Last night I listened to Talksport radio and heard an account by Graham Hunter. He is someone that I respect concerning his inside information about Spanish football. This blog is initially to report Graham Hunter’s comments, and finally to comment upon the wider issues. Graham Hunter confirmed to Talksport that the previous buy out clause for Mata [...]

FC Barcelona vice president Josep Maria Bartomeu is in London this week, in an attempt to lure Cesc Fabregas back to the Catalan capital in a £33.5m transfer. It appears that Barca will not step up their current bid, and aren’t going to satisfy Arsenal, by meeting the Gunners’ asking price. The Arsenal skipper, who [...]

Arsenal are negotiating to sell Cesc Fabregas and Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola says he is confident of landing the him very soon. That’s the claim in the Sun this morning, which says the Catalans are close to getting their man despite seeing a £31.6million bid backed by AW. Guardiola said: “We wanted Cesc last year but [...]

Arsenal have pulled out of the deal and will not sign Joel Campbell. For the time being, Campbell will remain playing his football in Costa Rica. The 19-year old striker looked certain to leave Deportivo Saprissa and was just moments away from signing for The Gunners. But in an extraordinary twist revealed by Gunnerblog, the [...]

Arsenal Football Club are set to sign Joel Campbell, from Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa. The 19-year old striker is also a member of the Costa Rican national team. He played three times, scoring one goal at this year’s Copa America. Having been left out of the squad for the club’s pre-season tour of Asia, [...]

Deportivo Saprissa have confirmed that their young striker Joel Campbell will be signing for Arsenal. Campbell, 19, started all three of Costa Rica’s group games at the Copa America and also represented the country at the Gold Cup earlier in the summer. Arsenal scout Richard Law is believed to have worked in conjunction with agent Joaquim Batica [...]

Relegated West Ham have hinted that they could be keen on loaning Scott Parker back to a Premier League club for one season as they themselves look to regain promotion to the top flight. The England midfielder is a relatively big fish in a small pond at Upton Park, and the East Londoners accept that [...]

If reports are to be believed, Arsenal are rivalling Liverpool for the signature of Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing, with a bid of £18million. That’s £2million more than Manchester United paid Villa for Ashley Young, who is a much better player. That’s around the same fee United and City are looking to pay us for [...]

According to reports, Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia and striker Nicklas Bendtner are currently holding talks with unnamed clubs about transfers away from the North London club. Arsenal travel to Asia today for a pre-season tour with a 23-man squad – Almunia and Bendtner are not included. Arsene Wenger is due to shed more light on the situation in [...]

Arsenal Football Club can confirm that the transfer of Gael Clichy to Manchester City has been completed for an undisclosed fee. Clichy, 25, joined Arsenal from Cannes in August 2003, and during his time with the Gunners made 264 appearances in all competitions.  In his debut season with Arsenal, Gael became the youngest player at [...]

Sources understand Manchester City are closing in on a £20million swoop for Arsenal star Samir Nasri. The French midfielder has been heavily linked with a move away from Emirates Stadium this summer, with a host of top European clubs thought to be chasing his signature. He has yet to put pen to paper on a [...]

It appears that long-time Arsenal target Ricky Alvarez will finally complete his move to The Gunners, sometime this week. Using his personal Twitter account, Alvarez today hinted that a move to Arsenal will be completed by the end of the week. “This week I’ll surely have news regarding my future and I’ll tell you. I [...]

Queens Park Rangers midfielder Adel Taarabt has suggested that he would be up for a move to Arsenal, but only if Cesc Fabregas leaves for Barcelona. The ex-Tottenham man had a very disappointing time at White Hart Lane, but has since impressed football fans up and down the country, after acquiring a permanent move to [...]

Arsenal target Peter Odemwingie looks like he may be staying put at West Bromwich Albion, rather than making an ambitious move to North London, which is beginning to look increasingly unlikely. The Nigerian international is set to start talks with his current club West Brom this week, so when a deal is agreed, Arsenal will [...]

Arsenal have been offered Barcelona youngster Thiago Alcantara for Cesc Fabregas, in a deal that could be worth up to £50m. The Catalan giants seem to be edging closer to signing the current Arsenal captain, and this appears to be the latest deal, in what appears to be a never surrender summer for the La [...]

Samir Nasri is refusing to commit his future to Arsenal Football Club, after numerous reports suggesting that Manchester United are lining up a deal to sign the 23-year old Frenchman. Nasri has only one year left on his current contract at the club, so could go for free this time next year, if a decision [...]

Arsenal target Christopher Samba looks like he will stay at Blackburn Rovers, despite the increasing amount of speculation suggesting he will be heading to The Gunners this summer. The six-foot four Blackburn skipper has suggested that he will be at the Lancashire side next season. “Hopefully it is a big summer for the club. My [...]

Andrei Arshavin has revealed that Arsene Wenger wants him to stay at Arsenal Football Club. After a disappointing campaign this year, the Russian midfielder has insisted that Le Boss wants him to be playing for The Gunners next year, despite there being a number of reports linking him with a move back to Russia. Earlier [...]

Denilson is set to leave Arsenal this summer and it looks as though it might be destination Roma. The Italian giants are preparing a £5 mill bid for the midfielder. Denilson hasn’t won anything since moving to London in 2006 and sees himself as a winner in a failing team. The 23 year-old Brazilian has [...]

Well, Arsene Wenger hinted that he would be ‘busy’ this summer, sorting the team out with new signings, and just four days after the end of the season, already we’ve signed two players! Jon Toral and Héctor Bellerin have both rejected new deals from Barcelona, no less, and are all set to join the Gunners, [...]

Arsene Wenger could be set to bring in two young stars from French title winners, Lille. Both Eden Hazard and Gervinho have recently been linked with Arsenal, so a deal could be done sooner than later. Hazard has been linked with The Gunners for as long as I can remember and it seems that the [...]

Arsenal have finalised deals that will see both Jon Toral and Hector Bellerin make a move from FC Barcelona to Arsenal Football Club. After offers from Manchester United, Chelsea and Aston Villa, Arsenal have finally captured the two 16-year olds from the Catalan capital, who have both signed five-year deals with The Gunners. Toral and [...]