I wrote this back in September 1 2011 7am Malaysian time or 31st August 1am London time. Have fun!
I was up for the whole night to keep check on Arsenal's Transfer. Busy on Twitter, Soccernet live chat, Metro.co.ul live chat, Arseblog Chat and etc
So here is the low down.
The words 'better late than never' are very appropiate right now. Good work, Arsène & co.
"Men to help Boys"
Arsene Wenger in my opinion jut proved he has not lost the plot. With Experienced signing of Mikel Arteta, Yossi Benayoun, Per Mertesacker, Andre Santos and Park Chu-Young.
What qualifies then as experienced players
Park Chu-Young, Striker- The South Korean Captain, has a good pedigree in the French Ligue 1. Was chased by French Champions Lille and Lyon in the summer. Hard Working, High work rate, technically good. Surely Chamakh, Ryo and Afobe have their work cut out
Andre Santos, Left Back- a Fenerbahce fan said to Arsenal Fans. He is better than Jose Enrique. There is an interesting stats. Since joining Fenerbache, Games which he started 78% are wins and won the Turkish league in his 1st season. Explosive Full back, good competition to Gibbs
Per Mertesacker, Center-Back- Solid Defender in the German National squad. only received one yellow card in the last 3 years in his career. A clean tackler, great reader of the game, towering centerback, Captain of his previous club and Vice-captain to the National Squad.
Yossi Benayoun, Attacking Midfielder- A great addition to the squad, who will adds tactical discipline to the side. Will provide options on the bench when needed. Captain of his country, good leader on the pitch. Very compose player.
Mikel Arteta, Pivot Midfielder- Who will play the Cesc role. Will help Aaron Ramsey along with Rosicky with his development. Premier League proven player. The great thing about him, he will never be injured on international duty, if you know what I mean.
So we got the experienced needed to this current Arsenal Squad.
So here is the current first Team Squad
Goalkeepers:
13. GK Wojciech Szczęsny
24. GK Vito Mannone
21. GK Łukasz Fabiański
Defenders:
3. RB Bacary Sagna
4. CB Per Mertesacker
5. CB/LB Thomas Vermaelen (vice-captain)
6. CB Laurent Koscielny
11. LB André Santos
20. CB Johan Djourou
25. LB/RB Carl Jenkinson
28. LB Kieran Gibbs
49. CB Ignasi Miquel
Midfielders:
2. MC Abou Diaby
7. AM Tomáš Rosický
16. MC Aaron Ramsey
17. DM Alex Song
19. MC Jack Wilshere
30. AM Yossi Benayoun (on loan from Chelsea)
23. AM Andrei Arshavin
26. DM Emmanuel Frimpong
8. MC Mikel Arteta
39. DM Francis Coquelin
Forwards:
9. WGR/ FWD Park Chu-Young
11. FWD Robin van Persie (captain)
14. WGR Theo Walcott
15. WGR/AM Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
27. WGR Gervinho
29. FWD Marouane Chamakh
31. WGR Ryo Miyaichi
33. FWD Benik Afobe
I don't know about you but I like this squad. Looks like Arsene is gonna go guns blazzing in all competition.
5 signings within 2 days. I don't know about you it has been a bad summer but a really good dateline day.
The most important there is quality and squad in depth in the Arsenal Squad.
It has been a long night so yeah gonna catch some sleep
Keep it Gonnerish!
It has been a very interesting 7 Months eh?
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