LadyArse Gossip

La Liga side Malaga have become the latest side to be linked with Nicklas Bendtner who seems more focused on tweeting almost-naked pictures of himself and his girlfriend than he does with getting a new club. I suppose that’s what they pay agents for. According to a number of reports coming out of Spain, Malaga [...]

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The Daily Mail have linked Arsenal with a summer move for highly-rated attacker Omar Abdulrahman, who is also wanted by Barcelona and other top clubs. The forward impressed in the Olympics with the United Arab Emirates and is now on the radars of several of Europe’s elite, incuding Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and Malaga. The [...]

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Talksport claim that Real Madrid are the favourites to land highly-rated Malaga youngster Isco, who has reportedly been a target for Arsenal and Manchester City as well. Isco’s profile has risen rapidly after some impressive displays in La Liga and the Champions League this season, and his profile seems a little high for Arsenal now, [...]

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The Spanish site El Confidencial are today running a story which claims that Real Madrid’s Jose Mourinho refused to sign Santi Cazorla from Malaga when the player was offered to him, along with Isco, for €35m because he did not believe that the players suited his footballing philosophy. They then point out how he opted [...]

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Nacho Monreal, signed on deadline day and thrust in to the Arsenal starting line up for his debut less than 48 hours, has taken some time to thank the Malaga staff and fans for his time there. Via Google translate, it’s a bit iffy, but this is what he had to say: “I have been [...]

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Malaga boss Manuel Pellegrini admits he is ‘very sad’ at the sale of left-back Nacho Monreal to Arsenal on the final day of the January transfer window. The Gunners swooped to sign the Spaniard late in the day, causing some to question whether or not Arsene Wenger was merely panic-buying to make sure Andre Santos [...]

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Arsene Wenger said last night that he was delighted to announce the signing of Spanish defender Nacho Monreal from Malaga, a player he has admired for some time. The boss appeared to react quickly to the injury suffered by Kieran Gibbs in the Liverpool game which would mean having to rely on Andre Santos for [...]

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Santi Cazorla completed his move to Arsenal today with both clubs confirming the deal and the Spaniard pictured training with his new teammates in Germany ahead of the last pre-season friendly of the summer before the season kicks off but Santi took timeout to wish his old club well saying It’s been a busy year [...]

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After Arsenal announced the signing of Santi Cazorla from Malaga today, the Spanish side issued the following statement on their official website: Málaga Club de Fútbol and Arsenal Football Club have reached an agreement regarding the transfer of Santiago Cazorla González, seeing the player move to one of the best clubs in the history of [...]

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The team left for Germany today and Arsenal made no announcement about the signing of Cazorla nor the squad who travelled but a report has appeared on the BBC website this evening which states that Arsenal are set to announce the player has signed and is with the team in Germany after he passed his [...]

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It seems as though everyone and their granny is confirming the signing of Santi Cazorla to Arsenal before the Gunners get around to doing it themselves.  First it was Malaga midfielder Enzo Maresca, then it was ex Arsenal loanee and current Malaga forward Julio Baptista.  That was followed by a Malaga journalist and now the [...]

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A Malaga sports journalist, Javier Bautista, has tweeted to say that the announcement of Santi Cazorla as an Arsenal player should take place tomorrow in order to allow the player to join the squad as they travel to Germany to face FC Koln in a pre-season friendly. Cazorla, whose sale has been authorised to help [...]

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Malaga’s Julio Baptista, who previously spent time on loan with Arsenal, has today tweeted to give his best wishes to Santi Cazorla and tell him that he will miss him.  Tweeting on his confirmed account, Baptista said: Translated (by Google), this roughly means I’d like to send a greeting to my two companions who were, [...]

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There have been a few nervy people around the Twittersphere today as Rubin Kazan announced the transfer of Rondon from Malaga, wondering why they were able to announce it when Arsenal had said nothing about signing Cazorla.  When it was pointed out that they were probably announcing it before all the paperwork had been completed [...]

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