Arsenal being linked to: - Lyon, who wish to buy Eduardo; - Atletico Madrid, who wish to renew interest in recently extended Fran Merida; - Joe Hart, Birmingham goalkeeper via Manchester City; - Kevin Nolan, Newcastle midfielder; - Simon Kjaer, Palermo defender; - Gary Cahill, Bolton defender; - James Milner, Aston Villa midfielder; - Sol Campbell, who expects to be retained; - Hugo Rodallega, Wigan striker;
- Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has held a secret meeting with Barcelona president Joan Laporta in Morocco where he is on holiday recovering from a leg fracture. The Spanish champions have denied that they have an informal agreement with Arsenal not attempt to attempt to buy the 22-year-old this summer.
Aren't they getting a new president? I don't know what meeting with the one that is leaving would accomplish.
Aren't there a lot of candidates, though? I thought they had a whole crooked election process with guys one-upping each other with crazy promises?
- Arsenal left-back Gael Clichy says he feels at home in London and wants to win something with the Gunners after being linked with Barcelona and Real Madrid.
- Cesc Fabregas' father, Fabregas Sr, has denied meeting Real Madrid director general Jorge Valdano at the weekend after reports continue to link the Spain international with a move to the Bernabeu. - Arsenal's Eduardo could be heading to Ligue 1 side Lyon, with the likely arrival of Marouane Chamakh expected to displace the Croatia striker in manager Arsene Wenger's plans. - Arsenal midfielder Fran Merida is set to head to Atletico Madrid at the end of the season when his contract with the Gunners runs out.
- Juventus are hoping to lure Arsenal right-back Bacary Sagna to the Stadio delle Alpi if the Gunners sign Ajax defender Gregory Van der Wiel. - The Italians are also considering using goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and midfielder Felipe Melo to lure Robin van Persie to Turin. - Meanwhile, the Gunners have joined a growing list of Premier League clubs interested in the signature of Everton teenager Jack Rodwell. However, the Merseyside club are set to increase the midfielder's wages to ensure he stays at Goodison Park. - Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, who has spent this season on loan at Birmingham, is a £10m target for Arsenal.
No surprise really but Kolo told reporters that the spat he had with Gallas is the reason he left. Now that Gallas is likely leaving I wonder if Kolo wishes he'd stayed one more year?
- Liverpool are ready to beat Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal for the signature of Charlton's 18-year-old striker Jonjo Shelvey for £3million. - Arsene Wenger wants Sol Campbell to stay at Arsenal for another year, and believes the defender could be valuable to England at the World Cup.
- Arsenal have handed captain Cesc Fabregas an unprecedented £3m payment and upped his wages by nearly 50% to £110,000-a-week to keep him at the club and warn off the advances of Barcelona. - Barcelona are interested in Arsenal left-back Gael Clichy and could offer Spanish striker Bojan Krkic as part of a potential swap deal.
Swapping Krkic for another wingback? Aren't Abidal, Alves, and Maxwell enough, particularly with three guys on the U-19 national team? I know they have a lot going on at forward, but with Henry rumored to be leaving for MLS, wouldn't Krkic be useful, more than Clichy? Or are they just trying to dick around with Arsenal?
