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At the same tonight as Arsenal kick off in Athens against Olympiacos, Carlo Ancelotti’s Paris Saint-Germain face Porto in a game that could decide whether he keeps his job at the French club. The French newspaper, Le Parisien, has reported that the owners of PSG have identified Arsene Wenger as the man, or one of the men, they want to take over from Ancelotti. The report states that Wenger met with people from the oil rich club last week to discuss a possible contract. The Arsenal boss has flatly denied the rumours, but in the world of football that does not mean too much.

“It is the wrong information, believe me.” .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger has taken a much changed group of players to Athens for Arsenal’s final group game against Olympiakos. The manager has declared that he has not done this because he has given up on top spot in the Champions league group, but because he feels that the fresher players will have a better chance of success tonight. Bizarrely, he also seems to think that Schalke will fail to beat Montpellier in France tonight.

“I just take this game as another we want to win. I believe the squad is in the best interests of our ability to win the game, because many players were on the edge on Saturday and honestly, if we were not qualified then I would have brought one or two more but not more than that. .......Read the full article here

Promoting Gnabry by KJ

The Walcott contract situation is dragging on now and even though I remain optimistic, we need to prepare ourselves for the worst. Walcott could potentially be sold in the January window, forcing Wenger to promote German wunderkind, Serge Gnabry.

He was bought from Stuttgart for about £100,000 in 2010. He was able to play during the 2011-2012 season for the club with the U-18s. Eventually, he was fast-tracked into the reserve side after massively impressing the staff at Arsenal football club. His ability was far beyond most at his age and deserved the dramatic step up after only a year at the club. .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger’s new assistant Steve Bould has received nothing but praise recently. He has been given most of the credit for the new solidity in the Arsenal defence that saw us let in just two goals in the first five league games. Both of those cvould be attributed to goalkeeper error so the defence was looking irresistible. The last two games, however, have given Arsenal fans a reason for concern again.

Bould is willing to take responsibility for those performances, just as he was given credit for the improvement. The former Arsenal defender believes that the players were deflated by the Chelsea defeat last weekend, and this contributed to the nervousness on view against Olympiacos on Wednesday. .......Read the full article here

Fives Points From Arsenal’s game against Olympiakos by GO

Gervinho will score in most games he starts for Arsenal this season .......Read the full article here

Arsenal 3 – 1 Olympiacos. Back to winning ways for the Gunners by KJ

A great win for the Gunners propels them to the top of their Champions League group with 6 points. However, it wasn’t anywhere near as comfortable as the score line suggests.

The game started out pretty well for the Gunners as they remained organised and held most of the possession. But, there wasn’t really any clear cut chances to boast about. Eventually, the Greek champions grew into the game and were restricting any space available. They started to press higher up and started to retain the possession. However, like Arsenal, there wasn’t really any clear cut chances to talk about. .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger thinks that the Olympiakos team that Arsenal will face tonight is pretty much exactly the same team that came to the Emirates last season (which Arsenal won 2-1) and are not expected to be pushovers after losing their first Group game, but he is calling on his players to bounce back strongly after unluckily losing to Chelsea at the weeked.

Wenger said last night: “The players are focused and disappointed when we lost the game. They are still down of course, but we have a Champions League game in front of us at home and we want to put things right. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal may have lost their first game of the season yesterday but they won’t have too much time to dwell on it as there is the small matter of a Champions League game coming up on Wednesday, which could be perfect to lift the team ahead of the coming league matches.

Arsenal need another win to cement their expected progress through to the Group stages, and Arsene Wenger will want qualification tied up as quickly as possible. Although Olympiakos lost their opening Group game against Schalke, they are certainly no pushovers having won their first five games in the Greek League planting them firmly on top of the pile. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal started well in Montpellier on Tuesday night but in the end they had to struggle to defend their lead right up until the last minute of the match, but their 2-1 away win was a brilliant start to this seasons Champions League campaign.

For Wenger it is very important to get those first few points on the board, especially away from home. He said: “It’s important to start well,”

“You know how it is in the Champions League, it’s like in the championship and the formula is like in the championship. .......Read the full article here

Olympiacos v Arsenal NextGen Series by TS

Olympiacos scored two late goals to sink Arsenal in Group Six of the NextGen series at Karaiskakis Stadium last night. The two sides both looked impressive moving forward and were eager to attack. However, Olympiacos broke the deadlock in the 83nd minute when Rafail Soukias fired in the opening goal and Arsenal’s problems were compounded 8 minutes later when full back Hector Bellerin was sent off after preventing a goal scoring opportunity. The Greeks then scored a deflected goal from the resulting free kick by Leandro Climaco Pinto in the dying minutes to end the match 2-O, although the result hardly reflected the even nature of the game. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal to take on Olympiacos in the NextGen series tonight by AM

Arsenal’s youngsters have travelled to Greece to take on Olympiacos in their next group game of the NextGen series. This the second group match this season for the Gunners after they Marseille in the opening round.

The Gunners cruised to a 3-0 victory over the French club in their first match this season. Chuba Akpom was the star of that match as he contributed with two goals and an assist. Arsenal are currently 2nd in the group based on goal difference. Atletico Madrid, who thrashed Olympiacos 4-0 in their opening match, lead the group. .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal U19 team got off to a blistering start to their NextGen European campaign by destroying Marseilles 3-0 at home, and the captain for that game Nico Yennaris, is looking forward to carrying on the form in tonight’s intimidating atmosphere at the home of Olympiacos in Greece.

Yennaris was lucky enough to be on the bench when the Gunners first team played at this stadium last season in the Champions League Group Stages, and he is really looking forward to a successful return. He said: “I was fortunate enough to be on the bench for the first team’s game at Olympiacos in the Champions League last year, so I have some knowledge of the stadium,” .......Read the full article here