Arsene Wenger has declared that the group Arsenal was drawn in the Champions League is one of the toughest groups he ever took part in during the Group Stages. Things looked good for Arsenal at the Champions League draw when they received accessible opponents from the second and third choice groups with Marseille and Olympiakos as future rivals, but the when the fourth team was drawn the group difficulty level…
Wenger – It will be Pat Rice’s fault if we lose to Dortmund!
Journalists remembered the moment when Jose Mourinho hid in a laundry basket to get round a touchline ban when he managed Inter Milan against Bayern Munich, and they asked if the Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will try and do the same to talk to his team and offer instructions in tonights game against Borussia Dortmund. “I am too tall for that and the laundry baskets are too small in Germany,”…
Lansbury becoming disillusioned with Wenger
Arsenal’s midfielder Henri Lansbury was delighted he managed to get the loan move to West Ham United in the last week of the transfer season, despite his manager Arsene Wenger saying just two weeks ago that he thought the young Englishman was good enough to “make a career in the Arsenal first team”. After speaking to Wenger and eventually finding out that he will NOT be on the cards for…
Kroenke – Arsenal’s record is clear, we buy “Value Players”
The new Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke has been giving his opinion on Arsene Wenger’s performance in this summer’s transfer window, and he has supported Wenger’s philosophy of only buying players that are priced as “value” buys. The American billionaire seemed to be satisfied with Arsenal’s transfers and he thinks that the club will grow in time and eventually win trophies. “There’s a risk of going backwards if you overreact…
Does Wenger rue not buying Gary Cahill?
Arsene Wenger is still sad about missing out on the Gary Cahill transfer. Arsenal has submitted a couple of bids for the English center-back, but they were turned down every time due to the small transfer fee offered from Bolton’s point of view. Arsenal and Bolton argued about Cahill’s transfer fee the last time around. After a reported fee of £7 million coming from Arsenal, Bolton’s manager Coyle blasted out…
Arteta – It could have been better, but I’m so happy!
New Arsenal transfer Mikel Arteta was enthusiastic after his official debut for Arsenal, and spoke highly about the club and its supporters. Arteta played a very good game and was even close to succeeding with an assist in his first Arsenal match, but Ramsey was not concentrated enough to score from his brilliant through ball. When asked how playing for Arsenal at the Emirates felt, the Spaniard answered: “It was…
Arshavin – Everything is still not “right and correct” but Arsenal will be okay
The Russian forward Andrey Arshavin was the only scorer in the win that Arsenal just managed against Swansea on Saturday. Arshavin took advantage of the mistake Swansea goalkeeper Vorm made and scored with a direct shot from a very acute angle in the 41st minute. Arshavin spoke after the game about the importance of winning the first match in this season: “Yes I agree it is important to talk about…
