Fabregas fails to make the list of top 10 players in the Confederations Cup

Following is the shortlist for the Golder Ball award for this year’s Confederation Cup:

DEMPSEY, Clint (USA
DONOVAN, Landon (USA 10)
KAKA (Brazil 10)
LUIS FABIANO (Brazil 9)
PARKER, Bernard (South Africa 17)
PIENAAR, Steven (South Africa 10)
ROBINHO (Brazil 11)
TORRES, Fernando (Spain 9)
VILLA, David (Spain 7)
XAVI (Spain

So our wonder boy Fabregas has not made it. And neither has rumored Arsenal target Felipe Melo (and as most might accept he has not impressed too much in this tournament).

As for Fabregas missing out on the shortlist, it’s not like we care! This is a useless tournament. And Fabregas is just 22 (or is he 23? Oops… My bad memory!) whereas most of the players in this list are above 25 or 26. The fact that Fabregas played in Spain’s 1st team is good enough for us. Lets hope it hasn’t been a tiring tournament for the captain so he can be absolutely fresh when Arsenal’s season starts.

No Arsenal offer for Benzema

As expected it has been made public that Arsenal have not contacted Lyon to inquire about Karim Benzema. And surprisingly Manchester United and Real Madrid have also not made any offer yet according to  Lyon director of communications, Olivier Blanc:

“We have not received any official offer for Karim, either from Madrid, Manchester or Arsenal.”

It’s not a surprise really. Benzema will not join Arsenal and there is no question about it. Firstly he is too expensive for Arsenal. Secondly we don’t need a striker and Wenger made that very clear at the start of the summer.

Even though I would love him in an Arsenal shirt but that is just wishful thinking. We would love Messi playing for Arsenal as well so really it’s just wishful thinking. Every fan would love to have a player of Benzema’s quality in the team but you have to think realistically as well.

Ok he is French, ok he could be Adebayor’s replacement but I just don’t think it’s going to happen. NOTW just came up with a new idea for greater sales which has got a lot of fans thinking could he possibly come. Well the answer, in my opinion, is no he won’t.