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Kos delighted to be Arsenal player of the month

Arsenal fans voted Laurent Koscielny as Arsenal’s player of the month for August with new boy, Rob Holding, coming in second.

Wenger fourth best paid manager in world football

Yep, it’s that time again when we discuss Arsene Wenger’s salary and whether or not he’s worth it.

Giroud and Koscielny both feature in France v Belarus stalemate

Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny both featured during France's 0-0 draw against Belarus on Tuesday night.

Watch: Asano scores for Japan – again!

Takuma Asano has scored for Japan yet again - this time during their 2-0 win over Thailand in their World Cup 2018 Qualifier.

Ramsey set to return after Southampton clash – report

According to Jeremy Wilson, Aaron Ramsey's return to fitness won't be against Southampton at the weekend.
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Tuesday Arsenal recap – Agent Mesut Ozil, another new striker, Fifa ratings + more

The interlull is still in full swing but there's still a few bits of news wafting around here and there.

Mesut Ozil ranks higher than Paul Pogba on Fifa 17

Despite costing under half the amount, Mesut Ozil ranks 89 on Fifa 17 while Paul Pogba ranks 88.

West Brom choose not to sign Tyrell Robinson following trial

West Brom academy coach, Mark Harrison, has confirmed that the Baggies won't be offering Arsenal trialist, Tyrell Robinson, a contract.

Nigeria boss wants Iwobi back for next World Cup Qualifier

Nigeria's new technical adviser, Gernot Rohr, is looking forward to having Alex Iwobi back after the country found it difficult to score against Tanzania without him.
Antoine Griezmann

Giroud comes to terms with losing his ‘hottest French player’ tag

Olivier Giroud appears to have handed over his title of 'hottest French player' to Antoine Griezmann, a fact that the striker has had to come to terms with.

‘Ozil spoke to me during Euros, he made me want to come to Arsenal’...

Shkodran Mustafi has claimed for the second time that Mesut Ozil was the person to persuade him to sign for Arsenal.
Rob Holding

Watch: Rob Holding ‘Signing for Arsenal is stuff of dreams’

Rob Holding claims that, for him, signing for Arsenal is the stuff of dreams.

Eddie Nketiah signs professional contract with Arsenal

Edward Nketiah has been offered his first professional contract with Arsenal at the age of 17.

Chile legend doubts Alexis’ ability to captain his country

Chile legend, Elias Figueroa, has revealed doubts over Alexis Sanchez being appointed captain of his country during their match against Bolivia.
Shkodran Mustafi

Mustafi flies home before heading back to Arsenal

Shkodran Mustafi has headed back to see his family before he returns to Arsenal for his debut against Southampton this weekend.
European Super League money

Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea all overpaid for major signings but who overpaid most?

The CIES Football Observatory have ranked Granit Xhaka’s sale to Arsenal as the fifth best of the summer meaning Arsenal paid a lot more than they should have for him given his current market value.

Alexis Sanchez ranked below Tottenham keeper in FIFA 17

I’m not entirely sure how you compare a goalkeeper and a forward, but EA Sports have managed to find a way and they’ve decided that Hugo Lloris is worth more points than Alexis Sanchez.
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Arsenal Monday recap: ‘Playboy’ Xhaka, defiant Giroud, influential Wilshere + more

Just even thought of doing this recap is boring me, such is the lack of anything interesting going on now we are right in the heart of the interlull.

Jenks almost recovered after long injury layoff

Carl Jenkinson is closing in on a return to action after being sidelined for the past seven months.

Freddie Ljungberg: “He’s an amazing player. I love him”

Freddie Ljungberg has been bigging up Jack Wilshere as claims Wenger and the midfielder had 'talks' take on a life of their own.

‘Granit Xhaka is a playboy’

Currently on international duty with Switzerland, some of Granit Xhaka’s teammates were asked to complete the following sentence – ‘Granit is a…’

Giroud: I did not understand the hatred against me

Olivier Giroud has given an interview to Le Parisien in which he talks about being hated.

Lehmann posts dressing room picture after AC Milan win

Mad Jens has taken to twitter to give us all a glimpse of the Arsenal dressing room after they beat AC Milan on Saturday at the Emirates, raising over £1m for charity in the process.
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Arsenal weekend recap – Ozil happy but wants number change, Xhaka, Lucas + more

A weekend without Arsenal is never quite the same as one with them but the good thing about international duty is that we get to hear a bit more from players than when they are under the Arsenal thumb at home.
Lucas Perez

Lucas: Wenger has been following me since I played in Greece

It turns out that Arsenal could have been following Lucas Perez for far longer than we realised.
Lucas Perez

Lucas: When Arsenal reaches for you, few can say no

Lucas Perez may have arrived as a striker shorn of the world-class tag that many Arsenal fans wanted to see this summer, but he looks like he could well be a very shrewd bit of business in what was a crazy window.
Kelechi Nwakali

‘It’s unfortunate that Arsenal could not secure my work permit’

Kelechi Nwakali has been speaking to the press after his deadline day move to the Netherlands because of problems Arsenal had in securing a work permit for the talented youngster.

Injury update: Koscielny’s back problem flares up again

Laurent Koscielny is believed to be ‘ok’ after another back problems forced him off during France’s friendly against Italy.
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Watch: Jack Wilshere’s Bournemouth debut

Jack Wilshere may have only played 45 minutes for Bournemouth in their game against AC Milan on Saturday, but he did more than enough to show what he has and why the Cherries were so delighted to land him.

Xhaka: I understand nothing at all

Granit Xhaka has admitted that he is taking English lessons because he understands ‘nothing at all’ when people talk.

Xhaka: I thought Wenger was my friend trying to trick me

Granit Xhaka has admitted that when Arsene Wenger first phoned him he was worried that it was his friend playing a trick on him and hung up.

Xhaka: I’m not the fastest but I haven’t come to Arsenal to sit on...

Granit Xhaka has admitted that he’s not the fastest on the pitch but makes up for it by being quick in the head.

Ozil: I’m very, very happy at Arsenal

Mesut Ozil has revealed that he is 'very very' happy at Arsenal - that's two verys for those keeping count - and looks set to make Arsenal the club he's spent the most time at.

Ozil wants Arsenal #10 shirt

Mesut Ozil has revealed that he wants to be Arsenal’s number 10 after getting the same shirt number with Germany.
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 26: Jack Wilshere of Arsenal looks on during the Emirates Cup match between Arsenal and VfL Wolfsburg at the Emirates Stadium on July 26, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Paul Scholes moans about Wilshere going to Bournemouth

Paul Scholes loves to moan, especially about anything Arsenal related, so I can imagine he was positively salivating at the prospect of having a pop at Jack Wilshere for going to Bournemouth on loan.

Benik Afobe: ‘I had nothing to do with Wilshere’s decision to come to Bournemouth’

Benik Afobe has spoken about his long-term friendship with Jack Wilshere but has insisted that he had nothing to do with the midfielder's decision to join Bournemouth on a season-long loan.

Kanu proves he’s psychic – predicts he’ll score hat-trick v Milan

Arsenal legend Kanu scored a hat-trick against Milan Glory on Saturday but what's perhaps just as impressive is that he predicted it!

Loan watch: Jack’s back – midfield impresses for Bournemouth

There was only one Arsenal loanee in action this weekend since it's the interlull and the others were stuck on the bench.
Shkodran Mustafi

Barcelona sporting director brings up Arsenal – was it actually a dig?

The media are implying that because Barcelona's sporting director, Robert Fernandez, brought up Arsenal in relation to footballer fees, he was taking a swipe at them but was he?