Just Arsenal News

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

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has announced that contract negotiations have begun with three more players.

Thomas Rosicky is out of contract this summer and would be free to talk to other clubs in January if he can’t come to an agreement with Arsenal, and with him now returning to full fitness, Wenger is confident that they can come to a new arrangement.

William Gallas is also on his last year, but his superb form this season alongside new-boy Thomas Vermaelen has convinced Wenger that he wants Gallas to stay on for another season at the Emirates. Read the full article here

The Arsenal midfielder Thomas Rosicky is feeling much fitter now that he has a few games under his belt, but still thinks he can improve further in the coming weeks.

With Robin Van Persie and Nicklas Bendtner both out injured, Arsenal will need some of Thomas’ “explosiveness” to return to give them more attacking options, and Rosicky is sure it will return soon.

“Fitness wise I have definitely improved in recent weeks. I do not feel exhausted after the games or anything like that,” the 29 year-old said. Read the full article here

Arsenal’s injury list always seems to be on the cusp of being reduced to zero, when another few problems arise. Today it is the turn of Gael Clichy and Nicklas Bendtner to join the long-term list. Both are expected to be out for at least four weeks after it was found that Clichy has a small fracture in his back, and Bendtner’s groin injury is worse than first thought.

“We have some bad news because Bendtner was quite seriously injured and on top of that we lost Gael Clichy with a back injury that was not expected,” Wenger said. Read the full article here

The Arsenal midfielder Thomas Rosicky has been answering questions from Arsenal fans all over the world on FIFA.com, and he thinks he has recovered completely from the longterm injury he suffered last year, and his latest injury is dealt with too.

“Despite my current short absence, it is perfect to be back and I enjoy it. I really missed football.” he said.

“I am not limited at all by the injury I suffered in 2008, so I don’t see any reason why I wouldn’t be able to play at the same level.” Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has given a run-down on the injury situation ahead of Sundays game at West Ham, and there is definitely some good news on the horizon.

Eduardo has now recovered from his thigh injury, and Wenger has said he will definitely be in the team.

Thomas Rosicky and Nicklas Bendtner are close to recovery and could be in the squad.

“Rosicky (knee) and Bendtner (groin) are 50-50 but Eduardo (thigh) should be back,” Wenger said. “I would say only Walcott is definitely out.” Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that both Lukas Fabianski and Samir Nasri are back in training, and they should be available to the squad by the time the next senior game comes along, but will they even get into the match squad?

Poor Fabianski got injured at a bad time, considering that he would have been guaranteed a good run in the team when Almunia was laid low with his mystery virus. Read the full article here

The Arsenal midfielder Thomas Rosicky is out of contract at Arsenal next summer, and with no sign of talks on the horizon, he will be free to start negotiations with a new club in January.

Rosicky is a Czech international, but has only just come back from 18 months on the sidelines, and seems to suffer from persistent setbacks every time he nears full fitness.

“I have spoken with Arsene Wenger on this matter.” he said. “It is not the most current thing, though, and there are no negotiations running. Read the full article here

The Czech international midfielder Thomas Rosicky was really happy that he managed to start his first game for Arsenal in 20 months, but says that the team started the night extremely badly and they must improve from that performance if they are to do well this season.

“I’d hardly touched the ball and after five minutes it was 2-0 for them, so it wasn’t easy,” said Rosický, “but I think we all know we’re capable of turning these games around and we did that tonight.” Read the full article here