With just 24 hours left in the transfer window, Manchester City may have dealt rivals Arsenal a major blow.
All summer long, Arsenal have chased Fulham’s Aussie shot-stopper Mark Schwarzer. The bid has been delayed by many factors: a disagreement over the fee, Fulham’s change of manager, and an injury to Schwarzer. With his impressive deputy David Stockdale also now sidelined, any potential move was dependent on Fulham securing a replacement. The number one target was City’s Shay Given – disillusioned after being replaced by Joe Hart, Given was seeking first-team football. A reunion with Hughes made perfect sense. It seemed inevitable.
According to The Guardian, however, City have now convinced Given to stay and fight for his place. It’s a double-victory for Roberto Mancini: not only does it give him significant squad depth between the sticks, but they also may have prevented a competitor from strengthening.
It was perhaps naive to expect anything else to happen. City would never have loaned Given to Arsenal, and allowing him to go to Fulham could have jeopardised their title challenges by strengthening Arsenal indirectly.
It’s bad news for Arsenal, who seem to have put all their eggs in that Aussie basket. They’ve been stung this way before, pursuing Xabi Alonso, strung along by Liverpool, only for the Anfield club to pull the plug on deadline day.
At least on this occasion Arsenal still have 24 hours to try and find an alternative solution. I wonder how drunk you’d have to get Mark Hughes to persuade him to agree to a Schwarzer/Fabianski swap…?
Drunker than Jesus, I’d say.
I wonder whether almunia is the bait, they would be mad to take the other plonker?
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