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Arsene Wenger must be fairly confident that he will have no problem holding on to his best Arsenal players this summer. Despite being stung in the past, he seems to be secure in the belief that the Arsenal board will not be tempted to accept a good offer for one of the stars at the Emirates.

Even so, I am not sure it is such a good idea to remind potential suitors just how good Santi Cazorla has been for the Gunners this season. The Spanish international showed his class again on Tuesday by setting up all four goals against Wigan in a Man of the Match performance, but Wenger feels the 28-year old has not got the credit he deserves in England. .......Read the full article here

I know that the title of this article sounds obvious, but there were rumours yesterday that Arsenal’s Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla could be one of the first targets for the new manager at Manchester City, assuming that the rumours are true and it is going to be Manuel Pellegrini from Malaga.

Pellegrini clearly did not want to sell Cazorla to Arsenal last summer, but the financial starits that Malaga were in left him no choice. He said at the time that the 15 million euros we paid for the Spanish international was an awful bit of business by Malaga and was like a gift. And we all say thank you ver much Manuel, or should that be Muchas Gracias? .......Read the full article here

The summer transfer window does not open for a good few weeks yet, and the players that Arsenal are seriously targeting may be different depending on whether we finish in the Champions League or Europa League places, but you can bet that Arsene Wenger, his scouts and the backroom staff are working on the signings that they want to make.

Most Arsenal fans, when asked what what position most needs strengthening, will scream the answer defensive midfielder, the same as last summer! You never know, we might actually buy one rather than selling one this time. Two of the candidates often linked with the Gunners in the media are Etienne Capoue from Toulouse and Jeremy Toulalan from Malaga. The latest rumours suggest that Arsenal will face stiff competition for either of these players. .......Read the full article here

When Arsenal swooped on the financially struggling La Liga side Malaga last summer, they came away with a real treasure in Santi Cazorla. The Spanish international midfielder has lit up the Premier League this season and is by far the most effective of Arsene Wenger’s three summer signings. Cazorla may also have helped Arsenal to get Nacho Monreal from Malaga in January, and he could make it three times lucky if he can influence another former team mate to join the Gunners this summer. .......Read the full article here

There will be five potential summer transfer targets for Arsenal amongst Santi Cazorla’s team mates in the Spain international squad this week, and if our brilliant midfielder speaks as fondly of his first season at the club to them as he did to Arsenal.com recently it could prove very useful when the transfer market is open in the summer.

Players like David Villa, Isco, Alvaro Negredo, Victor Valdes and Cesc Fabregas could all be on Arsene Wenger’s shopping list at the end of the season, Fabregas already knows about the club and the fans, but it wouldn’t hurt to remind him, especially when he has struggled to win over the Barcelona faithful. Life for a footballer in La Liga is quite different from England, and Cazorla is relishing it. .......Read the full article here

When Arsene Wenger signed the Spanish international left back Nacho Monreal on transfer deadline day, I must confess I knew very little about the new Arsenal player. The 27-year old arrived from Malaga and was thrown straight in at the deep end because of the injury to Kieran Gibbs and the shocking form of Andre Santos, but he has coped very well.

The defensive side of his game has been very solid, and he looks like a player who knows what he is doing, where he should be on the pitch and seems to enjoy defending. The job of a full back in modern football is about more than defending, however, but Arsene Wenger thinks that we will now see more of him from an attacking point of view as well, following on from his vital assist for his fellow Spaniard Santi Cazorla’s winner against Aston Villa. .......Read the full article here

Santi Cazorla fits into the Arsenal way of playing like a hand in a glove, and has become a vital and integral part of the Gunners. The Spaniard has played in every single Premier league game this season, starting all but one of them. He also started all the Champions league games except the final one where Arsene Wenger rested a lot of players. .......Read the full article here

Santi Cazorla has been speaking this week about how Arsenal is the perfect Premier league team for him because of the fluent, passing football. It is a similar style to that played by the Spanish national team and many of the teams in Spain’s Primera Liga. Cazorla says it suits his type of football perfectly, and Arsenal fans would not disagree, as the Spaniard fitted instantly into the Gunners team, and has forged a devastating midfield with Jack Wilshere, Mikel Arteta and all. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal’s only signing of the transfer window, Nacho Monreal, is convinced that the Gunners style of play is similar to what he has been used to in Spain, and feels that having his old team-mate Santi Cazorla already in the squad will help him settle into the Premiership very quickly.

He said: “Arsenal like to keep the ball, which is beneficial for me and I like this part of the team’s game.

“I love playing with the ball at my feet, short, sharp touches, and good movement.

“I think Arsenal do have certain elements of the Spanish football philosophy. .......Read the full article here

Life must seem like a bit of a whirlwind for the new Arsenal left back Nacho Monreal. The 26-year old Spanish international was probably expecting no excitement in the transfer window as he was preparing to join the Gunners in the summer. Then Gibbs’ injury on Wednesday forced Arsene Wenger to bring forward the move, meaning Monreal getting on a flight to London yesterday and just managing to finalise the transfer before the deadline. .......Read the full article here

Spanish defenders are like buses, apparently, for Arsenal at least. You wait for the whole of January and then two show up at the same time. That is, if the stories about Nacho Monreal and Fernando Amorebieta are true. My previous post dealt with Amorebieta, so let’s look at Nacho.

This transfer seems almost like a done deal, according to the Spanish paper AS and the Daily Mail. As reports that Monreal is in London dotting the Is and crossing the Ts on his new contract with the Gunners. The fee seems to be around €10 million but there is some discrepancy on this. .......Read the full article here

If the reports coming from Spain are true, then David Villa will try to force the Spanish giants to sell him during this January transfer window, and Arsenal are the club waiting to sign him if Barcelona agrees. Despite assurances from the club president, Sandro Rosell, and the manager, Tito Vilanova, that he is a valuable member of the team, Villa does not feel that way. .......Read the full article here