‘Almunia will play tomorrow’
Arsene Wenger is not giving anything away on Arsenal’s goalkeeping situation but insists Manuel Almunia is still in the frame.
The Gunners’ goalkeeping department has come under much scrutiny after high-profile errors by Almunia and Fabianski proved costly last season.
Most fans have called for either one or both of the duo to be ditched, with Almunia being strongly linked to Osasuna while Fulham’s Mark Schwarzer is reportedly on the brink of a switch to north London.
Even so, the manager has kept faith in all his goalkeepers this preseason and according to Wenger, the rotation will see Almunia return in goal against Celtic on Sunday.
“Almunia will play tomorrow. Fabianski did well today, you can’t fault him for the goal and he did everything else well.”
And on the continued Mark Schwarzer rumours, Wenger stated:
“There are a lot of things I don’t master in football and the rumours are one of these things.”
Despite backing Fabianski, Wenger admitted that the Polish shot-stopper was slightly at fault in the soft set-piece goal Arsenal conceded on Saturday.
“The only thing is there wasn’t much command on the free kick [which led to the goal]. From the outside it looked as if no-one took charge of the organisation and that’s a little bit down to the goalkeeper. But overall he had a good game.”
1st….Its great the manager saw something wrong!!
i wish we sign a keeper soon. i dont mind schwarzer or akinfeev. cmon arsene get it done soon
you can fault the keeper that ball was in the 6 yard box it should have been dealt with! Unacceptable, look at his body shape when that ball was whipped, poor positioning.
Ayyo, where the chat at?
another season same old spin…..we always trust in wenger & he always lies to us.
he promised to strengthen but it is 9 out 2 in.they are sabbotaging arsenal
oh no
He was not at fault. He was at fault.
Eh?!?
New keeper and keeper coach please!!
Fabiansky is not one for the title winning.he is too small.so arsenal need the another world class goalkeeper.
On the wires this morning, guys.
ARSENAL SIGN INTERNATIONAL KEEPER
(AP- MOLDOVA – Aug 1) Arsenal are set to sign the talented Moldovan international goalkeeper Nilain Levroji this week in a bid to solve their ongoing goalkeeping crisis.
The 23-year-old from Iskra-Stal Ribnita will join the Gunners in a €5million deal to be completed on Tuesday.
Levroji has played twice for the Moldovan national team but has been rated as one of the top young keepers in European football.
News of his transfer to Arsenal was confirmed on Moldovan TV yesterday (Sunday).
Arsenal had been expected to sign Australian international goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer from fellow London team Fulham but the deal has fallen through with the West London club demanding €4million for the 37-year-old.
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if the transfer news is not from Arsenal.com, whatever news elsewhere is either speculative or plain rumours.
Fabianki and alumnia is not a good shot stopper they always fell in every crucial match.
Mr.Wenger has no excuses not to deliver this season, it is so frustrating for we fans, we need atleast four new sign-ons, a world class keeper such as Marchetti,Akinfeev or Enyeama the Nigeria keeper at the world cup, a tested and hard midfielder(Melo comes to mind),an additional defender (the German kid looks alright.Mersacker) and please please Wenger, we need another all out striker….Loic Remy is not bad, Van Persie is injury prone,Bendtner is not trustworthy, we should be able to count on atleast two strikers all season been fit. My advise is that we should all send th lads for shooting skills, we need to be shooting at goal….pls
Almunia playing against celtic was a good decision that A.Wenger did. But arsenal is known as one of the champions of E.P.L and when they claim that they can’t afford for a world class goalkeeper then something must be wrong with our management. Aleckiez
muslera anyone?:P…