Arsene Wenger says that he does not expect Arsenal to make any major movement before the end of the month.
“At the moment we are not close to signing anybody. The transfer market is internal for us. We recently played with ten players out, to have only two or three out would help us a lot, much more than the transfer marker. You can look around at all the big clubs and who bought players? Nobody because you can’t find players at the moment who can strengthen big clubs.”
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Arsène Wenger insists the FA Cup is a major priority for him this season. Aston Villa are Arsenal’s fourth-round opponents at Emirates Stadium on Sunday and the Arsenal boss says his desire to lift the trophy remains as fierce as ever.
“If you look at my record, you will see the FA Cup is important for me,” he said. “If you look at the record of all the other teams, I think our record is better than all of them over the past 15 years. Even last year we went for four trophies. How many teams go for four trophies this season? Nobody. I think we always try to go for everything and for a long, long time last year we went for trophies late in the season. Still we will try to do the same and try to win the FA Cup [this year].”
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Arsène Wenger has revealed the latest team news ahead of Sunday’s FA Cup clash against Aston Villa.
on Bacary Sagna…
Bacary Sagna is back in full training. Many players who are not specialist right backs have been playing in this position so we are relieved to have Bacary back.
on Mikel Arteta…
He is very close to full training, Thierry Henry as well.
on Kieran Gibbs…
He will be back to full training on Monday. He will certainly not be involved at all on Sunday.
on Francis Coquelin…
He is back in the squad, he is available. That makes him, Henry, Bacary and Arteta back in contention for the squad.
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Stop me if you have had heard this story before. An Arsenal players original injury is misdiagnosed and during his rehab, he gets injured again. This scenario almost cost Thomas Vermaelen all of last season, and now it is happening to Jack Wilshere. Its like Groundhog Day all over again.
Wilshere, whose original stress fracture injury was misdiagnosed, underwent surgery in the fall and was expected to make his first appearance in an Arsenal shirt this season in the next few weeks.
But Arsene Wenger told the media today that:
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Interesting discussion on talksport.co.uk on whether Arsenal should give Theo Walcott a new deal. Walcott’s current deal runs until June 2013 and his representatives have had two informal meetings with the club to discuss the structure of a new agreement.
According to Goal.com, Theo plans to speak to Wenger before making a decision on whether to commit himself to the Gunners.
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FATV speaks to legendary Arsenal player Paul Merson, whose career spanned many years and a few trophies, the former player-manager of Walsall also played at Brentford, Middlesbrough, Villa, Pompey and Tamworth.
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There are some really interesting stories coming out of Madrid these days about Jose Mourinho and how much longer that he will be the Real Madrid manager.
Last week Real Madrid Lost To Barcelona for the eight time since Mourinho took over at Real Madrid.
Over the weekend we heard rumors of a clash between Mourinho and Sergio Ramos And Casillas following the Barcelona defeat. The Madrid fans sided with players as Mourinho was jeered by sections of the Santiago Bernabeu crowd on Sunday. Now we hear media reports in Spain that Mourinho will quit his job as Real Madrid manager this summer.
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Thierry Henry and Mikel Arteta are both expected to be fit for Arsenal’s FA Cup tie against Aston Villa on Sunday.
Henry failed a late fitness test on Sunday on his injured calf, which is why he missed Sunday’s loss to Manchester United. Arteta has missed the last two games due to a calf injury also, but has reportedly told Wenger to count him in for the fourth-round tie at the Emirates Stadium this weekend.
Defenders Bacary Sagna and Kieran Gibbs, who have both been sidelined with injuries, are also set to return to training this week, but midfielder Jack Wilshere is not expected to be back for another month.
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Harsh words from Ray Parlour om Monday that he believes the sooner Andrey Arshavin moves away for Arsenal the better for both club and player.
The decision to bring Arshavin on against Manchester United was met with boos at the Emirates and while many fans have criticised Arsene Wenger for the decision but former Highbury favourite Parlour claims the fault lies squarely at the ex-Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder’s door.
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The Sun has the following statement from Robin van Persie, supporting Arsene Wenger.
LET me start by putting the record straight.
I was not having a go at the boss on Sunday — I was just sad to see Alex leave the pitch as he just gave the assist for our only goal. I was not questioning his judgment — I know it’s not my place to challenge what Arsene Wenger does. He is the boss, he makes the decisions and that’s it… end of story.
I have worked with the boss long enough to know there’s always a good reason behind his decisions — and there was again on Sunday.
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