So transfer deadline day has come and gone with seemingly no activity from Arsenal. I'm told that we were in negotiations with Liverpool over the signing of Xabi Alonso but as yet no announcement has been forthcoming and at this point it seems unlikely.

Had a deal been reached then we'd probably have heard about it by now.

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İngilizler liglerini Premier Lig (EPL) yapalıberi ülke futbol takımlarına sınıf atlattılar. Stadyumlar iyileşti, futbolun ticari yönü ön plana çıktı, ligin pazarlandığı rakamlar inanılmaz yükseldi, takımların transfer bütçeleri arttı, yıldızlar geldi vs vs. Gerçekten endüstriyel futbolun başat aktörlerinden biri oldu EPL. Click to continue reading...

• Liverpool are set to sign Brazilian keeper Diego Cavalieri from Palmeiras.
• Pablo Aimar claims Newcastle are interested in signing him.
• Sunderland are in hot pursuit of Stephen Hunt as they try to finalize the deal.
• Obafemi Martins has publicly declared his desire to move to Arsenal after hearing of their interest.

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Reading midfielder Stephen Hunt has been a wanted player by Roy Keane for quite sometime now and with his present club having been relegated, the Republic of Ireland international wants to get back in the top division - and Everton... Click to continue reading...

Roy Keane looks set to make his first signing of the summer. Stephen Hunt, an Ireland international, looks like he'll be on his way to the Black Cats this summer after having a move blocked in January. With Reading relegated, Hunt will be ecstatic to jump straight back into the Premier League. We'll see if this move becomes official within the next few weeks. Click to continue reading...

Good news for Reading fans. The BBC reports that striker Stephen Hunt has signed a three-and-a-half year deal with the English Premier League club that will sustain him at the Madejski Stadium until 2011 summer. The Republic of Ireland is one of the key players in Steve Coppell's exciting team and everyone at the club is [. Click to continue reading...

Crime is everywhere it seems, including the home team's dressing room after Reading's 2-0 defeat against Manchester United. The Daily Mail report that no sooner had full-back Graeme Murty dived into the shower after the match, then one of his Royals team-mates had nabbed Cristiano Ronaldo's swapped shirt off his peg. Click to continue reading...

Steve Coppell reckons that Sunderland's relentless pursuit of Stephen Hunt is doomed to failure and that Roy Keane should give up the ghost in his efforts to bag the combative midfielder. Roy Keane seems to lodge bids for Hunt with obsessive regularity; and having seen efforts of £2.5m and £3m rejected by Coppell, [. Click to continue reading...

SAM ALLARDYCE: Sacked - well actually, Big Sam left by mutual consent - but yea, sacked. Who's next? There are reports out there that Newcastle immortal Alan Shearer will take the post but he has already distanced himself. Everton's David Moyes - Lucius Vorenus look-alike - was also put out there, but that's already been shot down. Click to continue reading...

Stephen Hunt has arguably been Reading's player of the season so far. Aside from a couple of ill-timed challenges which may have merited red cards, the Irishman has notched seven goals from midfield, including a brace against Tottenham on Saturday. One of his biggest admirers appears to be Sunderland boss Roy Keane and, although Royals [. Click to continue reading...

By 1970's Gooner Have a look on the video window at Arsenal's second goal. It epitomizes the way Arsene Wenger's teams play their brand of beautiful football. Adebayor passed to Rosicky who gave it to Fabregas who laid it back for Adebayor to score from just inside the box with the minimum of back lift and with the inside of his right boot put a swerving shot beyond the despairing Hahnemann. Click to continue reading...