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While the Arsenal players and fans can relax for a bit after another nail biting season, the agents, scouts and backroom staff will be a s busy as ever preparing for next season. Bacary Sagna and Arsenal have a big decision to make about the French defender’s future, while Carl Jenkinson is desperate to get more games under his belt and become the first choice at right back.

With just a year left on his contract, 30-year old Sagna will be sold if he doesn’t decide to extend his deal at the Emirates. Monaco and PSG are said to be interested and Wenger will cash in rather than lose him for free next summer. Maybe Sagna will stay now we have qualified for the Champions League, but I doubt it. .......Read the full article here

The rumour mill seems to have really kicked in with the Spanish media and a few of the stories coming out are of great interest to Arsenal fans. Of course, we do not really know how much truth is behind them, but we arrely do until the agreement’s are actually made.

Earlier today it was reported that the long term Arsenal transfer target David Villa was going to our North London rivals Tottenham. The story in Mundo Deportivo said that the spuds had agreed personal terms with the 31-year old striker and they were going to make an offer of around £10 million to Barca. .......Read the full article here

There have been many rumours linking the Arsenal right-back Bacary Sagna with a return to France this summer with the new money-bags club, Paris Saint Germain. Only last week it was reported that Arsene Wenger had persuaded the 30 year-old to stay on at the Emirates, but it seems that that is not yet true as Sagna has now revealed that he doesn’t know where he will be next season.

Many Arsenal fans feel that Sagna’s performances have been going downhill this season, but after two broken legs in as many years there is little surprise that he has lost a bit of his sharpness, or perhaps he is losing his enthusiasm for the club after 8 years without a trophy. .......Read the full article here

He may not be the biggest name in the world of football, but Nicolas N’Koulou has attracted the interest of Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham with his performances for AS Monaco and Marseille. If Arsene Wenger is thinking of signing the central defender in the summer, he will have been encouraged to do so what N’koulou said this week.

“The club and me are together on my future. If they receive an offer they can’t refuse, then we will have to part company,” said the 23-year old. “Marseille is a great club and I love playing for them. They are part of my life.” .......Read the full article here

Nacer Barazite – Holland (Morocco), 2007-2011, 3 games, 0 goals

A pacy, tall, creative attacking midfielder, much was expected of Nacer since the early days of his Arsenal career. His hugely prolific years as a youth player fuelled the anticipation, Barazite was set to be something special. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite work out that way, and his progress was stymied by injury, despite the occasional flashes of brilliance, the realisation dawned that the talented Dutchman would probably never be of Arsenal class. .......Read the full article here

Africa in Arsenal by Ed

The Africa Cup of Nations is upon us, placing the spotlight on the African game as well as the continent’s role in the sport’s history. Just Arsenal wishes to reflect this focus by presenting a series examining the relationship between Arsenal and Africa, profiling the stars of the continent who have contributed to the Gunners’ past and present.

Christopher Wreh – Liberia, 1997-2000, 46 games, 5 goals

Something of a cult hero at Arsenal, Wreh was predominantly used as an option from the bench, replacing Bergkamp, Wright, or Anelka to provide fresh legs and invention late in games. His appearance stats are testament to his role as an impact option for Wenger; out of 46 appearances for the club, only 18 were from the off, whilst a further 28 came from the substitutes bench. .......Read the full article here

Bonjour Sebastian by AH

Squillaci, well what can you say about this guy. He has been absolutely diabolical for Arsenal in my opinion. But now it seems that he is on his way out of the Emirates. Costing us a reported £4 million from Sevilla back in 2010, the Frenchman went on to make 39 appearances scoring 2 goals in the process. Squillaci is out of contract this summer and the former French international had this to say on his future; .......Read the full article here

Arsenal have released their accounts which are looking pretty good, showing that Arsene Wenger should have a decent war chest to spend in January. Another interesting thing apparent from the figures is the news that the club have given up any hope of ever selling the South Korean international striker, Park Chu-Young.

Park signed for Arsenal last summer just before the transfer window closed, and this is one panic buy that did not go well. The young (get it) Korean was half way through his medical for Lille when he heard about interest from the Gunners and cut short his tests. He may now wish he had gone through with it after making one single solitary league appearance as a substitute for eight minutes in his Arsenal career. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal fans will be surprised at the player that Arsene Wenger chose to compare Santi Cazorla to because of his connection with the hated Tottenham Hotspur. Wenger compared our new favourite player to none other than Glenn Hoddle.

“Cazorla is like Glenn Hoddle in some ways.

“Left footed, right footed, you could not say what he was and Cazorla is similar.

“I don’t remember anyone else I have worked with who was as two-footed and it is so important to have this quality in the modern game.

“He has the ability to make everyone a better player and that is why I feel he is fantastic to watch.” .......Read the full article here

It is being reported in France that the Arsenal outcast defender Sebastien Squillaci is being given an escape route by Monaco, where he spent eight happy years before being snapped up by Lyon, where he won a Ligue 1 trophy.

He then moved to Spain with Sevilla for two years before arriving in London with Arsenal, where he has failed to make any impact whatsoever, and is considered to be a jinx by many Arsenal fans. .......Read the full article here

Another day of Arsenal transfer rumours, and we have yet another goalkeeper in the frame! The latest one is the Monaco keeper Stephane Ruffier, a 23 year-old who has apparently caught the eye of lots of big teams this year. The bad news is that Inter Milan, Man City, Chelsea and Spurs are also supposed to be keeping tabs on him, and I can’t imagine Wenger joining a bidding war for anyone. .......Read the full article here