Arsenal Transfer Rumors

- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has held further talks with the father and agent of Racing Santander's Spanish midfielder Sergio Canales. Real Madrid, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool are also interested in the 18-year-old.
- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is ready to splash out on Fulham's England under-21 giant centre-half Chris Smalling - in a stunning £7m deal.
- Philippe Senderos is weighing up his options before deciding whether to join Celtic, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich or Everton on loan from Arsenal.
- Arsenal have been widely reported looking to sign 20-year-old Maxime Gonalons, the highly talented Lyon defensive midfielder.

 

Another one shot down, huh?

Seems less and less likely we'll sign anyone. Especially with Benny back in a fortnight.

 

- Midfielder Mathieu Flamini could become yet another ex-Arsenal player to join Manchester City - on loan from AC Milan.
- AC Milan striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar could also be heading to England in a bid to get regular first-team football ahead of the World Cup, with Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham likely to be interested.
- Arsenal new boy Samuel Galindo has been caught up in an elaborate spoof, when a Bolivian TV station claimed it had a copy of his passport stating he was 20 years old and not 17 as was said when the midfielder joined the Gunners.
- Philippe Senderos is likely to accept a loan move to Celtic.

 

- The father, and agent, of 18-year-old Spanish midfielder Sergio Canales has revealed that his son is likely to join Real Madrid when his contract with current club Racing Santander expires this summer. However, Angel Canales also revealed that Chelsea and Manchester City had made attractive offers to the player.
- Moyes has resurrected a move to sign Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos on loan, six months after they pulled out of a deal to sign the Swiss international.

 

Yes, but not now because he can't get a work visa until at least the summer.

 

- Fulham boss Roy Hodgson says he has had no contact with Arsenal about £7m-rated former non-league defender Chris Smalling, and he would expect Arsene Wenger to get in touch personally if they were interested.
- Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh has promised Arsenal and Liverpool that he will make a decision about his future by the end of the month.
- Arsenal defender William Gallas will not receive any punishment for his challenge on Mark Davies in the 4-2 victory over Bolton on Wednesday. After the game, angry Bolton boss Owen Coyle said the challenge "was closer to an assault than a tackle". Bolton's anger over the tackle and the fact that the ball was not put out of play is showing no signs of diminishing, with Wanderers defender Paul Robinson saying: "It was a disgusting tackle. He's lucky he hasn't broken his leg. We deserved better and are disappointed not to have got anything."

 

- Premier League trio Tottenham, Arsenal and Stoke are tracking Newcastle goalkeeper Fraser Forster. Forster, who is on loan at Norwich from the Magpies, is regarded as one of the most promising English keepers in the country. The 21-year-old has yet to make a first team appearance at St James’ Park, but he has enjoyed loan spells at Stockport, Bristol Rovers and Norwich.

 

- Bolton boss Owen Coyle has retracted his comments about William Gallas' tackle on Wednesday, saying "I don’t think William Gallas purposely went to hurt Mark Davies. I think it was badly timed, simple as that but we have to move on.”

 

Wenger thinks Nick's return will solve our striker problems. Translation = we won't sign one this January.