If today’s goalless draw with Sunderland wasn’t bad enough for some for Arsenal fans, then the sale of Alex Song to Barcelona may have just tipped some of them over the edge.
The announcement was posted on the Arsenal website right after the result at The Emirates, with the club agreeing to sell the 24-year-old midfielder to the La Liga club for a reported £15 million.
The Cameroon international will travel to the Catalan club to agree personal terms and undergo a medical ahead of the proposed move. He is expected to completed his move to the Nou Camp on Monday.
Barcelona later confirmed the news, with a club statement reading:
‘Barcelona have agreed a deal with Arsenal for the transfer of Alex Song to the Nou Camp. The fee is €19m (£15m).
‘The Cameroon international midfielder will sign for the next five seasons with a release clause of €80m (£63m).
‘On Monday he’ll have a medical and then join the rest of the squad for the official team presentation at the Joan Gamper Trophy.’
So that’s Robin van Persie and Song out of the exit doors within the space of just two days! Leaving Arsene Wenger and the club now sitting on a £39 million warchest.
Hopefully the Frenchman reinvests the cash in new players and on today’s evidence, recruiting a solid midfielder is a must!
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Super glad that’s the end of any connections with the Deins. Frankly, song isn’t fantastic, and anyone who wanna leave can jus leave. This has got nothing to do with aw or the board. If there’s anyone to blame, it’s got to be the player and his agent. (if a fellow colleague leaves his job for a better paying job, how could it be the board or the manager’s fault?)
Once a gunner, always a gunner!
same old arsenal taking us fans for
Mugs who they kidding selling our two best players again.im hand my season ticket nack
I think song was the mising subject today and I hear that he has been sold away to barc.wenger is the only arsenal injury and he has to leave.
Wenger has balanced the books. Giroud +Cazorla +Podolski = Van Persie + Song. 40M=40M
Arsenal keeps borderline players like Arshavin,Ramsey,Djourou,Jenkinson,Diaby,etc. and the best players leave.
This is not a formula for success. Arsenal are not better and there is no way they will close a 19 point gap. At best they will have to fight for 4th place.
Arsenal need to weed out the useless and recruit at least 2 more players. A midfielder and defender.
We’re a feeder club for others and song should have gone for 30 mill 3 yrs left the board need sacking were midtable team why should we care all kroenke want is profit. Lovely stadium no team to play. 40 yrs a Gooner seen someiddle of road arsenal teams but now were going so downhill how as fans can we let this happen we need change and fast
i’ve been the one who had supported the club’ policy over the last years patiently waiting for the trophies. Now it’s the time to realise that the board and the fans of the arsenal club are opposite parties. We (fans) are waiting for victories and they (football buisnessmen) are driving the gravy train. I dont’t want to be fooled any more. I’m an Arsenal Football Club fan and i dont’ care about their lucre. Fuck the board, sack the board !!
Arsenal fans in london are part of our problem,d av divided minds,most blindly trust wenger,evn if he leads us 2 religation,d wil stupidly talk abt his 4goten past glories of dis n dat..4gotin we live in d present..nt d past..it wuld av bin glorious if we were stil at Highbury nw bt stil wins trophys evry year,dan in emirate witot trophy in 7yrs bt fat pockets 2d board n wenger..u fans pay tickets n enrich dia pockets n gain nofin in return,bt stil beliv n support dia lies.. “late Nigerian Afrobeat musician Fela kuti calld it suffering & smiling”wen my country citizen were sufferin in da hands of military juantas..stil d smile whil dyn in hardshp… Emulate united fans in rooney case n mak our board situp,destroy if nid b..av a strong forum n protect ur interest n let ur voice b heard..dis rubbish cnt happen in my country..we lov football n mst tyms pippl die fightn against injustice of any kind against d club he fan.. Go 2 records, u wil see it.. U fans out dia ar all Barks n no Bite. Fools.
The Gunners will have their fabulous stadium, and fans will continue to come. It does not matter that they are headed to a mid table team.Song has a great career in fron of him and made a difference for this team last year. Who will want to come to the Emirates now?Theo is next and you who disparage him will see him flourish elsewhere as there will be no shortage of suitors. Next will be Ox, Gibbs or any of the young ones who want to get paid as they get better. Television has made the money unreal. Oops I forgot Kroenke does not watch televison, just numbers.We here in the states warned you what to expect from him. The US model of extracting money is in full flower here.