Sunday, July 11, 2010

Bolton hopeful of having Wilshere back

Bolton star Sean Davis admits that manager Owen Coyle is not the only person who is desperate to have midfielder Jack Wilshere back at the Reebok Stadium.

The 17-year-old made such a good impression on the Reebok faithful that Coyle has repeatedly reaffirmed his wish for Wilshere to come back to Bolton on-loan, but admits that it's a decision that lies with manager Arsène Wenger.

Wilshere, for his part, says that he certainly does not want to go back to playing reserve team football, and wants to be playing in the first team regularly.

Davis said: "Every player and the fans would love Jack to come back.

"But whether he does is up to him and Arsenal. He has a bright future, but I could see him, maybe if Fabregas goes, getting into the Arsenal team.

"I think he could play for England, definitely and after a poor World Cup I think they need to focus on the younger players."

From arsenal-mania.com

Would Wenger really offer Gael Clichy for Felipe Melo

There have been a lot of Arsenal transfer rumours linking the Gunners with the Brazilian midfielder Felipe Melo since Juventus admitted they were prepared to listen to offers, but lately they are also saying that Gael Clichy could become part of the deal.

TuttuSport say that Arsenal have made a firm offer to make a straight swap, but as Juventus paid £24m for Melo just last summer, they are more likely to want a lump sum of cash as well as the French defender to recoup some of their losses.

Melo may well have had an awful season in Serie A last year, and has publicly fallen foul of the Juventus fans on more than one occasion, but is Clichy worth as much as Melo?

The 24 year-old Frenchman had a couple of injuries last season, but still made 32 appearances, and has now been a first-team regular for the last three years. Wenger said that the team needed a complete defensive shake-up this summer, but should Clichy be allowed to leave to clinch a deal for Melo?

From justarsenal.com

Atletico Madrid to take Almunia when Schwarzer arrives

According to a report this morning, the 33 year-old Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia is set to move back to Spain with Atletico Madrid after the transfer of Mark Schwarzer is finalised this week.

There has been contradictory reports about the Fulham goalkeeper this week, with some papers saying that Fulham have rejected Arsenal’s offers, and others saying that the Australian has passed a second medical and will be announced as a Gunner this week.

But the People are certain that the deal will be confirmed this week, and that Almunia is not happy that he is due to be relegated to the bench so will jump at the chance to join Atletico Madrid in a cut-price deal.

I am sure that Wenger would be pleased to get some of the money laid out for Schwarzer back so quickly, so I could see this being true.

They go on to say that their financial troubles mean that Atletico will cash in on their Spanish U21 keeper David De Gea and replace him with Almunia on the cheap.

Another interesting statement in the article is that Wenger may also offload Lukasz Fabianski before the transfer window closes….

From justarsenal.com