Category: Arsenal

Arsène Wenger has revealed on Arsenal.com that he will purchase a new goalkeeper by Friday. It is likely that this will be Uruguayan Sebastian Viera, especially since Dean Kiely – who was linked with Arsenal earlier this summer – has broken a finger (like Almunia), and thus would not solve Wenger’s problem that he has…

Arsenal continue their unbeaten pre-season run with a 3 – 3 draw against KSK Beveren. This was the first pre-season match for for some players, such as Gael Clichy and Robin van Persie. van Persie got two of the goals, with Lupoli getting the third. It looked like it was going to be another win…

Arsenal continued their successful pre-season with victories over Ajax (1 – 0) and Porto (2 – 1) to win the Amsterdam Tournament. Arsenal.com have a full match report of the Porto game here. The first match against Ajax on Friday evening was a fairly quiet affair, with Arturo Lupoli coming on as a sub scoring…

Freddie Ljungberg has extended his contract with Arsenal up till 2009. I’m glad to see he’s pledged his future to Arsenal. Hopefully we’ll see more goals from him this season. Full story here at Arsenal.com.

As reported on Arsenal.com, Arsène Wenger stated after Arsenal’s game against Utrecht on Tuesday that a new deal with Freddie Ljungberg is “99 per cent there”. This is good news, since it is vital that Arsenal hold on to as many of the experienced players as possible for the next few years, to help the…

Arsenal extended their winning run on their pre-season Austrian trip with a 3 – 0 win over Dutch side Utrecht. As the match report on Arsenal.com points out, this match was against tougher opposition than the previous warm-up matches against lower-division Austrian sides. However, Arsenal were well up to it, with a penalty from Pires,…

Sol Campbell will miss the start of the 2005/2006 Premiership season with Arsenal due to a calf injury. Arsène Wenger insists that Sol still features in his plans for this season, despite reports indicating that the defender is looking to move away from Highbury. Full details in this article on Arsenal.com.

Arsène Wenger has confirmed that there have been no offers or expressions of interest regarding Robert Pires this summer, contrary to the speculation linking Pires variously with Valencia, Galatasary, and Juventus. According to this report on Arsenal.com, Wenger has said: “We have had no interest in Robert and we want him to stay… I want…

Arsenal continue their winning ways in their pre-season matches with a 5 – 2 victory over Austrian side Ritzing. Bergkamp, Henry, Reyes, Hleb, and Larsson scored for Arsenal. I saw the goals on Sky Sports News last night, and Hleb’s goal was great – he just dribbled through the defence and rounded the keeper before…

Arsenal continued their pre-season winning ways with a win over Austrian side SC Weiz. Two from Henry, and one each from Flamini, Bentley made it 4 – 0 at half time, and Bergkamp added a fifth in the second half. A full match report can be found here on Arsenal.com. In his post-match comments, Wenger…