After having him on loan in December 2008 and with the scouts monitoring him on a regular basis, Brazilian under17 International Wellington Silva has recently completed his move to The Gunners in a £3.5million deal. The player however will not arrive at the Emirates until January 2011, as rules state the player must stay at his club until he his 18.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger provided his second and last injury update ahead of today's game at the Emirates, against Everton. Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner will be back in two weeks whilst Jack Wilshere joins the ...

With reports saying that Fran Merida will leave Arsenal, manager Arsene Wenger provided his own point of view on the issue, declaring how he would be disappointed if the 19-year old leaves the North London ...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger provided his second and last injury update before tomorrow's game against Bolton Wanderers, at the Reebok. As predicted, captain Cesc Fabregas is back in the squad and so is Gael Clichy, who ...

Arsenal return from Villa Park with a point. As we'd discussed a couple of days ago, it's not a bad result by any means, except perhaps from the point of view of those people who actively seek out reasons to be negative.

Curiously enough, this is our third away draw of the season and all have come away to teams playing in Claret and Blue colors.

Good morning all, do we all feel suitable pain to ensure that we are aware that a new year has arrived? Good stuff. I don't actually have a hangover as I don't drink (don't worry, it's no 'good living' thing, I just don't like the stuff...I have plenty of other vices to occupy my time).
January 1st and the window is wide open.

I'll start by wishing everyone a happy and prosperous new year. May the year be one where you have the very best of health, wealth and happiness.

It is a new decade (I actually debated briefly whether it started today or next year in 2011). For us it couldn't begin on a better note, well it could.

The hints are that big Phil may well start at centre back and that Tomas Rosicky will come into the forward line for our trip to West Ham. I'd also reckon that Fabianski will get some game time ahead of Almunia. Arsene has spoken about the FA Cup and he confirms that it will be a strong side with only minor changes from the Pompey game.

The player interviews after games on ATVO are generally quite uninteresting. Most of the times you can predict what the players will say as the questions are quite leading. Every once in a while though, an interview gives me something insightful or thought provoking.

Sagna's post match talk after the West Ham game falls in this category.

Morning all.

It's still eerily quiet out there in Arsenal land. With the window open you'd expect all manner of crap to pouring through it but alas, this is not the case.
We haven't signed anyone, we aren't linked with anyone (who we haven't been linked with a thousand times already), and we haven't sold anyone.

Well strictly speaking, Arsene and Arshavin were on the pitch briefly to pose for the cameras on the snow-covered Emirates pitch. That is the closest we got to seeing our heroes for today.

I can't emphasise how much I was looking forward to this match. The "game in hand" since August, got confiscated by the weather gods.

Well the snow put paid to our chance of going into second place last night. The decision to call the game off came late enough but those close to the ground were saying from early on it was unlikely to happen. It provides us with a bit of a fixture scheduling nightmare. The 20th of January is a possibility, which would mean back to back league games against Bolton, but we'll have to just wait and see what they come up with.

As legends go PV4 is one of the biggest that I've had the pleasure to watch play for the Arsenal, I remember his debut at home to Sheffield Wednesday vividly to this day, he came on and changed the game, his raw athleticism and silky skills combined to devastating effect, back then this kind of player just wasn't known to the English game.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger provided his second and last injury update ahead of today's game at the Emirates, against Everton. Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner will be back in two weeks whilst Jack Wilshere joins the ...

With reports saying that Fran Merida will leave Arsenal, manager Arsene Wenger provided his own point of view on the issue, declaring how he would be disappointed if the 19-year old leaves the North London ...

The first thing we should say about yesterday's game is that we very obviously played an Everton team still smarting from the opening day pasting we gave them. That day they let down their manager, they let down their fans and they let themselves down. From the first whistle it was obvious they weren't going to let that happen as they pressed us all over the pitch and snapped into tackles.

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has eighteen months left on his contract at the Emirates, and he has admitted for the first time that he is considering his options, but his main aim is to find a suitable replacement for when he leaves. Having recently turned sixty he knows that he can't go on for ever, [.

1997/8 - Vieira, Petit and Parlour 2001/2 - Vieira, Parlour, Van Bronckhorst, Edu, Grimandi 2003/4 - Vieira, Gilberto Silva, Edu, ParlourThese are the midfielders who could defend that we had in the squad when we won our league titles under Arsene. You will notice that there is a bit of a contrast with our current squad in terms of defensive midfield options.

The blame game continues at Old Trafford, though, admittedly, it's not much of a game. Here's how you play: Show you are a true xenophobic Red by blaming the Glazers for everything wrong with your club and the world in general. And, while a far smaller percentage of Arsenal supporters play the same game with Wenger, it is quite ironic when United supporters make fun of "Arsene Knows" and "In Arsene We Trust" signs considering the way they have they turned the other cheek and given Sir Alex a free ride regarding the tenuous future of their club.

Wenger's pre-match press conference before the Everton game was quite humorous and interesting. Le Boss spoke on many topics and seemed to be in a jovial mood. Amidst the usual pre-match talk of injuries, signings, and the ceaseless Spanish Inquisition, a journalist asked Wenger how he is going to judge the season at the end.

Day 12 of the transfer window and let's just say this - YAWN.
The official site confirmed that Wenger did indeed tell Denilson that he should handle the ball should the ninja strike again, while Merida has reiterated that he is only in talks with Arsenal, although Arsene is not feeling confident that the talks will come to a positive conclusion.

So its day twelve in the Big Transfer House, and still nothing – is anyone really surprised? No, me neither, but I'm sick and tired of wondering who we will /won't be buying, checking NewsNow every hour in hope that news will sneak in.

All we get is TV saying we need to tighten up the defence and the Fran Merida saga goes on.

Sol Campbell is back with Arsenal at the age of 35. He begins his return with a reserves match and according to Wenger, he's an important dressing room figure for the youthful Arsenal squad. The following is a transcript of how Sol and Arsene reached their agreement.

Wenger: Sol, what have you been up to lately?

When I first heard that Sol was heading back to Arsenal, my first reaction was a shrug of the shoulders and rotate both hands from palms down to palms up at the same time. Really it's like signing a new tea lady he won't get many games anyway.

Morally this isn't the best move.. A fair number of people were against Flamini coming back.

Georges Ambourouet (Gabon) v Somen Tchoyi (Cameroon)

Well, isn't this just so considerate? The fine footy folk taking part in the African Cup know how busy our schedules are with Facebook-stalking, online shopping and other such necessities. To help out, they made sure to stay in the same photo frame for ease of judgment/appreciation in our Thigh-Off competition today.

Georges Ambourouet (Gabon) v Somen Tchoyi (Cameroon)

Well, isn't this just so considerate? The fine footy folk taking part in the African Cup know how busy our schedules are with Facebook-stalking, online shopping and other such necessities. To help out, they made sure to stay in the same photo frame for ease of judgment/appreciation in our Thigh-Off competition today.

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The problem over recent years has been that once an emerging player comes good, we then struggle to keep hold of them. Obviously we have stated that Cesc is not for sale and we can do that with confidence because he has been unequivocal in his wish to stay.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger provided his second and last injury update before tomorrow's game against Bolton Wanderers, at the Reebok. As predicted, captain Cesc Fabregas is back in the squad and so is Gael Clichy, who ...

All the talk at the Reebok revolves around Owen Coyle and rightly so. Bolton have struggled this season and a new manager, with strong ties to the club, can only be beneficial.

The tactical battles will be interesting. Arsene reckons that a manager can only play with his style and Coyle will change the Bolton game to a passing one.

Last night I dreamt we played Manchester United in a stadium which was not ours because the corporation that owned Arsenal had scheduled a Scritti Politti concert at the Grove for the same day. So Arsenal had play in a much more intimate venue, a stadium in Dundalk which began as a stadium but ended up as a kind of trendy bar with glass walls looking out over the sea.

Alex Fergusson, director técnico del Manchester United fue elegido como el mejor de la historia, de acuerdo a la lista publicado hoy la Federación Internacional de Historia y Estadísticas del Futbol (IFFHS).

Y el mejor entrenador de la Selección Mexicana, de acuerdo c0n esta lista, es Manuel Lapuente, que según la lista, es el 38 mejor entrenador de todos los tiempos.

Alex Fergusson, director técnico del Manchester United fue elegido como el mejor de la historia, de acuerdo a la lista publicado hoy la Federación Internacional de Historia y Estadísticas del Futbol (IFFHS).

Y el mejor entrenador de la Selección Mexicana, de acuerdo c0n esta lista, es Manuel Lapuente, que según la lista, es el 38 mejor entrenador de todos los tiempos.

Ref eats his whistle.
Arsenal plays on.
Dude continues to writhe in agony.
Cesc scores the equalizer.
Gunners win it.
Jump to the top of the table.
Arsene rejoices.

Morning all, a fair bit to get through this morning. As usual Arsene had his press conference yesterday and the manager was in good form. More on that anon but we'll start with team news ahead of tomorrow. There are no miraculous returns from injury, only Jack Wilshere is back but it looks as if the youngster may well start the game.

It's that time again. A tricky Cup tie is upon us, eleven first team players are unavailable and we have a potentially decisive set of league fixtures lined up for the next fortnight. Le Boss has to walk the tightrope once again and hope that the squad has enough depth and quality to get a result.

Good morning, it's fairly quiet this morning but consider it the calm before the storm. Arsene will meet the press today ahead of tomorrow's trip to Villa Park and we should get a good idea of what sort of team we'll be putting out.

Hopefully there won't be any new injuries and there is the possibility of getting one or two players back.

We're sort of left in limbo with regards to Vermaelen. Initial reports say he may have broken his leg. If that is the case then it is perhaps typical of our season that this injury takes place just weeks after we signed Sol Campbell.

In a season riddled with injuries, one position where we had blessings in abundant was in the central defence.

This is a historic post of sorts for me. It is the first time I've ever posted something up in another location, other than mi casa. Currently I'm in a small internet cafe in central london. Well, not everyone has the privilege to own a smartphone. Normally if I'm travelling I would pass up the chance to put up a post but we are playing Utd and I just had to give my two cents.