A look at some recent Gooner developments


Pat Rice is to be succeeded as Arsenal's assistant boss by youth team coach Steve Bould. Is this a good appointment?
Pat Rice is to be succeeded as Arsenal's assistant boss by youth team coach Steve Bould. Is this a good appointment?
A daily round up of all the Premiership news and gossip stories.
After a relatively dormant transfer window this January, we were looking for some big movements on the classic 'final day.'
A daily round up of all the Premiership news and gossip stories.
As newly-taken over Leicester, now free from the comedic exploits of half-celebrity, part-football manager Sven Goran Eriksson, are linked with all and sundry throughout the football league, Nigel Pearson looks to arrest his problems at central defensive with a move for West Brom’s 21 year old protégé Craig Dawson.
Continuing on from part one, read more to find out who needs who before the transfer window slams shut on at midnight on February 1st.
As all good managers know, throwing new players into a squad halfway through a season is tantamount to sabotage. In that spirit, here’s a look at each club in the English Premier League, and which players would do the least amount of damage with their arrival:
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Manchester City will offer Arsenal striker Robin van Persie a £41.6m deal to join them in the summer.
Full story: the Sun
One of the more surprising news stories this season was the arrest and subsequent jailing of former West Bromwich Albion defender Ronnie Wallwork. Perhaps even more surprising was the realisation that he has a Premier League winner’s medal in his back pocket from his time at Manchester United.
Please take some time to imagine the following two scenarios, both of which happened during last weekend’s football:
The gutsy win in midweek against Stoke seems to have given Liverpool a great deal of belief. The depth in the squad, although not as strong as it could be was evident as Liverpool kept up their cup momentum with the likes of Jay Spearing, Maxi and Sebastian Coates all taking part in the fixture. Well done to those guys for coming in and doing the team proud.
Whilst unbeaten at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea haven’t exactly lit up the league on their away travels having lost all four of their games away from home with the most recent defeat coming at Carrow Road last week against fellow Premier League new boys Norwich.
Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean has challenged his players to "keep the momentum going" after a moral boosting win over Arsenal last Saturday.
I wonder if journalists make up transfer rumours or whether they do have any basis in reality. There does always seem to be stories in papers that make you think “surely not”. There are also ones that make you think, “Yeah that sounds possible”.
The 20-year-old had a successful season for his hometown side Atletico Madrid but had only just cemented his place in their side. That is why it came as a surprise that Sir Alex Ferguson and his goalkeeping coach – Eric Steele – chose De Gea to replace the retired Edwin Van der Sar.