Regular blog readers will know Young Guns has a close relationship with Carlos Vela News, and our very good friends have come up with a spectacular exclusive picture. It shows the 19 year old posing with the famous red and white shirt at Houston international airport.
The photo was snapped by a fan, who spotted the Arsenal starlet as he was leaving the terminal after playing and scoring for Mexico against Belize two weeks ago. Vela was handed the shirt and asked for a picture, and of course he duly obliged. We have it on good authority he even kissed the logo. Nice job Carlos!.
Excellent work from everybody involved, you can view the photograph by clicking the thumbnail below.
Article By – J.Sanderson
Love this guy more every day. Nice work Vela News And Young Guns.
good to see that he is looking forward to his season at Arsenal!
haha, nice one!
J, Good job mate, How about the on/off Nasri transfer saga
Whats up super fans
New number 12 will be one of the suprise packages in the league next year wit his cameos
Hardly a surprise, we all know he’s class! :P
From what i know he has signed, but i dont know why both clubs are not announcing it.
Somebody left a comment yesterday with some info Here.
Diouf said its imminent.
hmm he is thats certain but i do not think he will be played as much as people think…he will be a sub and start his way up like Walcott… and i for sure hope he makes it… he can bring a MEXICAN WAVE to the premiership…
see what i did there…? lol
One of the things i love about Vela, is his passion towards the club. He descibes Arsenal as a dream..
i got really excited seeing the feed on newsnow- expected to see him with the new shirt on! good all the same tho. keep up the good work JS.. where the hell is Nasri? and what does everyone think about this link with David Silva? seems a bit far fetched to me- but would be amazing
The longer the Nasri saga goes on for, the better. ;)
Great JS.
You have a great future as a top sports journalist (I have to remember the name).
This photo would have been more priceless if the guy who handed him the jersey would have stood next to Carlos Vela for the snap.
Nice and cheeky photo anyways! :-)
Whats up with the nasri deal?
J, although I want Nasri too sign and soon – i cant help thinking that the signing is delayed for a reason ! to take to focus off other transfer deals being done – if you remember ages ago i listed arshavin in players i would sign if i was the boss – he also made comments on BBC about Spanish players who play abroad now and some that will soon – very un Wenger-like
The nasri deal will be officially announced this evening or tomorrow morning.
Hey JS, great post once again :)
I’ve got some news for you, I was reading through the ‘La provence’ newspaper on the internet, and there’s this story:
http://www.laprovence.com/articles/2008/06/25/497985-Region-en-direct-Ben-Arfa-a-l-OM-officiel.php
It basically says that Lyon and Marseille have reached an agreement and in the next few hours, Ben Arfa should be attending a medical…
Now, the reason this is important is because i heard from sources that the Nasri deal is dependent on Marseille’s ability to buy Ben Arfa…I heard they want to provide the Fans with a quick replacement, so this is the reason i feel the transfer is being delayed.
Hope this is some use to you, and my fellow arsenal fans :D
http://www.laprovence.com/articles/2008/06/25/497376-Sport-Region-Ben-Arfa-c-est-bouillant.php
Also this story, which even goes to say that the Ben Arfa sigature will be expeted in the next 24-48 hours :) Didn’t read the rest though lol. I have a feeling that the Nasri deal will be announced at the same time they capture Ben Arfa
Again, great post, can’t wait to see Vela :D
Jamal,
http://www.laprovence.com/articles/2008/06/25/497987-Region-en-direct-Diouf-Nous-avons-obtenu-l-accord-de-Lyon-pour-le-transfert-de-Ben-Arfa.php
And this story lol. Diouf states they have reached an agreement for the transfer of Ben Arfa, so i think we should be able to see Nasri in the next couple of days…
Il stop posting now :) Lol
Jamal,
Marseille just signed Ben Arfa – on their official website
Hope nasri sing soon and hope hleb stays diapy will replace flamini
Maybe Marseille want to announce the replacement for Nasri before announcing his departure?
nice work Jemal
kolo5 dont lie i looked and unless on a different marseille website its not mentioned!
back 2 being upset bout not having nasri yet its F***ing me off now
TrinderGooner La Provence says they have reached an agreement for Ben Arfa..
http://www.laprovence.com/articles/2008/06/25/497987-Region-en-direct-Diouf-Nous-avons-obtenu-l-accord-de-Lyon-pour-le-transfert-de-Ben-Arfa.php
Im French and om’s fan and arsenal so I know that nasri this morning was has the training to tell to goodbye has his team-mates and he said that he shall sign next Wednesday,don’t worry guys is yours !
Lol no problem :D
This is class about Vela, whether he plays a lot or not, he is already a legend in my eyes.
He slags off Spurs and kisses the badge in an informal photo. The only thing he can do now is score a hat-trick against spurs at the Emirates and shite hart lane.
I think he will be here for a very long time, maybe even he will never leave, i hope it’s the latter cos i really like the look of this kid!
I just looked on the Marseille website and saw nothing about Ben Arfa.
As I said yesterday I think this protracted transfer saga is just an attempt from JP Bernes to make a monkey out of Wenger. I mean, it shouldn’t be this difficult; either you won’t to play for Arsenal or you don’t, simple as.
Kolo was right guys,
http://www.om.net/fr/Saison/101003/Actualites/35721/_font_color_red_Accord_pour_le_transfert_de_Ben_Arfa_font
just went on Marseille’s website
“Un accord a été trouvé entre l’Olympique Lyonnais et l’OM pour le transfert définitif de Hatem Ben Arfa.
Le joueur sera dans le prochaines heures à Marseille pour y passer la traditionnelle visite médicale préalable avant la signature du contrat.”
There’s gonna be a lot of expectation for Nasri to make an immediate impact. 15 mill is a lot of money for a 20 year old, and would make him our record signing. Love Carlos’ man-bag in the photo!
J what does that mean, i don’t speak French very well, got a D at GCSE thats it lol :-)
haha
It says Marseille are delighted to announce they have an agreement to sign Hatem Ben Arfa from Lyon, subject to a medical.
Its like:
An agreement has been found between Lyon and Marseille for the definite transfer of hatem ben arfa
in the next few hours, the player will be at Maresille to pass the traditional medical, before signing the contract
Yep what Jamal said.. :D
Lol. First time i’ve really posted on your website, although do read them everyday! I have to say, top job though JS, you are excellent. THanks for providing us all with infomation!
The man bag thing is funny lol!
An apology please TrinderGooner (c*ck)!!
Why would I lie!?
Sweet, hopefully it will be announced soon then.
But no doubt there will prob be another random hold up, like the transit of Nasri’s dog has not yet been completed or his nan just tripped on the pavement so can’t fly until August or summit haha :-)
Ben Arfa goes to OM, Nasri wll go to Arsenal hopefully.
Ben arfa replaces nasri and he is going to sign this after noon (If nasri put of time its has cause of Ben arfa now nasri is going to officialize its coming at arsenal)
Just hope that Adebayor stays now and we get a Flamini replacement, like Inler from Udinese who played well for the Swiss at Euro 2008.
skysports news just said that om have agreed a fee for Ben arfa
The nasri deal was completed last week. Nasri has already had a medical and has been to the emirates. Nasri had an agreement not to announce it until marsielle bought hatem ben arfa. Like i said first on here. It will be announced this evening or tomorrow morning………. Also adebayor will not be going anywhere unless a club meets the valuation of the player. (£31 million) Arshavin, David villa, Guiza, and all the other rumoured players will not be coming. Only one more new face apart from nasri will be coming in.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11800_3735330,00.html look it tell u
Nasri is has Marseille and attent wenger to officialize, at the moment wenger work with the tele and returns on Monday and the announcement will take place on Wednesday
he better have stole that handbag! thats not manly, not manly at all.
WELL DONE CARLOS, NO DOUBT HE WILL SHOW MUCH MORE NEXT SEASON THAN IT IS EXPECTED FROM HIM!!!!
i live in london and marseille if you have any question i can help you
J, off topic but I think I remember you saying you were going to do a piece on those likely to be staying/moved on from the reserves/under18s. Given the players have returned to training and are likely to learn their fate shortly will you still be doing this?
Well, I wrote an e-mail for the webmaster of Arsenal.com, and he told me that all infomation is at their webstie, so they can’t say anything new about Samir.
I think that Ben Arfa will roll on our situation. He will sign today to OM, so they can leave Nasri. (And I hope that the money was given to Marseille from Arsenal.)
It’s just a time wasting to sit in front of the computer and waiting for the official announcement Nasri. The life won’t stop if he won’t come.
Neal – http://youngguns.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/arsenal-start-pre-season-with-big-decisions-to-be-made/
J. you made no mention of Lansbury in that article. What is going to happen with him?
For 4 years to wenger wanted him it is not now that he is going to leave him
I think, it’s official that Ben Arfa goes to OM.
yes it’s official yeah!
Its on OM website now that they have officially signed Ben Arfa. How soon can Arsenal confirm Nasri…? They’ve had weeks to prepare the article for the official website!
Attila, yep.
http://www.laprovence.com/articles/2008/06/25/497994-A-la-une-Ben-Arfa-a-l-OM-c-est-fait.php
Just says ‘Ben Arfa to Marseille- Its done!’ and its on their official website…
Is it only me who thinks that Guiza is a shocking player?
Villa would improve any squad, as would Arshavin and if we lost Hleb or Adebayor I would hope we’d have the ambition to sign one of these two- but news that we’re signing a decent centre back or holding midfielder would mean more than Nasri to me- it feels like we’re losing Hleb if we sign Nasri and that certainly isn’t a good swap :(
We have alot of attacking players already at arsenal theo,vela,rvp,adebayor,eduardo,bendtner,rosicky,nasri,ramsey,cesc,barazite, randall,the majestic, powerful, intelligent eboue(joke-shittest midfielder i have seen in my life and any other reincarted lives i may live!!!! No goals this season… a midfielder who played the majority of the season AT ARSENAL and scored no goals. NO GOALS. NO GOALS. he got sent off more than he scored goals. NO GOALS. Sagna who has had his first season at arsenal and is playing right back scored more than him(againt chelsea too).NO GOALS. NO GOALS I said to my mum “Hey mummy, no goals, why no goals, where’d his goals go? I hated him so much this season with his predictable play,his discipline,terrible shooting,even that face he pulls when he does something wrong, which is every game…Just watch this seasons games again, you’ll know what i mean..
I think Nasri will come to us. It’s just a joke what make the OM and the Arsenal.
But I think the OM’s next is Nasri.
I am disappointed that nasri leave
Why?
Cause he lives in Marseille
Arsenal : Nasri confirme
Football
Lors de la reprise de l’entraînement de l’OM, Samir Nasri a confirmé qu’il signerait son contrat avec Arsenal le 2 juillet.
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Just on 2th July….
(eurosport.fr)
Because it is the child of Marseille as cantonna and zidane if he would be stay We would have had one magnificent team (nasri ben arfa cisse niang and valbuena) with that we would have to gain(win) everything in France but he leaves has arsenal a club which I also like so that’s all right
Ben Arfa is also a great player, and he stays in France. He will be the best replacement of Nasri.
I don’t think this is an “exclusive.” The picture has been on Carlos Vela News for a while, and plus, that’s an old kit, so it couldn’t have been THAT recently.
Trevor B the new kit doesn’t go on sale until July so it could have been taken yesterday for all you know.
great update J,
haha I particularly liked the part “We have it on good authority he even kissed the logo. Nice job Carlos!.”
What a legend Carlos is deff gona get a Vela 12 shirt and cant wait to see him play at Emirates cup. Im going both days :D :D
I don’t see why the deal would need to be announced on July 2nd, if Marseille have already purchased Hatem Ben Arfa, or is it still the case of their profits wanting to show up in next years final accounts?
Wow you’re going both days! Im going for the Juve game lol, its my first game at emirates! :D But i bought my tickets over a month ago and they still haven’t arrived!
Jamal! The original plan was that the Arsenal will announce Nasri after the EC.
Ah right, okay, makes sense then.
lets just hope we sign camacho from athletico for that holding migfield role as well as nasri and i think all gooners will be happy (or is that just me?!:)
Needs to wait that to wenger returns
I don’t mind who will be signed the OM, just Nasri will be Gunner.
urrrm ive heard that nasri is close to sign for the gunners and do you have any thing about that russian player???
Cant wait to see him pre-season and i hope he has a great debut season for us. He diserves it after all that waiting hes had to do.
Why do we need to wait for Wenger to unveil him when he’s back? The reason i ask is because Ramsey was unveiled when Wenger was still at the Euro…Couldn’t the same be done for Nasri?
Im sure if we had David Dein the deal would of been completed much quicker :D
Well I for one cant wait for this Nasri deal to be over. I think he will give the whole club a big lift and after a disappointing euro2008 i think he will wanna make up & take the premierleague buy storm. I am also looking forward to Vela coming.
J, now that it looks like Arshavin might get his ‘Drean move’ to Barca do you think Hleb will stay or will he settle for a move to Bayern or Wolfberg?
oh and how Will Gibbs feature next season?
oh and whats the latest with Diogo?
Emirates cup will be the 15th and 16th games i will have been to at the Emirates :) Seen Arsenal play: Ajax,Sheffield United,Liverpool,Charlton, Tottenham,PSG,Inter Milan,Fulham,Man City,Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague (7-0):D,Tottenham again,Aston Villa and Middlesbrough.
Vela 12. Thats what it’ll say on the back of my jersey next season. Our Mexican Owen. If he manages to hit double figures next season from the bench and in the cups then expect him to step up big time the following season.
You Lotz Kno Das Da Old Shirt
If Its A New Pik Shudnt He Hav Da New 1
??? :S ???
im not sure bout carlos’s dream is playing for arsenal, when Arsene got him, Vela said to the mexican newspapers that his dream was to play for real mierda (madrid)… tough the fact that he has played for 3 spanish poor sides changed his mind bout which is the best team in the world ARSENAL!!!!!
“It is unfortunate that Samir will leave Ligue 1,” said the Marseille coach. I regret seeing him leave and so do his team mates. But it’s good for him to join a big team like Arsenal. He has the mentality to have a great career. “ – it was said by Eric Gerets, who is the coach of OM.
JS DO YOU THINK GIBBS, RANDALL & LANSBURY WILL BE PART OF ARSENALS FUTURE, AND IF SO WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE THERE POSITIONS? PLEASE ANSWER. GREAT SITE BY THE WAY.
I think the Nasri deal could be announced tomo. The logical reason for Marseille to wait is so that they could announce a replacement player Nasri before or just after he leaves, so as to soften the blow of their star player and local boy leaving. They have done this tonight with the announcement on the official site of Ben Arfa signing. Hopefully this will now free up Arsenal to announce the deal sometime in the very near future.
I am not so sure about Hleb, you know. But it doesn’t matter what will happen, we are a strong team and we have to trust the manager in the decisions he is about to take.
that was from cesc when asked about helb and adebayor notice how he did not say anything about adebayor
lol….he holding an old arsenal shirt……..the picture was maybe from long time ago…
Gibbs and Randall will have tough seasons in the fringes, i think personally they will go out on loan again.
Lansbury needs to start playing again before we can consider him a prospect again. His illness will have taken alot out of his body, and we need to see what state he will be in come the start of the season.
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thanks
Can’t wait to see him in action this season
Today is Samir’s birthday, so it’s excellent timing. :D Can you imagine Arséne and Samir with a cake?
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=751430
(Similar situation)
J, samir is ours right now – having the pics taken
gud luck vela…
gud luck vela..
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