Comments on: Have Arsenal just been used as a pawn in Felipe Melo’s move to Juventus?

By: eap

eap — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:14:38 +0000

Look at the expected response…
full of ignorance….

Thanks for proving my point

By: rafi

rafi — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:52:14 +0000

juve are the past, arsenal – the future.

By: mjc

mjc — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:47:52 +0000

“Gotta love the delusion of Arsenal fans thinking they are a significantly bigger club than Fiorentina. Now Juventus would be a real step up for Melo.”

Let’s ask UEFA….

Official UEFA Ranking 2009/2010
Arsenal 5th
Juventus 23rd
Fiorentina 59th (just behind Anderlecht, Club Brugge & Rapid Bucuresti)

But what do UEFA know….

By: Ad

Ad — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:56:10 +0000

Juve…a step up? Are you having a laugh?

They languish at mid table, occasionally qualifying for Europe but being dumped out embarrassingly at the hands of some mediocre teams.

For all this talk of Melo has anybody actually seen him play many matches? There’s nobody at Arsenal who have even confirmed their interest yet.

The only thing I’ve seen of him was during a recent Brazil match in the ConFed cup. Where he tried a couple of shots which were in danger of going into orbit, and I saw him lost the ball a few times and I’m sure I saw him booked for a stupid tackle. For me I’m really not bothered if we “miss out” just because you’ll never know what we might have missed. I’m more keen on the Flamini rumours surfacing. Now that’s a lad I’d love to see back alongside Fab in midfield.

By: saad Elani

saad Elani — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:54:46 +0000

Italian football is leagues behind English, Spanish, German, and French. Clearly the English and Spanish dominance is far ahead in the European football but what all these four leagues have in common is packed stadiums. Not only are Italian stadiums empty, there is a distinct lack of families and kids going not because its expensive but because of the atmosphere and violence. That not even beginning to mention the politics and corruption involved in the Italian league. I grew up watching Italian football and therefore I am saddened at the state of the league and I cannot help falling asleep when I attempt to watch a game. Being a black player I do not know why melo would want to stay in Italy the racism in that country against black people is disgraceful. If melo rather play in a league where the football is boring, in empty stadiums in games which are fixed then be my guest. Let him stay there. Wenger knows best and will find a good player. Ps. the wheeling and dealing by Florentina is only business and them trying to get the best offer for a good player which I feel is fair enough. In the end of the day its up to the player and what he plays along with!

By: Arsenal1Again

Arsenal1Again — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:26:30 +0000

Who cares? Lorik Cana is a much better option.

By: Gioo

Gioo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:46:10 +0000

Akiller- nice point ;). Im sick of everybody who say Melo should come to Juve so he can actually win something. Tell me, what have Juve won since they were caught match FIXING? Nothing! Same as Arsenal. The only difference is that Arsenal acutally look likely to win something. Yes we came 4th in the EPL this season, but that was also mainly because of the injuries we had. I’d like to see any top club try and compete with 3 or 4 key players out at a time. We also made the semi’s the Champions League which was better than any Italian team. We also made the FA Cup semi’s with quote: ‘little boys’. It must really hurt Juve fans when they realise that maybe these ‘little boys’ are actually better than they are and that even though they have an average age of 23, they look more likely to win something. Also, can anybody tell me that little boys name who helped knock Juve and Milan out of the Champions League a few years ago? Francesc something wasn’t it?

By: Akiller

Akiller — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:31:59 +0000

Ivor, u know what, Arsenel ARE a sellers club, have been for the last few years n guess what … they still outperform any italian counterpart … roma was a close shave this year, juventus got a spanking and likewise for AC… we may sell players to meet our debts but we would still (with out 18yr olds) wipe the floor with any italian team .. your cheat & bribe driven success in the 90’s should be taken out of the history books. in summary, the italian league is a joke …

By: laligalaprimera?haha

laligalaprimera?haha — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:45:23 +0000

people who bash arsenal make ME laugh. a club with class, dignity, the best coach in football, and a plan for the future. count us out, by all means. we’ll see who’s laughing soon enough. dare i even mention our brilliance of just a few years past? unprecedented.

By: Evo In OZ

Evo In OZ — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:08:06 +0000

Fiorentina bigger than Arsenal, you’re having a laugh big boy

By: Ivor

Ivor — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:15:57 +0000

Arsenal are now a seller’s club. A way-station on the way to a bigger club for the likes of Veiera, Flamini, Hleb and soon Fabregas and Adebayor. Anything beyond gullible, naïve eighteen-year-olds is out of your league.

By: EAPSaFAG

EAPSaFAG — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:43:53 +0000

Response to EAP, i love the way you hate everything about the English but speak their language fluently.

By: malcolm

malcolm — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:40:46 +0000

heres the deal….we want a player….his club says 25 million and we say…..how about 15 million and a luncheon voucher and this 25p off 3 tins of beans etc etc
we should simply pay the asking price and call their bluff. im sick of us doing arthur daleys all the time.

By: dan

dan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:32:42 +0000

We only want players who want to play for us and bleed for the cause, melo doesn’t appear to be one of them.

By: Wyrdwolf

Wyrdwolf — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:58:20 +0000

Ah, a Sun reader.

By: Jack Staniforth

Jack Staniforth — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:23:44 +0000

John Hawkins (the guy who started the slave trade back in the 17th century) would be proud of todays trading in human flesh, albeit at great advantage to the slave, and many come from Africa just as they did four hundred years ago. Nevertheless we talk in terms of putting players up for sale and on the market then we parade them in front of the crowds or unveil them like a statue. The entire process sickens me.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:22:17 +0000

If melo wants to play in half empty stadiums for the forseeable then he cant have much ambition.
Will an Italian club progress in the CL in the next few years? I doubt it!

By: agent

agent — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:59:34 +0000

juve are a small shit club in a small shit league, let melo go where he wants

By: eap

eap — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:59:03 +0000

hahahaha
stupid arsenal fan….
it’s not disgraceful…this happens all the time….

Stupid brits…
whats disgraceful is how english teams poach players at 16 from italian clubs…thats an un fair advantage….trying building some youth of your own and maybe the 6+5 rule wont damage your shitty league as much as it’s expected to

(By the way i’m not italian, so dont bad mouth italians)

Enjoy your run to the semis in the next world cup, the closest you’ll ever get to a WC crown.
And you’ll have an Italian to thank for that feat.

Brits bashing italians…nothing new…Brits bashing spanish and french and germans….nothing new also….
Brits bash anything better than them to make it seem less….
Arrogant fools

By: GoonerEris

GoonerEris — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:50:59 +0000

…No skin off my nose. I never thought Melo was much better than Denilson and stand by that. Will be glad if he went to Juve; they deserve one another.

By: Giovanni

Giovanni — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:41:50 +0000

Are you serious, ‘arsenalfan’? You hope Melo gets “stuck” at Fiorentina? Gotta love the delusion of Arsenal fans thinking they are a significantly bigger club than Fiorentina. Now Juventus would be a real step up for Melo.

*waits for Arsenal fans to bring up Calciopoli*

By: arsenalfan

arsenalfan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:18:28 +0000

discraful, they surely can’t be allowedto do this hopefully the deal will fall through and melo will be stuck at fiorentina < < the was a horrible act of injustice and we should sue them