Arsene Wenger is sweating on the fitness of Arsenal trio Robin van Persie, Kieran Gibbs and Thomas Vermaelen.GettyImagesRobin van Persie: Arsenal's star performer• Arsene hopeful of signing• Arsenal 1-2 Benfica (UK) Van Persie sustained a painful-looking injury during Saturday night's 2-1 friendly match loss against Benfica, and received lengthy treatment following the knock. He did not enter the fray for the second half.Wenger has revealed left-back Gibbs and centre-back Vermaelen have also picked up issues ahead of the club's Premier League opener against Newcastle next weekend. The Gunners then face Udinese in the Champions League before tackling Liverpool.First asked about Van Persie, Wenger said: "It is an ankle problem, I don't know how bad it is. Gibbs has a muscular [thigh] problem
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Would signing with Gibbs bring out the real Carl Edwards?
Carl Edwards is one of a kind. He’s the only guy who will answer an e-mailer by name when he’s the in-car analyst for a race. (“Oh, thanks so much for that question, Billy.”) And yet, he’s the only driver in recent years who has been caught on camera nearly punching out a teammate. This isn’t to say that Edwards’ congenial way is just a show. But it’s not a stretch for someone to see similarities between him and guys like Curt Schilling or Alex Rodriguez, athletes so willing to try and say the right thing that the word “pandering” could reasonably enter a conversation. Edwards tries to wear the white hat largely due to car owner Jack Roush, a
NASCAR: Carl Edwards only has two real options for 2012 – Roush-Fenway Racing or Joe Gibbs Racing.
As the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season continues to roll on, one rumor that been gaining steam over the last few weeks has been, who is Carl Edwards going to driving for in 2012? Every year in NASCAR, we see these same rumors fly, its called silly season and basically, its where will a driver end up driving in the next season. In 2007, it was Dale Earnhardt Jr., which ended at Hendrick Motorsports, in 2008, it was Tony Stewart on the move to his own team, Stewart-Haas Racing. Even more, in 2009, it was Jamie McMurray which ended up at EGR and of course last year (2010), it was Kasey Kahne that right now is at Red Bull
Given – Nasri – Cesc – RVP – Gibbs – Wilshere – Holic
Morning all, perhaps it's a bit like clutching at straws but the Shay Given thing hasn't quite gone away. Speaking at a press conference ahead of Ireland's game against Argentina on Wednesday evening Given said: I haven't joined City to sit on the bench or whatever. I've gone there to play. If that's not the case, I suppose I'll sit down on Monday with the club and see where to go after that. You don't want to miss any football so, for me, it's very important that I play. That he's gone so public is quite interesting, particularly after the 'exclusive' appeared in the Mirror. He sounds like a man who knows the number 1 jersey is going to Joe