Dein supports Wenger to improve Arsenal this summer by PH
The ex-Arsenal director David Dein, who worked so well in tandem with Arsene Wenger before he was relieved of his duties by the Board, has revealed that he still believes Arsene is the right man to lead the Gunners to success, or at least to enable them to challenge the Big Three for a few trophies.
There are lots of interesting quotes about Arsenal flying around this morning and one of them is from the Gunners legendary goalkeeper David Seaman, who thinks that Arsenal are in a great run of form, but worries that they may not be able to perform consistently enough with this batch of players that are changed every year.
Who would you rather have, Lewandowski or Jovetic? by KJ
Arsenal have struggled quite obviously in the striker department and although this is Giroud's first season, he hasn't been up to scratch and there have been calls for a new first choice striker and I agree. After Van Persie's departure, we've struggled until recently to make the difference against well-drummed defences.
The ex-Arsenal keeper David Seaman has been giving his opinion on Arsene Wenger's recent history of selling his best players and making a profit in the transfer market, and he is well aware that this is not a recipe for success on the pitch, and doesn't believe it would have happened when he was winning trophies with Arsenal.
There have been some rumours going around that our transfer budget for this summer is £123 million. This is a lot of money and all of it is not expected to be spent. However, most Arsenal fans would agree that we would want at least 75% of it to be spent on new world class talent so Arsenal football club can compete with the likes of the Manchester clubs and Chelsea.
With the amount of players that Arsene Wenger has brought to Arsenal over the last two summers (not to mention the talented youngsters he has coming through) it appears that he doesn't think that he needs many more additions to his extensive squad.
Today the respected UK Broadsheet the Telegraph is claiming that Wenger is only looking to buy the Toulouse midfielder Etienne Capoue to be the main holding midfielder next season, with just a possibility of bringing in another young striker if any of the current ones fail to make the grade.
Arsene Wenger (and most Arsenal fans I guess) have been pleasantly surprised with the way Vito Mannone has stepped up to the plate after the unexpected injuries to Wojciech Szczesny and Lukasz Fabianski, but he has admitted that if a suitable offer had come in for the Italian keeper this summer then he would have let him leave the Emirates.
Its not something new that Johan Djourou has found himself relegated to fourth choice centreback at Arsenal. With the likes of Koscielny, Mertesacker and Vermaelen showing exceptional form, it seems as if Djourou's only chance of football this season will be in the League Cup or if players are dropped through injury.
Theo Walcott has still not signed a contract extension with Arsenal despite him being just one day
away from being able to leave at the end of the season for nothing, but Arsene Wenger insists that
he has not pressured the England international to come to an agreement immediately. Wenger said a
few years ago [.
Disgraceful Van Persie has ruined my summer! by DG It was an extremely quiet start to a seemingly
normal week in the world of off-season football. The Euros had just ended and the Transfer Market
officially opened. There were the usual rumours that Arsenal were about to sell their best players,
with Robin Van Persie [.
As detailed on JustArsenal in various posts over the last few weeks, it has become increasingly
obvious that Arsenal's pre-season match against the Nigeria National side in Abuja next month was
unlikely to go ahead due to the state of the pitch at the National stadium. The cancellation of
this game has now been confirmed, [.
Arsenal's target Younes Belhanda has publically declared that he is interested in a possible move
away from France in the summer, but he won't go into more details before the season will be over.
Arsene Wenger said a little while ago that he really liked Belhanda, but it was up to Montpellier
to decide whether [.
The Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp spoke about the next transfer window, and according to the one
who is rumoured as Capello's follower, Arsenal are going to bring in a few star players in the
summer. Redknapp seems to think that the Gunners have already made plans to bring in a few big
players, and that's [.
Yann M'Vila will be available this summer by KJ It appears that the highly rated Frenchman Yann
M'Vila will be available for transfer in the summer. He has been linked with many big clubs
including the likes of the Spanish giants, Real Madrid. Amongst the English competition for his
signature, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham are [.
It is being widely reported that arsenal have settled a deal with Koln to sign their prolific
striker Lukas Podolski, and even the BBC and the Guardian have reported it so I am very inclined to
think it is true. At 10.9 million Pounds it certainly looks like Arsene Wenger could have got
himself yet [.
There have been a lot of rumours linking several players to a move to Arsenal in the summer
especially after the horrible season the Gunners seem to be having. Many fans blame the situation
on Wenger and some blame it on the outgoings, but all of them agree that the players brought to the
club [...]
Lukas Podolski has been on everyone's lips for the last two transfer windows. Many wanted to see
the former Bayern Munich striker at Arsenal as backup to captain Robin Van Persie in January.
Unfortunately he decided to stay in Cologne simply to cement his position in the German national
teams for the looming Euros this [.
Well there is a turn up for the books. I was certain that Arsenal would be doing a tour of the
United States now that Silent Stan is the owner of the club, but it has been revealed today that
the Gunners will be doing a tour of Africa instead! The big African sports site [...]
In a decision that will be hugely welcomed by Robin Van Persie, discussions about his future at
Arsenal look to be postponed until the summer. Whereas Arsenal fans in general want the potentially
sticky situation resolved as soon as possible, the club's board has chosen to wait until the end of
the season.
Six years is a long time to go without winning a trophy, not that us Arsenal fans need reminding
about that now do we, but Robin van Persie could end his personal drought with his country before
his club as he is sure to be playing for Holland in next years European Championships, barring
injury [...
Adam Kemp – Pathetic management from the most delusional has been in football. Many of you
readers may have been wondering where I have been hiding this past month. I did say I would give Mr
Wenger the opportunity to prove me wrong and strengthen the squad as promised. I told you in June
that [...]
All the signs point to the fact that Samir Nasri has totally refused to sign a contract extension
with Arsenal, with both Manchester United and Man City wanting to give the French international a
massive pay rise to join them. His France team-mate Patrice Evra has publicly admitted that he has
been trying all summer [.
Arsenal are lining up an £18million move for Valencia winger Juan Mata after coach
Arsene Wenger identified the Spaniard as his top transfer target this summer.
 Mata recently became a champion with the Spanish U21 team this summer and was
also a part of Spain's World Cup winning team of 2010.
It has been revealed that Arsene Wenger will be bak to work in London Colney next week, and the top
of his list of things to do is to conclude the negotiations with Samir Nasri and his agent. Wenger
has already said that the problem is simply a financial one, but according to the Independent,
[...]
Is there anything different about Wenger this summer? by Adam Kemp I am pig sick of seeing the same
events unfold with Wenger at the helm still through the transfer window. Every summer we seem to
lose key players who are disillusioned by life at the Emirates, and replace them with unknown kids
or geriatric [.
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has signaled his summer intent by insisting that the he will
dig deep in the transfer market this summer in a bid to bolster his young squad.
The Frenchman has come in for heavy criticism after failing to strengthen his team during the
season as a lack of experience and leadership saw the Gunners' season fall apart with pundits
worldwide attributing this directly to Wenger's lack of transfer activity.
Arsene Wenger has been linked with the brilliant young attacking midfielder Eden Hazard ever since
he first came to prominence as a 16 year-old, and the player has regularly admitted that he would
love to come to Arsenal when he finally leaves Lille. Now the French club have accepted that they
are now about to lose [.
Arsenal have been very strongly linked to the 17 year-old Southampton midfielder Alex
Oxlade-Chamberlain and Arsene Wenger was believed to be trying to persuade the Saints to allow the
talented England U18 player to move to the Emirates next summer. But it seems that they face
competition from both Chelsea and Fulham.
Despite Arsenal turning down their first offer and stating that Cesc is not for sale,
Barcelona's new president Sandro Rosell is 'convinced' he will sign for them this summer.
Rosell has just won the presidential elections at Camp Nou, succeeding Joan Laporta.
Laporta first instigated Barca's move for Fabregas earlier this summer and Rosell will continue
their pursuit.
Shut the fucking door. El mercato has finally ceased, meaning we can finally get down to the
proper business of actually focusing on the football. I, for one, am ecstatic.
That's not to say the summer wasn't enjoyable. A tad chaotic and frustrating at times, yes, but
it certainly was an intriguing one for the club.
There are no matches on TV worth watching, your Sunday league team is down to 8 people while
everyone takes a holiday rendering training as pointless, and there is nothing to good to read
beyond ridiculous transfer rumours.  But fear not  because ITS are about to give you ten ways to
keep football in your [.
PARIS, France -Â FIFA president Sepp Blatter says Qatar's neighboring countries could host games
at the 2022 World Cup. Qatar was designated the 2022 World Cup last week, despite concerns that the
intense heat poses a serious health risk if the tournament is played in summer. In an interview
with sports daily L'Equipe on Thursday, [.
If you plan on getting a summer job, then be sure you know the NCAA Regulations regarding prospective student-athlete employment.
Listed below is some important information that all current and prospective student-athletes, alumni, athletics representatives, and fans should know.
For example, if you plan on getting a job (summer or otherwise) then you should know the NCAA has strict rules about the amount and source of employment income a student-athlete may receive during the academic year.
Which sports swimwear best suits your shape? As a keen athlete or a fitness-fanatic, you are sure to own fashionable and trendy sports clothes like Nike kicks and Adidas running shorts. But sporty clothes don't have to be boyish and baggy there are plenty of great girly and flattering sports clothes out there ranging from gym tops to swim skirts.
As expected, Neymar is making the Men's Olympic soccer tourney his ain, though as Spain's lurid
outlet reminds us, Olympic soccer shouldn't be taken for allowed. This may be a turbo charged
under-23 tourney, but there's plenitude of gift involved.
A running joke among soccer league officers and volunteers is 'Offseason? What offseason?' Here
in NC, we've already held tryouts (two weeks surrounding Memorial Day), formed teams, and are
currently registering players and submitting Intent To Play forms for the Fall.
But beyond that, summer is a chance to improve things and try to make things better for the
Fall.
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam extended the contracts of Roly Bonevacia (19) and Rodney
Sneijder (19). Both midfield players renewed their contracts with the multi Dutch champions until
the summer of 2013. Bonevacia has been with Ajax since 2001 and made his debut in the top squad on
August 14, 2010 against Vitesse Arnhem.
Six weeks today will be the eve of the new Premier League season and it can't come quickly
enough. This summer seems to be lasting longer than any summer I can remember. Normally when
there's an international tournament it quells the pain of no football at White Hart Lane but due in
part to some terrible football, most of it played by the England team, the 2010 World Cup hasn't
done that for me.
A very interesting story was released last week at Sporting Intelligence stating the bonus pay
schedule of the U.S. Men's National team.
Based on how Bob Bradley's pay compares to other national teams you would think that the bonus
schedule would be extremely modest. No sir!!!! I am all for incentives that will motivate our boys
where it matters.
