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Craig Bellamy and Luca Toni both rule out Arsenal moves
Posted on December 28, 2009 by admin
Posted on December 28, 2009 by admin
Further to my earlier post about todays Arsenal transfer rumours, Scott Loach and Eden Hazard are not the only two players to have ruled out a move to Arsenal today.
Craig Bellamy was reportedly upset with the sacking of Mark Hughes at Man City, and after being left on the bench this weekend, it was thought that he would be looking to move on next month, with Arsenal the favourites for his signature, but it seems that it was all hogwash!
Bellamy said last night: “I’m not going anywhere.”
“I want to stay and I am going to stay,”
“I am committed to that. I am committed to Man City. I have bought into the idea of where Man City is going to go and I am a huge part of where it is at this stage.”
The out-of-favour Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni was also touted as another possible stopgap measure for the second half of Arsenal’s season, but it now seems nearly certain that he will be going to Roma next month.
Calcio Mercato had this quote from one of Toni’s “friends”: “I can’t wait – said the striker to some friends – The negotiation is not over, but I want to play with Roma and I’ll do everything I can to do it. Also Roma are doing everything but we haven’t signed the contract yet”.
That wouldn’t be enough to persuade me of the truth of the matter, but the Roma’s sporting human resources manager (What a title!), Gianpaolo Montali, said.
“We are down to the details,” Montali said in La Gazzetta dello Sport. “Naturally, until you have the signature, there are no certainties in business, but with Toni we are practically there.”
So that has narrowed the field down a little more, and by my reckoning of current rumours, it would seem to be Andre-Pierre Gignac, or nobody!