Posted on Thursday, 27th September 2012 by Tony Merakli
Well it’s something he was always going to say after leaving Arsenal this summer – the move to Barcelona was just too good to turn down for Alex Song.
As we all know the Cameroon midfielder departed for the Nou Camp last month in a deal reportedly worth £15 million after seven years at Arsenal.
The likes of Marc Overmars, Thierry Henry, Alexander Hleb, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Emmanuel Petit and Cesc Fabregas have all left Arsenal to join the Catalan club over the years, and Song insists it was ‘a once in a life time’ opportunity he had to take.
The 25-year-old was quoted in The Sun saying:
‘It was in July. Barca spoke with Arsenal and Arsene Wenger came to tell me.
‘It was hard to convince him and also say goodbye because he really helped me and my family when I arrived at Arsenal at 17 years old.’
He added:
‘When a club like Barcelona want you, you can’t say no.
‘A chance like this only happens once in life and you must take it.’
Reports suggested Arsenal grew tired of Song’s attitude towards training and his behaviour at times was unprofessional – this is why the Frenchman decided to sell him to Barca.
However, Song’s next comments suggest he just became annoyed about not winning trophies at the north London club, and is more determined than ever:
‘I’m hungry. I’ve never won anything and I have come here to play many games and win it all.’
To be honest, I’m glad we sold him as he grew arrogant and thought he was the main man at Arsenal, which he wasn’t.
Besides, we’re doing fine without him anyway.
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Tags: Alex Song, Alexander Hleb, Arsene Wenger, Cesc Fabregas, Emmanuel Petit, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Marc Overmars, Thierry Henry
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September 27th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
I think is enough of Song and we should move on. Stop talking about those that left and concentrate on football.
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September 27th, 2012 at 5:50 pm
so that was bullshit when you said you wanted to sign a new contract lieing fuck wenger right about what hye said about you goosdto see you gone
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September 27th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
ermmm…who cares about him..daaaaa…
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September 27th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Fuck him
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September 27th, 2012 at 6:27 pm
The sale of Song has brought some discipline to our defense as players are now more mindful of good positional play. Song going away is a plus for the club.
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September 27th, 2012 at 7:50 pm
I agree…Good Riddance!!!… continue your work though Gunnersphere,really like your page..
@gunnabwoy
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September 27th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Faggot!!!
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September 27th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Arrogant , lacks discipline , sloppy and rich. I see a lot of similarities between Song-Billong and myself.
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September 27th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Barca are the dust bin for our big time Charlie’s.
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September 27th, 2012 at 10:05 pm
I wonder why we still talking about him? No more about Song and RVP please…
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September 28th, 2012 at 4:42 am
Well, I wasn’t gonna bring it up, but since we are talking about Song , I think he will be missed. Diaby is a great player going forward but he is too easy to push off the ball. As for Song’s lack of defensive awareness , seems to me that last year the entire squad lacked defensive awareness . And finally the main reason is that Arsenal and their players are competting in five different competitions if you include the internationals. The sheer number of games top players are required to play in will make it difficult to keep them fresh and fit. Alex Song was a work horse of our squad , always fit and able to play any position and that’s why I think it was a mistake to let him go.
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September 28th, 2012 at 5:12 am
Hypocrite! Forget him.
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