Just Arsenal News

Arsenal have been linked with every available goalkeeper in the world in the last few weeks, but there has been no indication from the club itself…until now.

All the latest rumours have been saying that the Gunners have been trying to get the Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer or West Ham’s Robert Green, and today the Arsenal Chairman Peter Hill-Wood confirmed that they have made an approach to Fulham for the Australian international.

He said in the Daily Star: “We have made an inquiry for him and they are not prepared to sell him so we have gone away. We can only hope they will change their minds, but at the moment it doesn’t look like it.” .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal Chairman Peter Hill-Wood has been negotiating with William Gallas over a new contract, and says that the French defenders demands are “extravagant”. It is believed that Gallas wants a two-year contract and £80,000 a week, but Hill-Wood refuses to be held to ransom.

“His demands are quite extravagant and I don’t think we are prepared to go along with it.

“We would very much like him to stay, but I think for one year, and not on the money he wants.

“He is a good player, but you have got to draw the line somewhere. .......Read the full article here

The season isn’t even over yet, and the Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is the subject of transfer speculation (to Barcelona of course) already.

Fabregas has spent all season denying he is going anywhere, but according to the press, that has all changed due to some choice words from the Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood.

First of all, Hill-Wood announced that he had an agreement with Barcelona that they wouldn’t try and buy Fabregas this summer, and then made it worse (apparently) by saying “If you want my opinion, I’m not sure he (Fabregas) would even get into their team.” .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has been gushing about how intelligent Arsene Wenger is, and he reckons that if he hadn’t chosen football, he could have been anything he liked, including the President of France!

He sais that Wenger is extremely intelligent, and recalled the time that Arsene dumbfounded a member of the House of Lords when he met him at an Tottenham v Arsenal match.

Hill-Wood said: “We were at Tottenham and one of my guests was my friend (Lord) Clive Hollick. .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is pretty sure that his Young Gunners are now ready to turn their potential into trophies, but he still doesn’t think there is anyone he could buy from outside the club that could improve the team he has already got.

There may be a few Arsenal fans that may disagree with that, and even Andrei Arshavin said yesterday that the team were a couple of players short of being able to compete with the best. .......Read the full article here

The credit crunch has hit Arsenal as much (if not more) than other clubs, as the expected sales from the redevelopment of Highbury has ground to a standstill.

A report in tomorrows Telegraph says that the £133m that they borrowed was expected to be paid off next April, but with forecasts looking decidedly gloomy they have successfully renegotiated the loan.

Arsenal made a net profit of £28m from his transfers this summer, but the figure was still not enough to backlog caused by the problems in selling the luxury development of the old stadium. .......Read the full article here