Record Breakers
‘IN the old days, if you wanted to be record breaker all you needed was dedication – nowadays you need less of that and a lot more of Thierry Henry.
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The Guardian hails RECORD BREAKERS Arsenal, who have now gone 43 league games without defeat.
This is a truly awesome achievement, and the way they set about breaking Nottingham Forests record of 26 years standing with last nights 3-0 demolition of Blackburn Rovers epitomised their abilities.
Such is the momentum of Arsene Wengers team that the Telegraphs Henry Winter picks up his thesaurus and bangs out words like invincible and irresistible.
And, as is the fashion with football writers today, Winter notes the Highbury crowds tribute to Fabregas, the 17-year-old Spaniard who scored his debut goal for the Gunners.
Hes only 17, chanted the fans, hes better than Roy Keane.
Its a neat ditty, but itd be a brave Fabregas and a foolish Arsenal to write off Uniteds driving force.
And so to United, who are interested in securing some young talent of their own, having, as the Times says, tabled a £20m bid for Wayne Rooney.
That bid is expected to be rejected by the Everton board, who have placed a £25m price tag on their young stars head.
Even with that price, and faced with competition for Rooneys signature from Newcastle United, the paper believes Manchester with get their boy.
The only stumbling block and its a very inconsequential one at a club mired in debt is Evertons manager, David Moyes.
Didier Drogba went to Chelsea for £23 million, says the Scot, so Waynes price should be well more than that.
Overlooking Moyes awful phrasing, it appears the man is mistaking what Chelsea do with what happens in the rest of planet football.
A fee of over £20m for a highly talented but very young player – and one with a penchant for sleaze and chub is not exactly chicken feed.
In any case, the Sun which spent the summer telling its readers that Patrick Vieira plays for Real Madrid says Rooney will become a Manchester United player by the weekend.
And that means Newcastle missing out.
Not that the Magpies odious little sod Craig Bellamy minds.
As he tells the Independent: Landing Wayne would be great for Newcastle, but I have to think about Craig Bellamy.
Move over Alan Shearer, it sounds like your home town club already have your replacement in situ.’
Posted: 26th, August 2004 | In: Back pages Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
