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Chris Smalling signed by Manchester United – Wenger too slow

Posted by goonerlad on 26th January 2010

Just a quickie: Manchester United have signed Chris Smalling from Fulham after having a bid accepted by the Cottagers this morning. Arsenal were also in the running but their offer was turned down. Arsene Wenger hinted that the race wasn’t over a few hours hours ago but the United outfit moved quicker and have now [...]

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Arsenal in Strong Position to Win Premier League

Posted by goonerlad on 5th October 2009

Arsène Wenger believes Arsenal are now strongly positioned to challenge for the Premier League title after having moved into the top four of the table despite what he regards as an extremely difficult opening sequence of fixtures. Arsenal have played a game less than most of their rivals following the Champions League qualifying round against [...]

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Fulham v Arsenal preview

Posted by goonerlad on 25th September 2009

Arsenal’s Andrey Arshavin returns after three games out with injury while Theo Walcott could feature in his first game of the season for the Gunners. But Manuel Almunia is still out with a chest infection so Vito Mannone is likely to deputise in goal again. Roy Hodgson will once again ring the changes after fielding a second-string [...]

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Adebayor shoots down Arsenal

Posted by goonerlad on 12th September 2009

Two weeks after dominating at Old Trafford, yet finishing on the losing side against Manchester United, Arsene Wenger experienced similar emotions on the blue half of the city after a staggering contest where for long periods, they appeared the most likely winner. Adebayor had other ideas, although the FA might want to look again at his [...]

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger aims to emulate Barça

Posted by goonerlad on 12th August 2009

The Gunners boss has told Arsenal fans angry at the clubs lack of activity in the transfer market to reflect on Barcelona’s success last season after they sold Ronaldinho and Deco and went on to win the Champions League and La Liga FEW Gunners fans need reminding that the past four years have been pretty barren [...]

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