Wenger confirms Vela return
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2008 by jeorge9
Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Mexican forward Carlos Vela will be part of the Arsenal first-team squad next season and that the club have already applied for a work permit.
“We have applied for a work permit for him now, and he will be involved with the first-team next season.
Wenger has also been quick to suggest that he sees Vela more as a striker, rather than a left-winger, where he has regularly played whilst on loan at Osasuna.
He has played the whole season at Osasuna on the left wing and he had to work hard there. But for me it is not his position he is a central striker, an Eduardo type.
Quotes from arsenal.com
In terms of the other Arsenal loanees currently at foreign clubs, Fran Merida looks like being the only other player who will return to the Gunners in the summer. Pedro Botelho is set to spend another season at Salamanca, whilst Vincent van den Berg is likely to be released when his loan spell at Go Ahead Eagles comes to an end.
In other news, goalkeeper Vito Mannone will miss the first reserve game of next season through suspension after his dismissal against Aston Villa recently.
