Wenger Wants Arsenal Quartet to Withdraw From Olympics

According to The Telegraph's website, Arsene Wenger has told Jack Wilshere to withdraw his name from the Olympics-bound Great Britain team and the injured midfielder is all set to act upon his club manager's advice.

Morning all, a new week begins and begins with Arsenal looking to stretch their lead in third place to a healthy 8 points, despite the fact that T*ttenham will have a game in hand.

Starting with the team news and we've lost nobody since Wolves and there may be a couple of additions. Arsene says Gervinho is 80:20 to make the squad tonight while Kieran Gibbs is 50:50.

Not surprising. The Egyptian Premier League has been cancelled in the aftermath of the Port Said riots on Feb 1st which claimed 74 lives. It has been replaced by a friendly "martyrs" tournament that will run from 29 March to 18 May and include 18 teams.

Al Masry, the club whose fans instigated the tragic events of that day have been expelled from the tournament.

This January's Arsenal transfer news was relatively quiet at the Emirates Stadium, with Thierry Henry returning to the club on loan from New York Red Bulls and German teenager Thomas Eisfeld arriving from Borussia Dortmund for a modest fee.

However, activity has not always been this sedate at Arsenal, with Arsene Wenger making some surprising and at times, blockbuster signings in January.

This January's Arsenal transfer news was relatively quiet at the Emirates Stadium, with Thierry Henry returning to the club on loan from New York Red Bulls and German teenager Thomas Eisfeld arriving from Borussia Dortmund for a modest fee.

However, activity has not always been this sedate at Arsenal, with Arsene Wenger making some surprising and at times, blockbuster signings in January.

Mohamed Abou-treika whose accomplishments as a humanitarian are as luminous as his accomplishments on the soccer pitch announced his retirement from his beloved Al Ahly club. He was joined by fellow icons Emad Moteab and Mohamed Barakat, all stalwarts of the club as they made their announcement on Ahly TV.

At least 73 people have been killed and over 1,000 injured after violence erupted at the final whistle of an Egyptian Premier League game between Al-Masry and Al-Ahly.

"This is not football. This is a war and people are dying in front of us. There is no movement and no security and no ambulances," Ahli player and Egypt star Mohamed Abou Treika told his club's television channel.

Arsenal's 1-0 defeat over Manchester City on Sunday casted doubts on Arsene Wenger's head over the Gunners' chance in battling for the league title with City this season considering the point gap between them are a bit too far at the moment.

However, Wenger confirmed to their fans that his team will continue to give their shot until things finally becomes impossible as although acknowledging that chasing the Eastlands would be difficult, there's always a chance since the season is still long.

Team news, quotes and facts ahead of the Premier League clash between Wigan Athletic and Arsenal at the DW Stadium.

TEAM NEWS

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has no fresh injury concerns. Emmerson Boyce, who has not featured in the squad for the last two matches, is back in training working on his fitness.

Team news, quotes and facts ahead of the Premier League clash between Wigan Athletic and Arsenal at the DW Stadium.

TEAM NEWS

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has no fresh injury concerns. Emmerson Boyce, who has not featured in the squad for the last two matches, is back in training working on his fitness.

Ahead of the game that could seal the Gunners' progression from the group stages, Arsène Wenger offered very little bad news regarding the Arsenal squad for the Borussia Dortmund encounter on Wednesday evening. While Tomas Rosicky will be disappointed to be unable to face his former side with "a small thigh strain", Abou Diaby's recovery [.

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Premier League returns today. Hurrah!! On current form and given it's Norwich we have to play today, one would think 3 points is a guarantee. Yet, this match may not be as easy as one thinks. If it turns out to be as easy as our last game, I'm all for it but the number suggest otherwise.

09.10.2011 - Con goles de Camara (´58 y ´90), Hassan (´71), Feindouno (´77), Daoudi (´89), el Dubai Club venció (5-0) al Al Wasl por la 4º jornada de la Etisalat Cup.
El Al Wasl fue humillado por el Dubái, comandado por los africanos Abou Camara y Simon Feindouno y dirigido técnicamente por el rumano Ion Marin.

Old friends reunite at the Emirates, with Kenny Dalglish's side looking to take all three points from Arsenal at their home ground for the first time since the twenty pixels that make up Titi Camara's body gave Liverpool the win at Highbury in the 1999-2000 season. Any points against Arsenal have been hard to come by, but this fixture has been an absolute beast.

Frankly, I might as well just cut and paste different bits from match reports from last season.
Apart from better defending, everything I watched today I've seen before: Arsenal denied a perfectly good penalty; Arsenal player sent off in ridiculous refereeing injustice; Joey Barton being a Grade A tosser.

With this series InTheStands asses and predicts the transfermations (Transfers / transformations) that each Premiership club will go through during the summer...starting with Arsenal.

Where they stand:

After a disappointing conclusion to their season, Arsenal must use their pre-season and the increased financial support from Stan Kroenke to fortify a young and under-experienced squad.

Arsenal kept their title hopes alive and cut the gap at the top to seven points after enjoying a 1-3 away from home win against Blackpool, on Sunday. A brilliant Abou Diaby opened the scoring for ...

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Even for a team which specialises in collapses, this was a new low. I don't want to labour the point, but to blow a four goal lead takes a special kind of ineptitude. And yes, Abou Disby's sending off hurt us, but there's no getting away from the fact that in our last four matches, we've seen five outrageous refereeing decisions go against us - the kind of decisions which dramatically change matches.

Hmmmm where to start with this one? Do I focus on the first half; do I focus on the embarrassing Phil Dowd or do I focus on the much maligned Diaby?

Well, the title works anyway, the first forty five minutes were not just good they were great and certainly the best we have seen since Blackpool at the beginning of the season.

NEWCASTLE, England Newcastle staged one of the greatest fightbacks in Premier League history on Saturday, dealing a blow to Arsenal's title hopes to claim a 4-4 draw on a day of record goal-scoring. The second-placed Gunners ran riot in an extraordinary opening at St James Park, sweeping into a 4-0 lead after only 26 [.

On an exciting day of Premier League action, perhaps the most one-sided game has been the fixture between Newcastle United and Arsenal. With the Gunners leading 4-0 at the end of the first half, little was expected from the hosts at St. James' Park following the interval.

However, the second period has already began on a positive note for the Magpies.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger confirmed defender Sebastien Squillaci and midfielder Abou Diaby have recovered from a hamstring and calf injury respectively and will be in the squad for Sunday's FA Cup against Huddersfield. Speaking to Arsenal ...