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As we’re now sunk into yet another interlull, Arsenal news is relatively thin on the ground. Naturally, newspapers are now working overtime to think up transfer rumours, just to fill their pages with something, but Arsenal haven’t been too heavily implicated just yet. That’ll probably come in time.
However, there has been a relative explosion of links to goalkeepers, presumably due to the newfound semblance of competition between Sczceszny and Fabianski. With Sczceszny now ‘unhappy’ according to the media, and Fabianski’s future unclear, a new goalkeeper is the order of the day for Arsenal-related talk.
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It was to my infinite regret that I missed the chance to bask in the post-Bayern glow, such as there was, but there are still a number of talking points to take from the game. What’s more, since the series of restings/droppings by Arsene Wenger on Wednesday night, there’s been a veritable avalanche of transfer speculation.
N’Koulou
Sky Sports reported yesterday that Marseille’s Nicholas N’Koulou could leave the French side in the summer, with Arsenal potentially interested in a £10-15 million move. I mentioned before that Arsenal should look for somebody to partner Laurent Koscielny, and as a right-sided defender N’Koulou could be considered as a foil for the Frenchman.
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Wilshere, Podolski, Sagna are all still out, while Gibbs is also a contender to miss the game, but with Monreal more than competent it makes sense not to overplay him given his injury record.
Between the sticks
After a decent performance against Bayern and shoddy recent performances from the younger Pole, it could well be Fabianski back between the sticks. Especially given that Wenger has been bigging up Fabianski’s mental strength after the Munich game. While it is a bit of stretch to say that Fabianski should be starting over Szczesney permanently, it is no bad thing that there is some form of competition, especially with some of the below-par performances Szczesny has been putting in recently.
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It’s almost time. The line-ups are out. The speculation has been done. We’ve all put our two pence in, and angrily debated our points. But all that is over now. It’s time to see how Arsenal cope against Bayern Munich, at their Bavarian fortress, fighting back from a 3-1 first leg deficit. The odds are heavily stacked against us, but who knows what can happen?
Lineup
This morning, all the newspapers were talking about how Arsene Wenger would name a weakened team, giving a side of fringe players a shot at the highest level. There was a lot of debate about this, with some saying Arsenal should never treat a CL knockout game as a training exercise, while others argued that finishing 4th in the Premier League is more important.
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I had a stroke of luck today, in that as soon as I put finger to key to start writing, Arsene Wenger began his press conference ahead of tomorrow’s game against Bayern. There have been a couple of blows, as well as the general fighting talk. We’ll start with the (pretty) bad news.
Wilshere
Jack Wilshere will miss the next 3-4 weeks with an ankle inflammation, from a minor ligament problem he picked up against Spurs. There was some mild panic yesterday when it appeared he could have picked up a season-ending reoccurrence of his ankle problem that kept him out so long before, but it’s transpired to be his other ankle, and not a problem based on overplaying or burnout, as many were keen to suggest for some reason.
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