The Guardian are today reporting that Julio Cesar’s representatives are set to resume talks with Arsenal this week regarding the Brazilian goalkeeper joining Arsenal from fellow Londoners QPR.
Talks were placed on hold while the keeper played in the Confederations Cup though I’m not entirely sure why as his representatives weren’t on the pitch, surely they could get things sorted so that the man himself could just say ‘yes’ ‘no’ or ‘more’.
Arsenal’s interest last summer in the keeper was confirmed when the man himself said
I accepted this [QPR] proposal because I wanted to live in London. I have an amazing way of life here and I’m giving my family a great opportunity to grow up culturally.
I talked with Arsenal in the last transfer window and they were really happy about me playing for them, but at the last minute I moved to QPR.
QPR has a project, and I dream about that project coming true. But I came here because I was thinking about my future once I quit football, that’s true. The directors have signed 11 footballers, and when you put them all into a team, it will be difficult for that team to work immediately.
That’s why QPR haven’t won yet. We don’t have an identity yet. But let me tell you we are on the right track. The fact that I can speak Portuguese, Italian and now English will give me opportunities in the future to be a director once I quit football. Even at QPR I could work as a director.
Hilarious.
He is currently earning £70,000 per week at QPR and ‘Arry Redknapp confirmed that the keeper would be moving on during this transfer window.
The player, wanted by Roma and Fiorentina, has expressed a desire to remain in London.
The fee being reported is £1.5m and with Arsenal said to be getting around £2.8m for third choice keeper Vito Mannone from Sunderland, it would seem to be a very good bit of business if it all comes off.
