Artur signs on but are we on for a Petrov

Unlike many a professional Journo, I, myself, was not out my scratcher at an un-Godly hour this am to await the confirmation of yesterday's rumours that Artur Boruc had indeed penned a new contract / contract extension.
For whatever their worth, and whatever anyone's opinion of football contracts, the one thing it does to a club like ours (big fish in teaspoon), is give us bargaining power and allows us once again to 'own' and indeed control our valuable assets.
The transfer of Stan Petrov to Aston Villa can be viewed in certain ways. Stan's bond with MON may have been so strong that he pined for the man who gave him his bumper contract, a habit to which Martin was not shy. On the other hand there are those who accuse the 'plc' and Stan of have been in cahootz to raise the value of said asset. I like to think it's much simpler than that and that Stan gave us 7 great years service as did Henrik, and he needed a fresh challenge that is the far overrated EPL, a league that in footballing terms is no competition to some others in Europe and is hyped by the media, and unfortunately some of our own support, who have 'second' teams.
Anyway I digress, thanks to Artur and Peter L for striking a deal and here's to his market value rocketing through more and more consistent and brave displays home and away.

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