Dan Critchlow Archives: 11/2017

Petr Čech says he can see why Burnley have been doing so well this season, and was delighted Arsenal managed to overcome the Clarets at Turf Moor.

Olivier Giroud was an unused substitute against Burnley, and when the Gunners needed a goal, Danny Welbeck was introduced. Is the Frenchman now third choice?

Jean Seri has admitted that he’s held talks with Paris Saint-Germain, as the French club plan to battle Arsenal and Barcelona for his signature.

Former USMNT defender Janusz Michallik thinks it’s key Arsenal are back ahead of Tottenham in the table, but says it’s too early to hope for anything more.

AC Milan haven’t yet bid for Oguzhan Özyakup, despite joining Everton in declaring an interest in the former Arsenal man.

Liverpool and Arsenal are set to battle it out for Julian Draxler’s signature, with Paris Saint-Germain reportedly prepared to move the player on in January.

For the third time in a row, Sean Dyche went into the final few minutes of a match against Arsenal, thinking he was set to draw, only to lose with seconds to spare.

Kevin Kilbane says Lee Mason was right to award Arsenal a penalty in the dying moments of the match against Burnley on Sunday.

Stephy Mavididi missed out on Preston North End’s match through injury, but Takuma Asano and Lucas Perez both featured at the weekend.

Sergio Ramos has contacted Mesut Özil to try and convince him not to join Barcelona, according to reports in Spain.

Martin Keown thinks Arsène Wenger will swap youth for experience in the later stages of the Europa League this season.

Chelsea are reportedly close to signing 17-year-old centre-forward Jann-Fiete Arp, despite interest from Arsenal and Manchester City.

Arsenal have reportedly joined four other big-six teams who have scouted Ryan Sessegnon since he broke into the Fulham first-team, and will apparently battle it out for his signature in the summer.

Neil Warnock says he couldn’t cope with the abuse Arsène Wenger gets, and would have left long ago if he received the same kind of criticism at Cardiff.

When Arsenal signed Alexandre Lacazette over the summer, there seemed to be quite a few people with doubts about what he’d bring to the team.

Arsenal appointed Sven Mislintat as Head of Recruitment. He joined with a glowing reputation from his time at Borussia Dortmund, and will hope to replicate such success with the Gunners.

Alexis Sanchez put in a less-than-impressive performance against Burnley on Sunday, but he still managed to step up at the crucial moment to grab all the Gunners’ glory.

Former Real Madrid manager, Radomir Antić, thinks Alexis Sanchez would be perfect for the Spanish club, and would give them something they’re missing.

Oguzhan Özyakup has a preliminary agreement with Besiktas over a new contract, but hasn’t signed it yet, because of Arsenal.

Arsenal allegedly plan to bid for Thomas Lemar again in January, but less than the £90m reportedly agreed in the summer.