The Arsenal Blog

With Bacary Sagna continuing to stall on contract talks, Arsenal have started to be linked with a number of full-backs across the continent. After reports of a move for AC Milan’s Mattia De Sciglio emerged, it seems as though another Rossoneri star might be on the radar of Arsene Wenger, this time it is the more established Ignazio Abate.

Abate, who has had a very successful 14 years at Milan, is said to be seeking an exit from the San Siro and is widely tipped to be sold in the upcoming January transfer window, with the Italian side already scouting possible replacements for the defender. Newcastle’s Davide Santon and Monaco’s Fabinho have both been heavily linked with a move to Milan.  ...........Read more

So after what was a very good week of football for the Gunners with two very important wins against fellow Premier League contenders Liverpool, and Champions’ League group rivals Borussia Dortmund respectively; it all turned down to Manchester United on Sunday at Old Trafford, but unfortunately we couldn’t produce the same sort of result and bowed out in a 1-0 defeat.  ...........Read more

Arsenal still remain top of the Premier League despite failing to come away from the Hawthorns with all 3 points against West Brom, and this was largely down to the fact we struggled to get our game going. With Arsenal’s unbeaten record since the opening day of the Premier League still intact, we are certainly performing much higher than most expected, however now the Premier League is interrupted by the second international break of the campaign so far.  ...........Read more

Lady luck certainly deserted Arsenal when the draw was made for the Champions League group stages. The fact that Borussia Dortmund and Napoli were even in the third and fourth pots to start with was bizarre, but for both of them to get picked for the same group was ridiculous. It could have been worse for the Gunners though, because PSG, Juventus, AC Milan and Atletico Madrid were all in the second pot.  ...........Read more

Arsenal were linked with an awful lot of players this summer and although it now seems to be a normality for Arsenal fans, we can no longer really define the rumours that can be classed as true and which ones are fake. It’s never easy being an Arsenal fan during the transfer window, however if the latest reports are deemed to be true then perhaps we were closer to signing another player than we may have thought.  ...........Read more

Well that was a surprise. Arsenal dominated the first half against Fenerbahce but turned on the afterburners in the second and managed to net 3 thanks to Gibbs, Ramsey and Giroud. The game started very well for us and that uncharacteristically set the tone for the half. Generally, we tend to fade away after a good start letting the opposition back into the game but that didn’t happen. Our passing and pressing was more efficient and quicker than the Turkish side in the first half.  ...........Read more

This evening Arsenal will come up against Fenerbahce in the first leg of the Champions League qualifier. Arsenal travelled to Istanbul yesterday and will today come up against the mighty Turks in which I am sure will not be an easy game.

When the draw was made it was the single team none of us wanted but behold Arsenal’s luck we got the draw and so now not only do we have to come up against the arguably toughest opposition but also all the other problems that come with it. Turkish fans are known for being ‘passionate’, perhaps a little too passionate in which the passion soon turns to violence and to be honest that’s my main concern. On paper we have enough quality to beat them but its Arsenal isn’t it and so you never know what’s around the corner.  ...........Read more

I am not exactly doing cartwheels here, because Arsenal are still in a terrible situation at the minute, but we are ready to pounce on the smallest piece of good news at the minute, and worry it like a dog with a bone. Anyway, after being decimated with injuries at the worst possible time, Arsenal were handed some welcome news on the injury front today.  ...........Read more

As we already know, Arsenal’s squad is desperately thin on the ground at the moment and if I am correct I believe I once wrote that after letting go of a staggering 27 players this summer and bringing in just one player in return it has left us with little more than 24 professional footballers signed to a contract at the club.  ...........Read more

When it comes to Arsenal and transfer targets it’s often difficult to pick out the true from the false because quite simply Arsenal are linked with probably at least 3 different players every day, which believe me amounts to quite a lot of players by the end of the transfer window.

One name that has stuck around a lot over the last few days is the 28-year old Spaniard Jesus Gamez, who is a defender for Arsenal’s new provider club Malaga in Spain. I am of course joking on Malaga being Arsenal’s provider club but after signing Santi Cazorla and Nacho Monreal from there last season, I suppose any players coming to the Emirates from that part of sunny Spain this time around, would mean they are no different to what we have recently been to Barcelona and Man City.  ...........Read more