Arsenal Football Club Thread

also i think Arsenal and Liverpool are friendly rivals

They werent in '89

The Utd - Arsenal rivalry didnt exist until the 90's, i actually remember the game that started it all back when i was a kid, Brian McClair got into a fight with one of the Arsenal players and then all hell broke loose, everyone started fighting except David Seaman in goal both teams got punished over it, Arsenal lost 1 point more for starting the brawl

Since then i've disliked them, but Utds proper rivals are Liverpool, Leeds and City. Arsenal are just a bonus to hate while our real rivals were/are struggling

he want's an improved contract offer and he wants to play along with his english teammates(Lampard and Co) because he felt more comfortable with them than the so- called French Clique( which i don't believe that)

Actually this is probably the most accurate of the reasons, he primarily wants more money and a chance to genuinely compete for the league and Europe but also Chelsea do have a core of players who arent just English but also Londoners. Cole will have known them for years at all the different levels of youth and district football. As for the French clique, its not as bad as it once was but there is still a different mentaility at Arsenal, Ribery hinted strongly if he was to move to England it would be to a team with a French 'atmosphere' and i doubt he'd just have made it up, Henry may have had a word with him about joining them and told him of their little gang.