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Who Could Arsenal Face in the Champions League Qualifiers? by FD

So Arsenal have once again seen off the Spuds and secured fourth place in the Premier League and confirmed our place in the Top Four for the 16th time in a row. Can you believe that the bookies are now offering the great price of 8/11 for the Gunners to do it again next season. That’s a great price but before betting you should check out the rankings of the best online gambling sites before parting with your money. .......Read the full article here

It has been revealed that the Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has sent his chief scout Steve Rowley to Holland to watch the PSV midfielder Kevin Strootman in action in yesterday’s big game against Ajax. The £20m-rated Dutch international has been tracked by Manchester United for some time, but with Wenger desperate to improve his team in the centre of the park he is willing to break the club’s transfer record to bring in the 22 year-old. .......Read the full article here

New Dutch sensation Kevin Strootman is due to become the next big thing in Football, and according to today’s TalkSport, the 22-year-old midfielder has attracted the interest of the Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

The PSV star has managed to make his breakthrough to the senior Netherlands national team last year causing City’s Nigel De Jong to become not much more than a benchwarmer, and he’s managed to gather 10 appearances for the Dutch squad already and also score his first goal. His debut for the national team coincided with his move from Utrecht to PSV, where he fast became one of the most important players. .......Read the full article here

The 24 year-old Dutch international Ibrahim Afellay has worked his contract with PSV Eindhoven to a T, and will become the hottest property on the market during the summer transfer window.

Like Joe Cole last summer, Afellay will be able to sell himself to the highest bidder, but it is being reported today that the talented midfielder has already made his mind up to join Arsenal after talking at length to Arsene Wenger last summer.

It was reported that Arsenal made an offer of £7 million for Afellay, but PSV turned it down in the hope that they could persuade him to sign an extension this year, but Afellay was impressed with Wenger’s compliments about him and decided then that he wanted to work with Le Prof. .......Read the full article here

Now that Arsenal are halfway to earning another squillion pounds from being in the Champions League proper, i fully expect Arsene Wenger to buy at least one more player, but todays rumours are mostly about who will NOT be joing the Gunners.

The Fulham defender Brede Hangeland fully expects to remain at Craven Cottage next season, which is not surprising really as Roy Hodgson and Asene Wenger have already both said that there have been no discussons between them. He said: “I’m not going to sit here and lie – you do think about these things. I thought about it a lot when I was with the national team, when there was a lot of talk. .......Read the full article here

It was revealed a couple of hours ago that Arsenal were interested in the PSV winger, Balazs Dzsudzsak, but either the translation or the words of the agent were a bit vague, but now the player himself has revealed he has received a “formal offer” from the Gunners.

“I have just received the news that Arsenal has formally made an approach for me,” he told a Hungarian website. “Now, what can I make of this? Of course, I do not want to get ahead of myself.

“But if such a club is interested in you, there is nothing wrong with being proud of such a thing.” .......Read the full article here

Now that Arsenal are practically assured their share of the Champions League bonanza we can finally expect some action in the transfer market, and it looks like Wenger is seriously interested in a young Hungarian winger that is making a name for himself in the Dutch League.

Balázs Dzsudzsák is currently playing at PSV Eindhoven and he was the Man-of-the-Match in the 4-3 win over rivals Ajax last weekend. He also scored two of the goals. The 22 year-old is a Hungarian international and has made 19 appearances for his national side already. .......Read the full article here