Manchester City moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League after beating Bolton Wanderers 2-0 to pick up their 14th successive home victory of the season. Roberto Mancini’s side went ahead through a Gretar Steinsson own goal and Mario Balotelli doubled City’s lead with 20 minutes remaining, courtesy of an excellent backheeled […]
Arsenal
While most of the numbers were leaked last week, Arsenal‘s financial results make interesting reading. Here are some of the highliights: Group profit before tax was £49.5 million (2010 – loss of £6.1 million) Profit on sale of player registrations amounted to £63.0 million (2010 – £4.0 million) £74.7 million of investment in new players and […]
Arsenal fought back from 2-0 down to win a pulsating north London derby 5-2 against Tottenham Hotspur, while Ryan Giggs struck late on to seal victory for Manchester United at Norwich. Arsenal are back up to fourth place on goals scored after completing a remarkable comeback to overwhelm Spurs. Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp stated before […]
Reading all these stories coming out the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust meeting last night that Arsene Wenger has a £50millon transfer kitty. That is not really true. Yes Arsenal made around £50millon profit, but not qualifying for the Champions League will cost the club £45millon, wiping out the cash balance. So how did Arsenal make such a […]
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis was interviewed by Fox on Sunday and he said that Arsenal will never be able to compete with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City in the transfer market but believes Arsene Wenger’s focus on developing young players is the correct way to run a football club. While City and […]
In the big two Sunday games in the Premier League, both Manchester City and Manchester United dealt big blows to North London rivals Spurs and Arsenal. In the first game, Man City won a thrilling controversial 3-2 match thanks to Mario Balotelli’s injury-time penalty. The controversy is whether Balotelli should have been on the field […]
The New York Red Bull’s Thierry Henry came on as a second half substitute to a rapturous reception from the Arsenal fans, and then in pure Hollywood style, scored the winner against Leeds United tonight. It took Henry less than 10 minutes to show the ineffective Marouane Chamakh how it is done as he took […]