There is a good bit of Arsenal transfer news about today, and it is not all good news. It appears that Arsene Wenger has upset William Gallas with his not-generous-enough new contract offer, and the French defender has decided to go off in a huff.
The Sun reports today that Wenger is wasting his time going for new talks with Gallas’ agent, and they quote a “source close to Gallas” as saying “Something seems broken between William and Arsene and it looks possible he will not be at the club next season.” I guess that if Gallas hasn’t signed a contract by now, it is pretty unlikely that he will in the next few days….
But if Gallas goes, and Silvestre is a certainty to join him, then it looks imperative that Sol Campbell stays, or Wenger will be desperate for defenders in the next couple of months. But today it seems that the newly promoted German club St. Pauli have made Campbell a big offer to play in the Bundesliga next season. If Campbell gets tired of waiting for Wenger to make him an offer, Arsenal could be dropped in the proverbial manure. Come on Wenger, pull your finger out!
But perhaps Wenger has other, younger, defenders in mind, as he is being linked with a couple of Italians this morning in TuttoSport. The Bari defender Leonardo Bonucci has had a great season in Italy, and is definitely on the move this summer. He has been variously linked with Man City and some top Italian clubs before today, and last week he sounded like he would prefer to join Inter Milan if Jose Mourinho wanted him. He is currently co-owned by Bari and Genoa, and they will both need to be involved in any transfer dealings.
He said last week: “I don’t know anything about my future. The co-ownership will be discussed in June. But it would be a source of pride for me to play with either Inter or Juve.
“However, I am still really attached to the Inter shirt and Jose Mourinho is a great boss and a great man. It would be a massive pleasure for me to be coached by him.”
I’m sure he would be persuaded to say much the same thing about Wenger if he came in with a serious offer….
Another Serie A player linked with Arsenal is the Ghanain midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah. The big 20 year-old has just been named in the Ghana squad for South Africa. He is obviously very talented, and Udinese have put a pricetag of 30m euros on him to frighten off any hostile bids. There is no way that Wenger would pay that much so this link is unlikely to be taken any further.
I imagine Wenger will be spending most of his time looking at defenders anyway
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