Well, that’s the headlines in the football pages of the Sunday Express! Incoming Spurs manager wants to make a shock move for our young winger/striker, who as we all know, has just one year left on his contract. I think that has about as much truth in it as me telling you all I won […]
Joel Campbell seems all set to be awarded his work permit this summer and should be heading to London ready to join his team-mates for pre-season for the first time. 1 Nil Down 2 One Up have written a very good piece explaining just why there should be no problems for him getting the red […]
So Arsenal have signed up a new partnership with Airtel, Africa’s equivalent to Vodafone and Arsenal are over the moon. Arsenal’s Head of Global Partnerships Vinai Venkatesham said: I am delighted to welcome Airtel into our family of Commercial Partners. This is the second long-term partnership arrangement to arise from the continent and we look […]
First up is bit of Twitter gossip from yesterday: Arsenal have rejected a £25 million bid from Manchester City for our captain. However, the 007 following the word ‘agent’ was enough to suggest its absolute garbage! Secondly, canal+ journalist Vincent_Pochulu tweeted that Yann M’Vila was in London on Tuesday, not just London, but at the […]
Well well, we didn’t expect afc.com to announce that we had signed Olivier Giroud yesterday did we, well not as soon as they did, they normally make us wait ages don’t they? What a shocker and we didn’t see that signing coming did we. 😉 Great news though, a big strong striker who is good […]
So Squillaci is reported to have traveled to Corsica for discussions with talk of a one year deal, there is an option for him to stay a further year but that part of the deal matters not to us. Just get him off of our books once and for all. Another nearing an exit is […]
Firstly some dreadfully sad news, Real Betis defender Miki Roque has died at the age of 23 after suffering with cancer. This young lad came through the youth system at Liverpool and he now becomes another taken far far too early from that evil nasty disease. RIP Miki The inevitable happened yesterday evening, after a […]
What is it that makes some fans think they are right? It’s all well and good to have hunches and our own views on what we ‘think might happen’ but suggesting that any individual view is factual sometimes baffles me. Robin is doing this, that or the other, well, just like all those media buffoons […]
Here we go again then, all last summer we heard that Bendtner was in talks with hundreds of clubs regarding a move away from Arsenal. That move failed to materialise and after reading stories from his father, who was then his agent, only to end up on loan at Sunderland must have been a bit […]
Lukasz Podolski is signed and sealed. Olivier Giroud will complete his transfer to N.5 after France exit the Euro’s. Wenger said on French TV station TF1: Giroud didn’t play much (at the Euros so far), but he’s going to be an Arsenal player 90% next season. I think he has exceptional potential and will […]
Before we head off into todays post, FootballFancast.com reported than Yann M’Vilas move to another club will be confirmed after Euro 2012 and it has already been announced on the French stock market by the player’s club Rennes. Where that is, is anyones guess but Bayern Munich have allegedly withdrawn their interest in the player. […]
Part 1 – Rinus Michels’ Circulation Football. Arsene Wenger had nurtured and rebuild since 2006/07 season with “Total Football” as their main style. After 5 years, the 2011/12 team is expected to begin to master what Rinus Michels called ‘ball circulation’ something not many teams can do. This article is an extract from that section […]