Karim Benzema claims he was never close to joining Arsenal in the summer and insists he's happy to remain at Real Madrid for the foreseeable future.

Arsenal attacker Theo Walcott came off the bench to score twice during an impressive cameo for England during their 6-0 thrashing of San Marino yesterday.

Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez was in action for Chile last night and he was in excellent form again after scoring the winner during a 3-2 win over Paraguay

Three Arsenal players are in action for their nations tonight as Mesut Ozil, Laurent Koscielny and Wojciech Szczesny start for Germany, France and Poland

Arsenal will renew their interest in Edinson Cavani with Paris Saint-Germain supposedly ready to sell the €61.5m rated striker in January.

Arsenal are plotting a €30m move for Juventus forward Simone Zaza in January after failing with a deadline day swoop for the Italian international.

Mathieu Debuchy has admitted he contemplated leaving Arsenal this summer after losing the first team spot to Spanish youngster Hector Bellerin.

Several Arsenal players are in tonight with Petr Cech, Calum Chambers and Aaron Ramsey all being chosen to start for their respective nations.

Mesut Ozil has sent Danny Welbeck a get-well soon message on Twitter after the attacker was ruled out for several months with a knee problem.

As predictable as night follows day, Arsenal have suffered a huge injury blow with Danny Welbeck ruled out for 'a period of months' following knee surgery.