BOY WONDER QUITS ARSENAL
Samir Carruthers snubs Arsene Wenger to sign for Martin O'Neill
ARSENE WENGER - snubbed
ARSENE WENGER - snubbed
SAMIR CARRUTHERS, highly-rated skipper of Arsenal Under-16s, has stunned the Gunners by walking out to join Aston Villa.
Carruthers, a 15-year-old London schoolboy tipped for a big future, was offered a two-year scholarship by boss Arsene Wenger but he turned it down to sign for Martin O'Neill.
League One Brentford have plunged Dagenham into crisis by swooping for Danny Foster, Ben Strevens and Sam Saunders.They were out of contract, so hard-up Daggers will not cash in.
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in term of youth system who are the thick head that are comparing arsenal with villa, the boy is jst scared ok and let see when he is going to make it at villa or may be he will play in the europa league when they are fighting for a top four spot that they will never get. gd luck to him
By esmaell. Posted June 28 2009 at 6:53 PM.
Not something im going to lose sleep over, but it had been comeing
By Michael H. Posted June 28 2009 at 1:55 PM.
samir is a widly talented footballer who i am a friend of his being at the same school as him for the last five year, i think that by snubbing arsenal is the for the better of him for his career as he will have a greater chance of making first team at villa rather than arsenal.
By shane . Posted June 21 2009 at 9:53 PM.
Peopl i know him he isnt french he just nomral english boy who family are morocan an he told me left becuase he wanted a change but he still is a arsenal fan he told me
p.s He hates bein compared to nasri even tho they do look like eachother
By Choudhury. Posted June 21 2009 at 9:49 PM.
just one example, villa have nutured agbonlahor, who fair play, is a good player, but arsenal have nutured fabregas, a world class player. and thats just one player. villa have produced one good player, end of
By jodlc. Posted June 21 2009 at 9:05 PM.
Like GooneBabe said no great loss - we have ready replacements
By Sue. Posted June 21 2009 at 5:18 PM.
Martin signing a lot of kids to many infact we need a first team now not in 5 years
By Danny. Posted June 21 2009 at 4:27 PM.
Martin signing a lot of kids to many infact we need a first team now not in 5 years
By Danny. Posted June 21 2009 at 4:27 PM.
So Samir caruthers has defected to Villa, eh? Let me guess, is because that kid thought to be easier to go to Afganistand and Iraq? The reason I say this it was reported the other day than an insurgent killed was wearing Aston Villa T-shirt?
By Goonerbeall. Posted June 21 2009 at 2:44 PM.
Time for some more Arsenal ribbing at work - agree with the first post- maybe his French is not good enough or he does not like Haribo from Wenger:)
He is a great prospect - it does not matter which way arsenal try to make it sound unimportant- it shows again how good Villa's academy is. Villa have been quietly picking up young talent to add to the great prospects Villa have been producing themselves for some time now :) Up the Villa!
By Villa fan. Posted June 21 2009 at 12:33 PM.
I guess his french wasn't good enough??
By Noel Sheehy. Posted June 21 2009 at 9:32 AM.
Guy, actually I think you'll find Arsenal youths played Villa twice this season, once in the league & once in the youth cup. Arsenal won both matches.
By GMR. Posted June 21 2009 at 8:00 AM.
yes arsenal wn the youth this year, villa were unucky and arsenal never faced them. Consistent? Villa's reserves (full of youth players) win the reserve league consistently. Yeah you sound kinda dumb now.
By Guy. Posted June 21 2009 at 3:28 AM.
Guy.........Arsenal are the current youth champions of England
So much for Villa's for consistency eh?
By Gabriel Agaybonlahor. Posted June 21 2009 at 2:29 AM.
Micheal I think you'll find Arsenal are the more successful side at youth level. Don't forget Arsenal have won the youth cup 3 times in the past ten years
Samir is a good player but it would have been hard for him to make it at Arsenal.
By John. Posted June 21 2009 at 1:53 AM.
wenger really needs to sign a lot of players ,and not only just players am talking of experience player ,because we really lacking experience when it comes to all an important match...i really mean an important match....
Micheal
By micheal. Posted June 21 2009 at 1:19 AM.
villa's youth and reserves win the league consistently s thats probably the reason
By Guy. Posted June 21 2009 at 12:08 AM.
'Stunned the Gunners'?
This has been expected for quite a while now. If he was a big enough talent, he'd have been confident enough of breaking through at Arsenal. No big loss to us.
By GoonerBABE. Posted June 20 2009 at 11:45 PM.