Welsh Player News (and rumours) 16th August (Premier League)

Arsene Wenger says he has set a date for Aaron Ramsey’s return. Except he hasn’t really, all he’s really done is set a month for Aaron’s return. Date to me means an actual number with th after it, or maybe st or rd.
But whatever he means, the great news is that Aaron could be playing again in November. And that’s such wonderful news, I honestly don’t care if it’s the 1st or the 31st or one of those dates in between.

The Lancashire Telegraph has some positive words to say about Blackburn keeper Jason Brown – always patient and never lets you down which really are qualities you need in your second-choice goalkeeper. But let’s hope he won’t have to be patient forever.

Joe Ledley took the news of Simon Davies’ retirement much better than I did.
Cottagers Confidential (which sounds a bit dodgy to me!) are also fans.

Boaz Myhill was looking forward to playing Chelsea again and frustrating Didier Drogba a bit. But he was on the bench for West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea won 6-0. Bo also thinks he can keep Wayne Hennessey out of the Wales team.

Gareth Bale is looking forward to playing in the Champions’ League with Tottenham Hotspur.

Craig Bellamy is going to have a very tiring season. He is set to sign for Cardiff City, Celtic, Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur. Are you sure that’s a good idea with your knee, Craig?

Cardiff manager Dave Jones and striker Michael Chopra are very keen on the idea of signing Craig. Fulham manager Mark Hughes also likes him.

Or maybe Craig will go to Birmingham City, Everton or Sunderland instead. Actually, maybe I should just list the clubs who aren't interested.

Craig was fined two weeks wages (pretty much the same amount as I’ll get in the next 30 years) for having a moan about Roberto Mancini and threatening to quit football. Can I have some of Craig’s wages too? It was a really really big shock when he said he was thinking about retiring and I ended up in hospital, I really did.

I’m really hoping David Jones will make the decision to play for Wales rather than holding out for England but his keenness to get more money makes me wonder if he has a bit of Scottish blood too. He rejected Wolves’ latest contract offer.

Ryan Shawcross could be going to Tottenham Hotspur, who are a bit short in the centre back department.

Danny Collins and Ryan Shawcross are team-mates at Stoke – and they also both played for Buckley Town, although not at the same time. But seeing them play for Wales together isn’t very likely… is it?