Arsenal’s Carl Jenkinson on Thursday, successfully completed his medical on the way to joining London rivals West Ham on a season long loan deal following the arrival of Mathieu Debuchy, Calum Chambers and the suspected promotion of maybe Hector Bellerin from the youth ranks of the North London club. Jenkinson, who deputized for Bacary Sagna [...]
The Sami Khedira to Arsenal rumours has rumbled on for over a month now, and still yet, there is no end in site to the rumours and speculations that has continually linked the player to the Emirates. While there is no disputing the fact that there is something aloof in respect of this particular transfer, [...]
The Emirates era for Arsenal football club has been littered with so many disappointments especially in the transfer market and by domino effect on the playing field. At the beginning in 2006, the relocation from Highbury opened the door for the club to join the top echelons of clubs in Europe that players would aspire [...]
It has been a busy summer for Arsenal. The Gunners have been linked with quite a number of players and they have done well by snapping up some of them. Wenger has done a good job strengthening the Gunners ahead of the new season. Sanchez has been brought in to bolster the attack while the [...]
Following the reports that came out on Monday that Spurs were closing in on the signing of Morgan Schneiderlin, a new report has emerged from France that Arsenal actually held talks with the former Strasbourg player. The 24 year old has been linked to Arsenal all summer, but he seem to be inching to a [...]
You do not find many clubs where you have a non-playing captain. Arsene likes to deemphasize the importance of a single individual in a team sport and hence refers to always having several leaders in his squad. However, in a country where things like captaincy are just as important as the Prime Minister’s position, the [...]
Quick flashback, May 17th 2014 and anyone would have been mobbed just for thinking it. SantiCazorla struck one of the best free kicks one would ever see to give Arsenal hope in the FA Cup final against Hull City. It just goes to show how modern day football has evolved with many decisions made from [...]
This summer is certainly one to forget for fans of other clubs and one to remember for Arsenal fans. The Gunners have already signed four players (Sanchez, Debuchy, Ospina and Chambers) and don’t look like stopping just yet. That is a surprise, going by Wenger’s antecedents. Going by the state of the squad, Arsenal still [...]
If Arsenal is going to do business buying a defensive midfielder today, it has to be William Carvalho going by news reports coming out of Portugal. The strength of this link to Arsenal becomes fortified by one thing or another, day by day. From Portugal came a report yesterday that, Arsenal are now considered favourites [...]
According to the twitter handle @negrachavarro, the Colombia and Porto playmaker, Juan Fernando Quintero would be an Arsenal player in a couple of days. The owner of this handle sparked this subject by tweeting in a Language that looks Spanish with a translation in English that looks thus ‘‘after finishing a training session today with [...]
The situation with the personnel in Arsenal’s central defence has been unclear for two seasons running. Last season, the club only had just three centre halves in it first team squad in Thomas Vermaelen, Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny. But the Arsenal captain barely featured last season, has be was kept out of the team [...]
When a river becomes full from heavy downpour, the river naturally overflows it banks. Such has been the reports linking Sami Khedira to Arsenal over the past few weeks, as floods of reports have pointed the transfer to different directions ranging from fee being agreed, to agent denial of any deal, to wage demands stalling [...]
Just as was the case with last year’s signing of a marquee player in Mesut Ozil for Arsenal, Alexis Sanchez’s arrival from Barcelona for a reported fee of 30 million pounds generated a cauldron of anticipation, excitement and fanfare. The Chilean was among the World Cup’s revelations, aiding and abetting his side’s sweeping counter-attacking and [...]
All summer long, Arsenal has had it good in the transfer market with news after news of links to top players, spending, buying and signings to either replace or bolster weak areas in the squad. This piece may just not follow the happy and cheery trend that Arsenal fans around the world are fast becoming [...]
Arsene Wenger’s comment after the Boreham friendly that he would not be bringing in another striker following the signing of Alexis Sanchez has not stopped strikers from being linked to the club. As Arsene Wenger has shown in the past, his comments are not always cast on stone. Swansea striker Wilfred Bony is the latest [...]
According to reports, Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marcos Reus was going to join Arsenal this summer until his injury put paid to that. The 25 year old was part of the German squad going to the World Cup until he sustained an ankle ligament injury in a friendly match against Armenia. German sports publication Bild had [...]
The search for a holding midfielder in the waters of Arsenal, have seen several players linked, but as of yet nothing has come of those links. One of those players that transfer speculation has surrounded is Sporting Lisbon holding midfielder William Carvalho, the 22 year old Angolan born player was the subject of a £24 [...]
According to report, Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin has handed in a former transfer request after the club’s hierarchy declared that no further players would be allowed to leave after some high profile departures this summer. The 24 year old French midfielder has constantly be the subject of a transfer to Arsenal all summer, but for [...]
When Arsenal bought Mathieu Debuchy to the club, many thought that was it for Arsenal in that position. Debuchy was one of those Premier League experienced right-backs who would cover the position of the departed Bacary Sagna, and would pave the way for Jenkinson and Bellerin to shine once he’s past it. Debuchy, essentially, was [...]
Arsenal’s interest in exciting Brazilian midfielder Roberto Firmino has been doing the rounds in the media. The 22 year old Hoffenheim attacking midfielder who can also play as a forward was the fourth highest goal scorer in the bundesliga last season with 16 goals and 14 assist from 33 appearances. The Brazilian has drawn interest [...]