Former Arsenal Favourite Backs Wenger, And He Is Correct To

Ex-players are varied in what they choose to do in their later life, or what they do after they hang up their boots. Some try and stay in the world of football, but others dabble their feet in other job markets. However, what they all have in common is that they have an opinion and they're all still interested in the beautiful game.

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Nasri Hails 'Magician' Wenger, Which Should Remind Arsenal Fans To Keep The Faith

It’s that time of year when even the most neutral football fan begin their blasting of Arsenal and Arsene Wenger, falling into a negative warp of believing Arsenal will fall away at the last hurdle, unable to overcome teams when it matters most.  Former Gunner Samir Nasri, however, who left under a cloud at the Emirates in 2011 to join Manchester City, spoke of his faith and praise of Arsene Wenger in a recent report and labelled his former mentor and fellow Frenchman “a magician”. 

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6-7 Weeks: Why Losing Nasri To Injury Will Be A Massive Blow For Manchester City

Manchester City are enjoying a successful season so far - they sit just a point behind Premier League leaders Arsenal, are in the knockout stages of the Champions League and are likely to reach the final of the League Cup. They are also into the fourth round of the FA Cup after thrashing Blackburn 5-0 last night. However the next six weeks will have to be played without one of their main attacking stars Samir Nasri, if Manuel Pellegrini's comments about the France international's injury are accurate.

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Nasri Showing Massive Improvements Under Pellegrini - The Stats

Last season saw Manchester City hand the Premier League title back to Sir Alex Ferguson and back to Manchester United, thanks to some overall dismal performances. One man who left a sour taste in the mouths was Samir Nasri, as he failed to live up to the billing of the previous season, but that has changed considerably since the start of this campaign.

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Could Manchester City's Title Hopes Hinge On This Man?

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has had a mixed bag since arriving at the Etihad in the summer. His side currently sit six points behind leaders Arsenal after 11 games and there has been a huge reason for that - City's away form.

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Who Will Be Booking Their Ticket to Brazil This Week?

Unfortunately for all of us football fans, all domestic leagues are on hold yet again this weekend for International play. Some are just friendlies, but there are still a few juicy world cup qualifiers to look forward to. For UEFA, on Friday, France is playing the Ukraine while Portugal will be matched up against Sweden. Both sides will also meet again on Tuesday to finish up this playoff round. So the question is why am I to be excited about this?

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Arsenal Youngsters Who Could Make The Step Up This Season

As we all know, Arsene Wenger loves to unearth gems from around the world and they are usually young. His extensive scouting network has allowed him to bring in talent from South America, North America, Asia, Africa and of course Europe. Perhaps the more favourable destination for his scouts is sunny Spain - in a certain Catalonia area where a certain Spanish team play their football, to be more precise. Anyway, Wenger is very good at buying young talent and selling them for large fees in the future. Henry, Fabregas, Adebayor, Nasri etc... You get the picture. In this piece I will evaluate who in the Arsenal youth set up will possibly make the step up this season.

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Bayern Munich the first to sniff around Arsenal star

The transfer window is a worrying time for Arsenal fans as it is and it seems this could be another filled with cold sweets and sleepless nights, with The Metro reporting that European power houses Bayern Munich could be set to target prized asset Jack Wilshere.

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Van Persie vindicated (Video)

Manchester United celebrated their 20th title win in style thanks to a hat-trick from Robin van Persie. The Dutchman joined the Red Devils from fierce rivals Arsenal last summer after becoming disillusioned with the direction the London club was taking and the lack of trophies won during his eight year spell at the club.

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Whats going wrong at Manchester City?

Following their 3-1 defeat at Southampton on Saturday, Man City manager Roberto Mancini gave his side a ‘’10% chance’’ of retaining their Premier League crown, but why have City not matched the heights that they reached last season?

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Four Changes Mancini Needs to Make

News Flash! Man City suck. Okay they don't suck, but they're having a wobble. A wobble that has given them only two points for their last three games.

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Samir Nasri is a Samir Luxury

In the pre-christmas months of the season a lot of analysis goes towards which signings have worked and which have failed. You have your Michu's, Diame's, and Berbatov's then you have everyone Liverpool signed.

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Will Arsene Wenger sign a new contract at Arsenal?

Despite Arsene Wenger’s protestations that there have been no contract extension talks as of yet, Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis’ comments this week suggest that an offer to the 62 year old Frenchman to extend his spell in charge at the Emirates beyond 2014 is imminent.

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Do Arsenal lack ambition?

Today when Alisher Usmanov publically criticised the Arsenal board for 'lack of investment', he made an interesting point.

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France’s tournament isn’t a complete disaster

Over the past two days, the media has had a field day criticising the French squad for not having made any progress in terms of attitude and team spirit. While it can be argued that the French camp was a bit tense over the past 3 weeks, the media is becoming more and more british for going overboard and comparing this situation with the sorry strike event that happened in Knysna.

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