Breaking News Mikel Silvestre Joins Gunners

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Gunners; shebi una Baba (Wenger) say him no dey sign players above 30. hmmm for Fellow Red Devils fans; next time you see Silvestre he would be wearing no 18 jersey _{for one of baby} rivals; Arsenal FC.

good for arsernal
its not like he was much useful to us(Man Utd).

The dud is not too bad and can play several positions but he's simply no more man utd quality again.Of course u dont expect him to bench players like Vidic, Ferdinand, Wes Brown n the others

Good for Arsenal.

We have Rafael and his twin.

I just read it on sky sports and it is totally a demoralizing story to say the least. All the arguments profered by Wenger doesnt hold any water what so ever. The talk of him being a replacement for justin Hoyte is just like jumping from Frying pan to fire. His experience that he is supposed to bring runs short of lunacy because he wasnt even first choice in Manutd.

The most irritating aspect of it is that he was bought directly from our rivals Manutd which is totally sickening and to make matters worse, he is been handed over the jersey number "18' which was Paschal CYGAN'S number.

Boy its going to be a long season!

Anyway just heard a rumour from a friend close to the arsenal corporation that the last player we would be buying would be stephen Appiah! Guess this is the experienced set Wenger promised us, pssff!

E b like sey wenger don dey confused ooo,

From Arsenal.com Breaking news:

Arsenal announce signing of Mikael Silvestre
Arsenal has today signed French defender Mikael Silvestre on a two year deal having joined the Gunners from Manchester United for an undisclosed fee.

Silvestre (31), an experienced and versatile player, has been with Manchester United since 1999 winning a host of domestic honours including four Premier League titles, one FA Cup winner’s medal and a League Cup winner’s medal. Silvestre was also part of the UEFA Champions League winning side of 2008 and made a total of 361 appearances for the Manchester side, scoring 10 goals.

Silvestre, who debuted for French national side in 2001, has also made a total of 40 appearances for Les Bleus. Highlights of his international career so far are winning the Confederations Cup in both 2001 and 2003 and reaching the World Cup Final in 2006.

Mikael said on signing for the Gunners: “I’ve spent a large part of my career at United, the last nine years, and I’ll remember that time fondly but feel I’m ready for a new challenge. Arsenal is known for playing technical and skilful football, and has a young but experienced squad. I’m really excited about this next stage of my career, hopefully playing my part in helping the Club to new successes.”

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger said: “We have a strong squad but a young squad and Mikael’s versatility, experience and calibre will provide the extra depth we need to reinforce our challenge for honours this season. His defensive adaptability will serve us well and it’s a big plus that Mikael has top level experience and a great understanding of football in the Premier League.”

Mikael will join up with his team-mates immediately and will wear shirt number 18.


[Wednesday, August 20, 2008]

the player is gud and has lots of experience. But since he is not featuring for United first 11, it is gud that he is sold out. i believe he will be influential to the gunners team wit his experiencies. I will miss him because he is my best defender in PS2 soccer.

I am honestly not sure what this transfer is all about

I hope Wenger has seen something we are not seeing

I am a Man Utd fan though

well what the heck are people problem, u can do anything i mean almost nothing
2 please anyone.am not excusing wenger ideal but the man is entitle to his just
like anybody silvestre or not.remember the is a man that is repute 4 resurrectin
some players football career u bet. so abeg u guys pls leave him alone
shikena

wooooooooooooooooooooooow , i am so stunned by this news.

All good for sylcester, i wish him well, at least he will make arsenal a better team, but not as good as The Champs ManUtd.

At least again wenger has decided to bu experience players.

hahhahahahahah, the decline of arsenal has truly been confirmed by this signing.

first stingy wenger sells his best players, hleb,flamini,hoyte

he buys players that have past there prime and are no longer useful to there teams
gallas and silvestre, heard he is still chasing that liverpool reject, forgot his name.

next stop for arsenal, JJ Okocha, reason by wenger, we are looking for experience!!!!!!


gunners lacking bullets ehh


the premiership will be a two horse race Chelsea and ManU.

Blues 4ever

I feel its a good signins for the club, and he just preparing for midseason when the likes of clinchy(a good player) start to get into their groove of making defensive mistake and not to forget gallas(agbero no1)

;d

I would say this is a good acquisition

Even though he his over 30, he still has a good 2-3yrs in him for a defensive player, i now hope we can accomodate and utilize him effectively

No doubt, he his coming with massive experience, he would help the youngsters grow quicker and he would provide much needed cover

What i am pondering now is how are we going to play him, Gallas and Toure in the same back four?

I was thinking Sagna is fine for right back, Clichy alrite for left back, and i would have loved a Gallas-Silvestre centre back pairing but Toure is immense!

what has become of arsenal and wenger? silvestre has the record of being the most calamitous left back in top flight premiership. he single handedly worked the exit of roy caroll and tim howard from united by his calamitous defending. anyways its good news. i hope he makes first team so teams like chelsea, united, liverpool and others have a pefect weaklink to exploit.

i wish him an astounding "goners" career.

many guys here can only see the fact that Silvestre does not play first team football for mannonsense again.
I think he's a good signing for Arsenal because at the moment there is absolutely little or no cover for any injury to either Kolo or Gallas. For those beefing Gallas, almost every football pundit agrees that he is one of the best defenders in England. You can sit at home and write what you like when you dont even understand what football is about.
Wenger, an acclaimed manager, signs Gallas and makes him captain but you who cannot even manage your family football team say Gallas is not good. biko meshionu

dudu-bobo:

many guys here can only see the fact that Silvestre does not play first team football for mannonsense again.
I think he's a good signing for Arsenal because at the moment there is absolutely little or no cover for any injury to either Kolo or Gallas. For those beefing Gallas, almost every football pundit agrees that he is one of the best defenders in England. You can sit at home and write what you like when you don't even understand what football is about.
Wenger, an acclaimed manager, signs Gallas and makes him captain but you who cannot even manage your family football team say Gallas is not good. biko meshionu

Dey decieve yourself and who you be sef ; Show your colour!!!!

*strolls in, sits down and keeps staring at pple in the thread*

WENGER WENGER.


WETIN HE WON TAKE SILVESTER DO.
WELL SOMEONE HAS TO STAY ON THE BENCH WHILE THE MATCH IS IN PROGRESS.

chioya:

*strolls in, sits down and keeps staring at people in the thread*

nawa oooo

SAM MILLA:

WENGER WENGER.


WETIN HE WON TAKE SILVESTER DO.
WELL SOMEONE HAS TO STAY ON THE BENCH WHILE THE MATCH IS IN PROGRESS.

We are not likely to get any other top defender who'll be willing to sit on the bench so Mikael is a good choice from that point of view.

SAM MILLA:

WENGER WENGER.


WETIN HE WON TAKE SILVESTER DO.
WELL SOMEONE HAS TO STAY ON THE BENCH WHILE THE MATCH IS IN PROGRESS.

Na the kain quality and experience wey Wenger dey find since be that, Hmmm

All this French Connection in Arsenal

I tire ooo !!!

femzy:

Na the kain quality and experience wey Wenger dey find since be that, Hmmm

For Arsenal; he could be regarded top notch but not for title contenders like United or Blues,

Ibo_made:

All this French Connection in Arsenal

I tire ooo !!!

Chai see mumu me sef; i no see am from that kain view since ooo, Na the correct perpective behind the deal be that,
Me sef dey wonder, _{Abeg thread closed}

This is TOTALLY FRENCH CONNECTION DRIVE, sylvetre is one of the worst left backs in the EPL, dunno why wenger got him. free SALARY

For me this is not a good buy,cos if we need to buy a defender,its either a defensive midfielder or a center back,and if we are buying a center back he must be better than Toure and Gallas or atleast better than useless and inconsistent Gallas.I know the reason we bought him even at that age is cos he is very cheap,no other reason,as far as am concerned he is not a positive addittion to our shaky center back,cos for the flanks we are more than okay.Whatever am still a GUNNER for life.