Manchester City Close to Signing Not One.. But Two!

If rumours are led to believe, Manchester City are honing in on Clichy for around £7m and Nasri for £20m. With the already increasingly look of Fabregas departing for Barcelona, losing another two first teamers is quite extreme. However Clichy hasn't been at his best since the Birmingham City game where Eduardo had his ankle and leg mauled.


Nasri on the other hand has played at a top level for half a season out of his three years at Arsenal. Albeit he could continue this form into the rest of his career, he hasn't contributed a great deal to the club.


Personally I don't think either two would be a big loss. Okay, it's to rivals who will only strengthen them but we made the players they are today, so to sell them on for a large profit and bring in other quality players in their position (which we must do!), then I'd say they can leave for pastures new.

Time to Boycott Arsenal

I always said that towards the end of the season after our dismal appearances that I'm not going to spend anymore money on Arsenal until they get their priorities corrected. My confidence as an Arsenal fan in the squad that we have at our disposal has depleted gradually ever since our move to the money maker that is the Emirates, or as our neighbours down the other end of Seven Sister Road call 'Cash'burton Grove.

Don't get me wrong, I still adore my Arsenal, yet as the view of fans voting with their feet, to show their discontent, I have done that very much so with choosing not to renew my membership for this season approaching. The club doesn't deserve my money if it isn't being well spent on new recruits, or that my money is spent on players overly paid wages who aren't worthy of playing in the famous and prestigious red and white.

Also the new home shirt, which looks nice at a distance, isn't the same once taken a closer look at. The shirt made out of bottles is exactly what it seems to have been made out of (rubbish). The new away shirt that Our Arsenal leaked just over a week ago is a no go area! Although blue away shirts tend to be very popular and have been proven to sell more than yellow away kits. Personally I prefer our yellow away kits, the bets yellow kit was that in our unbeaten season. Obviously because it links with our success in that shirt in the 70's. 

The £5 hike on the shirts starting from last season just isn't worth it and forces me to part with my money at retailers who charge a more reasonable price. Therefore I won't be buying the new home shirt till I've seen positive ins and outs for the squad. And I'm usually one to buy the shirt as soon as possible once launched at 'The Armoury'.

Arsenal home (left) and away (right) kits for the new season.

My own personal boycott may seem irrelevant to you. But the fans shouldn't just throw verbal abuse towards the club, that won't achieve nothing alone. But hit the club where it hurts most (their pockets) then they may start to change their approach.

Would you do the same to make sure your club isn't becoming ambition-less and stagnant?

Arsenal Sign Argentinean

We have been waiting for our first signing of the summer with anticipation after Arsene Wenger mentioned we'll be out to spend this summer. There's no doubt Arsenal need to spend this summer after last seasons capitulation.

Well according to reports after Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini stated that Argentinean 23 year old winger, who plays his football at Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield, is already on his way to Arsenal.

"We did have a concrete bid for Alvarez and had him in our grasp back in January," he told Radio Kiss Kiss.

"Unfortunately, we didn't complete the move in time, so we lost him to Arsenal."

"At this moment he has already signed for the Gunners."

Nicknamed "Ricky", the 6 ft 2 inc attacking midfielder/winger has a similar style of football to Kaka and Robert Pires. A video below will show you that. Alvarez would be a good addition with added height and physicality to our team. Reportedly a signing fee for around £11 million (but Arsenal always use undisclosed fee anyway).

As most Arsenal fans say, I'll believe it when it's up on Arsenal.com. They best hurry up then.

August is a Tough One

Every football fan can't wait for the opening day of the Premier League to get rid of the boredom of a vacated summer of football without a European Championship or World Cup to entertain us. Tiresome pre-season friendlies fill the void slightly, how ever it's competitive football us fans await for. Oh what a wait us Arsenal fans have in hand for our opening month to the league campaign!

Arsenal have one of the toughest fixture lists out of any team in England and six points out of nine would be a great start. The curtain raiser for Arsenal is at St. James's Park against Newcastle United. After the first 45 minutes last season, we would be going in to this match very confident, having been 4-0 by the time the referee blew for half-time. The second-half proved one to forget. But with every fresh new season comes new optimism and this match has no title/relegation odds baring on it, with no real form from either team. It could easily go either way.

With Arsenal finishing fourth last season it has given the Gunners an extra two games in qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group stages. These matches are just before the tough home match against Liverpool and then sandwiched between Liverpool at the Emirates and to then face the champions Manchester United at 'The Theatre of Dreams'.

We haven't won at Old Trafford in the league since Adebayor scored to win 1-0. That was back in the 2006-2007 season. That seems like an eternity now. Liverpool at home last season was a difficult affair, making hard work of it, to then earn a penalty in injury time and go 1-0 up. What came next was unbelievable but honestly typical to then go and give a stupid penalty away moments later. To give the game up so cheaply when a win seemed more than likely, that just ended Arsenal's season completely mentally.

This season we could come out of August looking in a dire position, but on the other hand Arsenal could be facing a much easier task by the title run in. But didn't we think last last season? Let's just hope it'll be a cracking start to the season!

Eto'o Sounds Out England

Samuel Eto'o has been linked with a move to the Barclays Premier League after confirming he'd like a chance to test himself in one of the toughest leagues still. Arsenal and Manchester City seem to be the front runners.

The former Barcelona scoring sensation who now plays for Italian giants Inter Milan still possessess his electric pace and ability to score at any moment. At the age of 30 he'd be perfect fit for Arsenal and if Eto'o were to come to England, we'd better snap him up quickly.

Arsenal Away 11/12 Shirt Leaked

As you can see photos of Arsenal's new away kit for the 2011/2012 season have been leaked courtesy of todosobrecamisetas.net.

http://todosobrecamisetas.blogspot.com/2011/06/arsenal-nike-away-kit-1112.html

Our Arsenal thinks this design is more suited to sportsmen on a horse, where as Nike have decided to play God with our kits yet again. If only we sign up to Adidas would we have some original designs that reflect the club. Okay,  through our history we have had white, blue or yellow as our away kit. But the design, and as a 125th anniversary kit, really doesn't justify why we have diamond halves on the front of the shirt.


As long as we win something in it the fans will be happy. As long as people vote with their feet and trundle off to buy the shirt, then the boards pockets will be kept happy.

Possible Signings This Summer?

I'm sure every 'Arsenal' website has mentioned about who we should sign in this years summer transfer window. Well who we'd like and who we're likely to get are completely different. Unless you do want the players we're linked with, then that's fine.

At Our Arsenal, we believe there will be several ins and outs for the squad this summer (if you can call it that with all this rain!). Two players most likely to go, although it seems there's not a huge demand for them, are Brazilian Denilson and Denmark's number one striker Niklas Bendtner.

But what us Arsenal fans want to see after a huge downward slope to the end of the season are new signings who will give us that extra push. The players Wenger and the backroom staff believe to be are these three:

• Gervinho (Lille - Auxiliary Striker)
• Christopher Samba (Blackburn Rovers - Central Defender)
• Gary Cahill (Bolton - Central Defender)

I would go as far as saying Gervinho is a quick nippy player who Arsenal could benefit from as he had success playing in the right of a front 3 this past season. But as we all know we need that big, strong no nonsense defender like we had in Sol Campbell (who made a difference for half a season in 2010).

This is where the news that Samba could be close to signing for Arsenal is a sweet melody to the to ears. He has tonnes of Premier League experience for a team that, with due respect, probably gets their defense tested all the time. Standing at 6 ft 4 inc, that is one hell of a player to try and out jump. Also his age of 27 years is probably right as he could easily last a few years at Arsenal to a high standard. Did anyone also mention he's a beast! That physical presence is vital to Arsenal.

Wearing an Arsenal shirt this upcoming season?

Cahill of Bolton has been linked with our club for as long as I can remember now. Whispers are flying through the air that we'll be also signing him along with Samba. Where would this leave Koscielny and Djourou? Two players who have had there mistakes, but have been solid for the most part, especially Arsenal's number 20. Could this mean a move for Vermaelen to left back with Clichy on his way out? We will have to wait and see.

So if the Gervinho transfer doesn't go through, there isn't much to get upset about, as we have a lot of attacking players already. However if a defender (a position we know is all but strong) is not brought with the calibre and assets someone like Samba has, just call it another season of fustration.. in defense and lack of trophies.

'Our Arsenal' Up and Running

Our Arsenal is finally up and running. Gradual improvements will be made through the process as the world of blogging is new to us here at Our Arsenal.

The reasons behind the launch of 'Our Arsenal'?

Here are a few...

1. Read so many other Arsenal blogs for years now, is their opinion any greater than any other Arsenal fan?

2. Giving the views and opinions on the past, present and future of our great club, Arsenal, and it is our club, the fans club.

3. The fans seem they are starting to slowly disconnect with the club in the current situation, although noises around the club seem we'll sign a few players and silence the growing mumblings of discontent.

4. The fans are most important asset to any club, without the fans, Arsenal have no income (apart from TV rights and sponsorships etc).

All in all this new site is for the fans to venture any opinion or view they have. Every fan vents their fustrations and happiness, and as far as going overboard, it's interesting to see what people have to say about our club.