Refreshingly frank Fabrigas
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From: lescor on 7 Aug 2010 02:12 Staying at Arsenal. No sulking. No disappointment. He has a contract with Arsenal so "keeping me is their prerogative" I owe the club a lot, etc, etc. That's the way to do it. Classy! LC
From: michael adams on 7 Aug 2010 05:35 "lescor" <lescorbett(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message news:LOCdnSP4i5TSZMHRnZ2dnUVZ7rSdnZ2d(a)bt.com... > Staying at Arsenal. No sulking. No disappointment. > He has a contract with Arsenal so "keeping me is their > prerogative" I owe the club a lot, etc, etc. > > That's the way to do it. Classy! > > > LC > > No sulking ? Sorry Les, you seem to have left out a bit there, then. The bit where he says "I really want to play for Arsenal this year. In fact I've only ever wanted to play for Arsenal. I've never ever wanted to play for any other club. I've also got more Arsenal DVD's than Torres has Liverpool DVD's, so you can stick that in your hat as well ! " Whereas all he's actually said is that Arsenal have him under contract, which is a fact - and that Arsenal offered him the chance of first team football early on when Barca didn't - which is another fact. michael adams ....
From: lescor on 8 Aug 2010 05:39 "michael adams" <mjadams25(a)ontel.net.uk> wrote in message news:8c4njqFfgvU1(a)mid.individual.net... > > "lescor" <lescorbett(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message > news:LOCdnSP4i5TSZMHRnZ2dnUVZ7rSdnZ2d(a)bt.com... > > >> Staying at Arsenal. No sulking. No disappointment. >> He has a contract with Arsenal so "keeping me is their >> prerogative" I owe the club a lot, etc, etc. >> >> That's the way to do it. Classy! >> >> >> LC >> >> > > No sulking ? > > Sorry Les, you seem to have left out a bit there, then. > > The bit where he says "I really want to play for Arsenal this year. > In fact I've only ever wanted to play for Arsenal. I've > never ever wanted to play for any other club. I've also got > more Arsenal DVD's than Torres has Liverpool DVD's, so you > can stick that in your hat as well ! " > > Whereas all he's actually said is that Arsenal have him under contract, > which is a fact - and that Arsenal offered him the chance of first team > football early on when Barca didn't - which is another fact. > > > michael adams So that's " all he actually said " ? But it isn't even WHAT he actually said. " I am a professional footballer and understand that it is the clubs prerogative not to sell me. I owe a lot to the club, manager and fans and will respect their decision and will now concentrate on the new season ahead with Arsenal. I can assure the fans that now all negotiations have ended, I will be 100 percent focused on playing for Arsenal. I would like to apologise to the Arsenal fans for not speaking about my future sooner, but I have not known what I was going to do until this moment". " I cannot deny that joining a club like Barcelona was an attractive move for me, This was the club where I learned to play my football. It is the home town where all my friends and family are. It is the club where I have always dreamed of playing. I have had conversations with Arsen Wenger, both in person and over the phone, in the past few months and, although the content of those conversations will remain private, the conclusion is that Barcelona have had two formal offers rejected by Arsenal" We all know that players can force the issue if they want to. It happens every few weeks. Contracts usually mean little. This player didn't do that although obviously disappointed. If that isn't refreshing in today's football world, I don't know what is. L C
From: Baldoni on 8 Aug 2010 07:17 lescor pretended : > > "michael adams" <mjadams25(a)ontel.net.uk> wrote in message > news:8c4njqFfgvU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> >> "lescor" <lescorbett(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message >> news:LOCdnSP4i5TSZMHRnZ2dnUVZ7rSdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >> >> >>> Staying at Arsenal. No sulking. No disappointment. >>> He has a contract with Arsenal so "keeping me is their >>> prerogative" I owe the club a lot, etc, etc. >>> >>> That's the way to do it. Classy! >>> >>> >>> LC >>> >>> >> >> No sulking ? >> >> Sorry Les, you seem to have left out a bit there, then. >> >> The bit where he says "I really want to play for Arsenal this year. >> In fact I've only ever wanted to play for Arsenal. I've >> never ever wanted to play for any other club. I've also got >> more Arsenal DVD's than Torres has Liverpool DVD's, so you >> can stick that in your hat as well ! " >> >> Whereas all he's actually said is that Arsenal have him under contract, >> which is a fact - and that Arsenal offered him the chance of first team >> football early on when Barca didn't - which is another fact. >> >> >> michael adams > > So that's " all he actually said " ? But it isn't even WHAT he actually > said. > > " I am a professional footballer and understand that it is the clubs > prerogative not to sell me. I owe a lot to the club, manager and fans > and will respect their decision and will now concentrate on the new > season ahead with Arsenal. I can assure the fans that now all > negotiations have ended, I will be 100 percent focused on playing for > Arsenal. I would like to apologise to the Arsenal fans for not speaking > about my future sooner, but I have not known what I was going to do > until this moment". > > " I cannot deny that joining a club like Barcelona was an attractive move > for me, This was the club where I learned to play my football. It is > the home town where all my friends and family are. It is the club > where I have always dreamed of playing. I have had conversations with > Arsen Wenger, both in person and over the phone, in the past few > months and, although the content of those conversations will remain > private, the conclusion is that Barcelona have had two formal offers > rejected by Arsenal" > > We all know that players can force the issue if they want to. It happens > every few weeks. Contracts usually mean little. This player didn't do > that although obviously disappointed. If that isn't refreshing in today's > football world, I don't know what is. > > > L C Like you said earlier Les, Fabregas showed a lot of class regarding the above. -- Count Baldoni
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