absent after their summer international commitments. I could run through who else I don’t see there but that’s just speculating over nothing, they could just not be in any photos; although I’m pretty sure Adebayor’s not in there even after his agent said nothing has changed with his situation at Arsenal.

Gallas, Silvestre, Senderos and Djourou are all there though and I’m glad to see Big Phil back in an Arsenal shirt. As I said yesterday, I don’t expect all of those players to remain with us this season but we’ll see. The latest on Senderos is a story in The Daily Mail who say Bordeaux will bid £5.2 for the Swiss international. Sounds pretty realistic but when can you ever trust what the Daily Mail say?

Not long ago I told you about Andrey Arshavin ditching his agent, Dennis Lachter in a move to represent himself personally. I said at the time that it was great news because Lachter is a slimy little cunt who will try an engineer a move whenever possible. Well, he’s done it. Headlines reading ‘Lachter invites Arshavin Barca Bid’ are appearing all over the net. Now, forgive me if I’m wrong but doesn’t he have fuck all to do with Arshavin anymore? If those quotes about Andrey leaving his agent were true then he’s got nothing to do with this.

Here’s what he said anyway:

“Before anything else, Barcelona should make a formal offer.

Then we can sit down and speak.”

Who the fuck is ‘we’?! It shows true cuntery to whore yourself out to the whole of Europe before finally securing a move to then start all over again just six months later! Fair enough we might have bought him on the cheap but that’s got nothing to do with it.

I genuinely believe Andrey is happy here in London and I believe him when he says, “I am Gooner.” Lachter however is nothing more than a money grabbing, unfaithful twat and I’m glad AA23 did the right thing and got rid of him while he could. I don’t know whether being his own agent is the best idea but I’m sure he’ll get someone a lot less of a dick than Lachter in at some point. Hopefully this story is just rubbished away like all the others seeing as Lachter has nothing to do with Arshavin or Barcelona’s supposed interest.

So Dennis, just fuck off. Thanks.

Arseblog has just put up an exclusive interview with Ivan Gazidis which is well worth a read. He talks about all things to do with the board and club ownership, transfers, how he got the job and more. I think it’s great that such a big figure at Arsenal recognises the blog world for what’s its worth and doesn’t just ignore what a massive fan base there is behind them. I’m sure a business man like Gazidis knows how important the blog community is, not only is it the voice straight from the fans but it’s just as good a way to get information out as the official website. The club has made more and more of an effort to get in touch with blogs and it’s really makes you feel appreciated when they get in contact. So well done Arseblogger for getting the interview and well done the club for letting him speak – more in the future please.

Right I better be off I have a busy day sorting my emails out. As you can imagine my inbox is full of messages from Ivan Gazidis, Arsene Wenger, Dennis Bergkamp, Tony Adams and others trying to get an interview on The Cannon. Jesus just leave me alone for once.

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ps. Just as I finished writing there was some more news. Wenger wants a meeting with Fiorentina and Eboue would be ‘a valid swap’. More on Friday, I don’t think I’m going to be around tomorrow.