No sooner has our appetite for football been whetted by the start of the season, there's a blinking international week butting in. And as sure as eggs is eggs, that…

Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle United A tricky tie, that was, and a win that was earned without too many bells and whistles attached. Perhaps not the best spectacle in terms of…

"I've signed now so I will be here for another three years," are the welcome words we hear this morning from Ashley Cole. Better still, he has finally acknowledged that,…

"I'm just popping out to buy a keeper, dear" – so says Arsène, as if was as easy as picking up a pair of socks. Well, maybe it is. It's…

Champions! We won the cup! Ahem. A game - to coin a new phrase - of two halves. First half, largely nothing, second half, proper stuff. In fact, bringing Bergkamp…

Had I bothered to write an entry on Friday night, I would of course have opened with the predictable 'Gone The Baptista' headline. As it was, I didn't, and now…

With due respect to Utrecht, the first real test of the pre-season comes tomorrow night when we take on Ajax in Amsterdam. There's nothing else to talk about – Olivier…

So the tedious saga that is the Julio Baptista transfer drags inexorably on, and to be frank, I've had enough. If he's not 100% sure he wants to come to…

A very fine, if rather damp, morning to you all. This summer's current account: £6m in the black (assuming Hleb cost the £8m I read that he cost, and Vieira…

Bapman Esteemed red-top The Sun is this morning claiming that Arsenal and Seville have agreed a fee of £13.7m for striker Baptista. It's a good deal for Seville, who'd get…