Jack Wilshere has a pre-contract agreement with Arsenal when he signs on pro forms in January which will see him make an enormous £15,000 a week The 16-year-old was promoted to the first team after impressing boss Arsene Wenger during pre-season and was subsequently rewarded with the number 19 shirt. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal midfield maestro Jack Wilshere has been added to the travelling party ahead of tomorrow's Premier League tie against Blackburn Rovers. The 16-year-old was promoted to the first team after impressing boss Arsene Wenger during pre-season and was subsequently rewarded with the number 19 shirt. Click to continue reading...

I'm back and hungry for more. The season already got started this week with the win against Twente. A good confidence boost, if you ask me.

I've been away on a trip around the world, stopping by in London for the Emirates Cup. It was a great experience getting to Ashburton Grove, as the sell out crowd that day was fired up - although I went on the first day when Arsenal played Juventus.

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A recap of the events of the last seven days saw Real Madrid play two friendly games in London for the Emirates Cup with contrasting results, a serious knee injury to one of its most in-form midfielders, the announcement of a signing that had been widely heralded, and the retirement from international football of one of the top strikers in the game. Click to continue reading...

Bacary Sagna: Wiser Arsenal can now win title

Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna believes it is crucial for the club to show they have learnt from the mistakes they made last season and win the Premier League title.

Despite losing Mathieu Flamini and Alexander Hleb, Sagna believes there is still enough quality in the team to challenge the top two again. Click to continue reading...

Like every Real Madrid fan, I was looking forward to watch this past weekend the Emirates Cup which took place in England. The tournament was very promising but what was my surprise when I woke up to watch that instead of the Emirates Cup, they had a game with south american teams instead. What a surprise, Goltv was gone, no more great la liga games, no more Real Madrid. Click to continue reading...

El dia de ayer, 3 de Agosto de 2008, en el partido disputado por la Emirates Cup entre Arsenal y Real Madrid, una entrada excesiva por parte del defensor francés Abou Diaby obligó al cerebro merengue, Wesley Sneijder, a abandonar el terreno de juego en camilla. Bajo la mirada nerviosa de sus compañeros y del [. Click to continue reading...

  Arsenal have announced this evening the squad for tomorrow night's trip to West Yorkshire, where the Gunners will take on Huddersfield Town at Galpharm Stadium. Arsene Wenger has named Mexican starlet Carlos Vela in a very surprising young side, with several Under 18 players from Arsenal Youth Coach Steve Bould on target. Click to continue reading...

Amidst the lot of international friendlies & tournaments (Emirates Cup, Russian Railways Cup, and such), I almost forgot to mention the UEFA Champions League Prelim. Round draw last week. Indeed, on Friday August 1 the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland) hosted the draw for the European Cups Qualifying Round, and Serie A teams can be [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna believes striker Emmanuel Adebayor is crucial to the Gunners' title challenge. Adebayor was jeered by some sections of the Arsenal crowd during the club's two games against Juventus and Real Madrid in the Emirates Cup after reportedly demanding a massive £120,000 a week contract to stay with Gunners, or face losing him [. Click to continue reading...

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Daily Mirror EU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET
QPR sign wonder-kid Parejo from Real and billionaire chairman says: It's just the start
Qpr yesterday signed Real Madrid wonderkid Daniel Parejo and vowed to continue to raid Europe's top clubs in their quest to reach the Premier League. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes striker Emmanuel Adebayor will have to work hard to win back the support of Arsenal fans. The Togo striker hit the only goal of the game in the 1-0 Emirates Cup win over Real Madrid yesterday, although some sections of the home crowd refused to sing his name. Following a summer of [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal's Samir Nasri has admitted he has slotted in seamlessly to his new team and is looking ahead to a successful season. Nasri impressed during the Gunners' 1-0 win over Real Madrid in the Emirates Cup yesterday, helping to create a number of openings for his new team-mates from his position on the left wing. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal named a very experienced side against Real Madrid today with Gallas, Adebayor, Van Persie, Nasri, and Diaby all starting. Arsenal needed to win 4-0 if they wanted to bring back the Emirates Cup to London, Carlos Vela started from the bench. Arsenal started well, Denilson having Arsenal's first chance firing wide from 25 yards. Click to continue reading...

Emmanuel Adebayor declared his love for Arsenal after scoring the winner in yesterday's 1-0 win over Real Madrid in the Emirates Cup. The Togo striker had been jeered by sections of the home crowd, before slotting home the match-winning penalty in 50th minute. But the 24-year-old frontman will still have his work cut-out to win over some [. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger has revealed he has high expectations for Theo Walcott this year after the youngster impressed in the Gunners' Emirates Cup matches with Real Madrid and Juventus. Walcott, 19, looked dangerous getting forward against Madrid after starting the game on the right wing, while he also caused the Juve defence more than a couple of [. Click to continue reading...

The Emirates Cup, an annual two-day pre-season football tournament held at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in London (where each team plays two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and a point for every goal scored), was an interesting test for Juventus especially in light of their upcoming UEFA Champions [. Click to continue reading...

Despite being no fan of Arsenal, I enjoyed my first visit to the Emirates Stadium very much yesterday when I went to see Arsenal play Real Madrid on the second day of the annual pre-season tournament The Emirates Cup, courtesy of my younger brother being an avid supporter. No pre-season encounter will ever provide the most [. Click to continue reading...

As the season gets closer teams are wrapping up their preseason training. One of the biggest preseason events is the Emirates Cup. This year the cup featured host Arsenal, Hamburg HSV, Juventus, and Real Madrid over the weekend.

Here are some thoughts about the two day event.

• Hamburg's young mid fielder Jonathan Pitoipa looks like he is going to have a break out year in Germany this year.

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You saw it on Italian newsstands everywhere today under somber headlines; Chelsea 5 : AC Milan 0 , Hamburger SV 3 : Juventus 0. Never mind that these were meaningless preseason friendlies in which coaches experimented with new players and different lineups - Italian football had been shamed.
AC Milan took its lumps in the Railway Cup tournament held in Moscow on an astounding four-goal performance by Cheleas's Nicolas Anelka. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday Hamburg won the Emirates Cup, finishing ahead of Real Madrid, Arsenal and Juventus. Hamburg had already been invited to last year's edition of the mini-tournament, but had to cancel their participation due to an Intertoto Cup game. In March Hamburg won said Intertoto Cup by outlasting Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Cup. Click to continue reading...

It's that time of year and I have been looking forward to running the numbers for months now. It may seem premature to provide a pre-season Top 25 list, seeing as people are still moving around in the transfer market, but that won't stop me. The rankings have never been built on individual, but rather on results. Click to continue reading...

Morning all. Yesterday we beat Real Madrid 1-0 through a beautiful penalty from Adebayor. I don't care how much you hate him, he makes our team better. If you boo him then go to hell. I don't boo Arsenal players, even Eboue, so piss off for booing our 30 goal scorer. He isn't perfect by any means but who is in today's footballing world? Click to continue reading...

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QPR Official Site - SPANISH STARLET SIGNS
Queens Park Rangers Football Club have agreed a deal with Real Madrid for highly-rated midfield ace Daniel Parejo Munoz.
Rangers have beaten off stiff competition from a number of Europe's top Clubs - including Arsenal, Deportivo La Coruna, Espanyol, Getafe and Villarreal - for the young starlet, who made his name playing for Madrid's nursery Club Castilla last season. Click to continue reading...

Hamburg 3-0 Juventus (03:08:08)
Arsenal 1-0 Real Madrid (03:08:08)


Our pre-match venue - The Gunners Pub.

Highbury - or what's left of it.

Who is it sponsored by again!?

Welcome to the cheap seats.

What happens next!?

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Eduardo da Silva was on display at Arsenal on Sunday. No, he wasn't playing, but the Brazilian-born Croatian came onto the pitch before the Gunners match with Real Madrid in the Emirates Cup. The striker suffered a horrific injury against... Click to continue reading...

Bank holiday Monday greetings to you all.

So Hamburg won the Emirates Cup yesterday. Their 3-0 victory over Juventus meant Arsenal had to beat Real Madrid by 4 goals which was never going to happen.

In the end it was just the 1-0 to the Arsenal but it was a deserved victory.

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Real Madrid Official Announcement - Parejo to QPR on One Year Loan Real Madrid - Daniel Parejo loaned to Queens Park Rangers
Real Madrid Castilla's Daniel Parejo has been loaned to Queens Park Rangers for one year. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal named a very experienced side against Real Madrid today with Gallas, Adebayor, Van Persie, Nasri, and Diaby all starting. Arsenal needed to win 4-0 if they wanted to bring back the Emirates Cup to London, Carlos Vela started from the bench. Arsenal started well, Denilson having Arsenal's first chance firing wide from 25 yards. Click to continue reading...

  Arsenal went into the game needing a 4-0 win if they wanted to retain the Emirates Cup due to Hamburg earlier winning 3-0 against Juventus. Leaving Hamburg on 7 points, Arsenal started with a very strong side with Adebayor, Van Persie, Sagna, Gallas, Almunia, Nasri and Diaby all starting. Real Madrid named a strong side [. Click to continue reading...

All in all, Arsenal outperformed both Juventus and Madrid in our two Emirates Cup matches. The difference in each game was merely a goal: Juve got a dodgy one in the first, and we got a pretty soft penalty in the second.

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L'Emirates Cup si chiude con luci ed ombre per la Juventus. Nella prima gara, contro l'Arsenal la formazione bianconera mostra una maggiore organizzazione di gioco, riuscendo a tenere bene il campo con una squadra molto corta, grazie all'attenzione difensiva con un Chiellini in già in forma, un centrocampo ordinato dove, udite udite, Tiago gioca forse la sua migliore partita da quando indossa la maglia della Juve e in attacco dove Iaquinta sembra la punta che si adatti meglio a qualsiasi compagno di reparto ed un Trezeguet che dimostra, se ce ne fosse ancora bisogno, quale sono le sue qualità, appena c'è un pallone vagante in area di rigore lui la butta dentro.

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Long-winded people are boring, and writing full sentences is for chumps. So instead you have just SIX words. Sound easy? Good for you. Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! It appears that Arsenal fans voiced their displeasure to the Togolese man at the Emirates cup game against Juventus. Click to continue reading...

On a rain soaked day the second day kicked-off with Juventus facing Hamburg.  The way the tournament was organised meant that a good result for the Germans could give Arsenal a chance of retaining the cup.   Hamburg started the game on the front foot and were rewarded with a goal after 20 minutes scored by Guerero, [. Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid 2-1 Hamburg The Emirates tournament got under way with Real Madrid facing Martin Jol's Hamburg, arguably the weakest of the four teams. Real Madrid defeated Hamburg 2-1 in the Emirates Cup on Saturday. It was a match overshadowed by the impending transfer of Rafael van der Vaart from Hamburg to Real Madrid. Click to continue reading...