AS Monaco midfielder Joao Moutinho says the French side are aiming to complete the job they started at the Emirates three weeks ago by knocking
Arsenal out of the Champions League on Tuesday night.
Not content with knocking
Arsenal out of the Champions League on away goals, the Monaco boss Leonardo Jardim rubbed salt into the wounds by accusing Arsene Wenger and the Gunners of showing a lack of respect to his team.
But this summer there looks to be LOTS available, and the one that looks perfect to Arsenal fans (and hopefully Arsene as well) is Monaco's Geoffrey Kondogbia, who was extremely impressive (and scored) as his team knocked
Arsenal out of the Champions League.
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With
Arsenal out of the Champions League, it would be difficult to compete with the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City for both financial and footballing reasons.
Not exact matches
Yeah but the reality is the to thing are closely related, If Wenger stays we won't win the
league or the
champions league any time soon.For us to win these type
of trophies a top coach must come in, there aren't many who can achieve this but i believe 2 good candidates are
out of work Ancelotti and Klopp, Wengrs contract should be finished by the 2016/17 season god willing.I say God willing because Wengers been talking about how he doesn't want to retire, obvious signs that he wants an extension to his contrct, i am one
Arsenal fan who doesn't want to see an extension
Arsene Wenger was never going to come
out and say that
Arsenal are
out of the
Champions League, as we still have the second leg against Barcelona at the Nou Camp to play in a couple
of weeks.
The Sun is reporting that
Arsenal are now in pole position to sign the talented young German and with his current club apparently set to leave him
out of their
Champions League squad for next season he certainly seems to be available and for not all that much money either.
Arsenal suffered a blow ahead
of their
Champions League clash against Ludogorets after four players were ruled
out injured by head coach Arsene Wenger.
Real Madrid are plotting a # 15m bid for
Arsenal's
Champions League tormentor and transfer target Geoffrey Kondogbia, after Monaco were knocked
out of the
Champions League this week, according to the Daily Star.
With a long and arduous season ahead
of Arsenal in four competitions, perhaps the fact that some players like Olivier Giroud, Lucas Perez and Carl Jenkinson got a rare chance to play and gain some match sharpness for when they are called upon by Arsene Wenger for a Premier
League or
Champions League match will turn
out to be crucial.
Unfortunately the only people that can remove him is the ones that put him in charge
of arsenal and the only way the board will move against wenger is when he does not meet their expectations, have you heard any one
of the board members come
out and say fourth is not acceptable, for several years he has guarantee the board money from the
champions league, they also have several agreements or contract signed with major companies, all that points to money coming back to the board.
Should
Arsenal manage to tie down all the aforementioned stars to new deals at the Emirates, it'll be a big sign
of intent from the north London side, as they look to secure
Champions League football again this season having narrowly missed
out last season.
The 22 - year - old Frenchman has caught the eye and won admirers in this season's impressive
Champions League campaign for Monaco, attracting envious glances from
Arsenal as well after they were dumped
out at the hands
of the Ligue 1 club.
This is not the first time the Spain international has got United
out of trouble, with the 27 - year - old most notably making some unbelievable stops in the 3 - 1 win at
Arsenal earlier in the season and during the 0 - 0
Champions League draw at Sevilla.
Yet now, at this time, sitting a very lowly and pathetic and embarrassing SIXTH place in the Premiership, after getting knocked
out of the FA Cup by a team struggling in the Championship, and competing in the Europa
League, (Which is basically the Championship) you feel you need to remind us
of your loyalty and commitment to
Arsenal Football Club.This same Club that despite you failing to achieve a Top 4 finish to give us our
Champions League fare for this season, Increased your Salary to # 9m per year.I would remind you that you yourself have continually stated that a Top 4 finish was a greater achievement than winning a Domestic Cup Competition, so I will not allow the FA cup win
of last season to enter into this letter.
Arsene Wenger has already admitted himself that
Arsenal had to win all
of the remaining Premier
League games to have any chance
of being
champions and even that looked unlikely as Leicester City kept grinding
out 1 - 0 wins and riding their luck.
The
Arsenal legend Robert Pires has already accepted that that is now
out of our reach and that it is time for the Gunners to just go all
out to take the Europa
League trophy as the only way we can save our season and get to next years
Champions League.
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Chelsea have also recently been dumped
out of the Carabao Cup by
Arsenal after a semi-final defeat, and will be big underdogs against La Liga leaders Barcelona when they meet in the
Champions League next week.
Arsenal managed an excellent run towards the end
of last season, winning 8
out of their last 10 games meaning that they managed to qualify for next seasons
Champions League campaign.
Believe me if
Arsenal should drop
Out of Champions League Spot... that is the Gradual Sinking
of the Club... and Guess what?Both our players and manager will see it as a big deal to Qualify... Trust me it has it's psychological Effects....
This inevitably begs the question
of why the
Arsenal boss failed to use the German or get the best
out of him and
Arsenal fans will no doubt be wondering why
Arsenal have lost a player deemed good enough for the side that gave us two absolute tonkings in the
Champions League last season.
Arsenal have had one crack at a
Champions League final,
of course, and the Frenchman has a great record
of getting us into and
out of the group stage, but we need to do better than that now.
Still, if
Arsenal end up
out of the
Champions League and without a major trophy like the Premier
League this season, that may well be the final straw for Wenger after a difficult few years.
To his credit, Sampaoli was professional in general when speaking about Sanchez by insisting that he hopes he can play a leading role in helping
Arsenal turn their season around after a disastrous few months have seen them crash
out of the
Champions League and face a real battle to finish in the top four in the Premier
League.
Tottenham are currently fifth in the Premier
League, one place above arch rivals
Arsenal, and
Champions League football is certainly not
out of reach if they continue in this vein
of form.
French midfielder Adrien Rabiot, 19, is set for a January move to
Arsenal or Chelsea after being left
out of Paris St - Germain's
Champions League squad --(Daily Express)
It even went to an extent where the Daily Mail claimed that Ozil was «nicking a living» — a quite personal attack — as
Arsenal crashed
out of the
Champions League against Bayern Munich, despite further revelation that the World Cup winner was playing with a hamstring injury which ruled him
out for six weeks.
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Champions League!
A club
of arsenals» stature is meant to be in the
champions league year in and year
out (imo).
Should this new recovery timetable be more accurate, it would rule him
out of the double header against Napoli in the
Champions League, as well as a meeting with
Arsenal at the Etihad on November 5.
A lot
of people are suggesting that the Gunners need to finish next season as
champions to save Wenger but as he pointed
out in his interview yesterday, reported on the
Arsenal website, winning the Premier
League is not that easy.
However, having stressed on the importance
of getting into the
Champions League group stages, you can be rest assured that Wenger will put
out a strong team and ensure that
Arsenal don't «topple», as Ba proclaimed.
I still think that
Arsenal have a great chance
of finishing in the top four and a good chance
of avoiding the
Champions League play - offs next season, but we need to cut
out the mistakes and start putting a run
of games together.
Arsenal are in charge
of our group and look certain to progress and without having to risk the fitness
of the really key players, so do you agree that this season
out of the
Champions League could still be a good thing for us?
Arsenal are stagnating on the football pitch, every year we finish 4th where's the improvement?every year we are knocked
out in the last 16
of the
champions league where's the improvement?
With only two victories from penalty shoot -
outs in their pre-season, all eyes are on the Premier
League champions to send a message
of intent to challengers
Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United that they will not be relinquishing the trophy with ease.
Wenger will hope to secure a top four spot and doing so force Southampton
out of the race and having tasted
Champions League action at Parkhead it's likely Wanyama would be even more drawn to
Arsenal should they have once again secured a berth in the competition.
Spurs narrowly missed
out on the
Champions League places last year, finishing just one point behind north London rivals
Arsenal in a race that went down to the final day
of the season.
Thankfully
Arsenal managed to see
out the rest
of the game and Qualify for the
Champions League for the 17th season in a row.
Arsenal being
out of champions league and Wenger nearing his 70s probably suggesting following 2 years are his last, he would not take this period lightly and neither will the board.
I don't think there is much chance that the
Arsenal we are used to would be willing to shell
out such a fee, but with our place in the top four this season having come under huge threat, it wouldn't be too much
of a shock to see the board invest to secure our place in the
Champions League spots.
After the disaster
of losing our second
Champions League game at home to Olympiacos,
Arsenal produced arguably the best performance
of the season to blow Manchester United
out of the water and canter to a 3 - 0 win.
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Arsenal built the stadium in the most expensive city in the country to build in and never once fell
out of those all - important
Champions League places.
While the EPL title look
out of reach,
Arsenal still need to finish in the top four and there are two very good cup competitions to think about, with a really good draw in the
Champions League offering a great chance
of an extended run in Europe.
Arsenal will have a slightly different team to put
out in the
Champions league, given the squad depth we can currently boast about, although the likes
of Ramsey, Giroud and now Coquelin are all missing.
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