Another Spanish Inquisition

A day when the Spanish will no doubt be launching another Inquisition with the media playing the role of Tomás de Torquemada as they seek out the root of evil that forced them to lose to the USA. In the meantime, several self-appointed Torquemada’s will no doubt appear amongst The Emirates faithful as Cesc gave honest answers to questions put to him by the same media yesterday.

With little else going on, sensationalism has been the name of the game. Most opt for the route that Cesc is touting his wares for his home market. Frankly, I do not see any ‘Hello boys, come and get me‘ flirting in the direction of Madrid or Barcelona by Fabregas.

Actually, what did emerge is the picture of a player with a strong desire to win and who whilst he respects his manager, does not see their futures as interdepended:

I admire Arsene Wenger but each of us has his own life and looks after his own interests. If I have to say I want to leave I will do it face to face. If one day I’m not happy, I am the first who will tell the manager

His answer to the question of how his family would react to his signing for Madrid indicated that their love for their son/brother/nephew/grandson/uncle would override the tribal loyalties that the journalist in question was digging at.

Quite simply, the question was posed to try to eliminate Madrid as a destination for those reasons. OK, they were hoping for a slip of the tongue to suggest that Madrid has contacted him as part of Los Galaticos but the snippet was never uttered.

The player’s frustration about not winning trophies is nothing new. He has vented these feelings before and will do so again in the future until a piece of silverware is nestling in his bank safety deposit box. It shows nothing more than an inherent desire to win. If there are any players at the club who do not share such anger at not winning trophies, they need to develop the same intensity. It is hard to believe that Wenger would not have already have weeded them out in any case.

There appears little in anything Cesc said, nothing that is new nor unexpected. The only reason that it has been reported is that there is so little going on elsewhere. Mind you, anger is contagious amongst the squad since Theo wants to prove Stuart Pearce wrong for dropping him to the subs bench. Quite right too since if it did not provoke this reaction, questions would be asked about his motivation for playing for the Under 21′s.

’til Tomorrow.