On the bench? I think 1 more season.

his dad said he should join arsenal now to develop more!

So the4 club have apparently been very busy in the transfer market lately with us in advanced negotiations in regards to Chris Samba.

Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain has been in discussions with the club once again.

There has also apparently been contact between Arsenal and Lille in regards to Eden Hazard, and with Hazard already having met Wenger personally in the past and reportedly spoken about wages and with us having first refusal on him it seems the problem will not lay with the player here but rather what fee Lille want.

http://fourfourtwo.com/news/england/81333/default.aspx


Way to spoil your Arsenal career..

[size=6]Carl Jenkinson joins Arsenal[/size]

Arsenal Football Club is delighted to announce that promising defender Carl Jenkinson, 19, has arrived from League One side Charlton Athletic. His signing was confirmed as young Gunners Benik Afobe, Chuks Aneke and Oguzhan Ozyakup also pledged their futures to the Club.

Jenkinson joins Arsenal having featured nine times for Charlton Athletic’s first team. Predominantly a right-back, the 6’1” youngster can also play in the centre of defence. Although born in England, Jenkinson qualifies to represent both England and Finland through his mother. The defender has already represented both countries at youth level, and last season captained Finland Under-19s.

Afobe, a forward and England Youth International, joined the Club aged just eight and has risen through the ranks to play Under-18 and Reserve team football, signing professional terms in February 2010. The Leyton-born youngster returned from his loan spell at Huddersfield Town a firm favourite with the Terriers’ faithful, having scored eight times in 36 appearances. This helped Lee Clark’s team to a 25 game unbeaten run, culminating in reaching the League One play-off final.

Newham-born midfielder Aneke is another player to have come through the Club’s Hale End Academy, which he joined aged seven, to cement a place in Neil Banfield’s Reserves setup. Last term the England Under-18 International scored six goals in 17 games to help the second string to the runners-up spot in the FA Premier Reserve League South. Chuks signed professional terms in July 2010.

Midfielder Ozyakup has enjoyed a promising start to his fledgling Arsenal career, since arriving from Dutch side AZ Alkmaar two seasons ago. The Netherlands Youth International joined forces with Aneke and Afobe to help Steve Bould’s Under-18s to a Premier Academy League title in 2010 and has proven himself to be a key player in the Reserves, with 22 appearances to his name so far.

Everyone at Arsenal would like to welcome Carl to the Club and look forward to the continued progression of all four players in the years to come.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/reserves-news/carl-jenkinson-joins-arsenal

We spend fuck all and rack up huge wage bills. We've got to put our foot down somewhere.

The fixture list will be announced on premierleague.com on the 17th June at 9:00 am

Damien Martinez has been called up to replace the injured Oscar Ustari in the Argentina squad to play Poland on Sunday. Absolutely massive step up for the guy even if it's in a very weak Argentina side.

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Not so much patchy, as superb first half of the season, meh second half. Despite the period after the new year, he still definitely had the best the season of his life.

The wages he's demanding are too high for him, but he's not too far off it. You can't deny someone who has had an great season (and he has) high wages. I just hope we can keep him, and I do wish he would get over himself sometimes too.

Yes but he isn't stomping his feet saying "I wan't what they got" i reference to the senior earners.

I'd say sure ok if he had a superb season. He had a patchy season though.

You mean just like Gareth 'Greatest human to walk the earth' Bale did :lol:

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 1/6/2011 05:23:39 PM

I always hated Nasri and this just confirms it:

Nasri wants more money

90K ain't good enough for this guy. He's not that good and went missing throughout the season. I'd be telling him be more consistent and you can grub more money off us. Until then get over your enourmous ego.

i guess, but with these added funds Wenger will hardly be able to justify not signing because of fianancial security

The money is already there to make quality signings if we wanted to.

they are doing it because it will get the club a lot more money by spruiking themselves in Asia, rather than going around Austria.

What does our Asian tour have to do with quality signings :lol:

Wenger had an interview on French radio the other night and had some very interesting things to say. He spoke about this past season, potential signings, Cesc and Nasri, Karim Benzema, changing his philosophy and his plans for the summer.


Wenger on Arsenal's 2010-2011 season:
"I was upset. We though we could win all the trophies, but we failed due to a lack of character. It is the most frustrating season I've had to go through.
"The team played some of the best football I saw at Arsenal, but failed to reach the top when needed. It is frustrating and questionning. We need maturity."

On potential signings, Wenger said:
"We will try to buy players who could gave us what we need. It's a difficult task. Firstly, we have to enforce defensive line. We lost points against teams who play the natural English way of football, with long balls and physical struggle.
"So we need players who know how to manage this kind of game, which means English players, or players who know the Premier League."

About the possible departures of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasir, Wenger said:
"Fabregas will not go this summer. Last summer, Barcelone made offers, but on this one, there is no offers at all. He's the best midfielder in the world, we built the team with him around him. He's our captain, we want to keep him at any cost.
"Regarding Nasri, one thing is absolutely sure, that we will not sell him to Manchester United. We have a financial disagreement with the player, and I will work on it during the summer, to ensure he will extend his contract."

Regarding Arsenal's rumoured interest in Karim Benzema, Wenger said:
"As far as I know, Madrid doesn't want to sell the player, wich is understandable. And the fact that Zidane is now close to the club will reinforce possibility of that Benzema won't move."

On his philosophy for next season, Wenger said:
"Only world class players can reinforce our team, because we already have a world-class quality football. The target is to keep our qualities, strengthen them and get rid of our weaknesses.
"We still have to improve offensively, because we are an offensive team. There are people who ask me to change our way to play, but I think we have to keep going with this style of play."

On his plan to travel to South America on holiday, Wenger said:
"I will spent my holidays there, scouting players and meeting people in South America."