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Rumours at the weekend that were rife suggesting that Kolo Toure was being sold appear to have
gained some credibility this afternoon after sources confirm that he was seen clearing his locker
and saying goodbye to acquaintances. If this is really true, and all transfer rumours carry a
health warning until officially confirmed by the club, then this would end a six [.
Ok, so everyone is salivating at the prospect of Andrei Arshavin coming to the Emirates, and as
usual Fabregas the King is going to play party pooper and dare to suggest that this is all a fuss
about nothing. I argue that if anyone with half a brain sat down and looked at the facts, [...]
The media has gone Andrei Arshevin-listic in the last 24 hours. Reports have him and his other half
plotting up at the Landmark Hotel in London. Others have his club Zenit St Petersburg still trying
to jack up the price. For what it's worth I thought he was over-priced in the summer. [...]
Again, small hiatus since my last writing but things are certainly looking up since that post
– unbeaten in 8, RVP & Nasri are filling the whole left by Cesc's knee and it feels like the
Arsenal has turned a corner. However – this is not what I'm going to be writing about. Be
prepared, [...]
Being a daily blogger is actually quite hard, especially with my desire to have freshness and
continuity of news themes. So this means that you will not be surprised to read today that I am
going to explain what the consequences of Kolo's imminent departure from the club might mean on our
transfer dealings.
Are you a true Gooner? Do you support this team in good times and bad? Take the test below and see
if you know what being an Arsenal supporter means. The noise levels and fan support clearly
encouraged our players on Saturday. There was a moment when many fans were seen to be bouncing in
[...]
PGL: Well it's been a week and I'm pretty sick of the Arshavin saga. My last word on it is this...
Arsene if you think he's that special and he'll add a lot to the team, spend the money already and
get the lad in. On the football side of things we are looking like we're [...]
A good result on Humberside against the Tigers last evening. A continuing worry is our tendency to
pub-team defending. With last gasp goals earning Yoonited and Chavski three points apiece, and
Villa getting all three on Wearside, a win was essential. We got it so are still in the hunt. Now
for the [.
So who is it who's buying up Arsenal shares at the moment? And when will the Board, the
Bracewell-Smith family and Red & White Holdings come out and articulate their vision for our
beloved Arsenal? My esteemed colleague Fabregas_the_King in his blog two weeks ago raised a number
of pertinent questions an invited [.
I don't know about the rest of you out there in the Gooner Nation but the Andrei Arshavin saga is
doing my brain in. I'm all for openness and transparency but the media is no place to conduct
transfer negotiations. In fact any sort of negotiation is difficult to hold in public. Absent the
kind [...]
What is the point of a youth policy? Why bother when they all leave anyway and all we do is groom
superstars for other clubs. We can't keep our players not the decent ones anyway. Plus it is always
next year, the one after the season 5 years from now. I want trophies and the [...]
So, how should I start writing this? I struggled to wake up in the early hours (3.40am to be exact
in the Asian region) just to catch the live match and I was led to believe that Arsenal actually
had a new blue away jersey. And what did I see here? My beloved Arsenal team, [...]
In the aftermath of a point we didn't really merit on the run of play on Merseyside last Wednesday
night, is it time for the players to sit down and have a VERY serious word with themselves? I think
so. Famously, our 1971 Double team (which also won the European Fairs Cup in 1970) were extremely
[..
I'm resolved to stop picking at the itchy scab of Sunday'swin and the deep wound that was Boxing
Day as well so, freshly returned fromthe desert, I thought I'd distract as many Gooners as possible
with somethingthat's been niggling me lately - the L word. No not love [...]
Happy New Year, my fellow citizens of the Gooner Republic. I hope Santa brought you all you hoped
for and that not too many of you received P45s, courtesy of the credit crunch. The transfer window
is now open again. If you believe the papers, Real Madrid is in for both Arsène Wenger and
Cesc Fàbregas.
So, at least two cross-border games coming up following yesterday's fourth round FA Cup draw, to
Italy to play AS Roma in the Champions League and to my native Wales to play Cardiff City, last
season's runners-up. As Bluebirds fans of my acquaintance never cease to tire of reminding me, they
are still the only club [.
I'm not sure if the first few days of the New Year should be a time for looking back or looking
forward but having spent the Christmas break doing pretty much nothing but eat, drink and watch TV
something I saw made me want to look back, if only for just a bit. [...]
PGL: Good morning all. Transfer silly season is well and truly underway. We've been linked to all
sorts of players... FTK is responsible for at least two of the popular rumours floating about the
net! My feeling is the Russian will come and that will concluded our business. We've got a guest
with us this [.
25 days until the transfer window bangs shut again until July at midnight on 2 February. We're only
nine days in and I'm already heartily sick of all the speculation. For what it's worth, here's the
latest batch, mainly from the Spanish sports newspapers El Mundo Deportivo, AS and Marca: ·
Robin van Persie and Cesc [.
"Many grains of incense fall on the same altar: one sooner, another later – it makes no
difference" Marcus Aurelius, Meditations For months, so it seems, it has needed no
justification or evidence to suggest that we are a club in crisis. I have argued against this
previously, top to bottom at the club.
A gritty rather than stylish display against the Trotters at the Grove on Saturday. Ironic that
Nicklas Bendtner managed the winner. He's one of two players currently in the dog-house with the
"Mr Angry" element of our support, along with Emmanuel Eboué. He couldn't seem to
pass wind, never mind a football after his entrance.
Having sworn off further transfer speculation for the duration of this window, I thought I'd have a
look at our new home after two and half seasons "in situ". Walking up to the ground for
the first match, Dennis Bergkamp's testimonial was a strange experience. I'd been gifted a seat in
the Club zone so a [.
Something of a mixed bag today, so I would like to start with a story that maybe shows where I am
going – so you can keep the thread if I can't. one afternoon in the prime of my life, that
long since passed period where I knew little enough to think that it was [...]
Arsène Wenger's latest interview in the February edition of the official Arsenal magazine
confirms that Sterling's fall against the Euro and the US Dollar will affect British clubs, a story
arsenalinsider.co.uk first brought you over a month ago. It didn't take a rocket scientist to work
it out really.
Well, as we all digest the offer Manchester Citeh's Arab owners have made to Milan for Kaka, a
nose-bleed inducing €100 million (around £91 million) it's time to revisit this question
I think. Le Boss has made his views clear. He doesn't think Citeh's offer is good for the game.
I've no doubt [.
Ten days off from League worries this week with next Sunday's visit to my native Wales to play the
Bluebirds in the FA Cup. I love the old trophy with a passion. I'm still smarting at our supine
surrender at Old Trafford last season. I know many Gooners don't give a monkey's about the
venerable [...
In 1945 the Dynamo Moscow football club toured Great Britain, including a game against Arsenal. The
Russians won and in so doing sparked a mini-controversy. Their supporters and Russian sympathizers
more generally claimed that Arsenal was in effect an English national team, so good where they in
an age that predated foreign imports.
With the headlines hogged by Cook's comments that Milan has "bottled" the atrocious
£108 million deal to take Kaka to City, it seemed like Zenit had "bottled" it too
when Arsenal's renewed bid was rejected again. Arshavin's agent is quoted as saying Zenit is acting
barbaric with demands of £20 million [.
The FA Cup is now becoming the usual premiership affair with only Coventry City, Swansea City,
Sheffield United and Watford being certain of a place Burnley have earned a money spinning repeat
against West Brom and Derby County and Nottingham Forest will take on their second East Midlands
derby under the memory of the late great Brian Clough, whilst [.
A less than inspirational performance saw us in the Welsh capital saw in the hat for last night's
FA Cup Fifth Round draw. The prize if we beat the Bluebirds in the replay at the Grove on Tuesday
week would be a home tie against either the Baggies or Burnley. I'm happy with that. For [...]
First, let me declare today's blog an Andrei Arshavin-free zone. His name shall not pass my lips,
or more accurately, be tapped into my keyboard until a) he has officially signed or b) officially
not signed or c) the transfer window is closed until July. Big, BIG game tonight. David Moyes has
done a great job [.
Morning all. It was nail biting on Wednesday, no? Our season looks like it's going to be as bumpy
and ugly as teenage acne from start to finish. RVP's biscuit legs are holding up though and the man
looks like a world-beater. The Russian Saga rages on and its not really worth talking about so
[...]
