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Senderos Sent to Milan on Loan
Like Armand Traore loan to Portsmouth last week, Philipe Senderos has become a happy casualty of Arsene Wenger’s mysterious fascination with Mikael Silvestre. The 23-year-old Swiss center back has been loaned out to Milan for the year after falling to sixth on the Arsenal depth chart. At Milan, Senderos will have a chance a meaningful playing time, as a combination of injury, age, and lack of quality will put him into the mix. He has to be encouraged by the move.
For Arsenal, getting Senderos a year’s playing time at an elite club while retaining his rights is good development for what’s still a young player. I am not a big fan of Senderos, but he has all the physical skills, even if he does seems to rarely use them. He had a horrible game in the second match of the Champions League quarterfinals, an unforgettable match which saw Ryan Babel draw that miracle penalty (oh, how I wish I had this blog back then) which put the Gunners out. He immediately lost his spot at the back to Alexander Song and looks unlikely to regain Arsene Wenger’s confidence.
Considering what Wenger is working with in the middle of his defense, that’s a scathing appraisal. William Gallas had a good first match against West Brom, but against Fulham he let Brede Hangeland beat him to a spot for the game winning goal. Bobby Zamora was able to play with Gallas on his back for most of the match, receiving passes with little resistance and helping to set up Fulham’s chances. And Gallas is supposedly their best at the position, though Kolo Touré, Johan Djourou, Alexander Song, and Mikael Silvestre are all in the mix. That Phillipe Senderos is not also in that mix says a lot for his standing at the Emirates.
Wenger did not comment on the chances of this deal become permanent. Whether Senderos ends up completing a move to Milan or is sold after this year’s loan is over, it seems unlikely he will be in Wenger’s plans.
Links
Arsenal sends Senderos to AC Milan on loan
Wenger confirms Senderos move
‘Congestion’ led to Senderos Milan move - Wenger
Senderos undergoing Milan medical
Milan: Senderos will make us champions
Senderos deal should make Milan champions, Galliani
Senderos return ‘undecided’
Senderos set for Milan loan move
Milan confirms Senderos medical
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