Soccernet recently reported Premier League rivals Manchester City are about to make a bid for Nasri and Clichy. With the financial resources City possess, it will be hard for Arsenal to deny them of this move. Nasri’s contract runs out next year and Arsenal would surely sell him for £20 million, or risk losing him on a free transfer next year. Clichy’s transfer was finalised today, with a £7 million move to Manchester City (pending the medical approval). Things got worse when a senior Arsenal official admitted a while ago that Fabregas will be sold if the right price was offered. To top up the misery glass, Denilson has decided that he might stay at Arsenal.
Okay, so maybe I’m being a little too mean to Denilson, but there’s no arguing that he’s average at best and definitely doesn’t deserve to be in the 1st team. Arsenal, for the last 6 years, has not won a single trophy. For a team with a history and competence like Arsenal , it is a big blow for the players and the fans. The motto of “Next Year” is becoming increasingly baseless and a little sad.
Arsenal is pretty much at rock bottom at the moment, but the idea of rock bottom may change next year, if they lose their three key players and fail to buy adequate replacements. Arsene Wenger is playing the waiting game, but he’s already lost Clichy and the proximity of losing in the other two is quite high. His transfer prospects at the moment look bleak, promising little.
With their depth already under much scrutiny, this could be the fatal blow to a side that promises so much year after year, and falls short.
The unrest in the team in understandable, albeit undesirable by the fans and undoubtedly by Arsene Wenger, who must be feeling shaken, and quite frankly a little betrayed. I say betrayed because he’s always been the one vouching for the young guns, and to be betrayed at a time when he needed them the most will hurt.
This is a time for some drastic steps to be taken by the man who’s seen Arsenal grow and who’s seen Arsenal fall. The same manager, whose name resembles the team as if he’s destined to be part of the club must realise that next season is critical in survival of both, him and his team he has given six years in. He has already lost Clichy. He needs to take a gamble of around £20 million, if he is confident Arsenal will win this season, thereby enticing Nasri to stay. He has to try and convince Cesc to stay, lest the team’s and fans’ morale completely crashes down. He knows as much as anyone else, that next season has to be the one for Arsenal. Another trophy less season would result in nothing short of a catastrophe.
I must point out here though, that some good points do come out of this. RVP has committed himself to Arsenal, saying that he wants to win trophies at this very club which has given him so much. Rosicky also mirrors the thought, banishing rumours that he wants to leave. Some call Rosicky deadwood, but that’s harsh – and one should hope that he could put the plight of his injuries in the past and reach his best next season, because Arsenal needs him. All credit to Van Persie – a player of his class showing such commitment should be an example for players like Cesc and Nasri, who have to realise that not winning trophies is not the ‘clubs fault’. Club is made up of players and players have to give in their 100%.
The only silver lining Arsene can take out of all this is this quote “The hour before dawn is the darkest.” He has to play smart, and act fast in this transfer market. He and his team have to give in 100% in the next season, to prove to themselves and the world, that they truly are the “THE INVINCIBLES”
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