The Arsenal Blog

The Sunderland keeper Simon Mignolet is well aware that it was his own heroics in the Sunderland goal that stopped Arsenal from taking a hefty lead this weekend, but he believes that sunderland’s efforts in the second half, albeit against ten men, should have earned the Black Cats at least a point.

The Belgian stopper said: “The first half was quite busy. I expect that a bit against a team like Arsenal, who played really well in the first half and made it difficult.  ...........Read more

After a year at Sunderland, Arsenal’s unwanted striker Nicklas Bendtner may be on his way back to the Emirates. He has failed to impress Martin O’Neill sufficiently to be offered a permanent move to the Stadium of Light. He has played 27 games for Sunderland in all competitions since his loan deal began in August, but his return of eight goals and his contribution in general has not earned him a contract in the North East.  ...........Read more

Arsenal are fairly confident of securing the signature of Rennes midfielder Yann M’Vila but have yet to seal the deal. Other targets on Wenger’s radar as possible backups are Jan Vertonghen from Ajax and Lucas Biglia from the Belgian side Anderlecht.

According to the free sports picks, Vertonghen and Biglia look likely to sign for Spurs and Real Madrid respectively, though, leaving Wenger and Arsenal with few more choices in the transfer market.  ...........Read more

The Arsenal flop Bendtner might return to the Emirates Stadium in the summer according to Sunderland coach Martin O’Neil. The manager claims that even though Bendtner’s evolution this season was a good one, no official talks have been made yet and his situation at the club remains unknown.

Bendtner joined Sunderland this season on loan from Arsenal, but his time at the new club also brought a few downs as the striker caused a few scandals.

“Nicklas has done very well for us recently and I’m very happy about that,” O’Neill told the Sunderland Echo.  ...........Read more

The Sunderland manager Martin O’Neill snubbed the ongoing speculations which were speaking about a possible move from Sunderland to Arsenal for African striker Stephane Sessegnon. Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger has been linked with Sessegnon for quite some time now, and the newspapers are saying that the move is going to be made this summer.

O’Neill doesn’t even want to hear about a possible leave, and stated: “Sess is playing brilliantly for us. There’s talk about him being unhappy and that he’s having a tough old time with his family, but believe me, he couldn’t be happier.  ...........Read more

Nicklas Bendtner has started scoring a few goals for Sunderland recently, and all Arsenal fans will be hoping that he continues that run today when the Black Cats take on Spurs at the Stadium of Light and helps stop Arsenal’s bitter rivals from going ahead of the Gunners in the race for Third Place.

Bendtner himself though says that he is not aiming to help Arsenal, but simply trying to win more points for his new club. He said: “I have a lot of respect and feelings for Arsenal, yeah. I hope they do as well as they can, obviously.  ...........Read more

The Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner is currently on loan at Sunderland and he has had a hell of a lot of bad publicity since his arrival in the North-East, which hasn’t been tempered by him scoring loads of goals for the Black Cats.

But even Arsenal fans will have a soupcon of sympathy for Bendtner after his lates problem which came when he was kicked in the face during the League game against Swansea, and he was seriously worried that he would lose the sight in his eye.  ...........Read more

The Sunderland manager Martin O’Neill thinks that his team can heap more misery on Arsene Wenger and Arsenal by knocking the Gunners out of the FA Cup today, but he doesn’t understand the stick that Wenger is getting from the TV pundits and Arsenal fans.

“I’m not here to defend Arsène Wenger. He doesn’t need defending by me, who isn’t his favourite character,” O’Neill said. “Very little surprises me in the game now but I am surprised at the criticism surrounding him. His influence on English football has been immense.  ...........Read more

The Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta agrees that Arsenal were beaten by the better team in Milan on Wednesday, but thinks that the Arsenal squad must get over it quickly and prepare for a hard game against Sunderland tomorrow and even more difficult games ahead (like Tottenham and Liverpool!)

“We have to try to digest this result,” Arteta said. “We have another great game on Saturday in the FA Cup and there are some big ones coming up soon.

“We have to be mentally ready when we get back because it will be a very tough game against Sunderland. It is very, very hard to take this one.  ...........Read more

Arsenal’s interest for Sunderland’s striker Stephane Sessegnon might come to life again in the summer as the Black Cat forward says that he might consider a move, but not till the end of the season.

Being brought from PSG last season, he refuses to think about a return trip at the moment even though he hopes the French club will do great things without him.

“Interest from some bigger English clubs? I don’t think about that so far,” Sessegnon told L’Equipe.

“Above all I am thinking to score and assist. We will talk about my future again at the end of the season.”  ...........Read more