LadyArse Gossip

In Wenger’s post match ramble last night he was (unsurprisingly) asked about the Arsenal performance last night. This is what he had to say (from Arsenal.com): My first answer is that we should have won the game. The second, it keeps us still in a strong position in the race for the top four. Basically, the game [...]

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If ever there was making a story out of nothing then this one might be it. Today the Sun are linking Juventus [and Atletico Madrid] with a move for Lukas Podolski who they claim has fallen out of favour with Arsene Wenger over the last few weeks. They also claim that Podolski, who has spoken [...]

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Stories emerged in the last few days that Nicklas Bendtner had been handed a six-month ban from the Denmark national team by the Danish FA, but a spokesman has moved to dispel these rumours. Lars Berendt of the Danish Football Association told Sporten that the media had exaggerated reports of Bendtner’s ban, explaining that it [...]

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In what has to be one of the most ludicrous pieces of reporting I’ve seen in a while [and coming from the British press that’s some feat] the Mirror are today claiming that goalkeeper Wojciech Szcsesny is one of the players most at risk from a summer clearout by Arsene Wenger. But it’s not just [...]

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The Metro are today running an article based, loosely, on quotes by Bacary Sagna, given to the French Football magazine Atalantique. Their headline is Bacary Sagna moves closer to Arsenal exit after admitting staying is ‘difficult’ And in case you think that’s the work of a headline writer and not the journalist, the introductory paragraph [...]

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This isn’t the first time that former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola has been linked with taking up the managerial position at Arsenal which is not even available and I doubt very much that it will be the last time either until he is finally secured in a post but today the Daily Mirror are claiming [...]

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The Daily Mirror are going to town with a piece today claiming that Schalke midfielder Lewis Holtby snubbed Arsene Wenger because of how good a manager Andres Villa Boas is. Now, to make those claims you’d think that the player had mentioned something about Arsenal’s interest. Or the comparison between the two managers [as if [...]

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Yesterday during Arsene Wenger’s press conference he made the following statement  ”I have had groups who had fantastic results who were less serious than these players, believe me. We won trophies with players who were less focused than this team. “Of course these players are hurting. You think they don’t care and they go home [...]

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Ian Holloway, who last week hit out at Arsene Wenger for something the press twisted out of all recognition has again had a go at the Arsenal manager for something else the press printed which had nothing to do with Arsenal. Last week Wenger was asked about his interest in the Crystal Palace player Wilfred [...]

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Yes, I know, we should all expect this sort of thing from the tabloids, but the sad fact of the matter is that many people simply read headlines and don’t actually look to see what has been said and so misinformation spreads and becomes ‘fact’ in the public domain. Yesterday the Sun reported that Tom [...]

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In yet another attack by a player-turned-pundit who seems to believe that the Emirates was delivered overnight by the stadium fairies and thus doesn’t need to be given any sort of consideration when discussing the current state of affairs at Arsenal, former Chelsea man Tony Cascarino has been having his say on what is best [...]

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Today a number of papers ran stories saying that Arsenal assistant-manager Steve Bould tore in to the players after the defeat at the weekend at the hands of Swansea. The Mirror ran While the Sun went with However Arsene Wenger is now claiming that none of this is true, telling Sky Sports News That’s not [...]

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The Mirror are today running an ‘EXCLUSIVE’ which claims that Arsenal are negotiating clauses in contracts at the club in case they fail to reach the top four and have to operate without the substantial revenue that would generate. I don’t overly wish to single the Mirror out as much as I do, it just [...]

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See. This is what happens when the press play fast and loose with the truth. This week Arsene Wenger was asked about his interest in Crystal Palace’s Wilfred Zaha and his response was, as if often the case with Wenger, polite but vague. He said We are looking at every player who could strengthen our [...]

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