Monday, 08 June 09, 04:25 AM · Comments(4)
...and less than 48 hours later, I'm apparently proven wrong.
There's now strong links suggesting that Thomas Vermaelen, central defender and captain of Ajax is on the verge of a 10 million pound move to Arsenal.
The source? Vermaelen himself, quoted from a Dutch newspaper as saying that the "move to Arsenal"
is the right move for his career.
So I guess we're either getting us some Dutch defending OR the man himself (the player and not his agent) is not being honest.
Which one do I believe?
Does that make the rumors of bids for Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko or Marseille's central defensive midfielder Lorik Cana any more true?
Or what of the rumored swap between us and Man City with Kolo Toure heading to Eastlands while we get...Micah Richards?
My head's spinning.
Silly season is in full swing and we haven't even had a full week!
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that last point completely nailed it!
Long-distance reflection on Arsenal by a foreign gooner
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Richards AND Vermaelen perhaps?
"getting us some Dutch defending"
Yeah he plays in the Netherlands, but he is from Belgium
LORIK CANA!!!!!!!
@Sam: yeah, he's Belgian, but I kinda gave him honorary Dutchness as he's Ajax's captain.