I still think Gallas has an edge on Vermaleen, but its looking inevitable that Gallas will leave, so its good we have him.

Hopefully Nasri's injury doesn't affect out season.

But its a shame that Arshavin wont be able to play as a striker this season :sad:

Sven-Goran Eriksson insists he can take Notts County from League Two to the Premier League after signing a five-year deal as director of football.

The former England manager spelt out the ambitious plan, which comes after the club was taken over by a Middle-Eastern consortium last week.

"It is the biggest football challenge of my life to take Notts County to the Premier League," he said.

"I could have gone elsewhere and earned more but I'm here for the challenge."

Eriksson, 61, will work alongside current manager Ian McParland with the aim of getting promoted from League Two "as soon as possible".

"I always wanted to come back to the Premier League because it is the best League in the world," said the Swede.

"I have chosen a little bit more of a difficult way to do it. It will take some years, but fater speaking to the chairman Peter Trembling and the investors, I am sure we will do it.

Thailand 1-1 Liverpool

Pong scores the Equaliser

:laugh2:

Defender set to move on

Arsenal, 13:22, July 22, 2009

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has admitted defender Philippe Senderos has options to leave the Emirates Stadium this summer.
Senderos appears to be no longer in the plans of Wenger after he spent the whole of last season on loan at AC Milan and a permanent move away looks to be on the cards.

Milan are not in the running but Senderos does have his admirers and there have been suggestions that Aston Villa could offer him the chance to stay in the Premiership.

Villa need at least one central defender to replace Martin Laursen and Senderos is said to be a target.

"He has offers and it is open," Wenger revealed when quizzed about his future. "He has come back here with us still looking for solutions but he is still yet to decide on his future."

Flying Dutchman Nacer Barazite could feel a bit aggrieved he wasn’t selected for Arsenal’s Austrian training camp after netting for the third year in a row against Barnet, yet the 19-year-old has set his sights on making Arsène Wenger’s XI in the coming months.

After featuring on 36 occasions for Derby County last season, the leggy front-man has returned with two fantastic performances. First at Barnet on Saturday, and then Monday nights 3-2 win over Lincoln City. Speaking shortly after the full time whistle, Nacer admits his delight at returning to the club and took the time to identify what he’s learnt.

“I’m delighted to be back and play in the Arsenal shirt again.”

“I’m happy with my performance against Barnet, and my goal. I like to play against Barnet and score. I think I’ve changed physically, and mentally. I think I’m a lot stronger now. But I think I can get better.”

At Lincoln Barazite wore the number 10 shirt, the same number his idol Dennis Bergkamp donned during his legendary spell with Arsenal. Naturally, comparisons have been made between the two Dutch forwards and they returned on Monday and the former Nijmegen player confirmed his desire to play in Dennis’ former role.

“I’ve always said I don’t mind where I play, but if I had to chose a position I’d say in the number 10.”

Young Guns’ Sunday article regarding the future of Nacer sparked mass debate, with many suggesting he could go on loan again while some believed he was ready for the first-team. When asked, ‘Naz’ also seemed to be in the dark over his future but revealed his preference.

“You never know. Hopefully it (the future) will bring positive things, and hopefully I can play in the first team at Arsenal. I like to play for Arsenal, I want to play for Arsenal.

“My target is to make my debut for the first team, in the Premier League.”

It’s expected that Arsène Wenger will sit down with Barazite following the completion of the Austrian tour to thrash out an arrangement.





Good to see he should stay, I think he is an exellent player.

Klaas Jan Huntelaar: Why Aren’t Liverpool & Manchester United Bidding for Spurs & Arsenal Target?

Arsenal and Tottenham are reported to be battling to sign Klaas Jan Huntelaar according to press reports in Spain and Holland after his talks with Stuttgart stalled. The departure of Emmanuel Adebayor to Manchester City will give Arsene Wenger the funds required to enter the bidding for the much admired striker.

This news will come as a bitter blow to both Tottenham who were thought to be involved in a straight fight with the German club for the Dutchman. However, with a number of top Premier League clubs chasing new strikers it begs the question why are there not more teams bidding for the deadly Dutchman?

Dutch striker Huntelaar may have only joined Real Madrid back in January but the club are looking to cut their losses after their recent massive spending spree. A poor end to the Spanish season seems to have heralded the end of the Dutchman’s short stint in Madrid with Arsenal now joining Tottenham at the front of the queue of known Premier League admirers.

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He would be an absolutely amazing signing for Arsenal, a better goalscorer than Ade.

Tottenham have signed defenders Kyle Naughton and Kyle Walker from Championship side Sheffield United.

Everton had bid £5m to land Naughton, while Aston Villa were also believed to be admirers of the 20-year-old, who has instead opted for Spurs.

A fee has not been disclosed but could be close to the £10m mark for the duo.

Walker will return to Bramall Lane on loan as part of the deal with Spurs, and the Blades will also be able to take Tottenham players on loan.

Sheffield United boss Kevin Blackwell said: "Having Walker available is a very important part of our strategy and it's exciting to have the chance to talk with Tottenham and judge whether any other of their players might fit into our squad.

"If we think that someone could help us we could take them on a short-term loan throughout August and, if required, extend it

He be a good signing he knocked in a few for Mardid

I think he wants to join arsenal

Any more Huntelaar news?

Arsenal Star Link to City Re Surfaced.

With Chelsea captain John Terry expected to sign a new deal at the club, and Everton reluctant to sell Joleon Lescott, Manchester City will reportedly renew their efforts to sign Arsenal defender Kolo Toure.

The Metro report Mark Hughes is desperate to sign at least one experienced centre-back, and the newspaper suggests Arsenal would be willing to sell the player if they bid around £15 million for the 28-year-old.

Hughes has been a long-time admirer of the Ivorian having initially asked about the player’s availability in January.

The arrival of Thomas Vermalen would suggest one of either Toure or William Gallas would make way for the £10 million former Ajax defender, and the Metro even suggests Wenger is keen to add further reinforcements to his backline. Wenger is allegedly still keen on Bolton’s Gary Cahill, and may yet return for his former player Mathew Upson, now at West Ham, should he sell Toure to City.

GREAT NEWS!!

Gunners ace set for speedier return

Arsene Wenger has confirmed Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri should return from his broken leg within six weeks and not three months.

The Gunners boss made the prediction following the news Nasri had suffered a fractured fibula during training on Tuesday. And, despite initial reports expecting the French international to be out of action until October, Wenger insists his recovery will take half that amount of time due to there being no complications with the break.

"Unfortunately he fractured his fibula and he will be out for six weeks," said Wenger.

"He accidentally nicked the ball away from somebody having a shot on goal. Unfortunately he got kicked and broke his fibula. It's not a complicated one, it's a simple one but it will take six weeks to heal."

Wenger is also confident that he has plenty of alternative options to cover for Nasri during his absence with Andrey Arshavin, young forward Carlos Vela and fit-again Tomas Rosicky all possibilities.

He added: "The options are Tomas Rosicky, who is back, and in [those] two months Eduardo will be back as well. We do have offensive options but we don't want to lose important players before the season starts."

Huntelaar rejects move to Stuttgart, waits for Arsenal & Tottenham bids


Reports in the Spanish press this morning claim that Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has rejected a move to Stuttgart, after discussions with the Bundesliga club.

Both AS and Marca claim Arsenal is now Huntelaar’s likely destination as a replacement for Emmanuel Adebayor whilst Tottenham are also interested.

Huntelaar was not keen to play in the Bundesliga even after an 18 million euro deal had been agreed between Real Madrid and Stuttgart.

Arsenal are believed to now be the front runners for Huntelaar’s signature as the former Ajax striker is eager to play Champions League football.

Meanwhile, Huntelaar will return to training with Real Madrid tomorrow after the Los Blancos squad return from Ireland.

Although he was out of favour for much of his time at Real Madrid, Huntelaar scored eight goals in 20 games following his 27 million euro move from Ajax. In the first half of last season the 6.1ft striker had scored eight goals in 14 games for the Amseterdam giants.

Video evidence of the Dutch international striker (21 caps, 11 goals) can be seen on the video below.




Looks like us or Tottenham

And to say Ashley cole wasn't the most hated man in english football ... he is now.


He has said he hopes Man city Take Arsenals top 4 position this season.

The most hated man in english football is joey barton

I suppose yeh.

Im sure cole is a close second, i liked him even though he left Arsenal, up until this.

Villa home kit gets unveiled today.

How on earth did Gerrard get cleared as NOT GUILTY!? what the hell!!!

Stupid *****

Gerrard was always going to be found Not guilty

LOL!

Downing out til december

Poor Steven did nothing wrong, he just wanted a fun night out with his mates..

Then a vile evil chav that supports Arsenal, Everton, Man Utd and Aston Villa (yes the man is sick in the head) started on a happy Steven.. The vile evil sick and twisted chav attacked our English brave lion..

Glad all that is over..:thumbs:

Breaking News!

Celtic sign defender Daniel Fox from Coventry for £1.5m

Celtic signing **** players

good news

Celtic are buying hidden gems..

Gerrard not guilty :eureka: Great news. He can travel to singapoure now and help us walk all over their national side.

Sir andyman you are wrong

Rangers are not buying anyone because they don't need to
they can win the champions league with the squad they have now you see