Ben Arfa deal edging closer.
Posted on August 16th, 2010 | 70 Comments |
The story has been well publiscised, but it hasn’t been Newcastle doing all the shouting. That has been left to Marseille and the player himself, but after a few days of entertaining dialogue between the two parties it would now appear that the Marseille boss, Didier Deschamps, is prepared to let the player leave Stade Velodrome.
The last little update on the saga came late last night when the Marseille president admitted that he wouldn’t want to be the person to ruin the career of Ben Arfa by keeping him at a club he has publically declared never to to return to. That in itself fuelled the speculation that he could be prepared to let Ben Arfa finally get his wish and join Newcastle, and these new words from Deschamps will have added weight to the specualtion that something is about to happen.
“I never said I did not want him. But it is very difficult given his radical position and his attitude,” Deschamps told L’Equpie.
“I think I did a lot of him. He has talent, but still some weaknesses. I wish him the best for his career. I have spent a lot of time talking to Hatem, and told him many things. Some of it he has remembered, some of it not. Last Thursday he refused to speak to me, so it may be for the best.”
The way I read it is that Deschamps is prepared to let him go and is almost saying goodbye to him, especially with the “I wish him all the best for his career” comment.
It’s about time it was sorted one way or the other in fairness as it is doing no party and good being dragged out for so long. Perhaps Ben Arfa could be signing number four of the summer?
If he is looking for a place where he will be loved and adored by fans then there is no better place for him than Newcastle. He stated he wants to come here and play for Chris Hughton, and for Newcastle, so what are we hanging about for?
Get him signed up!
Morning Toonsy. This blog has become a right royal pain in the ass this last week or so – and I don’t mean cos of Stu’s incessant dribble ;)
Pages are taking minutes to load and sometimes I cannit get on at all. I use Firefox but it aint much better on Safari. :(
Would you mind mentioning it to Worky? Ta.