Long-serving Arsenal crock could depart Emirates

I'm sure there are some Arsenal fans who will have forgotten that this man is still at the club.

For all the talk of Santi Cazorla, Jack Wilshere, Mikel Arteta, hell even Emmanuel Frimpong, Czech Republic midfielder Tomas Rosicky, nicknamed "Little Mozart" by the Czech press, could leave for Italian side Roma in the January transfer window according to talkSPORT.

Rosicky, you may not be surprised to know, is currently nursing an achilles tendon injury that has sidelined him since the 2012 European Championships. This is of course the man who once missed a full 18 months of action due to a similarly mysterious "achilles" injury that Arsene Wenger even had the temerity to initially say would only keep the midfielder out for two to three days!

Consequently, Rosicky would then to put it quite bluntly, fanny around upon his return and at the beginning of last season was even being held as one of the scapegoats of Arsenal's decline from their once halycon trophy-winning days, before a late-season resurgence saw Rosicky re-find the level that once made him one of the most coveted midfielders in the world.

Is it a coincidence that his upsurge in form came when his contract was due to expire at the end of the season?

Good luck Roma!

Adam Mazrani