Seven players not previously announced to join Arsenal and a jolly jape.

By Sir Hardly Anyone There are seven new players on Arsenal’s transfer list this week taking the grand total to 89 players who are said to be joining Arsenal this summer.  Last year it was 114 and we have got 31 days left to find the missing 26 players that will make this the all …

Arsenal in crisis as players refuse to transfer to other clubs even when asked nicely

By Sir Hardly Anyone According to the Daily Mail, Arsenal’s “summer clear-out” has been “delayed with players refusing to take pay cuts to join new clubs.” So at last, we have our Arsenal summer crisis.  The players won’t leave!!!   Well, at least it is original.  Anyway the headline grabbing news is that, “Arsenal are …

Judging the young guns after pre-season: who will make it, who will quietly fade away.

By Walter Broeckx With the Emirates Cup finished one could say that the fun part of the preseason is over. Mind you I don’t know if the players will have found this part the “fun part”. I can imagine them more thinking in terms of the terrible part. With all the running they have to …