Arsene Wenger maintains when young Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner is fully focused he can be a "handful for any defence in the world".
Bendtner scored 15 goals from a total of 50 appearances last season in all competitions, often coming from the bench as an impact player and Wenger has no intentions of letting any of his current squad leave, and the club are close to finalising a new contract for leading scorer Robin van Persie.
"Nicklas has made big improvements since the start of the season. He has become an important player for this club," Wenger said in the July edition of the official Arsenal magazine. "When Nicklas is really switched on and focused, he is a handful for any defence in the world."
He added: "He has shown that in the second part of the season.
"People forget how young he is, but I am sure he has won many people over in the second half of the season."






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LEE B, you are a true gooner its hard to find another fan like myself but you do fit the bill, i have all faith in wenger and so should any real arsenal fan.
i would like to thank lee b (comment 20) its nice to hear someone support the club not for how many trophies they win we need more people like you and not people who boo everytime we have a bad game.
yeah, bendtner it's a fantastic player as prof AW said but it's not enough reason not buying a qaulity striker a goal getter likes of either iaquinta, pato or benzema, sir pls we need trophy dis coming season
LEE B.(NO 20) YOU ARE A GREAT GUNNER. YOU HAVE SPOKEN MY MIND. THERE ARE TOO MANY FAKE GUNNERS WITH VERY LITTLE BUSINESS & SPORTS MANAGEMENT ACUMEN.GOD BLESS LOYAL GUNNERS! AGHEDO
Come on Samy, own up, you are a Spurs fan, you are obviously not a Gunner, Arsne Wenger ,Herbert Chapman,Tom Whittiker..bet you've never heard of 2 of those 3 names, I can tell you from Experience, they are the 3 best managers the Arsenal ever had, all as good and knowledgeable as each other, and there is not another team in the world that would'nt have jumped at the chance to sign any of them,I can tell you now, we are keeping Arsne Wenger, and if he says we keep bendtner, we are keeping him as well..I hope your team Spurs does well next season, but it wont be as good as Wenger and Arsenal.A REAL GUNNER FOR LIFE,,
Bendtner is a @#$%!!!!!!!!!!!
remember last season?? he was blocking fabre's open goal against liverpool:-(
Arsenal should sack Nickas Bendtner, because he brings our club into disrupte.
Bendtner doesn't take playing for us seriously.
Going to a night club and making a fool of himself, by droping his pants around is just immature.
I don't think Arsenal need a player, who just wants to bring the club down.
Wenger says that he can test the best "when" He's switched on, Arsenal can't have players that turn up some days and others not, we need players switched on all the time!
Bendter is decent BUT he is not at present a first team striker and has been very lucky that eddie has been out of the game for so long.
I know this is not an adebayor article, however the papers and web blogs are full of his usual attempts to get a move away from the emirates. Please Mr wenger get rid of this player he is an utter disgrace, funny how the day after RVp is set to sign a new contract this greedy b******* come out and says I want to play for Milan or Chelsea, Well I would gladly pay his air fare to milan and his oyster card to fulham broadway!!
Bentdner is a good player with huge pottentail`you people giving him a hard time should wait and see,this time next year when half the clubs in the world are after him because of his strike rate you will be saying oh he is the best,
In wenger we trust let him decide who and when players come on or off not us
our problem isn't in front but at the back...we scored 68 goals and just 22 of these were from V.persi 12, Ade 10, Bentner 9, but we let 37 in. No need for exiting midfields but just plain boring good DM and CB
I know he is talented and our captain and all but last season esp after his injury Cesc was not good, to say the least. I actually rated Song and Denilson more than Cesc but he is our captain so he had to be played but I think Wenger and Rice should have gradually integrated him back, I mean, how would that do to Denilson's spirits? Even look in the spanish team, he is not even changing games the way he did during the Euros, yes the class is there you can tell but not the class to change games. He seems bored or something. Just like Tores, I actually think Villa is better in my team than Tores, mark Tores and you wont see him in a game (Iraq, South Africa) but Villa always delivers especially when the going gets tough (its the tough that gets going). Iniesta unlocks defences with his close ball control, Xavi always almost never loses the ball and his passing is the reason why Spain is doing so well, where as towards the end of last season Cesc went missing particularly against United and Chelsea. Our Central midfield is fine (Song, Denilson, Cesc, Nasri), lets keep what we have and develop. Lets not just keep on buying and selling. We know what the Boss is going to buy anyway (young, talented, untested) so better stick to what we have. Wilshire and that Welsh boy, Ramsey, are going to be knocking on the first 11 door soon, so should we then ditch them?Lets not look near our noses but in the longrun.
benthner is not good enough to play for arsenal everytime he starts ne never delivers he misses to many chances in my eyes seen em a lot last season but if we are serious in mounting some kind of a challange to man utd next season we want a more prolific striker in front of goal.bentners ratio is @#$% per game.
benthner is not good enough to play for arsenal everytime he starts ne never delivers he misses to many chances in my eyes seen em a lot last season but if we are serious in mounting some kind of a challange to man utd next season we want a more prolific striker in front of goal.bentners ratio is @#$% per game.
most people nowadays are just glory hunters and just watch how popular man city will become if they start winning . arsene will get it right but it all depends on if the @#$% section of the crowd who never supported the club before he came give him the time he deserves . wenger has taken our club to the next level , the place george graham , howe , neil , rioch etc would never have done and in terms of players , yes , bendtner can be slow and clumsy with a touch as heavy as an elephant but towards the end of the season you could see an improvement . my only gripe is that how much longer can we kepp having 'potential' ??? but i think we are only 2 players from being a very very good side again and we have just signed 1 and all we need now is a good centre midfielder along side fabregas and we could do some damage next season . OOH TO OOH TO BE OOH TO BE A GOONER !!!!!!!!!!!
Lee B is th eonly person who knows what he is talking about. he is a true Gooner not like all the prats who know eff all about footie and are totally disloyal. Wenger is the best and a smart manager he knows how to choose and rear talent. patience is a virtue only those with brains have!
Wenger must be joking, he has been doing nothing good for Arsenal :(
Lee B, i totally agree with u.
Sammy, y do u have to b so stupid?
Also, Adebayor should go, he's heart is no longer in the team, sure, he's scored some great goals (bicycle against Villareal), but lately, no, he's just not working.
Arsene should sell Adebayor, Silvestre, Rosicky and Bendter. Hopefully the cash can buy some good players, mostly a good defender and dominant striker.
If they play the midfield:
------------------------------Fabregas------- ---------------------
-----------------Nasri----------- -----------Arshavin-------------
-------Walcott-------- --------------------------------Van Persie
-----------------------------New Striker---------------------------
They should tr4y and get Pato, Aguero, Bojan, Tevez, etc.
All these comments about Wenger (mainly by Sammy) get me pissed off! If it wasn't for Wenger we would have won f**k all over the last decade. You say he never got any one in???? Viera was a nobody and he turned him into the best midfielder in the world. Henry was a nobody and he turned him into the best PLAYER in the world. He has brought Van Persie, Walcott and Diaby to the club not to mention Arshavin and Eduard. You watch them go next season. Fabregas would not have flourished under any other manager. It may be hard for some so-called Arsenal fans to take but Wenger knows what he's doing and it will work out eventually. I would rather have four or five seasons of not winning to build a side to challenge again than everyone leave and buy the odd overated, overpriced player to win an FA Cup every few years. And for all you tw*ts saying that Bendtner is the worst player ever, your all probably just kids. You should have been standing in the North Bank with me having to endure Willie Young. Bunch of illiterate unknowlegable idiots. leave comments for the real Gooners and take your fickleness down the road with the rest of the fickleites at No Heart Lane.
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