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Archive for May, 2008

Nasri’s agent causing trouble - Vela confirmed - no more excuses

Just a quick post today with little going on in the world of Arsenal. Everything seems to be focused on Manchester United’s Champions League win and at the end of the day I guess that’s fair enough. Quite a good game too by the way.
Somewhat predictably, the transfer of Samir Nasri from Marseille to Arsenal [...]

Nasri to join Arsenal today + choosing between Cygan or Bramble

According to the French newspaper L’Equipe, Marseille’s Samir Nasri will be an Arsenal player by the end of today. The word on the street is that Nasri will arrive in London early this morning (Wednesday) with the intention of undergoing a medical and signing on at Arsenal for a fee worth something around ₤12.5m.
As I said [...]

It seems Samir Nasri is all but an Arsenal player

According to virtually every website and online newspaper around, Marseille’s Samir Nasri is all set to sign for Arsenal. The 20-year-old French attacker looks like he will be leaving Marseille to join Arsenal for a transfer fee worth around £13.5m.
I’m usually quite careful not to make unrealistic statements about players joining or leaving the club until [...]

Nasri to Arsenal deal nearing? - Kranjcar - Santa Cruz - Vela

As you would probably expect - given the conclusion of Arsenal’s season last weekend - there is an absolute flood of transfer speculation coming from the press at the moment. I’ve summarised the lot and listed them here for your benefit. The things I do.

Samir Nasri - The 20-year-old Marseille attacker continues to be linked strongly to [...]

Thoughts on Arsenal’s win over Sunderland + some interesting transfer news

On a day when Manchester United claimed a - I’m cringing as I say this - deserved tenth Premiership crown Arsenal’s youngsters did their club proud by securing a 1-0 win against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
Whilst I did not see get to see the game, something which seemed consistent among the Arsenal blogging community due [...]