Hull City officially get their man Simpson
The Arsenal have confirmed reports about Jay Simpson’s departure from the club. The Arsenal youth product will now join Nigel Pearson’s Hull City and is expected to feature in their upcoming Championship home clash with Watford this Saturday.
Jay Simpson started his relationship with the Arsenal when he joined the club’s academy at the age of 9. He was raised and nurtured by the Arsenal and rose to the ranks of earning a professional contract with the North London club.
However, Simpson would probably have found it hard to dislodge a number of world class strikers in the team during that time and hence, Wenger had to farm him out on loan on a number of occasions. His first loan spell at Millwall was noted as successful as he was rewarded with the “League One Player of the Year” award. In the following seasons, he was at the then Premier League relegation battlers West Brom before joining on loan again at QPR last term with an impressive performance there.
In his Arsenal career, he only managed to make a handful of appearances, mainly in the Carling Cup competition. The main highlight of his career though was the game against Cardiff City in the 2007 FA Youth Cup, where he would be remembered for scoring the first hat trick at the Emirates Stadium by an Arsenal player.
This permanent move to Hull City would definitely kick start his football career again as he probably already knows that he will not be in Wenger’s future plans. The Arsenal Press would like to wish Jay Simpson the best of luck in his football career.
Gallas is close to becoming a Judas
Reports are rife yesterday evening that former Arsenal and Chelsea defender William Gallas is set to join Tottenham Hotspur on a one year deal, pending a medical today.
This transfer will probably come as a piece of shocking news for Arsene Wenger as Gallas was offered a route back to the Arsenal after tabling a new contract to Gallas at the end of last season. However, he did not respond to it and officially left the Arsenal on a free on 1st July 2010.
Later on, there were reports about Gallas being courted by Panathinaikos and Juventus at one point. However, nothing has materialized for the French defender as his wage demand was rumoured to be too high for these clubs. Gallas search for a new club then continued till this month when Tottenham manager Redknapp told the media that he was interested to sign Gallas, probably as a solution to his side’s defensive issues.
All in all, Gallas’ time at the Arsenal has been a rollercoaster ride. He was named the Arsenal captain after the departure of Thierry Henry in season 2007/08. However, the most notable moment in his Arsenal career was during the Birmingham game in season 2007/08 when he showed his tantrums as the Gunners blew their title chances at St Andrews. In the following season, he was stripped off the Arsenal captaincy due to a number of reasons, with the most obvious one due to him publicly criticize Wenger’s team.
Off the field, he also had issues with some of the Arsenal players. He reportedly has a spat with his ex-defensive partner, Kolo Toure (now at Manchester City) off the pitch. In the dressing room, he couldn’t communicate well with the rest of the Arsenal team and could probably be rightfully known as a “timebomb”.
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