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Untold Injury Review of the Season – Part 2, the Totals. By Dale Higginbottom In part one of this injury review series we looked specifically at the injuries incurred as a result of players taking part in matches for their respective national teams. Obviously this is only a small percentage of the total injuries suffered…

Gilles Grimandi was one of Wenger’s first transfers into Arsenal.  Never a glamorous player, he worked for the squad, playing when required, in any position required.  Once he turned out for the first team on sunday, and then led the reserves in a League Cup game the next day.   Despite his modest profile he won…

By Walter Broeckx Great was my expectation when I saw the names of Fran Merida and Jack Wilshere on the team sheet. I have seen them play a few games in the Carling Cup, the Emirates Cup, in the reserves and even in the Champions League. When they play in the Emirates cup, which after…

“Barcelona believe they can conclude the signing of Cesc Fábregas before the weekend after agreeing the basis of a contract with the midfielder. Fábregas has informed Arsène Wenger of his desire to leave the Emirates and the Spanish champions are hopeful of swiftly tying up a deal, even though they admit that they face difficult…

The Arsenal Squad 2010/2011 Next season’s squad In 2010/2011 EPL teams will be subject to the 25 player rule, as well as needing to select players in the normal way. In these articles we consider the squad for next season. The Squad: How the 25 player rule works, plus thee 25 registered players, the home…

By Tony Attwood Every month more football clubs are taken over by multi-millionaires, and billionaires.  The reasons why they do it are varied – and later in this series of articles on the ownership of clubs I’ll examine that point. But first I want to examine the way national and international Football Associations are suddenly…