Football
FanCast columnist Billy
Pearson feels that Arsenal should
look no further than Marcos Senna as the perfect foil for Cesc Fabregas.
It is has become the most pivotal role in any football team
and their availability about as rare as a Thierry Henry header, but the need for
Arsenal to acquire a top quality holding midfielder has become of paramount
importance, if we have any hope of achieving success.
Of course it is a position that we never thought was an issue
as we approached the end of the campaign. Mathieu Flamini clearly led Wenger up
the garden path back in January and the ‘professors' belief that all players
would share his own values of honesty and ‘men of the word' backfired greatly.
You bet your bottom dollar that Wenger would have installed Diarra into the
starting line-up, had he not been assured by the player, of his desire to sign
a new deal and both men's subsequent departure has left us with a gaping hole
that needs to be filled.
There have been many targets mentioned to fill the void. Some in-house like Gilberto and Diaby, some domestic like Barry and Johnson and some foreigners like Gattuso and Frings - all good players, all could fulfil a role but for me the most obvious target and the one that will best suited to Arsenal has to be Marcus Senna; undoubtedly the player of the Euro Championships.
The Villarreal midfielders stock has certainly risen given his performance at the Euros. He was the catalyst of the football team, the midfield general and his presence allowed the likes of Silva, Alonso and of course our own Cesc Fabregas the freedom to hurt the opposition. Senna reminded me of Viera in his pomp and proved an immovable object for the Spaniards and the foundation of which success was built. He also seemed in tune with Cesc, which is of massive importance and a clear sign that there will be no transition required if he was to arrive.
So how do my fellow fans feel about a move for Senna and would he prove the perfect foil for Cesc?