What started as a rumor has become the truth. Several sources have reported that Arsenal is looking to recruit yet another wonder boy from Ajax, winger Ryan Babel:
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger plans to make a 6 million-pound ($11.6 million) bid for Ajax winger Ryan Babel at the end of the season, the Daily Mirror reported.
Babel, a 20-year-old Dutch international, is Wenger’s No. 1 target to replace Sweden’s Freddie Ljungberg, who is likely to leave in the summer, the paper said. Babel can play on the wing or as a center-forward and has been compared to Gunners skipper Thierry Henry by Netherlands coach Marco van Basten. [Arsenal Wants Dutch Winger, Bloomberg, March 6 2007]
I am so glad that Babel has just signed a contract with Ajax that will last till 2010.
