Newsgroup: it.sport.calcio
Titolo: Arsenal

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst
Francis Jeffers
e il mitico, l'isuperabile, il
mastino, il "piu' forte di tutti" Mr. Sol Campbell....
insomma zitti zitti
abbiamo venduto alcuni rincalzi, tra cui uno in Italia... Vivas.... e
stiamo tenendoci tutti i giocatori dello scorso anno.
Pensavo peggio...ad
essere sincero... pochi rincalzi, come e' tradizione del calcio inglese che
"non sconvolge" mai le squadre, ma squadra che si sta mostrando sempre piu'
forte... gli obiettivi sono sempre i soliti...le tre Coppe (due nazionali e
una dei Campioni) e il titolo in Premier... si parte per vincere tutto,
ovviamente... anche se poi si rischia sempre il secondo posto. :-(
ad ogni
modo Manchester United, Liverpool e Arsenal partono veramente in pole
position in Europa.... speriamo bene.
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Arsenal striker Dennis Bergkamp believes the arrival of Sol Campbell can
help them end Manchester United's reign as the Premiership's undisputed
kings.
The Dutchman was delighted by the Gunners' swoop for the
powerful England defender, who chose Highbury ahead of the likes of Inter
Milan, Barcelona and Liverpool, when he decided to quit Spurs on a free
transfer under the Bosman ruling.
 
Sol Campbell will bolster
Arsenal's title campaign (Sports.com)   
And with Francis Jeffers,
Giovanni van Bronckhorst and keeper Richard Wright also part of a new-look
Arsenal side next season, Bergkamp is convinced the club can threaten
champions United.
"I'd rate Campbell as one of the top three players
I've ever played against," Bergkamp told his personal website.
"When
you consider that I've played for Ajax, Inter Milan and Arsenal and in
World Cups and European Championships, that tells you how highly I think of
him.
"It's phenomenal for us at Arsenal that we've signed him. Think
about it, next season we could have a situation where we can leave Tony
Adams or Martin Keown on the bench at times.
"That would have been
unthinkable in the past.
"When you look at the signing of Francis
Jeffers, we won't just have a frightening team next season, we'll have a
terrifying bench!
"This is important, a lot of managers have admitted
being out-psyched by looking at Manchester United's bench in the past.
"Speaking of United, I think the best way of explaining the difference
Sol's arrival makes for us is by looking at our 6-1 defeat at Old Trafford
last season.
"That happened because when we lost players of the
calibre of Tony Adams and Martin Keown, we didn't have equivalent players
to come in for them.
"That led to problems for us in many games last
year. I can't blame the players that came in for Tony and Martin because
they did their best, but we needed something more.
"Now we have
something more, and Manchester United won't have things their way now."
Campbell has been warned though to face a tough time on and off the pitch
next season.
While Spurs fans will not forgive him for joining their
arch-rivals in North London, the 26-year-old will also have to battle with
Arsenal defensive stalwarts Keown and Adams for a place in the starting
line-up.
He admitted: People will talk about my decision but I just
hope everybody respects why I've made it.
"I was at Tottenham a lot of
years and all the time I played my heart out. I always tried to do my bit
in moving the team in the right direction.
"But there comes a time
when you have to reconsider and as a man I have to look at my career in a
professional light now. I believe Arsenal is the place where I can take it
on best.
"Now I expect to have to battle for my place. That's normal.
There are a lot of things in life you have to battle for and I think that
it is in me to do so."
Wenger also believes Campbell's arrival will
strengthen the squad and push the Gunners closer to ending their trophy
drought, which spans back to 1998.
"He is here to help us improve and
rebuild and he is a huge signing," he said. "The fact that he is coming
from Tottenham was never a consideration for me.
"It is ability and
experience we want and I have to say that him being a free agent is a big
factor. You would find it nearly impossible these days to get a guy of his
calibre without paying a huge fee.
"Adams and Keown are still great
players, but you have to look ahead a year or two.
"We have not won a
trophy for three years but in that time I believe Arsenal have made great
strides. We reached two cup finals - one of them in Europe where we are
highly-respected now - and were second in the Premiership three times
running.
"We so nearly won everything last year but we had to have the
intelligence to know we were just missing something. I recognized this when
we lost in Valencia in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
"Now we must show we can take the next big step and I believe Sol will help
us do that."
Wenger is also hoping to tie up the deal for keeper
Wright from Ipswich and provide an English backbone to his squad.
"I
think he might join us and add to our English base at the club, which we
see as very important," he said.
"We have also signed Francis Jeffers
from Everton and Giovanni van Bronckhorst from Glasgow Rangers, which means
that with Sol and Richard we will have three English signings out of four."
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 convinced the club can threaten champions United.
Sorry :)) But Arsenal and Utd. will have to fight for the runner-up place,
since Liverpool is going to be English Premiership Champion....:))
Alla prossima Sergio
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