It has not been the easiest of starts to 2014 for Olivier Giroud. Quite aside from all the apparent ‘goings on’ off the pitch, before Saturday he had managed just two goals and a single assist in his six starts since the turn of the year. In that time, he drew a great deal of...

The memories of the 2010/11 season are ones most Arsenal fans have collectively made a distinct effort to repress. It was not a season without highs: the win against Barcelona, Arsenal’s last triumph over Manchester United, the emergences of Jack Wilshere and Wojciech Szczesny and…...

  There is a truth near-wholly acknowledged among football watchers that players below a certain age, or a certain number of first team appearances (the exact numbers remain vague) are allowed a certain level of leeway with regard to the shortcomings in their game. It’s only fair. The...

  You know that old adage that ‘football isn’t played on paper’? Well, in this instance it is! Have a Butcher’s at these beauties, from the ever so graphically talented Played on Paper_. This collection of stunning typographics, depicting great sporting...

  The state of Arsenal leaving 2014’s January transfer window was markedly different from the previous year. Arsenal were down in sixth, the lack of depth at centre forward was even more pronounced than it is now and the day before the window shut, they lost Kieran Gibbs for ‘up to...

Around this time a year or so ago, two things were commonly accepted among many Arsenal supporters: Bacary Sagna was way past his best, and he would be leaving in the summer. For a healthy proportion, the latter line of thinking strengthened the widespread acceptance of the former. It was...

  If a club wants to progress, one of the things it needs is better players than the ones it already has, assuming that’s possible. With that in mind, only one club in the world doesn’t ‘need’ Mesut Özil, and that’s Barcelona, seeing they have the only number 10 in the world...

This Is The Öne This signing is significant – it shöws that Arsenal are willing tö pay big för wörld class, readymade talent rather than relying ön Wenger tö unearth gems (Koscielny, Sagna) develöp fröm within (Gibbs, Wilshere) buying pötential and nurturing (Walcott, Ramsey,...

After the painful transfer tittle tattle and even more painful lack of transfer action, it was finally time for some football, although come 4.45pm most Gooners were left even more angry and frustrated. Despite the lack of incomings, Arsenal entered this season as one of a handful of clubs...

Arsenal have agreed personal terms in principle with Luis Suarez. wearethenorthbank.com understands that an improved bid to Liverpool for the Uruguayan has been tabled. Having made an initial bid of £30m, followed by £35m, Arsenal have now lodged a bid of more than £40m and have assured...