Just Arsenal News

I know that Arsenal will be looking for a new striker or two at the end of the season, and I know that Christian Benteke has done really well for Aston Villa in his first season in the Premier league. I don’t think that means he would do well for Arsenal or that Arsene Wenger will even try to sign him, but the media certainly seem to think so.

If the 22-year old Belgian international is the man on Wenger’s shopping list, the Prof may find it harder than he expected to secure his transfer in the summer. Yes Benteke has expressed his love for the Gunners, and is believed to have made his mind up to seek a bigger club, but Manchester City have set their sights on the big man, according to the Sunday People. .......Read the full article here

We all know that transfer windows, especially in January, are an elegant and prolonged form of torture for Arsenal fans. The agony of waiting, not knowing and seeing players you thought might be heading to the Emirates joining other teams like Newcastle, QPR or that other team in North London. The transfer rumour that is occupying us at the minute is the potential signing of David Villa from Barcelona.

This has become elaborate and the outlook changes day by day. We are not even sure if there is any room to negotiate with the Spanish club, but there are enough stories about the player actually trying to force the move that it keeps our hopes up. Now, however, we have another thing to worry about. If Villa is available, Arsenal may now have to fight off the challenge of Man City to secure the striker’s signature. .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger made the Polish keeper Wojciech Szczesny his number one at Arsenal in the summer of 2011, and the 22-year old wants to stay at the club for the rest of his career. In an interview with a Polish soft porn magazine, Szczesny has spoken about his thoughts on the club and revealed that he is just a little bot out there, but one thing he would never dream of doing is going against Le Prof.

“In the club he’s God. No-one can rebel against him. The God is only one.

“It’s not that easy to cross your boss in England. Those who try it usually don’t get first team opportunities. .......Read the full article here

Maybe Arsenal need to employ the man from Del Monte when it comes to transfer dealings, because Arsene Wenger does not seem to want anyone. Demba Ba was too much like Olivier Giroud, apparently, and now he has turned down a cut price deal for the talented French midfield enforcer Yann M’Vila. Wenger is fluent in many languages, but he does not seem to know the words yes please in any of them. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal FC Should Lead The Movement For Reformation By JG

Arsene Wenger, speaks out in regards of “official decisions” quite regularly during the course of any season; and this season hasn’t been any different. Wenger has always been one to point out the absolute nonsensical tendencies of the so-called “football justice system”, and has been banned on occasion for being too passionate while presenting his case. Just yesterday, Wenger spoke out against the FA’s recent “howlers” in regards to Bashotelli and Derry, presenting a sound case, advocating for an “overhaul” of the current broken system. .......Read the full article here

Class 1-0 Money by KJ

What a result for Arsenal. This game was a must win for Manchester City and they truly cocked it up. It was clear they had given up on the league before the game even started. However, let’s not take anything away from the boys, they were amazing. Arsenal were unrelenting for the entire 90 minutes and it took one magical shot from our Spaniard to decide the title as well as giving us a huge boost in our search for automatic Champions league qualification. .......Read the full article here

The young Inter striker Mario Balotelli spoke about all the transfer rumours surrounding him, and he made sure he left every single possible option open, except a move across town to AC Milan!

He has been linked with a move to Arsenal and Man City since publicly falling out with Jose Mourinho last season, but he is still unsure whether he is part of Rafael Benitez’s plans, now that he has replaced The Special One.

It certainly sounds like Balotelli was playing with the interviewer when he said: “I’m ready for Benitez and I’m happy that he has talked well of me,” .......Read the full article here

With the World Cup in full swing and everyone concentrating on the massive England v Germany game this afternoon, the Sunday papers seem to be struggling for stories. All the Arsenal transfer rumours seem to be old ones rehashed to fill space between the England stories!

First of all we have the Ajax youngster Christian Eriksen. The young Danish international came on as a sub when his country was knocked out by Japan the other day, and the News of the World says that Wenger was impressed enough to maybe make a new bid for the lad that was recommended by Dennis Bergkamp. This is definitely old news, and the link with Arsenal was broken when Eriksen signed a new four-year contract with Ajax last month, but that hasn’t stopped the NOTW! I think that one can be ignored….. .......Read the full article here

There is an interesting mish-mash of Arsenal transfer news this morning, and considering that Wenger has already stated that he will be concentrating on strengthening the Arsenal defence this summer, he is being linked with a couple of out-and-out strikers!

Mario Balotelli is known as a bit of a hothead at Inter Milan, and he has fallen out with his manager Jose Mourinho quite a few times this year already.

Mourinho left him out of the Champions League squads that faced Chelsea and CSKA Moscow, but surprisingly put him on the bench for this weeks crunch match against Barcelona. This appears to have backfired considerably, as when he was brought on he was booed and heckled by the Inter fans. This resulted in him abusing them back and throwing his shirt on the ground at the end of the game. .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger seems to becoming short of patience with the fans that keep clamouring for him to spend millions on expensive players just because Arsenal have lost a few games.

Arsenal have been linked with many good players, but with Wenger’s philosophy of not buying unless the player is young and cheap, he has come out and dashed the fans hopes that these rumours might be true.

He started with: “Let’s not dream too much. To find players who are world-class, have not played in the Champions League and are available, I wish you good luck. I’ll be on the market but that doesn’t mean I’ll buy.” .......Read the full article here

The Spanish press is far worse than the English red-tops for generating Arsenal transfer rumours, but the famous Italian rag Tuttosport has decided to join in the fun.

They have reported today that Jose Mourinho of Inter Milan has targetted Cesc Fabregas as the man to lead Inter’s assault on the Champions League in the future, and he is willing to offer Arsene Wenger a player plus cash deal involving the youngster Mario Balotelli.

It has long been reported that Wenger is an admirer of Balotelli, and after Mourinho slammed the youngster after a game a few weeks ago, the speculation increased that Wenger would try to prise him away from Italy. .......Read the full article here

Balotelli - todays rumour!

They reckon that Arsene Wenger has sent scouts to watch the young Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli, who has fallen out with Jose Mourinho and his team-mates this week after getting sent off in the Champions League game against Rubin Kazan.

Why on earth they can say that Wenger is interested in spending £20m on another striker after he has publicly refused to buy Marouane Chamakh, a player he likes a lot, because he would only be left on the bench. .......Read the full article here