The Gunners forward, who's come alive in the squad...
With Arsenal keen on retaining the Frenchman, Everton have reportedly turned the spotlight onto
another Gunners forward - Danny Welbeck.
However, according to Sky Sports News, the Citizens will block any potential attempt for the former Liverpool man, and would prefer signing
the Gunners forward in a straight cash deal.
The former
Gunners forward scored the only goal in a narrow victory for Manchester United at Old Trafford
The Gunners forward has joined the Dutch giants for the entire 2015 - 16 campaign after finding himself behind the likes of Olivier Giroud, Danny Welbeck and Theo Walcott to lead the line at the Emirates Stadium and scored a hat - trick for Ajax in a behind - closed - doors friendly against Qatari side Umm Salal on Monday.
The French centre - forward Olivier Giroud is adamant that he can prove to Arsenal fans that he is as good as Chelsea's Costa or Man City's Aguero, and is trying to convince Arsene Wenger that he has no need to go for Jackson Martinez to bolster
the Gunners forward line.
The Gunners forward no longer features on Laia's Instagram page, after she deleted every photo he was in.
Ever since the season ended, it would appear that Arsenal have been linked with every single player that may have a chance to replace Alexis Sanchez in
the Gunners forward line.
On Saturday, after loaned - out
Gunners forward Yaya Sanogo had scored his second goal of the day for Charlton Athletic, in a Championship game against Reading, Claude made a rather risky pledge on Twitter.
Gunners forward averages a goal or assist every 49 minutes, a whopping 35 minutes better than any other top flight star.
The current main
Gunners forward line of Sanchez, Giroud and the intermittent Welbeck have not scored sufficient goals to make Arsenal win the Premier League title this season.
Whether or not the Arsenal board will feel they have to act in that situation is unclear, but if the manager himself decides that he is no longer the man to take
the Gunners forward then the Arsenal fans who have been increasingly frustrated and demanding of a change will finally get what they want.
The Gunners forward had to be substituted against West Bromwich Albion at the weekend, which was followed by comments by the Arsenal manager which described as a «terrible state», with the belief that he had damaged his ankle ligaments.
The Gunners forward is currently into the final 12 months of his contract with our club, and had been expected to be sold in the current window.
Inter have already signed
Gunners forward Lukas Podolski on loan this month, whilst also bringing in Xherdan Shaqiri from Bayern Munich.
Arsene Wenger must have had considerable faith that Podolski could have been a star performer in north London in handing the Germany international the No. 9 shirt; however, like many former
Gunners forwards to have worn the shirt number — including Nicolas Anelka and Eduardo da Silva — the winger has suffered in England's top flight.
Not exact matches
But the Chilean
forward made it clear his first choice is to reunite with his former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola at the Etihad when he leaves the
Gunners.
Sub-plots: Daley Blind is poised to make his 50th Premier League appearance for the Reds on Sunday, while Danny Welbeck is set to return to Old Trafford for the second time since leaving United for Arsenal in 2014; the England
forward scored the winner when the
Gunners visited in the FA Cup last season.
The Arsenal
forward has been one of our stand - out performers in recent weeks, but would not have been my pick to be
Gunners Vitality Player of the Month, nor did he pick up a single Man of the Match award in a league match during September.
But why were the
Gunners not one of the EPL clubs seriously chasing the signature of this 27 - year old
forward who has won almost every trophy there is to win?
Moving to the
forwards, there can be no arguments that it should be the
Gunners» star duo, Ozil and Sanchez, who should behind the striker.
The
Gunners have been sounded out over the possibility of bidding for the French
forward, who is also a top target for Crystal Palace this month as he wants to move for more first - team football.
As reported by the Arsenal website the manager did address this issue after the game, with Arsene Wengher admitting that the
Gunners were more focused on going
forwards and creating chances for the
forwards to finish than we were on stopping the opposition.
If the report is right about their targets and the Spanish club is successful then the
Gunners have nothing to worry about as it will actually weaken our Premier League rivals, with Man City striker Sergio Aguero, Man United keeper David De Gea and Chelsea
forward Eden Hazard on the list.
It is clear that the
forward will find it hard to get in to the side at the
Gunners with Alexis Sanchez, Olivier Giroud and Danny Welbeck all ahead of him in the pecking order.
With his current contract set to expire at the end of the season, question marks have unsurprisingly been raised over his long - term future with the
Gunners, but Wilshere was pretty clear about his intentions moving
forward.
My thoughts for the
Gunners are, no
Gunners,
forwards & midfielders should be overplayed next season to avoid getting fatigued.
Koscielny is expected to be fit for tomorrow's game, which would be a huge boost for the
Gunners, but you still feel that Arsenal's defense can be intimidated when you have pacey
forwards running at them.
The Russians coming
forward left them a bit exposed at the back and Ramsey put us ahead after just 8 minutes with an excellent volley, but with both sides still going hammer and tongs the
Gunners were shocked when Golovin equalised just seven minutes later with an inch perfect free kick that left Ospina no chance at all.
Even the title I have put at the top of this post could be seen as a bit on the harsh side on the 28 - year old, as he scored 19 goals for the
Gunners last season, at a ratio of just better than one every other game, and he already has three for the new season so far, despite being well down the pecking order of
forward players available to the boss.
Maybe it is the one transfer the boss did complete that has helped to convince others of Arsenal's title credentials, as that is one of the reasons put
forward by former
Gunners star Robert Pires.
As reported by the Daily Star, the transfer of the talented young Palermo
forward to Juve has been confirmed by the Palermo chief Beppe Iachini, ending any hope that the player dubbed the new Sergio Aguero would be playing for the
Gunners next season.
I get the feeling that Klopp is not exactly looking
forward to the visit of Arsene Wenger and the high flying
Gunners.
Arsenal and Chelsea face each other in the second semi-final of the Caraboa Cup on Wednesday and I am looking
forward to finally getting a definite result between the two sides after a succession of draws since the
Gunners beat Antonio Conte's side in the FA Cup Final last season.
The Black Cats will not be looking
forward to taking on the
Gunners today, having already endured relegation, and with their fans having booed their players off the pitch at half - time in their previous match.
THat led to the two teams cancelling each other out to a certain extent and chances were pretty thin on the ground in the first half, which is why the opening goal was a big plus point for the
Gunners and once again it came from our big centre
forward Olivier Giroud.
He also questions whether the signing of the French striker who could not even get into the Euro 2016 squad would be of much use to the
Gunners, but he also advised Wenger to do it anyway as it would be an even bigger risk to not bring in another
forward in the current climate of frustration.
The
forward has managed a total of 14 goals from 65 appearances since his move to the
Gunners in the summer of 2010.
With di Maria coming in at Old Trafford this
forward was leaving to join the
Gunners and has since helped ease the injury problems at the Emirates Stadium with his pacey and powerful play.
So hearing the England national team boss Roy Hodgson reveal that the reason he replaced the
Gunners» new centre
forward Danny Welbeck with Rickie Lambert towards the end of the game in Estonia was because the Arsenal man had turned an ankle was the last thing we needed.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has told
forward Joel Campbell that it is now or never for him to get his
Gunners career off the ground as the club are in the grip of an injury crisis, the Daily Mirror reports.
Now the player himself has confirmed that he is looking
forward to beginning the pre-season with the
Gunners when they travel to Sydney next month.
Arsenal «s Under - ranks are about to get an injection of talent with Nigerian
forward Samuel Chukwueze set to fly to London and sign on the dotted line for the
Gunners this week.
The
Gunners have been linked with a host of new centre -
forwards for the majority of the summer, but manager Arsene Wenger has so far failed in his attempts to bring the likes of Karim Benzema and Edinson Cavani to the Emirates Stadium.
For Campbell, Sociedad want to loan the Costa Rica
forward until the end of the season and are feeling confident they will reach an agreement with the
Gunners.
While he adds quality and depth in the
Gunners midfield following the departures of Mathieu Flamini, Mikel Arteta and Tomas Rosicky, Wenger will arguably be looking at other areas of his squad to strengthen moving
forward.
England
forward Vardy has rejected the chance to join the
Gunners, who triggered his release clause, by signing a new four - year contract with Premier League champions Leicester City.
The Blues centre -
forward was heavily involved in the incident which led to
Gunners defender Gabriel Paulista being shown a straight red card on the stroke of half - time at Stamford Bridge as he reacted to an apparent kick from the Brazilian as the pair continued their argument following an incident seconds earlier.
Carroll, a target
forward who has given Arsenal's back line fits in recent seasons, has five goals in 12 matches against the
Gunners, highlighted by a hat trick in a wild 3 - 3 draw at Upton Park in 2016.
The
Gunners attack - line at Crystal Palace should look like: left
forward - Sanchez, center
forward - Welbeck and right
forward - Walcott.