article_snippet.sent: Well, to be honest, it’s hard to say.
article_snippet.sent: Not particularly clever, admittedly.
article_snippet.sent: And, yes, the reference to being ‘flattered’ by Arsenal’s interest, particularly coming a couple of days before the clash between the two teams at the Emirates, was naïve.
article_snippet.sent: But the content of what he said was hardly incendiary.
article_snippet.sent: the content of what he said was hardly incendiary amounted to a softly-spoken plea for time and space.