You might remember last summer. Everyone from the guys who write football blogs in their garden sheds to the journalists with the national daily papers said the same thing: in 2007/8 Arsenal will sink without trace. In fact, to be precise the prediction was that Arsenal will drift down to mid-table and Tottenham will end …
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Arsène Wenger made it perfectly clear at the shareholders meeting that he is not going to let Helb leave. Inter Milan have acted just like Chelsea, in tapping up Alex Hleb, and the papers have finally got around to understanding that there is the Webster Clause which allows players to buy out their agreement after …
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Jay Simpson is English, he’s a striker, he plays for Arsenal, and has been named PFA Player of the Year for League One. He spent the season at Milwall. His most recent goals came in the friendly with Dorchester this week where he scored three: a lob, a bender and a race onto a long …
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Carlos Vela – Arsenal’s first Mexican player – is a striker, born in 1989 and signed on Jan 1 2007. He then went on loan first with Salamanca and then in Spain’s first division with Osasuna. By completing his time in Spain, Vela has been able to apply for citizenship, and thus have …
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