Arsenal have had a preminary offer for the Beast turned down, the chairman is a reported to have said “It would take a crazy offer for him to leave”, now from any other chairman this would be alarming however he also said that £10m would buy Jose Reyes left boot. So if the club can come back with a slightly improved offer I am sure we can see the Beast joining the club.
Apparently he has not played enough games for Brazil to qualify for a work permit. At Arsenal we don’t worry about small issues like passports just ask Edu, Silvinho and Tomas Danilevicius!
It would be annoying if Arsenal miss out on a player who comes from a big international country, when inferior players can qualify for work permits by playing for small international countries.
Clearly the competition he faces at international level is stronger then most countries.
Battling for places with Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Robinho, Adriano, Juninho etc is harder then breaking into the Saudi Arabia first team.
I hope something gets sorted and things can move forward, Arsenal have made the wise decision to leave Robin Van Persie back in England for the Amsterdam Tournament, the stick RvP gets for being a Rotterdam born ex Feyenoord player from the Ajax fans has been vicious and violent in the past, with the rape investigation unresolved it is the best decision to leave him at home.