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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is looking to get rid of back up goalkeeper Lucasz Fabianski as soon as possible. Wenger is reportedly looking for a replacement for Fabianski who is almost sure to leave Arsenal soon The Polish international has said many…
Wenger Looking To Replace Fabianski As Soon As Possible
Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger is reportedly keeping tabs on a possible replacement for goalkeeper Fabianski who is likely to leave Arsenal soon. The Polish goalkeeper declared on many occasions that he’s frustrated to be the second string goalkee…
Michael Essien’s fitness boost
Chelsea have had some excellent news as Michael Essien is set to be back in action sooner than expected.
Arsenal Not Interested In Ayew
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that 21 year old Ghanaian winger Andre Ayew has never been a transfer target for the club despite the Frenchman liking the player. The Marseille forward was linked with Arsenal several times over the summer includ…
Song’s Cameroon crash out of African Cup of Nations but back-up is still needed
Despite beating Congo 3-2 last night, Alex Song’s Cameroon missed out on African Cup of Nations qualification, coming second in their group to Senegal. This is undoubtedly excellent news for Wenger, who has seen Song perform brilliantly this season a…
I don’t backdown on my words – Frimpong
Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong believes that Mikel Arteta is going to add quality to the Arsenal squad. The 29 year-old Spanish midfielder was signed by Arsenal on transfer deadline day as a replacement for Cesc Fabregas, who left for Barcelona i…
Arsenal’s Frimpong chooses Ghana duty over Three Lions
Emmanuel Frimpong is quoted as saying in regard to his international future: “If Ghana call
[Transfer Targets] #16 André Ayew
After the tragic departure of club captain Cesc Fabregas this week, the seemingly imminent sale of Samir Nasri to Manchester City and Emmanuel Eboue’s £3.5 million transfer to Galatasaray, Arsenal are very much in the market for talented midfielders for … Continue reading →
Could a promising young right back be in our future?
Attacking proficiency on the right side of our defense is not exactly something we’ve possessed in recent seasons. That’s hardly a secret.
Sure, Branislav Ivanovic has been outstanding as a fullback. Outstanding in the face of being forced into the position. Applaud the man. Still, no matter how much we love him (and trust me we [...]
Ghana’s design guru: an Asamoah Gyan fashion statement (and goal)
Back to action on Sunday – see our Manchester City preview by clicking here – but here’s a bit of light relief, including an amateur clip of the Gyan goal vs England, while we wait … Best of all in Asamoah Gyan’s eulogy to the new top – and no, that’s not him wearing it [...]
The pride of England, Ghana and Sunderland – and a dodgy French strip
… in which we praise the Sunderland men who graced the Wembley turf last night and introduce you to a new team strip to end arguments over our own … Before anything else, Salut! Sunderland salutes all the SAFC players who represented their countries in the England v Ghana friendly last night. In particular, bravo [...]
Snobby Arsenal fans | Player review and potential transfer round up!
Good morning Knights of the Grove table… last night was international night and I actually put myself through a very entertaining England game. I’m quite excited about the future of English football. It feels like possibly the most vulgar, disconnected England side of the past 50 years is finally on its way out and there [...]
Danny Welbeck’s England chance is Sunderland’s glory, not Manchester United’s
A Sunderland supporter has commented elsewhere today on his unease at having three first-team players in action for Ghana tonight, with an important Premier game coming up, against a seriously below strength England. “Is it just me, or should we be worried that we have three of our lads playing against a bunch of England [...]
Welbeck earns England call
Contribution by Adam Hicks Danny Welbeck has been called up to the senior England squad for the first time ahead of tonight’s international friendly against Ghana at Wembley. The Manchester United striker has been on loan at Sunderland this season and will replace Aaron Lennon who picked up a hamstring injury in training on Monday. [...]
Gyan, Manchester United and headlines that speak with forked tongues
Q How does a football website make up for being days late with a story? A Run the story anyway but put a wholly misleading headline on it Is that how caughtoffside.com decided to approach the comments made this week by Asamoah Gyan? What he said was that as a “big fan of Manchester United”, [...]
Gyan’s Manchester United dream: our nightmare or idle chatter?
How much or how little do we read in today’s offering from our friends at the Ghanasoccernet website? They quote Asamoah Gyan as saying the following: “Of course I’m a big fan of Manchester United and will like to play for them if the chance comes my way.” As far as the first part of [...]
Frimpong chooses Ghana over England
The young Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong is currently recovering from a cruciate knee ligament injury which has kept him out of the team since the beginning of the season, but he is recovering well and hopes to return to traing in the next month …
Arsenal and Man City fighting over Kwadwo Asamoah
Kwadwo Asamoah is a promising young Ghanaian international, and he impressed watchers at the World Cup, including Arsene Wenger. Now, according to reports in Ghana, both Arsenal and Man City have contacted the player’s manager regarding a possible transfer.
A “source” revealed this information in the Accra Mail in Ghana, but also said that both clubs [...]
Agent confirms Arsenal interest in Kwadwo Asamoah
The Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah was very impressive at the World Cup and helped his team to reach the quarter-finals, and it is only to be expected that the 21 year-old would attract attention from some of the biggest clubs in Europe.
Asamoah has been linked with Arsenal for some months now, long before his performances [...]
Uruguay v Ghana extended World Cup highlights
Ghana carried the last hopes of Africa in the first World Cup in their continent, and the stadium was full of screaming supporters, but Uruguay were still favourites to progress to the next round.
Ghana started slowly and dourly defended in a very tight first half, until in the last kick of the half Sulley Muntari [...]
Essien – I hope to be ready in time for new season
The Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien is gutted that he can’t play in tonight’s World Cup QuarterFinal against Uruguay, but says that he is recovering well from his injury, and hopes to be back in time for the start of the new season at Stamford Bridge.
“I’ve been going in to rehab every day.” Essien said. “It’s [...]
USA v Ghana extended World Cup highlights
The United States played their hearts out again but this time the last minute winner went against them. It didn’t look good when Ghana went 1-0 up after just five minutes and it was an uphill battle after that.
There were lots of chances from both sides, but the States finally got the equaliser in [...]
United States 1-2 Ghana aet
HowardCherundolo DeMerit Bocanegra BornsteinDonovan Bradley Clark DempseyAltidore FindleyKingsonPaintsil Mensah Jonathan SarpeiBoateng AnnanInkoom Asamoah AyewGyanGoals:KP Boateng 5′Donovan 62′ (pen)Gyan 93′Well that wasn’t how it was supposed to happe…
Germany v Ghana World Cup highlights
The Germans needed to win to be sure of topping the group, and although they got the three points it was not so easy to break down a talented and strong Ghana side.
Mesut Ozil scored an excellent winning goal and his overall performance deserved the Man of the Match award.
Thanks to Australia beating Serbia, [...]
Australia v Ghana extended World Cup highlights
After being destroyed by Germany in their first game, Australia really needed to get something from this match to keep their hopes alive.
With Tim Cahill suspended, Brad Holman was brought in to beef up the midfield, and his selection was perfectly justified when he put the Socceroos 1-0 after just 11 minutes of the game.
But [...]
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