Good luck Edu..

Well, finally, finally we've managed to get pulses racing and chit-chat rooms buzzing. Someone has finally sparked some real transfer movement - this time, out of the door.
Its one of the good guys however, not vermin like Adebarndoor(!) or fellow-hellraiser in the person Mr William Gallas.
Venerable good guy Eduardo Da Silva has left the house. Confirmation filtered through all of yesterday that the likeable Crozilian is being shipped off to Shaktar in the mines of Ukraine. He was much loved in these parts and sadly will always be remembered for that horrific, horrific leg break in February 2008...(drown in your yellow urine, Martin Taylor)
After about two-and-half years of service in the red and white of the Gunners, the taciturn Crozilian called it a day on his Arsenal career and closed what has been quite an unhappy chapter in both his and the club's history.
Not that he wouldn't have fancied to hang around. You sensed it in the whole transfer saga. Sadness hung over the whole busines like a long, sinister shadow.
But sadly also, Mr Wenger has since lost faith in him. We all watched week in, week out as the last season bobbed, heaved and swayed to-fro, taking us through unexpected highs and dreamland of title aspirations, before it all petered out with head-scratching defeats to the likes of Spurs.Yes we all watched week in, week out as Mr Wenger left Eduardo languishing on the bench while the entire team cried out for inspiration and a spark and yes...goals.
Clearly, the gaffer had lost faith in Edu. All denials and double-speak to the contrary were just typical Wenger-talk. The Crozilian's number was up and it was now a matter of when..not if.
We wish him all the luck in the world and he sure needs it after the wretched last two years he has had.
He will be fondly remembered for his classy goals and intelligent movement on the pitch and the sweet left foot he allowed us to savour.
I for one will never forget his delightfully taken double strike against Everton in a league game one cold December night in 2007 at Goodison Park after we had been 1-0 down at halftime. What a player!
Meanwhile the lads got down to business in the Austrian alps last night as pre-season got really serious.
They were scheduled to play Sturm Graz in a real friendly tune-up (as if any friendly game can be anything less than real).
Already, shots from the camp confirm that the World Cup contingent are back. There were shots of Comrade Eboue, Alex Song, Bacary Sagna and Abou Diaby. Couldnt locate Gael Clichy though but we are sure he was somewhere by the bushes playing catch-up with the locals and strectching his fingers signing paper-cuttings of Raymond Domenech. Just as long as you don't believe all the stories that we are about to flog him to all the relegation-threatened clubs in Spain.
That should do for tonight.
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