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Ramdale’s a saint, Vieira leaves, and then what?!
Morning all. The departures continue with news broken last night that Southampton and Arsenal have found an agreement over the permanent transfer of Aaron Ramsdale. The deal is worth £25m, including add-ons, with the up-front part of the payment just shy of £20m. It’s quite a bit short of what Arsenal were seeking earlier in…
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Mikel Merino: A sensible signing in a key position
There’s only one place to start this morning and that’s the official arrival of Mikel Merino from Real Sociedad. It’s not exactly a bolt from the blue, but certainly a welcome addition to a squad that needs it after the departures of Emile Smith Rowe and Fabio Vieira from midfield. He’s 28 years of age,…
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New signing profile: Mikel Merino
Following the arrival of Riccardo Calafiori, Arsenal have finally secured their second summer signing in Real Sociedad midfielder Mikel Merino. But who is the Spaniard, what will he bring to the side and why is he costing (up to) £32 million? Phil Costa reports. — “Why do Arsenal want to sign a 28-year-old who flopped…
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Nketiah, Vieira + officiating concern
Good morning and happy Tuesday to you all. Let’s start with the Eddie Nketiah news, as reported by David Ornstein. Arsenal are expected to accept a bid from Crystal Palace in the region of £25m + £5m in add-ons, and it looks like personal terms won’t be an issue. In the light of move to…
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Arsecast Extra Episode 600 – 26.08.2024
Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode we recap the 2-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday evening, which was a strange game with lots of incident. We discuss the big chances the home side missed, as well as waxing lyrical about the quality of…
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Plenty to do in the final week of the transfer window
Morning, welcome to a new week and welcome to the final week of the transfer window. There’s a lot to do from an Arsenal perspective, so let’s try and break it down. Eddie Nketiah Despite an agreement between Arsenal and Nottingham Forest, this deal didn’t go through as terms between Eddie and his potential new…
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Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal: Raya makes the save, Trossard makes the difference
Match report – Player ratings – Arteta reaction – Video Arsenal came away from Villa Park with all three points after what was strange old game yesterday. It could easily have gone the other way, with Ollie Watkins unlikely to have had a good night’s sleep, but it didn’t – thanks to an incredible David…
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Aston Villa v Arsenal – live blog
Join us for live blog coverage of our Premier League clash with Aston Villa, kick-off 17.30 We’ve got up to the second live text commentary, updates, goal clips, observations and occasionally witty asides. If you want to join the chat, register an Arseblog Live account. To do that, go to Arseblog Live – click login…
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Some revenge required at Villa Park + Vieira leaves on loan
Good morning. Today’s game sees us return to a ground where we suffered a fairly contentious defeat last season. A suspended Mikel Arteta sat in the stands at Aston Villa, Kai Havertz had a goal disallowed, Gabriel Jesus should have had a penalty, and the gravitational pull of John McGinn’s arse saw him score the…
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Mikel Merino fee agreed – implications for Havertz and Rice
Morning. Let’s begin with the news that Arsenal and Real Sociedad have agreed terms for the transfer of Mikel Merino. I don’t know that you can necessarily call this one a saga, because I don’t think there was ever any real doubt it would happen. Of course a deal can hit a stumbling block for…
