His injury record is heartbreaking both from a personal and Arsenal perspective. He seems like such a good guy, and he'd be so goddamn useful to plug all the injury holes in the XI. Who else could have set up that Martinelli goal against City :(
If Newcastle don't get CL, the scuttlebutt is that it'll be open season on him. Journos have hinted that Liverpool might be interested in addition to us, but I don't buy it - they don't splash that kind of cash on players and they also normally keep their business extremely close to their chests.