A quick Saturday round-up for you.

We'll start with Obafemi Martins who says he'd 'probably' like to play for Arsenal. The Newcastle striker has been linked with a move to us should Adebayor leave and he says:

Is Arsenal a good club?

Morning all,

it's another Adebayor focussed morning as reports from various sources (or perhaps one report repeated across various outlets) say that Barcelona have made a final 'take it or leave it' offer of £30m for Emmanuel Adebayor.

Take it!

Good day to you all.

We'll begin with Adebayor whose agent has been talking. Obviously he hasn't been listening to the player because what he says is rather at odds with what Adebayor has been saying. Stephane Courbis says:

If this was a money problem, then he would have asked to leave.

A few bits and pieces to keep us going this morning.

I suppose we'll start with the Amaury Bischoff thing. According the player he's going to join us to play in the reserves having failed to make a single start for Werder Bremen in his time at the German club. I think much of that was due to injury rather than ability.

It's July 1st. You know what that means. Oh yeah. That's right. You know it. Ah-ha.

Tomorrow is July 2nd.

Cesc Fabregas has dedicated Spain's win in Euro 2008 to Arsenal fans. Which is nice. I was delighted for him that Spain won but really it doesn't mean anything to me.

Well done to Cesc Fabregas who was part of Spain's Euro 2008 winning side last night. Although he was rather oddly substituted by loopy manager Luis Aragones Spain were never really troubled by Germany and Fernando Torres' goal was enough to win it. Cesc said afterwards:

This the best day of my life as a football player.

Footballers. As intelligent and forward thinking a bunch of people you'll never meet. I mean, they're always making sure they've got their futures secured.

Picture the scene, you're a 24 year old player and you're worrying about what it is you're going to do when you stop playing.

This summer, as I'm sure you're aware at this very moment, has revolved mostly around Arsenal players going to other clubs. Hleb and Adebayor in particular.

So it was with great interest that I saw a story emerge yesterday with direct quotes from Adebayor saying how he was going to stay at Arsenal, and that money wasn't everything and blah blah fucking blah.

Morning all,

it's all about the Cesc today after the Arsenal man inspired Spain to a 3-0 win over Russia last night. He made two, nearly scored one, set up another couple of chances and was, overall, the best player on the pitch by a country mile.

Despite not starting he came on for the injured David Villa and stole the show.

Vincenzo Morabito is a name we've heard a lot in recent times.

He was the man who Alexander Hleb went to meet for an ice-cream but at no stage discussed a transfer to Inter Milan with. No sir. He's also the man who said that Roma's Alberto Aquilani was 'speaking to Arsenal' back in May.

Cesc Fabregas is a most excellent young man. We know that already. He's not your run of the mill footballer. He's intelligent, considerate and genuinely loves Arsenal football club. You can see it when he scores a goal in a big match or in how upset he is when we lose.

Speaking to Radio Catalunya Cesc came to the 'defence' of Arsenal in light of what has been fairly non-stop campaign to unsettle Arsenal players in the Catalan press and media.

Happy Tuesday to you all.

Let's begin with the ongoing saga of Samir Nasri. Yesterday the player seemed to confirm a 4 year move to Arsenal on his official website, prompting news sites and various copycats to go into overdrive. Nasri's official site then went down and later talk of the deal being done was played down by the player's agent, the horrible Jean-Pierre Bernes who said:

Discussions are continuing between the two clubs and the player.

So far I have to say I've enjoyed Euro 2008. We've seen some good football and some exciting matches.

Last night's 'epic' between Spain and Italy wasn't one of them though. Italy were dour, negative and defensive. Spain lacked the craft to open them up. They were pedestrian in midfield until Aragones brought on Fabregas for Xavi after about an hour.

Morning all, happy Sunday to you. Today it's not just raining here, it's windier than an old man after a feed of mushy peas and cabbage. Oh well.

This morning's Adebayor latest is that Milan say that Arsenal want to sell the player but want to move him on to Barcelona for their own motives.

Good morning from a grey miserable Dublin. The rain is teeming down and it looks like it's going to do that all day long.

So I'm loathe to start the day with anything negative. Instead let's rejoice and sing songs at the news that Gael Clichy has signed a new long term contract with the club.