Just Arsenal News

There is no guarantee of anything in football, but Arsenal will surely have a better chance of winning something, even the coveted Premier League title, next season. The old man of Old Trafford, Sir Alex Ferguson, is hanging up his hairdryer and rose tinted glasses at the end of the season and moving upstairs to be a director ans club ambassador for Manchester United.

Whoever comes in will struggle to replicate the achievements of the 71-year old Scot, especially in their first season. Love him or hate him, and he hasn’t got many fans among the Gooners, you cannot deny his success. United have looked poor at times this season and are not really full of excellent, world class players, but he has dragged, bullied and cajoled them to the title with games to spare. .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger has always done things his own way at Arsenal and it can sometimes drive the fans up the wall. He is generally left to get on with it, though, because he manages to get the job done. I know that a lot of Arsenal fans have been getting steadily more frustrated with him, but I genuinely believe that he has worked miracles on a shoestring budget over the past few years.

Us Gooners are now hoping and expecting that the austerity measures are coming to an end. We have been promised, although worryingly not through an official announcement, that Wenger will be given a decent amount of money to spend this summer, along with not selling off our best players to a direct rival. .......Read the full article here

Don’t blame Robin! by DK

“As announced earlier this year I had a meeting with the Boss and Mr. Gazidis after the season. This was a meeting about the club’s future strategy and their policy. Out of my huge respect for Mr. Wenger, the players and the fans I don’t want to go into any details, but unfortunately in this meeting it has again become clear to me that we in many aspects disagree on the way Arsenal FC should move forward.”

Robin Van Persie last summer .......Read the full article here

In a lot of the financial projections by the Arsenal board this season, the assumption seemed to be that the Gunners were set to significantly increase the income generated by the kit manufacturing rights. The belief was that Adidas were going to challenge the current supplier Nike for the Arsenal contract, so we would either get more from them or Nike would have to increase their sponsorship.

According to the Daily Mail, Adidas are not going to bid, despite photos of a new Adidas made Arsenal shirt being leaked on to the internet. This would be a real blow for the commercial sector of the club and raise further questions about just what Ivan Gazidis does to earn his huge salary and bonus other than feed the fans the same line every season. .......Read the full article here

Gooners and The Black Dog by Aussie Gooner Dave

Winston Churchill once described his battle against depression as “The Black Dog”. I am in no way wanting to trivialise the plight of depression sufferers, but after 8 years of very little success, us passionate Gooners are suffering our own, albeit lesser type of The Black Dog Syndrome.

Has there ever been a period of time where there has been more doom and gloom being a Gooner? I suppose it depends on how old you are. I can’t remember a time where I thought that there was so very little light at the end of the tunnel. We all know things have got to change but the various remedies being put forward by a myriad of Arsenal loving people have split the Gooners like nothing before. .......Read the full article here

There have been numerous clubs interested in the Arsenal manager over the years, and this week it has been reported that the super rich French club Paris Saint-Germain are ready to make a serious offer to the 63-year old at the end of the season. Wenger’s reputation has never been lower in England, and the Gunners are teetering on the brink of failing to qualify for the Champions League for the first time since his first season at the club, so it may surprise Arsenal fans to hear that PSG are ready to offer him £10 million a year to take over from Carlo Ancelotti. .......Read the full article here

Ian Wright is an Arsenal fan, so is feeling the pain and frustration of a derby defeat to Spurs as much as the rest of us. The former Gunner finds it hard to believe that the man at the top, Stan Kroenke, shares those feelings though. Wright is concerned, as are many Gooners, that the American billionaire does not have the passion to win trophies and push the club forward.

With reports of a takeover bid circulating in the media, and with Alisher Usmanov waiting in the wings for a chance to get on the board and invest some of his own money into the club, Wright feels that Kroenke needs to engage more with the fans and explain what his plans are, especially if he intends to rebuff what seem like generous offers to buy him out. .......Read the full article here

Okay let’s say I am a bit of a cynic when it comes to Arsene Wenger or the board telling the Arsenal fans that he has more than enough money to buy “top, top” players, because no matter how many times they say it, it simply doesn’t happen!

Just yesterday Wenger was asked if he had enough money to buy Radamel Falcao and match his wages, and the Frenchman replied: “We can do it (buy Falcao). If we find a player of top, top quality we will take him. .......Read the full article here

Gutless, Heartless, Leaderless, Pathetic, Useless, Depressing! by Adam Kemp

What another woeful display at home in a massive must win game against Bayern Munich. First of all I must simply credit Bayern for finally producing football that fits in well at the Emirates. If only we could swap squads only then would I be happy to pay the ticket prices. What on earth is going on at Arsenal Football Club? Why oh why does this team start so sloppy that the game is so beyond them at the outset? Simply the responsibility is on everyone involved with Arsenal Football Club. This season is another reminder of how far we have regressed and the future only looks worse. .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal board, led by Stan Kroenke and Ivan Gazidis, tell us that they are doing the right thing when it comes to finance. The famous self sustaining model is lauded as the role model that all clubs should aspire to. Arsenal fans are reassured that the new Financial Fair Play rules will help to propel the Gunners to the pinnacle of world football while the Chelsea’s and Manchester City’s struggle to cope.

The figures released by Deloitte, which show the list of football’s biggest earners seems to indicate a less optimistic future for Arsenal, however. Chelsea have already overtaken us in the league of revenue, and City are on the verge of doing so. The reason for this is the success the club’s have achieved by spending money. .......Read the full article here

Walcott Signing Ever Closer! by AH

Today it’s being reported that Arsene Wenger, Ivan Gazids and Theo Walcott, as well as his representatives will sit down to have one final talk about the terms of the contract Arsenal are offering him. The club is ready to make Walcott among the highest paid players at the club with a big money contract, which could be boosted further by add-ons implemented over the years.

It’s understood that the latest contract offer is £90,000 a week with a first year payment of £3 million signing on fee. The deal is a five year contract taking the total offering to £26.4 million and Walcott and his representatives are reportedly happy with this deal. .......Read the full article here

Wenger and Indecision by Jon G

Mr Wenger has found some absolute gems in the transfer market in the past, but they were mostly all when he had David Dein at his elbow. You have to wonder if this is more than just a coincidence.

Mr Dein left the ship acrimoniously, never to return and Mr Gazidis has slipped into his place.

However, David Dein did make sure that Mr. Wengers prevarication over decisions on the transfer front were kept to a minimum, and is it a coincidence that since Mr. Dein has left the club we seem to miss out on certain transfers? .......Read the full article here