Dan Critchlow Archives: 08/2018

Unai Emery has reportedly vetoed any Emile Smith Rowe plans to leave the club on loan this season, as the head coach wants to keep the 18-year-old around.

Reiss Nelson, Eddie Nketiah and Joe Willock have all been named in the England u20 squad to face Switzerland and the Netherlands next month.

Rumours of a training ground falling out between Mesut Özil and Unai Emery are untrue, and the Arsenal head coach even tried to sign the playmaker in January, according to reports.

Arsenal are set to face former Gunners Nico Yennaris, Josh Dasilva and Dan Bentley in the League Cup, after the club drew Brentford at the Emirates Stadium in the next round.

Hector Bellerin has hit out at Pier Morgan’s son Spencer over an inaccurate article the journalist wrote for the Daily Mail on Thursday.

Sokratis Papastathopoulos has joined a growing list of Arsenal stars called up for the upcoming international break, as the first of the dreaded weekends without Premier League football draws nearer.

Gillingham goalkeeper Tomas Holy has admitted he laughed when he heard the reports of Arsenal interest in him last month, and says he doesn’t know how the rumours started.

Julio Pleguezuelo joined the Arsenal first-team squad for training on Wednesday, in a sign that his impressive academy performances might get him senior chances this season.

AC Milan are starting to worry that Ivan Gazidis plans to turn down their offer to leave Arsenal, as they haven’t heard from him for days, according to reports in Italy.

Arsenal’s deal with Adidas could end up reaching €80m-a-year for the next five seasons, starting 2019/20, according to reports in the Italian media.

Hoffenheim manager Julian Nagelsmann has confirmed the club’s interest in Arsenal youngster Reiss Nelson, but says there are still details to finalise before a deal goes through.

Arsenal are set to receive a €500k loan fee from Bundesliga club Hoffenheim to take Reiss Nelson on loan, according to reports in Germany.

Petr Cech is currently top of the charts when it comes to saves made in the Premier League, showing how difficult the job in the Arsenal goal is right now.

The transfer window closed a few weeks ago now, in preparation for the start of the Premier League, but that doesn’t completely prevent Arsenal making another signing this week.

Arsenal players’ FIFA 19 ratings have seemingly been revealed through a demonstration at Gamescom, and they don’t make for particularly good reading.

Neil Warnock has admitted his Cardiff City side failed to answer any questions in their League Cup defeat to Norwich City on Tuesday, and says the match cleared up any uncertainty about team selection for Sunday’s Arsenal clash.

Alexandre Lacazette has ‘liked’ a Twitter post making fun of former teammate and current Manchester United forward Alexis Sanchez.

Mesut Özil is returning to training this week ahead of Arsenal’s match against Cardiff City, after missing Saturday’s derby match against West Ham United with illness.

Aaron Ramsey is set to stall on any contract negotiations with Arsenal until January, hoping to follow the blueprint to a bumper deal laid out by Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Özil.

AC Milan’s board of directors are planning to meet today to discuss the appointment of their new CEO, with Ivan Gazidis still strongly in the running and a €4m-a-year offer on the table.