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15th Jun 2016

Arsenal fans demand Marek Hamšík after masterful performance against Russia

'Exactly what we need'

Simon Lloyd

One of the down sides of major football tournaments is that a player isn’t allowed to have a good game without getting linked to at least five Premier League clubs.

Take Marek Hamšík, for example. Relatively quiet against Wales on Saturday, the Napoli midfielder ran the show against Russia. Before cracking their second goal in off a post, he’d already produced a sublime pass for Vladimír Weiss to grab the game’s opening goal.

As a result, we’ll almost certainly see Hamšík’s name in the transfer gossip column in the days ahead. It’s the way the world works. And a glimpse at Twitter in the moments after the game perhaps explains why. Supporters of numerous clubs were demanding to a move was made for the Slovakian.

Tottenham fans:

Manchester United fans:

Manchester City fans:

Liverpool fans:

Chelsea fans: 

But perhaps most noticeably, there were Arsenal fans. Lots and lots of Arsenal fans. Here is just a mere sample of what they were tweeting…

They called him a baller.

https://twitter.com/MadeManJama/status/743089272782258176

They called him a serious baller.

They bemoaned the fact that their club were wasting their time pursuing other rubbish potential signings.

https://twitter.com/nicholls_zara/status/743084045354029057

They bemoaned the fact that their club had *already bought* other rubbish players instead of Hamsik.

And their was the highly predictable ‘Announce Hamsik’ gang…

https://twitter.com/ollyDnicholls/status/743078828940099585

Get ready for tomorrow’s Hamšík to Arsenal rumours.