Title: Arsenal’s Afobe Heading For Spain
Description: After Barça Invite
anfield 1989 - November 2, 2009 01:10 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE |
Barcelona’s copycat chase of two of Arsenal’s Under 18 starlets has been stepped up with Barça represenatives making formal offers for both Benik Afobe and Chukwuemeka Aneke to visit their Catalan base for talks.
Explosive midfielder Aneke has spurred the European Champions advances, preferring to remain with Arsenal, but Afobe is set to jet out during the week after completing England Under 17 duty where his 4 goals in 3 games earned him player of the tournament.
Young Guns revealed on Tuesday that Barcelona were scouting Benik and since then the worlds media have taken our story and run with it, including the UK’s ‘Gutter Press’. The 16-year-old’s agent is speaking daily with the Blaugrana while Liam Brady must mull over whether to offer improved terms to the striker who has been offered a standard professional contract on his 17th birthday.
Barça are awaiting the green light from the player before showing their hand in the form of a deal. Up to £5500 a week in wages has been mooted but whether the terms materialise will be down to Afobe’s reaction after looking checking out their facilities. West Ham have previously tried to sign the bulky frontman who has 7 Academy League goals this term – making him joint top scorer. |
Hope he isn't too tempted. Barca are the best at bringing through youth as well and well it is Barca. Maybe it's part of agents plot to see what their offer is and spur Brady into giving better terms.
Der_Kaiser - November 2, 2009 02:28 PM (GMT)
A taste of our own medicine tbh. Great prospect, but if he wants to go, good luck to him. There is no better alternative to us in terms of developing as a player than Barca.
Syn - November 2, 2009 02:47 PM (GMT)
Iniesta + 15m or GTFO, tbf.
Ach - November 2, 2009 04:08 PM (GMT)
:wave:
He'll be a barnet player by the end of 2010 if he makes this move
Grebbo - November 2, 2009 07:52 PM (GMT)
A good honest English lad won’t want to go and live in squalor in some two bit foreign country playing with a load of foreign scrotes.
He'll stay here and play with our foreign scrotes.
McNamara That Ghost... - November 2, 2009 07:55 PM (GMT)
We really do have the best names.
Whatever - November 2, 2009 07:57 PM (GMT)
doesn't look anything special on fifa manager..sell him he's FM-shit
Bunk Moreland - November 2, 2009 11:41 PM (GMT)
Swap him for Bojan.
:angel:
Ach - November 2, 2009 11:41 PM (GMT)
Bunk Moreland - November 2, 2009 11:43 PM (GMT)
I agree with absolutely everything you say and post.
Jack Will Score - November 2, 2009 11:58 PM (GMT)
had high hopes for him, hope he stays
if he goes England could benefit in the long run, he's got the potential to be in the first team within 2-3 years imo.
Gooner in Nipon - November 3, 2009 04:02 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Bunk Moreland @ Nov 2 2009, 11:43 PM) |
| I agree with absolutely everything you say and post. |
:bow:
hail Cripps!
newguy - November 4, 2009 11:49 AM (GMT)
Got to agree with cripps on this one. He really needs to think long and hard about this move, but then i guess he is young enough to make this move even if it doesnt work out.