The former Arsenal and England defender has quit after failing to find a club since being released by Newcastle last year
"He has grown into a leader and he is a great captain now, on and off the pitch," says Gunners boss
Catalan giants' spokesman snuffs out rumours linking Dutchman with Camp Nou
Robin van Persie is the most deserved winner of the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year for many years. That's not just because of hi...
Arsenal striker picks up second award in a week
Italian giants join list of clubs out to buy Arsenal captain in the summer
Wenger backs Di Matteo's tactics to succeed against Barcelona
Arsene Wenger says winger should be fit enough for Euro 2012
Arsenal and Chelsea's 0-0 draw at the Emirates wasn't hugely entertaining but, as ever, the @MirrorFootball feed was. Here's how the action unfolded.....
A point not much good for either side in race for Champions League
The awards season kicks off tonight when Robin van Persie will surely be named Player of the Year by the Professional Footballers’ Association. And he...
New deal must be sorted between final game and striker's departure for Euros says Wenger
Arsenal are the particularly tasty filling in Chelsea's Barca bread sandwich this week. Erm. Can't wait for the game? Then watch it in advance here, c...
Working with Lee Dixon has its advantages. In addition to being able to check my hair in his shiny fivehead (it's bigger than a forehead), I've also l...
David Silva would have been my player of the first half of the season, Paul Scholes my player of the second half. So for his consistency, goals and fi...
More John Cross: Bank on hungry Wilshere coming back to skipper England Mikel Arteta has been a real unsung hero for Arsenal this season. And now Ars...
Jack Wilshere has matured, developed and become a dedicated player. He has taken his Euro 2012 disappointment well and is already looking forward to n...
Arsenal are fourth, Man City are 13th
Chances like the one handed to Spurs this week do not come around often. Arsenal's amazing surrender to Wigan means that, should they lose against Che...
Arsenal skipper sets tongues wagging hours after sour-pussed reaction to Gunners loss to Wigan
Barcelona's ex-Arsenal star risks winding up Blues before Euro crunch
Arsenal boss blasts his players - and grumbles about Wigan's gamesmanship
Football. Bloody hell. After winning at Anfield, getting done by the officials at Chelsea and beating Manchester United, Wigan have gone to the Emirat...
Martinez's men stun Gunners just days after beating Manchester United
Latics two up in eight minutes before Vermaelen pegs them back
Arsenal board want Wenger to carry on
As often happens in life, it took a joke to bring perspective to a breaking news story. No sooner had Damien Comolli’s sacking hit the wires than a wa...
Robin van Persie should be the biggest landslide winner for the Football Writers' Association Player of the Year since the award began The Dutchman st...
We thought the Premier League title race was over... and we were so, so wrong. Wigan 1-0 Man United: Maloney re-opens title race Man City 4-0 West Bro...
Arsenal closing in on Dempsey, van Persie to snub City and Kuyt set for Feyenoord return
Presenting quality football videos from the interweb, daily at 3pm. Here's today's collection: 1) In case you missed it on Sunday, here's the moment w...
When the time came for the final judgment, Manchester City went quietly yesterday. With the title on the line, their season on the line, their pride a...
Italian says he will "probably" sell the controversial forward after 1-0 defeat leaves City eight points behind Man United
Manchester United look certainties for the title after beating QPR to move eight points clear and then watching Arsenal do them a favour with a 1-0 wi...
Late Arteta goal leaves Mancini's men eight points behind United
Watch Szczesny, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Song and Sagna playing four-four-tutu
Arsenal boss also expresses disappointment at Chamakh's shisha session
His cross for Emmanuel Adebayor's third goal last Sunday was a peach. But so far this season there has been too little of that from Aaron Lennon. Tott...
The Gunners' England winger on how his goals won over terrace critics, his hopes for Euro 2012 and more
Now is not the time for Manchester City and their fans to lose their nerve either about the present or the future. They are still in the race for the ...
UEFA made a mockery of attempts to tackle racism in football today. The £16,700 they fined FC Porto for the racist abuse their fans aimed at Mancheste...
The sight of Hatem Ben Arfa, ball glued to his foot as he jinked, danced and turned on the turbo boosters, proved so much more than his obvious abilit...
The most remarkable aspect of Manchester United's seemingly inevitable 20th title triumph is that it should come in what is supposedly a period of tra...
Adebayor's second-half double puts Spurs level on points with arch-rivals
Newcastle beat Liverpool 2-0 in a game with more storylines than Game Of Thrones, and Tottenham moved level with third-place Arsenal - and five clear ...
