Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is reportedly pondering a move for highly rated Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente, with the Spaniard's contract situation being the key to whether or not the transfer can be completed over the summer.

The Gunners have already bolstered their attack with the signing of Germany international Lukas Podolski but skipper Robin van Persie appears to need more assurance regarding the club's ambitions.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has finally spoken at length about the nature of the team's early season struggles and how uncertainty crept in to the minds of all squad members.

Laurent Koscielny, who scored the match-winning goal in the Gunners' 3-2 triumph at WBA on the final day of the season to secure a strong third-place finish, recently told French media that nobody felt comfortable being at the club during the opening weeks of the 2011-12 season.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes that the developments during Bolton's must-win match at Stoke City influenced the attitude of Queens Park Rangers and thus, allowed Manchester City to score two dramatic stoppage time goals en route to their famous Premier League triumph yesterday.

QPR were leading the Citizens 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium when they heard that Bolton were up by the same score at Britannia despite an early Jonathan Walters goal that should have been waived off due to a clear foul on Trotters stopper Adam Bogdan.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admits that the somewhat excessive five minutes of added time at the end of yesterday's 3-2 win at West Bromwich Albion were tremendously stressful and that he is considering the possibility of suing referee Mike Jones.

Wenger was thrilled that his side managed to end the turbulent 2011-12 season on a high note despite a lot of drama unfolding on the final day itself.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes that captain Robin van Persie can establish himself as the best in the world if he continues the stunning level of form that he has maintained with the Gunners throughout this season.

In a rare year that never saw him plagued with serious injury concerns, van Persie took full advantage of the opportunity at hand by smashing 37 goals in 47 appearances across all competitions.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes that the strong criticism unleashed at youngster Aaron Ramsey in recent weeks will only make the midfielder emerge as a stronger player.

Wenger, who signed Ramsey from Cardiff City in 2008, has helped the Welshman gradually developed into one of the regulars in the Gunners side but despite the player's tremendous promise, certain sections of the club's supporters have lost patience with the 21-year old.

After months of speculation concerning the future of their biggest player, German club FC Cologne, has finally revealed that their 26 year old striker Lukas Podolski will be leaving the club at the summer.

Podolski who has been linked with a move to the Emirates all season long, will join Arsenal in the summer for an undisclosed fee.

It seems that Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is moving quickly in the transfer market to get his summer targets. Jan Vertonghen next on Wenger's list? Arsenal tied up German and Cologne striker Lukas Podolski yesterday, and manager Arsene Wenger now wants to move for his top defensive target Jan Vertonghen.

The Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has never been a great fan of Stoke City's physical game and "rugby tactics", but he knows they have grown into an established Premiership team that are very hard to beat, especially at the Britannia Stadium where they have lost just four times this season. Wenger knows it will be [.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes that skipper Robin van Persie will commit to the Gunners after the player scooped the PFA Player of the Year and the Football Writers' Association award double.

Van Persie has enjoyed a terrific year with the Gunners and has truly come into his own as the club's leader since the departure of Cesc Fabregas in August.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has urged his side to finish third in the Barclays Premier League because missing out on Champions League qualification with a fourth-place finish will not be an acceptable excuse.

The Gunners are currently three points ahead of fourth-place Newcastle and another four ahead of sixth-place Chelsea.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has launched a scathing attack on Barcelona's ability to defend their Champions League crown, insisting that the European champions are not as strong as they were last year.

Wenger has not had the best of relationships with Barca in recent years as the Catalan side aggressively pursued former Gunners skippers Thierry Henry and Cesc Fabregas despite the North Londoners' obvious desire to keep both players.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has admitted that his side's two recent defeats against relegation-threatened QPR and Wigan Athletic are down to mental lapses that must be addressed in order to secure third place.

Last season, Manchester City shockingly leapfrogged the Gunners into third place after the last round of fixtures, leaving Wenger's men with no other choice but to begin this season early to qualify for the Champions League group stage.

New Dutch sensation Kevin Strootman is due to become the next big thing in Football, and according to today's TalkSport, the 22-year-old midfielder has attracted the interest of the Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger. The PSV star has managed to make his breakthrough to the senior Netherlands national team last year causing City's Nigel De Jong [.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has taken a swipe at his side's critics, reminding them that this is the same team that was panned by detractors at the beginning of the season and that any additions to the squad will only be decided by the way the current season ends.

As it stands right now, the Gunners have won eight of their last nine Premier League fixtures to sit five points clear of Tottenham Hotspur in third place.

The Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has in previous seasons refused to even admit there was a transfer window until the end of the season, but after last season's debacle it looks like he is aiming to get most of his business done before the other teams have even worked out their budgets! Is it now [...]

The Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is confident that Arsenal's late surge this season is more than enough to convince Robin Van Persie and Theo Walcott to extend their Arsenal contracts, which will be entering their final year in the summer. "We will try to arrange new contracts very early," Wenger said on Arsenal.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has reflected with disappointment on the catastrophic moments this season that led many to call for his sacking but insists that past suffering has helped strengthen his side's mentality considerably.

Wenger's Gunners won their sixth straight Premier League fixture at Everton 1-0 yesterday to move into third place for the first time this season and although there are still suggestions that his side can melt down in the final weeks, the Frenchman is not losing much sleep.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has praised the versatility and professionalism of Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta, who was signed from Everton in a £10 million deal on the transfer deadline day last summer.

Arteta's consistency has been impressive throughout the Gunners' roller-coaster season and on the evening of the Spaniard's return to Goodison Park to face the Toffees, Wenger has reflected proudly on signing the Spaniard, who will turn 30 on Monday.

The Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has unusually admitted that he is interested in the Moroccan international midfielder Younes Belhanda, who is currently playing in Ligue 1 with Montpellier. The 22 year-old still has two years left on his contract at Montpellier and is rated at around 15 million so would be a much cheaper alternative [.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has identified his side's speedy attacking abilities as the reason why even some of the world's best teams are struggling to cope with the Gunners at the moment.

Having scored 15 goals in their last three home fixtures across all competitions, Arsenal are finally putting up the sort of offensive clinic that justifies their much talked about playing style.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed his interest in pinning Roberto Mancini up against a wall and landing a sweet uppercut to his jaw. Arsenal's economist-in-chief however believes that Mancini's evasion tactics will see him escape a pummelling until next season.

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has acknowledged that in a toughly contested match at Anfield earlier today, it was the quality of goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and skipper Robin van Persie that made the difference against Liverpool.

An own goal from Laurent Koscielny had piled all the pressure on the Gunners but a string of saves from Szczesny kept the visitors within striking distance until van Persie's brace completed a heroic comeback.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has snapped up Luton Town winger Tarum Dawkins. Well, we say snapped up but he apparently signed three months ago but the it has only just been confirmed for some reason.

Dawkins trained with Steve Gatting's Under 16s in the summer before Wenger sanctioned the recruitment of the teenager, who was also on Chelsea's radar.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has rubbished the idea of spending time singling out individuals who performed poorly in the club's 4-0 defeat at AC Milan last night.

Wenger's stance on this season's struggles has been to consistently avoid blaming individual players, choosing instead to talk collectively about the team's struggles.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has hinted that Japanese starlet Ryo Miyaichi could be set for a domestic loan spell as the youngster seeks more playing time to further his development.

The emergence of 18-year old Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has provided Wenger with more-than-enough options on the wings, which means that the 19-year old Miyaichi will need to look elsewhere to increase his football activity.

With both Euro 2012 and the Olympics getting underway this summer, it is perhaps no surprise that speculation has been rife over who will make it into Fabio Capello's final squad for Poland and Ukraine, and who is in line for a call up for Stuart Pearce's Olympic Team GB squad and the Euro 2012 betting odds for one youngster in particular have just dramatically shortened.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has rubbished suggestions that substituting Andrei Arshavin for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain led to the club's 2-1 defeat at home to Manchester United and insists that he owes the doubters no explanation.

With the Gunners tied 1-1 after Chamberlain had assisted Robin van Persie second-half equalizer to Luis Antonio Valencia's first-half opener, Wenger brought Arshavin on to a negative reaction throughout the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes that the club's 8-2 defeat away to Manchester United five months ago will have no impact on their preparation for this Sunday's rematch at the Emirates while skipper Robin van Persie strongly feels otherwise.

Speaking to the club's website ahead of United's trip to North London, Wenger explained that no matter what, his side cannot reverse the disaster that occurred in Manchester last August and hence, they must look at Sunday's match as a new opportunity altogether.

Speaking in his pre-match pre-match press conference, the Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has provided a very positive injury update on Jack Wilshere. "He (Wilshere) had a very important scan on Thursday and that was very very good, exceptionally good. The news we have for Jack is very positive," he said.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has responded to rumors linking the Gunners with French midfielder Yoann Gourcuff. Despite a dazzling array of skills, Wenger insists that he's not interested in signing Gourcuff in the January transfer window, and instead pointed to the return of some of his star players such as Jack Wilshere.

The Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has dismissed rumours linking the Czech Republic midfielder Tomas Rosicky with a move away from the Emirates. "Rosicky is at Arsenal and he remains at Arsenal," he told the club's official website. The 31-year-old was heavily linked with a move to Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg this summer and recent reports suggest [.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has dismissed suggestions that Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri will forever be a villainous figure at the Emirates Stadium, hoping that the former Gunners playmaker is given a better reception in the future.

Before his club's 1-0 defeat to City in last night's Carling Cup quarterfinal, Wenger had urged the home crowd to respect Nasri's contributions to the club rather than jeering him for the infamous summer exit.

FC Cologne forward Lukas Podolski has indicated that he will consider all his transfer options at the end of the current season, insisting that he can "fit into any side in Europe."

Podolski has been on the radar of Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger for quite a while and widespread reports in the English media suggested that Tottenham Hotspur were also keen on signing the Germany international.

Liverpool is leading the hunt for Blackburn's defensive colossus Chris Samba.
The ambitious Rovers star has switched agents after failing to secure a move away from Ewood Park last summer.
And Liverpool have been alerted to the fact he remains keen on leaving the struggling Ewood Park club.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes that his side's slow start to the season has minimized the likelihood of slipping up in the present, as well the future stages of the season.

The Gunners suffered a home defeat to Liverpool while also losing away to Manchester United, Blackburn, and Tottenham amidst a disastrous spell to open the season.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has expressed hope that the underachieving England squad performs well in next summer's Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, despite knowing that the level of competition will be extremely high.

Wenger understandably considers Germany and Netherlands as the greatest threats to defending champions Spain but after watching the Three Lions defeat the Spaniards 1-0 at Wembley on Saturday, the Frenchman refuses to rule out the prospect of an English triumph.

United States manager Jurgen Klinsmann will lead his side into a highly anticipated friendly fixture against Les Bleus in Paris on Friday evening and hopes to see the man who once taught him invaluable lessons in France Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

Wenger coached Klinsmann for two years in Monaco and although the former Germany international striker had already enjoyed prolific spells at Stuttgart and Inter Milan earlier in his career, his stint in the Ligue 1 made him enjoy attacking football on a whole new level.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has admitted to gambling by resting striker Robin van Persie following the Dutchman's hat trick against Chelsea this past weekend.

In van Persie's absence from the starting eleven despite making a late appearance as a substitute the Gunners slipped to a disappointing 0-0 draw against Marseille.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has hailed on fire Arsenal skipper as the "perfect captain" after the Dutchman bagged a hat-trick against Chelsea on Saturday.

Van Persie has been instrumental in Arsenal's resurgence after their worst start in the Premier League under Wenger, and has found the net a remarkable 28 times in his last 27 games to prompt football betting experts to back them for a Champions League spot come the end of the season.