by CARL ELDRIDGE Crocked Kieran Gibbs will give Arsene Wenger another injury headache ahead of the trip to Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday.

The young left-back hobbled out of England U-21's 0-0 draw in Lithuania last night and this morning's paper report on the injury which comes after RVP was sidelined with ankle ligament damage.

by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Straight into it this morning my fellow Arsenalistas and news that Robin van Persie wants a Serbian housewife to massage placenta fluid into his injured ankle in bid to return to action for Arsenal within a month, reports the Daily Mail.

The paper says RVP flies to Belgrade today with Arsene Wenger's approval to seek out the services of a mysterious woman who works from home and claims her unorthodox remedy can drastically speed up recovery times.

by CARL ELDRIDGE Will RVP be out for six weeks or a season? That's the question we are left asking after reports in this morning's papers disagreed on the period our Dutch ace will be sidelined.

The Daily Mail reports that he has insisted he will be out of action for no more than six weeks despite tearing ankle ligaments during Holland's 0-0 draw with Italy on Saturday.

By CARL ELDRIDGEÂ It's the news we dreaded. Just as we get into our stride and look like contenders for some silverware, the curse of November strikes again. OK, it's not the curse of reverses that has undone the glorious Gunners in the past during this month, this time it's the gut-wrenching news that RVP has done his ankle in playing for the Clog-wearing mob against the Eyeties in a pissing friendly.

by CARL ELDRIDGE Here's a tall story from the Sun (for a change), which tells us that aspiring midfielder Aaron Ramsey has grown two inches in the last year.

The redtop says Arsenal's 18-year-old whizkid wins his 11th Welsh cap today when Scotland provide the opposition in Cardiff.

by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Not the greatest round-up of Arsenal stories from this morning's papers today but what scant coverage there is is pretty much here. First off we have RVP telling the Sun that he does not believe his game is similar to his Liverpool and Chelsea counterparts Torres and Drogba.

by CARL ELDRIDGE Nasty old November has never been too kind to the Gunners under our esteemed leader's reign and this morning's Mirror claims the Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is desperate to break the curse.

It claims the Frenchman has claimed that this month will be decisive in determining whether Arsenal can maintain their challenge for the Premier League title and, in particular, avoid injuries which have hurt them badly in the past.

by CARL ELDRIDGE There is plenty of fall-out from the weekend's Premier League games and the highlight has to be Darren Fletcher's ludicrous, laughable and lamentable claim that Arsene Wenger's comments after our game with them at Old Trafford has caused him grief with refs ever since.

The Daily Mail reports that Wenger accused United of playing ‘anti-football' after Arsenal's 2-1 defeat in August.

by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ The goal-hungry Gunners are on course for a record-breaking ton of Premier League goals.

And this merits mention in today's Press with the Daily Mirror telling us that Arsene Wenger's men notched four more goals at Wolves to take their top-flight tally to 36 already in just 11 games.

by CARL ELDRIDGE Congratulations to Rob Shepherd for today's most fanciful tale suggesting that Arsene Wenger will leave the Arsenal for Real Madrid if Alisher Usmanov takes over at the Emirates.

In the News of the World he 'reports':  I understand Wenger has made it plain to the Gunners board he will not work under Usmanov and would move to Real Madrid instead.

by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Manuel Almunia has been told by Arsene Wenger that he will remain Arsenal's No 1 goalkeeper.

But the Daily Mail reports that while the Spaniard prepares to face Wolves today he may be interested in the rave review Wenger has given fellow Frenchman Hugo Lloris, the 22-year-old Lyon keeper who starred in the Champions League midweek frustration of Liverpool.

by CARL ELDRIDGE Silent Stan Kroenke's actions certainly speak louder than his words and, again, this morning's papers reflect on the Yank minted moustachioed one's latest purchases of Arsenal shares as he inches ever closer to a takeover.

Kroenke yesterday took his stake in the Arsenal to 29.

by CARL ELDRIDGE Lots of purring in the papers this morning after the glorious Gunners hammered AZ Alkmaar 4-1 with some exquisite football to take us to the brink of the last 16 in the Champions League.

In the Sun this morning, Arsene Wenger says he has his best-ever strike force. He said: "We've never had as many options on the creative side.

by CARL EDLRIDGE Stan Kroenke has snapped up another 427 shares in Arsenal's parent holding company, at a cost of £3.6million, as the Yank moves closer towards the takeover threshold, reports the Daily Mail.

Kroenke is now the largest individual shareholder in Arsenal, with a stake of 29.

by CARL ELDRIDGE With all the excitement over the humiliation of the N17 jesters, the slight matter of a tasty Carling Cup clash with Manchester City has almost passed us by.

And this morning's papers point out that Robin Van Persie, two-goal hero against the idiots on Saturday, is desperate to face Emmanuel Adebayor in the quarter-final tie.

by CARL ELDRIDGE What is it with Arsenal and our keepers? If Arsene Wenger has one weakness (and he probably doesn't other than choice of shirt-tie combo) it must be choosing the incumbent for the No.1 slot. He was blessed to inherit David Seaman and even then he gave Alex Manninger a chance ahead of the pony-tailed one.

by CARL ELDRIDGE There is never a bad time to turn Liverpool and their touchy fans over and last night proved this with a deserved 2-1 Carling Cup win for the Arsenal at the Emirates.

I say touchy because all you could hear from the plastic Scousers coming out of the ground was; 'Where's your European Cup?

by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Samir Nasri looks set to make his comeback tonight in the Carling Cup clash against Liverpool at the Emirates, claims this morning's papers.

The Sun says the Arsenal ace is finally ready to make his first start of the campaign after he broke his right leg at the club's pre-season training camp in Austria and has spent more than three months on the sidelines.

by CARL EDLRIDGEÂ Baffling coverage in this morning's papers devoting vaulable space to the fact that a toilet in a run-down pit of a place in north London is being knocked down. See the story here in the Telegraph.

Meanwhile, Andrey Arshavin gives his take on the disappointing draw at West Ham on Sunday in this morning's papers and, unlike his leaden-footed performance seemed to demonstrate at Upton Park, it seems he does care.

by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Arsene Wenger was clearly riled after we threw away a 2-0 lead in the draw against West Ham at Upton Park yesterday.

As were the Arsenal hordes as we filed out of the ground with a miserable shuffle in search of a tincture to ease the pain.

"2-0, and you f***** it up," sung some spanner on the way out of the ground and I questioned why he felt the need to celebrate a draw.

by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Another day, another supposed target for the rip-roaring Gunners. Today it's Spartak Moscow wonderkid Zhano Ananidze who is said to be on Arsene Wenger's radar.

The News of the World claims the 17-year-old Georgian midfielder is already being talked about as one of Europe's biggest talents.

by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Arsene Wenger has so far refused to be drawn on the boardroom battle between Stan Kroenke, who was given a place on the board last year, and second-biggest shareholder Alisher Usmanov. But in this morning's paper he does throw some light on his opinions of the matter.

He told the Sun: "The only important thing is the club is run properly in every department.

by CARL ELDRIDGE Arsene Wenger chose his 60th birthday to declare that the rip-roaring Gunners will win a trophy this season, claims the Daily Mail.

Playing catch-up with our own Vic Crescit's brilliant report from yesterday's AGM, this morning's paper says Wenger retains the total faith of the board and fans for his glittering achievements during more than 13 years as the club's longest-serving manager and the way his teams play despite it being four years since Arsenal won any silverware.

by CARL ELDRIDGE Happy birthday, Arsene! Our glorious leader celebrates his 60th today and this morning's Daily Mail carries a piece summing up his achievments at the Arsenal.

One passage reads: 'Wenger's legacy at the Emirates Stadium is already secure, with a bronze bust of the Frenchman now in pride of place alongside fellow Arsenal legend Herbert Chapman at the impressive 60,000-seater stadium, into which he had so much influence.

by CARL ELDRIDGE Arsene Wenger plans to remain in football for the rest of his life according to his quotes in Her Majesty's Press this morning. Our esteemed leader, who is 60 on Thursday, made his remarks at a press conference ahead of tonight's Champions League clash with AZ Alkmaar in Holland and he says he cannot imagine retiring from the game he is obsessed with.

by CARL ELDRIDGE Real Madrid usually get their man when they come calling but not if the man in question is Arsene Wenger. This morning's Sun tells us that AW has revealed he turned down big bucks from Madrid because he wants to win the Champions League with the glorious Gunners.

And he admitted: "If we don't win a trophy in the next two years, it'll be my fault.

By CARL ELDRIDGE Brainless Liam Ridgewell must have watched re-runs of his Birmingham City team-mate Martin Taylor's leg-breaking assault on Eduardo as preparation for his miserable side's visit to Arsenal yesterday.

That is the only conclusion I can make after watching him cut through poor Theo Walcott in a thuggish attempt to bully the speedster out of the game.

by CARL EDLRIDGE Arsene Wenger has spoken about one of the most traumatic games in his career in this morning's Sun, saying: "I feared Eduardo would never play again."

The redtop points out that Arsenal host Birmingham today, their first meeting since the St Andrew's draw that wrecked the Gunners' 2007-08 title hopes.

by CARL ELDRIDGE Stan Kroenke has taken another step closer to launching a takeover bid at the Arsenal, this morning's papers tell us.

The Yank billionaire has bought a further 90 shares at £8,500 each to lift his stake to 28.9 per cent.

And the Daily Mail reports that his latest acquisition takes him closer to the 29.

by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ If ever there was a day when Arsenal news was thin on the ground, it had to be today. And so it is this morning that you'll find only the merest hint of anything Gunnerish in the papers. And believe me, I have looked. And looked. Had a cup of tea. Then looked again.

Then there it was.

by CARL ELDRIDGE Samir Nasri has given Arsenal a major boost by revealing he is ready for a first-team return, reports this morning's Sun.

The paper adds that the midfielder has been out since breaking his leg in pre-season a story revealed here at arsenalinsider.com but could be back in action this month.

The Sun -Â Wenger has a Fran plan
ARSENE WENGER is determined to fight off Atletico Madrid and Seville who are eyeing young Spanish star Fran Merida.

The Daily Mirror - Ramsey calls for consistency
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey insists Wales must start learning to be consistent throughout a match, rather than just in purple patches.

Morning Insiders'Â we have taken the best bits from todays papers. The usual suspects are there with the Fabregas Barcelona stories.

The Sun -  Barcelona eye Rob & Fab BARCELONA have admitted both Robinho AND Cesc Fabregas are top of their January shopping list.

Asked about Barca's interest in Manchester City's Brazilian striker Robinho, Barca sporting director Txiki Begiristain said: "He is a very interesting footballer and could play for us in the Champions League.

Morning Insiders, really slow news week this week. We have picked a few bits out of todays papers.

The Sun - Barcelona eye move for Eboue BARCELONA are said to be weighing up a January move for Arsenal full-back Emmanuel Eboue.

Reports in the Spanish press suggest Nou Camp boss Pep Guardiola has earmarked the right-back as cover for Brazilian star Dani Alves.

Morning Insiders, as we edge closer to the International match on Saturday that know one will watch we pick the best of todays news from the daily pappers.

The Sun - Ramsey talks his way to the top AARON RAMSEY is being talked all the way to the top by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.