Sneijder wants Arsenal target at Inter Milan

Posted on July 20, 2012 by admin

by AH

According to the Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, Sneijder has told his club Inter Milan that they should move quickly and fight off interest from other suitors to try and sign Barcelona player Ibrahim Affelay. Reports over the summer have seen Afellay linked with a move away from Camp Nou, with Arsenal being named as the favourites to land the Dutchman, whilst Italian giants Inter Milan are also linked with the player.

Afellay recently rejected an offer from French club Lille. He stated that the reason was that he was undecided over his future with Barcelona. However, after talks with new Barcalona coach Tito Vilanova, Afellay has been informed that he will receive limited playing time and that he may not be featured in all of the match day squads. It’s also been reported that Barcalona have officially put Affelay on the transfer market and that he is available for £4.5 million.

The Dutch midfielder missed the majority of Barcelona’s season last year due to injury but returned to feature in all three of Netherlands group games at the tournament and impressed clubs across Europe. This sparked rumours that clubs from across Europe were interested in the versatile midfielder.

Afellay must now consider his future and he will have to decide on his future soon with both Arsenal and Inter set to make offers in the coming weeks. He joined Barcelona in January 2010 from Dutch club PSV in a £3m deal. Afellay has since made 28 appearances, scoring two goals since.

Afellay has the chance to join a personal friend at both clubs, with Robin Van Persie at Arsenal and Wesley Sneijder at Inter Milan, however both of those players’ futures are also in doubt.

I would love to have Ibrahim Afellay at Arsenal as he offers flair, versatility and his ability to change a game is unbearable for opposition defences. If Van Persie was to stay the pair could really link up well in the Premier League. I would expect Affelay to be our main Centre Attacking Midfielder whilst Wilshere is still injured and then a rotation between a Winger position and an Attacking Midfielder position would be key in making sure our team was fresh and unpredictable.

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Arsenal Rumours: Rondon, Affelay, Sneijder, Sakho and…Arshavin?

Most Recent News and Rumours – by JG

Arsenal, as usual, are being linked with many a player. For a while now we’ve been linked with one particularly interesting character by the name of Rondon; a 6ft 1in 22 y/o Venezuelan international who plays for Malaga in La Liga. Personally, I think Rondon is most likely going to go to Chelski as a replacement for Drogba but I could well be wrong about that (but I doubt it). Rondon is a very good striker, and actually brandishes many of the same attributes that Drogba possesses (possessed). Again, I don’t think Arsenal are actually going for him and rightly so, he wouldn’t have anywhere to fit in (and don’t sit there and think, “oh well he can sit on the bench and Chamakh can piss off”, Rondon is not someone who is going to sit on the bench.

The agent of Barcelona winger Ibrahim Afellay has cooled talk of a move away. Which isn’t surprising… However Karel Jansen (agent) told Fichajes.net: “Barcelona does not want to sell and Ibrahim wants to stay at the club.” Affellay probably isn’t aware of it, but he is on a lot of hopeful gooners’ minds. Somehow (with “he who should not be named” incident) I don’t think Dutch players are high on the likely transfer list, but I could be wrong about that as well.

Speaking of Dutch players, Wesley Sneijder has been linked to Arsenal…this is so outlandish that I will not elaborate any further.

Reports are out claiming that Arsenal and Newcastle United are eying PSG defender Mamadou Sakho. Le 10 Sport says Newcastle are eyeing Sakho as an alternative to FC Twente defender Douglas. Sakho made it pretty clear that he wanted to depart PSG this summer, but would it be to Arsenal?

Again, this isn’t a player that should (will) sit on the bench. Yet so many Gooners think he should sign…how would that make any sense? What, you’re going to bench Koscielny, Vermaelen or Mertesacker and replace them for no reason? Either way, if Arsenal bring a defender in it will be back up material, not a top classer.

Lastly, Andrei Arshavin looks like a sure move to Zenit now. Zenit seem to have caved in and are making a fresh move for him. This would be best for all parties, no need to discuss why.

Anyway, that’s all for now, let us know what you think.

ARSENAL FOR LIFE

by JG

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