The Arsenal Blog

Despite being thought that Arsenal would bring in Real Madrid’s Nuri Sahin after Alex Song’s departure, it seems that arch rivals Liverpool moved better than the Gunners on the transfer market, as their manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed the possibility of Sahin’s move yesterday after the Europa League clash.

After narrowly winning against Hearts, Rodgers confirmed that in the next 24 hours some light will be shed on the Sahin deal, one which has been rumoured to be in the bag for Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger long ago.

“Hopefully in the next 24 hours we will get some confirmation on that,”  ...........Read more

Arsenal are due to face competition in their attempts to sign Montpellier’s attacking midfielder Younes Belhanda, as the new Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has put the Morocco international on top of his wish-list.

Arsene Wenger has been looking high and wide for a top attacking midfielder he can bring to the club, but he hasn’t had much luck until now. Ever since Fabregas and Nasri left the club the French manager has been looking to find top quality replacements for them, and found an amazing player in Mikel Arteta after bringing him from Everton, but Wilshere’s season-long injury didn’t help his cause at all.  ...........Read more

Arsenal target Younes Belhanda’s excellent performances throughout the season for Ligue 1 leaders Montpellier attracted a lot of positive remarks from big clubs, and now it seems that Arsenal will have to deal with competitors in their attempt to land the midfielder.

At 22 years of age, Belhanda was one of the main men at Montpellier as the club is about the win their first title since 1987. This promoted the Moroccan midfielder in Wenger’s transfer shortlist, and the French manager went so far to offer a few remarks regarding the attacking midfielder, expressing his admiration.  ...........Read more

After the horror scenes Mikel Arteta provided on Saturday when he was pulled out of the pitch unconscious after a bad attack by Henderson, the Spaniard offered a very emotional interview saying that he has been touched by the way everybody at Liverpool and Arsenal alike joined hands to support him through the horrible period.

“I just want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their help and friendship towards me on Saturday,”

“After my accident on the pitch, the Arsenal medical staff did a great job, together with everyone at Liverpool Football Club.  ...........Read more

The Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was instrumental in the Gunners taking all three points off Liverpool on Sunday, and he thinks that the team now have proved they are a “special” team and deserve to keep hold of Fourth place this season.

The win has virtually put Liverpool out of the race, and Szczesny now thinks that Arsenal only have Chelsea and Newcastle to worry about now.

“It is tough,” he said. “I can’t imagine Arsenal dropping 10 points before the end of the season. The way we have played in the last few weeks has shown there is something special about the team.  ...........Read more

Arsenal’s skipper Robin Van Persie was delighted about the win the Gunners managed against Liverpool and about the fantastic two goals he managed to score, but he admitted that Liverpool deserved more to win than Arsenal did.

“It means a lot, to score at Anfield is big because Anfield is a massive ground,” the Holland striker said. “I’m proud of that, but even more proud of this win. I don’t think we really deserved it to be honest because Liverpool played better.”

“I think we are 10 points ahead of Liverpool now and we can wait to see what Spurs do tomorrow (against Manchester United). It’s a big win, a massive win.”  ...........Read more

Although Robin Van Persie deservedly won the Man-of-the-Match award for his two goals yesterday in Arsenal’s brilliant comeback win at Liverpool, the Dutchman thought that Wojciech Szczesny deserved the Champagne Award and handed it to him instead.

Even Arsene Wenger agreed after the game that there was nothing to choose between them. Wenger said: “We had two men of the match today, one at the back and one at the front.”

And Szczesny himself confirmed that Van Persie gave him the award. He said: “Sometimes you make a lot of saves and you end up losing the game so none of your saves matter but today I managed to help my teammates.”  ...........Read more

The Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny did a fantastic double save from Dirk Kuyt in the first half yesterday which helped to keep the Reds at bay in a game they mostly dominated, and he was happy to admit that it was probably not a fair result on Liverpool.

He said after the match: “It’s a massive win,”

“It’s a little bit harsh on Liverpool because they played really well for 90 minutes but there were games this season when we deserved to win and lost.”  ...........Read more

Arsene Wenger has been talking about Arsenal’s remaining targets for this season, and confirmed the importance of defeating Liverpool in their search for a Big Four finish.

“Chelsea, Newcastle and Liverpool are in the fight for the top four.

“We have a good opportunity to put Liverpool far behind us, and we want to take it.

“We are in a fight with Chelsea, especially being on the same level of points, so every point we can take now is vital until the end of the season. We know in the Champions¬ League¬ we have a massive score against us, but if we get a good result at Liverpool¬ I think we still have a chance.  ...........Read more

According to German newspapers Liverpool’s manager Kenny Dalglish wants to compete with rival Arsene Wenger for yet another European starlet as the Kop’s take an interest in long term Arsenal target Raffael.

The 26-year-old attacking midfielder has impressed while playing for Herta Berlin in the Bundesliga, and ever since the summer Arsenal have been watching him. Wenger is looking for a player worthy of replacing Samir Nasri or Cesk Fabregas, but according to rumours around the grounds he’s not ready to offer the money Lille are requesting for the services of Eden Hazard.  ...........Read more