Hleb signs for Barcelona

cant say im gonna miss him much. played well for us last season. good luck to him.. on to bigger and better things for us now!

Can't say i'm actually that bothered about this. His skill was unquestionable, but his failure to deliver sadly overtook that. 11 goals and 10 assists in 3 years is just not good enough.

Dont think Nasri is as good as Hleb yet. But will be in a few years time!

the curse of Arsenal shall be upon him. :P

I think Hleb's game is better suited to la liga anyway.. he'll get kicked less often. But i can't wait to see the barca fans' mugs when they see that this man refuses to shoot because he has not got a decent shot.

I already don't care anymore. Funy that.

If a top team are willing to squander their millions of euros on a non-scoring/providing waste of space like hleb, then there must be a chance to off-load eboue somewhere.

ABSOLUTELY ELATED to see the backside of him. Only Arsenal player that really scared me when we played you guys. And no disrespect to Ade or Cesc, they are also fantastic but Hleb was the one that put me firmly in my seat for 90 mins!

Yeah, get out of here you oaf, 11 goals in 3 seasons is pretty low for an attacking MF, Gilberto scored 14 in the same period. And he was on the bench for 80% of this season.

For are start 99%, I believe the clubs finances are made public so there's no way they could lie about it. And if finishing 4 points behind the champions is our team being "f@cked" then I'd hate to think of what Spurs is.

u know when wenger predicted we would go a whole season unbeaten in the 02/03 season, many laughed and mocked. sure enough we did it the following year. i see a same pattern with what happened last season. we JUST missed out, thats right, JUST. but make no mistake we will come thru this season with the league plus a cup (FA or champ lge). and without anymore signings either. thats when the likes of big spenders chelski, spuddies, man city will look like complete muppets, becos we would have done it with a team of INEXPERIENCED, YOUNG, SOFT AND UNPOPULAR KIDS.

This is terrible news. We need to sign another attacking midfielder with a complete inability to score goals right away.

used to be my favourate player, but is a coward as a person. only hope we meet barca in the CL this season and show Titi and Alex just what they've given up..

I dont have any bitterness towards Hleb, although he should have handled his exit better than letting his agent blab to the media. Fantastic player, skill and I hope Nasri can fill that gap quickly.

Ta ta Alex, hope Barcelona's quiet enough for you mate. I know how terribly hectic Hampstead can be, poor, poor Alex - finally now he can rest.

Lou - I still think it's 50/50 with Ade and with the very real prospect of him leaving. I am very concerned all of a sudden. I know a lot of fans are saying well, Flamini is replaceable, and Hleb can't score etc, but to lose 3 key players (incl. Gilberto) could be a major blow to us. I don't think we should underestimate what Flamini allowed the likes of Cesc, Hleb and Rosicky to do - have the freedom to go forward. We definitely need an outstanding defensive midfielder. If Ade goes, we need another striker. And we could do with a centre back that's more experienced than Nordveit.

Arsene needs to buy - our problem last season was that we didn't have enough strength in depth, and now all we're doing is replacing players that are leaving.

Ade will get MAJOR stick, in my opinion. He's acted like a nob.

Did he kiss our badge? tbf i don't remember his goalscoring celebrations. Ade deserves it, i'm not one for booing players in the shirt. But talk about biting the hand the feeds him. Monaco were ready to dump him and Arsene took a massive punt on bringing him over, turning him into the player he is now (and still improving) To be fair though i think he's just an effin thicko, he doesn't even know the offside rule ffs!

Hlebs goalscoring ratio was poor, but as a provider he was just as bad. TEN assists in 3yrs as well!!!

Like you say, Gilberto helped us win things, and was an unsung hero in the '04 invincibles team.

Out of these guys, I think I'll miss our Invincible DM most. Top man. Wish you all the best Gilberto!

Last night I watched a repeat of a Marseille-Nancy match from January of this year. Setanta had aired it here in the US a few days ago and I recorded it. Nasri played the whole game. Great game to watch because it was one of those many games in Ligue 1 that are tense, physical contests with controversial moments. In England everyone says Ligue 1 is boring but I watch it a lot and there are so many games where players get into each other's faces, commit rash challenges, do insane things with the ball, and really push the officials in keeping the game under control. Anyway, to the game and Nasri's role: at the time Nancy were just behind Lyon in table rankings, and in front of Marseille. The game was played on Nancy's home ground. Over the course of the match, Nancy were the better team, tho Marseille really pushed them hard. Nasri did not have his best game -- in the first half he made a few excellent runs and superbly precise passes, but he struggled to impose any creative authority over the game. The best Marseille player was Valbuena (a player I really enjoy watching). At times Nasri was easily dispossessed of the ball, at others he used his strength and pace to throw off a defender (he can sometimes surprise you with a strength you don't expect from such a small player). In the second half Nasri struggled even more, Nancy scored from a free kick after a crazy mistake the Marseille keeper made from a backpass. So into the 87th minute and Marseille are losing by 1-0 -- they're pressuring Nancy repeatedly, all over Nancy's goal area, when a Marseille player (forget who) makes a brilliant cross over to Nasri, who's timed his run perfectly into the box. Nasri watches the ball as it descends, controls it with his chest beautifully and kicks it into the net brilliantly with his right foot. It was a beautiful, beautiful goal. He saved the game for his team and from that point on, Nancy went down the table and Marseille went up.

Bad move by Hleb this....

I couldnt care less about players leaving especially when by their own admissions they are soft! Hleb and Flamini are wonderful players but when i realzie that the likes of Ramsey, Velan and Nasri are here and not to mention more contribution from an amazingly talented Walcott, WHATEVER!! I will however miss Gilberto greatly because of who he is as a person, honorable. I Believe things are looking great for Arsenal and I'm sure some more players will be bought!

welsh and a spud. Double whammy or what!

welsh and a spud. Double whammy or what! MrArsenal - LOL Cracking me up! Oh look the spuddies are crawling out from under thier rocks to make snide remarks., again, for the umpteenth year in a row. I suppose the "we're gonna finish ahead of you" bolloks is going to start again aswell When will the poor deluded, soap dodgeing, knuckle draggers ever learn!

only gd player berbatov ? keane , woodgate king , lennon , steed , gds , bale ( who if i remember rightly rejected you , same with GDS ) , modric ?? ok berbs our only good player u dirty nothern ******** ( oh u probs aint even nothern)

***** keane 20 mill is more than enough , ure yanks might jst want to start writting the big cheque 4 berbs now . 30 + million and a small court thing