Chamakh sounds off on Bordeaux, Senderos still a Gunner?

By: travis | August 3rd, 2009

Happy Monday to you all. It’s a rather quiet Monday aside from a red mist coming out of the southwest part of France. So if any of you are near, watch out, for Marouane Chamakh is a bit hulk-like this morning. Apparently, his move to Arsenal is being held up, something that has left him in a rage:

“I am angry. I am even disgusted. I don’t understand why people are doing this to me. Ever since I’ve played football, I’ve given my all for this club and for the fans. I believe I deserve more consideration.”

Watch out for his wrath, especially if you come across him and he has a case of the Mondays added to that. Lame attempts at humor aside, it’s hard to get a read on this situation from an Arsenal perspective. My guess is that Bordeaux feels low-balled by an Arsenal offer (if there is one out there) and has refused to see Chamakh. Considering that he is a free agent after next season, there’s certainly an important business side to this transfer that needs to be taken into consideration.

Add to that this team doesn’t exactly lack in attacking quality and that certainly gives no reason to overpay for a unknown entity like Chamakh. Though I will say that aside from Bendtner this side lacks in height in the attack. All that means is you don’t want to see a lot of flank play and crosses played in, because expecting Eduardo to consistently score via headers is a bit irrational.

Second point of the day is the lack of news confirming Senderos’ exit to Everton. On the one hand, he didn’t feature at all in the Emirates Cup, so it could just be minor details worked out. But no major media outlets have reported it, bringing in to question — at least for now — the validity of the reports that have him headed up north.

I’ve scoured every news outlet and both club websites for news, coming up empty. What does it all point to? I have no clue. At the end of the day, I expect that he’ll be packaged up and shipped out like every other player this summer. And brought in to replace him, will be a sack of potatoes.

Transfer news is quiet this morning, but no news is typical business for Arsenal. It is shaping up to be an interesting week with the Vieria rumors and reports of Chamakh trickling in about how he went on a rampage in the locker room at Bordeaux so they tied him down with a straight jacket. Not the player we’d want up in North London, at least if he’s got a bad temper.