“I have dedicated my whole life to one club — it would be difficult and not well accepted.” — Arsene Wenger, who says he will resume coaching in 2019 — just not in England,where he served as Arsenal’s mananger for 22 years. (BBC Sport)
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Premier League clubs shatter record for January transfers
For those enamored of last-minute transfer mayhem, Deadline Day didn’t disappoint. A swap that involved forwards between bitter rivals as well as a German giant and a big-money moveto Barcelona closed down the January transfer window in England. The 20 clubs paid out a combined $610 million, which is a league record for a January […]
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Get him that dog: Lichaj becomes instant FA Cup legend
Defending champion Arsenal, which had not lost in 21 straight third-round FA Cup games under Arsene Wenger, was eliminated when it lost at Nottingham Forest, 4-2. The unlikely hero? AmericanEric Lichaj. Lichaj, who scored just seven goals in his previous 254 games over nine seasons in England, scored the first two goals in one of […]
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Wenger: 'What is important to me is a good football game'
The Premier League title may not be seriously contested this season, yet those teams chasing runaway leader Manchester City are providing great entertainment. London rivals Chelsea and Arsenal, which heading into their meeting at The Emirates Wednesday stood in third place and sixth place, respectively, whirred through a fascinating 2-2 encounterthat featured a Hector Bellerin […]
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Arsenal fans caught in crossfire as owners Kroenke and Usmanov spar
Not many fans of the Premier League will know these names -– Jack Walker, Matthew Harding, Dick Knight — but they are owners of a bygone era, when the men — or theirfamilies — who owned English League clubs served more as custodians than CEOs. Memories of them and other owners devoted to their clubs […]
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Wenger surprised Arsenal-Cologne FC game was played
Crowd control problems at the Europa League match between Arsenal and FC Cologne didn’t prevent the match from going forward, to the surprise of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. Theproblems triggered by the presence of thousands of FC Cologne fans who showed up in London for the Europa League even though the ticket allocation to the […]
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Arsenal's Wenger counts his lucky stars Giroud didn't leave
French supersub Olivier Giroud, the hero of Arsenal’s wild 4-3 win over Leicester City on opening day of the English Premier League, could have left the Gunners over the summer, but managerArsene Wenger is glad he didn’t bolt. “I opened the door for him at some stage as I had many strikers,” he said, “and […]
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What They're Saying: Arsene Wenger
“Once a country owns a club, everything is possible. It becomes very difficult to respect the financial fair play because you can have different ways or different interests for a country to havesuch a big player to represent a country. It can’t justify the investments and looks unusual for the game.” — Arsenal manager Arsene […]
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Wenger: More players will become free agents due to skyrocketing transfer fees
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says more players will play out their contracts and become free agents because of skyrocketing transfer fees. Alexis Sanchez and MesutOzil are both the final year of their contracts, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Santi Cazorla, Jack Wilshere and Kieran Gibbs could also leave Arsenal as free agentsnext summer. “I think in the […]
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Pressure will all be on Alexandre Lacazette, Arsenal's record signing
No player will have more pressure on him in the English Premier League next season than Alexandre Lacazette. You might not have heard of the 26-year-old Frenchman, but Arsenal just set a clubrecord when it agreed to pay Lyon what could amount to $68 million for his transfer. Lacazette has played his entire career at […]