News Update

Arsenal’s under 18s take on Portsmouth tomorrow morning at London Colony [Our Training Ground], the match was due to be held at Portsmouth but due to some redevelopment work it will now be a home fixture for us.

Injury News

Nacer Barazite as we exclusively reported is back in training but wont feature tommrow, Havard Nordtveit has a slight knock and is a doubt, Rhys Murphy is also close to coming back to training, but not for another 2 weeks.

James Shea is doubtful with a calf problem, and Mark Randall could be rested.

Transfer News

Were also being linked with Independiente striker Patricio Julián Rodríguez, he grabbed the winner in there last match a 2-1 win over Boca Juniors and is rated as one of the biggest prospects in Argentina.

AS says Arsenal scouts have been following “Pato” for some time and may move quickly for the 17 year old with Inter Milan and Bayern Munich also keen on him.

In other news, we have taken a young Irish goalkeeper who’s name is unknown on trial, he featured for the under 16s against Fulham last weekend, and will be the new number one, i will bring you more news on him when its known.

17-year-old Torpedo Moscow defender Vyacheslav Dmitriev who was reported in Russian and British newspapers that he had agreed to sign for us at the end of the season, a deal we have followed closely in recent days.

Well today Arsene Wenger was asked about Dmitriev as well as another Russian Zenit St Petersburg striker Andrei Arshavin, and he said:

“Somebody called me last night about Dimitrivev and I like Arshavin but No”

Quotes From Arsenal.com

Dentinho hopes we will come back in for him, after Corinthians rejected our approaches for him last season, saying:

Arsenal made a proposal last year which was refused but I was not annoyed. I think my time to play in Europe will come.”

Quotes From The Daily Mail

Article Written By – J.Sanderson