AFCi reports that Remi Garde has formally announced his retirement from professional football. 'Rémi delayed his retirement after originally deciding to hang up his boots last year, but decided to have one last season at Arsenal,' reads the statement. 'Arsenal Football Club thanks Rémi for the contribution he made to the team and wishes him every success in his future career.'

Teamtalk miss the story entirely, saying that Arsenal are 'planning to have talks' with the player, with a view to getting him to sign a further one-year deal. Ooops. (Clearly they don't read Arseweb after all, so we can be as rude as we like.)