All Premiership clubs have to name their playing squad for the rest of the season at the end of the January transfer window, and Arsenal have released their list today. On the goalkeeping side, Wojciech Szczesny, Lukasz Fabianski and even Vito Mannone are included but Wenger hasn't even bothered putting Manuel Almunia on the list [.

The Spaniard Manuel Almunia has dropped to third-choice goalkeeper at Arsenal, but in a rare interview he has stated that he is simply keeping to his contract and has had no thoughts of leaving, in fact he hasn't even spoken to Arsene Wenger about his position at the club! The two Poles, Wojciech Szczesny and [.

It's January, and in the footballing world January means only one thing. The winter transfer window, where player names are bandied about as potential new players and the ones we love to hate are bound and gagged in hopes that someone will take them off our hands.

For the next twenty one days, rumors will abound.

Ok then,

after a dull weekend of FA Cup action it's our turn tonight and we face Leeds at home. Last season this game was saved late on by a Cesc penalty. It was a pretty dour performance from us on the day and hopefully there'll be no repeat of that.

The manager has already said he's going to pick a strong side and while there's certainly going to be a measure of rotation, I don't know how much he can really do at the back.

Will be relishing a return to a more familiar position

Arsenal and Leeds United become the last 2 teams to play their 3rd Round match of the FA Cup as they take on each other tonight at the Grove. There was no giant-killing acts in this round as what the romance of this competition usually alludes to.

Didier Drogba, Gary Cahill, Andrei Arshavin and Andy Johnson headline the list of Premier League stars who are out of contract at the end of the season according to Goal.com, and could be available on a free transfer this summer.

You could put together a pretty competitive side from this list.

The transfer window is upon us and with a number of players set to move now and in the summer, we would like to take you through a list of the players who could potential leave their clubs when their contracts expire at the end of the season.

At look at the heavyweights making the list across the big clubs reveals that they are set to lose very influential players in the summer.

By Chris Wright

Definitely not one for the faint of heart/groin, in honour of Scott Dann suffering possibly the grimmest-sounding injury on record at the weekend a 'ruptured testicle' for those who missed it we've cobbled together ten of the most tear-inducing crotch assaults in recent memory.

In an era of Galácticos, oil ball, and 300,000-a-week wages, it's easy to view football as a revolution. When something is wrong, blow it up and start over. Avram Grant not working out? Try Ancelotti. Ancelotti not the ticket? Go for AVB. If Ronaldo and Kaka aren't enough to be beat Barcelona, maybe Ronaldo, Kaka and The Special One will be.

A horror show from Arsenal goalkeepers Vito Mannone and Łukasz Fabiański condemned Arsenal to a 3-1 defeat to Olympiakos and proved once again that Arsene Wenger must sort out the team's goalkeeping problems. Unbelievably bad, pitiful and far from reliable. How else can one describe the current crop of Arsenal goalkeepers currently vying for Wojciech [.

Spanish fullback Jose Enrique has revealed his Liverpool team-mates are trying to persuade him to switch allegiance and play for England.
Enrique, 25, has impressed at Anfield following his summer transfer from Newcastle United but has yet to win a cap for Spain, the current European and world champions.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is willing to let Manuel Almunia and Sebastien Squillaci leave in the...
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It is being reported today that Arsenal have turned down a request from West Ham Utd to take the 31 year-old French defender Sebastien Squillaci on loan. The Hammers recently had Manuel Almunia at Upton Park for a month while Robert Green was out injured and Sam Allardyce was hoping for a similar deal for [.

Coughing and spluttering into my cornflakes this morning as I peruse the papers for snippets of news about God's Own. Reason for my sibilation? A certain Cesc Fabregas holding court with the Press boys on all things RVP after the England-Spain game.

But in fairness once you get past the shock-horror-RVP-must-quit-Gunners headlines, our former skipper seems to simply be being honest.

Morning. Today's date is 11.11.11. Unless you live in the US in which case it's 11.11.11. Weirdos, putting the month and day in the wrong order.

And today is also kind of special because if you take the year you were born, add the number of the day you were born, then add 30, divide by 2, multiply it by your shoe size and then take away how long it's been since Sp*rs won the league then you get .

Seven clean sheets this season, solid in goal and apparently, quick with his feet: Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny is just what the Gunners needed after the disastrous Manuel Almunia. Speaking to the Daily Mail, the Poland ...

If you'd have told me when I was a teenager following the Arsenal round the country and the occassional European jaunt that in my later years I would have seen Chinese Taipei, Western Samoa, Brunei and Timor Leste play football against each other I would have scratched my head and picked up an atlas.

Yes boss, I can run more now

Premier League returns again. West Brom are the opponents for today and it will be the last one before yet another international break. The last break was something that we looked forward too, having only just lost in the local derby. This time however, the break couldn't come at a more inopportune time.

Friday again? How does this keep happening with such regularity? I don't quite know where this last year has gone. I just remembered this morning that it's just over a year since Arseblog came back under my total control, my despotic regime is progressing nicely with Commander Tom readying the technological weapons of war and .

The latest Arsenal transfer news seems to be concentrating on midfielders and strikers, but there is one Arsenal rumour that could be true this morning, with the news that Arsene Wenger is tracking the Sevilla keeper Javi Varas. It looks like, to all intents and purposes, Manuel Almunia's career at Arsenal is over, and with [.

With Wojciech Szczesny in such fine form for Arsenal it comes as no surprise that both Lukasz Fabianski and Manuel Almunia are both looking for new clubs. Fabianski is instructing his agent to find him somewhere new and Almunia looks as though he will be asking the Gunners to extend his current loan at West [.

Thanks for the 15 years, Arsene.

One particular story dominates the news today and that is none other than Arsene Wenger reaching his 15th year in charge of Arsenal Football Club. That is quite some achievement for someone the general questioned as "Arsene who?" when he first took over. During that period, he has brought us unprecedented success both on and off the pitch.

Thanks for the 15 years, Arsene.

One particular story dominates the news today and that is none other than Arsene Wenger reaching his 15th year in charge of Arsenal Football Club. That is quite some achievement for someone the general questioned as "Arsene who?" when he first took over. During that period, he has brought us unprecedented success both on and off the pitch.

West Ham United have announced the emergency signing of Arsenal's back-up goalkeeper Manuel Almunia as a replacement for first-choice stopper Robert Green, who will be sidelined for almost six weeks due to a knee injury.

Almunia, who currently ranks third in the Gunners' pecking order behind the Polish duo of Wojciech Szczesny and Lukasz Fabianski, will be on loan at Upton Park for a month and Hammers boss Sam Allardyce has expressed his gratefulness to the North London outfit for approving the deal.

Ivan Gazidis spoke on a variety of issues at a meeting of sports business leaders in London earlier this week and he made some interesting comments about the Arsenal Way.

First Gazidis said:

"We as a Club are operating in a self-sustaining way and are concerned about value.

Ivan Gazidis spoke on a variety of issues at a meeting of sports business leaders in London earlier this week and he made some interesting comments about the Arsenal Way.

First Gazidis said:

"We as a Club are operating in a self-sustaining way and are concerned about value.

Arsenal goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski admitted he is disappointed and frustrated for sitting on the bench after he lost his place following last season's shoulder injury. With manager Arsene Wenger opting for Manuel Almunia at the start ...

The slim down diet continues as Emmanuel Eboue finally departs for Galatasaray (fee about £3m) after a typical protracted will he won't he where will he go quality which has come to define an Arsenal transfer.

Next in line, Nicklas Bendtner and Manuel Almunia. And despite Samir Nasri's syntax challenged Twitter about still being a (sic) Arsenal player after fans slagged him at the Newcastle match, he is widely seen as a player who will ditch his club for a better pay packet.

Since Jens Lehmanns (first) departure from us the position of goalkeeper at Arsenal has been a source of amusement for supporters of other clubs.
I, like many other Gooners, didn't find it funny.
In fact I'd rather have stuck pins in my eyes and pull out the hairs from my eyebrows one-by-one with chopsticks made of wasps than laugh along.

Wojciech Szczesny has revealed that he is set to be Arsenal's first-choice goalkeeper this season.

The No.1 position at Emirates Stadium has been problematic for the past couple of seasons, with Arsene Wenger trying out a number of different options.

Manuel Almunia and Lukasz Fabianski have both been inconsistent, while German veteran Jens Lehmann was even brought back to the club on a short-term deal in March following an injury crisis.

Nickspinkboots' Note: I know my way around WordPress about as well as Manuel Almunia knows his way around the penalty box. Since I can't change the author name on the article for some reason, I would like to clarify that this post is written by Swaroop Swaminathan, journalist with national dailies who is moonlighting as a cynical Arsenal fan here on BFZ.

It will certainly be interesting to see who Arsene Wenger gives the Number One jersey to in Arsenal's first league game this season. Lukas Fabianski was the first choice after Manuel Almunia's last ballsup, until he got injured (by Szczesny!) and the Pole is keen to win his place back. He is now fit again [.

As per The Guardian - the transfer fee is said to be £4m. Jay Emmanuel Thomas goes to Ipswich Town for £1m.

The fate of Nicklas Bendtner is less clear. He wants to leave but Borussia Dortmund the club he's most linked with seem to have cooled their pursuit. Manuel Almunia's days as as a Gunner draws close with Malaga, Atletico Madrid, and Fenerbahce (that's right three whole clubs!

BBC Sport Aston Villa sign Shay Given from Manchester City on five-year deal.

In probably the most cost effective transfer in the close season to date, Aston Villa today signed Republic of Ireland international goalkeeper Shay Given to a 5 year deal.

Given is widely regarded as one of the top goalies in the Premier League despite having spent most of last season on the bench as backup to Manchester City's England goalkeeper Joe Hart.

The Game Finally, football is back. After weeks and weeks of speculation, lack of new signings and long trips to reach Asia, today we officially kick-off our pre-season friendly campaign. With Manuel Almunia, Nicklas Bendtner and the ...

Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny will be offered the No 1 jersey once Manuel Almunia's...
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Good morning and welcome to what is shaping up to be a busy week, even at this early stage. We've got transfers, transfers, transfers and, above all else, two actual games of that association soccerball frenzy we all love.

On the transfer front we'll start with players going out. The Telegraph reports that Nicklas Bendtner could be heading to either Sporting Lisbon or Borussia Dortmund in a £9m deal.

There are a dizzying number of rumors and reports out there to sort through at the moment, as well as some semi-news from the preseason tour in Asia. And while it's somewhat tiresome to keep up with all the rumors, I'll do my best to sort through some of the bigger news items of the last couple of days.

A quick Sunday round-up for you.

The squad for the Asian Tour was announced yesterday and there were no real surprises. Cesc was absent, as expected, Eboue, Diaby and Fabianski didn't travel because of injury concerns, while only the omissions of Nicklas Bendtner and Manuel Almunia raised eyebrows.

Many of us had hopes that we were going to do some significant house cleaning this summer, with a number of players leaving, as well as many coming in. I think it's safe to say at this point, we're not headed for a very big turnover. The fact that we're likely to hang on to a lot of the so-called "dead weight" on the team has been driven home to me in a number of ways this week.