Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is reportedly keen on signing Manchester United winger Jesse Lingard according to the Sun on Sunday with the Gunners' playmaker Mesut Ozil possibly moving the other way in what would be a swap deal. As per the report Lingard, who is an academy product at Old Trafford would be offered a double your money wages of £120,000 when he wants to move to Arsenal. This is however surprising though considering the history between Wenger and his United counterpart Jose Mourinho though getting Ozil in return would be a dream transfer for the former Inter Milan, Chelsea, FC Porto and Real Madrid boss. The Portuguese worked with German playmaker Ozil at European champions Real Madrid as he described him as "the best No 10 in the world." 27-year … [Read more...]
Arsenal vs. Everton Team News: Wenger Hints At Defender As Replacement For injured Mustafi
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has hinted that Brazilian defender Gabriel will replace the injured German defender Shkrodan Mustafi ahead of his side's away clash with Everton on Tuesday night at Goodison Park in what would be week 16 of the ongoing English Premier League (EPL) season. Mustafi has been involved in all of Arsenal's league games since he made a £32m move to the North London side in the summer but will have to sit out tomorrow's game after he suffered a hamstring injury, which will rule him out for the next 2-3 games, in the 3-1 win over Stoke City on Saturday evening at the Emirates Stadium. On the other hand, Gabriel has been impressive since he started playing right back in the league game against Bournemouth last month and Wenger was adamant he … [Read more...]
Arsene Wenger Reveals Why Chelsea Are Title Favorites
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has tipped Chelsea to win the Premier League title this season following their impressive record in the League. It appears the Gunners boss has conceded the title to their league rivals after he admitted Chelsea are 'wonderful candidates' to win the Premier League title. The Frenchman said: "Chelsea are doing extremely well and will be wonderful candidates for the title – but there are no stand out favorites. "It’s very open and interesting. A challenge of consistency." Arsenal fans will be gutted by this news despite their hopes being raised about their chances of winning the title having gone over a decade of not winning the Premier League. However, Arsenal are also unbeaten in the league since their 4-3 loss to Liverpool … [Read more...]
Arsenal Linked With German Midfielder Swoop
Arsenal have again been linked with a move for VFL Wolfsburg forward Julian Draxler again ahead of the transfer window, which opens next month according to a report from popular news outlet Daily Express. Former Schalke 04 star Draxler has endured a torrid season so far at the Volkswagen Arena this season with his club struggling and fans have made him the scapegoat for declaring publicly that he would like to leave the former Bundesliga champions in the summer. Draxler has been a long time target of Arsenal and their boss Arsene Wenger, who is a big admirer, was strongly linked with a move to the Emirates Stadium in the summer and even came close to joining Italian Serie A champions Juventus before the deal went south. For the Gunners to however get their … [Read more...]
French Starlet Valued Over £34m Attracting Arsenal Interest
Arsenal have been linked with AS Monaco forward Kylie Mbappe, who has drawn comparison with former Gunners Thierry Henry and Manchester United attacker Anthony Martial with his playing style. According to HITC, Arsenal are however not the only English Premier League (EPL) side with an interest in the 17-year old. Other sides like Manchester United, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City are said to be keeping tabs on the teenager, who rose to prominence when he became his club's youngest goalscorer earlier in February beating the record of Arsenal legend Thierry Henry. The interest in the £20m-rated forward could even lead to an increment in his transfer fees with other European sides like Italian Serie A champions Juventus and 2-time UEFA … [Read more...]
Bellerin Returns From Ankle Injury To Save Arsenal
Spanish right back Hector Bellerin is known to be a speedster due to his impressive sprints record however what we are learning is his importance to Arsenal with the 21-year old Barcelona academy product gradually becoming one of the best players in his position. Bellerin sustained his ankle injury during last month's North London Derby clash with Tottenham Hotspurs in a game which ended 1-1 and was subsequently ruled out for six weeks. Arsenal struggled a bit without him with the likes of Carl Jenkinson, Gabriel and Mathieu Debuchy taking turns to play the position though Brazilian defender Gabriel has done a very good job. Despite the fact that Gabriel became a reliable right back in the last three days Bellerin took only 17 minutes to make his impact on the … [Read more...]
Arsenal, Liverpool linked with In-form 20-Year-Old Star
English Premier League (EPL) heavyweights Arsenal and Liverpool have been linked with a move for highly rated French striker Moussa Dembele, who has been in sensational form for his Scottish Premier League (SPL) side and champions Celtic. Dembele, who is a French U-21 star sealed his transfer to Scotland from English championship side Fulham and has weighed in with impressive performances to attract some of the best clubs in England. According to Daily Star, Arsenal and Liverpool have been monitoring the 20-year old Frenchman with reported interest also from current European champions Real Madrid and Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, who experienced first hand how good Dembele is during the UEFA Champions League (UCL) group stage campaign in Group D. Manchester … [Read more...]
Arsenal Defender Out For Three Weeks
Arsenal defender Skhrodan Mustafi has been ruled out of action for three weeks after he sustained a hamstring injury in his side's 3-1 win over Mark Hughes' Stoke City at the Emirates Stadium. Mustafi, who won the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil with the German national team, was replaced by Spanish right back Hector Bellerin, who was making his first team return from injury, in the first half of the previously mentioned league match. Confirming the injury during his post-match press conference following the Stoke City game, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "It's a bad one. The minimum is 21 days." The 24-year old centre back, signed for a princely sum of £32m from Spanish La Liga outfit Valencia, will now miss the next three games for Arsenal. He will miss … [Read more...]
Mustafi Out, Arsenal Probable Lineup vs. Everton
English Premier League (EPL) title contenders Arsenal have another opportunity to put an early pressure on league leaders Chelsea when they face struggling Everton at the Goodison Park on Tuesday night in what would be their 16th league game of the season. The starting line-up for the Gunners will surely change as they attempt to regain top spot with a win against Everton with German world cup winner and former Sampdoria and Valencia star Skhrodan Mustafi out with hanstring injury meaning he will miss the return to his former hunting ground. Mustafi, a £32m signing from Spanish side Valencia during the summer, got the injury midway into the first half of Saturday's 3-1 win over Stoke City with Spanish right back Hector Bellerin replacing him. He is likely to … [Read more...]
Reason Arsenal Must Offer Star Duo Contract Extension – Legend
Former Arsenal player and football pundit Paul Merson has urged the North London side to give star duo Alexi Sanchez and Mesut Ozil new contracts at the club. Chilean forward Sanchez and German playmaker Ozil are presently locked in a contract extension talks with their respective contracts scheduled to expire in 18 months time in the summer of 2018. Speaking about their contract impasse with Arsenal on talksport, Merson, who scored 99 goals in 425 games for Arsenal said: "They need to get these two players signed up in my opinion – for me, they have to sign these two." "They are their best players by a mile and if they don’t sign them up, I don’t know where Arsenal go from there. "You wouldn’t buy a season ticket,” said Merson. “What’s the point if you … [Read more...]
Arsenal Should Not Have Conceded A Penalty Against Stoke City – Former Referee
Former English Premier League (EPL) referee Howard Webb has disclosed that league leaders Arsenal were unlucky to have a penalty kick awarded against them in their league clash with Stoke City on Saturday evening. Centre referee Lee Mason pointed to spot after Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka was adjudged to have raised his arm at Stoke City and Welsh midfielder Joe Allen leading to Birthday boy Charlie Adam's success from the spot kick to give Mark Hughes side the lead in the first half. The North London side however bounced back to edge out the visitors 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium. Speaking via BT Spot, Webb, who officiated the 2010 FIFA World Cup final said: "Harsh, Xhaka actually makes contact with the ball, there’s some follow-through momentum." "If he … [Read more...]
Reason Arsenal Should Spend Big To Keep Alexis And Ozil – Club Legend
Former Arsenal goalkeeper and club legend David Seaman has urged the North London side tospend big money so as to keep star duo Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil thus improving their chance of ending a 13-year league title drought Seaman, who is a former England international, was quoted as per a report from the Mirror as he added that the club should break their much publicised wage structure. In hos words, he said: "To win the title Arsenal have got to keep their best players," he said, in quotes reported by the Mirror. "We used to do that. When big clubs came calling for Thierry Henry or Patrick Vieira, we always managed to send them packing. "But then the club went through a phase of selling them, although maybe that was partly because finances forced our … [Read more...]
Wenger Insists – Arsenal Can Fight For The Title, To Splash £50m On Top Star Striker
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is adamant that his side has what it takes to fight for the English Premier League (EPL) title after the North London side moved ahead of former leaders Chelsea at the top of the table. Recall that Arsenal are interested in signing Benzema, and madrid is expecting an offer of about £50m as this might be the last opportunity to cash out on the 29-year striker. Althoigh Wenger's side has recovered well to go an unbeaten sequence of 14 games in the league since losing 4-3 at home to Liverpool on the opening day of the season. The 67-year old Frenchman was speaking in his post-match press conference after the Stoke City game. He said: "We are there for the fight and we have been consistent after the first game." "It is down to us to … [Read more...]
Sanchez Deserves Higher Wages Than Pogba, Rangers Star Shares His Thoughts On Sanchez’s Contract Situation
English football's bad boy Joey Barton has stated that Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez should be earning more money than Manchester United midfielder and world transfer record holder Paul Pogba after he shared his thoughts on the current contract impasse involving the Chilean forward and German playmaker Mesut Ozil at the Emirates Stadium. Barton is of the belief that Sanchez, who scored a second half hat-trick in the club's last league clash against hosts West Ham United at the Olympic Stadium in what culminated in a 5-1 win for the North London outfit, has performed better than Pogba and as a result deserves better financial rewards. Speaking on the Chilean's contract situation, Barton said: "Sanchez will know, or his agent should know, exactly what the going … [Read more...]
Arsenal Legend Praises Gunners Star Iwobi Following UCL Strike
Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright has showered praises on Nigerian international and Gunners' star Alex Iwobi after he netted in the 4-1 demolition of Swiss champions FC Basel on Tuesday night in what was their final group game in the UEFA Champions League (UCL). Speaking to BT Sport on his former club, Wright praised the impact of the 20-year old midfielder adding that his first goal in all competitions would do him a whole lot of good. In his words, he said: "That’s what I think he needs. I think he’s got everything." "It was good that Arsene Wenger eased him out of the team for a bit, because he started to get a little bit stale with what he was doing. "I think this goal will pep him up. He really did celebrate it with gusto – he was very pleased." … [Read more...]
Why Arsenal Legend Desperate To See Sanchez Sign A New Deal
Former Arsenal player Charlie Nicholas has called on the club's star forward Alexis Sanchez to commit his future to the North London side adding that it would be the right thing to do at this stage of his career. Alexis Sanchez, who has been in sensational form this season with 11 league goals to emerge as joint topscorer, and German playmaker Mesut Ozil currently have 18 months to run on their contract and have been in lengthy contract talks with Arsenal over an extension. To this effect, Charlie Nicholas has urged Sanchez in particular to stay with Arsene Wenger's side for the long haul by committing to a new deal. Nicholas, who was speaking on popular TV, Sky Sports, said: "Sanchez has won everything at Barcelona, he’s won the Copa America with Chile, what … [Read more...]
Arsenal Legend Disappointed He Was Not Given Any Coaching Chance At The Club
Former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira has admitted that the North London club let him down due to the fact that they didn't give him the opportunity to start his coaching career at the Emirates Stadium. Frenchman Vieira joined the club in 1996 from AC Milan and went on to spend 9 years winning 3 league titles (1997/98, 2001/02 and 2003/04), 4 English FA Cup titles (1997/98, 2001/02, 2002/03 and 2004/05) and 4 Community Shield titles (1998, 1999, 2002 and 2004) before leaving for Juventus in 2005. He came back to England in the twilight of his career to join Manchester City and ended up on their coaching team once he retired from football including taking charge of their development squad before recently been appointed as manager at the club's sister side in … [Read more...]
Why Arsenal Boss Wenger Rejects FIFA President Infantino’s World Cup Plans
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has stated that he is opposed to the new World Cup plans being driven by the president of Federation International Football Association (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, who until he assumed his present position was the Secretary General of European football's governing body, UEFA. Infantino recently disclosed that he has solid backing to increase the FIFA World Cup slots from 32 to 48 with 16 groups of three teams each being proposed as from the 2026 FIFA World Cup while a 40-team proposal is also on the table. When asked about his position on the proposal during his pre-match press conference ahead of Arsenal's English Premier League (EPL) clash with in-form Stoke City at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday, Wenger said: "My thoughts on … [Read more...]
Arsene Wenger Fires Stern Warning To Chelsea, Read What He Said
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has said Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil will remain at the club. The duo of Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil have continued to stall to renew their contracts at the Emirates which has sparked speculations that the Chilean striker could join Chelsea. But Wenger has reacted to the news while speaking at his press conference, He said: ’18 months is quite long in football you know, ‘They have 18 months contract and are completely committed and will do well as long as they are here. Beyond that we will try to extend their contract. ‘No matter what happens they will stay 18 months, and hopefully much longer. ‘But I can’t make a subject of that in every press conference. The less you talk about it the better it is. ‘At some stage you … [Read more...]
Arsenal Should Have Signed Atletico Star Griezmann, Former Player Reveals
Former Arsenal player Paul Merson has stated that the North London side should have gone the extra mile to sign Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann adding that everyone has a price and the French international is not an exception despite his club's public pronouncement that he is not for sale. Speaking to news outlet Sunday World on Arsenal's ambition as a club, Paul Merson said: "They could have bought Antoine Griezmann last summer. After all, everyone has a price." "Okay, Atletico Madrid might say publicly that he is not for sale but Arsenal have more than £100m in reserves in the bank, so go and put an offer in that will make them sell him. "If they started signing top players, proper world-class stars, people would take Arsenal seriously again but … [Read more...]
Arsenal Top 3 Worst Signings Under Arsene Wenger
It's no news that Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is the longest serving manager ever at the club however what is new is that despite the credit he has received over the years for his development of players he has also invested in others that eventually turned out to be a failed venture. Former and present players like Thierry Henry (France), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Patrick Vieira (France), Theo Walcott (England), Robert Pires (France), Freddy Ljunberg (Sweden), Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast), Lauren Etame Meyer (Cameroon), Ashley Cole (England), Laurent Koscielny (France) and many more are some of his success stories however for the purpose of this article lets briefly take a look at the top three failed transfers in his era. 1. Francis Jeffers (England) Francis … [Read more...]
Real Madrid Surprisingly Linked With Arsenal Star
UEFA Champions League (UCL) holders Real Madrid have reportedly been linked with the vice-captain of Arsenal, Laurent Koscielny, as a possible reinforcement at the Santiago Bernebeu. Koscielny, widely regarded as one of the best centre backs in the English Premier League (EPL), has been a top performer for his club and developed into a key player with the Emirates Stadium side since he made a move from France. According to reports from Spain, the 11-time European champions are willing to offer a mammoth fee of around £37.8m however whether that would be enough to let Arsenal release him is a different kettle of fish entirely. Real Madrid have seen a settled centre back partnership of skipper Sergio Ramos and young French defender Raphael Varane in the past … [Read more...]
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