Wellington Silva has announced he will be writing a regular blog for Brazilian news agency Globo. The aim of the feature is to update his huge fan base on how he is acclimatizing to life in England and to also give general news updates on what he’s learnt so far.
The 17-year-old published his first article this morning. It read;
“Hi, my name is Wellington Silva, Fluminense footballer. Starting from next year I will play for Arsenal in England. I am in the UK going through a period of acclimatization to adapt to the area and better get to know my future teammates. This blog will allow you to know how my day to day life is going in England. I will stay in Europe until 5th September. You can be sure that I will have many things to talk about.”
“I know that it will be really difficult to get used to life in England, above all the weather, the language and food. Therefore I am taking English lessons and am going in search of new experiences. During this period I have already played in four friendlies for Arsenal’s B team. We won three and lost one. I managed to score a goal in our match with Manchester United last week.”
“All the best. I will let you know more tomorrow.”
You can view Silva’s blog here.
Comments
Delightful!
Jay, I don mean to rush you mate, but when will the player profile page on here be updated – I noticed Merida is still on there and I would like to get to know the next crop of talent!
Can’t wait for him to join. Is he going straight into first team reckoning? or staying with the Reserves?
i seen him play twice here in dublin 4 the reserves and i doubt he b near 1st team till next season at the earliest.even tat mite b a bit early hes very small even for his age but hopefully he will progress well
He seems so down to earth.
thanks for that. but the question i believe all arsenal fans need answer to right now is about our goal keeping situation. any news about schwarzer or any other keeper?
Maybe go to a blog which isn’t dedicated to YOUNG guns to ask this?
OMG SHUT UP ABOUT GOALKEEPERS! do u not think that if there was any news any 1 of the other 23125325 arsenal blogs out there would have written about it? Good lord some people are so annoying. Shwarzer this Given that STFU!!!! THIS IS A BLOG ABOUT THE F****** RESERVES AND UNDER 18s HENCE THE NAME. JESUS CHRIST.
What a legend
I hope you just came back from 2020
@bla bla
hahaha
Hmm… Really interesting.JS will he go to the first team directly or will he through the reserves after his winter move?
Good for him, looks like he’s really enthusiastic!
Like the fact that he specifically mentions scoring a goal against Man Utd because he also scored a goal in atleast one other game. Already learning a thing or two about the history or he is just excited to score a goal against one of the biggest teams in the world.
Is he comparable to any of our 1st team players in the way he plays his game??
For he reminds me off a more determind Arshavin – Could be wrong but thats what i’ve noticeds from a threw clips i have seen
Will be very interesting to see what he thinks of England, its well different to Rio!
I like this. Maybe it will give some fans better perspective on how hard it is to adapt to a new country. Sometimes we tend to think these players are robots and don’t have to deal with anything off the pitch. Maybe people will complain a little less instead of throwing players under the bus after a few bad games.
dude use a initial or something mate
nevermind lol…
Gilberto being the humblest and sanest Brazilian footballer of the past decade meant he was able to enjoy moving without complaining or acting like a party animal or whatever and he really came to appreciate London and everything to do with Arsenal. He then passed on this mentality to Denilson, taking him under his wing. Now you never hear anything but praise for living here from Deni. Hopefully he can make this a tradition – older Brazilian helps younger one acclimatise into an Arsenal shirt and HOME (until we end up with Wellington introducing the next Pele to his cockney wife or something :D )
Good man, he is going to be a top class player :)
Wellington seems too good for a professional footballer (in a good way) :)
I see him as being an impact sub, Carling Cup type player for the next 18 months. You would think there’s Rosicky, Arshavin, and Vela ahead of him, so he will probably initially feature in the reserves in January when he comes. Perhaps he might make the bench for the odd match late in the season for experience or due to injury of some key players.
wow he seems so nice and I heard he’s a very good player for his age
i just hope he can have an impact like c.ronaldo had on manure..something like helping our club win the UEFA-CL..mohah!!!..and i hope he wil be our entertainer numero uno..or else i suppose we could check out eden hazard..he fits the bill(bill=playing or having played in ligue 1)…
No need to add too much pressure onto the 17 year old’s back then – only be as good as a Ballon D’Or winner. It’s like we never learnt from Theo ‘Next Henry or he’s an absolute failure at the start of his career’ Walcott.
If he dont score a hatrick every game with 5 assists he is shite in my book.
His english is really good!
nice avatar. :D
What about his work permit. Will he be allowed to play in England or will Arsenal have to send him out on loan to some Spanish 3 rd league team?
no i think he s got the special talent one so we dont have to send him on loan
looks like a real joker in his blog pic :D
Hes got a blog then, thats nice
On a side not i just found out were not even going to be streaming live reserve matches as well as academy matches this season! I dont get the point of this, surely any scouts would go to the matches to see the players close up not watch them on arsenal tv
JS
I just read you twitter post about new ideas for your sight.
How about Player ratings. prize competitions, polls etc
Also i agree i think we have got 4 quality defenders in Djorou, vermaelen, koscielny, squillaci.
And i really like the look of Havard Nordtveit do you think he will go on loan and also has he signed a new contract yet hes got one year loeft he could leave on a free
I think he will sign a new contract but I doubt wenger will send him out on loan because he has so much flexibility he can play as a CB, RB and DM
It would be nice to see wellington doing great for arsenal on a interview on youtube he was crying and he said he had a hard life
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ARSENAL DEFENSE
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THIS DEFENSE CAN COMPETE WITH CHELSEA AND UNITED AND BEAT THEM
ARSENAL ATTACK
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and who has a better attack than us in the league
and all of this for a fraction of cost thanks to one man
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Photo of Welllington Silva in Arsenal training strip:
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squillaci
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzGeD39Mt4c
Nacer Barazite has return from his trail at Rangers and could feature tonight for the reserves against Bolton. The question now is if this should be consider a good news for Nacer or a tip of iceberg that perhaps Nacer is not as great as I highly rated him during training.
I presume he was a lock to join the SPL champion, but perhaps there’s more would be interesting to know
@ samuel
I think you forgot one Brazilian in that transition that you were talking about.. Edu was here before Gilberto and helped him acclimatize to life in London. I wish Edu had stayed when Viera went.
Steven Taylor put on transfer list by newcastle.. Last year of his contract and looking for wages around the £60,000 mark. Well worth Mr Wenger having a look!
He’s a scum and will probably be sold to Bolton/Blackburn/Stoke
Hey J, this is Wellington Silva’s blog for today at http://globoesporte.globo.com/platb/brasilmundialfc/2010/08/25/3653
keep up the great work!
Since I arrived in England, I have noticed that the Europeans – especially the English – are in love with football. As I mentioned previously, last Thursday we played Manchester United, in a friendly game that was used as preparation for my season with Arsenal reserves that officially starts on 25 August. The game took place in Tallaght Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Lots of fans of both clubs were at the stadium, even though it was the two reserve teams and the game was taking place in a neighbouring country. I was really impressed with the the people that came to watch the game.
It’s good to know that I will play in a place where there are so many people who are passionate about football, just like Brazil. I hope, when I return to England in the future, that the fanatical Gunners supporters will always be on my side.
See you!
wow, the kid has a gang of posts on his blog.
Good to know that many people in Brazil will be following the Arsenal!!!
Is silva going to be sent out on loan?who is the new chinese dude arsenal signed?
wow this will encourage arsenal team to win more.as we know that a lot of people around the world supports them.