Arsenal Player Profiles

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Abou Diaby, Defensive Midfielder

Few players at Arsenal have more pressure on them to perform in the 2008/09 season than Abou Diaby. After a bright start to his career, following a January 2006 transfer from French club Rennes, he suffered a horrific ankle injury just four months later, caused by a brutal challenge from Sunderland's Dan Smith. By that time however, whispered comparisons had already been made between Diaby,...

Alex Song, Defensive Midfielder

Alex Song spent the 2005-06 season on loan at Arsenal before joining the club permanently in June 2006. A physically imposing central midfielder, he is now beginning to fulfil the immense potential seen in him by Arsène Wenger and to establish himself as a leading member of the first team. The Cameroon international initially struggled to make much of an impact in his first two years with...

Emmanuel Frimpong, Defensive Midfielder

Emmanuel told Arsenal.com in 2009 that he wanted to play for Ghana. But such has been his progress since then, Arsène Wenger has urged England to secure his services for themselves.

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