Meski puasa gelar selama tujuh musim terakhir, tidak membuat nama klub
Inggris yang berbasis di London ini meredup. Konsistensinya di kancah
Eropa dan kompetisi papan atas Inggris membuat nama Arsenal terus dikenal sebagai klub sepakbola kelas dunia.
Fans fanatiknya pun menyebar hingga ke penjuru dunia. Kecintaan
terhadap klub ini pun ditunjukkan dengan gaya unik oleh para fansnya.
Salah satunya di Oslo, Norwegia, saat seorang fans fanatik Arsenal
mendirikan tempat penitipan anak khusus The Gunners (julukan fans
Arsenal).
Terlihat suasana tempat penitipan sangat khas
Arsenal. Selain dipajang berbagai poster sejumlah pemain Arsenal,
anak-anak yang dititipkan di sana beraktivitas dan bermain dengan
menggunakan kostum Arsenal berwarna merah dengan logo meriam di dada
kiri.
Nuansa kelucuan pun muncul ketika para anak-anak
tersebut coba menyanyikan lagu kebangsaan Arsenal. Atau ketika mereka
menjawab pertanyaan tentang klub kesayangan mereka. Mereka terlihat
fasih menjawab pertanyaan terkait klub yang dimanajeri Arsene Wenger
itu.
sumber : Vivabola.com

Arsene Wenger was thought to have earmarked PSG defender to replace Thomas Vermaelen
BY Bill Mann LAST UPDATED AT 07:25 ON Wed 27 Mar 2013
NON! That's the emphatic response from Paris Saint-Germain to suggestions that defender Mamadou Sahko could be primed for a summer move to the Premier League.
In recent months the 23-year-old has been linked to both Arsenal and
Liverpool after struggling to hold down a place in the PSG starting XI.
The presence at PSG of Alex and Thiago Silva has hindered Sahko's
development but the Paris club's assistant manager Claude Makelele is
adamant the strapping defender will stay where he is even if he feels
undervalued right now.
"Mamadou is the future of the club,"
Makelele told Le Parisien. He was then asked if there was any truth in
the rumours suggesting Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had Sahko earmarked
as the man to replace Thomas Vermaelen in the Gunners' defence.
"It is impossible he could leave," blasted Makelele. "Of course he
needs to hear that he is important but sometimes he has to remain quiet.
Mamadou has now reached a level where he cannot act as a child and ask
for affection."
The Metro reports that former Arsenal striker
Carlos Vela doesn't fancy the idea of returning to the Emirates at the
end of the season even though he has a buy-back option in his Real
Sociedad contract.
The Mexico marksman left the Gunners last
summer after struggling to break into the Arsenal team and has gone on
to establish himself as a star striker for the Spanish outfit, scoring
12 times in 26 matches.
Asked if he dreamed of slipping on the
red and white shirt in the future, the 24-year-old replied: "I am very
happy here [at Sociedad] and would like to stay here... Arsenal are a
big team who gave me the opportunity to play in Europe. I will always
remember that, but I didn't have the opportunities that I felt I
deserved."
Juventus general manager Giuseppe Marotta has used
an interview with Italian broadcaster Italia 2 to pooh-pooh the idea
that he will be making a play for Liverpool striker Luis Suarez any time
soon. Nor, he claims, is he after Barcelona ace Alexis Sanchez and
Paris Saint-Germain's beanpole striker Zlatan Ibrahimovi. "I am happy
with our players and I cherish them," Marotta declared. “At this time of
the season, we don't think about the [transfer] market."
According to Caughtoffside.com, Liverpool gaffer Brendan Rodgers has
drawn up his summer shopping list and there are three names featuring
prominently. First up is Manchester City hitman Scott Sinclair, who's
had a miserable time of it at the Etihad Stadium following his £6.2m
move to the club last August. Sinclair thrived at the Swans when Rodgers
was boss and Caughtoffside predicts they will soon be reunited at
Anfield.
Another frontman Rodgers is keen on is Chelsea
youngster Kevin de Bruyne, the 21-year-old Belgian international who is
doing well on loan at Werder Bremen. Finally the Reds remain hopeful
that they'll be able to tempt Swansea City centre-back Ashley Williams
to leave the Liberty stadium in the summer.