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wow

Great World Cup. Then Nigeria v Iran happened.

This is unconfirmed, but apparently our first game of next season will be away to Liverpool. If so, our August will comprise of the Community Shield against Man City and the two Champions League qualifiers either side of the Liverpool game.

Fixtures come out on the 18th, so we'll find out then. Fingers crossed for QPR at home or something.

Also talk of us only playing three pre-season friendlies this season: the game in the States against NYRB and the two games in the Emirates Cup.

wouldn't be survived, We haven't had an easy start to the season for years. Its like the thing is rigged  

On This Day 1995: Arsenal signed Dennis Bergkamp, for a British Record £7.5m!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqjIc6FIMAAAICP.jpg

Here in Lebanon I saw an Arsenal Adidas kit for sale by some dude who imports them as stock from China or Thailand I think.

They made it back when it was rumored we agreed a deal with Adidas, before Puma was announced.

Not saying those couldn't be real but there are people who manufacture fake kits in 3rd world countries lol.

yeah could be sth like that
not liking it but should wait till seeing them on Players i guess

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20140617/club-welcomes-pruhealth-and-pruprotect

Arsenal Football Club has announced PruHealth and PruProtect as the club’s official health, wellness and life insurance partner.

The long-term partnership gives PruHealth and PruProtect exclusive marketing rights within the health, life and protection insurance category. This includes use of Arsenal’s brand and player imagery, access to players and management, in-stadium branding and use of Arsenal’s digital and social media platforms. The club will also provide coaches and legends to attend soccer clinics held in the UK and overseas.

The partnership will primarily be used to promote the benefits of PruHealth and PruProtect’s Vitality offering, which provides generous rewards to members who lead a healthier lifestyle.

PruHealth and PruProtect are the result of a joint venture between two large international financial services companies - Prudential plc and Discovery, a South African listed company operating in the USA, China and Singapore as well as the UK and South Africa.

Neville Koopowitz, CEO of PruHealth and Vitality, said: “We believe in the power of sport to help inspire people to live a healthy life, which is why we partner with leading sports figures, teams and events to help us spread the Vitality message.

"Our collaboration with some of the top teams in the country, including FA Cup winners Arsenal, is the latest move in our goal of changing the game when it comes to people’s health.”

Vinai Venkatesham, Arsenal’s sales and marketing director, said: “PruHealth and PruProtect have an innovative approach which rewards those members who adopt a healthier lifestyle, and we will be helping them communicate these benefits to Arsenal and football supporters globally.

"Their approach of rewarding members, which we follow in our own club membership scheme, positions them as true leaders in their sector and we are delighted to welcome PruHealth and PruProtect into our growing family of commercial partners.”


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Vinai Venkatesham's team is doing a stellar job, quietly, imo. Kudos!

Arsenal announce 11 departures:

Emiliano Viviano
Kim Kallstrom
Nicklas Bendtner
Zak Ansah
Bacary Sagna
Lukasz Fabianski
Chu Young Park
Chuks Aneke
Daniel Boateng
Zach Fagan
Leander Siemann

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20140626/club-announces-11-player-departures

Wenger doing a little bit of a badass header at the beach.

http://benchwarming.com/benchgags/proof-that-arsene-wenger-taught-rvp-everything-he-knows/

http://fr.sportsdirect.com/mt/www.sportsdirect.com/puma-arsenal-hm-jsy-sn43-377393

Arsenal's home kit, for some reason the sportdirect website is in French   

It's been taken down. I heard that one was just a prototype anyway and that Puma made small changes and that it'll look like this

supposed final draft of home kit:

rather than

Prototype (one that was on sports direct):

via @18DialSquare86

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrTBeIBCYAAX05X.png

not sure what to think
best wait to see how it looks on Players

Shade and texture looks much better in that pic.

Arsenal will play Boreham Wood in a friendly on July 19th:

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20140630/arsenal-line-up-boreham-wood-friendly

We play NYRB on the 26th, so there may be another friendly before then.

Real football is back soon

I think we can be certain that these are our kits next season:

http://t.co/FWTVbN8Nnf

PUMA is now officially our new kit provider:

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20140630/puma-and-arsenal-partnership-begins

Official unveiling of the kits will be on the 10th of July.

Arteta as the main model

No DM coming lads

So we have a white jersey next year?

No that's a sort of blank canvas.

Each shirt hints at the kit it's meant to represent.

Giroud is wearing a collared shirt with blue behind him (like the leaked 3rd kit)
Arteta is wearing a normal shirt with red behind (like the leaked home kit)
Santi is wearing a V-neck type with yellow behind (like the leaked away kit)

Thanks MJ. The white color looks so good.  

Tafari Moore leaks Arsenal Puma training kits on Instagram.



I feel like a lot of this was going on in their heads in this picture lol

Spoiler: