Bakary again + media nonsense

Rather than writing the blog daily I seem to be writing the blog every two days at the moment. During the season I was so enthused to write the blog because inevitably there was a match coming up or we had performed the day before. Right now it is all a bit dull to be honest. We are being linked with few people, we have brought in a goalkeeper (a good signing) and a teenager, and we are still met with the frustrating circle that is the Thierry Henry situation.

There are several stories for me to cover in today’s blog. None of which I am overly enthralled to write about. None-the-less if I put it off then I will be severely behind. So onwards and upwards. What is first on the agenda? I shall start with Justin Hoyte, who has played in all three of England’s games in the group stages of the Under 21 European Championship. I watched the first two games and he was pretty solid, the third game clashed with the final day of la Liga (which I will cover shortly) so I did not manage to catch much of the match. England are into the semi-finals after a 2-0 win over Serbia & Montenegro. Unfortunately it seems a couple of the England players were faced with racism. The FA have now contacted FIFA. Will much be done? I doubt it. On the other hand English fans have a terrible reputation and whenever they are caught of any slight wrong-doing they get punished severely. The sooner FIFA wake up and publicly demonstrate that they simply will not tolerate racism, the better.

Gilberto finished second in the poll for player of the season. Personally I think he deserved to be number one. I presume Fabregas has got the top spot. If anyone else deserves the award, it should be Cesc.

The French press have linked us with Bakary Sagna. A week or so ago it was speculated that he might be on his way, we all had a right old debate about whether he was needed. I think the conclusion was that if we could get him for a smallish fee he could provide solid cover at left/right back, especially with Eboue participating in the ANC. The fee being mentioned is £6.75 million. That seems a little steep. French teams love getting silly fees for their players – Essien/Ribery etc. If he is a target then I am positive Arsene will not pay over the odds for him. I just hope that if we do get him his fee will not eat inot any remaining money for a left winger – the one position we really do need cover for.

According to reports Valencia right back Miguel has had offers from English clubs. He is an excellent player but I strongly doubt we are in for him. He would be extremely pricey.

Giuly has dismissed claims that he has been in contact with Henry about his move to Barca. He said they were utter bullshit. Fair play. I guess that goes to show you that the French media are as equally able to print crap as the Spanish.

After Reyes knocked in two vital goals for Real at the weekend, Jose has expressed his desire to stay at the Bernabeu –

Scoring two goals to help us win the last game of the season when we needed a victory is a great feeling for me, and I hope they aren’t my last goals for Real Madrid. Maybe what has happened will convince the club they would like to keep me. I’ve said many times what an honour it is to play for Real Madrid.

It really is a shame he could not settle in England. When he came on for Madrid on Sunday he provided some real width for Real – something we often lack. Oh well, his goals will do us no harm and hopefully will now create a bit of a bidding war between some of the Spanish clubs. As soon as a sale is confirmed I would hope a replacement will be brought in soon after.

As expected the media has increased their spouting of shit now that la Liga has finished. The Sun reports that Arsene will be brought in to replace Frank Rijkaard after he failed to clinch the title. I think we are all safe in the knowledge Arsene is definitely staying for at least another season I plan to say nothing else on the matter.

There we have it, today there are rumours flying around that we will confirm a huge signing. Further rumours suggest it will just be confirmation that Aliadiere is leaving. Some even suggest Owen is on his way in. Knowing us though we have probably resigned Cygan.

Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday.