The return of the Mexi-King….And Riki

By: Paddy | March 5th, 2009

Miguel Lotina revealed yesterday that both Anders Guardado and Riki should be back for the match up against Santander at the weekend. Google Translate stated that he said:

“We will see how training on Thursday. The idea is to make a big party to field a half hour to see how they are. If you do well then probatura of this may come Sunday

Now we do not want to relax, I get the same classification but have to give a little in everything”

However Google translate is a load of bollocks and I think this is really what he meant to say:

“We will see how training goes on Thursday. The idea is to have an 11 a side game for half an hour to see how they are. If they do well then probably they will come on Sunday

And I don’t have the foggiest what he’s saying in the second part. My Spanish isn’t exactly what it could be, but hey thats life.

Anyways its great to get these two back, they will probably both slot into the first team, well Guardado certainly will anyways, and it is a great boost for the run in of La Liga. Maybe its good in a way that we are knocked out in Europe and the Cup as we will for the most part have only one game a week from here on out and seing the likes of Malaga, Sevilla, Valencia and Villareal all stutter in recent times it helps one believe in Champions League qualification which has to be the ultimate goal.

———————————————————————

In other news and Miguel Lotina has denied that he forced Omar Bravo to leave the club claiming it was a mutual thing. Bravo had claimed that he had said that he wanted to stay on in Andalusia. Lotina said the move was beneficial for Bravo saying that it will give him a better chance to re-establish himself with the Mexican team and will be a good chance to regain some confidence.

The move is a 4 month loan initially and le Tigres have an option to buy at the end of that, if they like what they see.

Guardado said his part on the matter too:

“I talked to Omar [Bravo] and I told him that I wish him much luck and acheives everything that he wants.

“He is a great player and I am sure he will do very well. He is a good friend of mine.”

I reckon he never settled in A Coruna, and while he is a talented player, Depor can get by without him.

Thought for the Day Did anyone else think that Mel Gibson’s remake of the Life of Brian wasn’t as funny as the original?

Going to the Arsenal game? Find out how to get to North London and where to stay near Emirates Stadium.
Buy tickets to Arsenal games.