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Stuttgart defender, Antonio Rudiger was the subject of a transfer enquiry from United during the summer, however the move could not materialize as Stuttgart rejected further enquiries from United. Rudiger, 21, has been impressive for Stuttgart and has been considered an ‘amazing player’ by Germany coach, Joachim Low. The highly rated 21-year-old centre back is […]
Although, it has been whispered quietly in some quarters in the past few weeks, it has not gained much ground in that time, however, following reports that Oliver Giroud could make a return from injury earlier than expected, the whispers have gone up a notch with the question of how Oliver Giroud and Danny Welbeck […]
It is no longer news that the weakest link in the Manchester United team is the defence section. This shouldn’t come as a surprise seeing as the club has lost the services of 3 seasoned defence enforcers in Nemanja Vidic who switched to Inter Milan after about 7 years of trophy laden service, Rio Ferdinand […]
Arsenal fans were excited that manager Arsene Wenger loosed the purse strings a bit in the summer transfer window when he splashed out 60million pounds on d new players (Sanchez, Debuchy, Chambers, Ospina and Welbeck) but they were still left reeling over Le Prof’s failure to buy a replacement centre back for departed captain Thomas […]
Following the end of the latest round of international matches involving Arsenal players, a snippet of what Arsenal’s team would look like in the Premier League match against Hull City at the Emirates this weekend have started to emerge. According to reports, the Hull City game would come too soon for Theo Walcott and Serge […]
Arsenal have been urged to go all out to land long term target Sami Khedira as soon as the transfer window opens in the winter. The call came out from former legend French winger Robert Pires. The Gunners are going through a mini crisis in midfield with Arteta, Ramsey and Ozil all out through injuries. The […]
Arsenal’s injury have increased during the course of the international break with Tomas Rosicky the latest to join the growing list of players that are currently sidelined. Arsenal’s oldest player at 34 succumbed to a muscle injury, and could not participate in Czech Republic’s Euro 2016 qualifying match against Kazakhstan on Monday. According to him; […]
The tension of watching from the side-lines having been at the centre of all the action for several years is beginning to take its toll on Petr Cech. Ever since his return from the loan spell at Atletico Madrid over the summer, Belgian star Thibaut Coutouis has displaced the Czech Republic shot stopper. The Daily […]
Anytime the fixture reads Arsenal versus Chelsea, the fans can always picture what to expect, a total onslaught on the pitch which may or may not result in a brawl between players from both ends of the divide. The last time both teams met was just few days ago and a couple of highlights still […]
Several days ago, veteran fullback Dani Alves told reporters that he would like to see out the remaining years of his career at the English Premiership. This statement sparked up interest amongst the entire elite clubs in England who knew the quality they could benefit from signing the 2 times Champions League winner for free […]
After Manchester United’s devastating finish last season, many fans and pundits believed that the decline of an empire was nigh. How could a club who couldn’t offer continental action land top-notch players? But all these worries melted away when few days to the summer transfer window, the Old Trafford outfit unveiled a marquee signing in […]
37-year-old Arsenal legend, Thierry Henry could yet again join Arsenal in January according to reports from the Daily Mail. The Frenchman, who plays for New York Red Bulls in the Major League Soccer (MLS) League, is being linked with a shock return to Europe and Arsenal, Paris Saint Germain (PSG) and another former club, Monaco […]
Arsenal’s record signing Mesut Ozil has reportedly decided on an Arsenal departure in the January transfer window. The player according to Daily Mail has grown frustrated at the criticisms faced from Arsenal supporters as he has struggled for consistency in the Arsenal squad. Ozil was signed from Real Madrid in a £42.5m deal on deadline […]
The intensity of Arsenal’s links to Edinson Cavani, Adrien Rabiot, Yohan Cabaye and Julian Draxler is increasing as the year draws to an end. While Julian Draxler was a subject of an Arsenal move in January, 2014, Edinson Cavani and Adrien Rabiot were strongly speculated to be very close to joining Arsenal before the summer […]
As we have been doing for some days now, we will be examining the possibility of Ross Barkley being a replacement for Toure at City. During the summer, Everton had placed a €50million price on him. Probably this was to dissuade City from attempting to pry their best talent from the club. And this ploy […]
Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has revealed through BeIN Sports that he didn’t regret but rather he did the right thing not taking former captain Cesc Fabregas back, when the Spaniard was released from Barcelona this summer. Wenger said: ‘‘I don’t regret not taking Cesc because we already had a lot of creative players in our […]
Ahead of the Saturday, October, 18th English Premier League clash between Arsenal and Hull City, news have emanated that Laurent Koscielny, who was sent back to London from the camp of the French national team, on the grounds of an injury scare and Danny Welbeck, who also had some injury worries on international duty with […]
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has admitted he would love to have young Real Madrid centre back Raphael Varane at Stamford Bridge. The Portuguese has continued to admire the player he brought to Real Madrid from RC Lens of France as a teenager. As Jose Mourinho tries to build a new Chelsea squad, who takes the […]
Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspurs have been linked to Nigeria and Fenerbahce forward, Emmanuel Emenike as the January transfer window approaches. The bitter rivals are said to be going head-to-head for the 27-year-old powerful forward according to TalkSPORT. Arsene Wenger and Mauricio Pochettino, the managers of the two English Premier League clubs, have been linked to […]
Paul Pogba is another player who has been touted by the media as Toure’s replacement at Man City. Being a world class player, his replacement must therefore be of world class standard and if possible an upgrade on Toure and who could possibly be an improvement on Toure? This is the Toure who on a […]