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And now the north London are hoping to be able to beat the likes of Liverpool and fierce city rivals Arsenal to the 19 - year - old's signature by making an early move for Vadillo, with the flyer understood to be valued at around the # 8m mark by his club.

Not exact matches

While many Arsenal fans still don't want to lose him, they'll certainly hope he doesn't move to Man Utd having lost so many key players to direct rivals over the years including the likes of Robin van Persie and a string of stars to Man City, and based on these latest suggestions, perhaps it's highly unlikely.

Instead The Mirror reports that the Sunderland boss chose to stick the boot in on his old touchline rival Arsene Wenger by suggesting that the trophy should really have been coming Arsenal's way in May after the struggles of Man City, Chelsea and Man United opened the door.

Whatever happens with this transfer issue, and it looks to me like he will end up signing for City, it is only helping Arsenal right now, mainly because it is really hurting two of our main rivals for the Premier League.

There were 55 players on that shortlist so it may not sound all that impressive that three of them were Arsenal stars, but that number does look better when you compare it with our Premier League rivals, especially when you consider how much more money the likes of Manchester United and Man City have been throwing around to build their squads.

Former Leicester City striker Gary Lineker has poked fun at Arsenal by claiming that the Gunners have stolen the wrong scout from their surprise Premier League title rivals.

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After Arsenal seemingly agreed to sell another contract rebel, Oxlade - Chamberlain to one of our biggest Premier League rivals, it would now not surprise Arsenal fans if they also decided to cash in on the sale of Sanchez to Man City as their next deal, which will leave very little time for Wenger to bring in replacements...

So with Chelsea, supposedly their main rivals, in such disarray, there is a real chance that City could relax and take their eye off the ball and if that happens and they do lose momentum, it is a hard thing to get back and Arsenal could be the ones to take advantage and close the gap.

By the time we face Chelsea on Sunday, Arsenal could have dropped to third in the table if both Leicester and Man City pick up points, so we really need to make a statement by beating our arch rivals by hook or by crook, if only to break our horrible record against them.

The Gunners are now withing touching distance of Man City and just one result could see us overtake them at the top, which is why Wenger and his comments on the Arsenal website sounded thankful to our local rivals for giving Arsenal the chance to close that gap to the leaders and why he feels the late goal against Burnley was so vital.

Arsenal are not the only club being linked with Mahrez, with Premier League rivals Man City and Chelsea also mentioned, but the Gunners can offer him a guaranteed place in the Champions League group stage and also a much better chance of being a regular first team starter.

In comparison to what our rivals in the Premier League have spent, especially City and United, Arsenal's summer has shown little movement and we desperately need to sign a few more quality faces if we are going to truly challenge for the league this season.

Manchester City are set to launch a complaint against title rivals Arsenal in response to their failure to sign Alexis Sanchez, with Pep Guardiola's side believing that the Gunners blocked the player's move after he'd signed City contract, according to the Sun.

The Chelsea team of Jose Mourinho went a long time unbeaten a few years back and Man City have looked a bit unbeatable at the start of this season and the last one, but the only side yet to lose an EPL game so far this season is Tottenham and it just so happens that our north London rivals are heading to the Emirates to face Arsenal next.

Leicester City will top the Premier League this Christmas, regardless of the result in Monday's match between rivals Arsenal and Manchester City.

After kicking off the new season at home to Liverpool this weekend, Arsenal face away trips to defending champions Leicester City and local rivals Watford.

Arsenal can make a Merry Christmas for themselves by grabbing a win against Manchester City tonight, knowing that they are capable of defeating their only real title rivals.

Both of our main rivals have relatively easy looking games, with the Foxes at home to Norwich City (let's be having you Delia's mob) and our lilywhite rivals at home to Swansea City (let's see some fire from those Welsh dragons) you would have to say that Arsenal have a much tougher task.

Arsenal will reportedly receive a very tempting offer to allow Alexis Sanchez to leave in the January transfer window and scupper his potential move to rivals Manchester City.

Arsenal have had a difficult start to the Premier League campaign, despite successive 1 - 0 victories over West Bromwich Albion and Southampton, leaving them a long way adrift of rivals Chelsea and Manchester City in the battle for top spot in the English top flight, which already looks like very much being a two horse race.

The north London based side were involved in a title race with Leicester City last season before eventually ended the season in third place behind their bitter rivals Arsenal.

That is a chance we are going to have to take I think but it could also be gopod for Arsenal in the long term because it means that City will not be a rival for Guardiola if he plans to move to the Premier League from Bayern Munich when his current contract expires next summer, which many in football expect.

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For Arsenal statue we deserve better, admin I see you have settled with 4th place trophy and two back to back FA cups, while our rivals (real rivals — Man U, Man city, Chelsea) are winning EPLs and UCLs and happy with any position they are with.

Liverpool's rivals Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Man City all have two international goalkeepers competing for the position, but while Brad Jones has four caps for Australia, it's fair to say he's not of the same calibre as Petr Cech, Wojciech Szczesny, Victor Valdes or Willy Caballero.

Aguero will miss encounters with Leicester City, Watford, Arsenal and Hull City this month, handing Arsene Wenger a major boost as he won't have to deal with a full - strength title rival.

Arsenal will no doubt be hoping his exceptional form continues as they look to see out title rivals Manchester City.

Both men picked up their fifth bookings of the season and in turn will sit out a game through suspension, but with a nine - point buffer over their rivals, Conte will be delighted that his side have piled the pressure on them to respond with Arsenal and Manchester City facing each other on Sunday.

Tottenham's North London rivals Arsenal, Premier League champions Leicester City, Atletico Madrid, Wolfsburg and AC Milan are all keen on the Dutchman, according to The Mirror.

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Arsenal are reportedly locked in a three - way battle with Barclays Premier League rivals Manchester City and Serie A giants Juventus for the signing of Spanish attacking midfielder Isco.

We also needed a result to confirm our own brilliant record of qualifying for the Champions League, but you would not have known it by the way Arsenal started this game away to Premier League rivals Man City.

However, the Star also claim that Begovic is being monitored by a host of top Premier League clubs: Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur — that could rival Real Madrid for his signature.

As long as Arsenal go north and conquer on Monday night then last night's victory for Hull City over our top four rivals Liverpool will be a great result for everyone connected with the Gunners.

If that is going to be the case, though, it would be a lot better for Arsenal if the striker was not playing against the Gunners and that may well happen if he signs for an English Premier League rival, with both Chelsea and Man City having been strongly linked through various Arsenal transfer rumours in the media.

Wanted by a whole host of top European clubs as well as Liverpool's Premier League rivals Manchester City and Arsenal, Raheem Sterling's exit would be a disaster for the Reds just one summer after losing Luis Suarez.

It may be annoying for Arsenal fans to hear Jose Mourinho regularly aiming digs at Arsene Wenger and our club and I agree with our manager and others like the Man City boss Manuel Pellegrini who have criticised the Chelsea boss for the way he talks about other clubs and rival managers, but there is only one real way for us to rise above all the mind games and that is to beat him.

Liverpool n Klopp can still be tamed by Arsenal when need be but for now let them take points from the main rivals (City, Chelsea, United)

Liverpool are on the verge of being overtaken by their fierce rivals Man United and they are not too far from being caught by city rivals Everton, but the last thing Arsenal must do is to let them off the hook.

If CIty pay # 60m + and no one else comes close, Arsenal (Kroenke should I say) will sell no matter rival or not, We've seen this many times before.

Despite a somewhat disjointed performance from the Arsenal team we did at least manage to earn a point from the Premier League match against top four rivals Man City yesterday and the fans will be hoping that this can be the start of our usual strong finish to an EPL campaign.

It has not been a good weekend for Arsenal as we have already seen Chelsea, Tottenham, Man City, Man United, Liverpool and Everton all secure three points, which means that the Gunners simply have to beat Crystal Palace this evening to keep pace with our rivals.

I am sure that Arsenal would normally have no intention of selling our best player to one of our biggest rivals, but the fact is that City have consistently overpaid for our players in the past and I could easily see them coming in with the biggest bid for Sanchez.

Our Premier League rivals Man City, Everton and Tottenham have been mentioned, but it is Jurgen Klopp and Dortmund that are apparently the biggest risk to Arsenal losing one of our best young talents.

It might even signal the worst possible news for Arsenal fans, that he is determined to move clubs but wants to stay in the English Premier League, with title rivals Man City and Chelsea both said to be keen.

While a point from any away game against a big EPL rival is a decent result, a win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost away to relegation threatened Leicester City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.

However, they could face some serious competition for his signature as he is also said to be wanted by the likes of Everton, Manchester City and Arsenal's north London rivals Tottenham.