Arsenal move for Argentine and Brazilian phenoms Di Maria and Pedro Silva
Posted by Arsenalist on July 19th, 2007
According to Sky Sports which is quoting the Spanish press, Arsenal have agreed to terms on a loan deal which would bring Argentine forward Angel Di Maria and Brazilian forward Pedro Silva to Salamanca and into the Gunners’ fold. It’s all very confusing with work permits and all but this looks to be a typical Arsene Wenger move: get them while they’re young.
I’ve seen Angel Di Maria play in the U-20 World Cup and the kid obviously has some talent. Here’s a highlight clip which shows that:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw1kLqIldMA]
Although Di Maria is the more polished player, the report claims that it’s Silva that has already been on trial with the Gunners and is ready for a move to North London. But it’s a good bet that both will be at Salamanca next season since a) there’s not enough playing time to go around with the big club and b) they seem to have work permit issues and are ready to spend the season in Spain.
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July 19th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
We’ll see the fruits of this move in a couple years.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:10 am
and some fruits they will be!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp4zzQhuOm0
July 20th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Does anyone know where i can see video of pedro, ive only seen the pictures on salamancas website where he’s been presented, and di maria is top class, if a bit lightweight, and wenger is desperately trying to get him a work permit, thats why the deal for him has taken so long, di maria is only going on loan if we cant get the wpermit
July 27th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
di maria transfered to benfica
July 27th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Yup: http://arsenalist.com/2007/07/27/darren-bent-is-retarded-angel-di-maria-no-more-aye-aye-captian-gallas-th14/
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