Before we officially start our new article, we would like to congratulate the Arsenal Reserve team on their 2-1 win against Manchester United in the Platinum One Challenge yesterday. Emmanuel-Thomas opened the scoring as he tucked in a penalty in the first half while Brazilian whizkid Wellington Silva doubled the Arsenal's lead before Manchester United replied with a Macheda goal. You can read all about it here on Young Guns.
Injury Room: “Frimpong has done his cruciate in training”
On another note, the Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong has suffered a serious injury, joining Ramsey, Bendtner and Nasri on the sidelines. Credit to Young Guns for being the first news outlet to confirm this piece of information.
The Ghanaian-born English player has “done his cruciate in training”, according to the Arsenal manager. Wenger added:
“This is a massive blow. A cartilage is three to four weeks but a cruciate like that one Frimpong did is six to nine months.”
Yes, it is a massive blow not only to Arsenal, but to Frimpong’s career as well. The youngster has been on the verge of first team football since his impressive performances during pre-season in the last few weeks. His confident and no-nonsense type of display has got Wenger altering his transfer plans. Nevertheless, the young Frimpong still have time on his side as he looks forward to a full recovery. Speedy recovery, Emmanuel.
Transfer Monger: Armand Traore is NOT Benfica-bound anymore
French leftback Armand Traore is set to join Portuguese Liga champions Benfica, according to Armand’s agent des Voeux. As reported first on Young Guns on Tuesday, Benfica have had talks with the Arsenal over their interest to bring leftback Armand Traore to the Estádio da Luz this summer a few days ago.
Reports have now confirmed Benfica’s Traore bid after having negotiations with the Arsenal regarding the fees involved, which is thought to be roughly around 3.2 m pounds. Traore will undergo a medical at Benfica prior to the official announcement by Benfica. It is thought that Armand will play as a left winger for Benfica if the deal is completed, based on Young Guns’ article.
In an interview with Portuguese newspaper A Bola, his agent des Voeux said that Traore is “very interested and excited” about this deal, especially the chance to play at Benfica. However, he did not confirm when the deal will be finalised although he stressed that “things can be decided very soon.”
Looking back his Arsenal career, the Frenchman first joined the North London club from Monaco in 2005 when he was 16. He was then given chances to impress Arsene Wenger as the Arsenal manager used him as Clichy’s understudy at leftback. Armand made his first team debut against West Brom in the 2006/07 Carling Cup, where he managed to bring the Arsenal to the finals of the competition and ended up as the losing finalist. He then went on to make rare appearances in the FA Cup and the Premier League for the Arsenal.
In season 2008/09, Traore was sent to Fratton Park on loan, where he completed 19 Premier League games, scoring 1 goal. With the emergence of Kieran Gibbs at leftback, Traore only featured in a handful of games for the club in a stop-start season in the 2009/10 term. All in all, his Premier League record for the Arsenal stands at 12 first team appearances for the Gunners.
Breaking Update: Armand Traore's move has been called off due to the French leftback's high wage demands. According to the latest report written by Young Guns, Traore and the Portuguese champions could not agree upon Traore's personal terms. As of now, there is no other club who had shown interest in Traore.
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