Henry's Agent Fights Back

Today sees the clearest indication that all is well at Arsenal with news that Thierry Henry’s agent has slammed reports of a provisional 3 year contract with Barcelona. Jeff Weston, the man in charge of the group looking after Henry, stated,
“There’s never been any question of him not being at Arsenal next season”
Considering that agents are usually the trouble-stirrers, this is a pretty clear indication that Thierry is most likely going to stay at Arsenal next season, which is great news for the Arse and for the premiership. The only possibility of him going is in a part-exchange move for Eto’o and since Barcelona do not want to sell him, I think that Henry is staying put. Mind you, it is a long summer and anything can happen in football but I just can’t see him leaving, all a bit tiring really.

Our U21’s got off to a stuttering start today with a 0-0 draw against the Czech Republic; not a great performance with Leroy Lita missing a penalty in the last 5 minutes, but, at least we did better then the Italians who lost 1-0 to Serbia in their opener. It’s not the greatest start but we do have enough quality in our side to make it through to the semis at least. I see Stuart Pearce as more of a hindrance then a help, he’s got plenty of passion and he’s the most honourable manager out there but he doesn’t have the tactical nous to succeed at a high level. Luckily, passion is probably what’s needed in these shorter tournaments, so fingers crossed the team perk up and goes on a good run.

And to end with, some transfer news: Greg Halford has signed for Sunderland in a 3 million pound deal from Reading. Bit of a weird transfer, he’d only had 3 appearances for Reading, but as a Colchester local I’ve seen a fair bit of him and he was always head-and-shoulders above the over players! Seriously, he’s definitely one for the future. Alou Diarra wants to leave Lyon and Portsmouth are rumoured to be leading the chase. He’s a highly rated central midfielder and I’m not sure whether Portsmouth have enough clout to sign the man, he’ll definitely be wanting Champions League football in the next couple of seasons and with interest from Bayern Munich, I’m not sure Portsmouth will win this battle.

Goodnight all, let’s hope tomorrow perks up a little.