Dan Critchlow Archives: 10/2017

Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi will undergo scans in the next 48 hours, with fears that he could be out of action for a long time.

Robert Pires says it’s too early to make Monaco’s Kylian Mbappé a leader in the France side, and thinks manager Didier Deschamps will stick to Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud for now.

Belgium manager Roberto Martinez sees Arsenal legend and his assistant coach Thierry Henry as a future manager.

Rachel Yankey hopes that more female coaches will be hired in the men’s game, calling on Premier League and Football League executives to be bold enough to appoint them.

Former Arsenal and Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny says the reason he chose Juventus this summer was because he wanted to win trophies.

Arsenal supporters want the club to sign Schalke’s Leon Goretzka, after he shone for Germany in the World Cup qualifiers over the weekend.

Manchester United have turned down a bid from Arsenal for Anthony Martial, with the Gunners reportedly keen to sign the Frenchman in January.

Olivier Giroud says that choosing to stay at Arsenal was the right choice, rather than joining Everton this summer.

Arsenal and Manchester City are reportedly battling for Barcelona’s sporting director Raul Sanllehi, with the Gunners looking to appoint him as a replacement for transfer negotiator Dick Law.

Arsenal and AC Milan are interested in signing Barcelona midfielder Rafinha, according to latest reports from Spain.

Thomas Vermaelen recently revealed Barcelona forced him to stay this summer, but now the Spanish club have responded insisting he’s allowed to leave.

Arsenal’s Shkodran Mustafi picked up a potentially serious injury for Germany, while Mohamed Elneny helped Egypt make history in finally qualifying for the World Cup.

Arsenal have had a variety of top scorers since the Premier League’s inception in 1992, can you remember them all? Which one has won the most awards?

The English media is threatening to collapse under the weight of their own hypocrisy when it comes to the two clubs from North London, Arsenal and Tottenham.

When the Gunners lost 4-0 to Liverpool just a week after yet another failure to overturn Stoke away from home it looked like the team was in for another long season.

Arsenal have a few players with contracts expiring at the end of the year, so if they all end up leaving and the Gunners don’t want to make a big loss on transfers, perhaps Wenger should look at bringing in one or two freebies of his own.

Back in 1921, Arsenal spent £5 on the signature of goalkeeper John Hardy “Jock” Robson, making him the club’s smallest ever ‘keeper.

Despite big money TV deals, the commercial side of football remains the main money maker for the top clubs in England.

Arsène Wenger’s first Premier League winning team was a mixture of drunk Englishmen and French smokers, according to Ray Parlour.

Back in 2002 Arsenal signed Kolo Touré, and the defender went on to be part of the Gunners’ unbeaten league season, but it didn’t start out so promisingly.