DAVID VILLA is ready to snub Chelsea and move
to Arsenal. The £20million-rated Valencia striker, 26, shot to the
top of Avram Grant’s summer hitlist after netting 63 goals over the
last three seasons.
Chelsea chief Grant is thought to have made contact
over a move. But Villa insists he would rather be a Gunner. Villa
said: “I watch the Premier League a lot and the team I’m most
attracted to is definitely Arsenal.
“Their brilliant one and two-touch football and the whole style
of rapid counter-attack which dominates the top level of the
Premier League now is the one which suits my game best of all. “I
think I’m made to succeed in England but of course it’s one thing
saying it and quite another getting there and then doing it.
“The Valencia president always told me he wouldn’t sell
me until summer 2008. If an offer comes in I’m hungry to test
myself in England.” If Villa cannot agree a deal with Arsenal, his
next option would be to join fellow Spain international Fernando
Torres at Liverpool. He added: “It’s great playing alongside
Fernando. We understand each other totally and we get on
brilliantly off the park.”
