The silly summer season has well and truly kicked in and the latest player to be linked to a move
to Arsenal is Paris Saint-Germain's nineteen-year-old sensation Mamadou Sakho. Sakho has been
tentatively linked with a switch to the Emirates since February, although speculation over his
future has intensified in recent .
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Andrey Arhsavin has been bestowed one of the greatest honours any footballer, or indeed
sportsperson, can receive. Again. Following his impressive performance against Finland in Helsinki
on Wednesday, the 28-year-old schemer was handed back the Russian captaincy permanently. The former
Zenit man wore the armband in the Finnish capital due to .
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Sir Alex Ferguson was set to coach Arsenal after the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, if former Scotland,
Aberdeen and Manchester United goalkeeper Jim Leighton is to be believed. Leighton, who was part of
the Scotland squad coached by Ferguson during the '86 World Cup, told BBC Radio Five Live Ferguson
.
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Arsenal have agreed a fee of €13m (£9.6m) to sign Belgian central defender Thomas Vermaelen from
Ajax according to Dutch sports publication Sportweek. Sportweek conducted an interview with
Vermaelen's agent Søren Lerby, in which the former Denmark international confirmed that his
client's switch to Arsenal is on the verge of .
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Here we go again.... "Arsenal sign star striker"Â "mega deal imminent" "Wenger swoops for star"
These will be just some of the headlines we will see this summer as the transfer window swings open
and the rumour mill goes into overdrive. Now I keep telling myself not to look at Newsnow and
believe .
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Former Arsenal custodian Jens Lehmann is set to make his first foray onto the silver screen next
year, after being cast as a talent scout in upcoming football film Themba.
Based on the novel of the same name by German-Dutch writer Lutz van Dijk, Sycholt's film follows
eleven year-old Themba (whose name means hope) as he journeys from a poor background to playing for
Bafana Bafana, the South African national football team.
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If you spend enough of your time reading Arsenal forums or any of the plethora of Arsenal blogs on
the world wide web, you're likely to have noticed that the opinion of many online Gooners is that
their beloved club is skint. Thankfully, they're wrong. Arsenal raked in the dough yet ...
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I conducted an interview with Sean of Soccer City FC today. I spoke about Arsenal, blogging and
Australian football and gave my thoughts on how the 2008/09 season went for the Gunners. I have
included an excerpt below: Q. Can you give a quick assessment of the 2008-09 campaign. What went
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Arsenal 4 (Beattie 10 og, van Persie 16 pen, Diaby 18, van Persie 41) - Stoke 1 (Fuller 31 pen)
Match Report | Highlights Vito Mannone - The young Italian made a shock Arsenal debut yesterday,
but performed amicably. The only blemish on Mannone's otherwise pristine sheet was a spot kick from
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Gameweek 38 is finally upon us and I'm going to have to be brief with the final match report of the
2008/09 season. Arsenal host Stoke later today at the Emirates in what is effectively a dead rubber
for both sides. Stoke have over-achieved this season, earning themselves a respectable mid-table
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If the rumours are to be believed there is to be a show of support by the Arsenal fans towards
Arsene Wenger before the game with Stoke on Sunday.
And quite right too.
Wenger has been around for so long it feels as though he will never leave. But when some of the
anger and vitriol from frustrated shareholders skewed in the direction of our great leader last
week the unthinkable became a distinct reality.
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Arsenal have today released images of the new away kit for the 2009/10 and 2010/11 seasons. Mock-up
images of the new outfit were leaked a couple of weeks ago, and were remarkably close to the
official release. Dot Com describes the new kit as: The new kit embraces design features including
a ...
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The off-season is around the corner and that can only mean one thing: transfer rumours.
Speculation is sure to be rife around the future of many Arsenal stars this coming off-season, but
Manuel Almunia has has vowed not to be sucked by fictitious column inches.
Manny seems like he'd rather spend his summer on the beaches of his native Spain rather than
locked in a dark room refreshing NewsNow all day, clicking desperately on hyperbolic headlines to
see which Ugandan toddler is set to swap Ligue II for the Emirates (subject to a work permit).
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