Morning all. Gossip: The Mirror report that Arsene Wenger is again interested in signing Luiz Gustavo to bolster our midfield. Reports in Greece suggest Roma have agreed personal terms with Olymipacos for the Greek international Kostas Manolas. However, Italian journalist Gabriel Marcotti believes the players agent is in England to seal a deal for the defender: Mario […]
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Morning all. Reports in the newspapers this morning suggest Lukas Podolski will not be in the squad for today’s game. If true, he’s either injured or off in my opinion and considering there has been no injury disclosed, one has to draw the conclusion the he’s off. Juventus are the latest club linked. The second […]
Morning all… What’s all this ice bucket nomination thing all about? Well, it’s all in aid of a wonderful cause and that’s Macmillan Cancer Support and many many footballers are taking part to raise money. The challenge dares nominated participants to be filmed having a bucket of ice water poured on their heads. A common stipulation is that […]
Morning all. On This Day 2010 Theo Walcott scored a hat-trick as Arsenal beat Blackpool 6-0. Hurry up and get back Theo, we need you….. On this day, also back in 2010 Highbury House was born. Thank you to each and every one of you guys and gals who turn up each and every day to […]
Morning all. Well I know nothing about tonight’s opposition, other than Demba Ba plays for them, as does one of our old youngsters, Oguzhan Ozyakup. Arsene Wenger has spoken about the 21 year old: I’m happy that he came here. He was educated by us and we saw that he had top quality and technically he […]
Morning all. Back in 2001, on this very day, Sol Campbell made his debut for Arsenal having made the switch across North London for free. Goals from Henry, Pires & Bergkamp (2) gave Arsenal a 4-0 win at Middlesbrough. To nab Big Sol that summer was possibly one of the best, if not the best […]
Morning all. Arsenal are set to make moves for Edinson Cavani, Marco Reus and Sami Khedira in the closing stages of the transfer window according to The Express. We all love a rumour, but this one is up there with one of the daftest I have ever read. I’d be over the moon if all […]
Morning all. Jim White, the Mr Excitable of Sky Sports on deadline day of the transfer window has predicted that we are far from done with signings: Arsenal will do more business and a big name as well, I’m certain. There you go, we can all relax safe in the knowledge that Jim White knows everything! Pffff! […]
Morning all. Gossip first: Kostas Manolas was left out of Olympiakos squad for a friendly fixture against Atletico Bilbao yesterday. This of course must mean that he’s on his way to Arsenal having been linked to us for a while now. Apparently a few other PL clubs, including the neighbours are interested in the big […]
Morning all. We are being linked to Greek CB Kostas Manolas again today. The 23 year old, 6′ 1″ Greek international currently plays for Olympiacos and was apparently voted as one of the top 50 performers in the World Cup. How many players were on show, 51? He’s under contract with his current club until 2017. […]
Morning all. Transfer gossip today relates to a possible exit. Lukas Podolski is wanted by Galatasaray according to reports coming from Germany. He, along with Per Mertesacker return to training today although none are expected to feature in our opening match against Crystal Palace on Saturday evening. Wasn’t it lovely to see Pat Rice at Wembley […]
Morning all. Just a few weeks ago, Arsene Wenger told us that if Thomas Vermaelen leaves, he’ll sign a replacement. Thomas Vermaelen has now gone, he’s joined Barcelona and I strongly suspect that Wenger has known all along that was going to happen. Why else would he have not played any part of or pre-season? […]