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The Brazilian U20 international Denilson is a near certainty to start for Arsenal at Hull City this weekend, and he believes that this will be his big chance to impress the Arsenal fans. He has been roundly criticized for his performances this season, but he now thinks he is ready to prove his doubters wrong.

“Hull on Saturday will be a very difficult game. I think Cesc and Alex Song will not play so it’s very important for us to focus now.

“We have just nine games left to go in the Premier League so I have a great opportunity to show what I can do.” Read the full article here

Arsenal may have had an easy win against Porto yesterday, but the game has taken a heavy toll on the Gunners already lengthy injury list.

Arsene Wenger didn’t sound very happy about the situation when he was asked about the likely line-up for this weekend’s game, and after saying yesterday that his captain Cesc Fabregas was 50/50 to play, he has now changed his prediction to 1/200!

“His chances of playing are 0.5% – that means unless a miracle happens, he will not play,” said Wenger. “At the moment, Cesc is out of Saturday’s game. We have a little doubt about Tomas Rosicky, but we will check that tomorrow morning. Nobody else is back, but we will lose Song, because he is suspended.” Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger was extremely pleased with the massive 5-0 win over Porto last night, but thinks that his Arsenal team need to continue to improve to get past all the great teams still left in the competition.

He said: “First of all, we are happy to be in the last eight. If you look back at the last five years, I think we were in the last eight a few times. It’s never easy to be in the top eight in Europe. The negative side of that is you only have good teams now. Read the full article here

Arsenal prepare to face Porto in the must-win Champions League match tomorrow night, and although their captain Cesc Fabregas is a doubtful starter, Arsene Wenger has a larger than usual squad to choose from.
Alex Song missed this weekends game against Burnley through suspension, but as it only applies to domestic games, he will be fit and fresh for tomorrow.

Sol Campbell was also “unfit” on Saturday, but Wenger has confirmed that he will be ready to play tomorrow as William Gallas is still suffering from his lower back injury. Read the full article here

The Arsenal midfielder Andrei Arshavin today admitted that he had talked to Cesc Fabregas about his rumoured move to Barcelona. The Rusian maestro also says that he told him that he wanted him to stay at the Emirates for at least another year but that the final decision must rest with his captain.

”If he goes to Barcelona, I will understand his choice. But as an Arsenal player, I really don’t want this to happen,” Arshavin said.

”I remember when there were rumours of his departure last summer, I told him half-jokingly, half seriously: ‘Stay at least a year or two, I want to play with you.’ Read the full article here

The Liverpool captain can’t believe that Howard Webb didn’t give his side a penalty in the closing minutes of last night’s match against Arsenal, which would have given his side the chance of an equaliser.

“It’s a penalty,” said Gerrard. “The referee told the Liverpool wall in the first half that if anyone raises their arms above their waste then I’m going to give a penalty.

“So, for some crazy reason, he has not give the decision. He said to me that he hadn’t seen it. But it’s unbelievable if a referee can’t see someone raise their arms in a wall. Read the full article here

The papers this week have all been full of the the news that Arsenal are preparing a massive offer worth over £5m to secure the services of Cesc Fabregas for the future, but, according to the Spanish paper Sport, he has already decided to refuse the £125,000 a week offer in favour of moving back to his home town of Barcelona.

The Spanish international has continually pledged his support to Arsenal in the face of intense pressure from Barcelona, but he has always maintained that he wants to stay and win trophies at Arsenal. This likelihood seems to have slipped away in the last few weeks, and Sport reports that he is now fed up of waiting and believes he has more chance of winning some trophies with Barcelona. Read the full article here

According to reports this morning, the European Champions Barcelona are also intending to swipe Emmanuel Eboue from Arsenal this summer, as well as the Gunners captain Cesc Fabregas.

According to The Sun, Eboue is one of the few stars at the Emirates not to have signed a new contract this season, which means that he is free now to talk to foreign clubs regarding a Bosman move in the summer.

It was thought that Eboue would have left Arsenal last summer after he was criticized by most Arsenal supporters but he fought his way back into their good books, and it seems that he has also impressed other clubs as well. Read the full article here

The Arsenal winger Theo Walcott is having an awful season with injuries. As soon as he looks to be fit and ready something else pops up and he is back to the treatment room. This time it seems he has torn a muscle and will be out for at least ten days.

The injury to Cesc Fabregas isn’t as bad as was thought when he was taken off against Aston Villa, and Wenger thinks that his captain will be back at about the same time as Walcott. Read the full article here

The Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen was extremely impressed with the contribution of Cesc Fabregas in Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Aston Villa yesterday, but he believes that the team can win without him when he is out injured for at least the next three games.

“He is the best midfielder I have played alongside,” said the Belgian.

“He’s really smart in his game and in training if you play against him he’s really difficult to defend against because I think he has eyes in the back of his head. He sees everything. Read the full article here