Arsenal Ready for Double Barcelona Raid: Starlets Afobe and Aneke Wanted
by Alan Smith's Forehead on November 3rd, 2009 374 words | 5 commentsCatalan giants try to annoy Gunners in a whole new way.
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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. (Young Guns)
Clearly Barcelona are keen to annoy us Arsenal fans. Not keen on continually ‘tapping-up’ Cesc Fabregas they appear to want to attempt to steal a couple of our youngsters, which is hopefully doomed to failure.
Whilst it is true we have a great many young players showing a lot of promise I would still suggest that anyone on our books stands a better chance of getting recognition at the Emirates than anywhere else. There are few managers more likely to blood young talent than Arsene Wenger and there are few out there who know how best to hone and mould youthful prodigy’s into the real deal.
Both Aneke and Afobe have bright futures and hopefully neither will look to make a move to the Catalan giants and prefer instead to fight their way to the top in Arsenal colours.
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anonymous - November 3rd, 2009 at 5:05 pm
This move taking place would be karma, and all I can say is that these players must be highly talented; especially for barca to be interested in an english youth player.
anonymous - November 3rd, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Chuks Aneke is a 1st class talent whose football style is more suited to Spanish football than the lump and chase Premier League. If the rumour is true Chuks should take a good hard look at Barcas offer bcos they will be committed to making him a 1st team player and rub some revenge salt in Arsenal stealing
Cesc and Merida for nothing. Smell like Karma.
anonymous - November 3rd, 2009 at 8:40 pm
yes karma indeed. but what in gods name do the mighty Barca want with arsenal acadamy players when our trible winning team has 7 from the Barca acadamy in it. i think maybe this just to piss off arsenal.
anonymous - November 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Aneke is a very technical attaking midfield player well suite to continental style. I see a Spanish language translator coming – Por Favor
anonymous - November 4th, 2009 at 5:09 am
its funny, how barcelona cries foul after the way arsenal signed merida and fabregas, and then proceeds to do the very same back, and also repeatedly pesters arsenal with “tapping-up” fabregas. im not sure how much longer the “holier than thou” stance can be continued to be taken by barcelona on transfer tactics.