FMR Delivers

Gooners fans have had much to get excited about recently with many new quality signings during this transfer window. After last seasons disappointment, the manager called on the fans to see the bigger picture and promised to deliver a team capable of taking the Divion Two title and progressing through Divison One. These were big asks of the new coach as there was no money in the coffers and many a fan thought he would have to sell many of their star players!

FMR has delivered on both his promises though whilst only selling two players he has managed to bring in four, whats more amazing is the two replacements are of a higher standard and bought at the same cost and then there are two midfilders who cost a combined total of eight million econ, This is not bad going for a club who were on the brink of bankruptcy last season after chasing promotion and a title.

These players include:

Cesc Fabregas 21 year old midfielder, who maybe one of the hottest young prospects currently in the RMI, FMR will hope he has a good season and can join Lang and Bergkamp next season in the middle of the park and learn his trade from two old masters. Fabregas shows alot of potential but has yet to find the finishing product... something that should come with age and experience. He is still one to keep an eye on this season and is sure to make a name for him self very soon.

Tony Adams 34 year old Defender, this signing is a stroke of genius with alot of players coming through the ranks in defence it never made sense to add a long term player here and set back the careers of the likes Bould. What they needed was an experienced head and a player to take them into Division One, Adams fits that bill perfectly.. a beast of a centre back who still looks fit at 35 and slots in perfectly. He even scored on his Gooners debut FMR must be happy with this signng and the fans have already forgiven him for releasing Lauren.

Igor Akinfeev 20 years old Goal Keeper, for some time now there has been a worry around the camp that after the manager let Lukic go he was unable to replace him as keepers are fetching a premium on the market currently. With FMR looking for a world class keeper with little funds to play with and Seaman getting no younger the fans began to talk after FMR trialed a host of inexperienced youth. Their main concern being that the younger talents wouldnt be honed in time for Seamans retirement and should Seaman become injured or for a player that young to gain experience he would end up being more of a liability. FMR was obviously more than aware of their concerns and Akinfeev was an astute buy, he is the perfect age and ability to play if called upon and has the perfect qualities to make him a future Gooners legend and will learn alot from one of the best in Seaman. He cost 200,00 more than Lukic was sold for and has alot more potential.

Gooners and FMR are currently chasing their last senior transfer of the window in Eduardo César Gaspar and FMR would love nothing more than to see this midfielder return home to Highbury. The deal is almost finalized and he would add much depth to the squad in terms of skill, experience, playmaking and goals. Edu is now 35 years old and again would be a short term signing, which makes perfect sense as Pires, Cesc and Overmars come through. He is said to be thrilled with the opportunity to come home to a club which is still beating in his heart and would love nothing more than to retire in London. Gooners will know wether they have aquired his services at tonights 12am deadline.

FMR had this to say of his new signings:

I hope i have now delivered on my promise to the fans and they are as happy and as excited as we are about the coming season. My goal was not to disturb the balance already within this squad and only add depth and strength to it. We already have the core of the team and that will remain the same players such as Lang, Bergkamp, Sol, Dixon & Henry are fantastic players, what i have done is add to the youth and made us less totally reliant on certain team members.

Our next game against smurfs we will use to introduce all the players properly to the fans! Then we have our first match versus PSV at home and with this being my first full season in charge i have the intention of setting a pace that others will need to follow if they want to challenge us. It goes without saying we will again look to entertain our fans also and produce the same style of tantilizing football as last season.

Looking at the fixture list this season we have a nice run and should be in a commanding position by the time we face our rivals and that fantastic derby clash versus Arsenal UK. We must use this to our advantage and take all we learnt from last season and apply it if we are to win. It is not an easy Division to come out on top of but i feel confident we will be more than a match for anyone if we stay on top of our game an steer clear of injuries to our important players.