Afternoon fellow Gooners,<\/p>\n
The title really says it all doesn’t it? I have really come to\u00a0HATE the\u00a0famous Tap Up Barcelona FC, as it happened previously with Viera we all started to think the same way about Real Madrid. This time is no different but we move onto another club from another Spanish city. I have always valued Barca as a club but I feel disappointed with the way they go about their business off the pitch!<\/p>\n
Perhaps we should make it into a song during The Emirates Cup? Can you imagine 60.000 people singing it? I can only imagine one individual not liking any of it but I doubt he will be there to witness it, if he stays that is as he will be recovering from the World Cup.<\/p>\n
Anyway let’s move on closer to what has been happening\u00a0around our Almighty Arsenal. We have finally heard what we wanted to hear for all these weeks with the Cesc saga taking twists and turns day in day out. Arsenal have confirmed a formal bid from\u00a0Tap Up Barcelona and with a smile on my face\u00a0we threw it back in their dirty faces, for some time we stood up and didn’t allow them to bully us:<\/p>\n
“Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is under contract with the Club until the summer of 2015. He is a highly-valued member of the team and part of our future plans.<\/p>\n
“We have followed recent speculation linking Cesc with a move away from the Club but as there has never been any official approach for him, only two informal exchanges, in which we made it abundantly clear that we have no interest in transferring Cesc, we have refrained from publicly passing comment. However, yesterday evening we received an offer from Barcelona for Cesc and in response, we immediately and resolutely told them once again that we have no intention of selling our captain.<\/p>\n
“To be clear, we will not make any kind of counterproposal or enter into any discussion. Barcelona have publicly stated that they will respect our position and we expect that they will keep their word.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Now if they have any decency, respect and class left they will read between those lines above\u00a0and get the gist of\u00a0things. You would think they\u00a0would act accordingly, however I get the feeling this is far from over\u00a0and it didn’t really last long as they are already preparing a second bid for our skipper<\/a>,\u00a0I don’t get\u00a0which part of ” To be clear, we will not make any kind of counterproposal or enter into any discussion” they don’t fucking understand?<\/p>\n
Their dirty tactics continue to go unpunished their vice-president Rafael Yuste said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m optimistic that he\u2019ll be able to sign for Bar\u00e7a as soon as possible and it\u2019s clear that everybody here will give him a warm welcome,\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll do nothing that might make it more difficult for him to come here and we won\u2019t rush things. But we won\u2019t stop, either.\u201d<\/p>\n
I think the only to way stop this bullshit getting out of hand and spreading further we\u00a0should lodge a formal complaint to FIFA that they are\u00a0constantly trying to Tap Up a player who is under contract with us,\u00a0Come on we are The Arsenal and we fear no one on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n
Rant over, bloody Scumbags! Ok I’m fine now… Piles of shit…<\/p>\n
Moving on swiftly everyone is probably now aware of\u00a0Walcott\u00a0not going to the upcoming World Cup\u00a0in South Africa with the England squad which to me was no suprise. I have a mixed feeling about this \u00a0one side of me thinks he was over used last year and now they have ditched him the other is saying he didn’t step forward this season so it’s fairy deserved. I think Goonerholic<\/a> has covered this inside out with his as per usual very good article.<\/p>\n