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When Arsenal agreed to sell Robin van Persie to Manchester United, it is fair to say that the Gooners were not happy. With just a year left on his contract, the Dutchman was refusing to sign a new one, leaving Arsenal little option but to take the offer of over £20 million from United. I would rather have taken less money and sold him abroad, but maybe the striker would not accept that once he knew of the massive wages on offer at Old Trafford.

Like most Arsenal fans, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing van Persie missing sitters and struggling with a goal drought, and Alex Ferguson has added to the entertainment by suggesting that his time at Arsenal may be somehow responsible. .......Read the full article here

The Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner found himself firmly behind Robin Van Persie in the pecking order during his time at Arsenal, and decided to force Arsene Wenger to farm him out on loan after famously saying he would never play for the Gunners again.

Now he is on loan at Juventus, who he considers to be much more ambitious than Arsenal, but he seems to have softened his opposition to returning to the Emirates in the future and thinks that he could still compete for a starting place in Wenger’s team.

‘I don’t have a bad word to say about Arsenal but if you had to compare the trophies then Juventus are like Manchester United,’ Bendtner said. .......Read the full article here

Giroud says that the ‘show must go on’ by AM

Olivier Giroud, in an interview to The Sun, has said that he is not here to replace Robin van Persie, but is ready to take up the goal scoring responsibilities for the team. Giroud says that he is ‘different’ to van Persie and that the departure of the Dutch international has provided him with a golden opportunity and that he must grab it with both hands now. The 25-year-old said – “I am not here to replace Van Persie or to make people forget him.” .......Read the full article here

Arsenal are after Jesus!  By KJ

AS (Spanish news outlet) are reporting that Arsenal are interested in signing Sevilla winger, Jesus Navas. It is a bit of a surprising link considering that we’re quite heavily stoked out wide and it looks likely that Walcott will sign a new contract. However, I’ll give this rumour a fair shake.

Navas was raised in the Sevilla youth system and has stuck with the team ever since. That seems extraordinary considering his talents and the clubs that he could go to (I’m talking Barcelona and Madrid). The reason why he’s still at Sevilla was because of his severe homesickness. This has spanned for many years now and has stopped him from really excelling in his career both at club level and internationally. .......Read the full article here

Have Arsenal Really Sold their BEST Players in the Last 7 Years? By CS

 It’s been often said in the printed Media, the Internet, and by the ‘so called’ Experts – the TV Pundits, that Arsenal have consistently sold our best players over the last 7 years.

At the risk of getting put in a straight jacket and carried off to the nearest lunatic asylum, and with the virtual guarantee that I’m going to be seen to be ‘working against the grain’ or ‘swimming against the tide’ I’m going to challenge that commonly held perception.

Cole – Flamini – Hleb – Adebayor – Toure – Clichy – Nasri – Fabregas – RVP – Song .......Read the full article here

Mirallas to Arsenal? by KJ

Today has been full of dreadful Arsenal transfer news. Apparently Van Persie is on his way to Manchester Utd. Song is close to a move to Barcelona. The Sahin deal has been hijacked by Liverpool. It’s frankly unbelievable considering how positive we all were only on Sunday. Now, we could have the spine of our team ripped out of us by Saturday.

However, I thought I might do an article that’s slightly more positive as I’m sure the majority of the articles you’ll read today will be surrounding the issues above. .......Read the full article here

RVP Booing: by SV

Yesterday Arsenal gave an absolute twatting to what was, in fairness, a decidedly average Cologne side. Our skipper – and he is still our skipper – got about twenty minutes of game time. He got, in fact, just enough game time to leave his situation in a state of complete ambiguity. He didn’t get enough game time to really make an impact and play to his fullest level (which might have indicated he was staying), but neither did he not play at all (which would have certainly indicated his departure). .......Read the full article here

Money by SV

Yesterday, I saw a comment on one of my previous articles from ‘CHARLIE GEORGE’. Charlie (I’m going to call him Charlie, as I don’t know his real name – sorry) said the following about RVP:

“It’s strictly business…no room to be sentimental.

RVP wants to earn big and you can’t blame him for that…would you turn down an extra £20m over 4 years ?…I think not…he will go to the highest bidder and we kid ourselves that football is about loyalty…football is about looking after number 1 only.” .......Read the full article here

United Still Chasing RVP: by SV

There has recently been a short burst of optimism surrounding RVP’s future, amid reports of a U-turn on the part of Robin van Persie, but we have been soundly brought back down to Earth again with a statement made by Alex Ferguson. Following United’s penalty defeat to Barcelona, the Scot has confirmed that he has indeed bid for RVP and is currently in negotiations with Arsenal, though he is making little progress due to the fact that we’re negotiating with other clubs too. Here’s the quote, in full, (from Sky Sports): .......Read the full article here

Nuri Sahin: by SV

With the Cazorla deal all but done (it may even be done by the time this reaches you), Arsene’s attentions will now turn to the signature of one Nuri Sahin. We all know that Arsenal are interested and it now appears that we are in a more advanced stage of the negotiations. Arsenal are looking to bring Sahin in to cover for our two injured midfielders (Wilshere and Rosicky) so, clearly, Wenger doesn’t want to sign another attacking midfielder long term at the moment; meaning a loan deal for Sahin fits the bill perfectly. .......Read the full article here

Recent News and Rumours – by JG

Well, Arsenal fans can release a collective sigh of relief, Salomon Kalou has signed a four-year contract with Lille in Ligue 1. All joking aside, this is a perfect example of how the media can manipulate some fans so easily. There were hordes of people commenting, saying things like “ohhhh noooo not Kalou! He is not good at all!” Which is understandable, because he is very average; but the truth of the matter is, Arsenal were not even attempting to sign him at all. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal are in for Stevan Jovetic? by KJ

In my previous article, I talked about the possibility of getting Polish international, Robert Lewandowski. In that same article, Stevan Jovetic of Fiorentina was also touted to be a possible replacement for Robin Van Persie.

Now this rumour is more likely as he is similar in quite a few regards to the Dutchman. The Montenegrin plays as a centre forward just off the main striker, similar to the position RVP used to play before being moulded into the false no. 9. .......Read the full article here