Here We Go Again With the Henry-to-Inter Rumors (For Old Times’ Sake)
By: Martha | June 22nd, 2007
You’d be forgiven for blocking it out, but about three weeks ago, the Italian press made us all laugh hysterically by floating the idea of a deal between Inter and Arsenal, centered on a swap of Theirry Henry and Adriano. But the damn story is back again, this time in a semi-reliable paper (”The Inter Punta Henry“, says La Gazzetta, via Google translate) — who would have guessed it’d have staying power?
According to the article, because Inter’s other striker targets (Eto’o, Tevez) are distressingly far from being legitimate possibilities, they’re turning to Henry “in the giostra of the big with the suitcase in hand.” (If a club calls you “the big,” you best at consider their offer, right?) As far as I can tell, they don’t want to pay the €20 million or so Arsenal will ask for the 29-year-old, and will instead offer a combination of cash and the great Adriano, a player most of the big clubs in Europe seem bent on avoiding. Based on the Suazo debacle, Inter would want to get pen to paper sooner than later, in order to get everything official before Barcelona begin really sniffing about.
While I still really, really don’t get what the London club would want with Adriano, it’s been suggested that Patrick Vieira could possibly play a big part in a possible deal by sweet talking his friend Thierry into wanting a move to Inter. If Vieira could work his magic and convince Henry to ask out, I suppose Arsenal would have to take what they could get, fat and drunk or not.
Edit: Barca are reportedly in very advanced talks with Henry, which would make the revival of this rumor very short-lived indeed. According to CNN World Sport, he’ll undergo a medical tomorrow and may be revealed as early as Saturday afternoon. Welcome back, Eto’o and Ronaldino to Milan rumors.
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Don’t you hate it when your write a whole post and then at the most inopportune time breaking news is released and nixes everything you just wrote?
That just chaps my ass.
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This Suazo-Inter-Milan storyline has more twists and turns than the last 10 years of “Days of Our Lives.”
Not that I’d know, of course… I’m more of a GH guy. wait, what?
@Chris: you shouldn’t use the same chapstick for your lips on your rear, because then you’re metaphorically kissing your own ass, and no one wants to be like Moratti.
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I think if Henry goes to Barca it’s advantage Eto’o for Milan.
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and forgot to mention that what I just posted only happens if the Suazo soap opera finishes in Inter’s favor.
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The Suazo thing is freaking IN. SANE. Tomorrow we’ll find out he was secretly sold to the Viola two weeks ago for $32.50 and a pack of gum, and has to go there because of a clause that was once in Bobo’s contract.
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And Chris, YES, my ass is fully chapped. I actually had this post scheduled to go out this morning, too, but kept pushing it back. Brilliant plan, that.
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How in the world did you write an entire post on Henry without using the words “melon énorme”? I expect better from you. ;-)
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This is so confusing! So Suazo is not a Milan player yet?
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No! As of yesterday they’d discovered a clause in his contract that made it so he’d have to go to Inter! (I’ll try to get something written up about this nonsense later today.)
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