Arsene Wenger: Invincible – In cinemas from 11 November

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ARSÈNE WENGER: INVINCIBLE, the definitive portrait of one of the greatest football managers of all time, comes to cinemas from 11 November, and on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download on 22 November. Available to pre-order now here.

Courtesy of Noah Media Group, the creators of some of the most acclaimed feature-length sports documentaries of recent years (Finding Jack Charlton, Bobby Robson: More than a Manager, The Edge, Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans),comes the very first documentary about Arsène Wenger, as told in his own words.

A genius, visionary and obsessive, what Wenger achieved with Arsenal Football Club changed the landscape of the English game and shaped football worldwide.

Featuring remarkable access and previously unseen archive footage, directors Gabriel Clarke (Bobby Robson: More Than A Manager, Finding Jack Charlton) and Christian Jeanpierre draw back the veil on a truly enigmatic figure who discusses, for the first time, the football ‘addiction’ that was both his driving force and his ‘fatal flaw’.

Shot on location in England, France and Arsène’s home village of Duttlenheim, ARSÈNE WENGER: INVINCIBLE is a compelling, intimate insight into a football figure like no other.                 .
 
Framed against the backdrop of Arsenal’s historic “Invincible” season of 2003-04, the first and only occasion a team has gone an entire Premier League campaign without defeat, the film sees Wenger reflect candidly on his revolutionary era at Arsenal and the emotional and personal turmoil that surrounded his controversial exit after 22 years.                              .
 
Gravitas and heavyweight authority is added by an A-list supporting cast, led by Wenger’s greatest rival from the time Sir Alex Ferguson and star players whose careers were impacted by the French coach, including Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, Dennis Bergkamp, Ian Wright, Emanuel Petit and Robert Pires.

Arsène Wenger’s achievements are stunning. His legacy is unique. Never before has he told his story in his own words… until now.

IN CINEMAS FROM 11 NOVEMBER

ON BLU-RAY, DVD & DIGITAL DOWNLOAD 22 NOVEMBER

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The 5 Arsenal players Newcastle will look to target in January

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Newcastle have hit the lottery.

The takeover by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) sees them have the richest owners in world football.

They also sit 19th in the league table. 3 points from the opening 7 games. Without a win.

Relegation would be a disastrous start to the “new era” in the North-East so Janaury will see them spend big.

But taking into account their current league position and draw for players, signings will be short term options. Probably those whose contracts are expiring at other clubs – or have fallen out of favour at bigger clubs.

They will look to bring these players in quickly in the hope they can push them up the table.

It wil lbe a couple of seasons until they can make those big name signings. So for now they wil lbe focusing on the Craig Bellamy’s, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Wayne Bridge’s and Tal Ben Haim’s of the world.

Those were the names that were amongst the first signings for Manchester City when they came udner state ownership.

Newcastle have already been linked with a host of new players – and clubs will be looking to cash in on those whose contracts are expiring in the summer.

Arsenal could be one of those clubs that takes advantage with a whole host of players up for grabs.

Alexandre Lacazette

Newcastle only really have one established Premeir League proven striker in Calum Wilson. The striker has been sidelined since late August with a thigh injury.

Another forward will be top of the list of Newcastle and Lacazette would be the best fit.

Lacazette is Premier League proven and would make an instant impact upfront. with his contract expiring in the summer and currently seeing very little game time at Arsenal, a move will be easy to make.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles

Last summer Newcastle bought Maitland-Niles good pal Joe Willock.

Maitland-Niles has been on the cusp of leaving the club numberous times over the last 3 windows. Each time Arsenal have blocked the move at the last minute.

but he is still struggling for game time at Arsenal.

The club will be wary about Granit Xhaka’s injury and Thomas Partey’s African adventure. But with such little game time Maitland-niles will be pushing for a move.

Maitland-Niles and Lacazette return, Saka rests - Arsenal predicted team vs Sheffield United - football.london

Rob Holding

Newcastle’s number one defensive choice seems to be James Tarkowski of Burnley. But if a deal for him can not be pushed through Rob Holding may well be the back up option,

Holding nearly joined Newcastle on loan a year or so ago.

He is Premier League proven and not currently getting much game time at Arsenal following the purchase of Ben White.

With William Saliba performing well in France, the expectation is that he will return and provide first choice cover to both White and Gabriel. That will push Holding further down the pecking order.

Calum Chambers

See above but change the Rob Holding to Calum Chambers.

Eddie Nketiah

If Newcastle decide against going for the “ready and able” alexandre Lacazette they might chose to go with a younger man who could provide cover and competition for Wilson; before signing a star name striker in the summer.

Nketiah has clearly outgrown youth team football but with two top strikers ahead of him at Arsenal is getting very ltitle game time.

A move to Newcastle would see him being first reserve to Wilson. The pair would probably have enough fire power to keep Newcastle up without the need to bring in a senior striker who could quickly become surplus to requirements.

Let us know who you think Newcastle will sign in the comments…

Keenos

Newcastle, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Guendouzi and more…

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Good morning.

I have takne the international break as a chance to give myself a break from writing. Bar the blog about whether fans should care about where their owners money comes from, there just has not been much to write about.

On that blog. It seems people were split 50/50.

Some people agreed with me that we should care about where money comes from. Others said it does not really matter as long as we are successful – and we do not care who the shareholders of Starbucks, Disney, etc are.

I am still in the camp of we should care. I do not want “dirty money” built on asset stripping a nation or slavery.

I am not sure how fans of Newcastle or Man City can talk about “Black Lives Matter”, applaud players taking the knee or have a say on slavery whilst celebrating their owners.

It seems they are happy to turn a blind eye to the behaviour of the owners of their clubs when they are spending billions to try and win them a trophy.

Likewise, I am not sure how they can stand there and be “Against modern football” when state owned clubs is very much part of modern football.

Newcastle fans would have complained bitterly for years about how Mn City owners made the league unfair. And now they celebrate being in the same situation.

Moving on, last night saw some ugly scenes at Wembley.

It is time UEFA / FIFA enforced proper sanctions against these nations where racism is part of their society.

A few imbeciles on Twitter were saying “England fans are no different”.

Well, having travelled abroad with both England and Arsenal I can tell you we are very different.

Yes there might the odd idiot. And they usually get the comeuppance. but for countries like Hungary, it is not one idiot. It is the majority.

Those people trying to compare Hungary fans racist, violent abuse to a couple of hundred fans breaking into Wembley for the Euros final need to give their head a wobble. They are not comparable.

Only other thing that has happened in the last 5 days is Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s agent linking his client to Arsenal.

As predicted, Ox’s move to Liverpool has been a flop – despite media and Liverpool fans originally trying to state otherwise.

He is no different to when he was at Arsenal – has one good game followed by 5 bad games and is then injured for half a dozen games.

Taking into account the age and profile of players we have signed over the summer, a move for Oxlade-Chamberlain would make zero sense.

Finally Matteo Guendouzi won the Nations league over the weekend.

The usual suspects came out of the woodwork pointing out that Guendouzi now has more itnernational trophioes than Mikel Arteta had spanish caps.

For me, Guendouzi winning the trophy is irrelevant.

The Nations League is a glorified international friendly tournament, and Guendouzi is still uncapped by France.

Him celebrating his “success” is like a fella celebrating his wife giving birth knowing it is not his child.

As I have previously stated on this blog. I would rather celebrate thosre players still at the club – such as Albert Sambi Lokonga – rather than obsesse over “achievements” of players not at the club.

Have a good Wednesday

Keenos