Celtic Transfer Rumours/Arsenal Transfer Rumours: Jack Wilshere a Target of Mowbray

Celtic boss Tony Mowbray is keen to bring in Arsenal star-in-waiting Jack Wilshere. The 17-year-old, if you remember, dazzled in 2008-09 League Cup run for Arsenal. He even made his Premiership debut in the '08-09 campaign.

Mowbray who was in charge at West Bromwich Albion last season has worked on loan deals in the past with Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and hopes Wegner will allow Wilshere to go north for a six-month spell.

Mowbray believes that Wilshere will assist Celtic in the club's run at the 2009-10 SPL title.

What is your take? Smart to give Wilshere more minutes in the SPL? Will the loan happen?

Story via Daily Express -- Celtic Eye Jack Wilshere

2009-10 FA Cup Third Round Predictions

Soccer City FC and Football London highlighted several matches from the Third Round of the 2009-10 FA Cup. Follow the links to our predictions and feel free to offer up your own as well.

• 2009-10 FA Cup Third Round: Fulham v Swindon Town
• 2009-10 FA Cup Third Round: Sheffield Wednesday v Crystal Palace
• 2009-10 FA Cup Third Round: West Ham United v Arsenal
• 2009-10 FA Cup Third Round: Chelsea v Watford
• 2009-10 FA Cup Third Round: Sheffield United v QPR
• 2009-10 FA Cup Third Round: Brentford v Doncaster Rovers
• 2009-10 FA Cup Third Round: Tottenham Hotspur v Peterborough United

Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur: 2009-10 Premiership Top 4 Finishers?

Could this be the season that London stakes claim to three of the top four Premiership spots? Chelsea, tops with 36 points, Tottenham, and Arsenal along with Manchester United comprise the current Premiership top four.

Chelsea at this point seems a given for the top four, while Tottenham and Arsenal face determined fights from the likes of Aston Villa, Manchester City, and Liverpool as the clubs race to the finish line. What is waiting there is a chance at Champions League glory and the revenue streams that accompany said UEFA Champions League berth.

Will the 2009-10 Premiership campaign end with Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham in the top four? Have your say…

Originally found here -- London Trio Making Play for Top 4 at Football London

More Arsenal and Chelsea Transfer Rumours - 25/11/09

• Via Football London -- Arsenal: Loic Remy Soon to be a Gunner? and Chelsea: AC Milan's Gennaro Gattuso Really? A Target?

Arsenal: Alexandre Song Now with Gunners to 2014

• Arsenal: Gunners Alexandre Song to 2014

Arsenal and Chelsea Transfer Rumours - 23/11/2009

• Arsenal Transfer Rumours: Carlos Vela To Remain
• Arsenal Transfer Rumours: Giampaolo Pazzini a Target
• Chelsea Transfer Rumours: Connor Wickham a Target

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Net closes in on Phil Brown

He was given a stay of execution by his new chairman but I still fear Phil Brown’s days are numbered.

Adam Pearson returned to the club two years after his departure, replacing Paul Duffen, who saw the club join the Premier League under his tenure but also accrue alarming levels of debt at the same time.

Pearson immediately backed Brown ahead of a crucial clash with Stoke next Sunday but refused to confirm whether he would stay on further, saying:

"Phil will be manager on Sunday but there's no point me saying he's got a job for life, that's not the case. We need results, quickly, and that puts pressure on everyone at the club."

Damning praise indeed.

What makes Hull's position near the bottom of the Premier League all the more worrying is the comments from Deloitte last week regarding the club's finances.

The club, which has the seventh highest wage bill in the top flight, apparently needs to raise £23million just to cover their costs before the season is out. The Premier League TV money is vital to that and if it is taken away, it’s hard to see where the money is going to come from. The club's most bankable asset, Michael Turner, has already been sold while other high earners, such as Giovanni and Jimmy Bullard, have little re-sale value.

Sadly, Brown or no Brown I see Premier League relegation ahead for the Tigers. Their fantastic start to last season raised expectations to unrealistic levels and their plummet down the table and subsequent struggles this season is more realistic for a club which spent much of the last decade in the bottom two divisions.

Sadly, during their brief stay at the top table they have maxed out the credit card and with little or no assets to pay it back, the administrators may soon be knocking at the door. Once that chain of events has been started the decline will prove very hard to arrest...just ask Charlton and Leeds fans.

If they upset the Premier League football betting odds and win on Sunday, this may give Brown a stay of execution. But while they can win that battle I can’t see them winning the war and I fear a swift return to the Championship, and all the financial woes that entails, is beckoning.