wright-phillips for 7million

[mixmastermatt]

im suprised no-one has created this thread yet: well here y go

By NEIL CUSTIS

SHAUN WRIGHT-PHILLIPS is a £7million summer target for Arsenal.

The young Manchester City star is the talk of the Highbury dressing room after his sparkling displays this season.

Now Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has set his sights on snapping up the son of Gunners scoring legend Ian Wright.

And Wright-Phillips, 22, is ready to move after becoming disillusioned at relegation-threatened City.

Arsenal may face competition from Liverpool, Spurs and Charlton for the talented winger.

Dennis Bergkamp — who lined up with Wright- Phillips’ dad at Highbury — revealed: “We have been talking about Shaun.

“He’s having a very good year for City and has changed the game a few times this season.”

A year ago Wright-

Phillips could never have imagined quitting City.

But a close pal told SunSport: “Wrighty does not enjoy it at City as much as he used to.

“He used to feel really close to the boss but, since all the big names arrived, he feels like the spirit has changed.

“It wouldn’t surprise me if he left this summer.”

Kevin Keegan’s struggling Blues sit in 17th place, just two points clear of safety.

Today they play 19th-placed Leicester — and if they lose and Leeds beat Portsmouth they will drop into the bottom three.

Keegan said: “The only thing that matters is the Leicester game. The picture will be clearer after that. A good result and things will look different.

“We’re in a different situation to what a lot of us maybe envisaged at the start of the season.”

[michaec]

I got as far as "By NEIL CUSTIS".

You can pretty much ignore anything this idiot writes.

[martymarts]

I don't care who writes it I think SWP would be a lot better than FL8 and in the long term better even Beckham! £7m? Buy him, buy him right now!

[astabooty]

I don't care who writes it I think SWP would be a lot better than FL8 and in the long term better even Beckham! £7m? Buy him, buy him right now!
i wouldnt like him at arsenal since i dont like the team, but he does deserve to play for a top team. he is very good and will get much better.

[mixmastermatt]

ha - asdaboots! - its my nickname for kanu!

wright-phillips would have a huge mental edge over most over people coz...... of his dad

[michaec]

I don't care who writes it I think SWP would be a lot better than FL8 and in the long term better even Beckham! £7m? Buy him, buy him right now!I'm not saying he's not a good player, but my skepticism meter goes off the scale when I read anything by this muppet.

[Its only Ray Parlour]

Shaun Wright-phillips is a talented player but i think he is too small to really succeed at the highest level.

[Lanesra]

Shaun Wright-phillips is a talented player but i think he is too small to really succeed at the highest level.

Like Ian Wright or robbie Fowler or Michael Owen..............

[Its only Ray Parlour]

Firstly Wright-phillips is shorter than all of those players, (Robbie Fowler??, since when was he a midget?) and he doesn't even have the physical strength or outstanding pace of an Overmars to compensate. He's a good player but he's never going to be world-class & he'd be a liability defensively in area of the field that we are not particuarly strong as it is.

[tmaker]

Shaun Wright-phillips is a talented player but i think he is too small to really succeed at the highest level.

Rubbish. He is the same height as Pele (actually a centimeter's difference), taller than Maradona, and quite a few other "world-class" players I could name. I don't buy the height argument in a sport like soccer. Try another.

Anyway, what's "the highest level"? You see some amazingly "short" players on many national teams who've gone to the World Cup finals. It isn't always about individuals. It is very much a team chemistry. And while true that soccer often breaks down into 1 X 1 moments in an 11 X 11 game, these moments are offset in the larger tactical framework.

Wrighty needs proper training and a proper diet to give him a chance to see what his "pace" and "strength" really are, and I hardly think Kaptain Kangaroo Keegan has given him either. As far as "defensive liability" goes, let's talk about Freddie L's less-than-stellar defense. Yet Arsenal remain the strongest defense in the league.

[KingOfFootball]

Defensively, Shaun is much better than Freddie and he's made more of an impact for City than Freddie has for us this season. Shaun is only 22 and can/will only get better...let's get him, bring back Pennant and let them fight for a spot on the right.

It's time we start seeing goals produced from the right side of midfield and not just the left.

[juice013]

...let's get him, bring back Pennant and let them fight for a spot on the right.

It's time we start seeing goals produced from the right side of midfield and not just the left.


Damn straight.