New photos have been leaked on the Internet showing Arsenal's away shirt for the 2011-12 Premier League season. Designed by Nike, the photo reveals an Arsenal away shirt that is dark blue and cyan blue. With a diagonal design on the short, the upper...
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In a bid to bolster his often-injured back line, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been in hot pursuit of Blackburn center back Christopher Samba. Now, however, it appears the Gunners are set to miss out on the giant Congolese player.

Blackburn's owners the Venky Group have confirmed that they would like to hold on to Samba, with chairperson Anuradha Desai has called on her prized asset to stay at Ewood Park for one more year.

Arsenal are close to completing the signing of Bolton defender Gary Cahill for an estimated £17 million with Cahill ready to agree personal terms.

Earlier this month the Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis met with his Bolton counterpart Phil Gartside to discuss the possibility of the 25-year-old's transfer, with Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger also ready to seal the transfer of Christopher Samba from Blackburn Rovers.

Arsenal is a topic that's currently on everyone's lips in the transfer window for mostly negative reasons. Facing the departures of midfielders Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri, left back Gael Clichy and striker Nicklas Bendtner, Arsenal is going to...
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Arsenal target Karim Benzema is to be investigated by the police after a pornographic photograph of himself was sent to a girl aged just 14 years old.

The sensational news was first broken by the Sun who confirmed that the Real Madrid striker and top Arsenal summer target is now under investigation by the police after explicit porn photos were sent to a 14 year-old girl from his mobile phone.

It looks like we have finally got a real interview with Gervinho's agent thanks to our readers for posting the link in the comments. Gervinho shopuld decide which club later this week One of Arsenal's top football blogs - Arseblog News has posted an interview with Gervinho's agent Seb Boisseau today.

Hair band to be back in style at Arsenal?

This is the one story which won't go away and has been reported to be done but nothing is confirmed yet. Gervinho is apparently the player Arsene Wenger wants to bolster his attacking options. He is a wide attacker cum striker who is currently contracted to Lille, the Ligue 1 champions.

If you did a quick medal count between Cesc Fabregas and Park Ji-Sung, the difference is quite a relevation. Cesc's only club honors for Arsenal are one FA Cup medal from 2004-05 and a Community Shield winner's medal from 2004 (but that doesn't...
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Major stagnation period going on right now. It's the time when the previous season is old enough for you to stop thinking of it as ‘this season'; it's also the time when the calendar leers at you for looking ahead to next season. Stagnation time. It's all deserted on the field, the tumbleweed is wantonly tumbling on the Emirates turf as a hauntingly slow version of ‘The Wonder Of You' plays and Eboue diligently attends his summer knitting classes.

Major stagnation period going on right now. It's the time when the previous season is old enough for you to stop thinking of it as ‘this season'; it's also the time when the calendar leers at you for looking ahead to next season. Stagnation time. It's all deserted on the field, the tumbleweed is wantonly tumbling on the Emirates turf as a hauntingly slow version of ‘The Wonder Of You' plays and Eboue diligently attends his summer knitting classes.

We spoke about Cesc Fabregas just last week and the value (or lack thereof?) he has in an Arsenal shirt to Arsene Wenger's title challenge, but what about Samir Nasri? Nasri was absolutely magical in the first half of last ... Continue reading →

We spoke about Cesc Fabregas just last week and the value (or lack thereof?) he has in an Arsenal shirt to Arsene Wenger's title challenge, but what about Samir Nasri? Nasri was absolutely magical in the first half of last ... Continue reading →

Remember when we brought you the review of the leaked Arsenal away kit?
Well, our worst fears have been realized:
I'm sticking with my original -2/5 rating. It's just awful. Arsenal's own Andrey Ashavin described it best, likening the shirts to "jockey silks". And it's not likely to look any better on the pitch:
Clowns.

By Chris Wright

Bearing in mind that you could probably rupture Robin van Persie's spleen if you stared at him hard enough, it's little wonder that Diego Lugano's reckless, two-footed stomp after only 30 minutes of last night's 'friendly' between Holland and Uruguay didn't land the Arsenal crock in an Intensive Care ward.

So it's transfer season, and everyone is in a tizzy with rumors of whether Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri are going to stay or go, when Clichy, Bendtner and Denilson will say good-bye, and who may or may not be coming to Arsenal to be our saviour with the required mental strength, leadership desire.

Arsenal's Captain Cesc Fabregas looks like he could be out the door this summer, and depending on the price-tag Barcelona or AC Milan can offer, the 24-year-old could see his time in London come to an end within the next ... Continue reading →

Arsenal's Captain Cesc Fabregas looks like he could be out the door this summer, and depending on the price-tag Barcelona or AC Milan can offer, the 24-year-old could see his time in London come to an end within the next ... Continue reading →

Dimitar Berbatov won the Premier League Golden Boot this past season but he seems just about as wanted to Sir Alex Ferguson as a case of eczema. The silky smooth Bulgarian, a Fantasy Premier League stud in the 2010-2011 season, ... Continue reading →

Barcelona have raised some cash as they look to buy Cesc Fabregas and Giuseppe Rossi by selling Bojan Krkic to Roma for £9million.

Roma sporting director Walter Sabatini had earlier told Gazzetta dello Sport:

"The negotiations are going well and we hope to conclude the deal soon.

Following the launch of the Arsenal Home Jersey 2011/2012 a little while back, Nike has now revealed what the Gunners will be wearing during their travels in 2011/2012. The all... Read more »

Looks a bit more quiet on the Samir Nasri transfer buzz as the player plays down the rumours. Hopefully negotiations can get back on track without the distractions of the last few days.

Meanwhile Liam Brady, in charge of youth development is optimistic that Nasri will still be at Arsenal.

Former Barcelona youth team player Hector Bellerin says he decided to quit Camp Nou for Arsenal to increase his chances of playing first team football.

By Chris Wright

Pies may have bought you the launch video yesterday, but we've now come into possession of a large brown e-envelope stuffed with rather swanky photos of the new, navy and turquoise Arsenal away kit for 2011/12 being displayed in Nike's new-fangled 'Twilight Zone' dressing room.

By Chris Wright

Pies may have bought you the launch video yesterday, but we've now come into possession of a large brown e-envelope stuffed with rather swanky photos of the new, navy and turquoise Arsenal away kit for 2011/12 being displayed in Nike's new-fangled 'Twilight Zone' dressing room.

Velez Sarsfield attacking midfielder Ricardo Alvarez (23) becomes Arsenal's first Summer signing having snubbed Palermo for the Gunners, it's believed Alvarez will cost the Gunnersin the region of £11m.

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By Chris Wright

What? No Cesc?

"Arsenal: Explosive up until the six-yard box"

Presenting Arsenal's brand new, impeccably smart away strip for 2011/12 a kit described by Andrey Arshavin as looking like 'jockey clothes' (to be fair to the wee meerkat, I see what he's saying) during one of his brilliantly deadpan Q&A sessions on his personal website.

There have been many transfer rumors regarding Samir Nasri. The three most prominent have been to Manchester United, Manchester City and now, as a late development on Friday evening, Chelsea. Surely Arsenal cannot sell one of their best players to...
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Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie has written off his sides chances of silverware next season by insisting that the Gunners have failed to learn from their past mistakes.

Arsene Wenger's men were serious title contenders for much of the season and reached the Carling Cup final at Wembley, however, after an atypical collapse to the season, the Gunners ended the season potless thus failing to end their six year trophy drought.

Hello all, the transfer season is well upon us when we get rumors of Emmanuel Eboue leaving the club. To be quite honest, the Nasri situation (which Homey very eloquently talked about in yesterday's post), along with the now annual Cesc Fabregas Summer Transfer To Barcelona Media Extravaganza (Now available in Qatar!

Hello all, the transfer season is well upon us when we get rumors of Emmanuel Eboue leaving the club. To be quite honest, the Nasri situation (which Homey very eloquently talked about in yesterday's post), along with the now annual Cesc Fabregas Summer Transfer To Barcelona Media Extravaganza (Now available in Qatar!

It will come as no surprise to Newcastle United fans that the club is now being strongly linked with another midfielder with French connections, although Arsenal's alleged interest in Joey Barton may be a little more surprising. I am most disappointed to find we haven't signed any new players yet today.

United are scheduled to play 9 of their 10 crunch matches against likely main rivals Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham by March 3 - around the same time as the crucial knock...
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United are scheduled to play 9 of their 10 crunch matches against likely main rivals Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham by March 3 - around the same time as the crucial knock...
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Lacking Cesc appeal Arsenal today launched the promotional material for their new blue away kit and there's not a Cesc Fabregas in sight. The Gunners seem resigned to losing their skipper and decided not to risk dating the photos and brochures for their their 125th anniversary away shirt. The club appears to touting the [.

Lacking Cesc appeal Arsenal today launched the promotional material for their new blue away kit and there's not a Cesc Fabregas in sight. The Gunners seem resigned to losing their skipper and decided not to risk dating the photos and brochures for their their 125th anniversary away shirt. The club appears to touting the [.

The Premier League unveiled it 2011-12 fixture list and champions Manchester United will start the defence of their Premier League title with a trip to West Brom on 13 August.

Arsenal begin with a match at Newcastle, while Chelsea, last season's runners-up, travel to Stoke and Liverpool host Sunderland.

Here we are, just a week after Martin said his goodbyes, and now I will be saying goodbye too. This will be my last post here at Arsenal Offside.

I almost don't know what to say. I'm not very good with goodbyes, so I'll try to keep things short. I basically came to this blog like the rest of you, as a fan and a frequent contributor to the comments section.

Arsene Wenger will be busy this summer in the transfer market, but when looks at bringing players in he has to negotiate carefully as there is a small army of Arsenal players who were scattered throughout Europe.

Of the players plying their trade, Pedro Botelho is the most likely player to make the Arsenal first team squad this season.

There is quite an Iberian battle going on for Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas, with both La Liga sides making bids to Arsenal for their captain.

Barcelona opened the bidding. for a player they have tapped up for three seasons, last week when they made an official bid of £27m. The bid was immediately turned down by Arsenal who have a price tag of around £44m on Fabregas.

There is quite an Iberian battle going on for Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas, with both La Liga sides making bids to Arsenal for their captain.

Barcelona opened the bidding. for a player they have tapped up for three seasons, last week when they made an official bid of £27m. The bid was immediately turned down by Arsenal who have a price tag of around £44m on Fabregas.