Håvard Nordtveit travelled to Germany this morning after Arsenal informed his current loan club, Lillestrøm, that they will not be extending his loan beyond August 1st.
Having firmly resurrected his reputation as one of the most promising defenders in Europe after returning to his home-land in March, Arsenal have now decided to give the 19-year-old a fresh challenge. German Bundesliga outfit Nürnberg have made an offer to take Håvard on loan until the end of the season, and the player himself has now left Norway to check out their facilities before returning to training tomorrow.
Lillestrøm’s Sporting Director confirmed that Nordtveit has travelled to Germany but admits the defenders future is still up in the air even if he rebuffs Nürnberg.
“Will Nordtveit stay with Lillestrøm if he says no to the Germans? – it is impossible to say. Everything is up to Arsenal. We said we want him to continue with us, and we can only hope for the best”
The Gunners have been making regular checks on Nordtveit who has established himself as first-choice in a frustrating season for LSK. The physical nature of Tippeligaen football has worried Arsenal officials after their prospect had his nose broken on his debut, and recently lost a tooth following an elbow in the mouth.
Nürnberg will be playing Bundesliga football next season after winning their Bundesliga II play-off. They will be battling against a return to the 2nd Division next term but they do boast a handful of internationals among their ranks. The coming weeks promise to be very interesting for Håvard.
Article By – J.Sanderson
Is it because a defender needs longer to mature that we are loaning him all the time? I was hoping we may see him in the Carling cup squad this season.
Sounds like a good move for Havard. Oh, and did our Under 18’s play Plymouth this weekend? http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/YouthNews/0,,10364~1727327,00.html
I got a bit worried there with the title thinking it may be permanent! Will be a good move since the standard of football will be better, but it will definately be harder for him to make the first XI.
Broken nose… lost tooth… looks like he is getting the best training possible to become a tough, no nonsense, break my leg and i’ll still play defender.
Err no, Havard come home!!
j who was number 14 against barnet playing on the wing. tall black guy. please let me know if you know. you reckon we will replace adebayor externally ( gignac , chamakh) or internally ( arshavin)
uncle mike: It was Sunu with number 14.
I think you mean Sanchez Watt
Sanchez Watt was number 9, Sunu was 14.
i fink it was sunu…Watt played up front
any details of our u-18 6-0 win over plymouth
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Arent arsenal playing today against Lincoln?
Man this would be a brilliant move for Havard he needs to play in a good league like bundesliga. See well he does there its probably less physical but the league is full of giants. German teams have alot of tall target men
Yes, the reserves/under 18’s are.
PATRICIA – i just cant believe what u just said!! Are u the KKK? J – u need to delete that comment asap otherwise your inaction will lead people to think u approve of her comments.
I fully agree with KM in Wales J. Delete that comment! We’ll have none of that!!!
I just thank nordtveit 4 his improvement keep it up.
comment @ July 20, 2009 at 12:02 pm, unbelievable….
say no to racism
FU Patricia.
yes it was sunu sanchez watt is more tall and lanky and was taken off at half time. sunu really impressed me on the wings. he seemed a raw talent but showed glimpses of a young henry at juventus on the wings.
J: I understand you aren’t in the postion to keep an eye on blog comments 24/7 but racism in any form is horrible abuse and when you have an opportunity, please, on behalf of young guns admirers, please take aproppriate action.
Glad to see Howie move up a league. All this experience is essential and although I haven’t seen enough of the lad to form an opinion on his ability, it can’t hurt to have him go through the rigour like this.
Get rid of that racist comment asap
J, do u know which youngsters travelled to Austria with the first team today?
J, Can you watch the under 18s at home in league games – Ive always wanted to go and see who impresses in person but never knew if you could or not.
it’s not excatly racism. She isn’t saying anything bad about black people or any other ethnic minority. Unless “coon” is anything racist. I can understand what point of view she is coming from. The more african players there are, the harder we will suffer when it is the African Nations Cup.
Is the Lincon game live anywhere??
insulting name for a black person. Similar to the n word
besides the fact coon is only used as a racist word in english (exactly the same as nigger), she equates them being black to them being african. she’s obviously not too smart, considering the number of black people who are straight out english lol….
if ever there was a blatantly racist comment, that was it. please delete and or ban her if you can j, it looks terrible on you if you let it slide.
I live in Germany at the momment and I wish all of our youngsters would be loaned out to Germany. I think Germany is the perfect league for our youngsters to progress. Just look at all the players that have developed in young ages in Germany Hleb, Rosicky, Berbatov, Santa Cruz (even though he was total shit), Samba…. Teams like Hoffenheim, Nürnberg, Mönchengladbach, Cologne would be great. Freiburg would be perfect cause they play similar to our style like Hoffenheim. Nürnberg are looking for a young defender i reckon i would be the perfect move for him.
J you should delete that comment asap thats fucked up, Henry and Viera were both black and im sure that cunt patricia didnt mind when they helped us do the double. Come on the gunners EIE!!
The comment has been removed. I had to nip out so it slipped though. Aplogies guys.
Erin: she says, “a team overrun with coons” thats basically saying a team overrun with niggers. yes coon is a racial slur
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Don´t know if this is a good move. Playing fulltime in Norway is a good start. Being a sub in Germany is not. He is not good enough to play in the Bundesliga yet. He will be, but you have to give the guy some time. Don´t wreck his career like we did with Senderos!
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The boy is 19 and you sag he isnt good enough for the bundesliga now then he´ll never be arsenal standard. Bayern Munich have sold lucio and are gonna play a 19 year old. Dortmunds cb´s are 19 and 20. So if Nordveidt isnt good enough now then we might as well get rid of him. He would get his games at Nurnberg he would be their 3rd cb. 2nd RB, 2 or 3rd dm. There cbs always get injured
I see your point, James/Frankfurt. But in my view Nordtveit was playing really well for Lillestrøm FK, and I think it would do him good to continue his spell. Instead he now has to adopt to another country (his fourth), language, new teammates and another way of playing. If he could manage that, nothing would make me happier. A minor problem could also be that Nordtveit is a far better CB than RB.
THANK U J. U did the right thing by deleting ‘that’ comment. Thumbs up!
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Amazing how similar racist nonsense appears on many Arsenal blogs. Its probably the same person every time.
Sometimes it’s really that simple, isn’t it? I feel a little stupid for not thinking of this myself/earlier, though.
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