Ricardo who? This player is being rumoured to soon become the first Arsenal signing of the summer in the likelihood of Nasri’s departure which now in addition to murmurs of Bendtner and Carlos Vela appear to be some of the players heading for the exit. One hopes that Denilson should also be on his way pausing briefly to take Eboue with him. Arsene Wenger has vowed not to allow Gael Clichy or Samir Nasri to leave on a free like Mathieu Flamini, so talks must also be underway. We need to have completed our squad changes by the 8th of August which is the deadline for submission of the player lists to UEFA prior to participation in the Champions League Play offs on August 16&23 or 17/24.
Ricardo Álvarez Profile
Date of Birth: April 12 1988 Age: 23yrs Place of Birth: Buenos Aires
Height: 1.88m Weight: 84kgs
Present Club: Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield Debut: 1st June 2008
Early career: Caballito, Juniors Boca Juniors, Club Parque
Position: Left footed attacking utility midfielder
Appearances: 36 Goals 4
Honours: Argentinian 1st division title 2009- Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
Ricardo Gabriel Álvarez known as Ricky is seen from the video below appears to be a typical Wenger pick with good athleticism and close ball skills. He is relatively unknown to western European audiences, but received many plaudits for his last appearances at the Copa Libertadores
Here is a particularly good youtube video of the player in a variety of positions and elements of his play which remind me of van Persie’s good footwork.
Call for Usmanov?
As I had intimated in my last blog, Alisher Usmanov is the key to securing the custodianship at Arsenal, providing he does not support any moves to introduce dividend payments on shares at Arsenal Football Club. His refusal to sell shares to Stan Kroenke, means that we cannot become a rich man plaything anytime soon. So we all owe Alisher Usmanov a debt of gratitude…
I never thought that I would be saying that, but thank you all the same.
What do I believe needs to be done now?
1.) I call for Alisher USMANOV to be invited onto the Arsenal Board
2.) I call for Alisher USMANOV to cement his love for Arsenal by paying off the stadium debt. This will be allowed under the UEFA fair play rules and would liberate £20 million of interest payments per season at a stroke.
3.) I call for the AST to contact USMANOV in a move to open further talks with points 1 and 2 above in mind.
4.) I call for Ivan Gazidis to facilitate any such moves that will allow better unity between the major shareholders and the AST including getting our Chairman Peter Hill-Wood to express regret for his ill timed and alleged unhelpful comments about Arsenal fans, thus bringing back stability to the wider Gooner family.
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