What could this mean? Surely there wasn't some requirement to be overseas in order to clinch the deal? Or was he meeting with somebody from Manchester? This could just as easily mean the board had to get rid of him for the day so they could get some essential business done."If I stayed at my home, Welbeck would not be here...that is the truth."
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Arsčne Wenger has hailed new signing Danny Welbeck - and says he can become an even better player at Arsenal.
The England international completed a move from Manchester United on transfer deadline day, before scoring twice for the national team on Tuesday.
Wenger says that performance against Switzerland underlined Welbeck's quality and he is confident the 23-year-old can make an immediate impact at the club.
“Danny Welbeck is an ideal signing for us because he can play through the middle, which I think is his best position, but as well on the flanks,” he said.
“His qualities are his team attitude and his pace as well. As you could see with England, his goalscoring too. When you analyse his game you think he has the qualities to play through the middle.
“He was at Man United, where he had many big stars, and he is a player who is very versatile so he had to make room sometimes for players to play through the middle. But if you analyse in an objective way his qualities, I think he has the perfect style to play through the middle.
“He can make himself a better player [here] because I can help him. He's a young boy, he's not 24 yet and let's not forget that some players who arrived here at the age of 23 made huge careers here so I hope we can contribute and help him.”
Wenger was in Italy on transfer deadline day at a charity match, but he says that actually helped the Welbeck deal go through.
“If I had not travelled that day, Welbeck would not be here,” he said. “I'll explain that a bit later but the coincidence made that because I was on my way. If I had stayed at home, Welbeck would not be here today. That's the truth.
“We are in 2014 and you can always be in touch with everybody even when you travel. The advantage of that day was I had to get up at six o'clock in the morning and I was available the whole day.”
Otherwise he was planning on having a lie-in on transfer deadline day? This is a bit strange isn't it?“We are in 2014 and you can always be in touch with everybody even when you travel. The advantage of that day was I had to get up at six o'clock in the morning and I was available the whole day.”
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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
I bet you Sanogo will start, seriously.
Might as well - we never usually do anything before 10pm anyway...
He didn't want him here, we didn't want him here, but the board said we'll have him as Man U wanted rid and the fans would soon turn him into a world beater once the initial doubts disappeared.
Maybe he just gets a better phone reception at the airport?
Seems like it though I would have thought given the professionalism of Wenger and the type of person he is, he would be up by 7 on every day regardless of whether he had anything on. Doesn't seem the type of guy who would lie in till late morning.
At any rate I hope it's a "coincidental" story rather than anything more dubious or conspiratorial. I don't know why he's announcing it to the press either - what good does it do now? It probably doesn't do Welbeck's confidence any good to find out that his now manager only wanted him on loan. It's rather like finding out from your parents that you were an accident.
And the Sanogo thing is just Wenger making sure Welbeck doesn't get complacent. I hope. Maybe. I pray. Please.
So Wenger admits that if he was here Welbeck would have been signed on loan instead of permanently.
Is there any doubt now that this man has been holding us back?
Rumours in the papers say Arteta and Merts had to convince Wenger to sign him after meeting Welbeck at our training ground. Rumours also floating that Wenger wanted a loan deal with an option to buy.
The Rome comment seems very odd. Just confirms the guy was prepared to gamble on the striker position. It’s reckless and it sounds like we had more people behind the scenes trying to push through a deal.
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