Premier League football 2012/13: Team guide – Arsenal
Your complete guide to the Gunners' players, formation and chances in the new season
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HOME GROUND: Emirates Stadium
MANAGER: Arsene Wenger
LAST SEASON STATS
Premier League: 3rd
FA Cup: 5th round
League Cup: Quarter-finals
Euope: Champions League last 16
Top Scorer (all comps): Robin van Persie, 37
SQUAD
| KEEPERS
1 Wojciech Szczesny 21 Lukasz Fabianski 24 Vito Mannone DEFENDERS 3 Bacary Sagna 4 Per Mertesacker 5 Thomas Vermaelen 6 Laurent Koscielny 11 Andre Santos 18 Sebastien Squillaci 20 Johan Djourou 25 Carl Jenkinson 28 Kieran Gibbs |
MIDFIELDERS
2 Abou Diaby 7 Tomas Rosicky 8 Mikel Arteta 10 Jack Wilshere 16 Aaron Ramsey 17 Alex Song 19 Santi Cazorla 22 Francis Coquelin 23 Andrey Arshavin 26 Emmanuel Frimpong |
FORWARDS
9 Lukas Podolski 12 Olivier Giroud 14 Theo Walcott 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 27 Gervinho 29 Marouane Chamakh 30 Park Chu-Young 52 Nicklas Bendtner
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STAR MAN: ALEX OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN
It’s The Ox’s season to shine! He’ll use his explosive pace down the wings to create chance after chance for the Gunners
DEFENSIVE LEADER: THOMAS VERMAELEN
The new captain. He bosses the back line – and pops up with vital goals
SUMMER TRANSFERS
IN: Olivier Giroud (Montpellier, £13m) Lukas Podoloski (Cologne, £11m) Santi Cazorla (Malaga, £15m)
OUT: Robin Van Persie (Manchester United, £24m), Kyle Bartley (Swansea, £1m) Manuel Almunia (released), Gavin Hoyte (released), Jeffrey Monakana (Preston, free), Joel Campbell (Real Betis, loan), Denilson (Sao Paulo, loan) Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad, £3m) Benik Afobe (Bolton, loan)
STRONGEST LINE-UP
[GK] SZCZESNY
[RB] SAGNA
[CB] KOSCIELNY
[CB] VERMAELEN
[LB] GIBBS
[DMF] SONG
[CMF] CAZORLA
[CMF] ARTETA
[RW] WALCOTT
[LW] CHAMBERLAIN
[CF] PODOLSKI
4-1-2-3
Style: Possession football
TOP 3 TWITTER STARS
1 ANDRE SANTOS – 745,246 followers
2 ALEX OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN – 643,519 followers
3 AARON RAMSEY – 549,302
RATINGS
DEFENCE 7
MIDFIELD 8
ATTACK 8
OVERALL 7.6
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