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Cygan: Arsenal want Senna
by Laurent Picard, 01 July 2008

Senna: Euro Star.

Former Arsenal utility player Pascal Cygan claims that The Gunners are interested in his team-mate and European champion Marcos Senna.

The centre back, who has signed a one-year contract extension at El Madrigal to replace Martin Caceres, has paid a huge compliment to Spain international Senna, saying the midfielder is ‘Villarreal’s best player’.

Cygan reckons the Brazil-born midfielder, voted in setantasports.com’s team of Euro 2008, is becoming one of the very best players in the world.

The 34-year-old claims he has been told Arsenal are ‘interested’ in the midfielder to replace Mathieu Flamini and according to him, signing Senna would be a good idea for The Gunners.

“I have heard that Arsenal are interested in him,” Cygan told RMC radio station. “That proves how good he is, as they rarely make mistakes.

“Senna is Villarreal’s best player, he is sharp, starts all the plays, and is more technically gifted that most players at his position.

“He had a massive impact on Spain’s European victory and improved a lot as a player in the last two seasons.”

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RE-CHELSKI - 02 July 2008 14:32: This post contains absolutely no constructive criticism and is solely designed to provoke through being offensive. The only reason for letting it stand is for its ignorance but if so a formal post from the site moderator declaring it to be the spoutings of an ignoramus should be a requisite.; Report this to a moderator

CHELSKI - 02 July 2008 13:48: chelsea overtook arsenal ages ago when you still had class players ie henry,lungberg,pirres,viera now who ya got...no one!!! they remind me of a bunch of forreigners learning there trade wiv you lot,then when they get good they will ALL want to go coz who wants to be some where wiv no future,and no trophies,I cant remember the last time you lot won any thing!! YOU LOT LIVE IN THE PAST!!! YOUR CRAP NOW!!! A PUB TEAM IN A WORLD CLASS STADIUM!!!! NOT ONE OF YOUR PLAYERS WOULD GET IN THE STARTING LINE UP FOR CHELSEA!!!WERE SUPPERIER TO YOUR BUNCH OF MUPPETS !! YOU DONT SCARE US ,BUT I BET WE SCARE YOU!!!!!GO AND BUY THE LIKE OF SENNAYOU MEPPETS...AND WE WILL GO AND BUY THE LIKES OF KAKA.......AND YOU LOT THINK YOUR IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS THE MIGHTY BLUES!!! DONT MAKE US LAUGH! US CHELSEA FANS HAVE HAD A BRILL FEW SEASONS TO CHEER ABOUT,PREM TWICE FA CUP AND CARLING CUP AND GOT IN THE CHAMP FINAL IN WHICH WE ONLY LOST BUY SLIPP!!NOW WITH SCOLARI WERE GONNA DOMINATE!!!!!! JELOUS GOONERS!!££££; Report this to a moderator

Tom - 02 July 2008 10:11: Cygan is 34. Senna is 31.; Report this to a moderator

Garvey Hunt - Saint Lucia, Caribbean - 02 July 2008 00:06: I believe that he would be a valuable asset to the team whereby the younger members of the team would be able to learn from him but i am not advising them to splash out large sums of cash to bring him due to his age; Report this to a moderator

leon - 01 July 2008 20:53: this story does not make any sense,it be very bad business to buy soneone that age plus his tranfer fee would inflated because of the euros, no this sounds more like panic buying,plus the fact we all ready have gilberto and the players we already have in song,delison and diaby have gained alot of experience.; Report this to a moderator

Chrissie Greeno - 01 July 2008 19:14: Oh no ! another new Chelsea fan with an IQ of an amoeba. Thank God my Grandad was a Gooner.; Report this to a moderator

chelski is avin a laugh - 01 July 2008 18:40: Chelsea spent nearly 1 billion pound to date and won nothing last season. Keep on buying the big boys. Chelsea the team that has more roubles than sense.; Report this to a moderator

a.f.c til i die - 01 July 2008 18:34: a mouthy chelsea fan??? never! lol. we let the football do the talking, not our bank account.; Report this to a moderator

th3 gooner - 01 July 2008 18:23: chelski can't even fill their 42,000 ground so tell me please how they're a bigger club? and steve sidwell's an arsenal reject mate don't you know he played for us and wasn't good enough? arsenal will be fine i reckon we'll finish 2nd this season and win the fa cup. your eratic spending doesn't make you a bigger than us you make a loss every year we make a profit. lets get nasri and senna and this bischoff lad and we'll be all good! carlos vela looks like a right player so hopefully he'll come in and get a few goals and i expect walcott to score 15 goals this season aswell! c'mon the gooners!!!!!; Report this to a moderator

nick - 01 July 2008 18:10: chelski - are you forgetting whos reject he was in the first place before you signed him and stopped any further developement in his career? I think you'll find it was arsenal. Dont you just love the intelligence of the chelsea fans?; Report this to a moderator

gemechis legesse - 01 July 2008 17:26: He is full of potential and experience, we need him badly; Report this to a moderator

CHELSKI - 01 July 2008 16:59: ALL GOONERS LOOK NO FURTHER!!! YOU SHOULD BUY SUM ONE THAT WILL IMPROVE UR TEAM MASSIVLY AND A PLAYER THAT ALL UR OTHER PLAYERS CAN LEARN THERE TRADE PROP!! STEAVE SIDEWELL!! HE WILL DEF BE A BIG HIT, BETTER THAN FABBREGAS AND CO!! SO GO AND BUY DA CHELSEA REJECT TO MAKE UR SIDE A LOT BETTER!!! YOU AINT GOT DA MONEY TO BUY DA BIG BOYS!! SO YOU LOT ARE NOW DA LITTLE BOYS OF DA PREM!! CHELSEA BIGGA, TOTTENHAM BIGGA,MAN U BIGGA,LIVERPOOL BIGGA,MAN CITY BIGGA,VILLA BIGGA,EVERTON BIGGA!!!! LOOK FORWARD TO DA INTERTOTO CUP NEXT SEASON !!!:) KEEP THE BLUE FLAG FLYIN HIGH!!!; Report this to a moderator

phader - 01 July 2008 16:51: well he might have been a mistake for arsenal, but he certinaly aint a mistake for villareal. they finished 2nd or 3rd in the league and he started most of the games. so he must be decent lol. and please arseneee dont buy senna hes too old and i kno he cant hold it down in a 4 4 2 formation i say we play diaby and fabregas in the middle. i dont kno if that will work but diaby could bring back the viera days. but it wont allow fabregas to bomb forward soo it might be better to play song insead; Report this to a moderator

joe - 01 July 2008 16:30: Senna will be a great addition to the arsenal squad. however he is reaching the end of his career so this may not be such a good signing after all. M.Veloso or Y.Toure would be better signings as they are younger and have their whole careers ahead of them. And yes people may say arsenal need an experienced player in their ranks but wouldn't you rather have a thriving young player who is technicaly at the same level as Senna than just Senna himself at the climax of his career?; Report this to a moderator

Ian - 01 July 2008 13:41: Would be a good addition to the squad while the younger players gain expereince; Report this to a moderator

N5 - 01 July 2008 13:34: he is only 32 we need some experience in the team!!!; Report this to a moderator

wesley +2348035704368 - 01 July 2008 13:31: we (arsenal) really dont need that signing at all,and i know my wenger will never go for that,as it is now we just have to calm down and let the master handle it,cos he has shown what he can do with transfers so many times,i am in love with ARSENAL.; Report this to a moderator

jummite - 01 July 2008 13:05: don't buy him he's 2 old,gunners 4 life.; Report this to a moderator

goonerish - 01 July 2008 13:04: hey folks, get off cygan's back .. he actually won villareal's player of the season (season b4 last) .. so he definitely has always had quality .. just never settled into the english style of play .. very pacey with players being allowed little time on the ball.; Report this to a moderator

Runor - 01 July 2008 12:07: We don't need a 32yr old in our team at this point in time cos he won't match the pace of our young gunners and the league. Wenger should be patient and sign a young, talented and brilliant player like Yaya Toure who will fill in the void left by Flamini like Clichy did Ashley Cole.; Report this to a moderator

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