Some fairly bizarre news coming from the Express today as they claim that Arsenal are lining-up a shock £7m bid for Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.

According to reports today, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has lined-up a €19m move for Mario Mandzukic in-case our bid to sign Mario Balotelli falls through.

Interesting reports coming out of Chile with a journalist claiming that Arsenal are one of four clubs to have made an offer for Barcelona attacker Alexis Sanchez

Arsenal's move for Mario Balotelli is edging ever closer with reports suggesting we have put together a contract for the player worth around €11.5m per season.

Arsenal have agreed a €12.5m deal with Real Sociedad to remove our buy-back clause on Carlos Vela, but have we made the right decision not to resign him.

Arsenal will go head-to-head with Manchester United for the signature of €25m midfielder Sami Khedira after he was told he's no longer in Real Madrid's plans.

Aaron Ramsey and Lukas Podolski have taken to Twitter to react to the news that Arsenal will take on Crystal Palace on the opening day of the new season.

It looks like Arsene Wenger has added another name to his list of striker targets with reports claiming that we are keen on Argentina forward Ezequiel Lavezzi.

The 2014/15 Premier League fixtures have just been released and Arsenal will kick off the new season with a home game against Crystal Palace at the Emirates.