Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Two games, one win and we're running out of players






The Frenchman has brought in five players so far this summer - Gervinho, Carl Jenkinson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ryo and Joel Campbell - but wants to add further reinforcements following the departures of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri.


Who OUT OF THE TEAM......
Aug 24 Samir Nasri to Manchester City Undisclosed
Aug 16 Carlos Vela Loan to Real Sociedad
Aug 16 Emmanuel Eboué to Galatasaray Undisclosed
Aug 15 Cesc Fábregas to Barcelona Undisclosed
Jul 20 Denilson Loan to São Paulo
Jul 4 Gaël Clichy to Manchester City Undisclosed

and who in......

Aug 19 Joel Campbell from Saprissa
Aug 8 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain(Striker)from Southampton
Jul 18 Gervinho from Lille
Jun 8 Carl Jenkinson from Charlton Athletic
Mar 17 Jens Lehmann Unattached
Ryo (japan young striker) had been recall from Loan....Feyenoord

will there be more to come for this wednesday deadline ...??????

Arsene Wenger on Nicklas Bendnter's future: "I promised I would let him go if he found the right club and that has not changed because when I make a promise I keep it. But if he doesn't find the right opportunity he will stay and fight for his place like everybody else. He looks sharp in training."


Wenger - The reasons why Nasri left Arsenal

Arsène Wenger decided to let Samir Nasri leave for “psychological and financial reasons”.

Arsenal agreed terms with Manchester City for the purchase of the midfielder on Tuesday, just before the Emirates Stadium side departed to Udinese and a crucial Champions League Play-off second leg tie.

Nasri trained with the side that morning and, as against Liverpool at the weekend, would have lined up against the Italian outfit if selected. He did not know that Wenger made up his mind on the move just before the session. Later, the manager said he was reluctant to let the 24-year-old go but admitted he had to be “a realist” given the French international would have been able to leave on free transfer at the end of next season and able to sign a pre-contract in January.

“Samir trained on Tuesday morning,” said Wenger. “But I knew before training. He didn’t know, the decision was made this morning just before training. He came in to practice.

“I don’t question Samir Nasri's commitment or professionalism. If I told him ‘you come with us and play’, he would have played like he did on Saturday but you wonder what kind of a commitment you can have.

“Football rules are made like that, that the player can be worth a lot of money today and nothing in six months so it doesn’t look completely logical but, at the end of the day, of course, we are forced into a decision like that for psychological and financial reasons.

“I am a realist so I have no illusions. It's part of the modern life of a professional football player. It's not that by coincidence that everybody suddenly lands at Man City.

“We did not want to lose Fabregas, but we were forced into a situation we didn’t want. Nasri is a situation where the player didn’t want to extend his contract with the proposals he had somewhere else. What kind of commitment can you have when the player is not there long-term? That is the question you have to answer.”

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