Gervinho oh oh oh oh

Hopefully that will be the song we will be singing this season as FINALLY the club have officially announced the capture of Ivory coast international Gervinho. It is yet to be seen as to which position he will be employed Right wing/ Striker but I hope he can make a BIG impact next season.

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No more signings! Shame on you Wenger! and UEFA

I'm sure I echo the sentiments of the majority of Arsenal fan's who are severely dissapointed at Arsene Wenger's lack of backbone when it comes to yet another transfer window display. The bitter pill to swallow is not just that we didn't sign anyone but also that we seemed not even close to doing so. I could be far more understanding if we were interested in a player and tried to sign him but it fell through or couldn't be agreed etc but we have just limped through this window with only Vermaelen at £10m (though he's good). I noticed that even the bottom clubs have spent near that without a wink and we still remain bloody scrooges.

Wenger has now laid all his cards on the table and by not signing anyone could seal his fate come the end of the season. The fact that he believes we have enough to compete this season with a currently weakened side and YET AGAIN lack of experience makes me worried he has lost it. Don't get me wrong I'm not expecting a transfer spree but our injury record alone not only the African Cup of Nations wold be a smart move to keep the squad fuller in case of emergency. You just have to look at Tottenham's activity to show you our lack of ambition. Why didn't we have a punt on Niko Kranjcar, he is a solid experienced midfielder and would have been a cheap yet beneficial addition to the squad.

Arsene Wenger has no excuse if we fail to deliver this season and he has had on many occasions, the option to improve or squad but Time and time again has failed. I am very, very, dissapointed with the club and yet again we have shown ourselves to be weaker in the eyes of our rivals. Thanks a fucking bunch Arsene you prat, I will no longer believe you when you say you are willing to spend money on this club you have let down your fans and you're club Shame on you, If we fail TO deliver this season I'm afraid to say I want WENGER OUT and he will have no one to blame but HIMSELF!

On another angry point, Eduardo has officially been charged with a 2 match European ban despite an apparent written defence from the club. The charge is ridiculous and has opened up a black hole of paperwork that can never be filled. I hope UEFA is happy that they've mad all this work for themselves. With this charge standing I expect to see more players charged for 2 matches I.e. the usual suspects Drogba, Rooney etc as they have the highest diving pedigree in the premiership.

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Van der Vaart could join arsenal on free transfer

Real Madrid outcast Rafael van der vaart has been tipped to be available on a free transfer. Due to the spanish giants spending spree this summer it has been made apparent that he is not in their future plans and to compound the fact he was not even given a squad number this season.

Despite only having 32 appearances for Madrid, FIFPro lawyer Wil van Megen reckons Van der Vaart should be available for nothing.

"'It's obvious that Real is not planning to let Van der Vaart play and does not want to make use of his services anymore. He even did not get a player's number for the new season. In such a case they should let him walk away for free," Van Megen said in the Daily Mail.

"Apparently he's worth nothing to them, so why should they ask a transfer fee? FIFA and the clubs always talk about players who should respect their contracts. But in this case Real is the one who is not respecting the contract.

"They have just written Van der Vaart off by refusing him to be a part of the team.

"In my opinion by acting in this way Real has lost the right to demand a transfer fee for this player."

He makes a great point and I think he will definitely leave soon but will he go to us? We have been linked with him in the past and think a dutch connection with RVP can't be a bad thing. With the list of injuries adding up perhaps the free transfer option will force Wenger's hand and bring him in?

Oh and i thought alot of you would be interested that he does have an absolutely gorgeous wife and seeing her in the stands at the emirates would certainly bring a smile to people's faces whatever the result.

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Wenger turns to Neven Subotic transfer?

Reports are circulating that Arsene Wenger has renewed his interest in the 20 year old serbian, Neven Subotic. Currently playing in the german league with Borussia Dortmund the 6ft 4in Centre Back has been touted as the next addition to Wenger's squad this season. With Fulham apparently setting Brede Hangeland's price to £15m I reckon Wenger will cease his interest and perhaps Subotic is the ideal replacement and cheaper!

I must admit I don't know anything about him really except his height is exactly what we need. Have any of you seen or heard anything about him?

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What's taking Wenger so long?

Arsenal in my opinion today missed out on a good signing in Klaas Jan Huntelaar. Despite the people who say we don't need a striker because Wenger will be using a 4-3-3 formation next season,that is not a reason not to buy him. Firstly, even though I was glad to see the back of Adebayor, the fact still remains that he added to the teams goal tally and we may be a few goals short as a result. Of course we do have other attacking options in Walcott, Arshavin Van Persie etc but a player of Huntelaar's goal scoring ability alone would add some double figures to the season's tally. I'm going to be really interested to see how Huntelaar does at AC, and i will be gutted if he has a stormer.

Anyway back to the point, why is Arsene Wenger taking so long with the summer transfers? Firstly don't get me wrong I know we don't have the ability to compete financially with other teams but we should send an example with our transfer policy, which we don't. I find it embarrassing that teams like sunderland and the spuds seem to have more ambition than us in the league. Wenger was quoted as saying he wasn't the man to put the club in debt but come on, don't insult our intelligence you don't have to buy £25m plus players all the time but show some grit on the players were fighting for. The main problem I have with our transfer policy above all other things is not wenger's miserly actions but the drawn out affair that always ensues. This fact has cost us in the past and even recently, look at Xavi Alonso's transfer to Madrid, last season we only had to cough up £15m to take him but now he's worth £30m. I'm not implying Alonso would have magically transformed the team but he definitley would have helped.

On a positive note though I do believe despite all wenger's miserly reputations this season he may suprise us. Arsene seems different then he has been in recent seasons and I think last season's pressure's and criticisms could be the reason for his change of policy. The fact that Arsene had stated that he "could" break his policy to sign Vieira or publicly admitting that we lacked aspects of our game was unusual for Wenger.

To wrap it up, today we have once again been linked with Brede Hangeland but the difference this time is that Wenger has stated his interest in Hangeland publicy. This is counter to Arsene's policy of complete privacy with regard to transfers, you just have to look at all the undisclosed transfer fee's there are to see that he takes it seriously. Could this be a Wenger smokescreen for another player or has Wenger changed his stance on getting the players he wants and perhaps he has been playing possum the whole time and will make us happy!

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Chamakh in england for arsenal transfer?

Skysports.com understands that Arsenal and Sunderland target Marouane Chamakh is in London.

The Moroccan international has been left fuming by Bordeaux's decision to reject bids from the Premier League duo.

Sunderland's offer was understood to have matched or been very close to Bordeaux's valuation of the player, but their coach Laurent Blanc stated he was too good to join the North East club.

Now Arsenal have come in for the 25-year-old - but their bid has been rejected.

Arsenal are understood to have offered just £5million, an offer president Jean-Louis Triaud has branded 'ridiculous' as the club are believed to be looking for at least double that figure.

But now events have taken a fresh turn as Chamakh missed Bordeaux's clash with Villarreal on Sunday.

Blanc confirmed he was informed by the player he could not play, saying: "I received a phone call on Saturday evening. He told me he was sick and I am forced to believe it."

Despite Chamakh missing the match, it now transpires he is in England as he looks to try and push through a move to the Premier League.

And Chamakh shows no signs of relenting over his stance as he launched a fresh attack on Bordeaux.

"I am angry, I am disgusted and I do not understand why they have done that," he told L'Equipe when asked about Arsenal's offer being rejected.

"One thing is certain, I will not be signing a new contract - if they will not let me go now, I will leave for free.

"If a solution cannot be found quickly, everyone will lose. Frankly I really do not want to start the season with Bordeaux."

Chamakh is infuriated that neither Sunderland or Arsenal can agree terms with Bordeaux.

"Already I am told that Sunderland is not the club for me," he continued.

"But since when does a club chose the future of a player? Then my bosses tell me they will let me go to one of the 'Big Four' like Arsenal.

"And then when an offer comes in, it is refused because they want a bigger fee as I have one-year left on my contract.

"Everything is being done to prevent my move, I do not understand given how much service I have given to Bordeaux."

Source: Skysports

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vieira arsenal transfer a possibility says wenger VIDEO

Arsene Wenger has refused to rule out a move for former Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira.

The lack of experience in Wenger's squad has become a talking point in recent times, particularly since the departures of Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor to Manchester City.

Vieira left the club four years ago, joining Juventus and later Inter Milan, but he has been linked with a move back to the Premier League after an injury-plagued 2008/9 campaign.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has made no secret of his interest in the Frenchman but Wenger believes he would only want to play for one team if he returned to England.

A pay-as-you-pay deal has been mooted and Wenger has now admitted that he will have to seriously consider the matter.

"There is a football decision and there is a psychological impact on a player of that stature that could come in," said the Gunners boss.

"But at the moment we need to look at the level of experience in your squad to make this kind of decision.

"We are nowhere near to making a decision like that, but it is a possibility.

"We do not rule it out and we do not say we will do it - and that is my decision at the moment."








Wenger remains in regular contact with Vieira and is aware that he experienced a difficult season with Inter.

"I speak to Patrick, I speak to many players who have been here because I keep good connections with them," he explained.

"He has gone through a difficult period as well in the last season. I am aware that he wants to come here.

"I think Patrick is a legend here and he would always like to come back to this club. That would be his first choice.

"With emotion you always like the club you spent time (with).

"But as a professional as well, you always give 100 per cent for whichever club you sign for."

However, Wenger insisted: "Our focus should not be who can help us from outside, but who can help us from inside.

"We need a strong start and it is important that we do not dream too much and win our games in pre-season."

Source: Skysports

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Patrick Vieira Arsenal return as matuidi mentor?

Arsene Wenger is poised to break into the £40million he has received from Manchester City by tying up a deal for long-term target Blaise Matuidi.

And it looks increasingly likely the youngster will be mentored by Patrick Vieira, who could be on his way back to Arsenal.

Fans concerned by the lack of transfer activity will be cheered by the news that Wenger is ready to splash cash from the sales of Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure to City on St Etienne's £5m-rated defensive midfielder Matuidi, a France Under-21 international.

But the fact that Wenger is considering bringing back ex-skipper Vieira in a sensational move will really capture their imagination.

Matuidi, 22, fits the profile of a typical Wenger signing and the same is true of his only summer capture thus far, defender Thomas Vermaelen, 23, who joined in a £10m deal from Ajax.

St Etienne sporting director and former Arsenal scout, Damien Comolli, conceded recently that an offer from a 'top-10 European club' would be difficult to turn down.

The lack of a natural leader has encouraged the Arsenal manager to explore the possibility of signing his former skipper from Inter Milan on a free transfer.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger

Special bond: Wenger and Vieira remain close

Wenger and Vieira have remained close since he was sold to Juventus for £13.7m in 2005 and the midfielder has been a regular visitor to the Emirates. Contact between the pair has intensified over the past fortnight, which may explain why a potential move to Arsenal rivals Tottenham looks to have hit the buffers.







Vieira is desperate to bow out on a high with France in next summer's World Cup and would be ready to accept a one-year deal on a pay-as-you-play basis. He accepts he would not play every week but the chance to show he still has what it takes does appeal.

A move for the 33-year-old would be a calculated risk after a catalogue of injuries restricted him to 10 Serie A starts last season, but he has looked in good shape in the pre-season campaign. Wenger also remains on the trail of a striker to replace Adebayor, with Bordeaux's Marouane Chamakh and Andre- Pierre Gignac of Toulouse two of the most likely candidates.

Insisting his squad needs only minor adjustments, Wenger said: 'If we need to add then we will. We have money available, so for us it is now important to spend it in the right way.'

Marksman Andrey Arshavin firmly believes that his manager must buy a new centre half. The Russian said: 'After the departure of Kolo Toure, our main focus in the transfer market will most likely be on a defender rather than a forward.'
Arshavin is impressed with new boy Vermaelen but believes it is asking a lot for the centre half to step into Toure's shoes.

'He's really quite good,' said Arshavin of the Belgium star. 'But it's difficult for him to immediately replace one of the pillars of our defence.'

Arsenal play in the Emirates Cup this weekend and Arshavin is looking forward to facing competitive opposition from Rangers and Atletico Madrid in the build-up to a new season in which he sees Manchester City as a big threat.

'City have clearly strengthened their squad,' he said. 'I won't say they will claim the title, but they're in good shape to dilute the Big Four. The main task of the first part of the season is to get into the Champions League.'

Source: Dalily Mail

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Kolo toure was Arsenal's Rock - VIDEO

With the imminent departure of our beloved Kolo Toure leaving us I have found a video reminding all of us how much of a defensive rock he really was/is. If you do go Kolo I will miss you and p.s. tell Ade to shut it

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Arsenal Toure transfer

Manchester City are close to signing Arsenal defender Kolo Toure for about £15m, BBC Sport understands.

City boss Mark Hughes, who failed to lure Chelsea centre-back John Terry to Eastlands last week, has long admired the Ivory Coast international.

Toure was first linked to a move to City in January but the Gunners insisted then that he was not for sale.

The 28-year-old has been with Arsenal since 2002 but failed to hold down a regular starting place last season.

Newspaper reports that Toure has agreed personal terms with City are premature but the deal is expected to be completed by the end of this week.

Toure played for Arsenal on Monday night in a pre-season friendly in Hungary, but Gunners boss Arsene Wenger said: "We will see what's happening in the next 24 hours, nothing is decided yet.

"We have seven centre-backs and I am in the position where I have to play some in midfield but of course Kolo is a very good player and we will see what will happen in the next 24 hours."

Toure has played 326 games for the Gunners, scoring 14 goals, and has two years left on his contract at the Emirates Stadium.

He handed in a transfer request in January, which was rejected by the Arsenal board.

As well as missing out on Terry, Hughes had a £15m bid for Everton defender Joleon Lescott rejected earlier this month.

But the Gunners, who have already sold striker Emmanuel Adebayor to City for £25m this summer, have been more receptive to offers from the oil-rich Eastlands club.

On top of capturing Adebayor, City have already brought in former Manchester United forward Carlos Tevez, midfielder Gareth Barry from Aston Villa and striker Roque Santa Cruz from Blackburn for a total of about £55m this summer.

Source: BBC

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Huntelaar, Gignac or Vucinic - VIDEO

Arsenal have recently been linked with these three strikers with varying sources claiming that we have already made bids for two of them. Enjoy some of their best bits and decide for yourself who you would like to see at arsenal.


Andre Pierre Gignac


Klaas Jan Huntelaar


Mirko Vucinic

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Arsenal planning Kalou transfer?

Arsenal are planning a £7million swoop for Salomon Kalou.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger sees the 23-year-old young African Player of the Year as the ideal replacement for Emmanuel Adebayor, following his £25million move to Manchester City.

Adebayor's sale leaves Arsenal light up front, especially as injury-hit Croatian striker Eduardo is still sidelined and Samir Nasri is also out for six weeks with a broken leg.

New Blues boss Carlo Ancelotti wants Kalou to stay at Stamford Bridge but Chelsea have yet to offer the Ivory Coast front man a new contract. His current deal of around £45,000-a-week runs out next summer and Arsenal would be prepared to up his wages to nearer £70,000-a-week to make him one of the top earners at the Emirates.

A Blues insider declared: "Salomon is flattered by Arsenal's interest, but at the moment he is fully committed to Chelsea."

Kalou, who joined Chelsea in an £8m transfer from Feyenoord in 2006, actually had a two-week trial at Arsenal before joining the Dutch club and Wenger has monitored his career ever since.

Kalou scored 10 goals for Chelsea last season but made just 17 Premier League starts and was behind Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka in the pecking order. But he is desperate for regular first team action and Arsenal could offer him that.

He is friends with Arsenal's fellow Ivory Coast internationals Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Eboue and shares the same agent as Gunners' Dutch striker Robin Van Persie.

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Wenger's only signing this summer has been little-known Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen from Ajax.

The Gunners boss missed out on £15m Brazilian midfielder Felipe Melo when Juventus snatched him from Fiorentina, while Wenger's bid for Bordeaux's £6million-rated Moroccan striker Marouane Chamakh has stalled.

Chamakh has been linked with a host of Premier League clubs, including the Gunners, London rivals Spurs, Sunderland, Blackburn and Fulham. But the Moroccan admitted: "I don't really believe a move to Arsenal is possible any more. Bordeaux are trying to convince me to stay."

Source: NOTW

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Bruce beats Arsenal to Lorik Cana transfer

Steve bruce last night beat Arsenal to the signing of Marseille skipper Lorik Cana.

The Albania international midfielder, 25, completed a £6m move after holding talks with Black Cats boss Steve Bruce at their Amsterdam training camp yesterday.


Bruce said: “He is captain of Marseille and captain of his country. He’s right up our street.”


But on the way out of the Stadium of Light was former captain Dean Whitehead, who completed his £3m move to Stoke yesterday.


Meanwhile, Mackems full-back Danny Collins has become the butt of dressing-room jokes after he was KO’d by a MANNEQUIN.


Wales international Collins became the latest addition to football’s collection of crazy injuries after he was forced out of training and left nursing a sore knee after colliding with the metal figure.


Fortunately, there was more damage to the 28-year-old’s pride than his knee as he came off worst when losing his bearings and clattering into the static ‘defender’ as he attempted to clear a cross.


However, Sunderland lost their opening match of the Amsterdam Tournament last night when they went down 2-0 to Benfica.

Source: Dailystar

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Senderos Arsenal transfer

Philippe Senderos appears to have played his last game for Arsenal after Gunners boss Arsene Wenger confirmed that the Switzerland international would be allowed to leave the Emirates Stadium this summer.The 24-year-old spent last season on loan at AC Milan but failed to impress at the San Siro, starting only 12 matches for the Rossoneri.

Wenger said: "He has offers and it is open. He has come back here with us still looking for solutions but he is still yet to decide on his future."

Meanwhile, the Arsenal boss has once again hinted that he will not be making many new signings this summer, adding: "The message is to trust the players that we have.

"This is a very big season for us but I believe that we are in a very strong position.

"Big clubs have lost big players before. For example Milan lost Kaka and yet Milan will go on. Arsenal have lost big players in the past and still continued at the top level.

"There are positive messages as well from the summer. Remember players like (Robin) van Persie and (Cesc) Fabregas have stayed. So I feel we have a big enough squad to deal with the targets that we have."

Source: sport.co.uk

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