Arsenal will go to promoted Brentford on the opening weekend of the 2021-22 Premier League season before the prospect of a double-header against Chelsea and Manchester City.
The Gunners endured a hugely underwhelming 2020-21 as they could only muster an eighth-placed finish in the Premier League, and they will be given an early examination to determine their level of improvement – or otherwise – as they host Chelsea on August 21 and then go to the defending champions a week later.
Coming a few weeks after that is the first north London derby of the campaign as Tottenham visit the Emirates Stadium on September 25.
A testing start to 2022 is also in store for Mikel Arteta s men as the return clash with Spurs on January 15 follows a New Year s Day visit from Cit…
Surprise England call-up Matt Jarvis is hoping his rapid rise to prominence continues with a debut cap in Saturday s Euro 2012 qualifier.
The Three Lions travel to Millennium Stadium to face Wales at the weekend, and Jarvis is in line to become the first Wolverhampton player since Steve Bull to pull on the England shirt.The nod from England manager Fabio Capello will represent a complete turnaround in Jarvis fortunes after the winger was cast off from Millwall as a 16-year-old.Jarvis went on to suffer relegation from the Championship with Gillingham before being signed to Wolves, then a Championship side, in 2007.He gained promotion to the top-flight with Wolves at the end of the 2008/09 season, and his solid form in the Premier League eventually attracted Capello s attention.A…
Tributes have been paid to former Coventry and Wolves striker Cedric Roussel following his death on Saturday.
Belgium international Roussel, who was 45, joined the Sky Blues from Gent in 1999, initially on a loan deal, and played alongside Robbie Keane in the Premier League.
After some injury problems, Roussel joined Wolves in 2001, where he spent 18 months before returning to Belgium on loan to hometown club Mons.
Coventry City are deeply saddened to learn of the death of our former striker Cedric Roussel, at the age of just 45.
Cedric played 43 games for the Sky Blues from 1999-2001, scoring 11 goals.
Our condolences are with his family and friends at this very sad time.
— Coventry City (@Coventry_City)
Roussel, capped three…