Jack Wilshere

Hello again, since my last post was solely based on La Liga I thought this piece I would base around my beloved Arsenal, and in particular Jack Wilshere.

Little has been seen of Jack Wilshere in the Arsenal first team sure, the odd substitute appearance here and there, the Carling cup and pre-season but other than that not much.

In the January transfer window he went on loan to Bolton Wanderers and had a successful string of starting appearances and even netted a goal, amazing as it is for an Arsenal fan to be happy Bolton scored a goal what I find amazing is in competitive matches for Arsenal he has played 15 games and got 1 goal and 1 assist which he equalled in his 14 games on loan to Bolton.

This young man has raised a lot of eyes and made many people pay attention, he impressed Owen Coyle (Bolton manager) so much that there is talk of him going back on loan at Bolton this time for the entire season not just half. I for one do not want to see this happen because I think this young man could play a large role in this years battle for a trophy.

With his keen eye for a pass, his surprising strength and his eager approach to tackling he carries a large threat to the opposition, however this is far from an article licking his ass, as impressive as this young man is he does have his downsides, his most visible being his one-sidedness the 18 year old seems to only want to use his left foot it is as if his right does not exist in his mind, which at times means he goes back due to his one footed play style, however he has shown that even with one foot he is a magnificent player so I could only imagine how good he would be if he improved his right foot.

Another thing that says a lot is the fact he is an 18 year old Englishman at Arsenal only six days older than me, Arsene Wenger must see something spectacular in him because he is still at Arsenal, we all know le boss' approach to selling English players but I stray from the topic, with age on his side (probably his left), talent most certainly in his locker and the surrounded by international stars who play such beautiful football he has got role models in the game.

As I look ahead to the Emirates cup, I know probably the only silverware Arsenal will win this year and even thats not certain with AC Milan turning up, I certainly expect and hope to see this wonder kid as I was there last year when he destroyed Rangers almost single handedly, so I will leave you with a video of that game and hopefully I will see Jack Wilshere starting and ending the premier league campaign in an Arsenal shirt not a Bolton shit but ones thing for sure no matter what club shirt this young man wears the England shirt is definatly in his future.

here is the game mentioned above

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSFo1TzZitY

may I suggest you watch without the sound no offence but Americans can not do football commentary.

for now thats all

Matt

Transfer News from La Liga

For a long time now La Liga has been seen as the place of one team in Real Madrid with the galacticos era they were unchallenged the players such as Zidane, Figo, Ronaldo that brought the attraction to La Liga, most people see Spanish football as the place where diving is born, however I believe that it is the birth place of beautiful football as if you watch a game of Spanish football you see flare, attacking fast paced football come to life, and that is why I have always admired La Liga. So without further ado i bring to you the transfer news of La Liga.

Well ironically the first bit of transfer news covers both my beloved Arsenal and La Liga and that of course is the ever so dragging on saga of Francesc Fabregas. this transfer ordeal has been going since mid-March and it is the biggest of non-stories in my opinion, for months now all you have heard is how Barcelona have wanted to sign Fabregas, from club presidents to players saying how they admire the player, the likes of Puyol, Messi, Pique, Busquets, Iniesta and of course the man that is like a watch battery and never stops XAVI day after day it seems that man has had another interview about Fabregas, however when Arsenal came out with a public statement rejecting the bid by the Catalonian club and the final sentence read

"In response, we immediately and resolutely told them once again we have no intention of selling our captain.

To be clear, we will not make any kind of counterproposal or enter into any discussion.

Barcelona have publicly stated that they will respect our position and we expect that they will keep their word".

If you were as naive as me in thinking that the matter was done and dusted then you were wrong because Barcelona did not respect Arsenal position and are continuously enquired about Arsenals captain. a final word on this after the drama over Fabregas being FORCED into a Barcelona shirt, I do not think that Fabregas will be at the Nou Camp next year or the year after that or at anytime whilst he is contracted at the Emirates stadium.

In La Liga transfer news Barcelona have signed Sevilla's Adriano, for a reported 9.5 million euros with an additional 4 million euros based on the players performances, the 25 year old has passed his medical and has signed a reported 4 year deal.

Zlatan Ibrahimavic of Barcelona has put a quash to rumours of him moving away the 28 year old Swedish international has had this to say on his future

"I was a Barca player when I left (to go on holiday) and I'll be a Barca player when I go back.

"I have four years left on my contract.

"I want to congratulate everybody that has used my name, because it's fun to have been at Chelsea, at Manchester City, without having been there!"

Guti of Real Madrid is said to be enthusiastic about joining Besiktas, the 33 year old who has spent his career at Madrid, one of his main motivations of joining Besiktas is their coach Bernd Schuster who he previously worked with at Madrid.

Aliaksander Hleb's agent has not ruled out his player joining Italian outfit AC Milan, the Belarusian playmaker joined Barcelona from Arsenal but has never found his place and was loaned out to former club Stuttgart last season the team he did play for before betraying sorry leaving Arsenal.

And finally Juventus have made an offer for Atletico Madrid's Diego Forlan it is reportedly £17 million which could be the most they have sold a player for in their history.

Well thats all for me for now

Matt

Downfall of Serie A?

Ever since I've been young i have admired the big hitters of Serie A, most importantly AC Milan and Juventus. This was due to the fact of the skill and simple pace of this league which showed how a players in this league could create an art with a ball. As of recent i have been concerned with this type of play due to the fact it is being out played by a faster stronger type of game. Many people could also believe that the Serie A has hit a downfall because of the Calciopoli. This has clearly effected the Serie A due to the lack of current interest.

On the other hand, Inter Milan did win the champions league this year showing that maybe there isn't a problem within this matter. Yet i believe the talent leaving Serie A and being linked away will be too critical for the league and with Serie A having a very aging group of stars who are clearly going past their prime. With stars like Pirlo and Zanetti at an old age of 31 and 36, it brings in to question when the younger stars will shine on the main stage. With younger stars such as Hamsik and Pato playing games regularly bring in to question when other young stars such as Giovinco and Balotelli when will they actually play for the first team all the time.

With transfers looming we have seen the young talented Cavani join Napoli linking up another young star in Hamsik showing that maybe Napoli could be a future contender for the Serie A title as they look the build for the future. AC Milan are also looking to make things look even worse to their aging squad by adding Alyaksandr Hleb to their team. Which confuses me quiet abit. Player of the world cup Forlan has also been linked to join to Juvetus which should be a good option to sort their striking problems out with the aging Trezequet linked with a move away.

Finally, I some how believe that the aging stars could actually show the young stars of Serie A how to play with Antonio Di Natale scoring an impressive 29 goals last season giving him the top goal scorer award being at the age of 32. Also the skillful Diego Milito scoring 22 and being at the age of 31 showing younger players how to do it. Maybe the Serie A will just be a place where teams from Europe can just head hunt other players which could therefore lead to the downfall of the Serie A

The start of something special?

Welcome to our blog, we are three football fans who are looking to provide you with our opinions on everything football and more.

We will be bringing you the latest from La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and the Premiership, this includes results, transfers and domestic cups.

For La Liga I will be bringing you everything, for Serie A you will have Jamie, for Bundesliga news Charlie, and we will all be covering our own point of view for the premiership, we will each be covering our own team, so for me it will be Arsenal, Charlie will be covering Chelsea and Jamie will be covering Tottenham.

That is pretty much all for now but we will be posting very soon so hope your looking forward to it.

Matt