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Wingers, Wingers, Everywhere….

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The latest transfer speculation confuses me – we’ve been linked with numerous wingers, including Javier Saviola, Franck Ribery (although now his agent denies it), and the latest transfer talk is a £5.5 million bid for Chievo Verona winger Franco Semioli.

Although we’ve lost Robert Pires in the summer to Villarreal, we have brought in Tomas Rosicky who can either play in the hole or on the wing. We also have Jose Antonio Reyes – who I think will still be at Arsenal this coming season, Alexander Hleb, Freddie Ljungberg and even Robin van Persie can play wide.

So it doesn’t make sense to me.

After having decent World Cups, Rosicky and van Persie will be looking for first team places this season, Hleb has gradually improved throughout his first season in England and even Theo Walcott will be getting a few first-team opportunities this season.

We don’t need anymore attacking players – Wenger has been grooming the likes of van Persie, Jose Reyes and Walcott to make an impact soon. And don’t forget they’re still kids!

In other news, the new Real Madrid President is yet talking b*llocks again after he said Cesc Fabregas would sign for them. Cesc has turned around and told basically told Real that they can f*ck right off and he’s staying at Arsenal.

Good lad!

And it appears that Cashley Cole is getting married to Girls Are Loud singer Cheryl Tweedy tomorrow, but he has apparently snubbed Arsene Wenger and not invited the Arsenal Manager.

A real nice way to thank the man who gave him his first ever start for the Arsenal first team.

With his upcoming book where he apparently blasts Arsenal for their treatment of him during the Chelski scandal you really have to wonder what the f*ck the guy is doing.

He’s not exactly a fans favourite anymore and to keep pushing Arsenal and their fans just seems totally ludicrous thing to do!

He’s a decent player and at the end of last season things seem to have settled but if he wants to keep taking the p*ss then Wenger should kick him out of the club.

But he’s only one of two English players in the squad isn’t he?

If it was up to me, like most Arsenal fans I wouldn’t be bothered if the versatile Mathieu Flamini was our left back for the start of the Emirates Era.

Cashley can go and join the Galactic Olds!

Finally Confirmed: Campbell Gets The Boot

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After rumours of going to Pompy, Fulham and Fenerbahce Arsenal have finally confirmed that Sol Campbell will be leaving the club.

As usual, Arsenal and player have departed amicably and there was mutual respect given from Club, Player and Manager.

It is not clear where Campbell will be playing his football next season, but as long as it’s not at Ashburton Grove then I’m not bothered.

But while last season Sol didn’t exactly endear himself to the Arsenal faithful, the fact we nicked him from Spurs for nothing and he was part of our unbeaten league campaign and won several major honours with us is something I am thankful for.

Au Revoir Bobby And All The Best!

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Goodbye To Six Great Years

Well all Arsenal fans knew it was going to happen for a while now but it has finally been confirmed that Bobby has finally left the club and moved on to Villarreal. And I for one wish him all the best.

With Rosicky arriving only a couple of days ago the writing was on the wall. Pires wanted that 2 year deal but Arsenal wouldn’t give it to him and now he’ll be riding on the Yellow Submarine. With Rosicky, Reyes, Freddie, Hleb, Van Persie and even Theo Walcott playing in similar areas of the field Pires was always going to find it hard to play many games. Even this season his appearances have been considerably less than of previous campaigns.

But Arsenal fans will remember Robert Pires with great affection, and he has been a big part in our Premiership and FA Cup triumphs over the last 6 years.

What I will remember most from Bobby is the that phenomenal goal he scored against Aston Villa in the 2001/2002 double winning season, and the goal that won us the FA Cup in 2003.

And I will also remember the tackles that led to Arsenal scoring huge goals. The first was in the unbeaten season, when Pires dispossessed Makelele at Stamford Bridge and fed Bergkamp. The Iceman then played in Vieira with an exceptional pass who slotted the ball past Sullivan and kept our unbeaten run alive. The second was the amazing tackle on Patrick Vieira at Highbury, which led to the Cesc Fabregas goal against Juventus.

Brilliant stuff.

But he has contributed so much more to the club and was Thierry Henry’s wing man – and an integral part of the lethal left side of Arsenal.

And he was a big player in the invicibles team of 2003/3004.

Pires made 284 appearances and scored 84 goals. 84 goals!

That’s 14 a season!

An excellent return for a midfielder, and even more impressive with the fact that he didn’t play many games last season. Who else except Lampard or Gerrard score that many goals?

And to make a comeback from the serious cruciate knee ligament damage he sustained in 2002 was a show of his character and determination this guy has.

Being substituted in the Champions League Final after only 18 minutes was a sad was to leave Arsenal, but we will always be grateful for the contribution you have given the club over the years.

All the best Bobby!

Arsenal’s New Czech Mate Joins The Gunners!

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Rosicky Joins Arsenal

Well the transfer dealings of Arsenal have really stepped up and even though the season is only just over and the World Cup is only a couple of weeks away Arsenal have confirmed the signing of 25-year old Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky.

Rosicky is quoted as saying:

“I’m really happy to be here at Arsenal, it is a great day for me. The team showed its strength recently in the Champions League and it has big potential with a lot of young players, I think we can be even better next season. This is the best club in Europe and I will give everything for Arsenal.”

According to reports Arsenal triggered the clause in Rosicky’s contract which is estimated to be around the £6.8 million mark.

Arsenal’s new Czech mate (sorry!) has a knack of scoring goals against Arsenal, for both Dortmund and Spart Prague. Let’s hope he’s brought his scoring boots to Arsenal!

It is a big signing for us and hopefully will be the start of a few big names coming to Arsenal this summer.

It does put a big question mark over the future of Bobby though.

I haven’t really seen Rosicky play to be honest but people are saying that he plays on the left side of midfield. I’ll be watching him at the World Cup now though!

Pires has been courting clubs like Benfica, Villarreal and even Juventus in the past so we’ll have to wait and see what Wenger wants to do with our very own D’Artagnan. The problem is for Bobby is that we have Reyes and Freddie who can play on the left so unless Arsene thinks he can give us something in the middle of the park he is probably gone.

And don’t be surprised if Arsene pulls out another rabbit out of the hat and brings in another player just before the World Cup starts on June 9th…

Henry Stays On To Lead Arsenal Revolution!

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Exactly 2 months to this day I posted an article saying there was no way that Thierry Henry was leaving Arsenal because he loved the club too much.

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For this people did question my sanity and thought I was totally deluded!

But who’s having the last laugh now!

The two main men from Barcelona have spoken, and Joan Laporta has actually praised Henry for deciding to stay at Arsenal but Frank Rijkaard has actually hit out over the incident, showing his obvious dissappointment over not landing the Arsenal captain.

What a shame eh?

After months of Ronaldinho, Eto’o, Guily, Gio and other Barcelona players talking about Henry joing Barcelona they have been found to look like the utter fools they actually are. Then there is the infamous FC Barcelona Blog which has somehow got into Arsenal website circulation that declared Henry’s arrival at Barca. Idiots.

I, like millions of other Arsenal fans have said that Henry wouldn’t leave Arsenal – maybe through hope more than anything but it is clear that Henry is not a Ballack nor a Ronaldo. Arsenal means something to him and he does have some loyalty.

Obviously, I’m sure Arsenal are rewarding his loyalty with a big wage packet but that’s what you would expect for a player who is one of – if not the – worlds best.

And the spin off from Henry staying is that close friends Sol, Bobby and even Ashley Cole might stay on at Arsenal instead of seeking pastures new.

With a difficult start to the season the campaigns objectives would have been to secure a top 4 position in the Premiership, do well in Europe and keep Thierry Henry.

Well we’ve kept Henry and finished 4th, and it is debatable whether we’ve done well in Europe or not. Personally I’m proud of our lads getting to the final in Europe and so I think we’ve done all 3!