But it does appear that the Ox will be going and news of his availability has sparked interest at some other EPL clubs, most notably according to ESPN
our big rivals Manchester United.
It appears that Arsene Wenger has been told that if Arsenal were to show some transfer interest in this prolific striker then he would have very little hesitation in signing for Arsenal and coming back to the Premier League where he used to play for
our big rivals Manchester United.
After a storming second half of last season and after our latest Premier League demolition of
big rivals Manchester United, the belief is back that we could now be heading into a second era of success under the Prof.
Not exact matches
Arsenal fans were rightly excited as Aubameyang arrived from Borussia Dortmund on deadline day, bringing in the
big name they were craving after Alexis Sanchez was allowed to leave for
rivals Manchester United.
Despite all that the
big striker has still been chosen by Didier Deschamps over the
Manchester United forward Anthony Martial, highlighting the huge difference between Arsenal and our Premier League
rivals at the minute.
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Manchester United this summer, here's a look at five other top class centre - backs the club could consider signing, including some
big names from La Liga, an exciting Brazilian youngster and one of the Premier League's top prospects also wanted by
rivals Chelsea...
Manchester United will launch a massive raid on some of Europe's
biggest stars, and worryingly for their Premier League
rivals, can now afford to land all of their targets.
One point from the opening two games is not what the Gunners needed and the fact that our
big Premier League
rivals Manchester United, Chelsea and Man City have all gained maximum points from their opening two games really ups the ante.
So even without the relaxing of the FFP rules, Arsene Wenger is still likely to have a smaller transfer budget than our
big Premier League
rivals and with Chelsea and the
Manchester clubs also able to offer the lure of Champions League football, our manager will be hoping that his transfer targets are not the same.
No chance is this going to happen — Liverpool are aware of
Manchester United's interest but absolutely insist they will not sell one of their best players to their
biggest rivals in the Premier League.
Rooney, having moved from Everton to
Manchester United and won multiple Premier League titles with Liverpool's
biggest rivals — would not be able to support an Anfield opponent so easily now...
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Worryingly for Klopp, who had once boasted an impressive record against Liverpool's fellow «
big six»
rivals, his side have just been hammered in their most recent meetings with
Manchester City and Spurs, shipping nine goals across both games.
Just over a week remains of this summer's transfer window, and many of the
biggest deals of the summer have already happened, with Brazil starlet Neymar completing a much - anticipated move to Barcelona,
Manchester City target Isco moving from Malaga to Real Madrid, and Mario Goetze moving from Borussia Dortmund to
rivals Bayern Munich.
While it's clearly a
big boost for United to get one over
rivals Manchester City, who had long been tipped as the favourites for the Chile international, Neville also believes Jose Mourinho may have done so out of fear of Liverpool overtaking them in the Premier League.
The report claims that our
big spending Premier League
rivals Manchester United and the Italian champions Juventus are prepared to fight Arsenal for this top player but I for one am not too worried and I will tell you why.
But at least we are not alone this time, as our
big Premier League
rivals for a top four finish,
Manchester United, are even worse off than Arsenal at the minute.
So anything that cheers Arsenal fans up at the minute is very welcome, so we should all say a
big thank you to the former Arsenal and England defender Martin Keown, as he has got stuck right into our
rivals Manchester United and their increasingly erratic manager Louis van Gaal, in his Daily Mail article.
So the Arsenal transfer rumours currently doing the rounds about him being a summer transfer target for our Premier League
rivals Manchester City, who are planning a
big clear - out which is said to include former Gunner Samir Nasri, have not got the Arsenal fans up in arms.
One of the first things the TV pundits said after watching Arsenal put in an amazing performance to take
Manchester United apart with surgical skill was to ask whether this result would send a
big message to our Premier League
rivals and I think we are all agreed that this is exactly what we did.
Still, the Gunners have been known for selling
big players to their
rivals in the past, with star striker Robin van Persie notably joining Wenger's old adversery Sir Alex Ferguson at
Manchester United in the summer of 2012.
The
biggest obstacle could our EPL
rivals Manchester United who are being linked with Bale and have been hoping to sign him for years, but can Arsenal beat them to the punch?
Our side hasn't hit top form yet this season, while our
rivals have been consistently winning the majority of their matches, but I feel that our performance against
Manchester City proves that our players are really up for the
big games this year.
There are reports all over the football media about Wilshere being a transfer target for our Premier League
rivals Man City, with this one in the Daily Star claiming that the
Manchester club will open up with a
big bid of around # 40 million for the 23 - year old, if they fail to land their primary target Paul Pogba from Juventus that is.
Well for one thing, we have already played Liverpool once in the league this season and only
Manchester United of our
big rivals can say the same.
Just like this weekend's clash with
Manchester United, that was a
big game against a strong
rival and one that we have struggled against over the last 10 years or so.
All three of our
big rivals for the Premier League title have got off to the start we all hoped they wouldn't, so Jose Mourinho at
Manchester United is looking as smug as possible and Antonio Conte is looking well suited to Chelsea while Pep Guardiola has hit the ground running at Man City.
Jose Mourinho is seemingly confident that his side can retain their Premier League title next season, despite the prospect of some heavy spending from his side's
biggest rivals, including
Manchester City and
Manchester United.
With Arsenal having got off to a fairly shaky start to our latest attempt to win the Premier League title, the last thing we needed was for our
big EPL
rivals to get off to a fling start themselves, but that is just what has happened and now the Gunners are playing catch up to the
big three of
Manchester United, Chelsea and Man City who all have the maximum nine points from their three games so far.
The only one of the
big six in the EPL to get away without losing any players was, in fact, our north London
rivals Tottenham but I do think that the Gunners may have got away lightly, or at least we are not in quite as bad a position as the likes of
Manchester United, Liverpool, Man City and Chelsea who have lost key players like Aguero, Morata, Fellaini and Mane.
The good news about the EPL table, however, along with the fact that no club has more points than Arsenal, is the position of our
big spending
rivals Manchester United.
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Liverpool are not the
biggest club in England; yes, the club has an immense history,
rivalled only by
Manchester United, but that counts for little now; there is no rule ensuring teams with great history will always continue to do so, we need only look at fallen giants, such as Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, or Aston Villa to see that; only teams with immense financial and corporate power can sustain success, through investment that other clubs can not — this is the model that Real Madrid adopted, and so too have
Manchester United recently.
I still see
Manchester United as the main title
rivals for City this season, with Jose Mourinho's record being key, while he should have Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to come back when you really need those
big - game players to make an impact.
The Premier League champions Chelsea are ready to announce their two
big signings of this summer transfer window, which will be seen as a huge blow to
rivals Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, according to the Daily Star.
Arsène Wenger agrees that Arsenal must tighten up at the back against their
biggest rivals — but he also thinks last season's defeat at
Manchester City was not as damaging as the scoreline suggests.
North London
rivals Arsenal have strengthened already this summer,
Manchester United look to be close to completing their first
big move and Everton have not been messing around in making early additions.
More controversially, United's crosstown
rivals Manchester City are given a 10/1 chance of acquiring CR7 followed by
big spending PSG at 12/1.
Former
Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo is on another planet at Madrid and, as usual, Argentine magician Lionel Messi is consistently performing at Barcelona; the top quality on show at European level is immense and English clubs are losing out particularly when
big Premier League names such as Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale are being sold to
rival leagues.
In the
biggest game of the English domestic season, a game that would almost decide who would win the coveted Premier League trophy, on a cold night in
Manchester,
Manchester City finally seem to be emerging from the shadow of their much celebrated cross town
rivals,
Manchester United.
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A
big story to kick us off this morning -
Manchester City are preparing a bid to
rival United's for Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann.
And this time he has to contend with his old
rival Pep Guardiola, recently installed as boss of neighbours
Manchester City and who many regard as just as
big a coup as Mourinho if not more so.
Only one place to start with the Premier League this weekend and that is on Merseyside for arguably the
biggest game in English football as Liverpool host bitter
rivals Manchester United.
This would be quite a huge no - no, considering that the senior Beckham made a name for himself playing for
Manchester United, Chelsea's
biggest rival.
After last year's acquisition of
Manchester by the Sea saw Amazon Studios bag its first Oscars, the online firm outbid
rivals to score The
Big Sick in a record $ 12 million deal, also securing the US rights to prison drama Crown Heights.