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The Arsenal midfielder Thomas Rosicky has been linked with a few clubs this summer, but he is adamant that he is not going anywhere in a hurry!

He said: “Speculation is a normal thing in the football business,”

“I must thank everyone for showing interest because it flatters me, but I must repeat myself – I am satisfied to be with Arsenal.

“And as long as the club want me to stay, I am not interested in moving elsewhere.” .......Read the full article here

The ongoing rumours about Emir Spahic’s imminent arrival at Arsenal have taken a backward step, as Montpellier have denied there are any negotiations going on between the two clubs. In fact their manager Rene Girard was quite taken aback by the rumours.

“Indeed I am astonished.” he said. “There has never been talk of this departure to the Emirates,” and when asked if he would be happy to see Spahic join Arsenal if the offer came in he said: “Yes, but only if the English are willing to pay us 25 million pounds.” .......Read the full article here

All the latest Arsenal transfer news seems to be concentrating on the much-needed centre-back, and it is now being reported that Arsene Wenger has given up hope of persuading Everton to let Phil Jagielka leave at a reasonable price, and he has now turned his attention to the German defender Per Mertsacker.

The big 27 year-old still has two years left on his contract at Werder Bremen so he probably won’t come much cheaper than Jagielka, but Wenger is hoping to pay just £10m for him according to reports. I know that some Arsenal fans were raving about him during the World Cup, but is he good enough for the top level of the Premier League? .......Read the full article here

The Sunday papers usually provide us with lots of Arsenal transfer rumours, and today is no exception. It is now widely assumed that we will finally have an official announcement about Koscielny tomorrow. If not then I will be officially worried!

Todays crazy rumour comes courtesy of TuttoSport in Italy, who are suggesting that Juventus will be happy for the Brazilian hardman Felipe Melo to come to the Emirates, but are looking to get Gael Clichy in exchange! Yes I can see Wenger considering making a move for Melo, as he has already registered his interest in public, but there is not a chance in hell that Wenger would let yet another defender leave this summer….. .......Read the full article here

There are a few more Arsenal transfer rumours around this morning, and we have even found yet another goalkeeper to add to the ever-lengthening list. Kaspar Schmeichel is to be released from his contract at the cash-challenged Notts County at the end of the season, and therefore the son of Man Utd legend Peter Schmeichel will be available for nothing, which is certain to appeal to the parsiminous Arsene Wenger! .......Read the full article here

There seems to be an air of desperation in the Sundays papers today when it comes to any Arsenal transfer news, especially after Arsene Wenger’s outburst the other evening when he was quizzed by journalists about his transfer plans.

He said: “We are at the moment not on the transfer market,”.

“What is important is that we focus on the challenge we have in front of us and finish well in our final three games.

“I read some transfer rumours in the newspapers and they are all wrong. All of them. So you do not even need to ask me one name – they are all wrong.” .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger risked playing Cesc Fabregas in the first leg of the Champions League against Barcelona, despite his weakened knee from a tackle the previous weekend. It backfired on him as Fabregas ended up with a cracked fibula after another crunching tackle from Carlos Puyol.

Now he has the same problem this week, as Thomas Rosicky was also badly kicked by Karl Hendry at the weekend, and he hasn’t yet been given enough time to recover.

Wenger said last night: “We will see about him tomorrow, when you look at his calf, you can see the tackle of Henry was not as innocent as it looked.” .......Read the full article here

The Wolves captain Karl Henry has launched an astonishing attack on Thomas Rosicky and the Arsenal players for getting him sent off in Saturdays crucial match at The Emirates.

He claims that he won the ball cleanly, but Thomas Rosicky made a meal of his challenge by “rolling around”. This was then made worse by the Arsenal players who then surrounded the referee and called for Henry to be sent off.

Henry is not happy about it and called the sending off “an absolute joke!” He said: “We love Arsenal’s great football but when they are rolling around, getting people sent off, it makes you not want to see them do so well,” .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger must be rubbing his hands with glee as he sees his options increase with every game. Arsenal are approaching the crucial run-in to the title with the fittest squad he has had all season, and he will be able to choose who is left on the bench rather than the usual forced absences.

West Ham will have to face a team that has won their last five matches, and will now include the returning captain Cesc Fabregas, who resumed full training yesterday and is keen to return to action. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal may have had an easy win against Porto yesterday, but the game has taken a heavy toll on the Gunners already lengthy injury list.

Arsene Wenger didn’t sound very happy about the situation when he was asked about the likely line-up for this weekend’s game, and after saying yesterday that his captain Cesc Fabregas was 50/50 to play, he has now changed his prediction to 1/200!

“His chances of playing are 0.5% – that means unless a miracle happens, he will not play,” said Wenger. “At the moment, Cesc is out of Saturday’s game. We have a little doubt about Tomas Rosicky, but we will check that tomorrow morning. Nobody else is back, but we will lose Song, because he is suspended.” .......Read the full article here

Arsenal visit bottom-of-the-table Portsmouth tomorrow night with the usual extended injury list. Arsene Wenger is sweating on the results of the scan on Cesc Fabregas’ hamstring today to find out how bad his injury is, but it seems that Denilson has agitated his back again and will be missing for another few weeks.

Kieran Gibbs is not expected back for another couple of months after his ankle surgery, and Djourou is going to miss most of the season, along with Robin Van Persie. Emmanuel Eboue has already left to join the Ivory Coast squad. .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna admitted that Chelsea were far superior to Arsenal in all departments in the 3-0 defeat on Sunday, but he bemoaned the bad luck of losing Robin Van Persie at such a vital game.

In the two games since Van Persie got injured, Arsenal have failed to score, after scoring in every single match previously.

“Robin’s absence is weighing heavily on us,” said Sagna. “We need to find a solution and we can’t afford to fool ourselves. There was too much of a gap between ourselves and Chelsea. .......Read the full article here