Flamini Planning to Stay?
Sir Wenger is hopeful that Mathieu Flamini will stay at Arsenal, despite becoming a free agent in the summer. The resurgent midfield General has been in top form lately, and there are rumours that Juventus are interested in signing the 23 year old. However, when asked about Flamini signing a new deal, AW said: "I am hopeful on it. I am not concerned, Mathieu is free to talk, but the talks [with us] are ongoing."

The Huntelaar Becomes the Hunted...
According to several reports man united are favourites to sign the Ajax striker, with Man City apparently waiting in the wings to hijack the bid. According to reports, Chelsea and us, are also keen to land the striker during the January transfer window. He has scored 53 goals in 65 games, and would be a worthy addition to Sir Wemger's Arsenal (geddit..?)

Complacancy the Key...
Sir Wenger was less than non-plussed with the team's lacklustra performance this weekend as we dropped two home points against a resolute Birmingham side. After Adebayor scored from a disputed penalty, Birmingham levelled with a goal just after half time, and we just couldn't find the breakthrough for the winner. Following only our second home draw this season, AW said: "It was very frustrating, the crowd pushed us on, but we were punished for losing concentration on the set-piece. We thought it was going to be too easy, but we didn't create enough overall. We were not sharp enough and they defended well. It's as simple as that..."

Signing Imminent...
Following in the footsteps of young Theo Walcott, Sir Wenger is all set to make a ray forage into the transfer market this week. It's expected that Sir Wenger will sign Gillingham's young striker Luke Freeman who tips the birthday scales at just 15. It's expected that AW will make a payment of £500,000 and put pen to paper in a deal which will see the fee rise inm the future.

AW said: "We will be pushing the Freeman deal through, I want to buy English! We will pay them a transfer fee. e want them as young as possible, and, if you are not on the case somebody else is on it. It's because it's a competitive world, you do not really choose the age you buy the players. When a good player comes out you know you are not on your own, you're competing with four or five clubs, and if you don't do it, somebody else does it - so, even if ideally you would wait one or two more years, you can't anymore. I like Freeman, I met the boy, his personality, he looks alert. He's a striker and at 15 to play for the first team sometimes is something special..."

No Way Man...
Keeper ManUel Almunia has been busily denying reports that he's 'desperate to play for England' which have been all over the Italian papers. However, he said: "They've said that I have publicly commented that I was going to start the process of becoming an England national. I never said anything about that and neither have I announced anything to the Italian media. The media talk about me being called up a lot because England didn't reach the European Championships, but I haven't heard anything. I would prefer to hear the Spanish anthem than the England one, but it's also true that the time of patriotism and really feeling a national anthem has somewhat gone out of fashion..."

Stand up for this next bit readers: "It matters more what you owe a country or the people of that country. I owe everything to Spain on a personal level, but professionally I can't put a price on what has happened to me in England..."

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