In a tense and often antagonistic Annual General Meeting, Arsene Wenger his footballing priorities for Arsenal Football Club. Unlike many fans, his number one priority is not to end the trophy drought at all costs, but to qualify for the Champions League.
"The first is to win the Premier league, the second is to win the Champions League, third is to qualify for the Champions League, fourth is the FA Cup and fifth the League Cup.
Arsenal are apparently preparing a £15 million offer for a midfielder from Newcastle United, but
it is not the one we were expecting. Most Arsenal fans believe that a strong defensive midfielder
is the priority for the Gunners, and we were being linked with Newcstle's 26-year old Ivorian
Cheick Tiote who is a tough tackling [.
Looks like Barca, FIFA's favourite club have their beady eyes set on Alex Song. Their manager
Tito Vilanova has telegraphed his intent landing the Arsenal midfielder. And just as in the past,
its the players who are softening up the target.
A statement on the players own website, issued this evening, makes clear that he will not be
renewing his existing contract.
In a message to the fans, van Persie said:
"This is an update for the fans about my current situation. I have kept quiet all this time
out of respect and loyalty for the club and as agreed with Mr.
In news that most Gooners were dreading, their beloved captain RVP decided not to renew his
contract with the north Londoners. The Dutch striker released the following statement on his own
website:
"This is an update for the fans about my current situation.
After one brilliant season at Arsenal in eight years, Robin van Persie has told Arsenal that he
will not sign a new contract with the Gunners as he disagrees with Arsene Wneger on the direction
and future of the club.
On his web site toiday, RVP write an open letter to Arsenal fans giving his reasons for not
signing a new deal with the club: Here is what he said:
"As announced earlier this year I had a meeting with the boss and Mr Gazidis after the
season.
The Difference a Trophy Makes by Richard B. I've become accustomed over the past few years to
hearing the debate between fans over whether it should be the league or cup competitions that are
Arsenal's main priority. The fact that it is an admission that we don't have the strength in depth
to compete in [.
Obviously AVB was impressed enough with the qualities of Emmanuel Adebayor with the Toga
international re-joining Spurs on what looks like a permanent deal.
Tottenham have greatly appreciated having Adebayor leading the line for the club last season and
have looked lacking up front so the signing of Adebayor from Man City has always been a priority
for them, with the player costing them as little as £5 million which seems to be a bargain.
Though they won the Carling Cup and reached the FA Cup final, Liverpool finished eighth in the
Premier League last season -- a disappointment that cost Kenny Dalglish his job as manager. Now
with Brendan Rodgers in charge and his desire to get rid of Andy Carroll inspiring confidence,
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard thinks they will finish near the top of the table instead of
behind Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Spurs, Newcastle, Chelsea and Everton.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson makes recapturing the Premier League rubric his "figure
one precedence". HTTP://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image/61631000/jpg/_61631930_ferguson4.jpg
Their Words "It's always a great experience to change club and to change to a new country. In
Germany they say the Premier League is the best league in the world and for me it is a great honour
to be at a big Club with a big tradition like Fulham. I hope I can help Fulham progress in the
right direction.
I again thinking of Roberto Di Matteo's press conference the other day when he spoke of the
expectations of Chelsea this season and it got me thinking about what would be an "acceptable"
season for many of you the Chelsea fans out there looking ahead to the new season.
Di Matteo said:
"Having won the European title might bring some expectations, yes, but I think it's a
club that has always had expectations.
After one brilliant season at Arsenal in eight years, Robin van Persie has told Arsenal that
he will not sign a new contract with the Gunners as he disagrees with Arsene Wneger on the
direction and future of the club.
On his web site toiday, RVP write an open letter to Arsenal fans giving his reasons for not
signing a new deal with the club: Here is what he said:
"As announced earlier this year I had a meeting with the boss and Mr Gazidis after the
season.
With a statement on his official website, Arsenal captain and Premier League top scorer Robin
van Persie, announced that he will not renew his contract with the club. The timing and content of
the statement were both curious since Arsene Wenger had just said, "We want to keep Robin van
Persie at all costs, because we depend on him offensively.
West Brom head coach Steve Clarke has made his first signing at the Hawthorns, securing
goalkeeper Ben Foster from Birmingham City.
Foster was one of the Baggies bright lights last season when he was on loan and it made sense
for West Brom to sign him on a permanent deal. He was named Albion's supporters' player of the Year
and players' Player of the Year and his 10 clean sheets, equalled the club record for the most
shut-outs in a Premier League campaign.
Now there's a question for you!. Having won the FA Cup and Champions League already, what do you
think that Roman Abramovich will want Roberto Di Matteo to achieve this season after he is
appointed as the full time Chelsea Manager tomorrow?.
Will he want to become the first side to retain the Champions League in it's new format in history?
New Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has sent a message to the club's excessively skeptical fans
that he won't be trying too hard to please them as the team's general good is obviously his main
priority.
Rodgers, whose recent arrival from Swansea has been welcomed by some and questioned by others,
understands the need to carefully reconstruct the Reds' title ambitions but is adamant that he
won't seek to please everyone.
Last season Jose Mourinho put all his energy into winning the Spanish 'Supercopa', feeing that
it was important that the players get accustomed to winning.
Now after winning the title last season, Mourinho is not willing t settle for anything less than
repeating as champions.
The Super Cup throws up an interesting match-up between Real Madrid and Barcelona, as this
season the two ties are slotted in between three league games.
ESPN-Start Sports announced that have secured live and exclusive broadcast rights of Spanish
football championship La Liga for three years in markets across Asia, for an undisclosed amount.
The statement further mentioned about the deal that "This acquisition underlines our commitment to
football fans in the region as we continue providing the most compelling content to our viewers,
and an excellent promotional platform for our business partners.
Jose Mourinho has insisted his election mark with Real Madrid for next period is to become the
former manager to triumph the Champions League with threesome club. post.tv have all the
information ,so seed back soon
Eden Hazard has completed his £32 million transfer from French club Lille and is now a Chelsea
player. A statement on the Chelsea web site said simply:
"Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce we have agreed terms with Lille for the transfer
of Eden Hazard.
The 21-year-old Belgian international has agreed personal terms with the club and today passed a
medical examination.
Fan favorite Alvaro Fernandez may be gone, but Seattle Sounders supporters have another new
player to cheer for in addition to recently-acquired Christian Tiffert.
The Sounders announced Monday that they added Honduran international midfielder Mario Martinez
on loan from Real Espana.
When the United States missed out on the men's version of Olympics soccer most thought that
would mean that MLS interest in London would be down. It shouldn't be anymore. With the Seattle
Sounders signing (still not quite final) Mario Martinez (CAM in Honduras' 4231), the New England
Revolution having Jerry Bengtson (Forward), D.
All Premier League games are important and are Newcastle's number one priority this season, but
the game against Aston Villa this afternoon at St. James' Park is especially important, and that's
because of at least two reasons. One is that a win would give us 6 points from our first three
games of the season and that would [.
The first I saw of this rumor was reading The Daily Wiz, which linked to an article from The Mirror
in the UK. Needless to say I took it with a large grain of salt, even though it does make some
sense. Wigan has in the past brought in other Hondurans, like Wilson Palacios and currently has
Maynor Figueroa in their squad as well.
Curtis Weir scored directly off a corner kick in the 59th minute as DePaul
topped host UW-Milwaukee 1-0 in a men's exhibition match Monday at Engelmann Stadium.
"I was very pleased with today's performance," Kris Kelderman said in a news
release following his first match as Panthers coach.
Breaking news (well 3 hours ago anyway), as reported on Twitter by a BBC Sports journalist Man
United and Arsenal have agreed a fee for the transfer of Robin Van Persie. Van Persie will join
United subject to passing a medical, with the fee apparently in the £24 million region.
Feedback generally from social sites seem to consist of over-joyed Man United fans, surprised
that they've spent so big and got such a talented striker as RVP when perhaps a central midfielder
is more of a priority.
Following yet another disappointing tournament for England, with veteran Andrea Pirlo stealing
the show in midfield during England's defeat to Italy, Paul Scholes has revealed that new manager,
Roy Hodgson, didn't ask him whether he was could consider coming out of International retirement to
play at Euro 2012.
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has backed new boss Brendan Rodgers to lead the club back into the
UEFA Champions League next season.
The Reds have missed out on Europe's premier competition for the last three seasons after finishing
outside the top four.
Former Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish paid the price for the club's by being sacked earlier this
summer, although Liverpool owners John W Henry and Tom Werner insist Rodgers is under no pressure
to deliver the Champions League in his first season in charge.
O2 is ending its 10 year sponsorship of Arsenal Football Club as it looks to concentrate its
efforts on rugby, its Academy venues and the newly-launched Priority Sports initiative.
This week has been notable for the lack of goalkeepers linked with Spurs and the only stories on
that subject seemed to suggest that the club had withdrawn their interest in Lyon's Hugo
Lloris.
However, suggestions today claim that the French number one is our main target and that this is
a man that AVB tried to sign while he was in charge at Chelsea.
Carlos Martins admits that his ambition is to return to play for Benfica next season. The
Portuguese international, who last season was loaned to Granada, Spain, goes further. "Right now my
priority is the future and health of my child. This is my real battle but I do not deny that I hope
to return to Benfica.
You may have noticed that SGFsoccer.com has a new look. After 8 years, many of you are probably
used to that experience. The reason? I've decided to simplify the site and make it more mobile
friendly. I'm a bit early to that party in the sense that only 20% of the traffic comes from mobile
devices right now but the website should work real well on both your desktop and your
smartphone.
'Twas the E3 conference last night, which is a fairly big deal in gaming circles being as it's
used as a platform for companies to tease, trail and premiere their upcoming wares with EA Sports
leaking a few bits and bobs about FIFA 13, the most interesting being a feature that will see you
punished for yelling obscenities at the screen.
In the past week the Dynamo played two matches, losing them both. Neither was a league match but
one mattered and the other, well that's open to debate. Houston's disappointing 1-0 loss in the US
Open Cup to the San Antonio Scorpions was another reminder of how low that tournament appears to
lie on the priority list for the team.
