Adebayor IS going to Milan

The proposed move of Adebayor to Milan has become one of the main transfer sagas of the summer. Yesterday the Rossoneri claimed to have received a letter from Arsenal saying that the Gunners were now prepared to discuss a deal for the Togo striker.

This was later followed by a statement from the Arsenal chairman, Peter Hill-Wood, insisting that the Londoners were hoping to keep Adebayor.

Despite Hill-Wood’s assertions, the Italian press strongly believes that the 24-year-old will indeed be joining Milan, and the latest claims are that the clubs have come to an agreement over a transfer fee.

The Rossoneri will pay €30m in cash, and will also throw in €8m rated France Under-21 international Yoann Gourcuff as part of the deal.

Gourcuff joined Milan in 2006, and was regarded as one of the best young talents in the whole of the Europe. However, the 22-year-old has failed to impress, and indeed has already been loaned out to Bordeaux for next season.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is a huge admirer of the attacking midfielder, and it seems the inclusion of Gourcuff in the deal has swayed him to accept Milan’s offer.

Gourcuff will not arrive at the Emirates Stadium until his loan spell at Bordeaux ends in June 2009, but Adebyaor will immediately move to San Siro.

Milan general manager Adriano Galliani is said to be hopeful of completing the transfer by next Wednesday (July 16).

Hleb Moves Closer to Barca

Alexander Hleb looks set to get his move away from Arsenal as Barcelona close in on a £12m deal for the Belarussian winger.

The exit of the 27-year-old – who said he was “mentally tired” of London life – could be confirmed within the next 24 hours.

The Gunners may also complete the signing of their long-term summer target Samir Nasri from Marseille within the same time frame.

With Nasri replacing Hleb, for what is understood to be a similar fee, manager Arsene Wenger will now look to focus on the rest of his squad who are desperate to build on last season and mount a sustained title challenge.

Arsenal may have to go without leading scorer Emmanuel Adebayor, however, as he also appears to be determined to move for a perceived better deal elsewhere.

Despite AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani claiming Arsenal submitted written confirmation they were now ready to do a deal for the Togo frontman, it will be on the Gunners’ terms – with the Barclays Premier League club determined to secure £35m for a player who joined them just two-and-a-half years ago.

With veteran central midfielder Gilberto Silva also in talks over a switch to Panathinaikos, Wenger looks set to have his work cut out ahead of the first competitive game of Arsenal’s season when his team play a Champions League qualifier on August 12/13.

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Wenger Confirms Nasri

Arséne Wenger confirmed on Arabic news channel Al Jazeera that the transfer of Olympique Marseille attacking midfield star Samir Nasri to Arsenal will be completed after the European Championships.

Gunners boss Wenger confirmed the transfer when asked if Nasri would be coming after Euro 2008 by his co-commentator during the Romania v France game.

The reports come from respected Arabic Arsenal forum “Arsenal 4 Arab” that 58-year-old Wenger stated on Al Jazeera News that Nasri has signed but it will not be officially announced until after Euro 2008.

It appeared that several posters on the forum had viewed the France game and heard Wenger confirmed Nasri’s arrival, most of the fans, applauding the coul.

News of the 21-year-old’s move escalated earlier today when French agent Issa Traore told Christian Recalcati’s website that the France prodidgy will joing the Gunners after this summers Championships:

“Samir will go to Arsenal. Arsene Wenger is a great coach and as usual has proved clever in being able to sign the boy before his price rose further.

“He’s a great player that Italian teams have allowed to escape.”

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Ronaldo makes United – Lehmann

In a frank interview with gunflash magazine Arsenal’s now departed goalkeeper who will go down in Arsenal history as one of the key team members of the world famous Invincibles, the team that remained undefeated for an entire season and also reached a remarkable 49 Games without defeat.

When Jens was asked about the credentials of the top four teams in the Premier League he said that Liverpool had no one of any special calibre, Chelsea did have a couple of special talents who could win a game for them single handed and Manchester United had Ronaldo. He then went on to say that Arsenal had many many individuals who could win games far more that any other team , they just lacked experience.

With Ronaldo’s departure from Manchester United looking more than just idle gossip these days it would be interesting to see just where Manchester United would have come without Ronaldo and probably the reason why Manchester United have been on TV so much lately trying to quash the rumours about this possible departure.

Ronald has contributed an amazing 24 points to their Premier League campaign and a United team without Ronaldo would not have made it to Moscow or to the Premier League trophy either as they would have finished in 5th position below Everton and above Aston Villa.

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my thoughts on arsenal 2 july 2008

It has been a long time since we won any silverware, to be honest it is starting to get embarrassing. Even Tottenham have one some.

It was nice seeing brief appearances from Robin and Cesc in the Euro though, they really look like they are going to make a mark on the premiership this year.

Currently their are a few rumours going around. Senna coming to Arsenal, Guiza coming to Arsenal, Olafemi Martins and a load others are supposed to be coming. It would be nice to see a couple of new faces but I could imagine loads of changes could do more good then bad. I really believe that we are on the verge of something brilliant.

Another rumour going around at the moment is the one about Adebayor. Is he going to Milan, Barca or even Chelsea? My opinion is if he wants to go don’t stop him. We need players who want to be there and I believe we have adequate cover with the likes of Van Persie, Eduardo, Walcott and even Bendtner. It won’t be a big problem if he decides he will go.

I am currently working on a couple of websites at the moment that are to do with Arsenal. One is arsenalnews.co.nr and another is arsenal.co.nr. Arsenalnews.co.nr has all the news and rumours while arsenal.co.nr has all the facts and figures. It has been tough setting up these sites and keeping up with constant updates but I am trying to keep on top of it.

This is my first blog, I know it’s a bit basic but football is something I like talking about and if you like these then I will carry on posting, so please do comment on them. That would really be appreciated.

I am looking forward to next season though, it seems really close by. I am excited by the recent arrival of Aaron Ramsey and the return of Carlos Vela. They really seem like they could be superstars. The new Fabregas or Theirry’s of the world.

Although we didn’t win anything last season at least we know we didn’t miss Henry badly and in my opinion I believe we improved as a team without him but with his influence still on players like Theo and Fabregas.