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The Man City striker Emmanuel Adebayor is insisting that he never wanted to leave Arsenal, and claims that it was Arsene Wenger that made the decision for him, and he wants Wenger to admit it in public.

Adebayor said in an interview on Canal Plus (A French TV station): “It was because Arsene didn’t want me anymore. If Arsene has a big heart we can go on a TV show to have a debate and he will never say I told him I wanted to leave the club. Read the full article here

A report from todays News of the World claims that Robin Van Persie turned down big-money offers from Chelsea, Man City, Inter Milan and Juventus before deciding to renew his Arsenal contract last summer.

“It is good that four teams were really interested in me,” he said. “but I had to turn them down. It’s not as easy to leave Arsenal as you maybe think.

“Even if you want to leave, as a player, I don’t think it is easy because when you move to Arsenal you are led there by your heart.” Read the full article here

The Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp believes that if Arsenal lose tomorrow at Chelsea, then the race for third place in the Premiership will still be wide open.

He admits that Arsene Wenger’s team will still be favourites, but thinks that his own team, Tottenham, Liverpool, Man City, and even Aston Villa could all be challenging Arsenal for the other Champions League spots.

“It is going to be tight,” Redknapp said.

“If we would have beaten Birmingham last week when leading 1-0, and we should have had the game over, then we are suddenly not so far away from Arsenal. Read the full article here

The Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira has played his last game for Inter Milan, and is nearly certain to be rejoining his old boss Roberto Mancini at Manchester City.

Jose Mourinho saw Vieira play the whole 90 minutes against Chievo before the Portugese manager gave Vieira a special mention in his post-match comments.

Mourinho said: “I should give a special mention to Vieira,”

“I don’t know where he will go, maybe to England which he likes a lot, but we should thank him for what he has done in these years at Inter. Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has spoken out about the “no handshake” row, and says he has no regrets whatsoever about ignoring Mark Hughes after the game.

“Tomorrow, by coincidence, I am managing my 500th game at Arsenal and I believe I have shaken hands 497 times. I believe that it is a ceremonial courtesy. But the most important is not the ceremonial but the courtesy of behaviour.

“I don’t deny I am a bad loser but on this occasion I would have done exactly the same if we had won the game or lost the game. Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger thinks that the 3-0 scoreline against Man City was not a true reflection of the game, and thinks that it was a “tight game” for most of the match, until the younger legs got tired towards the end.

He did admit that his policy of playing youngsters contributed to the defeat: “They played their full side and we didn’t, that was the difference.” Wenger said.

“We play in the Champions League and they don’t so they use their full side in this competition. You cannot say we develop the players like Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Fran Merida and then never give them a game. Then you have to change our policy. It can work. Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger refused to shake Mark Hughes hand at the end of Arsenal’s third defeat in a row, and then went on to deride the worth of the Carling Cup, saying it was just a competition for kids and wouldn’t be worth celebrating if Arsenal did win it!

Mark Hughes was not happy with Wenger’s refusal to shake his hand after the game, and he thinks that the Arsenal manager was upset because Hughes inadvertently walked into the Arsenal technical area during the match. Read the full article here

The Man City boss Mark Hughes is set to name a strong team to play the Arsenal youngsters in this weeks Carling Cup quarter-final match, and insists he will have no problem picking Emanuel Adebayor to face his old club again on Wednesday.

Arsene Wenger has already said that he will be making changes for this match, but the team is facing a third defeat in a row as Mark Hughes is going all out to win a trophy this season.

Adebayor was given a three match ban after the last meeting between the two clubs for nearly causing a riot, but Hughes doesn’t think that will affect him this time around. Read the full article here

The Arsenal midfielder Fran Merida was given a straight red card in last nights Reserve League top-of-the-table clash with Aston Villa, and will now not be available for the Carling Cup clash against Man City.

Arsenal were 1-0 up through Sanchez Watt just past the half-hour mark, when Merida gave him a perfectly placed centre from a freekick 25 yards out, but within four minutes Arsenal were educed to ten men.

Merida claimed that he was slapped in the face by Aston Villa midfielder Fabien Delph, and after a little argument the two players set about each other, and it is thought that Merida aimed a punch at Delph’s head. Read the full article here

The ex-Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor can’t stop talking about his old club. I thought after he acted like a twat in the match against Arsenal, and was banned, he would stop spouting his mouth off.

No chance! Now he reckons that Arsenal won’t get into the Champions League next season, and that Cesc Fabregas would be the first to leave if that happens.

He said: “I think players like Fabregas will look to leave if they are not in the Champions League, but my focus is all on City now. Read the full article here