Clichy's a Gooner; Penalties not tailor-made for Croatia

Gael Clichy committed his long-term future to Arsenal today. This is a nice bit of business by the club which will hopefully shoot those Italian vultures out of the sky who thought that the recent departure of Flamini and rumours surrounding Adebayor may have unsettled the rest of Wenger's young squad.

An intelligent and talented young footballer signalling his desire to stay with the club can do nothing but show any potential signings and current Arsenal players -who are weighing up their options- that Wenger's project is on track.

In non-Arsenal news, one might wonder if the man who manufactures the goal-frames for Croatia to practice their penalties on, is the same guy who measures Slaven Bilic for his suits...