Arsenal are to release seven players from their contracts this summer, including goalkeeper Manuel Almunia.

Almunia, 35, signed for Arsenal from Celta Vigo in 2004 but has struggled for a consistent first-team role at the club since the switch, a cause not helped by a number of high-profile errors which led to criticism from some fans.

During the 2011-12 campaign he was loaned out to West Ham for a month, making four Championship appearances for the Hammers, before returning ...

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