Furious Sagna, costly Jens and Samir Nasri

Bakary Sagna, the best right back in the English premier league this season, is not happy at all. In fact he is furious. Rightlyso, because the French national coach Raymond Domenech has left him outof the provisional squad. Instead he called up Willy Sagnol andFrancois Clerc who had a very average season. On an interview given toRMC radio station by him, he said,

“I deserved it, I think I did my best, I have been votedbest right back in France and then in England in the last two years.“My injury came at the right moment because it is an excuse.“Manypeople must be happy with it.“I expected it because when there was noright back in the team, they played a number 6 [Diarra], next time whynot a striker?”

He has a point. You always play your best players, and the momentSagna is the best there is. Unless ofcourse Sagna followed in thefootsteps of Robert Pires and Ludovic Giuly.

Meanwhile, Philippe Senderos has refuted all claims of him leaving the club this summer.  He said,

“I still have a contract with twoyears left on it and the boss wants me to stay. I’m also very happy inLondon so yes I still hope to be there next season.“

This is a very good news in my opinion. He played very well inabsence of Toure and was rock solid. If you compare the mistakes madeby our defenders this season, he is the second best after Sagna. Thatsays a lot about the quality of this humble Swiss boy who speaks sixlanguages.

Stuttgart have told Mad Jens that they can’t offer him as much salaryas he used to get in Arsenal. Jens will be playing in the Euro 08,after which he is supposed to take a decision. Incase he does agree totake a pay cut and play for Stuttgart, what are the odds of himstanding on the toes of his own team mates?

The boss said the team will come out stronger next year. He said,

“We have combined quality with efficiency, but lacked a bit of experience to make the final step.”

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