Should Arsenal be so keen to get rid of Arshavin? (Video)

With the Russian transfer window to be closed on Thursday, the Telegraph broke the news that Arsenal, having been unable to find a buyer willing to pay a fee, were now offering club record signing Andrei Arshavin out on a free transfer.

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Whatever happened to the Arsenal side that beat Liverpool 6-3?

Many Arsenal fans were hailing the emergence of a new team following their 2-0 victory over Liverpool at Anfield last Sunday. Cast your minds back to January 2007 and the Gunners fans were speaking in similar terms.

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Steve Bould is Arsenal’s signing of the summer (Video)

Arsenal have started this season a lot differently to last. After three games last year, the Gunners had conceded 10 goals already, including an embarrassing 8-2 defeat at the hands of Manchester United.

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What does Alex Song bring to Barcelona?

As Alex Song completed his rather surprising transfer from Arsenal to Barcelona, the questions began: What exactly would Song provide to Barca?

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Stoke again provide the test for Arsenal’s folly

De Ja Vu does not often come as clear as Arsenal being in a perceived crisis having just sold their best players in the days building up to the new season, the accusations of a lack of ambition sounding like a broken record to Arsene Wenger now who has battled on for too long under the roof of strained resources and a sensible wage structure that, in the face of more affluent competition, renders trophies out of reach.

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Possible Song departure marks a changing of the guard at Arsenal

So the summer’s most tedious transfer saga is ending with Robin Van Persie set to a complete a move to Manchester United for what The Guardian reports as £23m. Within hours of the announcement, The Daily Mail reported that Barcelona representatives were in London to complete the signing of Alex Song.

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Santi Cazorla –Exactly What Arsenal Have Been Missing

For me there was no great surprise in seeing Arsenal sign a small, creative midfield player, but I was very surprised to see them sign Santi Cazorla – who at around £16m may be Arsenal’s record transfer, but is still in my opinion an absolute steal. 

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Arsenal fans; Losing Robin van Persie isn’t all that bad

It has been a long time in the making and threatened to engulf the entire transfer window, but on Wednesday night, the news filtered through that Manchester United had agreed a fee to sign Robin van Persie.

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Why selling Robin Van Persie to Man Utd would confirm Arsenal’s regression

It has, by and large, been a successful summer thus far for Arsenal and Arsene Wenger. The Gunners’ lack of striking depth appears to have been solved by the additions of vastly experienced international forwards Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud, while almost everyone appears in agreement that the signing of Spanish midfield schemer Santi Cazorla is a superb one.

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Llorente dropping the RVPBomb

Rumours have been doing the rounds for weeks now that Fernando Llorente won’t be signing a new deal with Athletic Bilbao.

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Abou Diaby - A symbol of Arsenal’s failings?

Amidst what amounted to no more than a free for all by journalists worldwide against Arsene Wenger on the Robin Van Persie saga, Arsenal’s opening press conference of their tour of the Far East contained a significant bit of transfer news

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A Rollercoaster Month at The Emirates

What an incredible difference one month can make in the modern game. On the Wednesday 4th of July, Arsenal captain Robin Van Persie took the wind out of the club’s summer sails by announcing he would not be signing another contract.

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Cazorla arrival puts Arsenal on course for successful summer

The supposedly imminent arrival of Spanish international Santi Cazorla at Arsenal has brought some positive light to the Gunners’ pre-season, which has been dogged by the Robin Van Persie saga.

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Financial problems engulf those at the top

Ever since the creation of Europe’s ground-breaking Premier League that saw football announce its name on a global stage with record-smashing television deals being the order of the day, the sport has undergone a kind of unravelling megalomania that has seen it swell, in some cases, beyond its means and often beyond accessibility to the type of working-man supporter that were regularly found on the terraces before the commercial revolution set in.

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Wenger reacts quicker to player discontent

As with every summer of Arsenal transfer activity, pre-season has been marred by rumblings of a contract dispute involving a major player. Following on from the lead of Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas before him in voicing their displeasure with a perceived lack of ambition in Arsene Wenger’s choice to use the Emirates coffers with frugality, this time round it is Robin Van Persie, scorer of 37 goals in his most recent season, to deny the Gunners his commitment to the cause as the Dutchman sees trophies and medals as a more attractive proposition.

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