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After reports from France suggesting that Arsenal could be on the verge of losing Arsene Wenger to Paris Saint-Germain this summer, one of the Frenchman’s former players and the Arsenal chairman have spoken about why they expect Wenger to stay at the Emirates and not be tempted by the vast amounts of money available at the French league leaders.

Peter Hill-Wood has been the Gunners chairman since 1982, when he took over from his father Denis who had passed away, so he has seen it all at the club. PHW seems absolutely convinced that Wenger will not be going to join the Qatari owned PSG this summer because he is perfectly happy where he is. .......Read the full article here

The facts about Arsenal’s decline since 2006 by William Patey

Well the debate goes on. Should Wenger go? should the board go?, should Arsenal buy more experienced players?, should we increase our wage restrictions?. Everyone has an opinion and as fans we all want what is best for our team and club. Me personally I am at a stage where I do not know anymore what can be done to turn this club around. Wenger is a great manager, he has proved that but in the last eight seasons he has been unable to present a team who can win trophies. Yes we have great individual players who can win trophies, but unfortunately not with us. So is it the players fault? We can all speculate and give our opinions which we always believe to be right, put forward what we believe should be done or should have been done on forums like this, but what I want to say is this………. .......Read the full article here

The recent amount of disgruntled fans voicing their displeasure at the performances of our team, and lack of success in recent years, is now becoming a crescendo. But if you have a longer past supporting our great club, and if you are the son of a turnstile operator in the 50’s, you have a more balanced view, and your expectations are reduced due to the historic nature of our club. Before Mr. Graham and Mr. Wenger, we used to win the 1st Division, as it was then, every six or seven years. .......Read the full article here

Stan Kroenke and his other “Sporting Franchises” by TN

Since Mr Kroenke took control of Arsenal Football Club, we have not won a single piece of silverware. Success to Mr Kroenke, and his supporters, is qualification into the Champions league, why?

Is this the man, under whose stewardship, we can expect Arsenal to regain its former glories? To answer that question, I’m going to examine how his other sporting teams have fared under his stewardship.

To begin I’m going to set the scene by reproducing some quotes from both here and the US, concerning Mr Kroenke and his stewardship of sports teams. .......Read the full article here

Most Arsenal fans, even those that think it is time for a new manager, accept the fact that Arsene Wenger cares deeply about Arsenal football club. He always backs the board and doesn’t complain when they fail to provide the money he needs to improve. He stepped in recently at the AGM when some supporters were starting to heckle Kroenke, Gazidis and Hill-Wood, and got them out of trouble in the summer by somehow balancing the books. .......Read the full article here

There was a great response from Arsenal fans to the recent post about protests, with lots of ideas about boycotting merchandise, matches and making our frustration felt. Some fans want Wenger out while others think his hands are tied, but all seem to agree that the board are not looking after the interests of the fans.

A group of Arsenal supporters are now planning a protest before the Premier league game against Swansea City on December 1st. The group is called `Where has our Arsenal gone?` and have demonstrated before, in May of last year. A few hundred people turned up but organiser Marc Harold is expecting many more to show their support this time. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal have been negotiating a new contract with Theo Walcott for over a year and it looks like there is still no solution in sight. Walcott made a statement recently saying that the delay had nothing to do with money and he just wanted Arsene Wenger to give him a place as an out-and-out striker in the Arsenal team.

But now the Gunners chairman Peter Hill-Wood has said that it IS a question of money and Walcott is asking Arsenal to break their wage structure and is simply holding them to ransom for a higher wage than Arsenal are prepared to offer him. .......Read the full article here

Behind the scenes at Arsenal must be a place where a less than firm handshake could spell disaster. If Theo Walcott thought that he was involved in the sort of bargaining where you name a price double what you want and walk away offended when you know all along that you will accept much less. then he is in for a shock.

After Peter Hill-Wood went public today stating that Arsenal have a wage structure and will not alter it for anybody, reports claiming that Arsenal are sizing up possible replacements for the winger/striker. Crystal Palace youngster Wilfried Zaha is being tracked by Arsenal, and other Premier league teams, and could be seen as a direct replacement for Walcott. .......Read the full article here

From reports in the papers following the Arsenal victory against West Ham and Theo Walcott’s part in it, things seemed to be moving in the right direction between Theo Walcott and Arsenal but that may have been premature.

Walcott wants the chance to be a striker and wants a decent pay rise, while Arsenal want assurances that he can do the job and earn the money that he is requesting. Arsene Wenger’s statements suggested that putting pen to paper was almost a formality but Peter Hill-Wood has issued comments that throw serious doubt on Walcott’s future as a Gunner. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal Football Club showed a more than £35million profit at the end of last season, and the Gunners Chairman Peter Hill-Wood has insisted that this full amount is available to Arsene Wenger to spend in the January transfer window if he finds the “right player”.

There are rumours that Arsenal could go for the prolific striker Falcao to help the Gunners push on for the Premiership title this season after an excellent start by Arsene Wenger’s squad. Olivier Giroud has finally got his name on the scoresheet in the League yesterday, but with a striker like Falcao in the team they would be virtually unstoppable. .......Read the full article here

Peter Hill-Wood rubs salt on Tottenham’s wound by AM

Arsenal chairman has come out and said that Spurs are unlikely to pose any threat to Arsenal this season. Hill-Wood said – ‘I do not see Spurs posing a problem for us this season.

‘Their new manager may be a great success but they have to find a stadium.

‘That’s going to be very difficult. Finding a site and financing it is a major problem which we know all about.

‘We have a pretty good chance of challenging for the Premiership. I don’t see why we cannot win it this year.’ .......Read the full article here

Peter Hill-Wood says Arsenal can spend, but it has its ‘limit’

Arsenal chairman has come out and said that although Arsene Wenger has the money to spend, but it can’t compete with Chelsea or Manchester City in the transfer market. Furthermore he said that Scottish club Ranger’s financial turmoil should serve as a warning for rest of Europe. Hill-Wood said – “Arsene has money to spend but there’s a limit. We can’t spend £50 million on one player.

“At a certain level, we can’t compete. I don’t think Stan Kroenke is going to put the sort of dollars in that [Roman] Abramovich or Sheikh Mansour are putting into Chelsea or Manchester City. That’s not the way he thinks clubs should be run. .......Read the full article here