When the story of Rekik to Arsenal emerged a founding member of the Gunners Town writing team to do some research in Germany of the young centre back. Welcome back, Chis Mader @Germangunners Omar Rekik-What to expect Decisive crossroads in a footballer’s career are reached earlier than ever before and it’s no different with […]
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A Scouting Report from Germany on Arsenal’s reported Bundesliga Transfer Targets
As we are heading into a decisive and exciting new chapter at Arsenal Football Club it’s no surprise that the upcoming transfer window is an indicator for what the potential new manager has in mind and what the future structure of the club will look like. With Sven Mislintat approaching his first summer transfer window […]
With Transfer Fees so high, Arsenal go for “Diamond Eye”
Diamond Eye It sounds like a James Bond movie from the 80’s but this time without the Vodka Martini part. Yesterday, Arsenal confirmed the signing of BVB scout Sven Mislintat whose nickname is “Diamond Eye” as he has spotted so many great talents over the last 10 years. At this point you might have heard […]
The German Gunner’s View of the New German Gunner – Shkodran Mustafi
If we want the on the spot view for German Arsenal new we go to @germangunners The wait is over! Arsenal got their new centre back and he is German. What better reason could there be to be back on GunnersTown as to have a look at our new man in the centre of our […]
Medhi Benatia to Arsenal – Exclusive Scouting Report from Munich
Delighted to welcome back Chris Mader our German correspondent to report on Arsenal target Medhi Benatia. It’s not a surprise that a place besides Koscielny is up for grabs for next seasons curtain raiser with Per Mertesacker and Gabriel both seemingly not the best solution for a long term central defensive pairing. Last month and […]
Munich travel guide
As always we have our exclusive all-English travel guide for Arsenal’s trips to Germany. Again Munich is on the cards. Munich based gooner @therealstarks was so kind to help us out with insights into Munich’s public transport, breweries and simply everything you need to know for this month trip. Please give him a follow on […]
Poldi aims to prove himself at Arsenal – Credible or Deluded?
“My qualities suit Arsenal”. Famous words said by Lukas Podolski in his interview with German newspaper Bild about his future earlier this week. But is he right? Are we in no need to look out for a new central forward? Do we have another internal solution like we had with Coq last January? Or is […]
Julian Draxler – Genuine Arsenal target or Media Hype? – GT Report from Germany.
It’s been a while since my last post for Gunners Town. Apologies for that but being busy with my book launch and blog in Germany didn’t leave that much time. After Sky Germany broke the story about Julian Draxler edging closer to a Schalke exit I thought now is a good time to get back […]
So Reus an upgrade on Walcott this summer? – Scouting Report from Germany
The January transfer window shut only two days ago, but speculations are already gathering pace about possible high profile summer transfers. Let’s be honest. This deadline day was tedious as it hasn’t been for years and not only due to the fact we weren’t involved in any deadline day deals. It just wasn’t the […]
Arsenal’s Germans on way to Rio showdown and which Ozil are the critics watching????
Germany reached the Word Cup final with a stunning 7:1 demolition of Brazil last night. To be honest I didn’t expect such a performance from the German team at all. They were ruthless, mobile in every area of the field and just didn’t stop to get into the space Brazil left them. I was to […]