Dan Critchlow Archives: 09/2017

Mathieu Debuchy has complained that he’s playing with Arsenal’s u23s and has no real prospects to progress, admitting he’s “not the future of the club”.

Dietmar Hamann says that everything Arsène Wenger built in 20 years has been destroyed in the last three or four seasons by his decision to stay at the helm.

Real Madrid forward Marco Asensio has confirmed he does have a release clause, but says that he’s happy at the Santiago Bernabeu and doesn’t plan to leave.

Mesut Özil will leave Arsenal for free at the end of the season, according to latest reports in Germany.

Arsenal have had their first-team photos taken for the 2017/18 season, which included three junior Gunners who won a competition to also feature in the shoot.

Michael Oliver has been appointed as the referee for Arsenal’s Premier League game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Jack Wilshere could join up with Robin van Persie at Fenerbahce in January, according to latest reports, despite the midfielder rejecting Turkish side Trabzonspor over the summer.

Mesut Özil put in a much improved performance against Bournemouth along with the rest of the team, and Arsenal took to Twitter to ask fans what they thought of his performance.

Thomas Muller says that he’s not going to rule out leaving Bayern Munich for somewhere different, amid links to Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool this summer.

Hector Bellerín has praised Alexandre Lacazette and says that the French striker can make a difference in games and improves the players around him.

Arsenal fans have been reacting to the news that Jack Wilshere could be set to return for the Gunners on Thursday, and generally the response seems to be pretty positive.

Hector Bellerín says there’s more to football than just spending money, and thinks there are other ways to build a team to be successful.

Hector Bellerín says that despite the media talk, Alexis Sanchez is focused on Arsenal and will be whenever he plays.

Joey Barton thinks that Manchester United manager José Mourinho made the best signings of the summer, much better than Arsène Wenger fared with Arsenal.

Stan Collymore thinks that Arsène Wenger would have been successful at Manchester United, if he’d joined the club back in 2002.

Michael Owen expects Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud to be brought back in for Arsenal’s Europa League match against FC Köln on Thursday.

Arsenal are planning to replace manager Arsène Wenger with Germany boss Joachim Low, according to Bundesliga pundit Lee Price.

According to reports, 20,000 FC Köln fans are planning to make the trip from Germany to London for Arsenal’s Europa League match on Thursday.

Duncan Castles thinks Arsenal should be embarrassed by their attempts to bring in Monaco’s Thomas Lemar on deadline day.

Despite having so many players fighting for places in attack at Arsenal, Danny Welbeck isn’t worried and says competition makes him a better player.