Friday, July 01, 2005

Ali Relishes Opportunity

New Celtic recruit Jeremie Aliadiere has vowed to show Arsene Wenger he is the man to join Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp on the list of Arsenal greats.
The 22-year-old has joined Celtic for a year to gain the experience Wenger believes he needs to make him a fixture in future Gunners sides.
"My ambition is to score a lot of goals and play in the Champions League. Arsenal is a big club with big players and I know it is hard to start every game," he said. "And that is why I came here - to get more of an opportunity to play and prove that I am ready to play at Arsenal, or anywhere."
A number of other Premiership clubs had been keen to borrow him, as had some of the top teams back in France.
But he revealed: "I knew straight away this would be the best opportunity for me, to be at Celtic because it is a big club with big ambitions.
"To play in front of 60,000 people is really exciting and that was also a factor in choosing this club."
Strachan insisted he would be delighted if Aliadiere went back to London having made himself a crowd favourite at Parkhead.
He said: "I would honestly love it if he got to that position. If the fans are screaming for him to stay and he has scored lots of goals I would love it.
"I'm not disappointed I have got him for just a year. It makes me happy because it is a bonus.
"It just was not possible to have him for longer. A lot of people in England would have liked him for a year so I can't be too greedy."

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