There is still hope that Arsenal may land Mark Schwarzer, but it looks like it is going to go down to the wire. The experienced Brazilian keeper Doni is out of favour at Roma, but has an enormous amount of respect all over the world.
It seems he is very unhappy at having to sit [...]
Last night it looked like Arsenal’s bid for Mark Schwarzer was dead in the water as it was revealed that Shay Given had decided to stay at Man City and fight for his place, but this morning Schwarzer is still hoping that a deal can be finalised before the transfer window closes.
He said: “I’m biding [...]
Arsenal are apparently close to signing the the 17 year old Zambian international defender Emmanuel Mbola, but there seems to be some confusion over his contractual status in Africa. It is reported that he was sold by his local club, Mining Rangers, to TP Mazembe (Congo), but has also played for Pyunik Yerevan (from Armenia). [...]
The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger announced the signing of Sebastien Squillaci yesterday, and after eulogising about how good the experienced French international will be for Arsenal, he was then asked about whether he was still in the market for a goalkeeper before the end of the transfer window.
He said “It is now closed!” and then [...]
With less than a week left of the transfer window, Arsene Wenger is still looking for another centre-back to supplement the arrival of Koscielny and Squillaci, and it looks like one of his long term targets has suddenly become available.
Arsenal (along with Chelsea) were strongly linked with Newcastle’s Steven Taylor last year until a shoulder [...]
Entering the final week of the window at last, and there are lots of Arsenal transfer rumours flying about. The main one at the moment is asking why Sebastien Squllaci hasn’t signed yet, despite Sevilla announcing he was to have a medical at Arsenal on Monday.
The rumours are saying that he has failed and Arsenal [...]
Despite the arrival of Sebastien Squillaci for his medical today, it has been revealed that Arsene Wenger still intends to bring in one more top-class defender to bolster the depleted Arsenal back line. Having lost Mikael Silvestre, William Gallas, Sol Campbell and Phillipe Senderos this summer, the signings of Laurent Koscielny and Squillaci is still [...]
It’s Sunday yet again and as usual the papers are full of football transfer rumours, and quite a few of them are about Arsenal. I reported yesterday that the latest goalkeeping rumours are saying that Wenger has turned his attention to Ajax keeper Maarten Stekelenberg, after the deals for Shay Given and Mark Schwarzer now [...]
With the news yesterday that Arsene Wenger seems to have accepted Fulham’s refusal to sell Mark Schwarzer, todays biggest Arsenal transfer rumour is that he has now turned his attention to the Ajax and Holland goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.
Stekelenburg had an excellent World Cup, and the Ajax Financial Director Jeroen Slop admitted last week that the [...]
Arsene Wenger suddenly starting making his moves in the transfer market on Wednesday with bids for Sebastien Squillaci from Sevilla, and a new bid for Mark Schwarzer from Fulham.
According to this mornings Telegraph, the bid for Schwarzer was exactly the same as they bid in May, and were hoping that Fulham would accept the offer [...]