Aaron Ramsey – New Signing?
How can I not blog about a possible new signing for Arsenal? These don’t come around more than a couple of times every decade, and bloggers need to take advantage.
So it looks like we are well on our way to signing Welsh wonderkid (oh great, not another one!) Aaron “Rambo” Ramsey. I know absolutely nothing about the kid apart from his brief appearance in the FA Cup final, when I remarked to myself that he played a bit like Hleb. Famous last words.
Truth be told, we haven’t signed the kid yet. He has stated he wants to come to us, and we have agreed terms with Cardiff City, but if Manchester United came in with double the offer, perhaps that may change things. But one thing is for sure, and that is with everything being equal, Aaron perfers us over the Mancs, and that, in my book, makes him a very sensible lad. Anyway, this transfer is not done until we see pics of him holding an Arsenal shirt on Arsenal.com, several days after the rest of the world has reported on the signing.
The one thing about Arsenal is that they are extremely classy when it comes to, well, almost everything. We apparently flew and kid and his parents on a private jet to meet the boss in Switzerland. Manchester United had Gary Neville show him around or something. Private jet to Euro 2008 vs having to look at Gary Neville. I think we know why he chose us. Why didn’t the “Champions” get Ryan Giggs, Aaron’s childhood hero, to show him around? Maybe he was busying washing his hair (head, arm, chest, back, legs … that’s a lot of hair to wash!)
And “Sir” Alex couldn’t even bother to meet the kid in person, deciding to call him on the phone instead. A bad connection and a whiskey fueled drunken rant won’t have helped the issue.
So assuming we do sign Aaron, is he what we need? My first impressions, based on having seen Aaron play about 15 minutes of football (a YouTube search strangely failed to find any good videos … a worrying sign indeed), I can’t really say. He could be like Walcott and could need a season or two of training before he’s ready for the first team, or he could be like Rooney and be ready to play straight away in the top flight (but looking much less like Shrek). Either way, I think we still need to buy in the winger department, especially competition for Rosicky’s place, since from what I read, Ramsey prefers the right side. Perhaps Nasri will play on the left, and that would leave an open place for Ramsey on the right after Hleb leaves. Aaron may not be what we need exactly, but a signing is a signing and 5m is cheap enough to bet on future potential.
Welcome to Arsenal, Rambo.
(if he signs)