Comments on: DC United Threaten Legal Action Over Najar Trial

By: Taeryn

Taeryn — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:32:52 +0000

As a fellow Washingtonian and Arsenal fan, I couldn’t agree more with Pablo here. Pot, kettle, black. If we want to act self-righteous about the Cesc saga, we have to be vigilant in avoiding hypocrisy. It’s a different situation, sure, but you can already see by some of the condescending comments about how much the MLS sucks etc. that no level of respect is being given to DC United. I’m thankful there are people with class on the Arsenal board and not you lot.

Never seen Najar play, because I don’t follow MLS. But if he’s a good player, the club is understandably going to be overly protective. It’s sad that some of you gunners turn an isolated quote into fuel for a hate campaign against americans.

By: shane

shane — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:12:03 +0000

You guys are morons. He was saying local laws apply when a contract is signed in America. British people with there little hatred for america need to grow up.

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:10:01 +0000

Fuck them. We don’t need him. We have far better kids in our academy. In fact we have tons of them.

By: alex

alex — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:53:16 +0000

Why? Celtic and Milan are poor and I expect to beat them both. Between us and Lyon.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:39:11 +0000

http://www.arsenal.com/news/emirates-cup/midfield-quartet-missing-for-emirates-cup

Looks like Frimpong will start at the Emirates Cup then, unless Eastmond recovers from his injury.

To be honest, it doesn’t look like we’ve got a great chance of winning the Emirates Cup, but it will be a good chance to see our youngsters in first team situations. My prediction:

Arsenal XI vs AC Milan

Arshavin-Chamakh-Walcott
Wilshere-Frimpong-Nasri
Clichy-Vermaelen-Koscielny-Sagna
Fabianski

By: Yash

Yash — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:51:06 +0000

Youngsters in squad for Emirates Cup..?? Any chance of Barazite, Lansbury and Eastmond playing..?? Will W. Silva be training with the first-team during the next two weeks..?? I feel each of our keepers will get a half each in the Emirates Cup….

By: Shard

Shard — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:45:06 +0000

I think you’re referring to the webster ruling. Well apart from the fact that all the big clubs across europe agreed to never use this rule to carry out a transfer, I don’t think it applies here.

I believe the rule is that a player over 25 years of age who signed his last contract more than 3 years ago can buy it out. (Hleb could have done this)

Fabregas is not 25 and signed his last contract a year ago. So I don’t think there’s any danger of losing him through this ruling.

By: john

john — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:28:03 +0000

J i have just been on twitter how the hell did you get those Jay thomas pics?

Do you have his facebook or something?

By: WillyG

WillyG — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:28:39 +0000

Wenger has indicated that we are looking for an other defender but what about a new GK?????

By: AndyE

AndyE — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:18:56 +0000

Wait, so the guy doesn’t even know if Arsenal contacted him?

He heard it from a reporter and just flew off the handle?

What an idiot. And I’m sure Ivan Gazidis doesn’t know anything about American contract law.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:32:47 +0000

Well it’s a good thing it happened in Honduras then

By: Terry C

Terry C — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:31:11 +0000

I think his comments were more an attempt to warn potential suitors off than a direct dig at Arsenal. Gazidis who handles all of our transfers, was one of the founding members of the MLS and is a lawyer by profession, so I find it very hard to believe that we would be foolish enough to make an illegal approach for an MLS player.

This will play out one of two ways:

Either it is all talk on his agent/personal coaches part

Gazidis knows something about the contract that the DCU chairman doesnt, and as such didnt need permission from the DCU chairman to offer the kid a trial.

By: Jocky Scott

Jocky Scott — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:08:47 +0000

I suppose the real question is is this guy any good?

He’ll probably turn out to be another Freddy Adu (also DC United?) who all the big clubs were supposed to be after but who ended up in Portugal and being loaded out around minor European teams.

By: arovorn

arovorn — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:08:03 +0000

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME ANY NEWS ABOUT ARSENAL SIGNING ANY GOALKEEPER?

By: Danny M

Danny M — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:48:00 +0000

This is a little off, but look at the facts before you get anti-american. The BP leak is the worst oil spill in U.S. history, that includes the Exxon Valdez (300-500k barrels), it is about 35,000 to 60,000 barrels a day, till it was recently plugged. Now, who knows. Anyways, if this kid is under MLS they are going to have to buy him from the league. It can cost a pretty penny to pry talent; look at the cost for Maurice Edu to get to Rangers from the MLS, around £2.6 million in 08.

By: Damian

Damian — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:30:35 +0000

Me to just like in the moves when they get pinched in Puru or Mexico and they sing out but i,m an a American id say well ain,t u the dope i was just going to sentence u like everyone else now i know u flew in to rob us ill give u double

By: Graeme

Graeme — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:30:00 +0000

yeah, a good point!

maybe Cesc should show some sense and put in a request to travel to barcelona. that should wipe the smug looks off your faces.

moan moan moan – barca are tapping up horrors
yes yes yes – we’re tapping up Najar

if we don’t want barca doing it, arsenal shouldn’t be doing it either.

By: TheCritic

TheCritic — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:23:57 +0000

AmericanGunnerFan

Wenger seems to be focusing on marketing in Vietnam and Thailand, which is where I am until September, hence our partnerships with BEC Tero Sasana and Hoang Ahn Gia Lai. He might be focusing in those places instead of the USA because lots of PL teams are already putting their focus on the North American continent. (I would have thought China would have made a good choice, but nobody seems to be attempting any marketing ventures over there after Man U’s Dong signature backfired a bit on them).

Arsenal do have a partnership with the Rapids though. And (living in Colorado Springs) I have seen them make efforts to promote themselves stateside (though they could be trying harder).

By: a morrow

a morrow — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:53:55 +0000

Goons_with_Guns u r an idiot. in the 80′s an american company’s oil rig went up in flames in the north sea and 150 people died in comparison to the 15 died in the gulf disaster.

By: njndirish

njndirish — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:49:32 +0000

Unlike the other big clubs, Arsenal rarely ventures stateside. This causes them to lose a foothold that the other clubs have. Chelsea, United, Liverpool, Barca, and Real have all come stateside often over the past decade.