Sentences with phrase «in the football media»

Until the Gunners get through a season and prove the doubters in the football media wrong, we have to expect the questions because recent history suggests that Arsenal do have problems.

The German playmaker has been the subject of so many articles in the football media since he made the transfer from La Liga giants to Arsenal in the last days of last season's summer transfer window.

It would be great in my opinion if the Swedish international striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was one of the summer additions to the Arsenal squad so I was a bit worried yesterday when there were reports in the football media about Man United having made him an offer, because we know how much money they are prepared to throw around.

There are reports in the football media that even those closest to the Frenchman do not know what he will decide and if that is the case then maybe he has not even made his own mind up yet and that is not good news for the club.

Even though the mutual bad feeling and lack of warmth between Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho is a matter of common knowledge and much talk in the football media, and the hard to argue with theory that the Arsenal boss will feel no sympathy with his rival, I reckon that he would rather have seen Mourinho keep his job, for now anyway, and I will tell you why.

A lot of the talk in the football media was whether we could hold on to him.

It's been a constant topic of discussion in the football media world and Sky Sports pundit Charlie Nicholas, believes that Arsenal fans shouldn't be panicking, even if the Gunners lose to Leicester this weekend.

There were some stories in the football media suggesting that it was the young winger's decision not to come to Arsenal, but that seemed to be just more anti-Arsenal spin and has this week been declared false by the Monaco vice-president, Metro reports.

Okay so what are the anti Arsenal brigade in the football media going to accuse the Gunners of now?

Many Gooners and people in the football media feel that the chances of Wenger stepping down at the end of the current season will be much bigger if the Frenchman can guide the Gunners to another Premier League title so if Howe is in the frame he did his chances of thr move no harm today, as his side did us a huge favour by beating Liverpool.

With Wenger having recently turned 67 though, we can assume that it will be sooner or later and that is why the topic of who will be the one to replace him is coming up more and more often in the football media and among Arsenal fans.

Not by the Spanish or English football authorities though, or at least not to our knowledge, but by some folk in the football media.

The lightning fast, talented and highly sought after 27 - year old was being linked very heavily in the football media with a move to our EPL rivals Chelsea, but this new report claims that the player himself has let it be known that he would really prefer a move to Arsenal.

It is not as if many in the football media have much belief in Arsenal after all.

Problems indeed, but not just for City, because the reports in the football media this weekend, as reported by The Mirror, that suggest City will break the bank for the likes of Paul Pogba, do have repercussions for us Gooners.

That is why a lot of Arsenal fans and pundits in the football media were so hard on Arsene Wenger and the Gunner s a couple of years ago, because with all the big clubs like Man City, Chelsea and Man United having a nightmare season in transition it was arguably the best chance Arsenal will get for years but it was Leicester that took advantage to be crowned shock EPL champions.

If you were looking for a sign of whether all the confidence among us Arsenal fans and the nice things (for a change) said about us in the football media at the minute are an accurate depiction of where the current crop of Gunners stands when compared to our main rivals for the Premier League, including the dreaded Jose Mourinho and his expensively assembled Chelsea team, then you should be encouraged by the words of Arsene Wenger.

The other factor could be the public frustration of Arsenal fans and people in the football media connected with the club.

Even though the current Premier League season, so far anyway, is throwing up signs that Arsene Wenger and the squad are in a batter position to push for the title than usual, we still keep hearing pundits in the football media talking about the same old things when it comes to Arsenal.

Not according to a growing number of dissenting voices in the football media.

There are similar pieces cropping up in the football media, such as Dave Kidd's piece in The Mirror in which he says the same thing about Vardy and Arsenal not being suited.

Is it just a matter of the medical team making sure that we do not have a full treatment room or is it like some in the football media have suggested, that Arsenal can not handle the pressure over the marathon that is the Premier League?

Not only did his superbly smashed goal seal the win for the Gunners by putting us 3 - 0 up at the break, but it ended the mini scoring drought that people in the football media had begun to bang on about.

The knives are out for the boss in the football media once again, and a few of the individual players as well after another performance that has added fuel to the fire of the old adage that Arsenal have got a soft centre and don't like it up»em, with the Watford penalty scorer Troy Deeney not helping by suggesting that exact thing.

If he is though, it is looking increasingly as though it will be for one year instead of the two year contract that had been reported in the football media as being on the table.

So far, though, we can only speculate and there have been some very conflicting reports in the football media.

Obviously not though, as I have seen lots of articles in the football media questioning the German's form, mainly because the king of the assists has yet to provide one this season.

A few in the football media were reporting last week that Arsene Wenger and the transfer team were keeping a close eye on the Napoli and Algeria international star Faouzi Ghoulam and The Mirror went as far as suggesting that the Gunners had already made an offer of around # 10 million for the 24 - year old.

I am a little confused about some of the recent Arsenal transfer rumours, because many in the football media seem to think that Arsene Wenger is about to allow the transfer of our France international star Olivier Giroud to go through, with reports like the one yesterday in The Mirror suggesting that the big centre forward is going to sign for our Premier League rivals Everton for about # 20 million.

There have been reports in the football media over the last year or so that the Germany international star Mario Gotze could be ready to leave his Bundesliga club and Arsenal were one of the big clubs who were spoken about as a potential destination for the exciting young attacking player.

I am not sure if the former Arsenal and England international striker had someone specific in mind when he said this, but having listened to some of the opinions put forward in the football media by Ian Wright about the problems of the Gunners in recent years, I would hazard a guess that Arsene Wenger might not be too far from his thoughts.

All in all you would have to say pretty good, because the muppets in the football media can no longer ask Arsene Wenger and every Arsenal player they interview about da da daaa, «trophy drought `.

There is a strong belief among many Arsenal fans and people in the football media that Arsene Wenger can have a tendency to be stubborn.

A couple of articles in the football media, however, have brought up another possible problem, the Arsenal fans themselves.

A clear example of this is the number of articles in the football media discussing what has gone wrong for the Gunners this season and what the boss needs to do to have a chance of ending the long wait for the trophy next season.

Just a week ago the main theme in the football media on the contract situations of the two Arsenal stars was being portrayed almost entirely as negative and the general consensus was that both Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil would refuse the new deals being offered to them by the club.

We have been linked with some big names in recent years and over the last few weeks it has been the names of Morgan Schneiderlin and Arturo Vidal that have been foremost in the Arsenal transfer rumours in the football media.

Despite the ongoing protestations from Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal transfer rumours linking the club with Karim Benzema just will not go away and there is a strong feeling in the football media that our manager is not being entirely honest about his hopes of signing the France international star.

People in the football media have suggested that the disappointment of not getting the transfer to Man City is behind this and Arsenal might not be able to get him to perform, while Arsene Wenger has insisted that his player will be focused and committed as we need him to be.

With both approaching the final year of their current deals with Arsenal, talks about signing extensions are ongoing and going by the Arsenal transfer rumours in the football media it is the wages of the two that are the main bone of contention.

I think that a couple of reports in the football media today might just hold the answer.

There was a lot of talk in the football media last week about Arsenal, or more specifically about our manager Arsene Wenger after the serialisation of a book about his fierce managerial rival Jose Mourinho contained some controversial statements about Wenger and Mourinho's thoughts about him.

Just as the vultures of doubt in the football media were beginning to circle around Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal team, as they are always ready and willing to do at the least sign of weakness, the Gunners go and produce a fine and thrilling performance with three very good goals.

Despite some reports in the football media yesterday suggesting that the hamstring strain, if that is what it was, picked up by the Arsenal and Chile international forward Alexis Sanchez during the Premier League away game with Norwich City would mean three weeks on the sidelines, there is still no definite timescale.

But the latest stories in the football media have thrown a big question mark over his move to north London.

With lots of talk in the football media surrounding Sterling and his contract situation, while Arsene Wenger seems unwilling to play Walcott, there could well be some truth to it all.

If the Arsenal transfer rumours are right then the Bayern Munich and Germany international star Mario Gotze could soon be joining Granit Xhaka in boosting the midfield options of the Gunners, despite some reports in the football media suggesting that Gotze might be rejoining his former manager Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool.

There have already been a large number of Arsenal transfer rumours in the football media about the young Bosnian international star Sead Kolasinic and his possible transfer to Arsenal this summer on a free transfer, but now it looks like the deal could already be done, with the Daily Express claiming that an announcement is imminent.

It seems to me that there is an unbalance in the football media.

There seems to be a growing feeling in the football media that Arsenal are struggling to convince the Colombian international keeper David Ospina at the club, despite the fact that Arsene Wenger did manage to keep him in the summer by sending Wojciech Szczesny out to the Serie A club Roma on loan.