Alex Song departs to Barcelona: The Possible Effects/Impact On Both Arsenal and Barca

So this week has seen the departure of Alex Song. In some corners this has come as a surprise, and to others, it was the inevitable waiting to happen. I recently met Alex on holiday in Vegas. Like a kid in a candy store I was, excited to see one of our players who gets my support week in week out. So we spoke for a few minutes discussing how our holidays where going and moments from last season. As I walked away saying, I very foolishly said “I’ll see you back at the Emirates, good luck in pre season”. Boy where my choice of words so wrong! With Song no longer a Gooner, how will he be remembered? The creative defensive midfielder? The ill disciplined defensive midfielder? I think Song perfectly can be perfectly defined as the oxymoron of a defensive midfielder, and it is for this reason, he will not be missed from the heart of Arsenals midfield. For years, the heart of the Arsenal midfield has thrived on having a bullish, industrious, working midfield that was the engine room ...