Wenger places faith in Vela
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Carlos Vela holds off Sunderland captain Lorik Cana
Arsene Wenger will not renew his interest in Marouane Chamakh in January as he feels the void left by Robin van Persie's injury can be filled by Carlos Vela - a striker the Arsenal boss is hoping to tie to a new contract. [+]
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| Oct 9 | Gavin Hoyte | Brighton | Loan | |
| Aug 27 | Jay Simpson | Queens Park Rangers | Loan | |
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| Aug 17 | Jay Emmanuel-Thomas | Blackpool | Loan | |
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| Current Squad | |
| G1 Manuel Almunia | M27 Emmanuel Eboue |
| G21 Lukasz Fabianski | M4 Cesc Fábregas |
| G24 Vito Mannone | M41 Emmanuel Frimpong |
| G James Shea | M Conor Henderson |
| D32 Luke Ayling | M8 Samir Nasri |
| D34 Kyle Bartley | M15 Denilson |
| D22 Gaël Clichy | M43 Fran Merida Perez |
| D36 Thomas Cruise | M16 Aaron Ramsey |
| D20 Johan Djourou | M48 Mark Randall |
| D37 Craig Eastmond | M7 Tomas Rosicky |
| D10 William Gallas | M17 Alexandre Song Billong |
| D28 Kieran Gibbs | M14 Theo Walcott |
| D42 Kerrea Gilbert | M19 Jack Wilshere |
| D3 Bacary Sagna | F52 Nicklas Bendtner |
| D6 Philippe Senderos | F9 Eduardo |
| D18 Mikael Silvestre | F Luke Freeman |
| D30 Armand Traore | F47 Rhys Murphy |
| D5 Thomas Vermaelen | F54 Herschel Sanchez Watt |
| M2 Abou Diaby | F51 Gilles Sunu |
| M23 Andrei Arshavin | F11 Robin Van Persie |
| M33 Nacer Barazite | F12 Carlos Vela |
| M35 Francis Coquelin | |
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| Latest Fixtures/Results | |||
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | Competition |
| Sat 11/7 | A - Wolverhampton Wanderers | W 1 - 4 | Premier League |
| Sat 11/21 | A - Sunderland | L 1 - 0 | Premier League |
| Tue 11/24 | H - Standard Liege | 19:45 UK | Champs Lge |
| Sun 11/29 | H - Chelsea | 16:00 UK | Premier League |
| Wed 12/2 | A - Manchester City | 19:45 UK | Carling Cup | · Complete Club Fixtures/Results |
| 2009/10 Tables: English Premier League | ||||||
| CLUB | P | W | L | D | GD | Pts |
| Chelsea | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 33 |
| Manchester United | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 28 |
| Arsenal | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 25 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 25 |
| Aston Villa | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| Manchester City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Liverpool | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| Sunderland | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Stoke City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| Burnley | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -10 | 17 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | -9 | 16 |
| Fulham | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 15 |
| Birmingham | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | -3 | 15 |
| Everton | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | -5 | 15 |
| Wigan Athletic | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | -17 | 14 |
| Hull City | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | -15 | 12 |
| West Ham United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 11 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | -11 | 11 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -14 | 10 |
| Portsmouth | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | -9 | 7 |
| · Complete Tables | ||||||
| 2009/10 Leaders: Premier League | |||||
| PLAYER | Goals | ||||
| Robin Van Persie | 7 | ||||
| Cesc Fábregas | 6 | ||||
| Andrei Arshavin | 4 | ||||
| Thomas Vermaelen | 4 | ||||
| William Gallas | 3 | ||||
| Abou Diaby | 3 | ||||
| PLAYER | Yellow Cards | ||||
| Alexandre Song Billong | 4 | ||||
| Emmanuel Eboue | 3 | ||||
| Robin Van Persie | 2 | ||||
| William Gallas | 2 | ||||
| Bacary Sagna | 2 | ||||
| Andrei Arshavin | 1 | ||||
| · Complete Statistics | |||||
| Club History | ||||||||
| LC | GP | W | L | D | PT | GD | POS | |
| 2009/2010 | P | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 21 | 3 |
| 2008/2009 | P | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 72 | 31 | 4 |
| 2007/2008 | P | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 83 | 43 | 3 |
| 2006/2007 | P | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 68 | 28 | 4 |
| 2005/2006 | P | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 67 | 37 | 4 |
| 2004/2005 | P | 38 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 83 | 51 | 2 |
| 2003/2004 | P | 38 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 90 | 47 | 1 |
| 2002/2003 | P | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 78 | 43 | 2 |
| 2001/2002 | P | 38 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 87 | 43 | 1 |
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Arsene WengerDOB: October 22, 1949 Birthplace: Strasbourg, France · Manager Profile |