Troubled Arsenal utility man Pedro Botelho faces an uncertain future after falling out of favour with loan club Celta Vigo following an ugly spat with manager Eusebio Sacristán last weekend. Botelho is yet to play for the Gunners due to work permit issues but his spell in Spain with both Celta and UD Salamanca have courted controversy.
The 20-year-old’s latest complaint comes after being substituted in a 2-1 win over against Cádiz. Pedro, clearly furious at being replaced, berated Sacristán on the touchlines and was told to keep away from training. He was not included in the side for Saturday’s win over Girona but has now returned to training.
“No player likes to be replaced, it was just a moment of rage. We learn from our mistakes and I will continue to work hard to correct my mistake.”
The youngster has been learning a central midfield position after spells at both left back and left wing. A poor performance against Cádiz rilled the fans in a season which, despite a great Cup run, will go down as a disappointing one. Yet Botelho refuses to be down about the game and is instead looking to the future.
“The fans pay to see the best of Celta and I’m disappointed because we didn’t entertain them. I’m not going to make excuses but while it is clear that I’m playing a lot, I’m not having the continuity that I require. My season has still been a good one and I’m not going to throw it away after one bad game.”
“From now on, everything will stay the same until June 30th and then I will think about the future. I have to talk to Arsenal, my agent and my family to decide.”
A return to North London in some capacity is imminent. A meeting is scheduled in the coming weeks to determine what the future holds. After rows and allegations at Salamanca, Pedro joined Celta Vigo hoping for a fresh start. Now they’ve closed the door and it seems that if he’s not playing at Arsenal next year, another Segunda side will take up the option to loan the Brazilian.
hmmm…how far away is Botelho from really pressing for first team minutes, Jay? For some players it’s not so much trouble to have a couple loan spells, but he’s now had 2 that have gone awry. Is it just frustration on his part to be on loan, is it a maturity issue, is it a developmental issue (as in he’s not developing quickly enough to actually get into the Arsenal first team)? It sounds like we’re rapidly approaching the fish-or-cut-bait point with him.
He was supposed to be the next Roberto Carlos, but he’s too much of a hard partier. Sleeping with the club chairman’s daughter is no way to guarantee your future in a side :P
And now, fighting with the coach.
a lot of brazilian have attitude problem dont they just from recent memory Robinho had the same problem.
I just hope Silva turns out different
SEASON IS OVER TRANSFER SPECULATION BEGINS HOPEFULLY WENGER WILL MAKE A COUPLE MORE SIGNING AFTER CHAMAK
Arshavin ————-– Chamak ————— Van Persie
—————–———– Fabregas ————————–—
——————– Melo ——— Song ———-–———–
Clichy ——– Vermaelen ——–– Cahill —-—– Sagna
—————–—————– Green
GK – Sell Almunia or Loan Fabianski and then buy Robert Green. Good players and Wojeich can take over in a couple of years and Green can become second choice. I choose Green because he’s a good keeper, 30 and will solve or bandaid this goalkeeping problem until Wojciech Szczęsny is ready to take over in a couple of years. Hopefully not more than 5-6 million
CB – Cahill is a very good choice, strong, powerfull, tall and we have a good relation with Bolton. Maybe Wilshere and Vela on loan to Bolton will sweeten the deal and we might get him for less than 10 million
DM – Melo might be a good buy since Diaby or Denilson are not ready yet for it yet. Melo is optional maybe not with all the talent we already have in midfield. I think this transfer wont happen as Diaby has showed his true class this season and might do better next season.
ST – Chamak is already coming and will surely be a great addition
Not more than 20 million (30-35 million if we go for Melo) of spending and we can recoup most by selling Eduardo and either Fabianski or Almunia. We already should have money left from selling toure and Adebayor
I agree with those signing and if go through with it then we will have plenty of options in all areas I dont see changing the 4-3-3 formation
GK – Green, Fabianski, Mannone and Szschesny
LB – Clichy, Gibbs, Traore
RB – Sagna, Eboue
CB – Cahill, Vermaelen, Djourou,Sol, Norvedit/Savic
DM – Song, Denilson, Melo (maybe), Eastmond
CM – Fabrgeas, Diaby, Wilshere/Ramsey
RW – Walcott, Rosicky, Van Persie, Nasri, Bendtner
LW – Arshavin, Vela, Nasri, Rosicky
ST – Chamak, Bendtner, Vela, Van Persie
Sell – Eduardo and Almunia
Release Gallas, Silvestre and Sendros, Gibert, Bothelo
dude, this isn’t the football manager forum.
……..Sell Eduardo buy Messi….. Simples.
I find it ridiculous when we want to spend 30mil on a player. At 30mil they have metal shins which cannot be broken? Is it not safe to have 3 10mils and know that after bad officiating we have some one left to play after breaking 2 legs
You don’t have Nasri starting. I would much rather see him starting in CM then Melo, who had a disappointing year with Juve
That looks like a complete arsenal team. wow. it looks great. Subs; Walcot, Djourou, Fabianski/Almunia, Eboue, Nasri, Diaby, Bendtner
……..arshavin……..vpersie…….nasri
…..scott.p or f.melo….song……fabregas
……clichy….vermalan……cahill……sagna
and the russian keeper Igor Akinfeev
supposedly wenger was going to sign him in Jan but pulled out of the deal for some reason maybe the asking price or the fact that aginfeev is only 5’11.
I want an experienced keeper someone like Frey, Green or BUFFON (please god make this happen)
szschesny can take over after a couple of years
Arsene Wenger will NOT force Samir Nasri out of the starting XI, he has recently said that he should target Pires’ success and there’s no way anyone can do that from the bench. Expect maybe 2 signings, with only 1 really making the starting XI.
we play around 55-60 games a year right and most of our players are injured at some time or another. 2 players for each position means a player will get atleast 30 games in one season
There’s also rotation and if we had been able to rotate our midfield most diaby then he would have not had a dip in his performance because he has been our best player in quite a few games.
I don’t think anyone will pay to take Almunia from us? But then we did get some money for cygan:-)
van someone plz tell wat happen to vito manone, he was playing so fucking good wenger take him out the picture
How about you spell words properly.
he was not playing that “fucing good” he played one good game against Fulham. He did some “schoolboy errors” in the following games> if he had played any more games he would have done more errors and people would have hated him just like they hate Fabianski. One good match does not make you a great great player you know….
he did great work against fullham but he was at fault against the last two games he played. I think Blackburn game was his worst.
Mannone Is a talent but he hasnt looked better than Tech9 I think he will end up going to Ac MIlan in a few years
Two of three signings I think will strengthening the squad, and we don’t necessarily need to sell anyone….I would like to see
In:
Gordan – Sunderland – GK (£8-10m plus)
Parker – West Ham – (£8m)
Chamakh – TBC – (Free)
Bring Steve Bould in as assistant manager as he is brilliant, Give Rice the reserves job full time as he knows the system inside out and can have a challenge to manage players.
Out:
Gallas – inevitable he’s going to leave
Silvestre – Has to go, we could’ve played with Senderos when Vermalaen got injured, he has to be better than Silvestre
Arshavin – will probably leave too as I reckon someone from Spain will put in a bid for him and we’ll accept
Play 4-3-3
GK – Gordan*
RB – Sagna and Eboue
LB – Clichy/Gibbs
CB – Vermalaen/Campbell
CB – Djourou/Senderos/Bartley
CM – Song/Eastmond/JET
CM – Cesc/Nasri/Denilson/
CM – Parker*/Diaby/Ramsey
RW – Walcott/Wilshire/Lansbury
LW – RVP/Vela/Traore/Barazite
CF – Chamakh/Eduardo/Bendtner/Simpson
We need to toughen up the spine of the team, the wide areas will allow flexibility for those in contention, speed vs Skill depending on the opponent. Blood a few hungry youngsters like Lansbury, Eastmond and Wilshire. Simpson should stay and work hard he doesn’t have the technical abilities but has a goal poachers instinct and could prove a massive hit for us.
We do need a new centre back but like last year I can’t predict who Wenger would go for, but they must have pace, heading and passing………..
All I hope for are no injuries to any of our players throughout the world and pre-season
Keep it real Gooners
Your prices are way way way to low! why wold anyone sell Gordon for 8-10M? Hes a good keeper you know. And why would they want to sell him in the first place? Sometimes i think people do not understand the valye of player pluss they think its only for arsenal to march in and grab the players. Parker you may have to pay around 10M for though West Ham are skinned and maybe bullied into a lower price…
But honestly guys.. when people write this huge mathematical diagram with the players costs… They are just insane most of them. “adler 15M, Boateng 15M out Eduardo 10M and someone els 10M and that makes it easy to shop”. What world does these guys live in???
I mean it was reported Tevez cost in the region of 47M that is rubbish! he was much cheaper but because the sun posted that in an article last year people belive it. Sometimes it scares me how insanly easily fooled British youth are today…. write it on the backpages of the sun and it is the law.. Look at the way people treated Eduardo “the diver”. And you all buy into it! Get a grip people!
Why do we need Parker? He had a good year now all of a sudden we should sign him. Our center midfield isnt something that needs strengthening.
Why would you say senderous is staying..lol. Anyways, clearly our issues are depth at striker- answer Chamahk. By the way he is not coming as the starter. Don’t know why people keep thinking he is?
goalkeeper- obviously this is an issue and really has cost us the title. I hope for Diego Alves of Ameria, but will see. Schezny is the long term answer though.
centerback- Obviously we dont know who will resign but atleast 1 centerback should be brought in. Cant play games with a 35 year old (even tho he played good and a 32 years old), and expect to win titles.
Winger- We need a winger that can take on players and link up as well. My hope is Eden Hazard or Mauro Zarate. Dont know if this will happen tho because we have Walcott, Nasri, Arshavin, Eboue, Rosicky and Vela. All these are good players but only Arshavin combines the 2 qualities needed for a 4-3-3 winger.
Everything else in our team is good and ready to win titles now.
I could see Sagna leaving though because he has value and is good but definetly can be replaced for half the cost of what we could get a new one for. Sagna is good but after a few seasons you start to realize that he isnt effective at all in the final third which you need for a 4-3-3 right back. His crossing isnt pin point at all. He always randomly floats them in.
By the way van Persie is the CENTER STRIKER and Bendtner is better then Chamahk and will only get better,
i think wenger should sign gouculf, melo, cahill and igor ikinfeev and sell rosicky, eduado, sylvster, amonia and denilson and promote the followinig players to the first team: wilshire, barazite, merida, eastmond, lansburi, and j. simpson.
Why the fuck are you cunts talking about transfers? Fucking rude. J.S. goes to a lot of trouble bringing this Pedro story to us and you act like 10 year olds.
Hey asswhole, everyone read the article but we arent going to sit around and talk about Pedro for 10 hours. This is a place where Arsenal fans can read good articles and talk about Arsenal. By the way, the Pedro news isnt the most difficult thing to research and find out about. Now Fuck off.
Denilson to sort out Botelho? I can’t see the two hanging together tbh. Maybe him and Arshavin?
WE NEED WINGERS WE SERIOUSLY LACK WIDE PLAYERS WHO CAN DRIBBLE PAST PLAYERS, SEE A PASS, CROSS A BALL, SCORE GOALS.
ALEXANDER HLEB WE MISS HIM BADLY. HIS DRIBBLING SKILLS WERE SUERPB
Hleb was converted central playmaker, just the same. I agree we do miss him, his ball retention was mad ill.
Consitant peformances are why we really dont have “out and out” wingers. The mentality of a cm is generally one of a guy who plays 100% every time while wingers blow hot and cold, flatter to deceive or any other cliche ye would like to use.
Cant see Pedro making it at Arsenal at all he seems to have done nothing outstanding on his loans. Its a shame we got him and ended up not getting Angel Di Maria. As at the time we were supposed to be going for a double swoop for them both.
tech9?
Was pedro ever seen as a great prospect? I have never seen him play, has he ever played on english soil since he was bought or has he always played abroard on loan?
So he has a work permit now?
John we dont need wingers, wingers isnt out problem at all. I rate Nasri, Rosicky and Arshavin as brilliant options on the wing we dont traditional wingers. Are main problem is in defence and was in having a main striker next season with a team of:
New GK
Sagna New CB Vermealen Clichy
Diaby Song Fabregas
Van Persie Chamakh Arshavin
we will be sorted. Im far more concerned about us not getting a new CB or Goalie than i am Wingers. If Wenger doesnt get a new GK or CB i cant see us challenging next year. It will be annoying as every Arsenal fan knows that what we need Wenger is just being far to stubborn.
Yes we do need wingers. That is a huge issue in our team. Arshavin is class but other then him, in a 4-3-3 you need a certain type of winger and they must be top class. Wingers are expect to take on full backs and account for a large portion of the goals. Havent we learned anything from Barcelona. I am pretty sure they have how to play the 4-3-3 down by now.
We dont have proper 4-3-3 wingers.
Walcott- Pacey, but is made for a 4-4-2. He doesnt link up well. He is really just to made to use pace to run down the line and cross balls in but in a 4-3-3 there is only 1 striker so no point in 40 crosses a game.
Nasri- Really a central attacking midfielder, and is good as long as you dont have another player like him on the other side. If so you have 5 central players which meens you lose the ball in wrong positions plus you arent balanced and become predictable.
Eboue- Is actually pretty effective in this formation which shows you if you have a player that is actually a winger, you could do great things. He is good but really lacks the true top quality but atleast he runs at defenders.
Rosicky- same as Nasri.
Vela- I believe he could be good if we play him on the right side. Kind of like when Barca plays a striker out wide. He can come in a score goals.
This Pedro sounds like a real handful. I wonder if he is worth the botherr. Is he?? I’ve been meaning to ask this for a while now. Ever since I heard that he was having problems. I do agree with John that we need wingers, but not before we fix our goal keeping and part of our defense.
I hear Higuain has failed to negotiate a contract with Real Madrid Wenger should definately make him a top target even if we get Chamakh offload Eduardo and bring in Higuain he could be just what we need.
when real cannot afford his wage demands do u think arsenal can hahahaha
Maybe age, denilson dance course and a big club will straighten him up. Seems like he’s a lost one though.
I have’nt heard much about him(pedro).but if really worth the debate,he should be recalled and he should be given a chance and may happen. but at the moment, our main priority should be reinforcement.tired leg should be should be sold and fresh blood should be recruited.atleast an experienced g.k,3 def,1 DM,Chamakh+1 CF.Almunia,silvestre,gall,campbell,eduardor out. up gunners
I have said for awhile that he wasnt good enough. Everytime I have watched him play he rarely impresses. Regardless of whether he is a good person of the field, on it he simply isnt good enough. Really a shame that we signed him but for some reason didnt sign Angel Di Maria. That was a bad choice.
melo is the most over-rated player only because he has played for brazil. parker is a better than melo.
Parker isnt beetter than Melo. I assume you are giving Melo crap cuz he had a bad season with Juventus but he was a beast before that. Are we forgetting Parker failed at Chelsea? Melo is having a bad season, thats all. It is hard in Italy because a couple bad games and the fans start booing. That can’t be good for your confidents. Lets not forget a certain Thierry Henry didnt have the best of times in Italy. Oh ya, what about a guy called Denis Bergkamp?
ok i just want to know what is up with everyone saying we should get Cahill, he is not Arsenal class and will never be Arsenal class, anyone can look good when the rest of your team look so shit, if he came to Arsenal he wouldnt even get a game. get over it people, just because he is English it does not make him good, we need a world class CB, if we get Cahill i will bet you he will get ripped apart in the CL.
Am i watching the same EPL as every one else, WTF is it with Green, he is no better then what we have, if he was then fine but he is not, he has never played for a big club and i can see him F-ing up when he does, i see him make loads of mistakes for his team. can everyone stop suggesting average players, we only need world class ones.
I couldn’t agree more mate. Green is shit. He’s about as good as Almunia. People should try watching highlights of some West Ham games this past season and see how many times this clown actually cocks-up. It will seriously be Almunia all over again. The odd good game but in the main, calamitous. I do not want Green at Arsenal.
As for the CB situation, i’m willing to bet that Wenger has identified Zapata as the man to partner Vermaelen next season. He will fit into that back four like a glove. He’s about 6″2, very fast, very strong and reads the game well. Obviously he has the odd flaw but he’s still very young for a CB and has got a lot of improving to do. He can become an icon someday. Brilliant talent.
Agree…..the keeper we need is Diego Alves from Almeria. There is your top class keeper.
I have only seen Botelho play once (against Villareal I believe 3/4 months ago), and he did look skillful. He was on the left-side of a diamond-shaped midfield and was generally not troubled with the ball at his feet and hungry when not in possession.
Now obviously this was 1 game, plus it was against “prestigious” opposition so he may have been poor and lazy all year I would not know. To have him start the game at this position against Cazorla is a positive sign though.
Vela did shine at left midfiled during his time in Spain and is living proof that there is no correlation between that and having an immediate impact in the EPL so you never know.
I like to have tricky left-footed dishing out proper passes and crosses from left midfiled in a squad (e.g. Malouda, Giggs, Bale) so after that game I was keen on seeing him come back. I guess it would depend who we already have to provide cover in this role. At the moment, Wilshere, Vela, and to some extent Traore and Gibbs can do that so we will see who remains come start of the season.
Just in case you didnt know, Carlos Vela played the same in spain as he does on the wing for us. The only difference is people focuss on him and watch him every game cuz he is at a big club. In spain for a smaller team, most people only saw very little of him which usually was a few highlights. I bet you remember the nutmeg on sergio ramos.