ARSENAL ARE GROWING resigned to the loss of their two stand-out players from last season.
Barcelona are increasingly confident of finalising a deal this week for the club’s talismanic midflielder, Cesc Fabregas, bringing to an end a lengthy and disruptive courting process that’s spanned nearly two seasons, according to today’s Independent.
The clubs appear to have settled on a final payment of a little under £30m, considerably lower than Arsenal’s initial valuation, with the possibility of an additional £5m in add-ons, should Barcelona’s title-winning success continue.
Nasri, on the other hand, has found himself the subject of a £25m bid from Manchester City. Tempted by their offer to make him one of the highest-paid players in international football, the Frenchman has set his sights on leaving Emirates.
“Nasri is out of contract next summer and already had a £200,000-a-week deal on the table from City… Although it has been suggested that Fabregas will take a pay cut in his £120,000-a-week wages, the reality is that the player will simply accept a lower offer from Barcelona than the improvement on his existing deal that he could have earned by signing a new contract at Arsenal.”
It appears that neither player will be included in the Arsenal squad to face Newcastle this weekend.
The deals are expected to leave Arsenal Wenger with a transfer fund of nearly £60m, but only a little over a fortnight in which to bolster his depleted squad. The signing of Valencia’s Juan Mata appears the immediate priority, with the signing of another midfielder and centre-back looking inevitable.
It was a stupid statement by the county board and embarrassing for most Cork Gaa fans. They should have said that Cork came close and will learn from it and move on. Blaming the ref is childish and embarrassing. However, I think what they said regarding Cuthbert was correct. It is terrible that he got so much personal abuse from keyboard warriors. He tried his best and made some progress with the team. Going forward John Cleary is the right man for the job and I hope he takes up the role sooner rather than later. The Rebels will rise again. It Will just take time.
I keep reading how Cork GAA fans are so embarrassed by this. I am a Cork GAA fan and I am not embarrassed, I am absolutely delighted with this statement. Anything that shows up the county board for what they are the better.
Many from out side the county didn’t understand the need for the strikes, to many it appeared to be a team of primadonnas full of their importance and blaming the county board for their failures was just a convenient excuse for their failures. It seemed crazy to blame the demise of Cork GAA on the County Board and Frank. These games were lost on the field surely but know Cork are setup to fail in many cases. Palls of the board get the top coaching positions whether they are the best candidates or not.
Finally those outside the county might be starting to see what we are dealing with. It’s a shame that airing our dirty laundry in public seems to be the only way but unfortunately it is. Anything that exposed the ineptitude of our county board and puts pressure on Frank and co is a good thing in my book.
what a shower of dopes
Unbelievable in this day and age that a county board could let a childish statement out to the media and expect no fall out from it. While some of their grievances are well merited they should of held fire and not embarrass the proud people of cork. Who in their right mind would let their name go forward for the senior job now. Until their is a complete clear out of county board officials this I am afraid is par for the course going forward. Finally I think the clubs of cork will react properly to this embarrassment and finally do something about it.
hahaha can’t believe that one
One word of advice for the Cork county board whose effortless teams don’t need you…retire.