AVB laughs off Szczesny talk

 ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS has hit back at Wojciech Szczesny’s Tottenham taunt by claiming the Arsenal keeper is not committed to his own club.

Szczesny re-ignited his war of words with arch-rivals Spurs by claiming in yesterday’s SunSport that they do not have enough quality to finish in the top four this season.

Spurs face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge tonight with the clubs battling for the final two Champions League places.

Tottenham manager Villas-Boas blasted Szczesny. He said: “It would be more tolerable if it had come from a genuine Arsenal fan rather than coming from an Arsenal player who is probably only passing by to another club, who is not going to stay there for life.

Szczesny : Spurs lack quality

  
WOJCIECH SZCZESNY insists Tottenham are not good enough to claim a top-four spot.

Arsenal’s keeper reckons his side will pip London rivals Spurs and Chelsea.

Szczesny said: “If we win our next two games it will be enough because either Chelsea or Spurs will drop points when they play each other.

“If you look at Chelsea’s fixtures, they have Tottenham and Everton left and they won’t be easy games.

Arsenal clinch £170m puma kit deal

 ARSENAL have landed a whopping kit deal with Puma worth £170m.

Arsene Wenger’s side spent the last 20 years wearing Nike shirts.But Gunners chief executive Ivan Gazidis has sealed a new deal netting the club over £30m a year for five years.

Arsenal’s current deal with Nike — worth £55m over seven years — expires at the end of next season. The club have been tied down to long-term sponsorship deals since moving into the Emirates in 2006.

Sir Alex Ferguson retires

MANCHESTER UNITED have confirmed Alex Ferguson will retire at the end of the season.

Fergie, 71, walks away from Old Trafford having secured United’s 13th Premier League title.

The Scot said: “The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about and one that I have not taken lightly. It is the right time.