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Arsenal haven’t had an easy time during the last few seasons, big players have left, captains have left two seasons in a row and every time a new season starts we find ourselves scratching our heads at why we have made another profit during the transfer window – and how we can possibly move forward like this?

I may not usually be an optimist when it comes to Arsenal but in time I think the British players we have in our team will learn to gel properly and create a core to the team that will become unrivalled in world football. .......Read the full article here

Well what a crazy week for English football! It seems that all THREE of Arsenal’s top rivals for the League are changing their managers this summer. We all know about Ferguson, and today it is on Sky Sports that Man City are in talks with Manuel Pelligrini to take over at the Etihad next season.

Then of course we all know that Jose Mourinho is going to Chelsea – and so all three of them are going to be going through a period of upheaval as the new managers settle in. .......Read the full article here

Sunderland and Stoke draw is good news for Arsenal by FD

This is a particularly unpredictable end of season at the bottom of the Premiership. Recent results have dragged teams who probably considered themselves out of danger only a few weeks ago back into relegation contention, and tonight’s share of the points between Sunderland and Stoke City didn’t help to make the situation any clearer.

But at least this result is in Arsenal’s favour, and is some consolation for the couple of results that didn’t go our way at the weekend. .......Read the full article here

What are Arsenal’s chances of making the top four?

It’s a record that any club would be proud of: For over 15 years Arsenal has qualified for the Champions League without fail. This season however the Gunners are cutting it mighty close. With today’s 2-2 draw between Wigan and Tottenham, Arsenal is once again in the driver’s seat- if they win their remaining 4 matches, they will get the coveted Champion’s League spot. .......Read the full article here

How the table could look at the end of the season: 3rd, 4th and 5th  –  by DS

After a nail-biting last 20 minutes during the Arsenal game and an enjoyable 35 minutes when Spurs were trailing against Everton, it turned out to be a good weekend! We didn’t play as well as we did last week but we showed our toughness and ground out the 3 points. Spurs were not the same team without Bale and were fortunate to get a point against Everton.

But now we look to the future. Currently the race for the Champions League spots look like this: .......Read the full article here

The Race for 4th by AH

The title of the article says it all, the fact we are having to fight for 4th place like it’s a trophy is ridiculous. It’s not an achievement no matter what you say and it’s simply not good enough. You could say that’s a negative view to things and I suppose it is, but the fact is it’s the truth and we all know it.

In the last few weeks we’ve seen some good results that have helped us in our stride for a Champions League place, for the 16th year running. The 2-0 win over Bayern Munich seems to be the turning point in our season and we have looked far more confident, leading to better performances from Arsenal, seeing 6 goals scored and 1 goal conceded in the last 2 games. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal’s Chance! by AH

An Arsenal win and a Spurs loss is always a good weekend, but this weekend was particular important and it really starts to put things into perspective.

Arsenal won 0-2 against Swansea City, whilst today our North London rivals lost 1-0 to Fulham in what was a nail-biting match for fans. .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger has this week firmed up his interest in Fiorentina’s Stevan Jovetic, requesting weekly reports from his scouts in Italy.

Wenger has been keeping taps on the 23 year-old for nearly two seasons now, and is expected to lodge an official bid when the next transfer window opens.

The last few players to receive similar scouting by Steve Rowley and his team include Olivier Giroud and Lukas Podolski.

Reports suggest Arsenal will have to smash their transfer record with a £20Million+ bid to sign the striker, and will be looked at as an important signing for the club. The highest transfer fee paid by the Gunners currently stands at around £18Million, which was paid to Malaga to buy Spanish star Santi Cazorla. .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger has spoken out ahead of tonight’s crunch Champions League tie against Bayern Munich, knowing the team need to score at least 3 goals to stand a chance of qualifying for the next round.

Bayern defender Daniel van Buyten claimed his side were extremely confident of eliminating Arsenal this week, leading the Arsenal manager to respond by saying: “If I was in your position, I would doubt we can do it as well.

“Bayern has made a big impression in the first game – an impression of authority and security. We have to create the doubt in their mind and that will only come if we believe. .......Read the full article here

It feels like an age since Arsenal last played, even though it was only a week ago. I’m pretty sure that Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players would have liked to play at the weekend to put the North London derby behind them, but the Everton game was postponed due to the FA cup. In the end, it turned out to be quite a successful weekend for Arsenal without them having to do anything, and might have just have given a little boost to team spirit ahead of the difficult second leg against Bayern Munich in the Champions League. .......Read the full article here

The England U19s took on Denmark at Doncaster last night, and the star of the show was Arsenal’s young striker Chuba Akpom, who scored two goals despite only playing the first 45 minutes. His replacement, Reading’s Dominic Samuel, scored the third in the 3-1 win.

This means that Akpom has now scored five goals in four games for England this season, which augurs well for his future at Arsenal. He is now practically certain to be chosen for the European Championship Qualifiers later this year against Belgium, Scotland and Georgia although he isn’t taking it for granted just yet. .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger revealed before the transfer window that he was looking to raid the Spanish market for “bargains” due to the financial difficulties suffered by clubs in La Liga (e.g. Malaga!), but in the meantime Newcastle have been concentrating on Wenger’s traditional hunting ground, France, and have come away with some excellent buys.

It was revealed that just this week, everyone in France thought that Montpellier’s Yanga M’Biwa was on his way to the Arsenal before he went to Newcastle at the last minute, and along with Lille’s Mathieu Debuchy, Toulouse’s Moussa Sissoko, Nancy’s Massadio Haïdara and Bordeaux’s Yoan Gouffran, Alan Pardew has severely strengthened his Toon squad for a combined price of just £18m, with £7m being recouped by the sale of Demba Ba to Chelsea. .......Read the full article here