10: Mikel Arteta - Best Little Spaniard - Arsed!

Dixie Land wrote:

MyBlueToothBrush wrote:

Cheers Brushie. That means a lot. to you as well.









Oh, it was for Arteta???

You can have ny heart if you are gentle with it.

BB wrote:

Dixie Land wrote:

MyBlueToothBrush wrote:

Cheers Brushie. That means a lot. to you as well.









Oh, it was for Arteta???

You can have ny heart if you are gentle with it.

A good heart these days is hard to find.

Dixie Land wrote:

BB wrote:

Dixie Land wrote:

MyBlueToothBrush wrote:

Cheers Brushie. That means a lot. to you as well.









Oh, it was for Arteta???

You can have ny heart if you are gentle with it.

A good heart these days is hard to find.

so please be gentle with this heart of mine

Dixie Land wrote:

BB wrote:

Dixie Land wrote:

MyBlueToothBrush wrote:

Cheers Brushie. That means a lot. to you as well.









Oh, it was for Arteta???

You can have ny heart if you are gentle with it.

A good heart these days is hard to find.

Is your knife sharp enough? I find it helps to keep the fingers stiff as you feel around under the ribs.

Dixie Land wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Tonteau wrote:

Hinchcliffe Corner wrote:

I know some fans have been asking 'will he be loyal?' Well, I am loyal and I believe in what is happening here.

The guy is a legend!

I'd be loyal too for £35k a week extra.

Is he getting £75k/wk? That's what I read somewhere. Maybe it was on here.

He could have got a lot more at Man City, Arsenal or Barca to be fair to him. He deserves a big pay packet as he does compare to some of the best in the league.

Yeah, I agree, if the rumours were correct of which teams were after him, he could have got a lot more £££ elsewhere!

Does anyone know what wage rise he received?

BB wrote:Does anyone know what wage rise he received?

I read he was on £75k a week. Could be bullshit. I'd expect him to be somewhere around £50-60k.

Tonteau wrote:

BB wrote:Does anyone know what wage rise he received?

I read he was on £75k a week. Could be bullshit. I'd expect him to be somewhere around £50-60k.

GBP 75k has been doing the rounds

Nice to read that. He got a brilliant reception at Wolfsburg on Saturday. The way he talks about the manager and the club speaks volumes, so unlike Lescunt last summer when he stuck the knife in.

More words of comfort:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/12/mikel-arteta-everton-five-years

Mikel Arteta has made two vows this summer: to love, honour and obey his long-term partner and former Miss Spain, Lorena Bernal, which is perfectly understandable, and to commit the next five years of his career to Everton, which raised an eyebrow or two.

Both commitments involved hitches plus awkward conversations with the manager David Moyes but, with the exception of not being able to invite his team-mates to the wedding, neither is a source of regret to the Spanish midfielder.

The 28-year-old will officially become the highest paid player in Everton's history tomorrow when he signs a £75,000-a-week contract following months of speculation over his future. Arsenal or Barcelona were cited as possible destinations for the Spaniard, while Manchester City were also interested in inflating his bank balance. There was, Arteta insists, a genuine offer to leave Goodison Park for a club "with Champions League, or a club with a lot of good players" – and an opportunity to earn more money. "It wasn't for financial reasons. If that was the case I wouldn't be here now," he says. In the end, however, and in an all-too rare show of gratitude and loyalty, the Basque decided the grass was not greener elsewhere.

"This club has the ability to make you feel at home," Arteta said. "When you are at home and you are building a beautiful house and you are close to completing it, you want to enjoy that house. You don't want to move away, and that is how I felt about Everton. We have been working really hard and I, personally, have been complaining to the chairman about how we need to improve this and that. The club has done it and now is the moment to enjoy it. That was a big part. This is the moment we have been waiting for in the last four or five years.

"Plus, the manager and chairman were both saying they needed me for a big project, and not to walk away. The manager told me he has been in a similar situation and he decided to stay. So this was my time to acknowledge that they have been unbelievable with me, when I was injured or had other problems, and it was the moment for me to step forward and say: 'It is my time now.'"

As the summer passed without any white smoke being released from Goodison on Arteta's future, the former Barcelona youth graduate, a wandering star until he joined Moyes's side on loan in 2005, broke off from the club's pre-season tour of Australia to get married in Mallorca. It was a sure sign, the conspiracy theorists argued, of a star player having his employers over a barrel during contract negotiations. The truth was far simpler, although not for Arteta and his bride to be.

"This is something I feel really bad about," he admits. "I don't think it was right but, originally, we were due to be in Liverpool at that point in pre-season. I went to the gaffer last year and told him the place we wanted to get married in had only one date available. He said: 'What can you do? You only get married once in your life – you can have two days off.' That was fine. Seven months later the club changed its pre-season plans and decided to go on tour of Australia. There was no way I could go to and from Australia and get married in 48 hours. I was in big trouble now.

"I had to explain to the gaffer and he was very understanding and gave me six days off. It wasn't nice to leave my team-mates while they were all working hard in Australia, but I had arranged my wedding a year before and it was impossible to tell 250 guests to go home. My wife was really worried about it too, but the manager was fine and said he couldn't ruin the wedding for reasons that were not my fault. It happened, it had to happen, but it wasn't good. Tim [Cahill] was free [because of a post-World Cup holiday] and he was my best man. I was sad because I wanted players and staff at the wedding too, but we just couldn't do it."

Arteta may have the respect of his peers, the devotion of the Goodison faithful and a lucrative contract, but he would not have re-tied the knot with Everton had he any reservations about the club's ability to compete at the top. "I want to win things. I want to play in the Champions League and I want to make sure that when I leave this club they are in the top four at least," he stated. "I think I can achieve that here."

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_6310555,00.html

Steven Gerrard has revealed he would "love" Everton counterpart Mikel Arteta to come into the England fold.

Arteta, who is from the Basque Country and is Spanish by nationality, has never been capped by the reigning European and world champions.

He qualifies for England through the residency rule like his compatriot Manuel Almunia, the Arsenal goalkeeper.

And Liverpool skipper Gerrard admits he would welcome his Merseyside rival into the England camp.

He told TalkSPORT's Drive Time: "I'd certainly love nothing better than to see Mikel Arteta available for England.

"You want to play with the best players, and if it makes the England squad better, of course I'd like to see it.

"I think it happens to most national teams [that they pick non-nationals], but it's up to him if he wants to make himself available.

"You want to play with the best players, and if it makes the England squad better, of course I'd like to see it."

Gerrard added: "Fabio Capello is the man to answer the question because he's the manager, but for me he's an excellent player."

Darren Gough on the Drive Time show called Areta World Class.

Sheep Flavour wrote:Darren Gough on the Drive Time show called Areta World Class.

I dont hold Darren Goughs opinion in any high regard.

Michael Crosby S74 wrote:

Sheep Flavour wrote:Darren Gough on the Drive Time show called Areta World Class.

I dont hold Darren Goughs opinion in any high regard.

Neither do I and the show is poorer since Ian Wright left but he is more than welcome to say that.

Sheep Flavour wrote:

Michael Crosby S74 wrote:

Sheep Flavour wrote:Darren Gough on the Drive Time show called Areta World Class.

I dont hold Darren Goughs opinion in any high regard.

Neither do I and the show is poorer since Ian Wright left but he is more than welcome to say that.

Darren Gough also said the other day that he had no idea why Rodwell wasnt in the England squad to face Hungary. He called him the most promising English youngster in the Premier League. I quite like Darren Gough if Im honest, I find him quite funny.

Don't do it Mikel

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/21/england-mikel-arteta-everton-spain

The President wrote:Don't do it Mikel

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/21/england-mikel-arteta-everton-spain

He's probably just calling Spains bluff. "Play me, or lose me " so to speak.

Arteta not eligible for Englan anyway...

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2010/09/01/arteta-not-eligible-for-england

Barry Horne's Equaliser wrote:Arteta not eligible for Englan anyway...

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2010/09/01/arteta-not-eligible-for-england

as someone on the OS said, lucky escape....

Had he played, and the next England manager was slightly patriotic, it would have been all over for him. He should keep fighting for a place in the Spanish squad. It must hurt him that the squad is winning things and he isn't part of it, and one of the reasons could be because he plays for lowly Everton unfortunately.

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/1122/9/arsenal-move-arteta-should-fabregas-leave

Super wrote:http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/1122/9/arsenal-move-arteta-should-fabregas-leave

Super this is an old story... and one we would do well to ignore in the future.... IMHO

UWIST61 wrote:

Super wrote:http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/1122/9/arsenal-move-arteta-should-fabregas-leave

Super this is an old story... and one we would do well to ignore in the future.... IMHO

Yeah i know, jsut love how it gets used time and time again.

Super wrote:

UWIST61 wrote:

Super wrote:http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/1122/9/arsenal-move-arteta-should-fabregas-leave

Super this is an old story... and one we would do well to ignore in the future.... IMHO

Yeah i know, jsut love how it gets used time and time again.

Is this a case of a Super...? That's twice today (not by Super both times though).

http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C%2C11671_6619077%2C00%2Ben-USS_01DBC.html


Moyes anxious over Arteta


Everton manager David Moyes is hoping that Mikel Arteta can soon recapture his form.

The Spaniard has been Everton's leading light in recent years, but he has failed to live up to his own high expectations this season.

And with Australian ace Tim Cahill ready to take part in the Asia Cup, which means around six weeks out, Moyes is desperate for Arteta to take up some of the slack.
"We really need him to come back to form," said Moyes.
"Mikel would be the first to admit he's not had the best start. I'm trying to find reasons because he's a big part of how we go forward.
"We were determined to keep him in the face of a lot of interest in the summer, and maybe because of that, Mikel is carrying a lot of expectation on his shoulders.
"But he can step up in Tim's absence. The players look up to Mikel for his play and I hope the second half of the season will see him come back the way he did last year.
"Quality is permanent and it will come back. He's regarded as one of the best midfielders in the league for a reason."
Moyes admits the absence of Cahill will be a huge blow to Everton and he insists he has never signed a better player.
"Tim's probably the best bit of business I've ever done and I don't think I will ever do one as good as that again," he said.
"You might pick someone up from abroad but lower league players are all identified quickly now. It may be five or six million, which would be difficult for us.
"We know we need an addition but where do you find a striker in January for no real cash?
"We have lacked the type of player who can take the fight to the opposition. Tim has done that very well and we'll certainly miss him for that."