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pah chelski the team who fobbed him off after he got all big headed he;s playing the chelski card for and extra 10K a week at liverpool i don't think he'd go back there
the stories about him a few years back
swanking around showing off to youth team players
then it all went tits up
went to pompey " fell in love with the game again "
now playing for england

check the article in the times about johnson english player 50% mark up immediately
young goal scorer an british danny alves with slightly less attitude and look how much alves went to barca for with his mental problems !!

He's a good player but not a £17m player, fuck me, the media are reporting Arteta's value at £12/15m and he's twice the player of Johnson, same can be said for '£12m Lescott'

or £10M franny jeffers.

whats with you and arteta are you having his babies or summat ?

for a man who hasn't seen the green turf of a competitive footie pitch for a year or so you hold him in high regard

add smiley face to above post so as not to annoy / infuriate pisti !

Atrteta is alright. He aint all that though, cos if he was, he would have been snapped up by a big four club

even arsene didn't fancy him, as he wouldn't have helped propel them further than the 4th position they reached.

he's not biting is he?

No. He's not having it

He's only the third best Spanish midfielder in the Premiership after Fabregas and Alonso, and never gets a sniff of the national squad so you can see why no decent team has come in for him.

If he doesn't bite now he must be ill.

nah
keep baiting the hook though

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actually, looking at the stats. he's gone off the boil hasn't he?

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikel_Arteta[/ame]
stats there.

Arteta is immense! He can't get in the National squad cos he plays in the position of Iniesta and Xavia and why would he want to go to a 'Sky 4' team? No way Liverpool, Arsenal would be a sideways step, Chelsea and Utd don't need him

He's only 5' 9" so he can't be that immense! ;p

He'd have more of a chance of making the Spanish squad if he was playing in Big Cup so a move to any of the 'Sky 4' would be progress. He'll waste his career playing in the Euro Vase.

he's clearly not good enough for spain, else he wouldn't have started his career at rangers, so moving to real or barca can't/won't happen.

his best bet is to take up residency and play for england.

but i'm not sure he's better than gerrard or walcott.

On a brighter note, some good news from the Emirates;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/8103317.stm

he's clearly not good enough for spain, else he wouldn't have started his career at rangers, so moving to real or barca can't/won't happen.

his best bet is to take up residency and play for england.

Knowledge fail.

He started at Barca then went to Real Sociedad before Rangers, then to PSG, then back to Sociedad then us.....I think it was in that order :-$

"Follow, follow, follow
Everton is the team to follow
Cos there's nobody better
Than Mikel Arteta
He's the best little Spaniard we know!"*

*to the tune of 'The Entertainer'

so:
Barca>Real Sociedad>PSG>United>Liverpool>Chelsea>Arsenal>Everton

is that right?

You missed out Colchester on loan in between Utd n Libpool

Arsing bollocks. I was just getting used to having a good manager.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8086779.stm

Who wants to be sat in the comfy chair with only one other team to worry about? He'll win them the League and possibly the cup but would have been more of an achievement to get WBA back in the Prem and established imo

This could also go in the fail thread for many many reasons