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See who is back, Hector Bellerin. Fresh from our 5-1 win against West Ham United in EPL and 4-1 win against FC Basel in Champions league, the frst-team squad were in good spirits as they trained at London Colney on Friday. Our next test sees us host Stoke City at Emirates Stadium on Saturday,

Ozil goal 😍, Sanchez hatrick 🔥, Ox stunner 👌, Kostafi defending 💪, Second in the league, Excellent display....Proudly Gooner! ❤ Wenger Said: on Alexis… Look, he has all the ingredients to be a top class striker and he shows that now in every game. In a game like that today, again he is quick, he is quick to close down, he can dribble, he has short backlift. He has a killer instinct and it shows again that the South Americans,

Santi Cazorla to undergo surgery Santi Cazorla is travelling to Sweden early next week to undergo surgery to his right ankle. The club’s medical team and specialists have decided that surgery is required to the plantaris tendon in the Spain international's right foot according to Arsenal Official website.

Finally The Boys are back to winning ways. It was a glorious match with much intense. Bournemouth was so defensive and offensive. Good play of the ball. Our strong and might Alexis Sanchez finish the job by scoring 2 Goals with Theo Walcot scoring one goal. Alexis said "now I can go home with my dog happy" This is what the boss had to say: on whether he was surprised by Bournemouth’s quality?…

When Olivier Giroud stepped up to take a penalty on Wednesday night against PSG there was a collective intake of breath at the Emirates, as supporters waited anxiously to see if their French striker could draw them level. In reality the fans need not have worried, because Giroud is currently in the middle of an extraordinary run in front of goal that makes him statistically the most 'efficient', to use Arsene Wenger's phrase, striker in Europe.

Who's coming back? Who's unavailable? As usual the boss opened up his press conference on Friday with the team news, so catch up on the latest right here: on team news… I don’t think from the other night we have any injuries, so everybody should be available. In cases like Cazorla and Bellerin, they are still out. We have nobody coming back.

Emiliano Martinez has committed his future to the club by signing a new long-term contract. ‘Emi’ has been our League Cup goalkeeper this season, helping the team to a quarter-final against Southampton next week with clean sheets in both previous rounds. The highly rated 24-year-old first joined Arsenal’s academy as a teenager in 2010.

Leaving never, ever crossed my mind' Given his rapid rise to the top, it is only natural that other clubs would cast covetous glances in his direction - but Hector Bellerin insists it has never crossed his mind to leave. The Spain international signed a new contract with us on Monday and is determined to continue his development here after joining in 2011.

It's a huge game at Old Trafford on Saturday, and the boys were working hard in training ahead of the clash against Manchester United. Our club photographers were at London Colney and sent back these

Gained new energy during international break🔋✅ See you in Manchester on Saturday! 👍😉 #YaGunnersYa #COYG #BigMatchComingUp Arsenal I believe Wenger make right decision for Resting Mesut Ozil and it will give us

Alex Iwobi & Supporter Lameda Arsenal players were in action over the weekend during international period. See how they are performing for their nations: Alex Iwobi Nigeria 3-1 Algeria - Saturday, November 12 Alex played 75 minutes, and thrilled the crowd with an audacious rainbow flick, as Nigeria secured an important World Cup qualifier win over Algeria in Uyo. Victor Moses and John Obi Mikel gave the Super Eagles a two-goal lead and, though Nabil Bentaleb gave Algeria hope midway through the second half, Moses wrapped up the win in second half stoppage time. Mohamed Elneny Egypt 2-0 Ghana - Sunday, November 13

Alexis, Mesut Ozil, Theo Walcot and Olivier Giroud were among those working hard at London Colney ahead of Sunday’s north London derby against Tottenham Hotspur at Emirates Stadium.

If the result of the north London derby dictates your mood, the tone for this Sunday will be set pretty early. Local pride and joy will be at stake from noon, a kick-off time that we’ve shared with Tottenham just once before in the Premier League. That game was one of north London’s most ludicrous spectacles, a 5-4 win at White Hart Lane in 2004 which ebbed and flowed and defied footballing logic. A goal every 10 minutes is all well and good but, frankly, Arsenal fans would take any sort of win this Sunday, and they’d put up with anything except a defeat.

Jamie Vardy Big, big news dropping now - Sky sourcesunderstand Arsenal are interested in signing Jamie Vardy and want talks withLeicester City over a transfer. Vardy only agreed a contract extension with the Premier League champions in February, tying him to the club until 2019. There are unconfirmed reports Arsenal have triggered his release clause, although we'll keep you updated if we hear anything concrete through the evening.

Gundogan moved from Borussia Dortmund on a four-year contract, City announced. PHOTO: TWITTER/MANCHESTER CITY Manchester City on Thursday made llkay Gundogan the first signing of the Pep Guardiola era and the German midfielder said he wanted to do “great things” with the club. The 25-year-old moved from Borussia Dortmund on a four-year contract, City announced. Gundogan had refused to extend his deal with Borussia which ends next year. Gundogan has won 16 caps for Germany, scoring four goals, but is ruled out of the European Championship finals with a knee injury.

Arsenal Ladies Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss FULL TIME Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea #Congratulations to Arsenal  💪👏☝

Congratulations to Pep Guardiola for winning a third successive Bundesliga title with FC Bayern München today. Fraud? No

The 25-year-old Algeria international has been instrumental in Leicester's astonishing surge towards the Premier League title, scoring 17 goals, with 11 assists, in 33 league appearances. Mahrez beat team-mates Jamie Vardy and N'Golo Kante, Tottenham's Harry Kane, West Ham's Dimitri Payet and Arsenal's Mesut Ozil to the award. Mahrez said: "All the credit is for my team-mates, seriously, and for my manager and the staff. "Without them I wouldn't receive this award and I wouldn't score. It's the team spirit, and I want to dedicate it to them.

Football This is what it means to see one of the greatest football stories ever unfold. Leicester City Football Club fans watching

Alex Iwobi Alex Iwobi signed for the club at the age of

Adam Johnson Ex-Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson has been sentenced to six years in prison for having sexual relations with a 15 year old girl. The jury passed out the judgement on the former England midfielder today, and at 28, his career as a professional footballer is surely over. Johnson had earlier denied all four of the allegations until the first day of his trial when he pleaded guilty to one count of grooming and one count of kissing the schoolgirl. Judge Jonathan Rose, upon pronouncing judgement told Johnson: “All of this is entirely your own responsibility and fault."

Alex Iwobi and father, Chuka Iwobi in Abuja in 2015. PHOTO: NFF Super Eagles’ and Arsenal’s striker Alex Iwobi has been hospitalised inAbuja after falling ill from food poisoning after eating salad, Coach Samson Siasia said on Tuesday. “He suffered from food poisoning and so was not part of the training. But his condition is stable,” Siasia told a news conference. Iwobi, 19, was too sick to train with the rest of the Super Eagles squad ahead of Friday’s crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Egypt.

Europa League Draws Jurgen Klopp will be going back to Borussia Dortmund in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League.

Quarter Final Draws Is time to separate the boys from the men. What is your stake?

Arsenal vs Barcelona Arsenal's Champions League hopes were extinguished as goals from Neymar, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi sent the Gunners to a 3-1 defeat at the Nou Camp on Wednesday night. It was a bit too little, too late for the Gunners who mostly played well in the round of 16 second leg tie, but were outdone by Barca's potent attacking trio to lose 5-1 on aggregate. The second half saw Sanchez and Iwobi linking up as the teenager rifled a low shot into the side of the net and the Arsenal pressure paid off six minutes after the restart. Sanchez was again involved as he cut the ball back for Elneny, who hit the ball first time and fired it past the leaping Ter Stegen into the top corner.

Antonio Conte Sky in Italy reported in February that Conte is expected to sign a three-year deal to take over at Stamford Bridge and that his representatives have begun negotiations with Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia. Sources in Italy also suggest that Chelsea hope to confirm a new manager by the end of this month. The announcement that he will not renew his Italy contract was made earlier on Tuesday morning by Carlo Tavecchio, the president of the Italian FA, and has now been confirmed by Conte himself.

Mohamed Elneny We are ready, says Siasia The Pharaohs of Egypt has called up five European-based players for next week’s double-header African Nations Cup qualifiers against the Super Eagles of Nigeria. Prominent among them is Arsenal’s midfielder, Mohamed Elneny. Others are AS Roma’s Mohamed Salah, Anderlecht’s Mahmoud Trezeguet’ Hassan, Ahmed Hassan Kouka of Sporting Braga Portugal and Amr Warda of Panetolikos in Greece. Elneny joined Arsenal from FC Basel, where he made over 90 league appearances and won the Super League in three consecutive seasons from 2013 to 2015.

Watford’s French midfielder Adlene Guedioura (L) vies with Arsenal’s English defender Kieran Gibbs during the English FA Cup quarter final football match between Arsenal and Watford at the Emirates Stadium in London on March 13, 2016. Watford won the game 2-1. / AFP / Ian Kington / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. / Nigerian Odion Ighalo and Algerian Adlene Guedioura scored the weekend goals for Watford that ended the two-year reign of Arsenal as FA Cup title-holders. Striker Ighalo struck with a close-range shot and winger Guedioura with an unstoppable one as Watford pulled off a shock 2-1 quarter-final triumph at the Emirates Stadium. Democratic Republic of Congo striker Cedric Bakambu bagged a brace for La Liga outfit Villarreal — taking his debut sea...

Arsenal’s French striker Olivier Giroud (C) celebrates with Arsenal’s English defender Calum Chambers (L) and Arsenal’s Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Elneny after scoring the opening goal of the English FA cup fifth round replay football match between Hull City and Arsenal at the KC Stadium in Kingston upon Hull in north east England on March 8, 2016. PHOTO: Paul ELLIS / AFP Two goals each from Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott saw holders Arsenal stretch their three-year unbeaten run in the FA Cup thanks to a comfortable 4-0 win at Hull City on Tuesday. Arsene Wenger’s side will host Premier League rivals Watford in the last eight on Sunday to contest a place in the semi-finals at Wembley in April after victory in a 15th consecutive tie for the Gunners as they close in on a third straight success in the competition. Giroud opened the scoring before the break and added another in the 71st minute before Walcott netted twice in the final 13 minutes, but Arsenal progressed at a co...

Football The coach of the Nigerian Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh, has resigned from his job. Oliseh announced his resignation in the early hours of Friday on  Twitter . Former Super Eagles captain said his resignation was due to non-payment of salaries and benefits to coaches and players of the team. His decision came after he was instructed by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to be reporting to the National Technical Director of the Federation, Shaibu Amodu. The Chairman, NFF’s Technical and Development Committee, Chris Green, said on Thursday that this development was for easy coordination. It is unclear as at press time if Oliseh has informed the Nigerian Football Federation about his decision. The Guardian reported on February 12that there were allegations that Chris Green, was the one ‘instigating’ the campaign to sack Oliseh.

Kelechi Iheanacho The back-to-back victory by the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria in the FIFA U-17 World Cup is an indication that the country has a large pool of talents within that age grade. Here are top 10 most promising Nigerian young footballers now giving a good account of themselves in various leagues across Europe. 1. Kelechi Iheanacho: Playing alongside such star players as Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure, Davis Silva and others in the Manchester City team speaks volume of Iheanacho’s talent. With the few playing time he is getting at the club, the player adjudged as the Most Valuable Player at the Under-17 Youth Championship held at the United Arab Emirate in 2013 has scored five goals with breathtaking assists that have seen Man City fans singing praises of the young Nigerian. He is always comfortable with the ball anywhere behind the main striker, on the flanks or even when he leads himself. Kelechi is no doubt one of the gifted talents to have ever come out of the Nigerian s...

Football WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT!! Arsenal win one last free-kick on the right. Ozil floats a delicious ball into the area and look who's there? WELBECK!!!  He flicks the ball into the bottom corner with a deft header. You just can't write scripts like this. 

Football Does Leicester City's style suit their trip to Arsenal? Will Tottenham be able to stop Sergio Aguero at the Etihad? A Super Sunday triple-header kicks off with the visit of league leaders Leicester to the Emirates, with Tottenham travelling to Manchester City after Liverpool head to Aston Villa. The weekend could prove pivotal as the title race enters the home stretch and ahead of the action, Sky Sports' Thierry Henry gives his thoughts on where the tussles between the four title rivals could be won and lost... This is no disrespect to Leicester because they deserve to be where they are, but a friend of mine recently asked me what I thought the score will be at the Emirates and I had to think about it. That already says a lot. Last year, you don't think about the result because Arsenal should win. But now it is the total opposite. Everything about the game suits the visitors - the way they play, their approach to the game, their counter-attacking style....

FA Cup Live reaction as a last-gasp Angelo Ogbonna header earns West Ham a 2-1 extra time victory over Liverpool in the FA Cup fourth-round replay. WEST HAM 2-1 LIVERPOOL It's all over! Angelo Ogbonna'a late, late strike leaves Liverpool with no time to respond and the Hammers are into the fifth round of the FA Cup. Liverpool will be extremely disappointed to have not taken their chances but fair play to West Ham,  they gave as good as they got and took their

Athletics …Announces Alternative Routes The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced restriction of movement in some of the major highways to be used for the February 6, 2016 International Marathon scheduled to start by 7am at National Stadium Surulere and terminate at Eko Atlantic City. The Lagos International Marathon, which was last held in 1983, is billed to be attended by over 20,000 athletes, including over 20 world class marathoners. Speaking during a press conference at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Prince Olanrewaju Elegushi disclosed that the Marathon will start from the National Stadium and move to Anthony, and thereafter to Gbagada Road, Third Mainland Bride through Alfred Rewane to Lekki Ikoyi Bridge and terminate at Eko Atlantic City.

Jamie Vardy Jurgen Klopp admitted he nearly clapped Jamie Vardy after the Leicester striker scored twice against Liverpool to keep the Foxes top of the Premier League. Vardy's double earned Claudio Ranieri's side a 2-0 win at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday night, taking his goal tally in the league to 18. The defeat leaves Liverpool 11 points behind fourth-place Arsenal, while Leicester remain three points clear at the top, and Klopp paid tribute to the Foxes and their in-form striker after the match. "Things like this happen when you are in such a good moment like Jamie Vardy and Leicester are," Klopp said. "Obviously you need a little bit of luck but it was really good. First of all you need to be brave enough to do it.

Football Sky Sports Expert Thierry Henry was a key part of Barcelona's Treble-winning side under Pep Guardiola in 2008/09 The Sky Sports expert was an integral part of the Barcelona squad that won the Champions League, La Liga and the Copa del Rey under Guardiola in 2009 - and is perfectly placed to tell the Manchester City players and supporters what they can expect from their new boss next season. How will he approach matches? What will he look to do in the transfer market? What's he like in the dressing room and on the training field? Allow Thierry to bring you the insider's guide to the new Manchester City manager… APPROACH Pep Guardiola is famous for the brand of 'tiki-taka' he introduced at Barcelona, but what sort of approach will he bring to the Premier League?

Arsenal have been drawn at home to Hull City in the fifth round of the FA Cup. The Gunners advanced to the last 16 with victory over Burnley on Saturday afternoon, while Hull won 3-1 at Bury - with on loan Arsenal striker Chuba Akpom scoring a hat-trick. There is, of course, plenty of history between Arsenal and Hull when it comes to the FA Cup. Wenger's side completed a remarkable turnaround in the 2014 final, coming from 2-0 down to win 3-2 after extra-time.

Football Has called for Aubameyang to stay focused and said the sky is the limit for the Gabonese international. He also revealed that they wouldn't try to force him to stay at the club.

Man city Kelechi Iheanacho's hat-trick kept Manchester City's quadruple dream alive as they strolled to a 4-0 FA Cup win over Aston Villa. The striker's treble saw Manuel Pellegrini's men cruise in the fifth round just days after they reached the League Cup final. City also remain in the hunt to regain their Premier League crown and face Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League next month. The impressive Iheanacho added to his early strike with a cool penalty before running through unchallenged in the second half to claim the match ball. Raheem Sterling hooked in a fourth at Villa Park to ensure Sergio Aguero and David Silva were never needed from the bench. But in 19-year-old Iheanacho, who now has eight goals this season, they have a striker who demonstrated he can be an able deputy to Aguero after he ran Villa ragged. He left the hosts - last season's beaten finalists - to concentrate on their survival battle with Remi Garde's side 10 points from s...

Arsenal Fc Arsène Wenger spoke to the media after his side beat Burnley in the FA Cup fourth round. Here's a full transcript of what he said: on the game… We needed to work. At the start it looked like it would be easy because we had a lot of the ball and good opportunities around the box. When it came back to 1-1, it became a different game. I think we were a bit shocked and they gained belief. I saw them against Derby and I could see that this is a very efficient, strong team with no weakness. Everything they do is based on efficiency and they’ve shown that today. In the second half, I don’t think they created a lot. They had one or two opportunities on the counter-attack but we managed to win the game and we looked quite in control at the end. We needed to keep our focus, our urgency until the last minute.

Arsenal Arsène Wenger has revealed the latest team news ahead of Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round clash against Burnley at Emirates Stadium: on the team news… Mertesacker is out because of the red card, and everybody else is available, apart from Jack Wilshere and Santi Cazorla. After that it is just a question of selection and decision-making, that is the key. on Wilshere and Cazorla… Jack and Santi are progressing well but they are at least a few weeks away. But these two apart, it is just about competitiveness and match fitness.

Nacho Monreal  A Look Back At The Rise Of This Spaniard For all the compliments directed towards Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, there is another member of this Arsenal team who has quickly become a crowd favorite and that is Nacho Monreal. The Spaniard has been in top form this season, producing consistent displays week in week out which has propelled Arsenal to the top this season. Monreal joined the Gunners in January 2013 from La Liga side Malaga for a fee of £8.3m. Initially, the 29 year old, struggled to adapt to the speed of the Premier League and often found himself playing second fiddle to Kieran Gibbs. However, he has turned things around in the last season-and-a-half and has become an integral part of the north Londoners’ starting XI. Arsenal recently confirmed that left-back Nacho Monreal has penned a new long-term deal with the Premier League leaders. The news was welcomed with cheers amongst the Gunner faithfuls with many believing he is criminally underrat...

Emmanuel Emenike West Ham have agreed a deal with Fenerbahce to sign Emmanuel Emenike but a loan move for Galatasaray's Burak Yilmaz appears to be off. Sky sources understand Turkish club Fenerbahce have accepted West Ham's loan offer for former Nigeria international striker Emenike, 28. Dubai-based Al Ain, where he had been on loan, no longer have Emenike registered as one of their three foreign players. It is understood Emenike will travel to London for a medical on Thursday and the club will also prepare a work permit application.

Andros Townsend The 24-year-old England winger has signed a five-and-a-half-year deal for a fee Sky sources understand to be £12m. The two Premier League clubs agreed the fee on Tuesday after weeks of negotiations that included two rejected offers - one of a loan, the other for £10.5m. Townsend, who has been keen to leave Spurs after failing to gain a first-team appearance since October, picked up his possessions from their Hotspur Way training base on Tuesday and drove immediately to Tyneside. And, after completing his medical and wrapping up personal terms on Wednesday, he said: "I'm delighted to be here.

Messi & Ronaldo Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have made a habit of breaking records, and they are on the brink of another remarkable goal-scoring landmark. If Messi scores in Barcelona's Copa del Rey quarter-final against Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday, he will take a combined goal tally with Ronaldo to 1,000 goals for club and country. Since scoring his first Barcelona goal as a late substitute in a 2-0 win over Albacete in May 2005, Messi has hit 481 overall - including 49 for Argentina.

Football Sky Sports pundit and former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has described Liverpool's victory as massive. "This is a massive result," he said. "I wouldn't say this saves Liverpool's season, as they are still in two other cup competitions, but they are already in the semi-final of the League Cup so they've got more chance of winning this. "This is a big result for the manager. Klopp won't be fooled by the euphoria at the end of the Norwich game or tonight, they were poor tonight and got out of jail at Carrow Road.