anyone seen this

 

Arnason: ‘I could still stay with Aberdeen FC’

Arnason keeping his options open

 

By Sean Wallace

 

Published: 14/02/2012

 

KARI Arnason today revealed he still wants to stay at Pittodrie, but only if Aberdeen FC offer him more money.

 

Aberdeen FC have frozen contract talks with Arnason after the Icelandic international rejected a second improved offer.

 

Arnason’s profile page on his agent’s website stated he was looking for £20,000 per month, but Arnason said: “I still want to stay at Aberdeen.”

Yawn.

Maybe the Huns might be interested?

 

Maybe Arnison could pay his own signing fee to the Huns?

 

Sign the fucking deal you plug.

this is just bits and pieces  cut and paste from old stories. too busy wanking over the hun imlosion to do any real work.

He might stay if we offer more money, which we won't, so he won't.

He might stay if we offer more money, which we won't, so he won't.

 

Bang on, nothings changed really

He might stay if we offer more money, which we won't, so he won't.

 

He's kidding himself on if he thinks he's getting more $.

I'm sure he's not expecting another (bigger) offer. He's just saying what he's said all along.

ICELAND manager Lars Lagerback has warned Kari Arnason that he could ruin his international career if he leaves Aberdeen FC.

 

Contract rebel Arnason is set to end two years in the Icelandic squad wilderness in a friendly against Montenegro tonight.

 

The midfielder, whose contract expires in the summer, has already rejected two deals from Aberdeen FC and admitted he is looking for more cash.

I predict the quote (if any) is along the lines of "Kari needs to make sure wherever he goes he gets regular games".

I predict the quote (if any) is along the lines of "Kari needs to make sure wherever he goes he gets regular games".

 

The quote is in in the Evening Express though 

Jazzer must have had a word.

ICELANDIC midfielder Kari Arnason remains in the dark over whether he will be at Aberdeen FC next season.

 

Contract talks have stalled after Arnason, who is out of contract in the summer, rejected two improved deals from Aberdeen FC.

 

If this is to be his only season at Pittodrie, he aims to leave on a high – with Scottish Cup glory at Hampden in May.

Nae even worth posting min.

Nae even worth posting min.

 

So fit was your reply then? 

So fit was your reply then? 

 

two admins shoogling their cocks to find out who's biggest?

Nae even worth posting min.

 

This.

So fit was your reply then? 

 

 

Eh? It was:

 

 

 

Nae even worth posting min.

I really do think he wants to stay. He clearly likes playing for us at least - he's the last guy off the pitch today, look at his reaction to the penalty save. 

 

Just sign, Kari.  You know you want to, you know we want you to. Makes sense all round, so let's stop the fucking about, eh?

I really do think he wants to stay. He clearly likes playing for us at least - he's the last guy off the pitch today, look at his reaction to the penalty save. 

 

Just sign, Kari.  You know you want to, you know we want you to. Makes sense all round, so let's stop the fucking about, eh?

 

Yes.

"I always said I wanted to stay at the club regardless. If we can go forward in the cup and get to the final it will make the situation more interesting if the club is in Europe. We haven't discussed anything for a while, I definitely see myself at the club and I want to stay but on the other hand I will be turning thirty this year and it might be my last chance at a good contract. It's the clubs decision at the end of the day, I can't force their hand. I know the situation at the club and I wasn't expecting the world, the deal they offered was very good at Aberdeen level. I believe in this team and when everyone is fully fit I think we are one of the strongest teams in Scotland, there is no question."

I would think that Arnanson's wages for next season have already been used to sign Rae and Hughes so do not think there is any chance he will be staying now.

He pretty much said what we were all thinking anyway, his last chance of getting a big contract. I still hope he stays.

Well in the sun he says his contract talks ending has led to his dip in form. He again states that he hopes Aberdeen offer him a new contract. Whether or not it's factual quotes, the board should push the boat out for a player like him especially with Fyvie saying he wants to leave. I personally don't think he is being greedy as there is no doubt he has been one of our best signings for years. The only surprise is that no one has snapped him up. He could easily be playing top level championship football for £10,000+ a week. Hope a deal can be reached. That is all

Copied from Mad (I believe this has been typed up by the OP rather than copied so please excuse the layout, spelling etc)

 

Interview by Bryan Cooney.

Kari Arnason's interpretation of paradise was spending two years on Americas west coast, where he maintained wine, woman and Pink Flyd songs. Attending Gonzaga University studying for a buisness degree, he and four other aspirational hedonists shared a house in which reality was rarely confronted. A mirror image of Jason Biggs comes graphically to mind hearabouts.

An exaggeration? Not according to Kari " Yeah, we're talking American Pie here. When you look at films they have made about college life in America its actually like that. So yeah, i have lived the life, no regrets.

Regrettably its time to bid bye bye to American Pie and say hello to Pittodrie pot pourri. Almost a decade later, 29 year old Arnason occupies the unforgiving world of professional football and is the subject of an intriguing political battle that is rippling through the corridors of Aberdeen F.C.

To summerise, the Dons have travelled to their fiscal extremities to accomodate his desires. They have offered him £2,400 a week- a salary only previously enjoyed by Paul Hartley and Zander Diamond- plus a living allowance and the gold dust of a three year contract.

Now, we know Arnason has rejected this deal. We also know that those delegated to influence his fortunes, in their naivety published wage demands of £5,000 a week,together with his curricula vitae, on the internet.

What is not known until now , is that an innovative plan has been formulated by management to have the player sponsored for approx £2,000 a week by one of many local companies-those it should be pointed out, that continue to defy the trend of the countries economy.

The targets?. One of the oil conglomerates perhaps. Then, perhaps even more logically, theres Aberdeen Asset Management. Apart from having two directors on the football club board(Martin Gilbert and Hugh Little) , the financial behemoth already has extensive sponsorship portfolio, including golfers Colin Montgomerie. The hope is that Arnason will fill an ambassadorial role for the proposed benefactor. You might think that such enterprise should be applauded, for there is precious little of it available in this raw corner of the nort-east. However, it is claimed some members of the boardroom are offering robust resistance to the suggestion.

Apparently they feel sponsorship should apply to the team rather than an individual; they also fear this would set a precedent and engender disharmony in the dressing room. But is it realistic in this age to dedicate yourself to the theory that all men are equal? And wouldn't it provide an incentive for other squad members? What would prevent them seeking individual sponsorship if their ability merited it?

So lets discuss this Arnason meritocracy in more detail. Manager Brown views him as an all purpose player who has the ability to score spectacular goals and make defenders quiver with his ability to throw the ball further than many can kick it.

" I try to have a good training regime Arnason concedes. "When you are not naturally the quickest, you have got to do something extra. Drink?, yeah, i like a glass of red wine, but i am not by means what the British would call a heavy drinker. The manager predicts a long career for his employee. He says the player will eventually take a logical step backwards to centre half, where he has the capability to play until he is forty. He will become in essence another Davie Weir. This confidence surprises Arnason, but notfor long. " I'm not sure if i can, but if he thinks it who am i to argue.

An application of psychology brings him nicely to the boil each game".Is there a better player in that team than you, Brown whispers in his ear, if there is i have yet to see him.

The mantra will doubtless be repeated in the Hampden dressing room on April 14th. Whatever the outcome of that encounter you can sympathise with his financial pursuit. Aberdeen have at last begun to deliver an impression of progress. They dare not regress now because the fans are still sceptical of the clubs ambition and,as evidence of their dwindling crowds, are not willing to forgive the horrendous past anytime soon.

In Arnason, they have not only a cult hero but a player who thrives on long odds " I honestly believe you can go into any game and win it. You have just got to b

e organised and then you can beat any team in the world.

" Can they be restored to former greatness. Yeah, i think the time is now, actually. Rangers are in administration and Celtic are not as good as they Were a few years ago, so the time is now for Aberdeen to gamble a bit. We have a great manager, he is an old fox- and we have actually got a great squad. We've been unlucky with injuries. We need a little bit extra. If they coul secure that i think we could be up there.

The things said in the media about my contract have been blown out of proportion. Its been frustrating. I have been thinking about it a lot lately and its been quite a burden on me lately, cos obviously you care what the fans think. I only hope they Don't think i'm a greedy bastard. Those looking for negativity about the player do not reuire explicit direction; like all gifted players, there is a whiff of arrogance about Arnason. Even people close to him claim he has an occasional tendency to look down on lesser mortals;they vouch that he can be supercilious at times.

This is only a precis of the article.