It was with some excitement that the crew from Rogers Removals arrived outside the home of Arsenal and Ivory Coast footballing star, Gervinho to move him from his home in Cockfosters to another local address.

All had been hand picked as they were Arsenal fans and all, no doubt, were hoping to pick up a few ‘keepy uppy’ tips at the very least.

 
All went well at first.  The team packed and loaded around 1,100 cuft into one 7.5 tonne truck leaving Gervinho and his family all the essential over night things to be loaded into a second similar vehicle the following day.  “We thought the move was going to plan and we waited (as usual) for the key's to come through for the new property,” explained Dennis Rogers. “However, at 3pm we learned that the deal had fallen through and we were asked to return everything to where we had found it in the original property. By 7pm we had unloaded and unpacked all of the essentials and left Gervinho and his family comfortable if a little fed up.”

With a remarkably philosophical attitude Gervinho told the crew that he didn't intend to attempt to move again as he was happy where he was. “However, we have since learned that we may soon be instructed again to have another go at successfully moving him,” said Dennis.

Gervinho was kind enough to take a picture with the team although, at the time he hadn’t yet learned that the deal had fallen through so he was still smiling.   “Despite his unpleasant day he did rate our overall level of service as ‘Excellent’ on our feedback form,” said Dennis.  What a nice guy!

Photo:  Peter, Mark, Alan, Gervinho, Clive, Terry and Keith – Arsenal fans one and all.