Arsenal's Flamini set for Milan as Hleb mulls Inter move
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Arsenal's Flamini set for Milan as Hleb mulls Inter move
Mathieu Flamini has dashed Arsenal's faint hopes of keeping him by agreeing to join Milan, while the Premier League club face a crunch meeting over Alexander Hleb's future later this week.
The signs are that Arsene Wenger will be shorn of half his first-choice midfield - and two of his best performers this season - with Hleb having been offered a huge four-year contract by Internazionale, Milan's city's rivals, which he is keen to sign.
The loss of the pair would be a severe blow to Wenger who has set Flamini a deadline of the end of this month to decide his future after making what he described as a "decent" improved offer. The 24-year-old French midfielder's present contract runs out on 30 June and, despite Arsenal's efforts, he has been offered far more by Milan and Juventus.
It had appeared that Juve were the favourites to sign Flamini but they have been out-bid by Milan who are willing to pay him four million euros a year - a million more than was an offer from their rivals - which includes a significant signing-on fee spread over a five-year contract. They have ear-marked Flamini as the eventual replacement for Gennaro Gattuso - which is ironic considering the midfielder was nicknamed after the Italian by his Arsenal team-mates.
Over the weekend Carlo Ancelotti went public on Milan TV - the club's own television channel - to speak of his admiration for Flamini, especially after the way he performed against the European Cup holders in the Champions League tie earlier this season. Flamini - whose father Roland is Italian and has relatives in Rome - is free to talk to other clubs because his contract has almost expired. He has made clear that he wants to accept a more lucrative offer than has been tabled by Arsenal, especially as Flamini has felt under-valued at the Emirates for some time. Wenger has urged Flamini not to leave Arsenal just for a "few bucks" but that kind of comment will not be well-received by his player.
Hleb, who is 27 next month, has been offered an impressive four-year deal by Inter, but will hold talks with Arsenal this week. He is understood to be concerned that, after so much promise this season, it is now the third campaign in a row that Arsenal have failed to win a trophy. Much to Wenger's annoyance, the Italian champions have openly declared their interest in the Belarussian who joined Arsenal from Stuttgart in July 2005. He has two years left on his present deal but article 17 of FIFA regulations would allow him to leave for a fixed fee, likely to be significantly less than the £11.2m Arsenal paid for him.
The situation presents Wenger with a major headache. His team face bottom club Derby County away tonight with Flamini a doubt because he has not fully recovered from an ankle injury. Wenger may have a league debut to goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski who, he said, will vie with Manuel Almunia for the club's number one slot next season.
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If hleb goes, arsenal is in big trouble.
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yes, flamini wanna go just go la. sick of his petty little crap. Just for more salary then he wanna go other clubs. No first team also complain, now first team already also complain. i think just get essien to replace him =X
helb CANNOT go, pls pay him any amount to stay, -
Originally posted by thongs:
yes, flamini wanna go just go la. sick of his petty little crap. Just for more salary then he wanna go other clubs. No first team also complain, now first team already also complain. i think just get essien to replace him =X
helb CANNOT go, pls pay him any amount to stay,essien
who's gonna pay?? or rather who's willing to pay?? -
If Diarra didn't leave, we would not have such a big problem..curse Flamini!!
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they want to go, go lor! it's better this way cos wenger will have to sign some star players.
but flamini n hleb will be regret like henry cos milan or inter do not gurantee first team for them.
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if they reali wan to leave then let them leave... but this should be a godo lesson to wenger... continue breed youngster and dun win anything and they sure will leave... go buy some ready made players... screw the youth system...
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Originally posted by thongs:
yes, flamini wanna go just go la. sick of his petty little crap. Just for more salary then he wanna go other clubs. No first team also complain, now first team already also complain. i think just get essien to replace him =X
helb CANNOT go, pls pay him any amount to stay,
hleb go oso can... the club is only meant for players who wanna stay... -
frankly, i would look at Wenger..
he seems to be able to do wonders for players and develops the heck out of them...
look at all the players he made.. (which vastly outweighs his failures)
and when they leave the club, they seem to flounder...
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i didn't think he would leave.. if he is leaving just for the money, i would say well eff off then. i wonder what is the real reason for him leaving..
flamini and hleb were two of our most consistent performing players, i guess having to play with lazy ass ady and eboue was too much to take, i seriously feel for players like fab and flamini, work hard all season, heartbreak at the end due to ady and almunia. well, arsene has to buy some esttablished players now, squad has to few quality backups. hopefully rvp can become the world class striker he shows signs of being soon.
what is ady doing in the team of the year thing?
i had to retype the post cuz I FUCKED UP ARRGH. im too tired to make sense in it
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even if he goes... there is no guarantee that club gonna win trophies too... now ac milan also facing problem qualifying for UCL
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flamini is a piece of shit, just because of more pay, he go to other club. Hope he falter there
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Originally posted by thongs:
flamini is a piece of shit, just because of more pay, he go to other club. Hope he falter there
Maybe he feels his ambition is too big for the club . After all , he slogged his guts out for the team the whole season . I prefer to think Adebayor , Diaby , Eboue and sometimes Gallas are crap for letting the more hard-working players' efforts go to waste .
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something bother me... milan is not even in top four position n they might not play for ucl next season, why will flamster be less ambition n go there? n furthermore, milan already got kaka, n few midfielders, plus ronaldino is going there too. going there n play is as though of having no chance in playing.
55k n 60k is only 5k apart, i hope Arsenal can give Flamini little bit.