First interview with Arteta

New signing Mikael Arteta will be having his first interview in Arsenal colours. Fans who need to ask him anything can tweet their question to @arsenal.com .

Here is the link : http://twitter.com/#!/Arsenal

Waiting for interesting questions from fans and more interesting answers from him.

Cheers !

Walcott's delight

Theo Walcott is delighted with the signings Arsenal made on deadline day.

"I have never seen Arsenal do that in all the years I have been there." said Walcott.
"A lot of teams leave it until last minute so it was interesting to see. We got rid of two great players but we've brought a few in and I look forward to seeing them on Wednesday.
"New faces tend to get everyone bubbling. We all have to lift our spirits and hopefully those new signings will do the job.
"They've had so much experience. Arteta in particular is a fantastic player. He can definitely spot a pass and I am looking forward to playing with him."

Although the Gunners chief felt he had enough quality in his side to ride out the disturbance created by Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri leaving for Barcelona and Manchester City respectively, the old Trafford result suggested otherwise.

"I'm not worried about the future at Arsenal at all," said Walcott.
However, he did concede the visitors' dressing room was a depressing place to be at Old Trafford, as the Gunners tried to analyse their worst defeat since the 19th century.
"It was completely dead afterwards," Walcott revealed. "It is hard to recover from that result and it could hurt a lot of players. But you can't do anything about it. You can't sulk.
There are younger players you have to help out. We had Alex Chamberlain making his debut in that game. Carl Jenkinson got sent off.
"Arsenal are a big club. You have to be able to react to those sort of moments.
"There's no point sitting and sulking about what you could have done better. The better team won on the day. A lot of people dropped their heads as soon as that fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth goals went in.
"I wouldn't say we gave up. We tried our best. But Manchester United were very strong and scored some great goals.
"Maybe the organisation wasn't quite there either. We are just going to have to catch up in our results."

Barcelona claim they got Cesc on the cheap .

Barcelona vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu believes that Arsenal were correct in their initial valuation of Cesc Fabregas at €60m (£53m), having seen the midfielder's impact at the Nou Camp.

Barcelona signed Arsenal's captain last month after weeks of negotiation, in a deal worth £35m. The Arsenal manager, Arsène Wenger, said that it was a "reduced fee", and Bartomeu agrees that the midfielder was worth more.

Bartomeu told Catalan newspaper Sport that Fabregas's performances so far have justified the initial Arsenal price tag. "After seeing the work he's done since his arrival it is true that Cesc meets the €60m valuation Arsenal initially demanded," he said.

"The kid is demonstrating a high level and quality in three weeks of training. The transfer was very good. In a market that is so open Cesc is worth a lot of money. It was complicated to close the deal. The negotiations were very hard."

Fabregas joined for a basic fee of €29m (£25.6m), with a £4m pay-off waived by Fabregas, as well as £4.4m of further add-ons contingent on Barcelona winning more trophies. There is also a 50 per cent sell-on clause, should the Spanish club offload him in the future, and a buy-back option for Arsenal. Barcelona have also given up any claims to youngsters Jon Miquel Toral and Hector Bellerin, who left them to join Arsenal in the summer. Soon after the deal was reached, Wenger said that the club sold Fabregas for a "reduced fee", and that an auction for him would have brought more money in.

"If he was on the market to any club we would have got more money but we did want to get a decent fee," said Wenger last month. "That's what I'm paid for. You cannot say because you want to get the deal done as quickly as possible: 'Just take him and give us what you want'. You have to fight for your rights. If Cesc is for sale and you can make an auction between Real Madrid, Chelsea, Man City, you will certainly get more money but he just wanted to go to Barcelona."

Wilshere is out for 3 months

Jack Wilshere will be out of action for at least another two months due to an ankle injury, the England international said on Sunday.
"I can confirm I will be out for around 2-3 months. I am working hard in the gym to stay fit and I am gutted but I will be back stronger," Wilshere wrote on Twitter.
The 19-year-old sustained the injury during Arsenal's pre-season tour and missed the first three Premier League matches of the season from which the London club gathered only one point.
Arsenal sold midfielders Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri before the end of the last transfer window and, although they signed Mikel Arteta and Yossi Benayoun, Wilshere's prolonged absence is another serious blow for beleaguered manager Arsene Wenger.

Later he tweeted this " Hear a lot of people giving our Medical team stick? I can assure I am in very safe hands and we have top class physio's and masseurs! #AFC " .

Hoping for the best .

Arsenal players on twitter .

Robin van Persie : http://twitter.com/#!/Persie_Official
Jack Wilshere : http://twitter.com/#!/JackWilshere
Thomas Vermaelan : http://twitter.com/#!/T_Vermaelen05
Bacary Sagna : http://twitter.com/#!/Sagnaofficial
Per Mertesacker : http://twitter.com/#!/mertesacker29
Yossi Benayoun : http://twitter.com/#!/YossiBenayoun15
Andres Santos : http://twitter.com/#!/Andre_Santos27
Emmanuel Frimpong : http://twitter.com/#!/EmmanuelF4
Ben Glasgow : http://twitter.com/#!/BLGlasgow
Szczesney : http://twitter.com/#!/13Szczesny13
Conor Henderson : http://twitter.com/#!/Henderson_91
Gavin Hoyte : http://twitter.com/#!/gh_28
Craig Eastmond : http://twitter.com/#!/craigleastmond
Johan Djourou : http://twitter.com/#!/JohanDjourou

Arsenal : http://twitter.com/#!/Arsenal
Denilson : http://twitter.com/#!/_denilson15
Fabregas :  http://twitter.com/#!/cesc4official

Arsenal Vs Swansea

Venue : Emirates Stadium
Date : 10th September 2011

Team Line ups will be announced soon !

The moves that will resseruct Arsenal's season !

What a difference 80 hrs can make. We were beaten , we were down and we looked lost. Enter Wenger and Gazidis . They each grabbed a basket and entered the transfer market. They bought players of experience and quality and yet they did not exceed the budget. Believe it or not. Arsenal FC bought 5 new players in the last two days of the transfer market. 

Mikel Arteta

Signed in the last few hours of the window for £10million, on a 4 year deal – only after forcing through the move himself. He will wear the number 8 shirt, vacated by
Nasri
$asri, and will fill the void left by Cesc Fabregas. If he can stay fit, he could arguably be the star signing of the window. According to Opta stats “Only five players have created more chances per 90 mins in the Premier League since 06/07 than Mikel Arteta.” These players are / were Lampard, Nani, Malouda, Giggs and Fabregas – Fabregas, statistical the best with 3.5 chances per 90minutes. If he can keep these figures up and educate Ramsey and Fabregas, its been a very good deal indeed. You also have to bear in mind, he played in an Everton team which had far less of the ball than Arsenal. It’s also slightly funny he looks very similar to Fabregas in my view!

Yossi Benayoun

Signed on a one year loan from Chelsea. We had the option to buy him out right for £2million but refused, due to his injury record. He’s 31, so represents a very old head for Wenger to bring into the team, yet this doesn’t take away from his quality. He plays the same role that Arteta will and as neither player can play every game he will fill the role when need be. Both arguably could play in the same team, if we use the system with 1 defensive midfielder instead of two.

Per Mertesacker 

Per Mertesacker joined Arsenal  on a long term deal from Werder Bremen for a fee believed to be in the region of around £8million. He brings some much needed experience to the Arsenal back-line, and lets hope he can build a solid partnership with Thomas Vermaelen.
On his arrival yesterday Mertesacker said, “I had a great time at Werder, and owe them a lot, but the move to London is a wish come true. The English Premier League has for me always represented an interesting challenge.”

Andres Santos 

The 28-year-old international joins the Gunners from Super Lig champions Fenerbahce, for whom he has played since 2009. Santos supplanted Roberto Carlos as the team’s first-choice left-back in his first season in Turkey and went on to make 52 league appearances, scoring 10 times.

Sao Paulo born Santos’ career also includes a campaign with Brazilian giants Corinthians and a three-year spell with Figueirense, from where he took in loans with Flamengo and Atletico Miniero

Upon completing his move, Santos said: "I am delighted to have signed for Arsenal. It was one of my dreams to play for a major European football club and I have accomplished this. I am very happy to be part of this team. All the Brazilians who came to this club spoke wonders about it and I am delighted to be part of the Arsenal family."



Chu  Young Park 

The 26-year-old South Korea captain scored 25 times in 91 appearances for the French club during three seasons in Ligue 1.


Chu Young Park said: "I am very honoured and I feel very happy to be at Arsenal. It is a dream to be here and I am really proud to be an Arsenal player. Now I just want to show how good I am and prove myself.

"In my opinion this is a great club, now I have to show what I can do on the pitch. I will do my best, I will never give up, I will show heart, I will give everything and I hope [the fans] will support me."

The deal is subject to the completion of formal registration processes.

Chu Young Park will wear the No 9 shirt at Arsenal. The striker prefers to be known as 'Ju' and will therefore have J. Y. Park as his shirt name.