When Bill Gates got hitched and became a philanthropist, he and his wife decided to use his billions to try and eradicate several persistent diseases. Somewhere at the top of the list: malaria, which is still prevalent in many parts of Africa.Arsenal supporters would like the Gates Foundation to work a bit faster, please. Center back Kolo Touré contracted malaria while visiting home in the Ivory Coast and is expected to miss the start of the season. You can hear the Gunners switching to Mac now, can't you?
While some like to call malaria "the gift that keeps on giving," Touré is not contagious and has a very treatable form of the disease, so he could be back in action by early September. That's good news for Arsenal, who are already fearful of losing key players on the transfer market. The last thing Arsene Wenger needs is to lose even more players to diseases that Gates and his billions haven't gotten rid of yet. Barcelona is doing its part to help, though -- which is the least they can do, considering their dogged pursuit of Emmanuel Adebayor.
