Category: Arsenal

Ashley Cole, Jose Antonio Reyes, and Gel Clichy have all extended their contracts with Arsenal. Ashely Cole has signed a one year extension which allegedly doubles his wages, and keeps him with the club till 2008. Reyes and Clichy have signed longer extnesions, which should seem them stay with Arsenal till 2011 and 2010 respectively.…

Thierry Henry has been chosen to be Arsenal’s new captain, following the departure of Patrick Vieira to Juventus. According to Wenger: “Dennis maybe now will not play in all the games and I want someone who will be there. It is a good chance for Henry to develop.” Interestingly there was no mention of Sol…

Patrick Vieira has been sold to Juventus for €20 million. You can read the press release here on Arsenal.com. I’m sad to see him go, thought not as gutted as I expected. He’s given a great nine years to the club, and I feel we may have seen the best of him already. I would…

Arsenal kicked off their pre-season set of friendlies with a 4 – 1 win over Barnet. New signing Hleb opened the scoring after 2 minutes, and this was followed by a Henry penalty, a typical Bergkamp strike, and a fourth by Hoyte. Barnet pulled one back in the second half. A full match report can…

Arsenal.com reports that Alexander Hleb has signed for Arsenal in a deal that could rise to €15 million. The Belarussian midfielder arrives from VfB Stuttgart. The move is dependant on Hleb passing a medical and obtaining a work permit. It is not clear where Arsène will play Hleb. He may continue his role on the…

Arsenal.com have details of the draft fixture list for next season. It hardly seems like the last season is over, and already we’re talking about the next one! The season kicks off with a home game against Newcastle, and finishes with a home game against newly-promoted Wigan. The Gunners cross London for their second match,…

Robin van Persie faces a further two weeks in custody with the Dutch police as they investigate rape allegations against the Arsenal player. He was arrested last weekend and detained while the investigation progresses. So far Arsenal have refused to make any official comment. Dutch police can potentially hold him for a further three months…

UEFA have relented and are allowing Liverpool to defend their Champions League title next season. Liverpool will have to go through all the qualifying rounds, and will not be restricted from potentially playing against other Premiership sides. UEFA have also changed the Champions League rules so that in the event of a similar situation arising…

In their official statement Arsenal state that they believe the hearings were fair, that the punishment will act as a deterrent to other clubs approaching players illegally, and they reiterated their support for Ashley Cole. David Dein had this to say about Ashley: “We don’t want Ashley Cole to leave. We expect him to respect…

The independent commission looking into the details of the alleged “tapping-up” of Ashley Cole by Chelsea has found that Chelsea, Jose Mourinho, and Ashley Cole guilty of contravening various Premier League rules. They are taking statements relating to mitigation before issuing details of any sanctions, and all parties have 14 days to appeal, so we…