I really hope we keep him and he signs a new contract. Arby is a perfect squad/rotation defender and he'd be hard to replace even if he isn't a starter anymore.
We want 5M for Arbeloa apparently
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They want him for left back, apparantly.
I just read in the Guardian that Aurelio has a knee injury that will keep him out for 2 months and could make him miss the start of the season. If we also sell Dossena where does this leave us? Insua with no backup and no alternative? Or what if Johnson doesn't hit the ground running? Again, no alternative, other than breaking up our 1st-choice defensive partnership to put Carra at RB? And we still don't even have a decent 4-th CB, so if one of our CBs is injured, we simply don't have enough defenders. Anyway, you can see where I'm going with this. Arbeloa is worth much more than 5 million to us, his replacement would cost at least as much without the advantage of knowing the system and his teammates and providing continuity. I think Rafa needs to persuade Arby to stay for at least one more season, at any cost. Let him win a title with us, and then he can join the Madrid project, if he wants.
I find it a little hard to believe that Real Madrid will be prepared to wait for somebody like Arbeloa, particularly if he spends a season as nothing more than a squad player.
If he wants to go home, this is his shot. Hopefully he doesn't and hopefully we don't want him to either.
If he wants to go home, this is his shot. Hopefully he doesn't and hopefully we don't want him to either.
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