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🚨 has won the Premier League ‘Player of the Month’ for Nov/Dec!👏

My Captain!!🔴💪

I like the XHAKA Smile more. I love how cute is Ødegaard. I like how funny is Ramsdale ❤️

Bukayo Saka (11) and Gabriel Martinelli (8) have a combined 19 goals and assists in 15 Premier League games this season. They are both 21 years old.

Outstanding. 🤯

Liverpool have signed Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven.

Liverpool will pay £37m plus add-ons and the deal has the potential of going up to £50m.

Gakpo was supposed to sign for which club?

Why Ben White has left England Squad ahead of their round of 16 game against Senegal. All you need to know. - Arsenal Daily Posts The England international and Arsenal defender, has personally decided to leave the team and return home, due to his personal reasons. Ben White has not started a game for England at the Qatar world cup competition despite his form at Arsenal this season. It's not clearly understood why he had to le...

Emile Smith Rowe will be like a new signing for Arsenal. And Arsenal is likely going to explode with his return! He is expected to return back this December.

Arsenal will explode with the return of Emile Smith Rowe - Arsenal Daily Posts The Arsenal forward has been undergoing a rehab after picking a long term injury and he is expected to be back this December. It's good news for Mikel Arteta for the return of Emile Smith Rowe to the training ahead of the resumption of the league. Smith Rowe had a fantastic run of form before

Arsenal will end up being a force no one expected as they looking to bring in these world class players.

Amazing! Arsenal working to finalize three January transfers that will boost the title race. - Arsenal Daily Posts Arsenal are working to sign key targets in January to boost their title race hopes. Arsenal are said to be targeting at least three players, a winger, and two midfield players. Arteta is working on ways to keep Arsenal remain competitive against the league rivals Manchester City. Despite leading wit...

Aleksandr Zinchenko has something to worry about, but his worries defines his winning mentality.

“We don’t look that far!” Oleksandr Zinchenko’s verdict on the title race. - Arsenal Daily Posts Oleksandr Zinchenko admits that, it's too difficult to win the premier league. Despite Arsenal leading with 5 points clear, Oleksandr has a different idea on how Arsenal are committed to remain relevant in the premier league this season. Speaking during an interview with Vbet News Oleksandr Zinchenk...

It's was not easy, but the Arsenal man stop firm to ensure that Japan wins against Germany.

Takehiro Tomiyasu’s performance is a Big Statement to the World. - Arsenal Daily Posts Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu was in action from the bench when Japanese national team was facing German national team. It's the influence of the Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu that, caused trouble to the heavy weights of Europe. His performance made them lose at the second half despite ear...

Arsenal should be happy for their man.

It Could be Seen as a Blow to William Saliba but a Good Chance for Arsenal. - Arsenal Daily Posts William Saliba was once again trending negatively after failing to start for France national team against Australia but this could only be a positive note, [...]

The best England player of the year.

Arsenal star’s Performance at the Word Cup Makes Things More Difficult for Edu’s Contact Negotiations Photo: Bukayo Saka's Man of the match award against Iran. Arsenal football director Edu Gasper has a lot to worry about concerning Arsenal players' performances in the world cup competition. This comes after the club contract negotiation team failed to successfully agree new contact extensions with....

Passion!

Make it 14 wins out of 15.

Sportkick FootBall updated their business hours.

Arsenal Can Easily Get Relegated if you Remove these two players from their First XI Arsenal’s midfield pair Thomas Partey and Xhaka Arsenal is a team on the rise right now something even the opponent teams are yet to believe. Since the arrival of Mikel Arteta in Arsenal, the…

Here’s Kieran Trippier arriving at Newcastle training ground to complete his move. 🛩
Contracts signed today morning between clubs and agents involved. Deal already sealed. Official statement soon.
Trippier will sign with Newcastle until June 2024.

Erling Haaland will be staying at Dortmund for the time being it seems.

Mikel Arteta says during his press conference that he will need a "big room" to watch the game tomorrow so he can pace around. He said he won't be able to sit still.

He also went on to say that AirPod Albert will be leading the team from the bench tomorrow & says that the squad has no new COVID-19 positive cases.

Mikel Arteta on how he’ll communicate with the bench tomorrow: “I’ll be in touch but I want to give them the responsibility and the freedom to make decisions on the pitch. I’m going to be here to support and help in certain moments but they have to get the momentum of the game themselves.”

Manchester City at the Emirates awaits…

Stats shows that Arteta is the best manager Arsenal has ever had. – Sportkick FootBall It’s amazing to see Arteta succeeding at Arsenal. After a tough first season at Arsenal, Arteta has emerged to be a well performing manager at the Emirates, even ahead of Arsene Wenger. The starts place Arteta as the 2nd well performing manager ahead of Wenger but second to George Graham who is co...

What Changes does Manchester United need?

The biggest Mistake Manchester United Board are Continuously Repeating That is Costing The Team. – Sportkick FootBall Manchester United The biggest Mistake Manchester United Board are Continuously Repeating That is Costing The Team. Erick November 3, 2021 3 min read Photo: Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Manchester United remain to be one of the biggest club in the world, but the management board are...

Arsenal Could be on Their Way to Prove Their Haters Wrong. – Sportkick FootBall Arsenal prayers celebrating their win against Aston Villa in their last Premier League Match. Arsenal is the only team in the Premier League that started the season of their worst ever in their history, and they are on their way to prove haters wrong. It should be remembered that Arsenal lost their....

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MIKEL ARTETA EXPLAINS WHY ARSENAL BOUGHT BEN WHITE:

🗣️“We bought him because we believe that he can be extraordinary and he doesn’t have that much experience in the league still.

“After that we bought him because he has that ability to break lines, to progress the ball the way we want it. He has that composure and calmness to make the right decision. But first of all he needs to defend and I think he is doing that really, really well.”

~101GreatGoals

A real gaffer

Today in 1986 George Graham made his Arsenal managerial debut in a 1-0 win versus Manchester City after being appointed in May.

George Graham was born in Bargeddie, Glasgow, Scotland on the 30th November 1944, the youngest of seven children, George grew up in poverty in Bargeddie, near Coatbridge. He showed considerable promise as a footballer, and clubs like Newcastle United, Chelsea and Aston Villa showed an interest in his talent.

He signed for Aston Villa in 1961, on his 17th birthday and spent three seasons at the Birmingham club, making only eight appearances. Chelsea signed him in 1964 for £5000. George scored 35 goals in 72 league games for the club and won a League Cup medal in 1965, but he fell out with the Chelsea’s manager, Tommy Docherty. At the same time, Arsenal were looking for a replacement for Joe Baker, and paid £75,000 plus Tommy Baldwin in 1966 to bring George to Highbury. He made his debut on 1 October 1966 at home to Leicester City and soon became a regular in the Arsenal side. He was Arsenal’s top scorer in both 1966–67 and 1967–68, having started out as a centre forward for the club, but later moved to inside forward.

He was a runner-up in both the 1968 and 1969 League Cup finals, before finally winning a medal in the 1969–70, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. He followed it up with being an integral part of Arsenal’s Double-winning side of 1970–71, and even had a claim to scoring Arsenal’s equaliser in the FA Cup Final against Liverpool, although Eddie Kelly is officially credited with the goal.

Winning the “Double” brought the attention of Scotland and he was selected for the national side for the first time against Portugal in 1971. He would go on to win twelve caps over the next two years for Scotland, scoring three goals, his final one coming against Brazil, by this time he was no longer an Arsenal player. The arrival of Alan Ball made his position at Arsenal less assured so he moved to Manchester United in December 1972 for £120,000. He spent two years at United, and was relegated to Division Two, before seeing out his career in England at Portsmouth and Crystal Palace. He played the summer of 1978 in America for the California Surf.

After retiring from playing, he became a coach at Crystal Palace and then later Queens Park Rangers. With the dismissal of Don Howe as Arsenal manager in March 1986, the Arsenal directors were interested in appointing Alex Ferguson, as their new manager with Graham as his assistant. However, Ferguson decided to wait until after the World Cup that summer before making a decision on his future, and so the Arsenal directors appointed Graham as their new manager on 14 May 1986.

George Graham let some of the older players go and bought in his own players. He was known from the off as a disciplinarian – and has been accused of being unpleasant in his handling of players. George was renowned for his no nonsense style and many ex-players and others have told their stories. One of the most scathing was an interview with Anders Limpar. http://www.theguardian.com/.../anders-limpar-george...

His first achievement was to have Arsenal top of the league at the time of their traditional 100 year anniversary – Xmas 1986.

The club slipped back to fourth but there was clear improvement over previous campaigns especially winning the League Cup with a Charlie Nicholas double over the then mighty Liverpool . Although the defeat in the second league cup final to Luton the following season, after being ahead, was shocking, and there were questions over some of his players, the results were clearly better than under previous managers, and I think we were all hopeful at the time.

Of the players we particularly remember the gathering together of the Dixon, Adams, Bould, Winterburn back four. The media of course turned this into a defensive only team (Boring Boring Arsenal indeed) but with Rocastle, Thomas, Merson and Smith playing ahead of that back four it was anything but.

And so George Graham, having won the league in 1971 as a player, was amazingly the manager for the next time we won the League in 1989, in a match described so often that there can’t be anything else to say.

The second title in 1991 is not exactly forgotten, but because of the Liverpool victory two years previous it gets less publicity. And yet it had something extra, for Arsenal had 2 points deducted for a minor punch up at Manchester. It was a wholly outrageous punishment, but Arsenal got their own back on Man U, for it was they who had to provide a guard of honour on 6 May, with Arsenal having won the league.

It was also a nice retribution for the 1990/91 defeat in the league cup at Highbury where Man U beat Arsenal 6-2.

David Seaman and Anders Limpar came in for that season, and Ian Wright followed from Palace the season after.

But then we started to see the signs of decline – a poor defeat to Benfica at home in extra time in the Euro cup showed how far below the European standard English football was, following the years of exile after Liverpool fans riot at Heysel. An FA Cup defeat to Wrexham was worse.

It was only then that the real emphasis on defence happened. By now the back four were so used to each other that they could be relied on totally – but there was no way of getting the ball forwards quickly. From 81 goals in 1991/92 Arsenal sank down to 40 in 1992/3.

But there were still more triumphs: the first club to win the FA Cup and the League Cup in the same season, and then there were the two Cup Winners Cup finals, winning one, losing the second (Houston being caretaker manager)

On February 21, 1995 George Graham given his marching orders from the Arsenal Manager’s Office. At the time, Arsenal were struggling a little in the league, had lost a League Cup quarter final to Liverpool, been dumped out of the FA Cup after a third round replay by Millwall, and (as Cup Winners’ Cup holders) had also lost the Super Cup to AC Milan. But of course all that had no bearing on George’s sacking, which was more down to brown envelopes of cash, as the word ‘bung’ embedded itself in the football lexicon. He admitted that he had accepted £425,000 from Rune Hauge in the transfer in of Jensen and Lydersen. Graham repaid the money, but was eventually banned for a year by the Football Association.

George managed four clubs: Millwall, Arsenal, Leeds, and Tottenham. His win percentage at Arsenal (48.91%) was the best of his career. At Tottenham it was 39.68%.

As a player, he played 308 matches for Arsenal, scoring 77 goals and was voted by fans at number 42 in Arsenal's 50 Greatest Players.

“Arsenal are backing Arteta. They trust Mikel Arteta and want to continue with him. Let’s see what happens in the coming weeks…but they want to go on a long term project.” Fabrizio Romano

Pol Lirola to Olympique Marseille, confirmed and official. OM will pay €6,5m guaranteed plus €6.5m as add ons in the next years. 🔵🤝

Ike Ugbo deal collapsed for OM: he’s joining Genk on a permanent deal, medical tomorrow confirmed.

Mesut Özil now has 387 goals + assists for club and country, that’s the most of any attacking midfielder of the 21st century.

He also has 258 assists at a rate of 0.46 per 90 which is the highest of any player in the top 10 assisters since records began.

🎯🎯 Tammy Abraham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 registered two assists 64 minutes into his AS Roma debut, more than he managed in his final 42 league games for Chelsea (1).

Tammy Loving the Seria A 😍

FT- AS Roma 3 - 1 Fiorentina

Cristiano Ronaldo scored 60+ Goals ⚽ for four consecutive years.

🗓️2011: 60
🗓️2012: 63
🗓️2013: 69
🗓️2014: 61
Total: 253 Goals ⚽ in 4 years

And Messi in those 4 years
🗓️2011: 59
🗓️2012: 91
🗓️2013: 45
🗓️2014: 58
Total: 253 Goals ⚽ in 4 years, exactly the same as Ronaldo

Messi and Ronaldo rivalry is like no other. The most competitive rivalry ever.

🇦🇷 Christiano Ronaldo left La Liga at the age of 34, Messi has also left La Liga at the same age.

🇵🇹Cristiano Ronaldo was born 869 days before Leo Messi.

🇦🇷Cristiano Ronaldo Jr was born 869 days before Thiago Messi.

🇵🇹Cristiano Ronaldo's second son is called Mateo.

🇦🇷Leo Messi's second son is called Mateo.

🇵🇹Cristiano Ronaldo won his first title with Portugal on July 10.

🇦🇷Leo Messi won his first title with Argentina on July 10.

🇵🇹Cristiano Ronaldo did not score in the final.

🇦🇷Leo Messi did not score in the final.

🇵🇹Cristiano Ronaldo won 1-0 against the host (France).

🇦🇷Leo Messi won 1-0 against the host country (Brazil).

What a coincidence. 😳

Can we take a moment to appreciate, Vivianne Miedema ? 👏

8 goals in just 177 minutes at 🏆

That's a goal every 22 minutes on average 🔥

The most by a female player at a single Games 🤯

Albert Sambi Lokonga to Arsenal is official

Step in the right direction arriving as a young midfielder that can play as a #6 & #8, who is very progressive in his passing

Of course, he can still improve but he has the qualities this Arsenal team need

Arsenal
Lokonga announcement soon delayed at the minute but player already an arsenal player
Ben white done medical after holiday player estatic over a move
Aouar both agent working towards a deal to suits Arsenal and Lyon
Maddison has personal terms agreed
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