Just Arsenal News

There could be some good news for Brentford fans very soon, as it seems that the young Arsenal keeper Wojceich Szczesny will be farmed out on loan again this season.

But perhaps it is more likely that Arsene Wenger will be looking for a Championship team this time around to further the experience of the Pole, who is hotly tipped to be Arsenal’s Number One in the not too distant future.

Three weeks ago, Wenger said: “Wojciech is a goalkeeper of huge quality. At the moment we want to play for the title so I believe he needs some more experience to compete directly for the first goalkeeper position. .......Read the full article here

The dreaded Arsenal curse has struck Nicklas Bendtner, and the latest news from Denmark says that he will be out until next year at the earliest. The reported problem is a groin strain, but it is strange that the original injury arrived just after he started living with his sexy (and extremely rich) girlfriend Baroness Caroline Luel-Brockdorf.

I wouldn’t be so cynical as to say that his groin hasn’t had much chance to sort itself out. (Okay we know that the car crash is the official story so dont start slating me) .......Read the full article here

While Arsenal fans the world over believed that Arsene Wenger was working frantically to get a new goalkeeper for his team, and Mark Schwarzer was just inches away from arriving at the Emirates, it seems that there was no new talks with Fulham on deadline day.

There were numerous reports that Arsenal had put in an improved bid for the Australian shot-stopper, while there were also reports that Fulham were trying hard to get in a replacement before the window slammed shut.

But now Mark Hughes has rubbished the rumours, saying that no official bid was received from Arsenal, and there was no chance of Schwarzer leaving even if the had done! .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger thinks that this summer was particularly difficult in the transfer market, but he is very pleased that he managed to bring in Laurent Koscielny, Sebastien Squillaci and Marouane Chamakh and all three have managed to fit into the team quickly.

But he also believes that it was “vital” that Arsenal managed to keep their captain Cesc Fabregas out of the clutches of Barcelona. “It was vital for us to keep Cesc because we build a team around him.” Wenger said. .......Read the full article here

It now looks like Arsenal’s last chance of securing Mark Schwarzer has now fallen through as the Guardian has just reported that Shay Given has decided to turn down Fulham and remain at the Eastlands this season.

Mark Hughes said on Saturday: “I’m always interested in quality players and Shay Given is a quality player. Make of that what you will.

“But I have said that if we can’t get anyone else in, Schwarzer will have to stay.” .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal defender Armand Traore has been looking for a new club since Arsene Wenger told him that he could leave last month, and despite being very close to being transferred to Benfica a couple of weeks ago, we have heard nothing since.

It was reported by Sky last week that Juventus were in the process of making a bid, but it is only today that the Italian giants have confirmed their interest.

Juve sporting director Beppe Marotta said last night: “Yes, Traore is one of the players we are interested in,”.

“We will see what happens.” .......Read the full article here

The Everton defender Phil Jagielka was strongly linked with a move to Arsenal all summer, and Everton reportedly turned down a £10m bid for the fringe England international, but there was never any concrete proof that an offer was on the table until today.

Jagielka admitted that David Moyes had discussed the offer with him, but he never felt any compunction to push Everton to let him leave.

“I’d like to think I’m grounded.” he said today. “I love playing football and I love being at Everton, and I’m not going to try to bully my way into getting a transfer. .......Read the full article here

In an amazing turnaround from Arsene Wenger stating that “the transfer window is closed” for Arsenal, it seems that it is still very possible that the Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer could arrive at the Emirates in the next few days. There are reports that Schwarzer has threatened to go on strike for the season if he is not given his wish.

The Sydney Morning Herald today reports that Mark Hughes is still trying to get Shay Given in to replace Schwarzer in a last-minute deal.

“Mark Schwarzer has made it clear that he would like to go to Arsenal so we are trying to look at other options,” Hughes said. .......Read the full article here

The Sevilla coach Antonio Alvarez was originally very annoyed that he couldn’t play the French international defender Sebastien Squillaci in Wednesdays Champions League qualifier against Braga. He has decided though to just carry on as if he wasn’t there and won’t pick him for tonights game against Barcelona either.

“I didn’t like the fact that he didn’t want to play against Braga, but the circumstances turned out that way,” he said at a press conference today.

“I wasn’t going to lose a lot of time thinking about what could happen. I turned over a new page and forgot about the issue.” .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger’s press conference yesterday was very revealing in many ways, and no less on the transfer front. He admitted a couple of times that he was looking for reinforcements, but also said that he wasn’t close to signing anyone at all!

With just ten days to go it is becoming “squeaky bum time” in the transfer market, and it is now becoming obvious that Arsenal are on the lookout for another goalkeeper. Wenger was asked about the two most likely arrivals, and first of all he explained that Shay Given would be impossible for anyone to buy because of the wages he is on at the Eastlands. In fact Man City will find it very difficult to offload ANY of their surplus players. .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger had a long press conference today and, although looking quite tired and drawn, he managed to field all the searching questions quite well. He was obviously asked about the rumours surrounding his interest in Sebastien Squillaci, and said that although Arsenal were interested, they were nowhere near securing his signature.

“There is not a lot to say but he (Squillaci) is one of the players we look at,” said Wenger. “….. With central defenders we are short number-wise so we look at him and he’s one of the defenders we look at, but we are far from being close to signing him.” .......Read the full article here

The biggest Arsenal transfer rumour today was that Arsene Wenger was in touch with Sevilla to persuade them to part with the French international centre-back, Sebastien Squillaci.

Well today Sevilla have confirmed the rumours, and also agreed that Squillaci missed the Champions League Qualifier just in case the deal went through. BUT, as seems to be the case every time Arsenal are chasing a player, Arsene Wenger is trying to get the asking price reduced!

Sevilla sporting director Ramon Rodriguez said: “The player asked not to play because of the offer from such a big team but, for the moment, we believe the offer is insufficient and Squillaci is still a Sevilla player,” .......Read the full article here