And while we are about it, on loan Russia captain Andrei Arshavin has revealed that he intends to return to
Arsenal after his loan spell ends.
Not exact matches
But
after the French player's less than impressive performances when he did get his chance with
Arsenal, combined with his failure to really catch fire during any of his three
spells away from the club on
loan, most if not all of us I had think had written him off.
Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin, 23, is set to be offered a new deal by the club
after impressing since his return from a
loan spell at Charlton Athletic --(Independent)
Arsenal sanctioned the sale of academy graduate Benik Afobe in January to Wolverhampton Wanderers,
after the striker enjoyed a successful
spell on
loan at MK Dons.
Clocked as the fastest player on the
Arsenal team
after narrowly beating Theo Walcott's 40m sprint, Bellerin has been a mainstay on the Gunners starting lineup for the last two years
after a brief
loan spell to Watford during the 2013 - 14 season.
After so many short
loan spells it was always going to take him a while to come back to the premier league and play for a club like
Arsenal.
Jenkinson then opted to join the Hammers on a temporary basis, and
after impressing in his 36 outings that term, agreed to extend his stay in East London for a further year, albeit signed a new five - year
Arsenal contract between
loan spells.
The 26 - year - old has proven a success in Spain since leaving
Arsenal for Real Sociedad in July 2012,
after a successful
loan spell, netting 51 goals in four La Liga campaigns.
Wenger opted to usher Campbell into the
Arsenal first team
after his superb showing at the 2014 World Cup finals but offered him just four Premier League appearances before he was sent out to Villarreal for yet another
loan spell.
Even though he was doing brilliant things for
Arsenal in the second half of last season,
after the injury problems to Mathieu Flamini and Mikel Arteta forced Arsene Wenger to cut short his
loan spell with Charlton, there were still a lot of doubts about the French midfielder Francis Coquelin.
There has been a lot of talk recently in regards to the future of the
Arsenal forward Joel Campbell, who has found first - team opportunities hard to come by following his return to the Emirates
after three successful
loan spells at Lorient, Real Betis and most recently, Olympiakos.
Even
after the academy graduate Francis Coquelin came back from his
loan spell at Charlton and surprised us all with his fine form and combative performances, recording the best stats in the Premier League for a defensive midfielder, lots of
Arsenal fans were calling on the manager to go into the transfer market and spend some big money, which he did this summer to sign Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach.
A sudden but welcome revelation of Francis Coquelin in December,
after an unexpected return from his
loan spell in Charlton, gave
Arsenal a new face.
Upson started his career at Luton and also played for
Arsenal, Birmingham, West Ham and Stoke, before joining Brighton last summer
after an initial
loan spell.
The former England winger retired at the age of 29,
after playing for the likes of
Arsenal, Spurs, Blackburn and a
loan spell at the Irons.
He left the club
after just one season when
Arsenal became interested in his services but despite starting well at the Emirates he was kept out of the side by Hector Bellerin and had a
loan spell at Bordeaux.
He has largely represented
Arsenal throughout his career
after only making seven appearances for Norwich City in his only
loan spell away from the gunners.
This was not the case and by the end of the first half it was clear that
Arsenal's midfield trio was being over-run by a hardworking Sunderland midfield, another particularly poor performance from Denilson will be a delight for the returning Aaron Ramsey who was on the bench
after returning from
loan spells with Nottingham Forest and hometown club Cardiff.
The 26 - year - old midfielder has been slowed down by injury troubles throughout his
Arsenal career thus far, but
after his
spell on
loan at AFC Bournemouth last campaign, he has returned to the North London club and played 27 matches in all competitions already this season.
Jack has been playing well for
Arsenal this season
after returning from a
loan spell at Bournemouth which was cut short by a leg break.
After coming of age during a
loan spell at Brentford, Szczesny looked like he was going to become one of the
Arsenal greats, but despite a number of excellent performances didn't quite cut it.