Diarra. Gone. FACT.
In the most expected Arsenal transfer of the transfer window, Lasagne Diarra has gone to Portsmouth for a fee though to be in the region of £5.5m. Diarra only started 8 times for Arsenal, but what a loyal servant - who can forget the important goal he scored against ... er... or that last minute effort um... what about... no sorry. Any way, thanks for the er... thing. Memories, that was it.

Geordies are Coming...
Following Kevin Keegans re-appointment to the hot seat at St. James Park yesterday, Newcastle went on to demolish Stoke City 4-1, earning themselves a 4th round visit to the Emirates just 4 days ahead of ther league visit...

Anyone Seen My Elephant Impression?
Any road enough of such playground antics, Vyacheslav Dmitriev the man they call the elephant because of his deceptive pace is coming to the Emirates from Torpedo Moscow, thats what the man says, and why would he lie?

No F in Team News...
There's rumours that that Dutch fella who used to play for us could come back against Fulham. Robert Van Persil could feature in the clash at John Craven's Cottage after being out for a recod 11 years with various injuries ranging from Bird Flu to The Tombola Virus, the flesh eating virus picked up from English fetes. man united visit Reading where they dropped points last season, so a win could see us bounce back to the Premier League summit or summat. Apparently, the also aptly named Tomas Ro-Sicky could also make his comeback from a lengthy absence. Eduardo and Theo Walcott could make way for the sickly pair...

Brazilian Courted...
Brazilian wonderkind Dentinho has revealed Sir Wenger came in for him last season, but his club Corinthians didn't want to sell him. He said: “Arsenal made a proposal but Corinthians did not agree for them to negotiate. I was not bothered, I think that my moment is going to arrive. I have the will to play in Europe, certainly. I am still young and have still a lot to achieve here with Corinthians. I have not even won any trophies yet..." Dentinho decided to remain in Brazil and focus on his football there, and also his sideline where he runs a chewing gum factory... true story.

More tomorrow people... chin up, could be a signing today...?