Arsene Wenger is very confident of bringing his top summer transfer targets to Emirates Stadium and hopes the Arsenal fans will be ‘reassured’ the future is bright.
The Gunners head into tomorrow’s final game of what has been a rollercoaster season at Sunderland with little other than pride to play for after their title bid faded.
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Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill has dismissed as ‘absolutely crazy’ Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez’s latest remarks in an escalating row over Gareth Barry.
O’Neill reacted angrily last week when news of Liverpool’s £10million bid for the England midfielder was made public.
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Alexander Hleb’s agent claims the player will leave Arsenal this summer.
The Belarus midfielder has been linked with a move to Inter Milan, who have expressed an interest in the 27-year-old.
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The European Parliament dealt another blow to FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s controversial plans to curb the number of foreigners at soccer clubs by voting against the proposals on Thursday.
EU lawmakers rejected Blatter’s ‘6+5 rule’, allowing no more than five foreign players to start a match, by 518 votes to 49 but most backed the ‘home-grown player rule’ of European soccer’s governing body UEFA.
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Frank Rijkaard will leave Barcelona at the end of the season and former captain Pep Guardiola will take over as coach of the team, club president Joan Laporta announced on Thursday.
Former Netherlands international Rijkaard took charge of Barcelona in 2003 and led them to back-to-back league titles and victory over Arsenal in the Champions League final in Paris in 2006.
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