Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger
Way back in January and February we wrote about the developing links with the Colorado club owned by Stan Kroenke. Mr Hill-Wood the Arsenal chairman threw a bit of a spanner in the works, but those working on the club’s future took him to one side, calmed him down, and the progress continued. Many of …
This is it – every single Arsenal transfer story of the summer – including the ones that haven’t been written yet. Goal – Arsenal need a new world class keeper and are buying [insert name] Central defence – Arsenal need a new world class central defender and are buying [insert name] Captain – Gallas’ performance …
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For weeks the journalists have been telling us that Hleb is going to buy out his contract. Wenger said no, that wasn’t on, but the journos ran the story on and on. Now Nikolai Shpilevski the agent for Hleb has also said that Hleb is not buying out his contract. Some of the journalists have …
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Fran Merida signed a long-term contract with Arsenal in April – although judging by the way the media ignored it, nothing happened. He’s 18, he was transferred from Barcelona in 2006, and this past season played on loan for Real Sociedad. Wenger described him as an “absolutely amazing” talent. Wenger’s view is that Merida is …
We’ve had Randall, Simpson, Vela and Gibbs in our list of next year’s stars. Now Alex Song. Alex Song had to suffer being nominated as one of the worst players ever to play for Arsenal because of one poor performance against Fulham. But the criticism was always unjust – a knee jerk reaction to a …
I’ve written regularly about the determination of a small group of Arsenal supporters to get even with Birmingham City, following that club’s defence of the attack on Eduardo. Birmingham worked hard to stop a FIFA enquiry into the attack, and then rushed back the player responsible after just three games suspension. The insult to Arsenal …
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In a bizarre U-turn the government has announced today (May 12) that it will no longer seek to collect tax from overseas players who play for non-UK clubs in European cup finals. As a result of this change of heart, Wembley can now bid for the 2011 European Cup Final. However the change comes just …
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The future is an Arsenal squad which had an average age of around 20, where the only goal was scored by still under 21 Theo Walcott, and where we got glimpses of the future. Beyond any doubt we will have at least two new big time signings next season, plus Vela and Merida, who come …
It was the most far-fetched plan ever, but after the tackle on Eduardo that nearly cost him a leg, a little group of Arsenal fans felt they just had to act. When one member of the group claimed to be able to put a curse on Birmingham, there was general disbelief – but no one …
In a season for injuries at the Emirates Mark Randall managed to pick up his injuries while on loan at Burnley. When on the pitch he’s done well, but the little injuries and a virus have kept him out of the game. But Wenger’s belief in him remains in tact -the midfielder replaced Denilson in …
The amazing way in which Arsene Wenger managed to secure William Gallas to play for Arsenal will be the talking point of football until they stop playing football. Arsenal had a highly paid but unhappy left back in Cole. With Clichy – potentially the greatest left back in the world – waiting in the wings …
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 …
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 …
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 …
If you read the press on the subject of the “biggest clubs” in football a couple of weeks back you’d have seen Man U at the top of the list. And you might well have thought that those guys at Untold Arsenal were a bunch of twirps, with all their talk 3 months earlier about …
The first time we saw Kieran Gibbs was when he scored in both legs of the FA Youth Cup Semi Final against Manchester United last season. Since then he has been in an Emirates Cup game, the league cup team against Sheffield Utd., on loan at Norwich, and on his return to Arsenal from the …
When has a player left Arsenal and done better for himself? We can think of Liam Brady and maybe Stapleton, but otherwise? In effect players who leave never ever make it so good again – quite simply because Arsenal have always worked on getting the best out of players. Wenger was the operator of the …
The number of shots on target tells it all as Arsenal Ladies once again had a stroll in the sunshine and won the FA Cup. That makes three FA Cup and League doubles in a row. In any other sort of competition the organisers would give the trophies to the club for eternal display marking …
The huge gap between the top 3 in the EPL and the rest was confirmed today with a win for an Arsenal team that ended with just 3 first team regulars on the pitch. Lacking the entire first team midfield, playing the most junior of the four strikers and ending up with two left backs …
I think to be fair what one ought to say is, why do journalists say such stupid things? The answer to this story is simple – they don’t know as much about Arsenal and you and I. They have deadlines to meet, so they just write whatever turns up – mostly stuff from the press …
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