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also, with the annoucement we will be bringing in a new centerback wenger wont drop toure or gallas from the team, they are both world class so this is the only logical way to get round it.

Wenger brought in a 29 year old William Gallas from Chelsea as part of the deal that saw Ashley Cole join the Blues and last term the Arsenal boss brought in Yossi Benayoun in on a relatively successful season long loan spell.

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Defensive partners at the back for Arsenal for a number of years, it soon emerged that Kolo Toure and William Gallas did not get along at all, with Toure eventually feeling he had to leave the club for Manchester City to get away from the Frenchman, who was known for being a difficult personality.

With 26 Premier League goals in total, including some impressive strikes, William Gallas fared well at both Chelsea and Arsenal as a top contributor of goals from the back.

Signed from Chelsea in a swap deal with Ashley Cole that summer, Gallas found himself at left - back in this game having previously complained about the position during his ugly exit out of Stamford Bridge.

Arsenal had gone from the experience of Toure and Gallas, to an unknown French defender in Laurent Koscielny playing regularly in the centre of defence.

Campbell used to do this for Arsenal, Gallas used to do it (often from LB) for Chelsea and Koscielny does it consistently for us now — which is why he's so missed.

From Gallas to Cesc to RVP to Verminator to Arteta....

Arsenal (from): Mannone, Szczesny, Sagna, Clichy, Gallas, Vermaelen, Silvestre, Gibbs, Eboue, Song, Fabregas, Diaby, Ramsey, Rosicky, Wilshere, Bendtner, Eduardo, Watt.

Rafael van der Vaart (hamstring), Aaron Lennon (groin) and William Gallas (calf) are making good progress in their recovery from injury and could play.

Arsenal Almunia 7 — Had little to do, but what he did do he did well Sagna 7 — Lost the ball a couple of times but reliable as ever Gallas 9 — Excellent game, this season will be an important one for the Frenchman and this was a great way to start it Clichy 7 — Didn't put a foot wrong Fabregas 9 — Wonderful performance capped with a brace (Ramsey) 7 — The Welsh Cesc is coming along nicely Vermaelen 9 — An assured debut that left me forgetting about the absence of Kolo Denilson 8 — Top notch display Song Billong 8 — Solid and measured Arshavin 8 — Kept going from the 1st to the final minute Van Persie 8 — No goals, but two assists and a hand in an other (Eduardo) 7 — Lethal finisher showed what he is all about in his cameo Bendtner 8 — Really impressed me and is continuing to improve every game (Eboue) 7 — Helped close out the game.

Theo scored his first and second premier league goals in a 2 - 2 draw with Birmingham, unfortunately for him the game will only be remembered for a horrific injury to Eduardo and a bizarre full - time sulk from club captain William Gallas.

William Gallas helped France qualify by scoring the decisive goal in their 1 - 1 extra-time draw with Ireland, heading home from one yard out in characteristic fashion after ex-Arsenal captain Thierry Henry's clear handball.

One of only a few players who have represented three top - flight London Premier League teams, William Gallas retired from playing professionally in 2014 after a season playing the Australian A-League for Perth Glory.

He's also the second player to come back from International break with an injury (third if you include Abou Diaby) and with William Gallas, Bacary Sagna and Andrey Arshavin still to play there's a genuine chance it could get a whole lot worse.

We can not allow Gallas to leave the way Edu and Mathieu Flamini did because it means we haven't learnt from previous lessons in the past.

Regardless of this, the reason I want Gallas to sign a new deal is not to prove that Arsenal have learnt their lessons from the past but because I rate Gallas as one of the best defenders in the world and I believe that Arsenal are stronger with him than without him.

Arsenal reject David Bentley's incredible opener was cancelled out by Mikael Silvestre before half - time and Arsenal then established a 3 - 1 lead with further goals from William Gallas and Adebayor.

Has anyone else noticed that Gallas and Silvestre have been removed from the players list on the main website.

Gallas was a nut they should of got rid of him years ago Mourinho said at chelsea that gallas cant play center back yet wenger buys him and puts him there he cost us more point than he saved us Silvestre, i can't blame becaus wenger bought him a reject from Manu whose fault is that, I know itsGallas was a nut they should of got rid of him years ago Mourinho said at chelsea that gallas cant play center back yet wenger buys him and puts him there he cost us more point than he saved us Silvestre, i can't blame becaus wenger bought him a reject from Manu whose fault is that, I know itsgallas cant play center back yet wenger buys him and puts him there he cost us more point than he saved us Silvestre, i can't blame becaus wenger bought him a reject from Manu whose fault is that, I know its mine.

Having sold Steven Caulker to Cardiff City and allowed William Gallas to leave on a free transfer, Spurs required defensive reinforcements, leading them to acquire the Romanian international Chiriches from Steaua Bucharest.

Promoted from deputy to William Gallas to the leader in the defensive line, Vermaelen has an opportunity to assert his personality on the players around him and enforce this mentality on his fellow defenders.

To rectify the problem, Mourinho pulled off an audacious swoop for Ashley Cole from Chelsea's Premier League rivals Arsenal, with William Gallas sent in the opposite direction.

It seemed like a carbon copy of the Fulham game, as the cunts were able to pass the ball with relative ease, and even had the ball in the net, when Gallas» left - footed effort beat Szczesny, from a free - kick routine, but was ruled out as offside.

As it is with Senderos desperate for football to make Switzerland's World Cup squad and Thomas Vermaelen, William Gallas, Mikael Silvestre and new boy Sol Campbell standing in the way, it would have been harsh by Arsene Wenger to stop the defender from leaving.

Whether it was a product of a lack of cover from the midfield by Denilson (who otherwise played quite well, mind you) or the return of the Toure - Gallas combination in central defence I don't know.

Song, arguably our most improved player is on 4 yellow cards and we should ensure that he doesn't miss the Chelsea game.The partnership of Gallas and Vermaelen is outstanding, yet one can not expect them to play in every game, and it is in that are we are weak in cover.With regards to the full back situation, perm any two from four, that is Clichy, Gibbs, Eboue, Sagna and even Traore they are attacking wing backs and are always at risk on the quick counter attack by the opposition.Almunia still doesn't impress me and his command of his area is still indecisive and he is still vulnerable to letting goals in, especially to his near post.Wenger being Wenger, I doubt he will buy in January, and it is a pity we didn't go for Given months before he joined City, when he was available for a comparatively cheap price.This new diamond shape or 4 -1-4-1 is working well and we have an abundance of quality to interchange, which bemuses the opposition more often than not.We have every chance this year, and we are also being helped by the fact that the other so called big four sides are showing their vulnerability.A couple of decent signings, not squad players in January, and hopefully we are in the mix.

For our defesive problems wenger has Jorou to look at as a longer term replacemnet for gallas and he has the height.He is a shrewed businessman who is not going to buy even next season.Once Chamack comes in free, almost all departments wil be covered with quality and the only signing i can see him signing at a cost is may be a cover up for Song.But there is no way he is going to spend money buying players again as he has more than enough.Am seeing him buy a keeper but i do nt know which one.I have a sleem hope that next season is ours for the taking and i pray we do nt go through these stupid champions league qualifiers at the expense of Liverpool.It will be an improvement for us from last season.

There can often be a lacklustre feel to early kick - offs but there was no chance of that with so much at stake, and the Blues were in front after just five minutes when Gallas headed home from close range.

William Gallas arrived Arsenal in 2006, in exchange for Ashley Cole and some money from Chelsea, and became one of the mainstays in defence.

We all fondly remember Gallas, our captain, sitting on his French tuff in a Gallic huff after the Birmingham game where Eduardo was taken out by a brutal and certainly ill - advised tackle from Taylor.

Gallas... some have said that we should pull the skipper's armband from William and hand it to someone else.

Despite falling behind to Nicky Barmby's deflected opener, Arsenal were able to put in a second - half performance of real quality to snatch a thrilling 2 - 1 FA Cup win over Hull through two late goals from Robin van Persie and William Gallas.

, and Ive been always desperately writting to the Arsenal official website abt bringing up Toure on that post but it never happen on the pitch.We always need a tall guy at the center back which makes Djourou perfect along side with Gallas, bring Toure up (as cptn) as CDM, and the guy is hyper active and mature and can be involved with anything from attack to pretty good defence.He can really back Arshavin, or Fab.

we wont be winning the league this season so you hav to take the gme for wot it was, another 3 pts where l'pool dropped 2, thats the best i can take from it, do nt start talkin bout closin the gap on chelsea because wer not and wont be in that race, and we do nt deserve to be my worry is that gallas, arsha, verm, sagna and cesc are and hav been carryin the team, sure the rest looked pretty today as we wer at home but when these guys tire wil nasri, deni, eboue, walcott and rosicky (sigh) step up and fight away from home....

They're doing alright and certainly better than Gallas, Sylvestre etc from last season, but «alright» does not win you the Premier League or the Champs League.

Gallas was not interfering with the play and the last touch came from Myhill, which renders eveeryone instantly onside.

Despite being handed the captaincy from William Gallas, it's fair to say that Fabregas did not have the season that he would have hoped for.

Villa will spend another 40 - 50 million, Everton another 10 - 15 million plus all the big payers back from injuries, Chelsea a complete overhaul (hopefully one geared towards the long term), Liverpool bringing in the one or two European - class players that they so desperately need and The Professor taking with grace the warning this season offered, keeping all the big names at the club and reinforcing them with a first - choice European - class DM and one more central defender (Gallas, Toure, Djourou and...).

Ledley King, William Gallas, Sandro and Steven Pienaar are among those who are definitely unavailable, although Tom Huddlestone is back from injury and should start from the off.

The way Sky, who edited out the Taylor assault on Fabregas and many others from the first match, now go on about the Gallas tackle makes me very defiant.

The team news from the game is excellent with Theo Walcott, Eduardo and William Gallas all being made available and Kolo Toure the only fresh injury.

Named after the Sanskrit word for «peace», and galla, the Sinhalese word for the town of Galle, the resort reveals the Fort's daily activities and its rich legacy, the narrow streets lined with buildings from the Dutch and British colonial eras.