Arsene Wenger is confident he'll be able to fend off interest from Real Madrid to seal a £13.5m deal for Valencia defender Jose Gaya before tonight's deadline.

According to reports, Morgan Schneiderlin has already agreed personal terms over a £15m move to Arsenal from Southampton at the end of the season.

According to reports today, Arsenal are ready to try and secure Theo Walcott's long-term future by offering him a new lucrative five-year contract extension

Mesut Ozil put in an excellent performance to help Arsenal's to a 5-0 win over Aston Villa this afternoon. Check out individual highlights of his display

Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Mathieu Debuchy, Chuba Akpom and Hector Bellerin have taken to Twitter to celebrate Arsenal's 5-0 thrashing of Aston Villa.

Arsenal thrashed Aston Villa 5-0 at the Emirates with Giroud, Ozil, Walcott, Cazorla and Bellerin all getting themselves on the score-sheet. Here are my ratings

Arsenal thrashed Aston Villa 5-0 at the Emirates this afternoon with Mesut Ozil inspiring us to victory with a superb display. Here are all the goals:

Afternoon one and all and welcome to Sunday’s Premier League early KO at the Emirates. It’s Arsenal vs Aston Villa brought to by the lovely folk at Europcar

Arsenal welcome Aston Villa to the Emirates this afternoon and we desperately needs three points after all our main rivals won yesterday. Here are the teams:

Arsenal get back to Premier League action when we welcome Aston Villa to the Emirates this afternoon. Here's a preview with team news and prediction.