well with the Euro's currently going on, its a quite transfer week with not much reportedly happening, although France's quick exit could see some activity come the beginning of next week with Nasri to Arsenal FINALLY ! Even though Adebayor has stated in the press that he will be at Arsenal next season, he won't ! There has been a huge row about wages and the Togo star now thinks he is a world class player and need to have more big mercedes in his drive ! Wenger has lost patience and pointed out he can get another striker and make them world class but I not sure the fans will see it that way, we need experience and a gelled team now. I am also worried about Rosicky, great when he was in the team, great at the world cup 2 years ago, but since then ? Finally, Ronaldo I am told by my madrid friend he has sent his mother to look for houses just outside Madrid, they are using the same agent that Becks used. AND Lastly, good old Daniel Levy decided that he would offer real £20 mill for Robinho, and Robinho is heard to have commented " money doesn't matter, I want a team that is going places" CLASSIC he kills them AGAIN ! feel free to comment.

Ok punchy headline, but here is the truth about the whole thing, straight from inside Arsenal. Hillwood has gone on record as not wanting his sort at Arsenal, but from what I hear PHW had a trip out to Colorado and was wined and dined and had a " bloody marvelous " time. PHW was so impressed that he has gone about convincing board members that Stanley would be a good new member of the board, which upto now has met with resistance, but recently that resistance was pushed out of Arsenal. Yes you guessed right, when Dein intially introduced Kroenke to Arsenal, his biggest opposition was Edelman, who has never really got on with Dein. The board listened to its then Managing Director, a big arguement followed and the rest is history. 12 months on Edelman left and alot of people were confused as to why. Yes he was given a nice piece in the papers and it was creatively written how he was seeking new pastures etc etc etc, but come on, who the hell believes that old goat ? I am told that Edelman was far to agressive with people within Arsenal, he was a bully and the players never liked him. I was recently told " even though you don't want to, you have to suck upto them because they are the stars " and Edelman never got to grips with that, which is why Flamini never signed a contract and left. The board saw the Flamini saga as the last straw, for what Flamini actually wanted in a salary increase, it will now cost double that to bring in a replacement. While Edelman was brilliant at his off field commitments with the new stadium and sponsorship deals, his man management skills with big stars was certainly not his forte. Now PHW is ready to take Stan in and give him a place on the board, but not for nothing. He will have to make a substantial gesture of investment to the club, which currently we don't need as our finances are self sustaining in the long term, so now its about how much he wants it. Also this might tie in with Usmanov, maybe that for Kroenke to have a seat at the board he will have to buy out Usmanov and rid ourselves of the Uzbek, meanwhile Dein in the background rubbing his hands as thats what he had planned all the time, it just took PHW a while to come to his senses.

I personally don't know who is at major fault. Hlebs agent, Hleb himself or the clubs for enticing him. Having said that, the Special One, or not so special, doesn't seem interested in our icecream loving one, nor does Flamini's new club either, so Alexander will now have to try the spanish icecream flavours and see which one he likes. I think you can point the finger at his agent, it seems to me more and more that players are happy at clubs, providing they are playing in the top leagues and top european competitions, a difference in salary at that level doesn't really make a difference for a player, but for an agent it makes a huge difference. Which is why we have seen Hleb and now Adebayor looking for big money moves, not because they possibly want them, but because they are advised that financially it will secure their future after they have stopped playing. Wherever Hleb ends up, I feel sorry for him. At Arsenal he was given a first team place, Barcelona, Madrid and other big european teams might not give him that place and he will find it very different. If he thought London was noisey, well Barcelona and Madrid are even worse, the fans are more fanatical and the press won't leave you alone, but don't worry Alexander, you go and think the grass is greener and I hope your icecream melts all over your face! Any comments ?