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What can we expect from the upcoming transfer window by NP

So we are nearing the end of another season and as usual a host of players, a.k.a. “Starlets” are already “being monitored by”, “close to signing for” or “would love to play for” Arsenal. Most of them are homegrown stories by websites trying to increase their pay-per-click revenues or agents looking to place the players on the transfer market.

So here is a lowdown on what we can realistically expect from the upcoming transfer window-
1. Transfer Budget-
Its been a number of transfer windows that Arsene Wenger has supposedly had that £70 million transfer kitty at his disposal. More so since the time we sold Fabregas and Nasri. .......Read the full article here

What has happened to Gervinho at Arsenal? by SS

The first time I saw Gervinho play was in the 2010 world cup for the Ivory Coast. Every time he had the ball, the crowd would go wild because of his amazing ability to get past any man who stood in his way. He has fast footwork like we see from Cristiano Ronaldo and he could actually score goals.

Even when he was at Lille the following season he continued to prove how much of a good player he was, he scored many goals and people started to notice him. The top clubs in Europe were linked with him but in the end as we know Arsenal won. .......Read the full article here

After last night’s game, Arsenal have got a reprieve and are now masters of their own destiny. Two wins from the last two games against Wigan Athletic and Newcastle United will ensure a top four finish and continue the incredible run of qualifying for the Champions League under Arsene Wenger. As the Gunners are just two points behind Chelsea in third place and they have two hard games against Aston Villa and Everton, as well as the Europa League final against Benfica in between them, there is still a chance for Arsenal to snatch third place. .......Read the full article here

There are worrying reports coming from behind the scenes at Arsenal involving possible summer signings, and that is before the transfer window has even opened. Apparently Arsene Wenger is keen on securing the signature of his long term target Loic Remy, while other club officials feel the target should be Wilfried Bony.

The story, in today’s Daily Star, suggests that Wenger does not have total control over the use of the club’s transfer war chest. This is going to be an absolutely pivotal summer for Arsenal and we cannot afford to be messing about and pulling in different directions. If we get it right this summer, it could be the start of a great period on and off the pitch, but if we get it wrong it could cut us further adrift of our main rivals. .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger usually keeps his Arsenal team selection close to his chest, so it was a bit of a surprise yesterday when he issued a statement that clearly intimated that he would be playing the German international striker Lukas Podolski as the centre forward in the absence of Olivier Giroud. The tall French front man has two more games of his three match ban to go before he can return for the final day trip to Newcastle United, so Wenger was asked whether he had confidence that Podolski could fill in successfully.

“I believe so, he has the qualities because he is a good finisher,” replied the manager. .......Read the full article here

Earlier in the season, when Arsenal were negotiating with Theo Walcott and his representatives about a new contract, we kept hearing that it was not about money, although he did manage to get a nice wage increase. Arsene Wenger and Walcott both said that some of the talk was about the England international’s desire to play as a centre forward.

It seemed for a while as if Wenger was putting Walcott on trial to see if he could do it, and he responded well, scoring plenty of goals and earning himself the deal he wanted. I can’t remember him playing through the middle since. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal have three more games left in the Premier League and will have to do without Olivier Giroud for the first two of those. The French international had established himself as one of the first players on the Gunners teamsheet after a few wobbles earlier in the season, but Arsene Wenger has another decision to make this weekend.

Arsenal travel to Loftus Road on Saturday to face a QPR side that has just been relegated. Against Manchester United, Wenger played the German international Lukas Podolski to lead the line, but will he and should he stick with the 27-year old? .......Read the full article here

Arsenal VS Manchester United Preview by AH

This weekend’s game is certainly our toughest fixture in the run in to the end of the season and it comes against already crowned Premier League champions Manchester United. Arsenal will welcome back former captain Robin Van Persie, and although it’s important not to focus on RVP for this game, no doubt that will be the main talking point. Sunday will be a game filled with controversy, opinions and actions rather than focusing on playing the actual game. .......Read the full article here

Giroud Surprised by PR

The Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud was effectively excluded from taking part in the final part of the Gunners race for the Top Four after being sent off in the dying minutes against Fulham last week.

Video evidence seemed to show that Giroud slipped as he went for the ball, and although contact was made he also clattered his studs into the leg of Stanislav Manolev. Giroud himself maintains that his intentions were honourable and that the Premier League were “harsh” in upholding the three match ban.

The Frenchman said yesterday: “I was very surprised at the verdict as my action was unintentional. .......Read the full article here

Olivier Giroud has certainly had an interesting first season in the English Premier League since joining Arsenal from the French champions Montpellier. The French international has gone from hero to villain, and back again, a few times already. He has split opinion, not just with the Arsenal fans but with football reporters and commentators as well.

I feel sorry for him at the minute, because the unfair three match ban will probably mean that he will not reach 20 goals this season. The big striker has hit 20 for his two previous clubs and it would have been a real confidence boost for him to do it in his first season at Arsenal. He will get one chance, probably, in the last game of the season away to Newcastle, but he will need to get his first Gunners hat-trick to do so. .......Read the full article here

Things are getting very tight at the top of the Premier League. Arsenal have got four games left to ensure a top four finish and qualification for the Champions League next season. Arsene Wenger was dealt a blow yesterday when the FA deemed the red card and three match ban for Olivier Giroud would stand, leaving the professor with a tough decision to make.

I know that a lot of Arsenal fans are glad and think we will be better off without the French international striker, but he has been an integral part or Wenger’s plans for most of the season and the team will now have to adapt to a new front man. .......Read the full article here

Who will Wenger choose as Striker against Man UTD? by Rory

Giroud’s sending off against Fulham was worrying at the time; however looking to our next game (A huge game against Man Utd) the sending off of Giroud could be a benefit to Arsenal.

Giroud’s record is not bad for his first season, however his conversion rate is horrendous, and when I watched him at the Emirates against Everton, it was the first time I realised a professional footballer could sky the ball way over the goal from five yards. It was utterly ridiculous. .......Read the full article here