If as an Arsenal fan you were dismayed, disappointed, disenfranchised or any other d about the departure of Alexandr Hleb, your mentality might well have been altered after reading his disrespectful remarks concerning Cesc Fabregas.

In a shameless attempt to get the Barcelona fans to like him - just in case for some strange reason they might get fed up with him at a later date - the Belarussian exclaimed to the Spanish media, "Cesc Fabregas explained a lot of things to me about this club. He loves this club. Now he's at Arsenal - but who knows if in the future he'll come back to Barca?"

Surely Hleb is not so ignorant as to understand that such careless talk will be picked up by the press and blown out of all proportion, only causing unnecessary controversy for his former club and team mate. Instead of saying something along the lines of "I have no idea, you'll have to ask Cesc", he chose to run his mouth off and spark another round of pre-season speculation about one of our players.

This is the sort of character we got rid of - spineless, so goodbye and I hope you fail miserably at your new club. I very rarely turn on players who leave Arsenal, but what with the ice cream saga, his constant and deliberate denials and contradictions and now this, a small portal has been opened into the mind that is Alexandr Hleb, and it's a sneaky, selfish mind.

Emmanuel Adebayor is back at Arsenal's boot camp today. Where tight-fisted Herr Wenger will be making him do slavery-type things like running as fast as he can, miscontrolling a leather ball and sitting on newly mown grass enjoying some of the best footballing facilities in the world on a beautiful summer's day for the paltry sum of £30,000 a week. Had it have been Hleb he probably wouldn't have turned up, so lets see if Adebayor has a shred of integrity left in him.

Meanwhile, Arsenal beat Barnet 2-1 in their usual annual pre-season friendly. Nothing much to report, other than you have to be impressed that 11 foetuses could restore a 1-0 deficit within 45 minutes. When questioned after the game about transfer activity, Wenger mentioned that 1, possibly 2 players will be brought in before the end of the transfer window. To me, this means 1 holding midfielder, and a replacement for Adebayor in case he leaves. Unless Wenger is going sado-machismo on us - this means, no centre back. Make of that what you will - my thoughts will become crystal on August 31.