Tag Archive | "Arsenal"

Arsenal Signs Vermaelen

Saturday, June 20, 2009

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The 23-year-old defender Thomas Vermaelen is leaving Ajax for Arsenal. Arsenal coach, Arsene Wenger, believes this signing may be the solution to the defensive problem that Arsenal had during the season. “This is a good acquisitions. He will be a great asset to Arsenal with his defensive skills” says Wenger. Vermaelen is a Belgian national team regular, has [...]

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Arsenal Should Sign Sakho and Melo

Friday, June 19, 2009

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Ever since Patrick Vieira left Arsenal for Juventus, in the summer of 2005, there has been a void in Arsenal’s midfield enforcer role. Sure, Gilberto Silva helped clean things up for a few years, and the 2007-08 form of Matthieu Flamini was a revelation for Arsenal supporters. However, seeing both of those players depart in [...]

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09-10 Premier League Fixtures

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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The 2009/2010 English Premier League fixtures list was announced earlier today. The Premier League kicks off on Saturday, 15th August 2009 with Tottenham taking on Liverpool at White Hart Lane and Everton hosting Arsenal the pick of the fixtures on the opening weekend. The biggest game of the opening month will surely be Manchester United [...]

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Football “Franchises” – Right or Wrong?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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In a summer bereft of football, the release of fixture lists this week provide some form of respite for fans starved of action. Away trips are plotted, long weekends at some of the more far-flung fixtures are planned, and best mates are pleaded with not to hold their wedding on a certain date as it [...]

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Transfer Rumors (15 June 09): Man United after Valencia stars Villa and Silva, Aston Villa close on Tottenham duo, Berbatov and Pavlyuchenko linked with Bundesliga moves, and more

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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We’re already in the middle of June, and though the signings haven’t been coming hard and fast just yet, that doesn’t mean that there’s a shortage of action thus far in the summer transfer window. In this morning’s transfer news and rumors roundup, we’ve got tidbits from England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, and Greece, [...]

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The team for Rome?

Friday, May 22, 2009

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Normally teams are announced an hour before kick-off, but not if you’re the Sun. They have the inside scoop on the United team to face Barcelona in the Champions League final and it’s… well… pretty unsurprising. Carlos Tevez is out, Dimitar Berbatov is out, Park Ji-Sung and Ryan Giggs are in. The paper claims it’s a [...]

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Football transfer rumours: Brede Hangeland to Arsenal?

Friday, May 22, 2009

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Today’s tittle-tattle is off to live in a floating duck house – because we deserve to be safe from foxes too Forget Manchester United v Barcelona, The New Harry Potter Movie v The New Terminator Movie or Peter Andre and Katie Price v The Possibility That Newspapers Might Stop Writing About Them Soon, the real heavyweight [...]

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Wenger vows to stay with Arsenal

Friday, May 22, 2009

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Arsene Wenger has moved to silence speculation over his future after the Arsenal manager was linked with a move to Real Madrid. Wenger triggered reports that he could be prepared to leave the Gunners when he admitted that working at Real, if Florentino Perez wins the Spanish club’s upcoming presidental election, would be an “interesting project”. It [...]

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Arsenal´s Fabregas cleared over spitting row

Friday, May 22, 2009

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Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has been cleared over allegations he spat at Hull assistant boss Brian Horton, the English Football Association announced on Friday. Hull launched a complaint over the incident, which was alleged to have taken place after the FA Cup quarter-final tie between the clubs at the Emirates Stadium on March 17, which the [...]

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Soccerlens Podcast – Survival Sunday, Manchester United’s banner season, Wenger’s future at Arsenal and more

Friday, May 22, 2009

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On episode twelve of the footballlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by the founder of EPL Talk, Chris Harris to discuss the final day of the Premier League and of course that intriguing relegation scrap. The show will be looking specifically at Manchester United and their unprecedented success, Newcastle’s woeful season, the future for Wenger and Arsenal, the remarkable work [...]

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