Bored on 7-7-08

Dave Chappelle is one funny son of a bitch....

Andrei Arshavin's agent Dennis Lachter was quoted talking to a Russian newspaper:

 “Now Zenit is negotiating with several clubs,” Lachter told Sovetsky Sport. “We are waiting for a call from (Zenit president) Alexander Dyukova, after which negotiations have already progressed themselves.

“Most likely, it will be England.”

Very interesting considering just the other day he said that Arshavin wanted Barcelona and nothing else. Obviously, if you've been following rumours, Arsenal and Chelsea are the two big clubs after him as of right now. I don't know if there's any valid proof to that, but it would make sense to me.

Chelsea are obviously in the mood to spend money this summer with Deco already captured and heavy rumours linking them to Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Kaka, Robinho and just about every other big name player across Europe. With the obvious Russian influence at Chelsea, a new manager who wants to revamp the squad, and the willingness to double every other club's wage offers, Stamford Bridge seems a very likely destination for the impressive Russian star. Fuck you Roman Abramovich!

As an Arsenal supporter I really pray reports that we're leading the chase are true. He'd be an awesome fit for us. He'd provide some very direct dribbling and goal scoring that we've lacked for a couple seasons. However, I wouldn't like him as a striker. I'd much rather see him on the wing. He played there quite a bit for Zenit and did a fantastic job. As a striker for us, I don't think an Arshavin RvP forward line would work that well. I still think we should sell Adebayor and find a player who isn't a cunt. Adebayor is very overrated and if a 30m pound offer comes in I'd be a happy, happy man. I'm also looking forward to Eduardo coming back if he can recover, because he can do a fine job up top.

 Peter Hill-Wood says Adebayor is not for sale for any price. Goddamnit!

Another Arsenal rumour today involves Ruben De La Red. It's reported that Arsenal, Spurs, and Villa are all after the Real Madrid and Spain midfielder. He's one of many bright young prospects at Madrid right now and spent last season at Getafe. I saw him a few times in La Liga and several times in the UEFA cup last season and he really looked to be quite some player. An industrious midfielder with a very good shot and good technical abilities he would be a great partner for Cesc. He made one appearance in the Euro's and scored a thunderous equalizer for Spain against Greece.

I was hoping for more news about the Ronaldo saga today, but all I can find is some rehashed Calderon crap and news about the surgery. Unfortunately it went well.

Just stumbled upon some bad news for Spurs fans: Diego Capel insists he will not sign for Tottenham. Apparently Spurs were after Van der Vaart as well, but he also turned them down. My god, Ramos has made Levy and Spurs quite an ambitious club.

Van der Vaart told Dutch weekly Sportweek: "The interest has been there for some time already, but they (Tottenham) are not the club I want to go to. Tottenham are not a club I want to swap Hamburg for. The chance that I will stay at HSV is really big. As long as no team comes by which makes me immediately excited, I see no reason to leave. And so far none of those clubs have called us."

I really can't believe Spurs are the biggest club out for VDV at this time. C'mon Arsene make a bid!