well, fuck.
Deadline day thread Jan 2015
Adebayor on loan to West Ham?
That'd be amusing - Spurs fans boo the life out of him but they're getting nervous that it would leave them with just Kane....and Soldado.
West Ham?! Oh Ade, burning more bridges
lagos wrote:any Harry sightings?
Looks like United managed to offload Anderson to some Brazilian club. Not a bad feat considering his supposed physical condition. I read a funny piece about him a few months ago that made him seem a bit like a modern day Winston Bogarde:
Anderson was one of the first to dismissed as not being up to it by Moyes, whose first impression of the player's poor physical condition in pre-season was countered by a member of the fitness staff claiming that, for Anderson, he was actually in better shape than usual.
an insight into our arshavin deal and the crazyness of deadline day.
âThe Arshavin deal went right down to the wire â that was tense.
âThere was a lot of snow predicted and Arshavin was waiting in Paris to see if the deal could go ahead.
âMy brother Phil had the foresight to fly him into London, even though the deal wasnât done, because we didnât want him stranded.
âCredit to Sky, they then found him at the hotel we had hidden him in and simply Âbecause he was in the country they were reporting the deal was done â it wasnât.
âHe had a medical but there was a problem with the Âvaluation. What made it all the more important from my point of view was that Vladimir Putin was keeping an eye on the situation!
âZenit is his club and he and Andrey know each other, so we really had to make sure Âeverything was spot-on.
âAs an agreement moved closer, I remember looking at the TV and the ticker on Sky Sports News was counting down. The window closed in one minute and 30 seconds!
âI was at home â snowed in because of the bad weather â and was on the phone to a guy called Pavel, desperately trying to get him to fax through the agreement. But it just wouldnât go through.
âWe were almost out of time so I gave up on the fax machine and said to him, âJust write âagreedâ on an email to me NOW and weâll sort everything else out afterwardsâ.
âHe was a bit cautious about what we were agreeing but I promised to tear it up if they werenât happy. With eight Âseconds left, the email landed.
There was one word on the email â âagreedâ.
âAnd that was enough to Âsecure Andreyâs move to Arsenal.
âThankfully the FA accepted the email as confirmation that the deal that had been in discussion.â
Dragan wrote:lagos wrote:any Harry sightings?
Looking better than usual now he is free from the spuds shithole. Even his hair has started growing back and the skin round his eyes seems less saggy.
That Arshavin story is amazing. The guy was a total bum after 08-09 but he was so important in getting us to the top 4 that season.
If Wenger was any use he'd have signed Arteta in that window too and we'd have been a decent side the following year.
Agreed!
Agent of arshavin also said he spunked up the 1.2m difference at the last moment.
If he hadn't we'd probably not have made CL football. Villa were well clear atm.
No way he went in his wallet it's a job and arsenal zenit and arshavin would all have more money than him. I'd say he was lookingfor a stupid fee and eventually realised he wasn't going to get it.