The Arsenal Blog

Marseille have contacted Arsenal about a possible loan deal for struggling Gervinho with a view to a permanent move in the future. Arsenal have already cleared out most of the “deadwood” this summer and Gervinho is seen by fans as one of the next players who must go because of his poor form since he arrived at the club.

Sebastian Squillaci, Andrey Arshavin and Denilson have already left the club which has freed up the wage bill a bit to fund moves for new players, which is why Arsenal seem to be active at the moment in the transfer window.  ...........Read more

It has been announced by Arsenal that three first team players have/will leave the club come 30th June 2013, as their contracts will expire on that date. As I am sure you are aware the three players are Denilson, Arshavin and Squillaci, who alone will not only free up three important squad places under the Premier League regulations and restrictions but it also frees up an unbelievable amount of wages.

Sebastian Squlliaci was on a reported £50,000 a week, not only a ridiculous amount for a player of his calibre but not to mention he didn’t play a single league game for Arsenal last season, amounting to an unbelievable amount over the course of the year.  ...........Read more

Arsenal’s prudent transfer policy has received plenty of plaudits since Arsene Wenger was appointed as manager in September 1996, but the ongoing lack of success at the Emirates Stadium has left many fans questioning the current state of the squad.

Two years ago Arsenal sold Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona and Samir Nasri to Manchester City and the ensuing chaotic transfer window dealings that year, have to a large extent, shaped the inadequacy of Wenger’s current squad.  ...........Read more

Arsenal are one of a number of clubs keen to sign the 25-year old Montpellier striker. At 6 ft 3 inches and with his strength and aerial ability, he is seen as a perfect target man. Pretty much the same as Marouane Chamakh was supposed to be. Arsenal are ready to put in an offer for Giroud which includes Chamakh and around £7 million, reports todays Metro.  ...........Read more

Despite Chamakh’s recent love statement for Arsenal when he declared that he refuses to leave the ship and move on, his former club Bordeaux declared that the Morocco striker is still welcomed at the club if he’s ready to take a wage cut.

Bordeaux’s president Jean Louis Triaud declared that he’s eager to see Chamakh come back to the club that sold him to Arsenal in the first place.

“I have spoken with Marouane and told him that he is welcome at Bordeaux and that we still have room for him,” Triaud told RMC.  ...........Read more

The Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh was photographed smoking a Sisha pipe after the Gunners 2-1 defeat by QPR at the weekend, but even worse he was celebrating with one of the players that scored for Arsenal’s opponents during that game!

He is earning 70,000 pounds a week for doing very little but sitting on the bench, but Chamakh still seems to think that when Lukas Podolski arrives at the Emirates next season he still has a chance of getting in the first team.  ...........Read more

Arsenal’s spring cleaning continues and after Arsene Wenger decided to let Russian winger Andrey Arshavin return to Zenit, the Gunners are now ready to do the same in the case of Marouane Chamakh.

The Morroccan international striker joined Arsenal in 2010 but even though he was one of the hottest prospects in the French League 1 at the time he fell way short of expectations after he picked up an injury (or lack of confidence?) which kept him away from action for a long time.  ...........Read more

Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger has good news ahead of the derby match against Tottenham Hotspur, as it seems that he won’t have to improvise a back line after all even though it seemed that way until a few days ago.

Koscielny’s injury against AC Milan and Gibbs’ fragility were worrying for the Frenchman who thought he’d be back in the situation where he would have to use several defenders out of their natural positions.  ...........Read more

The good news are continuing to pour on the Emirates Stadium as more and more players become ready to play for the Gunners.

After having to deal with massive squad problems for quite a long time, Wenger recovered most of his unavailable players a couple of weeks ago, and the follow-up is even better as the Gunners will finally be able to start a match with a left-back on the left side instead of a center-back.

Kieran Gibbs has resumed training and will now probably be available for the weekend game against Sunderland allowing club defensive star Thomas Vermaelen to finally play in the center after having to cover up for Gibbs and Santos on the left side.  ...........Read more

Arsenal’s striker Marouane Chamakh doesn’t want to speak about the possibility to leave the Gunners until after the African Nations Cup.

The Morocco striker is likely to leave the club soon, but even though reports were pointing to a possible leave in January, he doesn’t seem interested of the possibility to leave Arsenal at the moment. Amongst the teams interested in him the most likely to land the striker are PSG, Bordeaux or Fiorentina, and amid reports linking him to Fiorentina Chamakh declared:

“Fiorentina is a good team,” he told Sky Sports.  ...........Read more