Please Come Back, Club Football; plus, Arsene’s Pissed

Mercifully, regular club football returns this weekend as Arsenal tangle with Watford. I like to root for Andorra as much as the next fella, but I’m ready for some proper football.

Arsenal gaffer Arsene Wenger can be counted among those who feel less-than-peachy about his players’ international duty. As can be seen here, here and here, Wenger is steamed at international coaches who return ‘his’ players tired, injured and just plain run-down.

Look, this is a legitimate gripe; Arsenal does, after all, sign the players’ paychecks. But international football–even qualifiers against The Most Serene Republic of San Marino–are crucial to the popularity of the game and aren’t going away, ever. Maybe cutting up the Faroe Islands isn’t the best way to prepare Thierry Henry for next week’s Champions League match, but if you’re going to stock your team with international-caliber players, c’est la vie, A-Dub.

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