Just Arsenal News

There seems to be a lot of Arsenal transfer news around this morning, but they all stem from dubious sources to say the least.

The first one is a new name that i’ve never heard of before; a Nigerian teenager called Ramon Azeez. He is an 18 year-old midfielder who played every game for his country in the U17 World Cup last year. According to Sport.co.uk, Arsenal, Chelsea and both Manchester clubs have been watching him. I suppose its possible…. Read the full article here

It is being reported this morning that the Celtic manager Tony Mowbray has set his sights on signing the young Arsenal striker Jay Simpson this summer.

Celtic are having problems scoring goals this season, and Mowbray, who had Simpson at West Brom last season, believes the 21 year-old could be an instant success in the SPL.

Mowbray has had Simpson watched while he is on loan at Queens Park Rangers, and thinks that Arsene Wenger will let him go on the cheap as he doesn’t look like breaking into the Gunners first team any time in the near future. Read the full article here

It has been reported recently that the Serie A giants Roma are very keen to take William Gallas to Italy next season, to be reunited with his old manager from his Chelsea days, Claudio Ranieri, who has openly admitted that he wants Gallas to join the club. He said on Monday: “Gallas is a player who has achieved so much in his career.

“I signed him when I was in charge at Chelsea and he has done well both for them and Arsenal. He is a top-level player and all top players are welcome at Roma.” Read the full article here

The Egyptian striker Mohammed Zidan, who scored Egypt’s only goal against England last week, has revealed that Arsenal have been watching him play lately.

Zidan is currently playing for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundseliga, but, according to his father, he has a clause in his contract which allows him to talk to any big clubs that come in for him.

Zidan, 28, said yesterday: “My agent spoke to me after the game and told me about Arsenal’s interest.

“He asked me to try to impress them, and become the first Egyptian to play for the Gunners.” Read the full article here

I know the transfer window is still a few months away, but there seems to be a few snippets of Arsenal transfer news around, so I thought it was worth a post.

Obviously you can’t discuss discuss transfer rumours without bringing up Marouane Chamakh, and it seems that it not such a done and dusted deal as everyone thought it was. The latest news is still that talks are going well, but there is nothing signed yet. Perhaps Chamakh is using the extra £10,000 offered by Liverpool as a little leverage to up Arsenal’s offer? Read the full article here

According to reports coming in today, the Italian giants Juventus are more than willing to let Arsene Wenger have Felipe Melo, but they want one of the top Arsenal players in return, and top of the list is Robin Van Persie.

Melo has not fitted into the Juventus team since arriving from Fiorentina during the summer, and Wenger has already stated that he is still interested in bringing him to the Emirates after losing out to the Old Lady in the transfer window. Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger tried very hard to buy the Fiorentina midfielder Felipe Melo during the summer, but in the end Juventus won the race for the Brazilian hardman. The Italian giants have had a disastrous year in Serie A and Melo has not been very popular with the fans, which could mean that Melo could move on again this coming summer.

Wenger admitted that he is still very interested in bringing him to the Emirates: “We were interested in Melo during the summer.” he said. Read the full article here

The ex-Arsenal midfielder Aleksander Hleb has had a very unhappy time since he left the Emirates. He was desperate to join Barcelona 18 months ago and basically forced Arsene Wenger to make a deal with the Spanish giants.

But he couldn’t play his way into the team that eventually won the Champions League, making just eight starts, and Pep Guardiola decided to let him move back to his original club, Stuttgart, on loan last summer.

But now even that move has turned sour, and the Stuttgart manager Christian Gross has complained about Hleb’s contribution to the team when he is on the pitch. Read the full article here

It is being reported this morning that the Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is having the West Brom midfielder Graham Dorrans watched regularly. The 22 year-old is very highly-rated in the Championship and has already made two appearances for the full Scotland team after playing 10 games at U20 and U21 level.

After being named as the Scottish First Division Player’s Player of the year award while with Livingston in 2008, he was snapped up by West Brom for a measly £150,000, and it looks like West Brom could be in for a tidy profit as it has been rumoured that Man City have already bid £6m for the youngster. Read the full article here

According to reports from Belgium, Arsenal are among the top clubs that are tracking the Standard Liege defender Eliaquim Mangala.

The 19 year-old is also being watched by Lyon and Paris St Germain, and the rumour mill has said that Standard have put a price of 10 million euros on his head as his contract runs until 2014.

Arsene Wenger was first made aware of Mangala when he scored against Arsenal in the Champions League match earlier this season, when Liege took a shock 2-0 lead against his team before Arsenal went on to win the game 3-2. But even before that it had been reported that Wenger had had the young Frenchman watched a number of times, and it was even said that he had made a £3m bid last summer. Read the full article here