Step One in how to guarantee your departure from a club - slag off the manager and if that doesn't work then have a public go at the best player the club has got - that should do the trick nicely.

Alex Hleb has done just that and the club are in talks about flogging him to Barcelona. I can't wait for the overrated bum to land in the Nou Camp and find out that you don't always get what you want. He says he wants to play off a front man in a 4-4-1-1 formation and blames Wenger for not playing him there, Barca have for decades played 4-3-3 and are they changing their philosophy to please Alex Hleb?

Exactly.

He certainly seems a bit desperate to leave the Emirates doesn't he?

I don't remember if he's a good player or not, which probably means he wasn't if he was that forgettable.

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To answer your question quickly haha

He's backtracked off his comments but really - he never even impressed when he was playing at Highbury or the Emirates!

All I ever remember Hleb doing is holding the ball too long and giving it away. If Barca are coveting those skills then their people should talk to my people.