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Some interesting words from  Arsene Wenger  on   Alexis Sanchez . Without saying too much, he suggests something is happening... "I cannot tell you much more about this situation. Nothing is really concrete at the moment. But there is something?  "You conclude that. It’s not that I don’t want to inform you, I don’t want to give you wrong information, nothing is decided. "A bidding war is always beneficial to the club who can take advantage, but we are not in that. "Normally he should stay until the end of the season, but we will see."

Arsenal are making one last attempt to keep Mesut Ozil at the club. The Germany midfielder is in the final year of his current contract, but the Gunners are trying to persuade him to sign a new onw. Ozil has impressed in recent weeks and Arsenal have already offered him a deal north of £235,000-per-week. The new offer will be closer to the £300,000-per-week Ozil is looking for, but it remains to be seen whether the 29-year-old will put pen to paper. If he does sign, it would make the former Real Madrid man the highest earner in the club’s history. Manchester United and Barcelona are both monitoring the player’s situation at the Emirates. watching developments closely with a view to taking Ozil on a free transfer when his current deal expires.

Jose Mourinho has said that Saturday’s English Premier League clash between Manchester United and Arsenal is not a must-win game. The Portuguese also gave update on his injured players. The Old Trafford outfit sit in second position, eight points adrift leaders Manchester City. A win will see them put pressure on Pep Guardiola’s men who will host West Ham United at the Etihad Stadium 24 hours later. Addressing his pre-match conference, Mourinho said, “I play a game at a time. I play a game at a time and is the way to do it, is the way to do it. “Yesterday I was watching an interesting movie, Borg vs McEnroe, and Borg’s coach was telling him that all the time – ‘one point at a time, think about just one point’. “I tell my players to just think about the game. It’s just the game, it’s Arsenal, we don’t think about how many points we are behind, it’s just Arsenal. “It’s difficult enough for us to be focused on other things, so just focus on this.” On his...

Bundesliga basement boys FC Koln have inflicted a first Europa League defeat on Arsenal, coming out on top 1-0 in this evening's Group H clash at the RheinEnergieStadion. The match was settled by a Sehrou Guirassy penalty shortly after the hour mark after the Frenchman was brought down inside the box by defender Mathieu Debuchy. A fourth-successive defeat on German soil did not prove too damaging for the Gunners, though, as closest challengers Red Star Belgrade were held by BATE Borisov elsewhere tonight, meaning that they will still finish top of the standings. Arsenal required just a couple of minutes to register their first meaningful shot of the first half, with Ainsley Maitland-Niles - an ever-present in the Europa League this term - testing Timo Horn. A Jhon Cordoba effort aside, which David Ospina easily managed to keep out, Koln barely troubled their opponents in the opening 45 minutes despite needing all three points. Arsenal were the side looking more likely ...

Super Eagles star, Alex Iwobi has explained the reasons he snubbed England for Nigeria after scoring a brace in the win over Argentina on Tuesday. The 21-year-old made the choice to play international football for Nigeria in 2015 despite featuring in England’s youth teams. Iwobi admitted his family, including his uncle and former Bolton star, Jay-Jay Okocha, played a pivotal role in the decision. “I was growing up in England and England was the only national team I knew, so I was actually very pleased to play at national level,” Iwobi told Soccer Laduma. “However, my family are all from Nigeria, I was born in Nigeria, my uncle (Jay-Jay Okocha) is a legend in Nigeria. “That’s why I thought I would give it a chance. That’s why I went to the U23s and somehow felt more welcome, and I thought it’s where I belong, so I made the decision to switch.”