Just Arsenal News

There is a good bit of Arsenal transfer news about today, and it is not all good news. It appears that Arsene Wenger has upset William Gallas with his not-generous-enough new contract offer, and the French defender has decided to go off in a huff.

The Sun reports today that Wenger is wasting his time going for new talks with Gallas’ agent, and they quote a “source close to Gallas” as saying “Something seems broken between William and Arsene and it looks possible he will not be at the club next season.” I guess that if Gallas hasn’t signed a contract by now, it is pretty unlikely that he will in the next few days…. .......Read the full article here

According to the Bari sporting director Giorgio Perinetti, Arsenal have been sending scouts to watch their two young central defence partnership of Andrea Ranocchia and Leonardo Bonucci.

Bari have got the best defensive record in Serie A so far this season, conceding just four goals in seven games, and the two youngsters have been instrumental in gaining that record.

Perinetti said: “When we played against Milan, there were a couple of emissaries from Arsenal, who came to take a look at our central defenders, Bonucci and Ranocchia.”

“I guess they did not waste their trip, as the two boys are fine players.”

Ranocchia has made 8 appearances for the Italy U21 squad and has made 23 appearances for Bari since joining on a loan period from Genoa, while Bonucci was acquired by Genoa from Inter Milan this summer as part of the deal that saw Thiago Motta go the other way, and Genoa immediately sent him to Bari to join Ranocchia.