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In defense we can have Gibbs and Chambers (also considering Jenkinson if he improves himself) as great defenders if they improve, they have the potential to be one of the best and if Wenger brings one or two more good and young defenders in January or next summer, we can have a great Arsenal team for the future years.

I sure hope Ozil can assist Bould teach our baby defenders on how to tackle a ball soon or Arsenal will end up as a Barca's sundae.

In the injury update on the Arsenal website, the Frenchman revealed that as well as Debuchy, Welbeck and the Ox still being short of fitness, there is a doubt about our central defender Laurent Koscielny.

Even though the Arsenal and Spain star Hector Bellerin has been saying the right things in recent times on the subject of his future as a Gunner amid the growing number of Arsenal transfer rumours about his potential return to Spain's La Liga with his boyhood club FC Barcelona, we really wanted this to be confirmed by the defender signing a new contract with Arsenal.

As reported by the Arsenal website, Wenger did not talk about his individual defenders or what his starting XI would be, but the Frenchman did point out what he thought would be one of the biggest threats to Arsenal retaining the famous trophy.

They will have Gomis available again to give our defenders a problem and they are a good technical team but as long as Arsenal are on our toes; even with a few injury problems like Ramsey, Welbeck, Arteta, Debuchy and the Oz, then we should be too strong for them.

Defence; Knowing Arsenal we shall not buy any defenders especially with Calum Chambers coming back from loan and we play 3 at the back as well.

United are four points behind Arsenal and 12 off the top while City are two points better off, but as the former defender points out their vastly inferior goal difference counts as another point, but is he right?

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The young Arsenal and England defender Calum Chambers may have had the sort of game he would rather forget on Monday against Liverpool, and he has taken his fair share of stick for is as well, but I do not think that it will mean a great deal in the long term.

As revealed in an Arsenal.com report, the Arsenal vice / captain and central defender Per Mertesacker is adamant that the Gunners will head to Old Trafford on Sunday feeling great about things and confident of coming away with a second win of the season over Man United.

But the official Arsenal website has now confirmed that the versatile Brazilian defender, able to play anywhere along the line of a back four, is now a Gunner after reports today revealed that he was sent to Paris to make sure the paperwork went through as quickly as possible.

Chelsea are reportedly being touted as favourites in the race to land Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly, beating Man Utd and Arsenal to his signature this summer.

He is clearly just awful as a one on one defender, and that is a key part of Arsenal's defense that Sagna was quite exceptional at and that Bellerin is already quite good at.

Arsenal, as well as Barcelona, are said to have joined Man United in the race to sign Mats Hummels from Borussia Dortmund this summer, with the defender entering the final 12 months of his contract.

In an interview with the German press reported by Metro the Arsenal captain and centre back declared that next year would be his last as a player and that he will not be able to play regularly, so will Arsene Wenger just use him to give the other defenders like Mustafi, Koscielny and Holding a rest?

Likewise they believe talents waste away under Wenger due to outdated coaching methods despite the fact there is not one player who left Arsenal and kicked on in personal (not collectively won trophies) development impressively (say like ex-Chelsea players such as Lukaku, Bruyne, Matic etc.) not one not even a defender which Wenger according to the masses can't coach which should mean a long line of succesful ex-Arsenal defenders once they escaped the shackles of Wenger.

It leaves a lot up for debate about the German international's future, as well as whether Arsenal will secure another defender this summer.

The report notes that Villarreal signed the defender from Espanyol in January 2015 for a fee of $ 5.5 million, with the young west African recruited as a replacement for Arsenal - bound Gabriel Paulista.

Our (Arsenal) nightmare — Didier Drogba - started his career as a defender before he was converted to a striker.

As usual Arsenal start putting the pressure on as the clock ticks down, but Iwobi hits it straight at a defender and Lacazette tried to score from an impossible angle instead of cutting it back, and the Gunners are running out of time very quicklAs usual Arsenal start putting the pressure on as the clock ticks down, but Iwobi hits it straight at a defender and Lacazette tried to score from an impossible angle instead of cutting it back, and the Gunners are running out of time very quicklas the clock ticks down, but Iwobi hits it straight at a defender and Lacazette tried to score from an impossible angle instead of cutting it back, and the Gunners are running out of time very quickly.

The Arsenal defender has revealed that his recovery is coming along better than expected and even though he is not exactly sure about the new date for his return to the pitch his declaration that he was set to start running again this week suggests to me it will not be long as he has only been out for a few weeks so far.

It is no secret that Arsene Wenger hasn't been happy with our Arsenal defenders this season as he has complained so many times about their errors after defeats this season, and it only takes a quick glance at the «goals against» columns in the EPL table to see that we have a real problem on our hands.

The news outlet are also stating that Man City, as well as both Arsenal and Bayern, have scouts at Ajax's mach against PSV on Sunday, showing the defender may just be the real deal after all.

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

The Arsenal defender Calum Chambers was watched by Roy Hodgson in a few games recently, including at right - back against Chelsea, and it seems that the England boss has decided to pull the 19 year - old out of the U21 squad for the important European Championship play - off against Croatia to give him his first taste of senior football at Wembley, after coming on as a sub in the last friendly in Norway.

And so it proved as Arsenal got their 1000th Premier League goal scored by the defender Shkrodan Mustafi from a pinpoint free kick from Mesut Ozil after just 8 minutes, who looks to be comfortable again after a dodgy few weeks.

We will have to wait and see whether the Arsenal and England defender Kieran Gibbs is selected by his national manager Roy Hodgson for the friendly game against France at Wembley tonight, which is bound to be an odd and emotionally charged encounter after the terrible terrorist attacks in Paris, but with England wracked by injury problems and having to play a very young team, as well as the limp performance put in by Ryan Bertrand at left back against Spain, I will be surprised if Gibbs does not start.

Maybe that is why Arsene Wenger has made a point of praising the giant defender ahead of the Chelsea game, as reported by the Arsenal website, talking about his leadership qualities and how important he is to the squad even if he is not playing.

Reports yesterday in the Daily Mirror said Campbell was also of interest to another La Liga side, Villarreal, whom Arsenal are currently negotiating the transfer of central defender Gabriel Paulista and could be used as a makeweight in a deal.

6 foot 2 & stocky, the Greek defender won't shy away from a clash - as another rumoured Arsenal target, Alvaro Morata once found out - taking a casual Pardew - style headbutt from the Greek as a frustrated reaction to a heavy challenge, as Roma trailed late in the game.

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The defender, who remains unbeaten as an Arsenal player when he's been on the pitch, is at the top of his game right now and has slotted in comfortably at the heart of defence.

If the Arsenal new boy gets thrown straight into the mix as is expected this Saturday, he will be up against one of the Premier League's best defenders in Vincent Kompany.

Arsenal's defensive issues are down to the team as a unit not just defenders.

Linked with Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City, it is no surprise to see big interest in world class Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos as his future at the Bernabeu looks uncertain.

as for cowardly ozil who always get a flu before big matches, shameful, the only reason a player should be left off defensive work is the player must be atleast 80 % efficient on the attack, such a player must have the ability to dribble or take on defenders on his own, shot thunderly and scare the hell out of defenders with his movements... such a player is hazard, sorry we couldn't get him cos our dumb coach felt he was too expensive and arsenal didn't even pose tittle abilities like Chelsea, hazard didn't even consider arsenal... since van persie left sanchez had been the only player to question wenger's credentials and now wenger must be regretting ever signing him now... the words of manuel neuer «player arsenal was like an holiday»... shame on wenger...

Arsenal's inability to find a goal while on top came back to haunt them as although Mesut Ozil felt as though he should have had a foul on Wes Morgan with the Leicester defender seemingly climbing all over him, his protests fell on deaf ears as play was allowed to continue with the visitors breaking at a frantic speed.

Arsenal have sent chief scout Steve Rowley to watch Ipswich Town defender Tyrone Mings as the Gunners plot a bid for the 21 - year - old, according to the Daily Mail.

Arsenal have been mentioned as one of three possible rivals to Manchester United in the race to sign Ajax defender Daley Blind, according to Mundo Deportivo.

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is preparing a move for young Ajax defender Joel Veltman in the January transfer window as he continues to search for reinforcements to his back line.

Liverpool could be set to deal a major blow to Arsenal's transfer hopes this January as they join the race to sign Celtic defender Virgil van Dijk, according to the Daily Express.

Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna is set for talks with fellow Premier League side Manchester City as negotiations to keep him in north London threaten to break down, according to the Metro.

We do not have the luxury of developing defenders and further more there is no one there to develop them.As far as we can tell Wenger will ruin even the best players out there so no chance for prospects to learn anything for this geriatric crew that is the Arsenal staff.

When you look at what Arsenal have in that position it would be better for a left back as Gibbs is now just ordinary.Also a defender of quality as Per is on the wane.I think Wenger has bought well, so let's wait till the fat lady sings and be for or against his decision.

Kane beat Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny to a header inside the Arsenal box as he latched onto a superb Ben Davies ball to nod past Petr Cech.

In a potential double raid on Arsenal, the Daily Mirror have also linked defender Hector Bellerin as a transfer target for the Red Devils.