Man at the match, Chary: New signings revealed in 4-0 win at Underhill

Final whistle

It’s mid July and that means the Arsenal’s 2010/11 season starts at Underhill, this being my second trip to the home of Barnet FC and the Arsenal reserves for many a year. There seemed to be a greater police presence around the pubs and open spaces around Underhill than in 2009 even though very few Barnet [...]

Koscielny signs, Wenger promises more

So, Arsenal have closed the book on our 6’1″ 165lb (according to ESPN.com), £8-10m, left-footed, transfer linked, Lorient-Laurent, French-Polish, unknown, back-up center back.

Upon hearing the news yesterday I got so excited that I dropped what I was doing and went straight to the dot com for the exclusive introduction video. The first thing that surprised me [...]

£8m Koscielny in the bag, more to come?

News from the very reliable L’Equipe says that Arsenal have had an £8m bid accepted for Lorient center back Laurent Koscielny and with other sources indicating that the center half is ready to sign terms as soon as, uhh, tomorrow it’s looking like Arsene Wenger is working to fill the soon to be vacant center back [...]