If You Were Arsene Wenger, And Had £100m To Spend, Who Would You Look To Buy?

It's a figure that was thrown around at the start of the summer and even at some points last season. Arsenal fans will know exactly what I'm talking about, but for the people who don't know, it's the sum of money that was promised to be spent by Arsenal this summer. So far they have managed to only increase the amount available.

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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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Arsenal should play to their strengths - a tactical look at the Gunners

Whilst the Gonzalo Higuain story continues to rumble on, and the Argentine appears no closer to a move to the Emirates than he did about a month ago, what type of formation will Arsene Wenger use this season, regardless of whether the club manages to sign the striker or not?

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Will Arsenal really spend big?

Recent reports suggest that current Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain is about to join Arsenal in a £25m deal and that the Argentine will be offered £130,000 per week. If this is true, and the transfer is completed shortly, then does this mean that the extremely tight purse strings at the Emirates are about to be loosened during the coming months or is this going to be the only expensive acquisition made by Arsene Wenger in preparation for the new season?

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Walcott may still struggle for a centre-forward role next year

With Arsenal seeming to be in the market for a new centre forward, is it another blockade in the way of Walcott becoming a fully fledged striker?

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The John Terry slip: Japanese style (Video)

During the 2011-2012 season Arsenal visited Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea in what turned out to be a thrilling eight goal classic.

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Top 5 fastest footballers (Video)

Footballers and sprinters are often interchangeable, with Olympians such as Greg Rutherford, Christian Malcolm and Darren Campbell all turning down the chance to play football to focus on athletics.

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Some of the world's fastest goals (video)

Goals straight from the kick-off are generally met with greater joy than any. It gives the lucky team and supporters a break from the usual feeling and inching their way into a match. It's not such a welcome experience for either the opposing team, or those unlucky fans that are yet to make their way to their seats.

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Homage to the Southampton academy

Whilst reading through Twitter today I saw Stan Collymore bring up an issue regarding youngsters at clubs and how big clubs often only sign promising youngsters so no one else can have them.

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Player power - has it gone too far?

Earlier this season, Theo Walcott declared that signing a new contract was dependent upon whether Arsenal would play him as a striker. He initially turned down a lucrative 5 year contract extension and claimed that the issue was not the money but whether he would be used in his preferred position.
Although his case may have been legitimate, how many other players are likely to use this reason as an excuse to force a transfer from their current club or as a bargaining tool to negotiate a pay rise?

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Marouanne Chamakh's finest moment (Video)

On reflection this has been a pretty good season.

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How to solve England's problem at the back

England manager Roy Hodgson has a problem on his hands. He has a paucity of options to play at centre of his back four.

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Don't forget about The Ox

Last season Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain burst into our collective footballing consciousness as he turned in a number of eye catching performanes for Arsenal, the best coming against AC Milan in the Champions League.

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Bergkamp statue a stark reminder of Gunners demise (video)

This week it was revealed that Arsenal are set to commemorate the career of Dutch legend Dennis Bergkamp by unveiling a statue of their revered former striker outside the Emirates Stadium.

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Why Lukasz Podolski is key to the north London derby

In a season filled with inconsistency the one recurring theme in Arsenal's campaign has been their lethargic start to games.

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