Reports out of Spain say that Arsenal have reached an agreement with Real Madrid for striker Gonzalo Higuain. The transfer fee is said to be close to €22m and is conditional on Arsenal finishing in the top four this season.
Madrid announced last week that Huguain would be leaving at the end of the season, but the consensus then was that he was heading to Juventus.
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Arsenal are linked with a summer move for Borussia Dortmund’s £12m rated right-back Lukasz Piszczek.
With Bacary Sagna out of contract next summer, and seemingly having no intentions to sign a new deal, Arsenal need to sign another right back. I like Carl Jenkinson, but with the injuries the Gunners have had defensively over the last couple of seasons, having two good right backs is essential.
Piszczek has only been with Dortmund since 2010 following a free transfer from Hertha Berlin. The 27-year-old has developed into one the most impressive right-backs in the Bundesliga and is a mainstay in the Polish national team.
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A lot of media sources have versions of the same story. The narrative goes that Arsene Wenger is battling his board over their preferred striker transfer target.
The Daily Star says Wenger and his board are at odds over whether Arsenal should sign Loic Remy or Wilfried Bony.
Wenger is said to want Remy, but members of the Gunners board are understood to prefer to splash the cash on Vitesse Arnhem’s Ivory Coast hitman Bony.
Let me get this straight. According to these stories Arsene Wenger has went to the board and said that he wants to sign Loic Remy for £6m and the board said, we prefer the £7m Wilfried Bony instead.
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Tonight’s 2-2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur settled nothing in the Champions League race. With two games to play the table looks like this:
Chelsea’s last games are Aston Villa away and Everton at home. In between these games they have Europa League final in Amsterdam. Villa is playing well at the moment and Chelsea normally struggled there. With Moyes leaving Everton at the end of the season, I cannot see them motivated for that game, making it a home win. So I expect Chelsea to finish the season on 73 points (+4).
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Arsenal have agreed the biggest kit deal in English football with sports giants Puma worth in excess of £30m-a-year in which the five year contract worth £170m in total.
The deal worth more than Liverpool’s new £25m-a-year contract with Warrior and brings to an end Arsenal’s 20-year tie-up with Nike.
The deal, which will not be announced officially for some time, will give Arsenal major additional financial clout on top of the £150m five year shirt sponsorship deal with Emirates.
The new agreement dwarfs the current kit deal with Nike, which is worth £55m over seven years and expires at the end of NEXT season.
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Oh Oliver. Why did you have to go there? Why not serve your suspension and come back against Newcastle in the last game of the season and let your play do the talking?
Instead, the Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud has open up a can of worms by saying that his first season in the Premier League was better than either Theirry Henry or Didier Drogba’s
“I replaced Van Persie and when you arrive at a big club like that, they [the fans] are very demanding towards you,” Giroud said in The Times.
“The criticism has not always been deserved, but they push you on.”
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Reports coming out of Spain suggest that Arsenal have signed out of favor Barcelona striker David Villa to a £12m pre-contract deal.
Arsene Wenger wanted to sign the Spanish striker in January but Barcelona did not want to let him go.
But with a major shake-up at the Camp Nou expected to take place this summer, Villa has been allowed top leave and Arsenal have signed the 31-year-old according to AS Sport.
It’s an interesting move as Arsenal have been linked with Fiorentina striker Stevan Jovetic, but his price is reportedly around £25m.
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Arsène Wenger addressed the media after his side carved out a 1-0 victory away at Queens Park Rangers.
on the result…
We scored early and started well. After that, QPR played with quality and pride. They were fearless. You could see that this side had played with special pressure and fear in recent months. They had the quality to stay in the Premier League and they made life difficult for us. We had good determination and focus. We lacked a few final balls in the final third. But I expected a difficult game and I was not disappointed. Sometimes when a team goes down they played well in the game after and win. You could see that as Reading won away from home. We need a special focus to win this game.
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Arsenal moved into third place in the Premier League with a 1-0 win over QPR at Loftus Road on Saturday.
Theo Walcott’s goal after 20 seconds — Arsenal’s fastest ever in the Premier League — looked like it was going to set the tone against a team already relegated and short on confidence, but instead what the Gunners fans got was that early jubilation followed by 89 minutes of frustration, tedium and ever-increasing nerves.
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Arsenal will again be without suspended striker Olivier Giroud for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to relegated QPR.
Theo Walcott, who scored against Manchester United, and Lukas Podolski are both pressing for a central attacking role.
Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski (rib) is out for another week, while midfielder Abou Diaby (knee) is a long-term absentee.
On the health of his squad, Arsene Wenger said:
“It is a good position. We have done well recently. Maybe we benefit from the fact there is only one game per week. So the squad is a bit more stable injury-wise”
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