Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes a complete rethink is needed in the academy set-up to help bring through more traditional old-style English centre-forwards.

Chuba Akpom has hailed Arsene Wenger’s decision to back his young players – and believes he can be the man to deliver the extra goals the Arsenal boss desires.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger revealed leading scorer Alexis Sanchez feels he can defy the doctors and tackle Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Saturday, but will not risk further injury to his star man.

Arsenal 5 Aston Villa 0: For what seems an eternity, the underlying narrative at Arsenal has been they need to sign more players; but after a 5-0 victory over Aston Villa, it looks like being a rare stress-free transfer deadline day for Arsene Wenger.

Arsenal closed the gap on the top four of the Premier League as they romped to a 5-0 win over Aston Villa, whose goal drought continued at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is confident he has the “many solutions” in attack needed to secure a successful end to the season, but warned against expecting too much too soon from Theo Walcott.

“This is not the first time it has happened. We did not defend well enough in the final third, and we paid a heavy price. It is a self-inflicted defeat.”

Arsenal defender Mathieu Debuchy will be out for around three months after surgery on an ankle injury, manager Arsene Wenger confirmed.

Arsenal defender Mathieu Debuchy will be out for around three months following surgery on an ankle injury, manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed.

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Manager Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal have been handed the toughest group of this year’s Champions League and will struggle to progress unless their injury situation improves.

Bacary Sagna has no intention of leaving Arsenal this summer, despite reports linking him with a move away from north London.

Manchester United’s transfer ambitions suffered a significant setback last night after Barcelona and Bayern Munich reached a deal for the transfer of Thiago Alcantara.

Manager Arsene Wenger maintains Arsenal must ignore all the negative headlines and broken cannon motifs if they are to turn their season around.

Amid rising fan unrest, defiant manager Arsene Wenger last night insisted there was no crisis at Arsenal.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has chosen to rest several first-team regulars for tomorrow’s final Champions League Group B tie against Olympiacos in Athens.