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Johan Djourou believes it is man, not in the shoes of Kolo Toure at Arsenal. It’s just under five years since the Swiss defender made his debut and, slowly but surely, the path to regular first-team football has clearedSol Campbell, Pascal Cygan and now Toure have left the Club while Philippe Senderos appears to have slipped behind Djourou in the pecking order. Rumours persist that Arsène Wenger may add to his defensive options before the end of August but Djourou – a regular throughout pre-season – wants a chance to stake his claim at the heart of the Arsenal back fourNo arguments from me on this point, I am an Arsenal fan by birth but the team spirit is what makes me love the club, we’ve always had it and I think the team spirit within the current squad has really been flourishing this season. Bendtner and Denilson’s joyful celebrations of the goals at Bolton are a good example. It’s great to see and I hope it continues.
Not that contracts seem to mean a huge deal in football these days, but it is encouraging to see the promising young defender pledge his future to the club. Djourou has shown him self to be an excellent prospect, I would expect him to get quite a few games this year – Especially as the partnership between Gallas and Toure doesn’t exactly look rock-solid. Infact you could say that the Arsenal back-line might work better with Djourou in there in place of Toure.Aside from the Djourou news, Wenger has had a little pop both at the big spenders and the doubters of the club :When you are not on the transfer market you are a little bit ignored at the start of the season because the attention is focused on the big signings, most of the time, big signings mean you are favourites.We have gone a different way. We are trying to build a young side with a cohesive way to play the game with a culture of football we likeWe were close last year so there is no reason why we should not be in there again this seasonToday we had Denilson 20, Fabregas 21, Bendtner 20, Walcott 19, Song 20. When those players fight for the title one year you can hope they will be better the next year.
Young Johan Djourou
Young Johan Djourou
Young Johan Djourou
Young Johan Djourou
Young Johan Djourou